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Allegan Community Players Founded in 1918American Theater Web article, Allegan Community Players is the oldest extant theatre company in Michigan. The troupe makes its home at Allegan's historic Griswold Auditorium, where it stages full dramatic and musical productions complete with a full orchestra.
Allegany County Transit Allegany County Transit operates in of Allegany County, Maryland, providing the residents of Allegany County with Public Transportation. Allegany County has two types of services, a Fixed Route and a Demand Response Service.
Allegany State Park Allegany State Park is a state park in western New York State, located in Cattaraugus County, just north of Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania. The park is divided into two sections: The Red House Area and the Quaker Run Area.
Allegany, Oregon Allegany is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States east of Coos Bay. According to Oregon Geographic Names, a post office was established there in 1893, and it is unknown why this spelling was chosen rather than the more common form, Allegheny, used for many features in the eastern United States.
Allegations about the 2000 Fijian coup d'Ă©tat Conspiracy theories abound concerning the Fiji coup of 2000, in which the elected government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry was deposed. Police have confessed to difficulty about substantiating many of the rumours, citing a "cone of silence" around many of the suspects.
Allegations of apartheid The term apartheid commonly refers to South African apartheid, a former official policy of political, legal, and economic racial discrimination against nonwhites. The application of the term to situations other than apartheid in South Africa is controversial and disputed, and is widely regarded as an epithet.
Allegations of Israeli apartheid Allegations of Israeli apartheid draw a controversial analogy from South Africa's treatment of non-whites during the apartheid era to Israel's treatment of Arabs living in the West Bank and Israel. Critics of the analogy call it inaccurate and illegitimate, arguing that Israel's security needs necessitate the cited policies and practices, Matas, David.
Allegations of Israeli apartheid/Sandbox Israeli apartheid (or the terming of Israel an apartheid state) is a term used by some Palestinian-rights activists, South Africans, and some anti-Zionists to criticize Israel's policies by drawing an analogy between the policies of various Israeli governments towards the Palestinians to those of the apartheid-era South African government towards its Black and mixed-race populations. The use of this term to describe Israeli policies is considered objectionable by some pro-Israel groups.
Allegations of labor exploitation in the chocolate industry Some chocolate-producing companies allegedly employ exploitative labor practices (notably enslavement of young males) in contemporary chocolate plantations in west Africa. In the CĂ´te d'Ivoire, it is documented that boys aged between 12 and 16 have been sold as slaves.
Allegations of tourist apartheid in Cuba Allegations that Cuban policies towards its citizens are comparable to those of apartheid era South Africa are captured in the popular terms "Tourism is a lightning rod for public frustration due to a practice popularly known as tourist apartheid, whereby security guards frequently bar Cuban nationals from entering hotels, beaches, restaurants, and other tourist facilities." Human Rights Watch.
Alleged (horse) Alleged (1974-2000) was a champion American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best remembered as winning back-to-back Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes in 1977 and 1978. Trained by Vincent O'Brien in Ireland and ridden by Lester Piggott, this front-running horse was undefeated in all but one of his appearances, that being second to Dunfermline in the 1977 St.
Alleged 1991 drug business involvement of Álvaro Uribe The Alleged 1991 drug business involvement of Álvaro Uribe was the subject of an article published on the first week of August 2004 by Newsweek's Joseph Contreras that questioned the recent talks with the AUC and explored the possibility of Colombian president Álvaro Uribe's administration letting fighters with ties to the drug business go free. Specificially, the article included references to a declassified 1991 U.
Alleged plot against Ratu Iloilo, 2000 Police spokeswoman Sylvia Low announced on 25 August that they were considering opening an investigation into allegations made the previous day by the Military Commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, that Senator Apisai Tora and a number of others had approached him in the Fijian Holdings boardroom during the 2000 crisis and asked him to remove from office President Ratu Josefa Iloilo. "If he claims to be fighting for indigenous Fijian rights, then he should explain to the general public why he tried to remove the Tui Vuda who is a chief of his province," Bainimarama said.
Alleghenian orogeny The Alleghenian orogeny or Appalachian orogeny is one of the geological mountain-forming events (orogeny) that formed the Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Mountains. The term and spelling "Alleghany Orogeny"(sic) originally proposed by H.
