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Alfred Woodward Alfred E. Woodward II (born December 15, 1913, Sandwich, Illinois) was the Chief Judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County, Illinois from 1973 to 1975, and the father of reporter and author Bob Woodward.
Alfred Worden Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, 1932) is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July-August 1971. The son of Merrill and Helen Worden, he was born in Jackson, Michigan.
Alfred Yuson Alfred A. Yuson (also known as Krip Yuson) has authored 19 books, including novels, poetry collections, short fiction, essays, and children's stories, apart from having edited various other titles--all without the benefit of a professional editor.
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 1947) is an American lawyer, writer, and historian. He is president of the PEN Club in the French part of Switzerland and was formerly a senior lawyer with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary of the Human Rights Committee, and the Chief of Petitions.
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August, 1844 – 30 July, 1900) was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha between 1893 and 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Alfred, Prince of Windischgrätz Alfred Candidus Ferdinand, Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz (also written zu Windisch-Grätz, or zu Windischgrätz), (May 11, 1787, Brussels — March 21, 1862, Vienna) was an Austrian army officer who distinguished himself throughout the wars fought by the Habsburg Monarchy in the 19th century.
Alfredo AlcĂłn Alfredo FĂ©lix AlcĂłn (born 1930-03-03 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine theatre and film actor Buenos Aires. He has worked in more than 50 movies since his first one, El amor nunca muere ("Love Never Dies") in 1955.
Alfredo Antonini Alfredo Antonini ( May 31, 1901 - November 3, 1983 ) - was a leading Italian/American symphony conductor and composer who was active on the international concert stage as well as on radio and television from the 1930s through the 1960s The New York Times, July 2, 1948, pg. 24 The New York Times, October 5, 1948, pg.
Alfredo Armas Alfonzo Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (* August 6, 1921 in Clarines, Anzoátegui, Venezuela; † 1990 in Caracas, Venezuela) was a Venezuelan writer, critic, editor and historian, well known throughout Latin America. He was a master of the modern fable, a precursor of what soon would be called magical realism.
Alfredo Astiz Alfredo Ignacio Astiz (b. November 8, 1951) was a Captain and Intelligence officer in the Argentine Navy, known as the "Blond Angel of Death", during the dictatorial rule of Jorge Rafael Videla in the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (1976–1983).
Alfredo Baldomir Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari (August 27 1884–February 25 1948) was an Uruguayan soldier, architect and politician. He served as President of Uruguay from June 19 1938 to March 1 1943 and is most notable for leading Uruguay to support the Allies during World War II.
Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez Sergeant Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (also known as Alfredo Gonzalez and Freddy Gonzalez) (born May 23, 1946 in Edinburg, Texas; died February 4, 1968 in Hue City, Vietnam), United States Marine Corps sergeant who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for service in the Vietnam War during the Battle of Hue.
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani (29 October, 1890 - 3 August 1979) was Secretary of the Holy Office of the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1966 when that dicastery was reorganized as the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, in which he served as Pro-Prefect, until 1968. He was the leader of the Curial conservatives during the Second Vatican Council and worked with amongst others Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, CSSp.
Alfredo Catalani Alfredo Catalani (Lucca June 19, 1854 – Milan August 7, 1893), was an Italian operatic composer, best known for the works La Wally (1892, to a libretto by Luigi Illica, containing Catalani's most famous aria, "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from Act I) and Loreley (1890).
Alfredo Copello Alfredo Copello was an American lightweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a silver medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics, losing against the dane Hans Jacob Nielsen in the final bout.
Alfredo Cornejo Alfredo Cornejo Cuevas (born June 6, 1933 in Santiago, Chile) is a former Chilean boxer, who won the gold medal in the welter weight division at the 1959 Panamerican Games in Chicago, United States In 1959 he won the world amateur welterweight title in Mexico City. He later fought four professional fights from 1961 to 1962.
