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All-America An All-America "team" is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players, those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position, who are referred to as All-American athletes.
All-American (musical) All-American, a Broadway musical with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams, opened in New York on March 19, 1962, and played 80 performances. The production starred Ray Bolger, Eileen Herlie, Ron Husmann, and Anita Gillette, and told the story of a mathematics professor whose theories changed the fortunes of the football team at a small southern college.
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league which existed from 1943 to 1954. With the advent of World War II reaching America, and in order to maintain baseball in the public eye while the majority of able men were away, several major league baseball executives started a new professional league with women players.
All-American Publications All-American Publications is one of three American comic book companies that combined to form the modern-day DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comics publishers. Superheroes created for All-American include the original Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, and Wonder Woman, all in the 1940s' Golden Age of comic books.
All-Australian Team The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season.
All-Bran All-Bran is a very high-bran, high-fiber, wheat bran breakfast cereal manufactured by Kellogg's and marketed as an aid to digestive health. Due to the low levels of sodium, along with high levels of potassium, All-Bran cereal is proven to have a positive effect on blood pressure as well.
All-British The All-British was a British automobile built at Bridgeton, Glasgow from 1906 to 1908. The company was founded by George Johnston, formerly of Arrol-Johnston, primarily for the manufacture a 54hp eight-cylinder car with its cylinders arranged as two parallel fours; the pistons were actuated by two rocking beams which were driven by connecting rods from a normal four-throw crank.
All-Consuming Fire All-Consuming Fire is an original novel written by Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The novel is a crossover with Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes featuring the characters of both Holmes and Doctor Watson, and also with H.
All-England Eleven In cricket, the term All-England Eleven has been used for various non-international England teams since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county side.
All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement The All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement (in Amharic: Mela Ethiopia Sosialist Neqenaqe, áዠየኢትዮጵያ á¶á˛á‹«áŠáµá‰µ ንቅናቄ, MEISON) was a Marxist organization that played an active role in Ethiopian politics during the late 1970s. Both it and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) were enthusiastic supporters of the Communist revolution that toppled Emperor Haile Selassie I.
All-for-Ireland League The All-for-Ireland League (AFIL), was an Irish, Munster-based non-sectarian political party (1909-1918). It was founded by Member of Parliament (MP) William O'Brien in order to establish a new national organisation to pursue a creed of political brotherhood and reconciliation between all Irishmen.
All-four All-four is an urban public transport scheme first enunciated by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT—New York City) in the 1930s in which different transportation technologies are chosen and implemented in an integrated system.
All-Fours All-Fours is a card game known in America as Old Sledge, or Seven Up. It is usually played by four players, with the full pack of fifty-two cards, which rank in play as at Whist, the ace being the highest, and the two
All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights The All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Disenfrachised (German: Gesamtdeutscher Block/Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten or GB/BHE) was founded in 1950 as BHE (Block der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten, Bloc of Expellees and Disenfranchised) and changed the name to GB/BHE in 1952. It was the party of the expellees and with the ongoing integration of the expellees in the West German society the role of the party dwindled away.
All-Hallows-the-Great All-Hallows-the-Great was a church in the City of London, first recorded in the 12th century, located on what is now Upper Thames Street. Destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the church was rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren..
All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Established in 1953, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) serves as a people's organization and non-governmental chamber of commerce composed of Chinese industrialists and businessmen under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party; an organization assisting the government to manage China's non-public economy, and also a bridge linking the Party and Government and non-public economic personages.
All-China Federation of Trade Unions The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is the sole national trade union federation of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest trade union in the world with 134 million members in 1,713,000 primary trade union organizations.
All-China Women's Federation The All-China Women's Federation is an organisation of women established in China in March 1949. It was constructed as a mass organisation supported by the Communist Party of China, and based on Marxist theory.
All-China Youth Network Civilization Convention The All-China Youth Network Civilization Convention (全国青少年网络文ćŽĺ…¬çş¦) is a short statement promulgated by the authorities in the People's Republic of China, regulating the use of the Internet by Chinese youth.
All-inclusive resort An all-inclusive resort is a holiday resort that includes all meals, soft drinks, and most alcoholic drinks in the price. Many also offer a selection of sports and other activities included in the price as well.
All-Ireland Hurling Final The All-Ireland Hurling Final is the last match in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, one of the biggest sporting occasions to be held in Ireland every year. It is the culmination of a league and knockout competition among the twelve best hurling teams of Ireland.
All-Ireland Junior Football Championship The all-Ireland Junior football championship is an Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all for the Junior football inter-county teams on the Island of Ireland. Kerry are the 2006 champions and are the most successful Junior football county, having lifted the Junior title on fourteen occasions.
