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Alliance of Baptists The Alliance of Baptists is a fellowship of Baptist churches and individuals. The Alliance was formed in 1987 by congregations in schism from the Southern Baptist Convention as a result of the 1980s fundamentalist/modernist controversy.
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran The Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (ائتلاف آبادگران ایران اسلامی; E'telāf-e Ābādgarān-e Īrān-e Eslāmī), usually shortened to Abadgaran (آبادگران), is an alliance of some conservative Iranian political parties and organizations. The alliance, mostly active in Tehran, won almost all of Tehran's seats in the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 and the Iranian City and Village Councils election of 2003.
Alliance of Civilizations The Alliance of Civilizations is a United Nations Secretary-General initiative intended to galvanize collective action across diverse societies in order to combat extremism, and overcome cultural and social barriers between mainly the Western and predominantly Muslim worlds.
Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians The Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians (ACJC), or sometimes referred to as Alliance of Canadian Jews (ACJ) is a coalition of Canadian Jews who are critical of the policies of the Israeli government, particularly toward the Palestinians. It claimed 114 members as of June 2006.
Alliance of Concerned Teachers The Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Philippines (ACT-Phils or ACT) is a progressive, militant and nationalist organization of teachers, academic non-teaching personnel and non-academic non-teaching personnel established in June 26, 1982 in the Philippines. It is the largest non-traditional teachers’ organization in the country which works for the economic and political well-being of teachers and all other education workers as well as for genuine social transformation.
Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is an organization of individuals that believes Evangelicals have largely forgotten the foundations of the Christian Gospel and is dedicated to calling on the Protestant churches, especially those that call themselves Reformed, to return to the principles of the Protestant Reformation. To that end, they produce print and internet resources, broadcast radio programs (The Bible Study Hour, Every Last Word, and Dr.
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (AFDL) was a coalition of Congolese dissidents, disgruntled minority groups and nations that toppled President Mobutu Sese Seko and brought Laurent Kabila to power in the First Congo War (1996-1997). While the group was successful in overthrowing the Mobutu dictatorship, the alliance fell apart after Kabila and his Ugandan and Rwandan backers turned on each other, marking the beginning of the Second Congo War on August 2, 1998.
Alliance of Evil In the Marvel Comics Universe, the Alliance of Evil is a villain group composed of young and reckless mutants with a radical way of going about things. Employed by the evil Apocalypse, and later by Harness, the Alliance's motivation was strictly in getting more power.
Alliance of four great races In the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, the alliance of four great races was an ancient alliance of four advanced species that was built over many millennia and existed before the rise of the Goa'uld and the Wraith.
Alliance of Free Democrats The Alliance of Free Democrats - the Hungarian Liberal Party (Hungarian: Szabad-Demokraták szövetsége - a Magyar Liberális Párt, abbreviation SZDSZ) is a liberal party in Hungary, led by Gábor Kuncze. It is a member of the ELDR and of Liberal International.
Alliance of Free Stars The Alliance of Free Stars is a fictional alliance of alien species in the universe of the computer game Star Control. They were destroyed by the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za and their Hierarchy of Battle Thralls as seen in Star Control I, but rebuilt as the New Alliance of Free Stars although, actually, the player (in Star Control II) can choose the name from a list of possibilities.
Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe The Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe (most commonly represented in French, as Alliance des Démocrates Indépendants en Europe) is an apparent European political party, operating largely as a faction of the Independence and Democracy group of the European Parliament, whose existence is claimed by both itself and by the EUDemocrats Little is conclusively known about the composition of the ADIE or the extent to which it operates as an EU-funded pan-European organization. Nevertheless, as of January] [[2007, the group appears to operate a French-language website with relatively fragmentary information.
Alliance of Independent Social Democrats The Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (Serbian: Савез независних социјалдемократа or Savez nezavisnih socijaldemokrata) is a parliamentary party in the Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its president, Milorad Dodik, is the Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska.
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour l'Europe, Dutch: Alliantie van Liberalen en Democraten voor Europa) is a Group in the European Parliament. It is composed of members from the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, European Democratic Party and assorted independents.
Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities The Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities was formed to lobby on research funding and other higher education issues. The alliance was convened by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth, Professor John Craven, on 03 May 2006.
Alliance of Norwegian Students Abroad The Association of Norwegian Students Abroad (ANSA, Norwegian Samband for norske studenter i utlandet, German Allianz Norwegischer Studenten im Ausland, French Union des Étudiants Norvégiens à l'Étranger) is a non-profit, independent organisation, founded in 1956, whose aim is to maintain and promote the educational, cultural, political and economic interests of their members. The organisation represents nearly 20,000 Norwegian students who study abroad.
Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations The Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations (ANSSA) is the largest post-secondary student lobby group in Nova Scotia, Canada, representing approximately 75% of the province's university students. It strives towards improved funding for education in Nova Scotia and the elimination of real and perceived financial barriers for university students.
Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of West Sudan The Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of West Sudan was formed on January 20, 2006, when the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Movement merged to form a single rebel alliance in the Sudanese region of Darfur.
Alliance of Small Island States Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is a coalition of small island and low-lying coastal countries founded in 1990. The main purpose of the alliance is to consolidate the voices of small island developing states to address global climate change.
Alliance of Twelve The Alliance of Twelve, with SD-6 being one of its subsidiary cells, is a fictional international organized crime group in the television series Alias. It is an organization involved in the trade of intelligence and weapons.
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (Hungarian: Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség (VMSZ); Serbian: Савез војвођанских Мађара or Savez vojvođanskih Mađara) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is József Kasza.
Alliance OS Alliance OS is an open source operating system that was spun off from the Freedows project after a series of disagreements between the latter's developers. Like Freedows, it seems to have slowly died of overambition and organizational problems.
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. It has long sought to bridge the gap between the province's two main communities and is avowedly non-sectarian.
Alliance Quebec Alliance Quebec (AQ) was a group formed in 1982 to lobby on behalf of speakers of the English language in the province of Quebec, Canada. It began as an umbrella group of most English-speaking organizations and institutions in the province, with approximately 15,000 members.
Alliance Royale Alliance Royale or 'Royal Alliance' is a French political party dedicated to the restoration of the monarchy in France and to increasing debate about the monarchy amongst the general public. The party was established in 2001 using the French symbol of the Fleur-de-lis as a logo, which was originally used by the monarchy in pre-revolutionary France.
Alliance Semiconductor Alliance Semiconductor Corporation designs and manufactures memory and memory-intensive logic. Alliance's product lines include Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Pseudo SRAM (PSRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Flash Memory, and embedded memory and logic solutions.
Alliance School The Alliance High School of Milwaukee is a public secondary school located in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It serves the needs of students who are not succeeding in the traditional high school environment due to harassment, intimidation, physical and/or emotional abuse.
Alliance theory The Alliance Theory (or General Theory of Exchanges) is the name given to the structural method of studying kinship relations. It finds its origins in Claude LĂ©vi-Strauss's Elementary Structures of Kinship (1949), and is opposed to the functionalist theory of Radcliffe-Brown.
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to the long-term preservation of Nantucket Sound. Alliance membership includes many dedicated environmental and business professionals who have long ties to the Cape.
Alliance to Rescue Civilization The Alliance to Rescue Civilization is an organization devoted to the establishment of an off-Earth "backup" of human civilization. This facility, or group of facilities, would serve to repopulate the Earth after a worldwide disaster or war, preserving as much as possible of both the sciences and the arts.
Alliance to Save Energy Founded in 1977, the Alliance to Save Energy is a non-profit coalition of business, government, environmental and consumer leaders. The Alliance to Save Energy supports energy efficiency as a cost-effective energy resource under existing market conditions and advocates energy-efficiency policies that minimize costs to society and individual consumers, and that lessen greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate.
Alliance University College Alliance University College is a Christian college located in Calgary, Alberta. Its predecessor, the Canadian Bible Institute, was founded in 1941, and in 1961 received school accreditation from Association for Biblical Higher Education and became Canadian Bible College.