Alfredo de la FĂ© Alfredo de la FĂ© is a Cuba-born and Colombia-based violinist, responsible for transforming the violin into an important sound of Salsa and Latin music. The first solo violinist to perform with a Salsa orchestra, De la Fe has toured the world more than thirty times, appearing in concert and participating in more than one hundred albums by such top-ranked Latin artists as Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Jose Alberto "El Canario", Cheo Feliciano, The Fania All Stars and Santana.
Alfredo de Sá Cardoso Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso (Lisbon, June 6, 1864 — Lisbon April 24, 1950), commonly known as Alfredo de Sá Cardoso (pron. ), or just Sá Cardoso, was a Portuguese republican politician of the Portuguese First Republic, who served twice as Prime Minister of Portugal.
Alfredo Dinis Alfredo Dinis, often known by its nom de guerre, "Alex", was a notable Portuguese anti-fascist, member of the Portuguese Communist Party. "Alex" was murdered in 1945 by the fascist political police, the PIDE.
Alfredo Escalera Alfredo Escalera (born March 21, 1952) is a Puerto Rican who was a world champion boxer. A native of Carolina, Escalera was almost as well known for his eccentric clothing practices at social events as he was for his career as a boxer.
Alfredo Fuentes Hernández Alfredo Fuentes Hernández is a Colombian diplomat, lawyer and economist. As the Director General for Legal Affairs, he became the interim Secretary General of the Andean Community of Nations (2006–), after Allan Wagner Tizón's resignation.
Alfredo Genovese Alfredo Genovese (born November 4 1964 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine artist practitioner of traditional Argentine decorative art fileteado. He's best known for the cover of the Mike Doughty album Haughty Melodic, and the massive Aiwa billboard that looms over the Buenos Aires Obelisco.
Alfredo Gil Alfredo Bojalil Gil (August 15, 1915-October 10, 1999), also known by his nickname el gĂĽero, was a singer and founding member of the musical trio, Trio Los Panchos. As a member of Los Panchos, he was the third voice and player of the requinto, a small guitar.
Alfredo il Grande Alfredo il grande (Alfred the Great) is a melodramma serio or serious opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Andrea Leone Tottola wrote the Italian libretto, which may have been derived from Johann Simon Mayr's 1818 opera of the same name.
Alfredo Iriarte Alfredo Iriarte (1932-2002) was a Colombian historian and writer, author of many short historical and fiction novels and essays. Among his books can be mentioned "Lo que lengua mortal decir no pudo" (1979), "Bestiario tropical" (1986), “Episodios Bogotanos” (1987), “Espárragos para dos leones”, “Batallas y batallitas en la historia de Colombia” (1993), “Abominaciones y denuestos” (1994), “Muertes Legendarias” (1996), and “El jinete de Bucentauro” (2000), his last novel.
Alfredo Kraus Alfredo Kraus Trujillo (24 September 1927–10 September 1999) was a Spanish tenor of Austrian descent, and considered among the legendary tenors of the 20th century along with others like Plácido Domingo, Franco Corelli, José Carreras, Jon Vickers and Luciano Pavarotti. His best known role was the title role in Massenet's Werther
Alfredo Omar Tena Alfredo Omar Tena (born April 28, 1985 in Mexico City) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Club América. He is the son of the legendary Alfredo Tena who played as a defender for Club América in the 1980's.
Alfredo Ortiz Alfredo Ortiz is an American drummer, currently playing with New York group Morningwood. Previously Ortiz has toured with the Beastie Boys as a drummer and percussionist, and appeared in their film, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean Alfredo Oscar Saint-Jean (b. 1926) is the former army brigade general who briefly served as interim de facto President of Argentina from June 18 to July 1, 1982, during a period of military rule, after his predecessor Leopoldo Galtieri was ousted from office due to the country's defeat in the Falklands (Malvinas) War.
Alfredo Palacio Luis Alfredo Palacio González (born January 22, 1939) served as President of Ecuador from April 2005 to January 2007. From January 15 2003 to April 20 2005, he served as vice president, after which he was appointed to the presidency when the Ecuadorian Congress removed President Lucio Gutiérrez from power following a week of growing unrest with his government.
Alfredo Porzio Alfredo Porzio was an Argentinian Welterweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the heavyweight division, losing against Otto von Porat in the semi-final.
