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Allen Say Allen Say (1939-) (James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii) is an Asian-American author and illustrator best known for his book Grandfather's Journey, a picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal. His work mainly focuses on Japanese and Japanese-American characters and their stories, and several works have autobiographical elements.
Allen Schick Allen Schick is a governance fellow of the Brookings Institution and also a professor of political science at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park. He is known as an authority on budget theory and the federal budget process, in particular.
Allen Skillicorn Allen Skillicorn (born July 8, 1974 in Los Angeles) is an amateur and semi-professional American race driver currently competing in the NASA Time-Trial series, driving the #013 Honda S2000 for SpeedTech Performance Engineering.
Allen Swift Ira Stadlen, known professionally as Allen Swift (January 16,1924-) is a voice actor, known for playing characters like Simon Bar Sinister on the Underdog cartoon show. He also provided the voices of many of the characters in The Bluffers.
Allen the Alien Allen the Alien is an Image Comics character who first appeared in the Invincible series as an apparent alien aggressor, who Invincible's father, Omni-Man had fought several times in the past, all without talking with him. Invincible eventually decided to talk with him, and they realized that Allen had made a mistake, he was supposed to go to the planet Urath and test its champion, not to Earth.
Allen T. Treadway Allen Towner Treadway (September 16, 1867 - February 16, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1913 until January 3, 1945. Treadway represented Massachusetts's first congressional district for sixteen consecutive terms.
Allen Taflove Allen Taflove is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering. He is a pioneer in the field of computational electrodynamics who, in 1980, coined the term finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) computational solutions of Maxwell's equations.
Allen Telescope Array The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), formerly known as the One Hectare Telescope (1hT), is a joint effort by the SETI Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to construct a radio interferometer that will be dedicated to astronomical and simultaneous search for extra-terrestrial intelligence observations. It is being constructed at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, 290 miles northeast of San Francisco, California and, when completed, is expected to be composed of 350 antennas.
Allen Toussaint Allen Toussaint (born January 14, 1938) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer and one of the most influential figures in New Orleans R&B. In the 1960s and 1970s, he wrote numerous hits for artists including Lee Dorsey, and Willie West, who sang the title track for Black Samson, Robert Palmer, The Showmen, The Meters and Solomon Burke and produced material for Dr John, Labelle, and Art and Aaron Neville amongst others.
Allen village in county kildare Allen is a village in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland located on regional road R415. The village, with a population in 2002 of XXX, is overlooked by The Hill of Allen, which in recent times has been scarred by quarrying.
Allen Watson Allen Kenneth Watson (born November 18, 1970 in Jamaica, New York) is a former Left handed Major League starting pitcher who spent his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Angels, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees.
Allen West Allen Clayton West (born New York City) was one of the conspirators who took part in the preparation and planning of the 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison. The escape was planned by West, Frank Morris, and brothers John and Clarence Anglin.
Allen West (musician) Allen West (born October 17, 1967, Brandon, Florida) is an American guitarist who has been in such bands as Obituary, Six Feet Under and Lowbrow. He is considered to have been one of the first pioneers of death metal in the 1980s.
Allen Williamson Bridge Allen Williamson Bridge is the name of a memorial bridge in Payne County, Oklahoma, named after a former State Representative who served in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives from 1966 - 1974. This politician should not be confused with a similarly named Oklahoma State Senator.
Allen's Landing Allen's Landing is the birthplace of Houston, Texas. In August 1836, just months after the Republic of Texas won its independence from Mexico, two brothers (and real estate developers) from New York, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, purchased 6,642 acres in the area and settled there on the banks of Buffalo Bayou.
Allen's Swamp Monkey Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) is the primate species that is categorized in its own genus Allenopithecus in the Old World monkey family. Systematically it is a sister clade to the guenons but differs in dentition and habits.
Allen-Bradley Allen-Bradley is a company that specializes in industrial control and automation products, such as programmable logic controllers. It is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is currently part of Rockwell Automation.
Allen(Kildare) Allen is a village in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland located on regional road R415. The village, with a population in 2002 of XXX, is overlooked by The Hill of Allen, which in recent times has been scarred by quarrying.
Allen, Wisconsin Allen is an unincorporated community in the Town of Clear Creek, in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, almost exactly midway between Cleghorn and Foster, at the southern junction of Eau Claire County Highways "D" and "V".
Allenby Bridge The Allenby Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Jordan River, and connects Jericho in the West Bank to the country of Jordan. It is currently the only exit point for West Bank Palestinians into Jordan and the outside world.
Allene Roberts Allene Roberts (born September 1, 1928) was born in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. She starred in twelve movies between 1947 and 1954 and appeared on TV in Four Star Theater, Adventures of Superman and Dragnet.
Allens Arthur Robinson Allens Arthur Robinson (AAR or "Allens") is an international law firm, with lawyers operating in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Shanghai, Singapore, Phnom Penh, Port Moresby and all major Australian capitals except Adelaide.
Allens West railway station Allens West railway station is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
Allensville, West Virginia Allensville is an unincorporated hamlet in Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA. It is located on Allensville Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 3/2) to the east of Back Creek shortly before it enters the Potomac River.
Allensworth, California Allensworth, Tulare County, California, USA, was a town founded with the ideal that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was also called the Tuskegee of the West (in reference to Tuskegee, Alabama).
Allentown (Pittsburgh) Allentown is a neighborhood on the southside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has two zip codes, 15203 and 15210, and has representation on the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods).
Allentown (song) "Allentown" is a Billy Joel song, which first appeared on Joel's The Nylon Curtain (1982) album. It later appeared on Joel's Greatest Hits: Volume II (1985), 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (2000), and The Essential Billy Joel (2001) albums.