Alliance Wrestling Federation The Alliance Wrestling Federation is an independent wrestling promotion located in Tucson, Arizona. Currently the largest promotion in Arizona, the company has an exclusive contract with My Network TV, and is set to premiere on the fledgling network in 2007 for a 12 week developmental program titled AWF Brute Force.
Alliance: The Silent War Alliance: The Silent War is a FPS PC game being developed by Windward Mark Interactive to simulate combat over 90 years of human history, taking the player from World War I to modern day. The player will have access to 200 real- world weapons using an innovative system called the War Studio.
Alliances (Magic: The Gathering) Alliances was the fourteenth Magic: The Gathering set and seventh expansion set, released in June 1996. The length of time between the previous set, Homelands, and this set — 8 months — is the longest between sets in Magic history, and the set sold very quickly because of it.
Alliances (The Wire episode) "Alliances" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Ed Burns from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by David Platt.
Alliances between product software firms For the software product companies, common strategic alliance formations (see also business alliance) are research partnerships, joint product development, technology licensing, and marketing and distribution agreements (Rao & Klein, 1994). Additionally, working with other firms to produce complementary products is worthwhile for many companies since it can increase the value of the original product (Messerschmitt & Szyperski, 2004).
Alliant Computer Systems Alliant Computer Systems was a computer company that designed and manufactured parallel computing systems. Together with Pyramid Technology and Sequent Computer Systems, Alliant's machines pioneered the symmetric multiprocessing market.
Alliant Energy Center Alliant Energy Center (Veterans Memorial Coliseum) is a 9,762-seat multi-purpose arena in Madison, Wisconsin. Also known as the Dane County Coliseum, it was home to the University of Wisconsin Badgers ice hockey team before the Kohl Center opened.
Alliant International University Alliant International University is an independent, not-for-profit, upper-division university formed in July 2001 as a result of a merger between California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) and United States International University (USIU). Drawing on the legacies of both CSPP and USIU, Alliant continues to be dedicated to multiculturalism and internationalism.
Alliant Techsystems Alliant Techsystems is a major US aerospace and defense contractor with sales of approximately USD $3.3 billion (fiscal year 2006) and strong positions in propulsion, composite structures, munitions, precision capabilities, and civil and sporting ammunition.
Allie Clark Alfred Aloysius "Allie" Clark (June 16, 1923 in South Amboy, New Jersey) was a professional Baseball player playing most notably for the New York Yankees. He made his pro debut on August 5, 1947 with the Yankees and played his final game on June 5, 1953 with the Philadelphia Athletics.
Allie Wrubel Allie Wrubel (15 January, 1905 – 13 January, 1973) was an American composer and songwriter. Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Wrubel attended Wesleyan University and Columbia University before working in dance bands.
Allied Armies in Italy Allied Armies in Italy, commanded by Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, was the title of the highest Allied field headquarters in Italy, during the middle part of that campaign. Both earlier and later in the campaign, the headquarters was known as 15th Army Group; it reported to the Joint Allied command AFHQ the theatre command for the Mediterranean Theatre.
Allied Artists Pictures Corporation Allied Artists Pictures Corporation (AAPC) was a subsidiary of Monogram Pictures that was founded in 1946. AAPC was responsible for the production of higher-budget films while Monogram continued to produce "B" movies.
Allied Arts Guild Allied Arts Guild, located in Menlo Park, California, stands on part of what was once a vast 35,250-acre land grant dating back to the late 1700s. A king of Spain, probably Charles IV, ceded the property to Don Jose Arguello, commander of the Presidio of San Francisco.
Allied Commission Following the termination of hostilities in World War II, the Allied Powers were in control of the defeated Axis countries, anticipating the defeat of Germany and Japan they had already set up the European Advisory Commission and a proposed Far Eastern Advisory Commission to make recommendations for the post war period. Accordingly they managed their control of the defeated countries through Allied Commissions, consisting of representatives of the major Allied Powers.