Alfredo Razon Gonzalez Alfredo Fernando Razon Gonzalez, also known as "Freddy Gonzalez" (born 1978, Parañaque, Philippines) is a Filipino professional football player and many-time member of the Philippines national football team. He is considered by many as the first ever Filipino professional football player in history and the Philippines' finest striker since the legendary Paulino Alcántara.
Alfredo Tena Alfredo Tena Garduño (born November 21, 1956, in Mexico City, Mexico) also known by his nickname "Capitán Furia" (Captain Fury), is a Mexican football coach and former player. Tena is a symbol for Club América, the team he played with for his entire career and later coached after his retirement from the pitch.
Alfredo Tomassini Alfredo Tomassini (29 June 1964–8 December 1987) was a notable football player, the midfielder of the club Alianza Lima, until 1987 when he died in an airplane crash known as the 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster. He survived the inital crash but due to a broken leg was not able to stay afloat.
Alfredo Volpi Alfredo Volpi (1896 - 1988), was a famous painter of the artistic and cultural brazilian modernist movement. He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, where he lived for most part of his life.
Alfredo Yabrán Alfredo Yabrán (1944 – May 21, 1998) was a powerful businessman in Argentina, with deep links with the government, in particular with the Carlos Saúl Menem administration. Among other things, he owned the private courier company OCASA, and the immense (253,000m² or 2,723,269 sq ft of which 60,000 m² or 645,834 sq ft are covered) EDCADASSA warehouses at the Ezeiza international airport in Buenos Aires.
Alfredo Zayas y Alonso Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861 - 1934) was a Cuban lawyer, poet and political figure. He served as prosecutor, judge, mayor of Havana, Secretary of the Constitutional Convention, Senator 1905, President of the Senate 1906, Vice-President 1908-13 and President of Cuba from May 20, 1921 to May 20, 1925.
Alfredrick Hughes Alfredrick Hughes (born July 19, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1st round (14th overall) in the 1985 NBA Draft. A 6'5" shooting guard from Loyola University Chicago, Hughes played in only one NBA season.
Alfresco (software) Alfresco is an open source, open standards, enterprise scale content management system that includes a modern content repository, an out-of-the-box web portal framework for managing and using content designed to work with standard portals, and a CIFS interface that provides Microsoft Windows file system compatibility. It is built by an experienced content management team that includes the co-founder of Documentum, and principal engineers from Documentum, Interwoven, Oracle and Vignette.
Alfresco (TV series) Alfresco was a British television series starring Robbie Coltrane, Ben Elton, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Siobhan Redmond and Emma Thompson, broadcast by ITV (produced by Granada Television) between 1983 and 1984. Running for two series, it totalled 13 episodes.
Alfrodull Álfröðull (Alfrodull) or "glory-of-elves" is a term and common kenning in Norse mythology. It is ambiguous, referring both to the rider and to the sun-chariot of Sol and pulled by two horses, Arvak and Alsvid.
Alfuros Alfuros (Alfures, Horaforas) is a term of no ethnological value applied by the Malays to all the uncivilized non-Muslim peoples in the eastern portion of the Malay Archipelago. Its origin is uncertain, but its meaning is "wild" or "uncivilized.
Alfuzosin Alfuzosin (INN, provided as the hydrochloride salt) is an alpha-adrenergic blocker used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). It works by relaxing the muscles in the prostate and bladder neck, making it easier to urinate.
Algaculture Algaculture is a form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae. The majority of algae that are intentionally cultivated fall into the category of microalgae, also referred to as phytoplankton, microphytes, or planktonic algae.
Algae eater The true algae eaters are a single-genus family (Gyrinocheilidae, Gyrinocheilus) of small Southeast Asian cypriniform fish that live in fast-flowing freshwater, hold on to fixed objects using a sucker-like mouth, and feed primarily on algae.
Algal nutrient solutions Algal nutrient solutions are made up of a mixture of chemical salts and water. Sometimes referred to as "Growth Media", nutrient solutions(along with carbon dioxide and light), provide the materials needed for algae to grow.