Allentown Art Festival Allentown Art Festival is an annual arts festival held in the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. Each June, this collective weekend sidewalk art display attracts tens of thousands of pedestrians to Buffalo.
Allentown Central Catholic High School Allentown Central Catholic High School is a parochial school located at 301 North Fourth Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It predominantly serves students from the Lehigh Valley region of the state.
Allentown High School Allentown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from three communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The school serves students from Allentown Borough and Upper Freehold Township.
Allentown Railroad The Allentown Railroad was a rail line proposed in the 1850s to connect the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Allentown with the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line across the Allegheny Mountains. Through grading was almost entirely finished, most of the railroad never saw service.
Allentown, Washington Allentown is a neighborhood of Tukwila, Washington on the Duwamish River. It is situated between the Rainier View neighborhood of Seattle, Washington and the Boulevard Park neighborhood of unincorporated King County.
AllerAir Industries AllerAir Industries, founded in 1996, manufactures air purifiers for homes and offices as well as for industrial, medical, commercial and military applications. One of AllerAir's founding goals is to create air purifiers that are as inert as possible.
Allerød Oscillation The Allerød period is a part of a temperature oscillation toward the end of the last glaciation, during which temperatures in the northern Atlantic region rose from glacial to almost present day level. The Allerød is a warm, moist Blytt-Sernander period named after a type site in Allerød municipality in Sjælland, Denmark (near Copenhagen), where deposits created during the period were first identified and published in 1901 by Hartz and Milthers.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a hypersensitivity response to the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, the spores of which are ubiquitous in soil and are commonly found in the sputum of healthy individuals. A.
Allergic inflammation Allergic inflammation is an important pathophysiological feature of several disabilities or medical conditions including allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and several ocular allergic diseases. Allergic reactions may generally be divided into two components; the early phase reaction, and the late phase reaction.
Allergy The word "allergy" was coined by the Viennese pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906.Clemens Peter Pirquet von Cesenatico Pirquet noted that some of his patients were hypersensitive to normally innocuous entities such as dust, pollen, or certain foods.
Allerton Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line) Allerton Avenue is a station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Bronx at the intersection of Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road, it is served by the train (all times), and by the train (rush hours in the peak direction).
Allerton Bywater Allerton Bywater is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, near to Castleford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,948.
Allerton Garden Allerton Garden (125 acres), also known as Lawai-kai, is a botanical garden located on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. It is now part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, and open to visitors daily except Sunday.
Alles Kan Beter Alles Kan Beter was a Belgian comedy TV series produced by Flemish production house Woestijnvis between the end of 1997 and 1999, in the Dutch language. The series was directed by Jan Eelen starring each week Mark Uytterhoeven, Guy Mortier, Rob Vanoudenhoven, and one guest appearance.
Allesley Allesley is a village and civil parish on the edge of the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England, about three miles west of Coventry City Centre. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 805.
Alley An alley or alleyway is a narrow, pedestrian lane found in urban areas which usually run between or behind buildings. In older cities and towns in Europe, alleys are often what is left of a medieval street network.
Alley Award The Alley Awards are comic book awards originally sponsored by Alter-Ego magazine, edited by Jerry Bails, Roy Thomas, Ronn Foss, and, in 1978, Mike Friedrich. The name is at least partially derived from that of the comic strip character Alley Oop, in whose likeness that statuette is cast.
Alley oop (basketball) An alley oop in basketball is an offensive play in which one player throws the ball up near the basket to a teammate (or, much more rarely, to himself) who jumps, catches the ball in mid air and immediately scores a basket, usually with a slam dunk. It is an impressive way to score and often electrifies the spectators.
Alley Spring Alley Spring is a well known spot for family reunions, picnics, camp outs and fishing trips. Folks in the Ozarks know Alley well, and folks from across the country have been coming since it became part of Ozark National Scenic Riverwaysin 1969.
Alley Theatre The Alley Theatre is the chief indoor theatre in the city of Houston, Texas, and hosts two stages. The main stage has 824 seats and is called the "Hubbard"; the more intimate, 310-seat stage, is the "Neuhaus.
Alley-Kat-Abra Alley-Kat-Abra (Felina Furr) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, an anthropomorphic cat. Alley-Kat-Abra is a superheroine who lives on the otherdimensional world of Earth-C, an alternate Earth populated by sentient animals.
Alleyn's School Alleyn's School is an independent, fee-paying co-educational day school situated in Dulwich, South-East London. It is part of Alleyn's College, which also includes James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), Dulwich College and as well as their daughter schools (JAPS, DCPS and Alleyn's Junior School).
Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste The Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste ("Universal Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts") was a 19th-century German encyclopaedia published by Johann Samuel Ersch and Johann Gottfried Gruber, therefore also known as the "Ersch-Gruber." One of the most ambitious encyclopaedia projects ever, it remained uncompleted.
Allgemeine Zeitung The Allgemeine Zeitung was in the first part of the 19th century the leading political daily journal in Germany. It has until now been known as the first world class German journal and is a symbol of the German press abroad.
Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst The Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst (ADN), German for General German News Service, was the state news agency in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It supplied censored news content to East German newspapers and news broadcasters.
Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst (German for General Economic Service; AWD) is one of the largest German financial services companies. Its main focuses are financial investments, building society savings, and insurance geared towards private households with average incomes.
Allgemeines bĂĽrgerliches Gesetzbuch The Allgemeines bĂĽrgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB) is the Civil Code of Austria, enacted in 1811 after about 40 years of preparatory works. Karl Anton Freiherr von Martini and Franz von Zeiller were the leading drafters at the earlier and later stages of the draft.