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the ESB Minor Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors of the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Football Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the ESB Minor Hurling Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for the youngest competitors of the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2007 The Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2007 begins in May, 2007, with the final game taking place on Sunday, September 16th.Kerry are the defending champions, Kerry won their 34th Sam Maguire beating Mayo in a repeat of the 2004 final.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Hurling Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1887 The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1887 was the first national championship of the game of hurling ever held in Ireland. The championship was organised on a county basis, with champion clubs representing each county.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1984 The All-Ireland Hurling Championship 1984 ran from May to September of that year. The All-Ireland Hurling Final, which was played in Semple Stadium in Thurles to mark the centenary of the Gaelic Athletic Association, was won by Cork who beat Offaly by 3-16 to 1-12.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1994 The Guinness Hurling Championship 1994 ran from May to September of 1994. The 1994 championship provided one of the most exciting All-Ireland Hurling Finals in recent years with Offaly defeating Limerick by 3-16 to 2-13.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1997 The Guinness Hurling Championship 1997 ran from May to September of that year and saw the biggest ever change in the competition's format with the introduction of the Qualifier or "back-door" system. The All-Ireland Hurling Final was won by Clare who beat Tipperary by 0-20 to 2-13.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1998 The Guinness Hurling Championship 1998 ran from May to September of that year and was the second year that the Qualifier or "back-door" system was in use. The All-Ireland Hurling Final was won by Offaly who beat Kilkenny by 2-16 to 1-13.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2003 The Guinness Hurling Championship 2003 began on Sunday, May 3 and ended on September 14, 2003. The 2003 championship followed the same format as 2002, whereby the Munster and Leinster Champions automatically qualify for the All-Ireland Semi-Finals.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2004 The Guinness All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2004 began on Sunday, May 2, 2004. The 2004 championship followed the same format as 2003, whereby the Munster and Leinster Champions automatically qualify for the All-Ireland Semi-Finals.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2005 The Guinness Hurling Championship 2005 began on Sunday, May 15, 2005. The 2005 championship saw some change with the introduction of a new format whereby after the provincial championships and the two new qualifying groups were completed, eight teams were left to face off in four quarter finals.
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Cadbury Under-21 Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months.
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Erin Under-21 Hurling Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months.
All-Japan Band Association The All-Japan Band Association (AJBA) is an organization that exists solely for the purpose of facilitating an enormous annual competition among Japanese wind bands. This competition has largely promoted the concert band idiom (called buraban in Japanese), but in recent years AJBA has also included separate entries for marching band and smaller chamber music ensembles within its national competition.
All-Malaya Council of Joint Action The All-Malaya Council of Joint Action was a political party in Malaysia formed to oppose the United Malays National Organization and the Malay-supremacist ideology of Ketuanan Melayu. It formed an opposition coalition with the Pusat Tenaga Raayat.
All-National Congress of the Chechen People The All-National Congress of the Chechen People (NCChP) of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria came to power on November 1, 1991 under president Dzhokhar Dudayev, a former commander of the Soviet air force base in Tartu, Estonia. Since its formation, the organization advocated sovereignty for Chechnya as a separate republic within the Soviet Union.
All-NBA Team The Associated Press All-NBA Team, also known simply as the All-NBA Team, is an annual honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every NBA season. The award is voted on by members of the Associated Press.
All-Night Vigil The All-Night Vigil (), Opus 37, is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written and premiered in 1915. The title of the work is often translated The Vespers, which is both literally and conceptually incorrect, as the work consists of settings of two canonical hours from the Eastern Orthodox liturgy – vespers () and matins ().
All-or-none law The all-or-none law is the principle that the strength by which a nerve or muscle fiber responds to a stimulus is not dependent on the strength of the stimulus. If the stimulus is any strength above threshold, the nerve or muscle fiber will either give a complete response or no response at all.
All-or-nothing transform In cryptography, an all-or-nothing transform (AONT), also known as an all-or-nothing protocol, is an encryption mode which allows the data to be understood only if all of it is known. AONTs are not encryption, but frequently make use of symmetric ciphers and may be applied before encryption.
All-pairs testing All-pairs testing or pairwise testing is a combinatorial software testing method that, for each pair of input parameters to a system (typically, a software algorithm) tests all possible discrete combinations of those parameters. Using carefully chosen test vectors, this can be done much faster than an exhaustive search of all combinations of all parameters, by "parallelizing" the tests of parameter pairs.
All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment The All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment, or ALICE, was introduced into United States Army service in 1974 to replace the M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment [LCE] and M-1967 Modernized Load-Carrying Equipment [MLCE].
All-Palestine Government The All-Palestine Government (Arabic: ŘŮŮŮ…Ř© عمŮŮ… Ůلسطين hukumat 'umum Filastin) was established in Gaza by the Arab League on 22 September, 1948, towards the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Prime Minister was Ahmed Hildi Abd al-Baqi and the Foreign Minister was Jamal al-Husayni.
All-Party Group for World Government The All-Party Group for World Government, founded by Henry Usborne in 1947, is one of the oldest groups in the British Parliament. At its peak, it had over 200 members from the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
All-Polish Youth The All-Polish Youth (Polish: MĹ‚odzieĹĽ Wszechpolska) is a Polish nationalist youth group, affiliated with the League of Polish Families, with a Catholic-nationalist philosophy. Its agenda declares that its aim is to raise youth in a catholic and patriotic spirit.
All-rounder An all-rounder is a cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat, and most batsmen end up bowling occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines.
All-Russia exhibition 1896 The All-Russia industrial and art exhibition 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod was held from May 28 (June 9) till October 1 (13), 1896. The 1896 exhibition was the biggest pre-revolution exhibition in Russian Empire and was organized with the money allotted by the Nicholas II Emperor of Russia.
All-Russian Committee for Defence of Kuriles All-Russian Committee for Defence of Kuriles (in Russian: Đ’ŃероŃŃийŃкий комитет защиты ĐšŃрил) is an association in Russia, formed by the 1992 Communist Party of the Soviet Union of Sergei Skvortsov to politically counter the Japanese claims to the Kuriles. The group was founded in 1992.
All-seater stadium All-seater stadium is the terminology applied to those sports stadia in which every spectator has a seat. This is commonplace in football (soccer) stadia in nations such as Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
All-silica fiber All-silica fiber, also called all-glass fiber or silica-silica fiber, is an optical fiber whose core and cladding are made of silica glass. The refractive index of the core glass is higher than that of the cladding.
All-star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games (such as the Pro Bowl).