Algar Fleet-foot Algar Fleet-foot is a fictional character in the David Eddings book series The Belgariad and The Malloreon. He is the second son of Cherek, last king of unified Aloria; brother of Riva Iron-Grip and Dras Bull-Neck.
Algar Howard Sir Algar Henry Stafford Howard, KCB, KCVO, MC, TD (7 August 1880–14 February 1970) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was the third consecutive Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary to attain the highest rank at the College of Arms.
Algaria Algaria is a fictional country in the David Eddings book series The Belgariad (and its sequel The Malloreon), located in the middle of the Western continent. Algaria is characterised by its vast plains and lack of defined cities.
Algarot Algarot, also known as powder of algaroth, algarel, or antimonious oxychloride (SbOCl), is a white emetic powder formerly used in alchemy that consists of a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was used as an emetic because it purges violently both upwards and downwards.
Algarve The Algarve (pron. ; from the Arabic الغرب - Al-Gharb, the West) is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal, incorporating, amongst others, the cities of Faro, Albufeira, Lagos, Olhão, Tavira, Portimão and Silves.
Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football (soccer). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.
Algarve United F.C. Algarve United Football Club, commonly abbreviated to Algarve United, is an association football (soccer) club based in Loulé, Algarve, Portugal. They are nicknamed "the Lynxes", after the threatened Iberian Lynx which inhabits the area.
Algérie française Algérie française was a slogan used about 1960 by those French people who wanted to keep Algeria ruled by France. It means "French Algeria," and means that the three Départements of Algeria were to be considered integral parts of France.
Algebra Algebra is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of structure, relation and quantity. The name is derived from the treatise written by the Persian mathematician titled (in Arabic كتاب الجبر والمقابلة )Al-Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala (meaning "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing"), which provided symbolic operations for the systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations.
Algebra of Communicating Processes The Algebra of Communicating Processes (ACP) is an algebraic approach to reasoning about concurrent systems. It is a member of the family of mathematical theories of concurrency known as process algebras or process calculi.
Algebra of physical space In physics, the algebra of physical space is the Clifford algebra (Geometric algebra) Cl_3 of the three-dimensional Euclidean space. The extension of the vector linear space is carried out by defining the paravector as
Algebra of random variables In the algebraic axiomatization of probability theory, the primary concept is not that of probability of an event, but rather that of a random variable. Probability distributions are determined by assigning an expectation to each random variable.
Algebra of sets The algebra of sets develops and describes the basic properties and laws of sets, the set-theoretic operations of union, intersection, and complementation and the relations of set equality (mathematics) and set inclusion. It also provides systematic procedures for evaluating expressions, and performing calculations, involving these operations and relations.
Algebra representation of a Lie superalgebra If we have a Lie superalgebra L, then, a (not necessarily associative) Z2 graded algebra A is an algebra representation of L if as a Z2graded vector space, A is a vector space rep of L and in addition, the elements of L acts as derivations/antiderivations.
Algebraic curve In algebraic geometry, an algebraic curve is an algebraic variety of dimension one. The theory of these curves in general was quite fully developed in the nineteenth century, after many particular examples had been considered, starting with circles and other conic sections.
Algebraic data type In computer programming, an algebraic data type is a datatype each of whose values is data from other datatypes wrapped in one of the constructors of the datatype. Any wrapped data is arguments to the constructor.
Algebraic enumeration Algebraic enumeration is a subfield of enumeration that deals with counting algebraic objects. Algebraic properties and symmetries of the objects being counted can be taken advantage of to simplify the counting process.
Algebraic equation In mathematics, an algebraic polynomial over a given field is a polynomial with coefficients in that field. In the simplest case, which is often meant when not otherwise specified, the field is Q, the field of rational numbers, and the algebraic polynomials are those with rational coefficients.
Algebraic geometry Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which, as the name suggests, combines abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with geometry. It can be seen as the study of solution sets of systems of polynomials.