Allhallows, Kent Allhallows is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England. The parish is bounded on the north side by the River Thames, the northernmost part of mainland Kent, and in the east by the course of Yantlet creek, now silted up.
Alliance '90/The Greens BĂĽndnis 90/Die GrĂĽnen (literally: Alliance '90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. In 1980 the party was founded as "Die GrĂĽnen" on a federal level in West Germany.
Alliance (1903 automobile) Alliance was a German supplier of components for automobile production which also built complete cars, powered by two- and four-cylinder engines, between 1903 and 1905. The company was based in Berlin, and used De Dion motors for its early cars.
Alliance (Amtrak station) The Alliance Amtrak station is an Amtrak station in Alliance, Ohio. Located at 820 East Main Street, the station consists of an uncovered platform on the south side of the east-west tracks, with a small bus stop-style shelter and a small parking lot nearby.
Alliance (basketball) Alliance was an American basketball team based in Alliance, Ohio that was a member of the Central Basketball League. The team replaced the East Liverpool Potters for the final 10 games of the 1908/09 season going 0-10.
Alliance (Firefly) In the Firefly television series, the Alliance is a powerful government and law-enforcement organization that controls the majority of territory within the known universe. Originally composed solely of a number of "core worlds", several years prior to the show's timeframe the Alliance fought the Unification War to bring all colonized worlds under its control.
Alliance (Puerto Rico) The Alliance (Spanish: Alianza) was an electoral alliance of the Union of Puerto Rico and a dissident wing of the Republican Party. Initially formed in 1924, the Alliance was formally reconstituted into the Liberal Party in 1932.
Alliance (Star Fleet Universe) In the fictional Star Fleet Universe as represented in the range of games from Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. as well as the first two Star Fleet Command games (and the Orion Pirates stand-alone addon for Starfleet Command II) from Taldren, the Alliance of the Hydran Kingdom and the Kzinti Hegemony - who were allied in the Four Powers War and were later joined in the General War by the United Federation of Planets, the Gorn Confederation and, for a time, the Tholian Holdfast - fought for 18 years against the Klingon-Lyran-Romulan Coalition.
Alliance Academy International The Alliance Academy International was founded as the Alliance Academy in 1929 in Quito, Ecuador. The Academy's mission is to "provide an extensive American curriculum for the children of evangelical missionaries.
Alliance Atlantis Cinemas Alliance Atlantis Cinemas is a small theatre chain nominally headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia which presently operates three small urban theatres in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is jointly owned by Motion Picture Distribution LP (itself controlled by Alliance Atlantis) and by the Famous Players Theatres Unit of Cineplex Entertainment.
Alliance Bank Stadium Alliance Bank Stadium (formerly P&C Stadium) is a 12,000-seat baseball stadium in Syracuse, New York. It was opened on 10 April 1997, cost $16 million, has artificial turf, and its dimensions are 330L, 400C, 330R.
Alliance démocratique The Alliance démocratique was a short-lived political party in Quebec, Canada, founded by the Montreal journalist and politician Nick Auf der Maur. This left-of-centre political party was mainly based among the anglophone communities in Montreal.
Alliance Defense Fund The Alliance Defense Fund ("ADF") is a conservative Christian non-profit organization with the stated goal of "defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and direct litigation."
Alliance Entertainment Corporation Alliance Entertainment Corporation is the world's largest independent distributor of music, movies, and game software. From 1995 through 2005, Alliance Entertainment was also the parent company of All Media Guide.
Alliance for a New Humanity Alliance for a New Humanity is an international network of people from all walks of life who want to see positive change takes place in the world. It launched in Puerto Rico on December 11-14, 2003 with keynote speaker, former Vice-President of the United States, Al Gore.
Alliance for an Open Europe The Alliance for an Open Europe is a eurosceptic and free market transnational political organisation, that includes representatives from political parties and think tanks. It was initiated by British Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, and its birth came in the midst of renewed questioning of the linkage between the centre-right europhile European People's Party and the further-right eurosceptic European Democrats in the European Parliament.
Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics The Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics is an organization supporting medical marijuana that was founded in 1981 by Robert Randall and Alice O'Leary. The group participated in the 1986 hearings on cannabis rescheduling in the United States.
Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools (LA Alliance) is a not-for-profit organization which operates charter schools in Los Angeles. Its president and CEO is Judy Ivie Burton, a former Superintendent of Local District B in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Alliance for Democracy and Development The Alliance for Democracy and Development (French: Alliance pour la DĂ©mocratie et le DĂ©veloppement) is a political party in Cameroon. At the presidential elections, 11 October 2004, its candidate, Garga Haman Adji, won 3.
Alliance for Democracy and Federation The Alliance for Democracy and Federation (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération) is a liberal party in Burkina Faso. It is part of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain), that won at the last legislative elections, 5 May 2002, 12.
Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally The Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Burkina Faso, consisting out of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation and the African Democratic Rally.
Alliance for Democracy in Mali The Alliance for Democracy in Mali-Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity and Justice (Alliance pour la Démocratie en Mali-Parti Pan-Africain pour la Liberté, la Solidarité et la Justice) is a political party in Mali.
Alliance for Europe of the Nations The Alliance for Europe of the Nations is a pan-European political party that gathers nationalist parties from across the continent. MEPs elected from its member-parties are expected to sit in the affiliated Union for Europe of the Nations group in the European Parliament.
Alliance for Excellent Education The Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) is a national policy, research and advocacy organization that works to develop a national consensus and policy agenda to transform American high schools. To do this, AEE advocates at the federal level for funding and policies to ensure resources are targeted to at-risk students in middle school and high school.