Allied Control Council The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority, known in German as the Alliierter Kontrollrat, also referred to as the Four Powers, was a military occupation governing body of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany after the end of World War II in Europe; the members were the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. France was later added with a vote but had no duties.
Allied Expeditionary Air Force The Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF) (also known as the Allied Armies’ Expeditionary Air Force, AAEAF) was a component of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) which controlled the tactical airpower of the Allied forces during Operation Overlord.
Allied Forces Act The Allied Forces Act of 1940 authorized the governments of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Yugoslavia, and the Free French to form, train, and maintain military units on British soil. These units would be commanded by the country's own officers, with their own flags and military law.
Allied Forces of the Napoleonic Wars The Allied Forces of the Napoleonic Wars were composed of Napoleon Bonaparte's enemies: the United Kingdom (the only constant in each of the seven coalitions), Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of Prussia, Russian Empire, Kingdom of Sweden, Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of Spain, various Italian and German states, and the Ottoman Empire at differing points in the wars. Together at their height, the Allies could reach a formiddable force of about 1,740,000 strong, a force the 1.
Allied Gardens, San Diego, California Allied Gardens is a middle-class community in the eastern part of San Diego, California. It neighbors San Carlos and Del Cerro to the east and north respectively, and College Area and Grantville to the southeast and southwest.
Allied health professions The allied health professions are those clinical healthcare professions distinct from the medical and nursing professions. As the name implies, they are all allies in the healthcare team, working together to make the healthcare system function.
Allied High Commission The Allied High Commission (in German "Alliierte Hohe Kommission", "AHK") was established by the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and France after the 1948 breakdown of the Allied Control Council to regulate and supervise the development of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation Consolidation of manufacturing companies into large corporations began in the late nineteenth century. The movement was controversial due to concern that large "trusts" would reduce competition, to the advantage of suppliers and disadvantage of consumers.
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the French Third Republic, Canada and the United States, along with other World War I Allied countries, conducted a military intervention into the Russian Civil War during the period of 1918 through 1920.
Allied invasion of Italy The Allied invasion of Italy, was the Allied invasion of mainland Italy in September 1943, following the successful invasion of Sicily during the Italian Campaign. The main invasion force landed around Salerno on the western coast in Operation Avalanche, while two diversion operations took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto (Operation Slapstick).
Allied Intelligence Bureau The Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB) was a joint United States, Australian, Dutch and British intelligence and special operations agency of World War II. The AIB was responsible for operating parties of spies and commandos behind Japanese lines in order to collect intelligence and conduct guerrilla warfare against Japanese forces in the South West Pacific.
Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories The Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories was the form of military rule administered by Allied forces during and after World War II within European territories they occupied. This form of controlled government was implemented in the states of Germany, Italy, Belgium and Austria, amongst others.
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative purposes during the period 1945-1949. In the closing weeks of fighting in Europe the American forces had actually pushed beyond the previously agreed upon occupation zone bounderies, sometimes by as much as 200 miles.
Allied Pilots Association Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the Allied Pilots Association (APA) serves as the certified collective bargaining agent for all American Airlines pilots. APA was founded in 1963 by a group of American Airlines pilots who broke away from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).
Allied Radio Allied Radio was an American radio manufacturer and retailer, which sold radio sets, tubes, capacitors (also known as electronic components), amateur radio equipment, citizen's band (CB) radios, miscellaneous communications equipment, electronic kits, and consumer audio systems through retail stores and mail-order.
Allied Van Lines Allied Van Lines (Allied Worldwide, Sirva) is a moving van company founded in 1928 as a cooperative non-profit organization owned by its member agents on the east coast of the United States, to help with organizing return loads and minimizing dead-heading. In 1968 it was reorganzied as a standard public company, with shares.
Allied Wire and Cable, Inc. Allied Wire & Cable (AWC) is one of the largest independent value-added manufacturers and distributors of wire and cable products in the United States. AWC provides the aerospace, medical, automotive, transportation, computer, telecommunications, and shipbuilding industries, as well as the government, military, distributors, and manufacturers with their wire, cable, tubing and cable accessory needs.