Allegheny Ballistic Laboratory Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL) located in Rocket Center, West Virginia, is a diverse state-of-the-art industrial complex employing some 1,000 people across 1,628 acres. About 80 military products are made here, including: 30mm shells for Apache helicopters, composite parts for F-22 jets, training grenades, fuze-proximity sensors, mortars and warheads, tank ammunition, and many other weapons components .
Allegheny Center (Pittsburgh) Allegheny Center is a neighborhood in on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside. It's zip code is 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both council members for District 6 (Downtown, northshore) and District 1 (Northside).
Allegheny College Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college located in northwestern Pennsylvania which prides itself as being one of the oldest colleges in the United States. Allegheny College places an emphasis on the value of the liberal arts discipline, as reflected in its official description as "a liberal arts college where 2,100 students with unusual combinations of interests,
Allegheny County Airport Authority Allegheny County Airport Authority is a quasi government agency in Pittsburgh that oversees and maintains the metropolitan Pittsburgh airport systems. These include management of Pittsburgh International Airport as well as Allegheny Airport.
Allegheny Front The Allegheny Front is a portion of the escarpment that delineates the eastern edge of the Appalachian Plateau (locally called the Allegheny Plateau) and the Allegheny Mountains, separating them from the lower Ridge and Valley Appalachians to the east. While the entire escarpment stretches from New York (the Helderbergs) to Tennessee (Cumberland Mountain and Waldens Ridge), the portion known as the Allegheny Front extends southwesterly from south-central Pennsylvania, through western Maryland and eastern West Virginia to a portion of the West Virginia/Virginia border.
Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny General Hospital is a large urban hospital located in the City of Pittsburgh's North Side. It is the flagship hospital of the West Penn Allegheny Health System which is the chief competitor of Pittsburgh healthcare giant UPMC.
Allegheny Chinkapin The Allegheny Chinkapin (Castanea pumila) is a species of chestnut native to the eastern United States from southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania south to central Florida, west to eastern Texas, and north to southern Missouri and Kentucky. The plant's habitat is dry sandy and rocky uplands and ridges mixed with oak and hickory to 1000 m elevation.
Allegheny Intermediate Unit The Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) is a branch of the Pennsylvania Department of Education and is the largest of the 29 intermediate units in Pennsylvania. It was created by the state’s General Assembly in 1971, and is headquartered in Homestead.
Allegheny Islands State Park Allegheny Islands State Park is a Pennsylvania State Park in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is composed of three alluvial islands located in the middle of the Allegheny River in Harmar Township, northeast of Pittsburgh.
Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia, Virginia) Allegheny Mountain is a major mountain ridge in the southern Allegheny Mountain Range. It forms West Virginia's southeastern border with Virginia, the eastern borders of Pocahontas and Greenbrier Counties, West Virginia and the western borders of Alleghany, Bath and Highland Counties, Virginia.
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (or AMCC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Maryland, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Allegheny Mountains The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany and Allegany) -- informally, the Alleghenies -- is part of the Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada. It has a northeast-southwest orientation and runs for over 500 miles (800 km) from north-central Pennsylvania, through western Maryland and eastern West Virginia, to southwestern Virginia.
Allegheny News Talk Sports Network The Allegheny News Talk Sports Network is a northwestern Pennsylvania group of four AM radio stations: WMGW Meadville, WFRA Franklin, WOYL Oil City, and WTIV Titusville. The four stations and the network are owned by Forever Broadcasting, LLC of Altoona.
Allegheny Plateau The Allegheny Plateau is a large, dissected plateau area in southern New York, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. It is divided into the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau and the glaciated Allegheny Plateau.
Allegheny Portage Railroad The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania, USA. It was a series of 10 inclines, approximately 36 miles long, and operated from 1834 to 1854.
Allegheny River The Allegheny River (also spelled Allegany River, especially in New York state) is a principal tributary of the Ohio River, which it forms with the Monongahela River at downtown Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle "point." The river is approximately 325 mi (523 km) long, running through the U.
Allegheny Trail The Allegheny Trail is a hiking trail that passes through the Allegheny Mountains, mostly through West Virginia, but also partially through Virginia, in the USA. Its northern terminus is near Bruceton Mills, West Virginia at the Mason-Dixon Line, which here represents the boundary between West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences Allegheny University of the Health Sciences was formed in 1994 when the Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) and Hahnemann University merged to form the largest private medical school in the US (MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine), under the new University of the Health Sciences, which also included schools for allied medical disciplines. MCP had been the first medical school to be purchased by a hospital (Pittsburgh's Allegheny General Hospital).