Alliance for Freedom and Democracy The Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD) is an Ethiopian political party formed 22 May 2006 from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) Ethiopian Peoples' Patriotic Front (EPPF, also known as Arbegnoch Gimbar or Patriot's Front), and Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), and the Sidama Liberation Front (SLF). It was created when the leaders from the OLF called on all parties of what is currently the AFD and a few others that turned down the offer, to form an Alliance to coordinate their efforts in toppling the current TPLF government led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Alliance for Green Socialism The Alliance for Green Socialism (AGS) is a socialist grouping based in Leeds in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2003 following a merger between the Leeds Left Alliance (formed by Liz and Mike Davies, and other former members of the Labour Party) and the Green Socialist Network (whose origins lie in the Communist Party of Great Britain).
Alliance for Change (Guyana) The Alliance for Change is a Guyanese political party formed in 2005. When formed it included three parliamentarians who left other parties, namely Raphael Trotman of the People's National Congress, Khemraj Ramjattan of the People's Progressive Party and Sheila Holder of the Working People's Alliance.
Alliance for Change (UK) The Alliance for Change is a political organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded in early 2005, its aim is to provide an electoral slate on which independent candidates and those from minor parties can stand.
Alliance for Children and Families The Alliance for Children and Families is an international membership non-profit organization representing more than 300 child- and family-serving and economic empowerment organizations. Alliance members are private non-profit human service organizations that serve more than 8 million individuals annually in more than 6,700 communities, providing a vast array of services ranging from residential care to domestic abuse prevention and intervention.
Alliance for Chile The Alliance for Chile (Spanish: "Alianza por Chile"), also known as La Alianza (The Alliance), is a coalition of right wing Chilean political parties. It includes the National Renewal (RN) and the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction is an authoritarian political party in The Gambia, founded by army officers who staged a coup in 1994. It was formed in 1996 to support army leader Yahya Jammeh's campaign for the 1996 elections.
Alliance for Retired Americans The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The organization was originally known as the National Council for Senior Citizens, but changed its name in 2001.
Alliance for Security The Alliance for Security (AFS) was founded in 2004 by Bobby Muller, a Vietnam Veteran and staunch Veterans advocate. The Alliance "aims to provoke thoughtful and penetrating conversation on national security issues including the possibility of conscription, the war against terrorism, our foreign policy, and the real consequences of war".
Alliance for Social-Liberal Progress Alliance for Social-Liberal Progress (in Bulgarian: ĐĐ»Đ¸Đ°Đ˝Ń Đ·Đ° Ńоциаллиберален прогреŃ) is a political party in Bulgaria. The party was founded on February 18 2001, and registered on March 28.
Alliance for the Development of Macau The Alliance for the Development of Macau (Aliança para Desenvolvimento de Macau)is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau, a former Portuguese possession. Macau is a state in which political parties don't play a role.
Alliance for the Future (Peru) Alliance for the Future (Alianza por el Futuro) is a Peruvian political alliance formed by pro-Fujimori parties Change 90 (Cambio 90) and New Majority (Nueva MayorĂa) for the 2006 national election. Its presidential candidate was former President of Congress Martha Chávez Cossio.
Alliance for the Republic The Alliance for the Republic (Spanish: Alianza por la RepĂşblica - APRE) is a right-wing liberal-conservative Nicaraguan political party founded in 2004 by dissident liberals from the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) and the Conservative Party (PC) including Enrique Bolanos, who was President of Nicaragua at the time.
Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism The Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT) was a Somali alliance created by various warlords and businesspeople. The alliance included Botan Ise Alin, Mohammed DheereIntelligence Brief: I.
Alliance for Work, Justice and Education The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education (in Spanish: Alianza para el Trabajo, la Justicia y la EducaciĂłn) was a party coalition in Argentina around the turn of the third millennium. It was born of the alliance of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), the Front for a Country in Solidarity (FrePaSo), and a number of smaller provincial parties, in 1997.
Alliance for Workers' Liberty The Alliance for Workers' Liberty (AWL), also known as Workers' Liberty is a Marxist group based in the United Kingdom. The group has had a complex history, but has always been strongly identified with the theorist Sean Matgamna.
Alliance Graphique International Alliance Graphique International (AGI) is the élite club of the world’s leading graphic artists and designers. Its members (they are about 350 from 27 countries) are collectively responsible for the visual language of global communications.
Alliance Israélite Universelle Alliance Israélite Universelle is an international Jewish organization based in France. It was founded in Paris in 1860 by Adolphe Crémieux, as a response to the Damascus affair, with the goal to protect human rights of Jews as citizens of countries where they live.
Alliance laurentienne The Alliance laurentienne was a political organization founded by Raymond Barbeau on January 25, 1957. It was an early organization of the contemporary independence movement of Quebec but, unlike the majority of those to come, it adopted somewhat right-wing, even corporatist politics.
Alliance Marxist-Leninist The Alliance Marxist-Leninist was founded in 1989 by former members of the Albania-USA Friendship Society. Its members then are Hoxhaists, meaning they follow in the legacy of Enver Hoxha, former leader of Albania - of course, they describe themselves as orthodox Marxist-Leninists, since they uphold Hoxha as the true bearer of the tradition of Marx and Lenin, as once upheld by Stalin.
Alliance of American and European Democrats The Alliance of American and European Democrats is a loose bilateral partnership between the United States Democratic Party and the European Democratic Party. After the EDP's first political meeting in Rome in February 2005, the parties established the Alliance, with offices in Brussels and Washington, DC.
Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies The Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (also known as AARC) is a non-profit organization formed to distribute Audio Home Recording Act royalties to Featured Artists and Sound Recording Copyright Owners (record labels). AARC does not represent writers, non-featured artists, or publishers.