All-Star Futures Game The All-Star Futures Game was conceived by Jimmie Lee Solomon, an Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball, looking for an event to showcase the minor leagues and round out the All-Star week festivities.
All-Star Western All-Star Western was a comic published by DC Comics which ran for 62 issues from 1951 to 1961. Its numbering, which started at 58, was continued from All Star Comics after its super-hero strip, "Justice Society of America," was retired.
All-Star Winners Squadron The All-Star Winners Squadron, also known as the All-Star Winners Society, was an Amalgam Comics superhero team that supposedly existed during the Golden Age. They are a combination of DC Comics' All-Star Squadron and Marvel Comics' All-Winners Squad.
All-terrain vehicle The term "all-terrain vehicle" is used in a general sense to describe any of a number of small open motorized buggies and tricycles designed for off-road use. However, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) defines an ATV as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, and with handlebars for steering control.
All-time FA Premier League table The All-Time FA Premier League Table is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in the FA Premier League since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2005-06 season.
All-Tatar Public Center All-Tatar Public Center, ATPC, BTÄ°Ăś, also known as Tatar Social Center (Tatar Latin: Bötentatar Ä°ctimağà Üzäge, BTÄ°Ăś; Cyrillic: Бөтентатар Đҗтимагый Үзәге, БТĐŇ®; Russian Đ’ŃетатаĚŃ€Ńкий ОбщеĚŃтвенный Центр, ВТОЦ) is a Tatar nationalistic organization. ATCP headquarters in Kazan, Tatarstan.
All-Time Serie A Table The All-Time Serie A Table is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in the Serie A since its inception in 1929. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2005-06 season; the 1945-46 championship is not included because played by both Serie A and B teams.
All-TIME 100 Greatest Novels The All-TIME 100 Greatest Novels was a list published by TIME magazine in 2005 of the greatest ever English-language pieces of literature published since TIME was founded in 1923. It was picked by TIME critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo.
All-Trac All-Trac was a proprietary all wheel drive system used on a variety of Toyota badged models from late 1986 to 2000. It was considered a revolutionary advance for all-wheel drive automobiles into the mainstream consumer market and its electronically controlled locking center differential was a first for Toyota in a passenger car.
All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (in Russian: Đ’ŃеŃоюзной КоммŃниŃтичеŃкой партии (больŃевиков), abbreviated ВКП(б)) is a political party operating in the former Soviet Union. ВКП(б) was formed in 1995, following a split from the All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks (VKPB).
All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks (in Russian: Đ’ŃеŃоюзная Молодая Гвардия БольŃевиков, ВМГБ) is the youth wing of the All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks, which operates throughout the former Soviet Union.
Alla Fino Winner of numerous awards for her paintings while living in Belarus and Russia. She now lives in the United States and is married to Ronald Fino who is well know for his undercover work relating to(Cosa Nostra, Russian Mafia and Terrorist activities for the FBI and CIA.
Alla Nazimova Alla Nazimova, born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon (May 22 1879 – July 14 1945) was an American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer. She is often known as just Nazimova, and was also known as Alia Nasimoff.
Alla Sizova Alla Sizova is a twentieth-century ballet dancer, best known for her work with the Kirov Ballet. She was the preferred dance partner of Rudolph Nureyev before his defection, and Nureyev is rumoured to have said in his later years that Sizova was the only thing that could conceivably entice him back to the Soviet Union.
Allagi Allagi (Greek: Αλλαγή), also Allayi, Alagi, rarely Alai is a community located less than 1 km south of GR-9A/E55 in the northern part of the prefecture of Messenia. It is located on a major highway linking Kalamata and Corinth, the GR-7/E55 and E65.
Allah Allah is the Arabic language word referring to "God", "the Lord" and, literally according to the Qur'an, to the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" in the Abrahamic religions. It does not mean "a god", but rather "the Only True God", the Supreme Creator of the universe, and it is the main term for the deity in Islam.
Allah Muhammed Saleem Allah Muhammed Saleem (also transliterated as Alaadinn Muhammad Salim) is a citizen of Egypt who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.list of prisoners (.
Allahabad Address Allahabad Address was the Presidential Address by Allama Iqbal to the 25th Session of the All-India Muslim League on 29 December, 1930, at Allahabad. Here he presented the idea of a separate homeland for Indian Muslims which was ultimately realised in the form of Pakistan.
Allai Allai is a valley in District Batagram, NWFP, Pakistan. Allai valley is bounded by Kohistan on the north and east, by the Kaghan valley, Nandhiar and Deshi of Deshiwals on the south, and by the Indus on the west.
Allaire Corporation Allaire Corporation, founded by Jeremy and JJ Allaire, released the first version of the ColdFusion server in 1995, the first database-driven web-content server. In its early history, the name of the language for ColdFusion (then known as Database Markup Language (DBML)) was changed to ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML).
Allaire du Pont Allaire du Pont (May 4, 1913 - January 6 2006) was an American sportswoman and a member of the prominent Du Pont family of chemical manufacturers who is most remembered as the owner of the Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame champion, Kelso.
Allaire State Park Allaire State Park is most likely best known for its 19th century iron-making town, Allaire Village, on the park premises. The park is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, near the town of Farmingdale.
Allais effect The Allais effect is a claimed anomalous precession of the plane of oscillation of a pendulum during a solar eclipse. It has been speculated to be unexplained by standard physical models of gravitation, but recent mainstream physics publications tend rather to posit conventional explanations for the reported observations.