Allegheny vine The Allegheny vine is a herbaceous, creeping, flowering plant, also known as Climbing Fumitory. It is closely related to the Fumitory genus, Fumaria, but is classed in its own genus, Adlumia, which is monotypic.
Allegheny West (Pittsburgh) Allegheny West is a neighborhood in on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's northside. It has two zip codes of both 15233 and 15212, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 6 (Downtown, northshore).
Allegheny Wildlife Management Area The Allegheny Wildlife Management Area is located on 6,345 acres of mixed oak-hickory woodlands in western Mineral County along the Allegheny Front. Allegheny WMA is accessible via Pinnacle Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 4) and Pine Swamp Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 220/2) four miles southwest of Keyser.
Allegiance (computer game) Allegiance is a MMOG providing a mix of real-time strategy and player piloted space combat. Initially developed by Microsoft Research, the game was later open-sourced and now is maintained/developed by volunteers.
Allegiance: War of Factions Allegiance: War of Factions is a social/political collectible card game set in a medieval city-state undergoing political turmoil due to the death of its king. It was created by Andrew Grierson and published by Lucid Raven Productions in 2004.
Allegorical interpretations of Genesis An allegorical interpretation of Genesis is a symbolic, rather than literal, reading of the biblical book of Genesis. An allegorical interpretation does not necessarily preclude a literal interpretation; interpreters such as Origen of Alexandria and Augustine of Hippo maintained that the Bible is true on multiple levels at the same time.
Allegory and Self Allegory And Self is a varied LP that highlights all the strengths of the 1980s version of Psychic TV or Psychick TV. It includes songs of pure pop from Alex Fergusson as well as meditations that sound like ghostly ceremonies.
Allegory in the Middle Ages Allegory in the Middle Ages was a vital element in the synthesis of Biblical and Classical traditions into what would become recognizable as Medieval culture. People of the Middle Ages consciously drew from the cultural legacies of the ancient world in shaping their institutions and ideas, and so allegory in Medieval literature and Medieval art was a prime mover for the synthesis and transformational continuity between the ancient world and the "new" Christian world.
Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power (Cortona) The fresco of the Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power is a masterpiece of Pietro da Cortona], filling the large ceiling of the grand salon of the [[Palazzo Barberini (now Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome). Begun in 1633, it was nearly finished in only three years; upon Cortona's return from Venice, it was extensively reworked to completion in 1639.
Allegra Byron Clara Allegra Byron (January 15, 1817 - April 20, 1822), initially named Alba, meaning "dawn," or "white," by her mother, was the illegitimate daughter of George Gordon, Lord Byron and Claire Clairmont, the stepsister of Mary Shelley. Born in Bath, England, she initially lived with her mother and Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Allegra Coleman Allegra Coleman was a hoax involving a fictional celebrity invented by writer Martha Sherrill. Model Ali Larter portrayed the imaginary model Allegra Coleman, and Sherrill's article on Coleman appeared in Esquire (November 1996).
Allegro (auction) Polish online auction website, also known as Aukro (Czech Republic), TeszVesz (Hungary) and Au-Au () (Russia and Ukraine), started in 1999. Allegro was made in 1999, as a Polish branch of QXL Ricardo - British company specializing in online auction websites.
Allegro library Allegro is a free software / open source software library for video game development, with functions for basic 2D graphics, image manipulation, text output, audio output, midi music, input and timers, as well as additional routines for things like fixed-point and floating-point matrix arithmetic, unicode strings, file system access, file manipulation, data files, and (limited, software-only) 3D graphics.
Allegro Realty Advisors Allegro Realty Advisors is a global corporate real estate consultancy based in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm annually provides corporate real estate services in all of the states of the United States and internationally.
Allele In genetics, an allele (pronounced al-eel or al-e-ul) is any one of a number of viable DNA codings occupying a given locus (position) on a chromosome. Usually alleles are DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) sequences that code for a gene, but sometimes the term is used to refer to a non-gene sequence.