Allen Schick Allen Schick is a governance fellow of the Brookings Institution and also a professor of political science at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park. He is known as an authority on budget theory and the federal budget process, in particular.
Allen Skillicorn Allen Skillicorn (born July 8, 1974 in Los Angeles) is an amateur and semi-professional American race driver currently competing in the NASA Time-Trial series, driving the #013 Honda S2000 for SpeedTech Performance Engineering.
Allen Swift Ira Stadlen, known professionally as Allen Swift (January 16,1924-) is a voice actor, known for playing characters like Simon Bar Sinister on the Underdog cartoon show. He also provided the voices of many of the characters in The Bluffers.
Allen the Alien Allen the Alien is an Image Comics character who first appeared in the Invincible series as an apparent alien aggressor, who Invincible's father, Omni-Man had fought several times in the past, all without talking with him. Invincible eventually decided to talk with him, and they realized that Allen had made a mistake, he was supposed to go to the planet Urath and test its champion, not to Earth.
Allen T. Treadway Allen Towner Treadway (September 16, 1867 - February 16, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1913 until January 3, 1945. Treadway represented Massachusetts's first congressional district for sixteen consecutive terms.
Allen Taflove Allen Taflove is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering. He is a pioneer in the field of computational electrodynamics who, in 1980, coined the term finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) computational solutions of Maxwell's equations.
Allen Telescope Array The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), formerly known as the One Hectare Telescope (1hT), is a joint effort by the SETI Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to construct a radio interferometer that will be dedicated to astronomical and simultaneous search for extra-terrestrial intelligence observations. It is being constructed at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, 290 miles northeast of San Francisco, California and, when completed, is expected to be composed of 350 antennas.
Allen Toussaint Allen Toussaint (born January 14, 1938) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer and one of the most influential figures in New Orleans R&B. In the 1960s and 1970s, he wrote numerous hits for artists including Lee Dorsey, and Willie West, who sang the title track for Black Samson, Robert Palmer, The Showmen, The Meters and Solomon Burke and produced material for Dr John, Labelle, and Art and Aaron Neville amongst others.
Allen village in county kildare Allen is a village in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland located on regional road R415. The village, with a population in 2002 of XXX, is overlooked by The Hill of Allen, which in recent times has been scarred by quarrying.
Allen Watson Allen Kenneth Watson (born November 18, 1970 in Jamaica, New York) is a former Left handed Major League starting pitcher who spent his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Angels, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees.
Allen West Allen Clayton West (born New York City) was one of the conspirators who took part in the preparation and planning of the 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison. The escape was planned by West, Frank Morris, and brothers John and Clarence Anglin.
Allen West (musician) Allen West (born October 17, 1967, Brandon, Florida) is an American guitarist who has been in such bands as Obituary, Six Feet Under and Lowbrow. He is considered to have been one of the first pioneers of death metal in the 1980s.
Allen Williamson Bridge Allen Williamson Bridge is the name of a memorial bridge in Payne County, Oklahoma, named after a former State Representative who served in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives from 1966 - 1974. This politician should not be confused with a similarly named Oklahoma State Senator.
Allen's Landing Allen's Landing is the birthplace of Houston, Texas. In August 1836, just months after the Republic of Texas won its independence from Mexico, two brothers (and real estate developers) from New York, John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen, purchased 6,642 acres in the area and settled there on the banks of Buffalo Bayou.
Allen's Swamp Monkey Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) is the primate species that is categorized in its own genus Allenopithecus in the Old World monkey family. Systematically it is a sister clade to the guenons but differs in dentition and habits.
Allen-Bradley Allen-Bradley is a company that specializes in industrial control and automation products, such as programmable logic controllers. It is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is currently part of Rockwell Automation.
Allen(Kildare) Allen is a village in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland located on regional road R415. The village, with a population in 2002 of XXX, is overlooked by The Hill of Allen, which in recent times has been scarred by quarrying.
Allen, Wisconsin Allen is an unincorporated community in the Town of Clear Creek, in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, almost exactly midway between Cleghorn and Foster, at the southern junction of Eau Claire County Highways "D" and "V".
Allenby Bridge The Allenby Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Jordan River, and connects Jericho in the West Bank to the country of Jordan. It is currently the only exit point for West Bank Palestinians into Jordan and the outside world.
Allene Roberts Allene Roberts (born September 1, 1928) was born in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. She starred in twelve movies between 1947 and 1954 and appeared on TV in Four Star Theater, Adventures of Superman and Dragnet.
Allens Arthur Robinson Allens Arthur Robinson (AAR or "Allens") is an international law firm, with lawyers operating in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Shanghai, Singapore, Phnom Penh, Port Moresby and all major Australian capitals except Adelaide.
Allens West railway station Allens West railway station is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line and operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services.
Allensville, West Virginia Allensville is an unincorporated hamlet in Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA. It is located on Allensville Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 3/2) to the east of Back Creek shortly before it enters the Potomac River.
Allensworth, California Allensworth, Tulare County, California, USA, was a town founded with the ideal that African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was also called the Tuskegee of the West (in reference to Tuskegee, Alabama).
Allentown (Pittsburgh) Allentown is a neighborhood on the southside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has two zip codes, 15203 and 15210, and has representation on the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods).
Allentown (song) "Allentown" is a Billy Joel song, which first appeared on Joel's The Nylon Curtain (1982) album. It later appeared on Joel's Greatest Hits: Volume II (1985), 2000 Years: The Millennium Concert (2000), and The Essential Billy Joel (2001) albums.
Allentown Art Festival Allentown Art Festival is an annual arts festival held in the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. Each June, this collective weekend sidewalk art display attracts tens of thousands of pedestrians to Buffalo.