Allais paradox The Allais paradox, more neutrally described as the Allais problem, is a choice problem designed by Maurice Allais to show an inconsistency of actual observed choices with the predictions of expected utility theory. The problem consists of two choices presented to a participant, each between a pair of gambles:
Allal El Hajjam Allal El Hajjam (born in 1948) is a poet and professor of Arabic language in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. Previously he taught at the School of Arts and Humanities in Meknès.
Allama Hassan Turabi Allama Hassan Turabi (Urdu: ŘąŮ„Ř§Ů…Ű Řسن ترابی) was a Pakistani and prominent Shiite Muslim cleric, chief of the main Shiite political party, Islami Tehrik. He was assassinated by a Sunni Bangladeshi on 14 July 2006 following his return from an anti-Israel protest regarding the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
Allama Mashriqi Allama Mashriqi (Urdu: ŘąŮ„Ř§Ů…Ű Ů…Ř´Ř±Ů‚ŰŚ) (Inayatullah Khan) (Urdu: عنایت Ř§Ů„Ů„Ű Ř®Ř§Ů†) was born into an eminent Muslim Rajput family in Amritsar on 25 August, 1888 and died in Lahore on 27 August, 1963. He had a notable university record both in the Punjab and at Cambridge.
Allama Talib Jauhri Allama Talib Jauhri ( Talib Johri or Talib Jauhry) is a Pakistani religious leader, from the Shi'ite sect of Islam who holds the prestigious position of Zakir-e-Sham-e-Ghariban (speaker of the evening of sorrow) on Pakistan Television for several years.
Allamah An Allamah (Persian: علامه), also spelled Allameh and Allama, is an honorary title carried by only the very highest scholars of Islamic thought, jurisprudence, and philosophy. In Shia rank, they surpass all other clerics such as Ayatollahs and Hujjat-ul-Islams.
Allamah al-Majlisi Mohammad Baqer Majlesi, (1616 - 1689) (In Persian علامه مجلسی; variations: Majlessi, Majlisi, Madjlessi) known as Allameh Majlesi or Allamah al-Majlisi, was a famous Iranian Shia cleric of the Safavid era.
Allamanda Allamanda, also known as Yellow Bell, Golden Trumpet or Buttercup Flower, is a genus of tropical shrubs or vines with hairy seeds, native to South and Central America. Their year-round production of large, bright flowers have made the Allamanda popular ornamentals.
Allamanda angustifolia Allamanda angustifolia is a species of Allamanda genus in the Apocynaceae family, which is native from Brazil, typically in Cerrado vegetation. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
Allamanda cathartica Allamanda cathartica (Golden Trumpet) is an ornamental plant of Allamanda genus in the Apocynaceae family, which is native from Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
Allameh Tabatabaei High School Allameh Tabatabaei High School, located in Tehran, Iran, is a gifted high school that accepts the best students of Iran. Originally there were two branches of Allameh in Iran, both of which were located in Tehran.
Allan A. Lamport Allan Austin Lamport (April 4 1903 – November 18 1999) was Mayor of Toronto, Canada, from 1952 to 1954. Known as "Lampy", his most notable achievement was his opposition to Toronto's Blue laws which banned virtually any activities on Sundays.
Allan Alemán Allan Alemán (born July 29, 1983) is a Costa Rican soccer player who plays for Deportivo Saprissa. Despite his short size, he is considered to be one of the best young players in Concacaf, and has already won a place on his team and among the hearts of Saprissa fans due to his hard work on the field, his quickness, great scoring skills and most of all, because of his natural talent for assisting goals to his teammates.
Allan Armitage Allan M. Armitage is professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia, Athens, where he teaches, conducts research, and runs the University of Georgia Horticulture Gardens—producing annual guidelines for annuals and perennials suitable for heat and humidity.
Allan Asher Allan Asher is a former deputy chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. He is now a board member of the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading and CEO of the consumer activist organisation EnergyWatch.
Allan Aynesworth Allan Aynesworth (born Edward Abbot-Anderson, April 14, 1864 in Berkshire; died August 22, 1959 in Surrey) was a British actor of the late Victorian era. He performed the role of Algernon Moncrieff in the premiere production of The Importance of Being Earnest, later telling his biographer that "In my fifty-three years of acting, I never remember a greater triumph than [that] first night.
Allan B. Magruder Allan Bowie Magruder (1775 - April 16, 1822) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Kentucky in 1775, he attended the common schools, pursued an academic course, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796 and practiced in Lexington, Kentucky.
Allan Bateman Allan Glen Bateman (born 6 March 1965) is a former Welsh dual code rugby international centre. He gained 4 caps for the Wales national rugby union team in 1990 before going to rugby league, but returned in after rugby union went professional in 1996 to gain a further 31 Wales caps and one for the British Lions 1996-2001.
Allan Birnbaum Allan Birnbaum (May 27, 1923 - July 1, 1976) was an American statistician who contributed to statistical inference, foundations of statistics, statistical genetics, statistical psychology, and history of statistics.
Allan Blakeney Allan Emrys Blakeney, PC , OC , SOM , QC , MA , DCL (born September 7, 1925) was the Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982, and leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP).
Allan Bloom Allan David Bloom (14 September, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana – 7 October, 1992 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American philosopher, essayist and academic. Bloom championed the idea of 'Great Books' education, as did his mentor Leo Strauss, and became famous for criticism of contemporary American higher education in his bestselling 1987 book, The Closing of the American Mind.
Allan Boesak Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak (23 February 1945 - ) is a South African Dutch Reformed Church cleric and was a politician and anti-apartheid activist. He was sentenced to prison for fraud in 1999 but was re-instated as a cleric in late 2004.