Allelopathy The term allelopathy denotes the production of specific biomolecules by one plant that can induce suffering in, or give benefit to, another plant. However, it is most commonly used in the former sense - an interaction in which one plant causes suffering to another plant.
Alleluia (Thompson) Alleluia is a piece for unaccompanied SATB chorus by Randall Thompson. Composed over the first five days of July in 1940, it was given its world premiere on July 8 of that year at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood under the direction of G.
Allemande An allemande (also spelled allemanda, almain, or alman) (from the French word for "German") is one of the most popular instrumental dance forms in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite. Originally, the allemande formed the first movement of the suite, before the courante, but, later, it was generally preceded by an introductory movement, such as a prelude.
Allemande sauce Allemande sauce is a based on velouté sauce, thickened with egg yolks, heavy cream, and seasoned with lemon juice. Velouté is one of the five mother sauces of classic French cuisine as defined by Antoine Carême in his classic text The Art of French Cooking in the 19th Century.
Allemonde Allemonde is the fictional setting of Pelléas et Mélisande (play), a play by Maurice Maeterlinck. The setting is also of the opera version of play composed by Claude Debussy with the libretto by the playwright.
Allen & Company Allen & Company is a boutique investment bank based in New York, NY. Founded in 1922 by brothers Herbert and Charles Allen, the firm has quietly become the premier investment house in the media and entertainment sector despite employing only 60 investment professionals.
Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference The Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference is an annual conference hosted and wholly independently funded by private investment firm Allen & Company. The conference has taken place in Sun Valley, Idaho for one week each July since 1983.
Allen & Ginter Allen and Ginter was the Richmond, Virginia tobacco manufacturing firm formed by John Allen and Lewis Ginter in 1875 that created and marketed the first Cigarette cards for collecting and trading. The company also offered a prize for the invention of a machine able to roll cigarettes (which had until then be hand-rolled).
Allen & Grier Allen & Grier is a folk rock parody duo that in 1963 released the comedy album Better To Be Rich Than Ethnic on Vee Jay Records. The duo consisted of musician Jake Holmes as Allen and his wife Katherine "Kay" Holmes as Grier.
Allen & Heath Allen & Heath (also known as AH) are a company based in Penryn, Cornwall, UK, specialising in the manufacture of high end audio mixing consoles. They also make sound management systems for installation purposes.
Allen & Overy Allen & Overy is a leading London-based international law firm with almost five thousand staff and over 25 offices worldwide. It is part of the so-called Magic Circle, the five UK law firms perceived to be in a class of their own.
Allen & Rossi Allen & Rossi was a comedy team composed of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, active from 1957 until the early 1970s. They appeared on over 700 television shows including 44 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including three of the four Ed Sullivan episodes on which The Beatles appeared.
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent, Australia-based book publisher and distributor. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was sold to HarperCollins in 1990.
Allen "Farina" Hoskins Allen Clayton Hoskins (August 9, 1920 – July 26, 1980) was an African American child actor, most famous for portraying the character of Farina in the Our Gang short films from 1922 to 1931. With his pigtailed hair and patchy outfits, Farina was obviously meant to be a depiction of a pickaninny in the tradition of the character Topsy from Uncle Tom's Cabin, but as the character became more popular, and as Allen Hoskins got older, Farina developed his own personality separate from that of Topsy.
Allen (Prison Break episode) "Allen" is the second episode of television series Prison Break which was first broadcast on television on August 29, 2005. The episode is written by series creator Paul Scheuring and directed by Michael Watkins.
Allen Adham Allen Adham, along with Michael Morhaime and Frank Pearce, was one of three co-founders of Silicon & Synapse which changed its name to the better known as Blizzard Entertainment. He led creation of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, among others.
Allen Adler Allen Adler was an American writer, also involved in theater in various ways. With Irving Block he wrote the story for the screenplay for Forbidden Planet, based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, but was a victim of the Second Red Scare and was blacklisted from the film industry.
Allen Appel Allen Appel, born January 6, 1945, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is a novelist best known for his series about time traveler Alex Balfour. In the series, fictional characters are interwoven with actual historical people and events.
Allen B. DuMont Allen Balcom DuMont (also spelled Du Mont) (January 29, 1901 – November 14, 1965) was an American scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers. Seven years later he manufactured and sold the first commercially practical television set to the public.