Allentown Central Catholic High School Allentown Central Catholic High School is a parochial school located at 301 North Fourth Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It predominantly serves students from the Lehigh Valley region of the state.
Allentown High School Allentown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from three communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The school serves students from Allentown Borough and Upper Freehold Township.
Allentown Railroad The Allentown Railroad was a rail line proposed in the 1850s to connect the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Allentown with the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line across the Allegheny Mountains. Through grading was almost entirely finished, most of the railroad never saw service.
Allentown, Washington Allentown is a neighborhood of Tukwila, Washington on the Duwamish River. It is situated between the Rainier View neighborhood of Seattle, Washington and the Boulevard Park neighborhood of unincorporated King County.
AllerAir Industries AllerAir Industries, founded in 1996, manufactures air purifiers for homes and offices as well as for industrial, medical, commercial and military applications. One of AllerAir's founding goals is to create air purifiers that are as inert as possible.
Allerød Oscillation The Allerød period is a part of a temperature oscillation toward the end of the last glaciation, during which temperatures in the northern Atlantic region rose from glacial to almost present day level. The Allerød is a warm, moist Blytt-Sernander period named after a type site in Allerød municipality in Sjælland, Denmark (near Copenhagen), where deposits created during the period were first identified and published in 1901 by Hartz and Milthers.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a hypersensitivity response to the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, the spores of which are ubiquitous in soil and are commonly found in the sputum of healthy individuals. A.
Allergic inflammation Allergic inflammation is an important pathophysiological feature of several disabilities or medical conditions including allergic asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and several ocular allergic diseases. Allergic reactions may generally be divided into two components; the early phase reaction, and the late phase reaction.
Allergy The word "allergy" was coined by the Viennese pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet in 1906.Clemens Peter Pirquet von Cesenatico Pirquet noted that some of his patients were hypersensitive to normally innocuous entities such as dust, pollen, or certain foods.
Allerton Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line) Allerton Avenue is a station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Bronx at the intersection of Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road, it is served by the train (all times), and by the train (rush hours in the peak direction).
Allerton Bywater Allerton Bywater is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, near to Castleford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,948.
Allerton Garden Allerton Garden (125 acres), also known as Lawai-kai, is a botanical garden located on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. It is now part of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, and open to visitors daily except Sunday.
Alles Kan Beter Alles Kan Beter was a Belgian comedy TV series produced by Flemish production house Woestijnvis between the end of 1997 and 1999, in the Dutch language. The series was directed by Jan Eelen starring each week Mark Uytterhoeven, Guy Mortier, Rob Vanoudenhoven, and one guest appearance.
Allesley Allesley is a village and civil parish on the edge of the City of Coventry, West Midlands, England, about three miles west of Coventry City Centre. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 805.
Alley An alley or alleyway is a narrow, pedestrian lane found in urban areas which usually run between or behind buildings. In older cities and towns in Europe, alleys are often what is left of a medieval street network.
Alley Award The Alley Awards are comic book awards originally sponsored by Alter-Ego magazine, edited by Jerry Bails, Roy Thomas, Ronn Foss, and, in 1978, Mike Friedrich. The name is at least partially derived from that of the comic strip character Alley Oop, in whose likeness that statuette is cast.
Alley oop (basketball) An alley oop in basketball is an offensive play in which one player throws the ball up near the basket to a teammate (or, much more rarely, to himself) who jumps, catches the ball in mid air and immediately scores a basket, usually with a slam dunk. It is an impressive way to score and often electrifies the spectators.
Alley Spring Alley Spring is a well known spot for family reunions, picnics, camp outs and fishing trips. Folks in the Ozarks know Alley well, and folks from across the country have been coming since it became part of Ozark National Scenic Riverwaysin 1969.
Alley Theatre The Alley Theatre is the chief indoor theatre in the city of Houston, Texas, and hosts two stages. The main stage has 824 seats and is called the "Hubbard"; the more intimate, 310-seat stage, is the "Neuhaus.
Alley-Kat-Abra Alley-Kat-Abra (Felina Furr) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, an anthropomorphic cat. Alley-Kat-Abra is a superheroine who lives on the otherdimensional world of Earth-C, an alternate Earth populated by sentient animals.
Alleyn's School Alleyn's School is an independent, fee-paying co-educational day school situated in Dulwich, South-East London. It is part of Alleyn's College, which also includes James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS), Dulwich College and as well as their daughter schools (JAPS, DCPS and Alleyn's Junior School).
Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste The Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste ("Universal Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts") was a 19th-century German encyclopaedia published by Johann Samuel Ersch and Johann Gottfried Gruber, therefore also known as the "Ersch-Gruber." One of the most ambitious encyclopaedia projects ever, it remained uncompleted.
Allgemeine Zeitung The Allgemeine Zeitung was in the first part of the 19th century the leading political daily journal in Germany. It has until now been known as the first world class German journal and is a symbol of the German press abroad.
Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst The Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst (ADN), German for General German News Service, was the state news agency in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It supplied censored news content to East German newspapers and news broadcasters.
Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst (German for General Economic Service; AWD) is one of the largest German financial services companies. Its main focuses are financial investments, building society savings, and insurance geared towards private households with average incomes.
Allgemeines bĂĽrgerliches Gesetzbuch The Allgemeines bĂĽrgerliches Gesetzbuch (ABGB) is the Civil Code of Austria, enacted in 1811 after about 40 years of preparatory works. Karl Anton Freiherr von Martini and Franz von Zeiller were the leading drafters at the earlier and later stages of the draft.
Allhallows, Kent Allhallows is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England. The parish is bounded on the north side by the River Thames, the northernmost part of mainland Kent, and in the east by the course of Yantlet creek, now silted up.