All-American (musical) All-American, a Broadway musical with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams, opened in New York on March 19, 1962, and played 80 performances. The production starred Ray Bolger, Eileen Herlie, Ron Husmann, and Anita Gillette, and told the story of a mathematics professor whose theories changed the fortunes of the football team at a small southern college.
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league which existed from 1943 to 1954. With the advent of World War II reaching America, and in order to maintain baseball in the public eye while the majority of able men were away, several major league baseball executives started a new professional league with women players.
All-American Publications All-American Publications is one of three American comic book companies that combined to form the modern-day DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comics publishers. Superheroes created for All-American include the original Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, and Wonder Woman, all in the 1940s' Golden Age of comic books.
All-Australian Team The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season.
All-Bran All-Bran is a very high-bran, high-fiber, wheat bran breakfast cereal manufactured by Kellogg's and marketed as an aid to digestive health. Due to the low levels of sodium, along with high levels of potassium, All-Bran cereal is proven to have a positive effect on blood pressure as well.
All-British The All-British was a British automobile built at Bridgeton, Glasgow from 1906 to 1908. The company was founded by George Johnston, formerly of Arrol-Johnston, primarily for the manufacture a 54hp eight-cylinder car with its cylinders arranged as two parallel fours; the pistons were actuated by two rocking beams which were driven by connecting rods from a normal four-throw crank.
All-Consuming Fire All-Consuming Fire is an original novel written by Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The novel is a crossover with Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes featuring the characters of both Holmes and Doctor Watson, and also with H.
All-England Eleven In cricket, the term All-England Eleven has been used for various non-international England teams since the 1739 English cricket season and it indicates that the "Rest of England" is playing against, say, MCC or an individual county side.
All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement The All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement (in Amharic: Mela Ethiopia Sosialist Neqenaqe, áዠየኢትዮጵያ á¶á˛á‹«áŠáµá‰µ ንቅናቄ, MEISON) was a Marxist organization that played an active role in Ethiopian politics during the late 1970s. Both it and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) were enthusiastic supporters of the Communist revolution that toppled Emperor Haile Selassie I.
All-for-Ireland League The All-for-Ireland League (AFIL), was an Irish, Munster-based non-sectarian political party (1909-1918). It was founded by Member of Parliament (MP) William O'Brien in order to establish a new national organisation to pursue a creed of political brotherhood and reconciliation between all Irishmen.
All-four All-four is an urban public transport scheme first enunciated by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT—New York City) in the 1930s in which different transportation technologies are chosen and implemented in an integrated system.
All-Fours All-Fours is a card game known in America as Old Sledge, or Seven Up. It is usually played by four players, with the full pack of fifty-two cards, which rank in play as at Whist, the ace being the highest, and the two
All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights The All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Disenfrachised (German: Gesamtdeutscher Block/Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten or GB/BHE) was founded in 1950 as BHE (Block der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten, Bloc of Expellees and Disenfranchised) and changed the name to GB/BHE in 1952. It was the party of the expellees and with the ongoing integration of the expellees in the West German society the role of the party dwindled away.
All-Hallows-the-Great All-Hallows-the-Great was a church in the City of London, first recorded in the 12th century, located on what is now Upper Thames Street. Destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the church was rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren..
All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Established in 1953, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) serves as a people's organization and non-governmental chamber of commerce composed of Chinese industrialists and businessmen under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party; an organization assisting the government to manage China's non-public economy, and also a bridge linking the Party and Government and non-public economic personages.
All-China Federation of Trade Unions The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is the sole national trade union federation of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest trade union in the world with 134 million members in 1,713,000 primary trade union organizations.
All-China Women's Federation The All-China Women's Federation is an organisation of women established in China in March 1949. It was constructed as a mass organisation supported by the Communist Party of China, and based on Marxist theory.
All-China Youth Network Civilization Convention The All-China Youth Network Civilization Convention (全国青少年网络文ćŽĺ…¬çş¦) is a short statement promulgated by the authorities in the People's Republic of China, regulating the use of the Internet by Chinese youth.
All-inclusive resort An all-inclusive resort is a holiday resort that includes all meals, soft drinks, and most alcoholic drinks in the price. Many also offer a selection of sports and other activities included in the price as well.
All-Ireland Hurling Final The All-Ireland Hurling Final is the last match in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, one of the biggest sporting occasions to be held in Ireland every year. It is the culmination of a league and knockout competition among the twelve best hurling teams of Ireland.
All-Ireland Junior Football Championship The all-Ireland Junior football championship is an Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all for the Junior football inter-county teams on the Island of Ireland. Kerry are the 2006 champions and are the most successful Junior football county, having lifted the Junior title on fourteen occasions.
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the ESB Minor Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors of the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Football Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the ESB Minor Hurling Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for the youngest competitors of the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2007 The Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2007 begins in May, 2007, with the final game taking place on Sunday, September 16th.Kerry are the defending champions, Kerry won their 34th Sam Maguire beating Mayo in a repeat of the 2004 final.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Hurling Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1887 The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1887 was the first national championship of the game of hurling ever held in Ireland. The championship was organised on a county basis, with champion clubs representing each county.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1984 The All-Ireland Hurling Championship 1984 ran from May to September of that year. The All-Ireland Hurling Final, which was played in Semple Stadium in Thurles to mark the centenary of the Gaelic Athletic Association, was won by Cork who beat Offaly by 3-16 to 1-12.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1994 The Guinness Hurling Championship 1994 ran from May to September of 1994. The 1994 championship provided one of the most exciting All-Ireland Hurling Finals in recent years with Offaly defeating Limerick by 3-16 to 2-13.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1997 The Guinness Hurling Championship 1997 ran from May to September of that year and saw the biggest ever change in the competition's format with the introduction of the Qualifier or "back-door" system. The All-Ireland Hurling Final was won by Clare who beat Tipperary by 0-20 to 2-13.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1998 The Guinness Hurling Championship 1998 ran from May to September of that year and was the second year that the Qualifier or "back-door" system was in use. The All-Ireland Hurling Final was won by Offaly who beat Kilkenny by 2-16 to 1-13.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2003 The Guinness Hurling Championship 2003 began on Sunday, May 3 and ended on September 14, 2003. The 2003 championship followed the same format as 2002, whereby the Munster and Leinster Champions automatically qualify for the All-Ireland Semi-Finals.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2004 The Guinness All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2004 began on Sunday, May 2, 2004. The 2004 championship followed the same format as 2003, whereby the Munster and Leinster Champions automatically qualify for the All-Ireland Semi-Finals.