Allen Bestwick Allen Bestwick (born on September 24, 1961 in Newport, Rhode Island) is a NASCAR pit reporter, serving as NBC and TNT's lead pit reporter for their NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series coverage, in addition to serving as one of NBC's play-by-play announcers for its regional coverage of the Arena Football League. Bestwick also hosted SPEED Channel's NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup from 1996 to September 12, 2005, when he was replaced by Dave Despain.
Allen Boretz Allen Boretz (1900-1985), was an American songwriter, playwright and screenwriter. The great success of his and John Murray's Broadway hit Room Service (1937) led to offers from Hollywood, and he wrote and co-wrote screenplays from the late 1930s through the 1940s.
Allen Brain Atlas The Allen Brain Atlas is a cooler thean cool project within the Allen Institute for Brain Science which seeks to combine genomics with neuroanatomy by creating gene expression maps for the mouse brain. It was initiated in September 2003 with a $100 million donation from Paul G.
Allen county museum The Allen County Museum is located in the city of Lima, Ohio, the county seat of Allen County, Ohio. Occupying a half city block, the museum campus includes the main museum building, a log house, a Victorian mansion, a Shay Locomotive display, Military/Transportation building, the Children’s Museum, and the Children’s Garden.
Allen Campbell Alan Campbell (1953-August 20, 1994) was an elephant trainer for The Hawthorn Corporation. Campbell was crushed to death on August 20, 1994 at the Neal Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, after attempting to save fellow co-worker Dallas Beckwith from the performing elephant "Tyke" who had run amok.
Allen Carr Allen Carr (2 September 1934 – 29 November 2006), who until 1983 was a five pack per day chain smoker himself, was most notable as the author of books on how to stop smoking and, as he stressed, escape nicotine addiction.
Allen Case Allen Case (October 8, 1934 - August 25, 1986) was an American television actor most noted for the lead role of Deputy Clay McCord in The Deputy (1959-1961) opposite series regular Henry Fonda (who received top billing but appeared far less frequently). Case made more than thirty television appearances between 1958 and 1982, often in cowboy roles.
Allen Clapp Allen Gordon Clapp (born August 5, 1967) is the singer, guitarist and principal songwriter for the California rock band The Orange Peels. Since 1990, he has also periodically released material under his own name and under the monicker "Allen Clapp and his Orchestra.
Allen Cohen Allen Cohen's work includes music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo instruments, and voice. Currently Associate Professor of Music at Fairleigh Dickinson University, he has also taught at Hunter College, New York University, and Manhattanville College, and has received a Meet the Composer grant and several ASCAP Plus awards.
Allen Collins Allen Larkin Collins (July 19, 1952 - January 23, 1990) was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. His unique guitar playing and songwriting skills were vital to the success of the band during his time with them.
Allen Cordell Allen Cordell (born February 16, 1978 in Seoul, Korea) is a filmmaker and artist living in Manhattan. He attended high school in upstate New York and wanted to become a comic book illustrator before deciding to pursue film and fine art.
Allen Coulter Allen Coulter is the director of a number of successful television programs. Thus far, he has directed one feature film entitled Hollywoodland, a film regarding the questionable death of George Reeves starring Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, and Ben Affleck.
Allen County Public Library The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) has been part of the social and cultural fabric of Fort Wayne, Indiana and surrounding communities in Allen County, Indiana since 1895. Then known as the Fort Wayne Public Library, it served residents with 3606 volumes in a room in City Hall.
Allen Crawford Victor Allen Crawford III (born March 22, 1968), better known by the sobriquet Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy, is an author, graphic designer, and illustrator. His first book, The Affected Provincial's Companion, Vol.
Allen Cunningham Allen Cunningham (born March 28 1977 to Dean and Joanne Cunningham in Riverside, California) is a professional poker player. Cunningham studied civil engineering at UCLA before dropping out of school to play poker professionally.
Allen Curnow Thomas Allen Munro Curnow ONZ CBE (June 17, 1911 – September 23, 2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. He wrote a long-running weekly satirical poetry column as Whim Wham for the Christchurch Press and the New Zealand Herald for three decades from 1940.
Allen Fairhall Sir Allen Fairhall KBE (24 November 1909 – 3 November 2006) was an Australian politician and Member of the Parliament of Australia for the Division of Paterson from 1949 to 1984. During that period he held a number of ministerial portfolios, most notably Supply and Defence.