Alliance '90/The Greens BĂĽndnis 90/Die GrĂĽnen (literally: Alliance '90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. In 1980 the party was founded as "Die GrĂĽnen" on a federal level in West Germany.
Alliance (1903 automobile) Alliance was a German supplier of components for automobile production which also built complete cars, powered by two- and four-cylinder engines, between 1903 and 1905. The company was based in Berlin, and used De Dion motors for its early cars.
Alliance (Amtrak station) The Alliance Amtrak station is an Amtrak station in Alliance, Ohio. Located at 820 East Main Street, the station consists of an uncovered platform on the south side of the east-west tracks, with a small bus stop-style shelter and a small parking lot nearby.
Alliance (basketball) Alliance was an American basketball team based in Alliance, Ohio that was a member of the Central Basketball League. The team replaced the East Liverpool Potters for the final 10 games of the 1908/09 season going 0-10.
Alliance (Firefly) In the Firefly television series, the Alliance is a powerful government and law-enforcement organization that controls the majority of territory within the known universe. Originally composed solely of a number of "core worlds", several years prior to the show's timeframe the Alliance fought the Unification War to bring all colonized worlds under its control.
Alliance (Puerto Rico) The Alliance (Spanish: Alianza) was an electoral alliance of the Union of Puerto Rico and a dissident wing of the Republican Party. Initially formed in 1924, the Alliance was formally reconstituted into the Liberal Party in 1932.
Alliance (Star Fleet Universe) In the fictional Star Fleet Universe as represented in the range of games from Amarillo Design Bureau Inc. as well as the first two Star Fleet Command games (and the Orion Pirates stand-alone addon for Starfleet Command II) from Taldren, the Alliance of the Hydran Kingdom and the Kzinti Hegemony - who were allied in the Four Powers War and were later joined in the General War by the United Federation of Planets, the Gorn Confederation and, for a time, the Tholian Holdfast - fought for 18 years against the Klingon-Lyran-Romulan Coalition.
Alliance Academy International The Alliance Academy International was founded as the Alliance Academy in 1929 in Quito, Ecuador. The Academy's mission is to "provide an extensive American curriculum for the children of evangelical missionaries.
Alliance Atlantis Cinemas Alliance Atlantis Cinemas is a small theatre chain nominally headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia which presently operates three small urban theatres in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is jointly owned by Motion Picture Distribution LP (itself controlled by Alliance Atlantis) and by the Famous Players Theatres Unit of Cineplex Entertainment.
Alliance Bank Stadium Alliance Bank Stadium (formerly P&C Stadium) is a 12,000-seat baseball stadium in Syracuse, New York. It was opened on 10 April 1997, cost $16 million, has artificial turf, and its dimensions are 330L, 400C, 330R.
Alliance démocratique The Alliance démocratique was a short-lived political party in Quebec, Canada, founded by the Montreal journalist and politician Nick Auf der Maur. This left-of-centre political party was mainly based among the anglophone communities in Montreal.
Alliance Defense Fund The Alliance Defense Fund ("ADF") is a conservative Christian non-profit organization with the stated goal of "defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and direct litigation."
Alliance Entertainment Corporation Alliance Entertainment Corporation is the world's largest independent distributor of music, movies, and game software. From 1995 through 2005, Alliance Entertainment was also the parent company of All Media Guide.
Alliance for a New Humanity Alliance for a New Humanity is an international network of people from all walks of life who want to see positive change takes place in the world. It launched in Puerto Rico on December 11-14, 2003 with keynote speaker, former Vice-President of the United States, Al Gore.
Alliance for an Open Europe The Alliance for an Open Europe is a eurosceptic and free market transnational political organisation, that includes representatives from political parties and think tanks. It was initiated by British Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, and its birth came in the midst of renewed questioning of the linkage between the centre-right europhile European People's Party and the further-right eurosceptic European Democrats in the European Parliament.
Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics The Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics is an organization supporting medical marijuana that was founded in 1981 by Robert Randall and Alice O'Leary. The group participated in the 1986 hearings on cannabis rescheduling in the United States.
Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools (LA Alliance) is a not-for-profit organization which operates charter schools in Los Angeles. Its president and CEO is Judy Ivie Burton, a former Superintendent of Local District B in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Alliance for Democracy and Development The Alliance for Democracy and Development (French: Alliance pour la DĂ©mocratie et le DĂ©veloppement) is a political party in Cameroon. At the presidential elections, 11 October 2004, its candidate, Garga Haman Adji, won 3.
Alliance for Democracy and Federation The Alliance for Democracy and Federation (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération) is a liberal party in Burkina Faso. It is part of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain), that won at the last legislative elections, 5 May 2002, 12.
Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally The Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Burkina Faso, consisting out of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation and the African Democratic Rally.
Alliance for Democracy in Mali The Alliance for Democracy in Mali-Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity and Justice (Alliance pour la Démocratie en Mali-Parti Pan-Africain pour la Liberté, la Solidarité et la Justice) is a political party in Mali.
Alliance for Europe of the Nations The Alliance for Europe of the Nations is a pan-European political party that gathers nationalist parties from across the continent. MEPs elected from its member-parties are expected to sit in the affiliated Union for Europe of the Nations group in the European Parliament.
Alliance for Excellent Education The Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE) is a national policy, research and advocacy organization that works to develop a national consensus and policy agenda to transform American high schools. To do this, AEE advocates at the federal level for funding and policies to ensure resources are targeted to at-risk students in middle school and high school.