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2005 The Guinness Hurling Championship 2005 began on Sunday, May 15, 2005. The 2005 championship saw some change with the introduction of a new format whereby after the provincial championships and the two new qualifying groups were completed, eight teams were left to face off in four quarter finals.
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Cadbury Under-21 Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months.
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Erin Under-21 Hurling Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months.
All-Japan Band Association The All-Japan Band Association (AJBA) is an organization that exists solely for the purpose of facilitating an enormous annual competition among Japanese wind bands. This competition has largely promoted the concert band idiom (called buraban in Japanese), but in recent years AJBA has also included separate entries for marching band and smaller chamber music ensembles within its national competition.
All-Malaya Council of Joint Action The All-Malaya Council of Joint Action was a political party in Malaysia formed to oppose the United Malays National Organization and the Malay-supremacist ideology of Ketuanan Melayu. It formed an opposition coalition with the Pusat Tenaga Raayat.
All-National Congress of the Chechen People The All-National Congress of the Chechen People (NCChP) of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria came to power on November 1, 1991 under president Dzhokhar Dudayev, a former commander of the Soviet air force base in Tartu, Estonia. Since its formation, the organization advocated sovereignty for Chechnya as a separate republic within the Soviet Union.
All-NBA Team The Associated Press All-NBA Team, also known simply as the All-NBA Team, is an annual honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every NBA season. The award is voted on by members of the Associated Press.
All-Night Vigil The All-Night Vigil (), Opus 37, is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written and premiered in 1915. The title of the work is often translated The Vespers, which is both literally and conceptually incorrect, as the work consists of settings of two canonical hours from the Eastern Orthodox liturgy – vespers () and matins ().
All-or-none law The all-or-none law is the principle that the strength by which a nerve or muscle fiber responds to a stimulus is not dependent on the strength of the stimulus. If the stimulus is any strength above threshold, the nerve or muscle fiber will either give a complete response or no response at all.
All-or-nothing transform In cryptography, an all-or-nothing transform (AONT), also known as an all-or-nothing protocol, is an encryption mode which allows the data to be understood only if all of it is known. AONTs are not encryption, but frequently make use of symmetric ciphers and may be applied before encryption.
All-pairs testing All-pairs testing or pairwise testing is a combinatorial software testing method that, for each pair of input parameters to a system (typically, a software algorithm) tests all possible discrete combinations of those parameters. Using carefully chosen test vectors, this can be done much faster than an exhaustive search of all combinations of all parameters, by "parallelizing" the tests of parameter pairs.
All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment The All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment, or ALICE, was introduced into United States Army service in 1974 to replace the M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment [LCE] and M-1967 Modernized Load-Carrying Equipment [MLCE].
All-Palestine Government The All-Palestine Government (Arabic: ŘŮŮŮ…Ř© عمŮŮ… Ůلسطين hukumat 'umum Filastin) was established in Gaza by the Arab League on 22 September, 1948, towards the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Prime Minister was Ahmed Hildi Abd al-Baqi and the Foreign Minister was Jamal al-Husayni.
All-Party Group for World Government The All-Party Group for World Government, founded by Henry Usborne in 1947, is one of the oldest groups in the British Parliament. At its peak, it had over 200 members from the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
All-Polish Youth The All-Polish Youth (Polish: MĹ‚odzieĹĽ Wszechpolska) is a Polish nationalist youth group, affiliated with the League of Polish Families, with a Catholic-nationalist philosophy. Its agenda declares that its aim is to raise youth in a catholic and patriotic spirit.
All-rounder An all-rounder is a cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat, and most batsmen end up bowling occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines.
All-Russia exhibition 1896 The All-Russia industrial and art exhibition 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod was held from May 28 (June 9) till October 1 (13), 1896. The 1896 exhibition was the biggest pre-revolution exhibition in Russian Empire and was organized with the money allotted by the Nicholas II Emperor of Russia.
All-Russian Committee for Defence of Kuriles All-Russian Committee for Defence of Kuriles (in Russian: Đ’ŃероŃŃийŃкий комитет защиты ĐšŃрил) is an association in Russia, formed by the 1992 Communist Party of the Soviet Union of Sergei Skvortsov to politically counter the Japanese claims to the Kuriles. The group was founded in 1992.
All-seater stadium All-seater stadium is the terminology applied to those sports stadia in which every spectator has a seat. This is commonplace in football (soccer) stadia in nations such as Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
All-silica fiber All-silica fiber, also called all-glass fiber or silica-silica fiber, is an optical fiber whose core and cladding are made of silica glass. The refractive index of the core glass is higher than that of the cladding.
All-star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games (such as the Pro Bowl).