Algebraic geometry and analytic geometry In mathematics, algebraic geometry and analytic geometry are two closely related subjects. Where algebraic geometry studies algebraic varieties, analytic geometry deals with complex manifolds and the more general analytic spaces defined locally by the vanishing of analytic functions of several complex variables.
Algebraic group In algebraic geometry, an algebraic group (or group variety) is a group that is an algebraic variety, such that the multiplication and inverse are given by regular functions on the variety. In category theoretic terms, an algebraic group is a group object in the category of algebraic varieties.
Algebraic Geometry (book) Algebraic Geometry is an influential algebraic geometry textbook written by Robin Hartshorne and published by Springer-Verlag in 1977. It was the first extended treatment of scheme theory written as a text intended to be accessible to graduate students.
Algebraic holography Algebraic holography is a formulation of the AdS/CFT correspondence within the framework of algebraic quantum field theory, discovered 1999 by Karl-Henning Rehren. It apparently leads to a different conclusion from the standard formulations of the correspondence.
Algebraic independence In abstract algebra, a subset S of a field L is algebraically independent over a subfield K if the elements of S do not satisfy any non-trivial polynomial equation with coefficients in K. This means that for every finite sequence α1, ...
Algebraic normal form In boolean logic, the algebraic normal form (ANF) is a method of standardizing and normalizing logical formulas. As a normal form, it can be used in automated theorem proving (ATP), but is more commonly used in the design of cryptographic random number generators, specifically linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs).
Algebraic number In mathematics, an algebraic number is a complex number that is an algebraic element over the rational numbers. In other words, an algebraic number is a root of a non-zero polynomial with rational (or equivalently, integer) coefficients.
Algebraic number field In mathematics, an algebraic number field (or simply number field) is a finite-dimensional (and therefore algebraic) field extension of the rational numbers Q. That is, it is a field which contains Q and has finite dimension, or degree, when considered as a vector space over Q.
Algebraic number theory Algebraic number theory is a branch of number theory in which the concept of a number is expanded to the algebraic numbers which are roots of polynomials with rational coefficients. An algebraic number field is any finite (and therefore algebraic) field extension of the rational numbers.
Algebraic solution The solution of an algebraic equation, often one that seeks zeros of a polynomial, is sometimes said to admit an "algebraic solution" or a "solution in radicals" if function that expresses the solution in terms of the coefficients relies only on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the extraction of roots. The most well-known example is the solution
Algebraic structure In universal algebra, a branch of pure mathematics, an algebraic structure consists of one or more sets closed under one or more operations, satisfying some axioms. Abstract algebra is primarily the study of algebraic structures and their properties.
Algebraic surface In mathematics, an algebraic surface is an algebraic variety of dimension two. In the case of geometry over the complex number field, an algebraic surface is therefore of complex dimension two (as a complex manifold, when it is non-singular) and so of dimension four as a smooth manifold.
Algebraic syntax Algebraic syntax is a theory of syntax developed by Michael Brame as an alternative to transformational-generative grammar. Brame formulated an algebra (technically a nonassociative groupoid with inverses) of lexical items (words and phrases), or lexes for short.
Algebraic variety In mathematics, an algebraic variety is essentially a set of common zeroes of a set of polynomials. Algebraic varieties are one of the central objects of study in classical (and to some extent, modern) algebraic geometry.
Algebraically closed group In mathematics, in the realm of group theory, a group A is algebraically closed if any finite set of equations and inequations that "make sense" in A already have a solution in A . This idea will be made precise later in the article.
Algebraically compact module In abstract algebra, algebraically compact modules, also called pure-injective modules, are modules that have a certain "nice" property which allows the solution of infinite systems of equations in the module by finitary means.
Algeciras Algeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, near the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is situated on the RĂ­o de la Miel slightly to the north of Tarifa, which is the southernmost town of peninsular Spain ().
Algemeene Bond van RK-kiesverenigingen The General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses (in Dutch: Algemeene Bond van Roomsch-Katholieke Kiesvereningen; informally called General League or Algemeene Bond) was a dutch catholic political party. The General League is historically linked to the Christian Democratic Appeal, currently the largest party of the Netherlands.
Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic District The Alger-Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic District is a historic district in Century, Florida. The district is bounded by Pinewood Avenue, Front Street, Jefferson Avenue, Church Street, and Mayo Street, encompasses approximately 230 acres, and contains 45 historic buildings.
Algeria and weapons of mass destruction In 1991, the United States government exposed the covert construction of a nuclear reactor in Algeria, and the Washington Post accused the country of developing nuclear weapons with the help of the Chinese government. The Algerian government admitted it was building a reactor, but denied any secrecy or military purpose.
Algerian Arabic Algerian Arabic is the dialect or dialects of Arabic native to Algeria. In Algeria, as elsewhere, spoken Arabic differs very substantially from written Arabic; Algerian Arabic has a substantially changed vocabulary with many new words and many words from Berber, Turkish, and French, and, like all Arabic dialects, has dropped the case endings of the written language.
Algerian Communist Party The Algerian Communist Party (in French: Parti Communiste Algérien) was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party (PCF) and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 (Gilberg, 1988, p.
Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993.
Algerian Family Code The Algerian Family Code (French Code de Famille, Arabic قانون الأسرة), enacted on 9 June, 1984, specifies the laws relating to familial relations in Algeria. It includes strong elements of Sharia law, which have brought it the praise of some (e.
Algerian hip hop Algerian hip hop music, as a genre, includes the hip-hop music of both native Algerians and Algerians abroad. Algerians living abroad have contributed much to this genre, especially in France, where they are also considered part of French hip hop scene.
Algerian legislative election, 1991 The Algerian National Assembly elections of 1991 were cancelled by a military coup after the first round, triggering the Algerian Civil War; the military expressed concerns that the FIS, which was almost certain to win more than the 2/3 majority of seats required to change the Algerian Constitution, would end democracy and impose a theocracy. Of 430 seats contested, 231 were won outright with 50% or more of the ballot; the remaining 199 would have proceeded to a second ballot contested only by the two candidates with the highest number of votes.
Algerian Muslim Scouts Scouts Musulmans Algériens (SMA, , ) is the national Scouting association in Algeria. Scouting in Algeria began formatively around 1911, but Scouting was officially founded in French Algeria in 1935, introduced by French Scouts, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1963.
Algerian national ice hockey team The Algerian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Algeria. Formed in 2006, Algeria currently is not a member of the IIHF and does not currently have its own ice rink, however the national team was formed with the increasing number of Algerians who are playing ice hockey around the world.
Algerian Oak The Algerian Oak or Mirbeck's Oak (Quercus canariensis) is an oak in the section Quercus sect. Mesobalanus, native to southern Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco; despite the scientific name, it does not occur naturally in the Canary Islands.
Algerian People's Party The Algerian People's Party (French, Parti du Peuple Algerien, PPA), was a successor organization of the North African Star (Étoile Nord-Africaine), led by veteran Algerian nationalist Messali Hadj. It was formed in 1937 with assistance from the French Communist Party (Parti Communiste Français, PCF) but always more nationalist than marxist in its ideology.
Algerian Six The Algerian Six were six islamic clergy, who worked for charities in Bosnia, who fell under suspicion of plotting to attack the American embassy in Bosnia. All six men were born in Algeria, but five of them were naturalized Bosnian citizens.
Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC (Little Haddam, Hertford 1654 – January 10, 1710, Watford) was the son of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex and Elizabeth Percy. After his father's suicide in 1683, Capell became the 2nd Earl of Essex.
Algernon S. Buford Algernon Sidney Buford (January 2, 1826-May 6, 1911) of Chatham, Virginia is best known for his presidency of the Richmond and Danville Railroad during its massive post civil war expansion into the Southern Railway system (now part of Norfolk Southern).
Algernon Swinburne Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring themes of sadomasochism, death-wish, lesbianism and irreligion.
Algic languages The Algic (also Algonquian-Wiyot-Yurok or Algonquian-Ritwan) languages are an indigenous language family of North America. They are all thought to descend from Proto-Algic, a second-order proto language reconstructed using Proto-Algonquian and the attested languages Wiyot and Yurok.

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