Alliance for Freedom and Democracy The Alliance for Freedom and Democracy (AFD) is an Ethiopian political party formed 22 May 2006 from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) Ethiopian Peoples' Patriotic Front (EPPF, also known as Arbegnoch Gimbar or Patriot's Front), and Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), and the Sidama Liberation Front (SLF). It was created when the leaders from the OLF called on all parties of what is currently the AFD and a few others that turned down the offer, to form an Alliance to coordinate their efforts in toppling the current TPLF government led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
Alliance for Green Socialism The Alliance for Green Socialism (AGS) is a socialist grouping based in Leeds in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2003 following a merger between the Leeds Left Alliance (formed by Liz and Mike Davies, and other former members of the Labour Party) and the Green Socialist Network (whose origins lie in the Communist Party of Great Britain).
Alliance for Change (Guyana) The Alliance for Change is a Guyanese political party formed in 2005. When formed it included three parliamentarians who left other parties, namely Raphael Trotman of the People's National Congress, Khemraj Ramjattan of the People's Progressive Party and Sheila Holder of the Working People's Alliance.
Alliance for Change (UK) The Alliance for Change is a political organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded in early 2005, its aim is to provide an electoral slate on which independent candidates and those from minor parties can stand.
Alliance for Children and Families The Alliance for Children and Families is an international membership non-profit organization representing more than 300 child- and family-serving and economic empowerment organizations. Alliance members are private non-profit human service organizations that serve more than 8 million individuals annually in more than 6,700 communities, providing a vast array of services ranging from residential care to domestic abuse prevention and intervention.
Alliance for Chile The Alliance for Chile (Spanish: "Alianza por Chile"), also known as La Alianza (The Alliance), is a coalition of right wing Chilean political parties. It includes the National Renewal (RN) and the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction is an authoritarian political party in The Gambia, founded by army officers who staged a coup in 1994. It was formed in 1996 to support army leader Yahya Jammeh's campaign for the 1996 elections.
Alliance for Retired Americans The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The organization was originally known as the National Council for Senior Citizens, but changed its name in 2001.
Alliance for Security The Alliance for Security (AFS) was founded in 2004 by Bobby Muller, a Vietnam Veteran and staunch Veterans advocate. The Alliance "aims to provoke thoughtful and penetrating conversation on national security issues including the possibility of conscription, the war against terrorism, our foreign policy, and the real consequences of war".
Alliance for Social-Liberal Progress Alliance for Social-Liberal Progress (in Bulgarian: ĐĐ»Đ¸Đ°Đ˝Ń Đ·Đ° Ńоциаллиберален прогреŃ) is a political party in Bulgaria. The party was founded on February 18 2001, and registered on March 28.
Alliance for the Development of Macau The Alliance for the Development of Macau (Aliança para Desenvolvimento de Macau)is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau, a former Portuguese possession. Macau is a state in which political parties don't play a role.
Alliance for the Future (Peru) Alliance for the Future (Alianza por el Futuro) is a Peruvian political alliance formed by pro-Fujimori parties Change 90 (Cambio 90) and New Majority (Nueva MayorĂa) for the 2006 national election. Its presidential candidate was former President of Congress Martha Chávez Cossio.
Alliance for the Republic The Alliance for the Republic (Spanish: Alianza por la RepĂşblica - APRE) is a right-wing liberal-conservative Nicaraguan political party founded in 2004 by dissident liberals from the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) and the Conservative Party (PC) including Enrique Bolanos, who was President of Nicaragua at the time.
Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism The Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT) was a Somali alliance created by various warlords and businesspeople. The alliance included Botan Ise Alin, Mohammed DheereIntelligence Brief: I.
Alliance for Work, Justice and Education The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education (in Spanish: Alianza para el Trabajo, la Justicia y la EducaciĂłn) was a party coalition in Argentina around the turn of the third millennium. It was born of the alliance of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), the Front for a Country in Solidarity (FrePaSo), and a number of smaller provincial parties, in 1997.
Alliance for Workers' Liberty The Alliance for Workers' Liberty (AWL), also known as Workers' Liberty is a Marxist group based in the United Kingdom. The group has had a complex history, but has always been strongly identified with the theorist Sean Matgamna.
Alliance Graphique International Alliance Graphique International (AGI) is the élite club of the world’s leading graphic artists and designers. Its members (they are about 350 from 27 countries) are collectively responsible for the visual language of global communications.
Alliance Israélite Universelle Alliance Israélite Universelle is an international Jewish organization based in France. It was founded in Paris in 1860 by Adolphe Crémieux, as a response to the Damascus affair, with the goal to protect human rights of Jews as citizens of countries where they live.
Alliance laurentienne The Alliance laurentienne was a political organization founded by Raymond Barbeau on January 25, 1957. It was an early organization of the contemporary independence movement of Quebec but, unlike the majority of those to come, it adopted somewhat right-wing, even corporatist politics.
Alliance Marxist-Leninist The Alliance Marxist-Leninist was founded in 1989 by former members of the Albania-USA Friendship Society. Its members then are Hoxhaists, meaning they follow in the legacy of Enver Hoxha, former leader of Albania - of course, they describe themselves as orthodox Marxist-Leninists, since they uphold Hoxha as the true bearer of the tradition of Marx and Lenin, as once upheld by Stalin.
Alliance of American and European Democrats The Alliance of American and European Democrats is a loose bilateral partnership between the United States Democratic Party and the European Democratic Party. After the EDP's first political meeting in Rome in February 2005, the parties established the Alliance, with offices in Brussels and Washington, DC.
Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies The Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (also known as AARC) is a non-profit organization formed to distribute Audio Home Recording Act royalties to Featured Artists and Sound Recording Copyright Owners (record labels). AARC does not represent writers, non-featured artists, or publishers.
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