All-Star Futures Game The All-Star Futures Game was conceived by Jimmie Lee Solomon, an Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball, looking for an event to showcase the minor leagues and round out the All-Star week festivities.
All-Star Western All-Star Western was a comic published by DC Comics which ran for 62 issues from 1951 to 1961. Its numbering, which started at 58, was continued from All Star Comics after its super-hero strip, "Justice Society of America," was retired.
All-Star Winners Squadron The All-Star Winners Squadron, also known as the All-Star Winners Society, was an Amalgam Comics superhero team that supposedly existed during the Golden Age. They are a combination of DC Comics' All-Star Squadron and Marvel Comics' All-Winners Squad.
All-terrain vehicle The term "all-terrain vehicle" is used in a general sense to describe any of a number of small open motorized buggies and tricycles designed for off-road use. However, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) defines an ATV as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, and with handlebars for steering control.
All-time FA Premier League table The All-Time FA Premier League Table is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in the FA Premier League since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2005-06 season.
All-Tatar Public Center All-Tatar Public Center, ATPC, BTÄ°Ăś, also known as Tatar Social Center (Tatar Latin: Bötentatar Ä°ctimağà Üzäge, BTÄ°Ăś; Cyrillic: Бөтентатар Đҗтимагый Үзәге, БТĐŇ®; Russian Đ’ŃетатаĚŃ€Ńкий ОбщеĚŃтвенный Центр, ВТОЦ) is a Tatar nationalistic organization. ATCP headquarters in Kazan, Tatarstan.
All-Time Serie A Table The All-Time Serie A Table is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in the Serie A since its inception in 1929. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2005-06 season; the 1945-46 championship is not included because played by both Serie A and B teams.
All-TIME 100 Greatest Novels The All-TIME 100 Greatest Novels was a list published by TIME magazine in 2005 of the greatest ever English-language pieces of literature published since TIME was founded in 1923. It was picked by TIME critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo.
All-Trac All-Trac was a proprietary all wheel drive system used on a variety of Toyota badged models from late 1986 to 2000. It was considered a revolutionary advance for all-wheel drive automobiles into the mainstream consumer market and its electronically controlled locking center differential was a first for Toyota in a passenger car.
All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (in Russian: Đ’ŃеŃоюзной КоммŃниŃтичеŃкой партии (больŃевиков), abbreviated ВКП(б)) is a political party operating in the former Soviet Union. ВКП(б) was formed in 1995, following a split from the All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks (VKPB).
All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks All-Union Young Guard Bolsheviks (in Russian: Đ’ŃеŃоюзная Молодая Гвардия БольŃевиков, ВМГБ) is the youth wing of the All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks, which operates throughout the former Soviet Union.
Alla Fino Winner of numerous awards for her paintings while living in Belarus and Russia. She now lives in the United States and is married to Ronald Fino who is well know for his undercover work relating to(Cosa Nostra, Russian Mafia and Terrorist activities for the FBI and CIA.
Alla Nazimova Alla Nazimova, born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon (May 22 1879 – July 14 1945) was an American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer. She is often known as just Nazimova, and was also known as Alia Nasimoff.
Alla Sizova Alla Sizova is a twentieth-century ballet dancer, best known for her work with the Kirov Ballet. She was the preferred dance partner of Rudolph Nureyev before his defection, and Nureyev is rumoured to have said in his later years that Sizova was the only thing that could conceivably entice him back to the Soviet Union.
Allagi Allagi (Greek: Αλλαγή), also Allayi, Alagi, rarely Alai is a community located less than 1 km south of GR-9A/E55 in the northern part of the prefecture of Messenia. It is located on a major highway linking Kalamata and Corinth, the GR-7/E55 and E65.
Allah Allah is the Arabic language word referring to "God", "the Lord" and, literally according to the Qur'an, to the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" in the Abrahamic religions. It does not mean "a god", but rather "the Only True God", the Supreme Creator of the universe, and it is the main term for the deity in Islam.
Allah Muhammed Saleem Allah Muhammed Saleem (also transliterated as Alaadinn Muhammad Salim) is a citizen of Egypt who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.list of prisoners (.
Allahabad Address Allahabad Address was the Presidential Address by Allama Iqbal to the 25th Session of the All-India Muslim League on 29 December, 1930, at Allahabad. Here he presented the idea of a separate homeland for Indian Muslims which was ultimately realised in the form of Pakistan.
Allai Allai is a valley in District Batagram, NWFP, Pakistan. Allai valley is bounded by Kohistan on the north and east, by the Kaghan valley, Nandhiar and Deshi of Deshiwals on the south, and by the Indus on the west.
Allaire Corporation Allaire Corporation, founded by Jeremy and JJ Allaire, released the first version of the ColdFusion server in 1995, the first database-driven web-content server. In its early history, the name of the language for ColdFusion (then known as Database Markup Language (DBML)) was changed to ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML).
Allaire du Pont Allaire du Pont (May 4, 1913 - January 6 2006) was an American sportswoman and a member of the prominent Du Pont family of chemical manufacturers who is most remembered as the owner of the Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame champion, Kelso.
Allaire State Park Allaire State Park is most likely best known for its 19th century iron-making town, Allaire Village, on the park premises. The park is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, near the town of Farmingdale.
Allais effect The Allais effect is a claimed anomalous precession of the plane of oscillation of a pendulum during a solar eclipse. It has been speculated to be unexplained by standard physical models of gravitation, but recent mainstream physics publications tend rather to posit conventional explanations for the reported observations.