Allen Fong Allen Fong Yuk-ping (方育平) (born July 10, 1947) is a film director and one of the leaders of the Hong Kong New Wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. His cinematic style is highly influenced by Italian neorealism.
Allen Funt Allen Funt (September 16, 1914 – September 5 1999) was an American producer-director, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular show or a series of specials. Its most notable run was from 1960 to 1967 on CBS.
Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg () (June 3, 1926 – April 5 1997) was an American Beat poet. Ginsberg is best known for Howl (1956), a long poem about the self-destruction of his friends of the Beat Generation and what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in United States at the time.
Allen H. Turnage Allen Hal Turnage (3 January 1891 – 22 October 1971) was a United States Marine Corps General who earned the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal while leading the 3rd Marine Division on Bougainville and Guam in World War II.
Allen Hill Allen Hill (born 14 November 1843 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire; died 28 August 1910 in Leyland, Lancashire) played in the first-ever cricket Test, taking the first wicket. Hill also went on to umpire in the Test match played at Lord's in 1890.
Allen J. Furlow Allen John Furlow (November 9, 1890 – January 29, 1954) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Rochester Olmsted County, Minnesota, November 9, 1890; attended the public schools; was graduated from Rochester High School in 1910; during the First World War served overseas as a pilot in the aviation branch of the Army; promoted to first lieutenant; was graduated from the law department of George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Allen Jakovich Allen Jakovich (born March 21, 1968) is an Australian rules football player. He played 54 games, kicking 208 goals for the Melbourne Demons in the Australian Football League and also had a short-lived stint with the Western Bulldogs.
Allen Jones (sculptor) Allen Jones (born 1 September 1937) is a British pop artist famous for his exhibition of erotic sculptures, like the set Chair, Table and Hat Stand (1969), each of which turns a woman into an item of furniture. Much of his work draws on the imagery of rubber fetishism and BDSM.
Allen Jones (whistleblower) Allen Jones, who worked as an investigator in the Pennsylvania Office of the Inspector General (OIG), gained widespread attention as a 'whistleblower' after voicing concerns about attempts by the pharmaceutical industry to implement a mental health screening plan, based on the controversial Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), in Pennsylvania. Subsequently, TMAP has been recommended as a model for use throughout the United States by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, a panel whose members were hand picked by George W.
Allen Klein Allen Klein (born December 18, 1931) is an American businessman and record label executive. He is best known (and somewhat notorious) for his tenacious management of rock and roll performers in the 1960s, and the acquisition and control of their works.
Allen Lane (SEPTA station) Allen Lane Station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 200 West Allens Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the southwest corner of the intersection with Cresheim Road. The station building was built circa 1880, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project.
Allen Lawrence Pope Allen Lawrence Pope was a US Air Force pilot who was shot down on May 18, 1958 while flying a B-26 during a raid on government forces in Indonesia. He was secretly working for the CIA helping local rebels to overthrow the Sukarno government and his capture along with a number of incriminating documents led to great embarrassment to the US government.
Allen Newell Allen Newell (March 19, 1927 - July 19, 1992) was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. He contributed to the Information Processing Language (1956) and two of the earliest AI programs, the Logic Theory Machine (1956) and the General Problem Solver (1957) (with Herbert Simon).
Allen Organ Allen Organ Company, formed in 1939, located in Macungie, Pennsylvania, is one of the world's largest builders of electronic and digital organs. Allen introduced the world's first digital musical instrument in 1971.
Allen Patrick Allen Patrick (born February 15, 1984 in Conway, South Carolina) is an American football running back for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. During the 2006 season, he was thrust into the starting lineup when starting tailback Adrian Peterson was lost for the season with a broken collarbone.
Allen Pitts Allen Pitts (born June 28, 1964 in Tucson, Arizona) was a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League. He attended Cal-State Fullerton and played his entire professional career as a receiver for the Calgary Stampeders.
Allen Rossum Allen Rossum (born October 22, 1975 in Dallas, Texas) is a football cornerback who currently plays for the Atlanta Falcons. In addition to his duties at cornerback, he is also the primary kick and punt returner for the Falcons, and owns the team record for career punt return yards.

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