Allais paradox The Allais paradox, more neutrally described as the Allais problem, is a choice problem designed by Maurice Allais to show an inconsistency of actual observed choices with the predictions of expected utility theory. The problem consists of two choices presented to a participant, each between a pair of gambles:
Allal El Hajjam Allal El Hajjam (born in 1948) is a poet and professor of Arabic language in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco. Previously he taught at the School of Arts and Humanities in Meknès.
Allama Hassan Turabi Allama Hassan Turabi (Urdu: ŘąŮ„Ř§Ů…Ű Řسن ترابی) was a Pakistani and prominent Shiite Muslim cleric, chief of the main Shiite political party, Islami Tehrik. He was assassinated by a Sunni Bangladeshi on 14 July 2006 following his return from an anti-Israel protest regarding the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
Allama Mashriqi Allama Mashriqi (Urdu: ŘąŮ„Ř§Ů…Ű Ů…Ř´Ř±Ů‚ŰŚ) (Inayatullah Khan) (Urdu: عنایت Ř§Ů„Ů„Ű Ř®Ř§Ů†) was born into an eminent Muslim Rajput family in Amritsar on 25 August, 1888 and died in Lahore on 27 August, 1963. He had a notable university record both in the Punjab and at Cambridge.
Allama Talib Jauhri Allama Talib Jauhri ( Talib Johri or Talib Jauhry) is a Pakistani religious leader, from the Shi'ite sect of Islam who holds the prestigious position of Zakir-e-Sham-e-Ghariban (speaker of the evening of sorrow) on Pakistan Television for several years.
Allamah An Allamah (Persian: علامه), also spelled Allameh and Allama, is an honorary title carried by only the very highest scholars of Islamic thought, jurisprudence, and philosophy. In Shia rank, they surpass all other clerics such as Ayatollahs and Hujjat-ul-Islams.
Allamah al-Majlisi Mohammad Baqer Majlesi, (1616 - 1689) (In Persian علامه مجلسی; variations: Majlessi, Majlisi, Madjlessi) known as Allameh Majlesi or Allamah al-Majlisi, was a famous Iranian Shia cleric of the Safavid era.
Allamanda Allamanda, also known as Yellow Bell, Golden Trumpet or Buttercup Flower, is a genus of tropical shrubs or vines with hairy seeds, native to South and Central America. Their year-round production of large, bright flowers have made the Allamanda popular ornamentals.
Allamanda angustifolia Allamanda angustifolia is a species of Allamanda genus in the Apocynaceae family, which is native from Brazil, typically in Cerrado vegetation. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
Allamanda cathartica Allamanda cathartica (Golden Trumpet) is an ornamental plant of Allamanda genus in the Apocynaceae family, which is native from Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
Allameh Tabatabaei High School Allameh Tabatabaei High School, located in Tehran, Iran, is a gifted high school that accepts the best students of Iran. Originally there were two branches of Allameh in Iran, both of which were located in Tehran.
Allan A. Lamport Allan Austin Lamport (April 4 1903 – November 18 1999) was Mayor of Toronto, Canada, from 1952 to 1954. Known as "Lampy", his most notable achievement was his opposition to Toronto's Blue laws which banned virtually any activities on Sundays.
Allan Alemán Allan Alemán (born July 29, 1983) is a Costa Rican soccer player who plays for Deportivo Saprissa. Despite his short size, he is considered to be one of the best young players in Concacaf, and has already won a place on his team and among the hearts of Saprissa fans due to his hard work on the field, his quickness, great scoring skills and most of all, because of his natural talent for assisting goals to his teammates.
Allan Armitage Allan M. Armitage is professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia, Athens, where he teaches, conducts research, and runs the University of Georgia Horticulture Gardens—producing annual guidelines for annuals and perennials suitable for heat and humidity.
Allan Asher Allan Asher is a former deputy chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. He is now a board member of the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading and CEO of the consumer activist organisation EnergyWatch.
Allan Aynesworth Allan Aynesworth (born Edward Abbot-Anderson, April 14, 1864 in Berkshire; died August 22, 1959 in Surrey) was a British actor of the late Victorian era. He performed the role of Algernon Moncrieff in the premiere production of The Importance of Being Earnest, later telling his biographer that "In my fifty-three years of acting, I never remember a greater triumph than [that] first night.
Allan B. Magruder Allan Bowie Magruder (1775 - April 16, 1822) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Kentucky in 1775, he attended the common schools, pursued an academic course, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796 and practiced in Lexington, Kentucky.
Allan Bateman Allan Glen Bateman (born 6 March 1965) is a former Welsh dual code rugby international centre. He gained 4 caps for the Wales national rugby union team in 1990 before going to rugby league, but returned in after rugby union went professional in 1996 to gain a further 31 Wales caps and one for the British Lions 1996-2001.
Allan Birnbaum Allan Birnbaum (May 27, 1923 - July 1, 1976) was an American statistician who contributed to statistical inference, foundations of statistics, statistical genetics, statistical psychology, and history of statistics.
Allan Blakeney Allan Emrys Blakeney, PC , OC , SOM , QC , MA , DCL (born September 7, 1925) was the Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982, and leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP).
Allan Bloom Allan David Bloom (14 September, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana – 7 October, 1992 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American philosopher, essayist and academic. Bloom championed the idea of 'Great Books' education, as did his mentor Leo Strauss, and became famous for criticism of contemporary American higher education in his bestselling 1987 book, The Closing of the American Mind.
Allan Boesak Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak (23 February 1945 - ) is a South African Dutch Reformed Church cleric and was a politician and anti-apartheid activist. He was sentenced to prison for fraud in 1999 but was re-instated as a cleric in late 2004.
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