AlliedBarton Allied-Barton Security Services is a security guard company in the United States, established in 1957 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania made up of the former companies Barton Protective Services and Allied Security. The company is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Allies Allies spelled with a capital A, usually denotes the countries who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I (see Triple Entente or Allies of World War I) or those who fought against the Axis Powers in World War II.
Allies and Morrison Allies and Morrison are a London-based architecture practice. Their notable projects include the British embassy in Dublin, the Royal Festival Hall refurbishment, and the BBC Media Village development in West London.
Allies in Power Rangers: Mystic Force In the fictional world of Power Rangers: Mystic Force, the Mystic Force Power Rangers fight the Underworld evil, often assisted by these allies who give them good advice, and sometimes even help them in battle.
Allies of Camlach In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, the Allies of Camlach are a military coalition consisting of the noble houses of Camlach, led by Isidore d'Aiglemort. Their banner is a burning sword on a sable field.
Allies of the Night Allies of the Night is the eighth book of The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan. It is part of the Vampire War Trilogy, which comprises of three books: Hunters of the Dusk, Allies of the Night and Killers of the Dawn.
Allies of World War II The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. During the war they were often called the United Nations, although that name now usually refers to the international organization they established after the war.
Allieu Kondewa Allieu Kondewa is a former traditional doctor in the Kamajors tribe and military commander of the Civil Defence Forces in Sierra Leone. He was born in the Bo District and lived served until his arrest and subsequent trial for war crimes under the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Alligation Alligation is an old and practical method of solving arithmetic problems related to mixtures of ingredients. There are two types of alligation: alligation medial, used to find the quantity of a mixture given the quantities of its ingredients, and alligation alternate, used to find the amount of each ingredient needed to make a mixture of a given quantity.
Alligator An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The name alligator is an anglicized form of the Spanish el lagarto ("the lizard"), the name by which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator.
Alligator Alley Alligator Alley (also known as Everglades Parkway) is a section of Interstate 75 (Florida State Route 93) extending from Naples on the west coast of Florida to Weston on the east. First opened in 1969 most of the highway traverses the Everglades.
Alligator Pond Alligator Pond is a fishing village on the southwestern coast of Jamaica in Manchester Parish. Unlike the tourist-oriented coasts in the northern part of the country, Alligator Pond's shoreline is as much about work as play, where fishermen launch their boats to catch some of the island's best-regarded fish while women conduct the wholesale business of the catch.
Alligator Records Alligator Records is a Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. Iglauer started the label with his own small savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, declined to record.
Alligator Rivers The Alligator Rivers is the name of a region in Arnhem Land containing three rivers the East, West and South Alligator River. It is regarded as one of the richest biological regions in Australia with part of the region in the Kakadu National Park.
Alligator weed Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) is an immersed aquatic plant. Alligator weed originated in South America, but it has spread to many parts of the world and is considered an invasive species in Australia, China, New Zealand, Thailand and the United States.
Allin Braund Allin Braund (1915-2004), was a British artist who was born in Devon and educated at Hornsey College of Art. He taught at Bideford Grammar School before the Second World War and returned to Hornsey thereafter to teach design and printmaking until his retirement in 1976.
Allinea Distributed Debugging Tool (DDT) Allinea Distributed Debugging Tool (DDT) is graphical debugger for scalar, multi-threaded and large-scale parallel applications that are written in C, C++ and Fortran. It has many features including memory debugging, Fortran 90/95 and C++ STL support.
Alling and Cory Alling and Cory was a privately owned printing paper and packaging distributor headquartered in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in by Joseph Alling in 1816, the company remained independent until 1996 when it was bought by Union Camp.
Allington Castle Allington Castle is a stone built moated castle in Allington, just north of Maidstone, Kent. The manor house on the site was fortified by Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Stephen de Penchester in 1281 after a licence to crenenlate was issued by Edward I.
Allionia Allionia, commonly known as windmills or trailing four o'clock, is a genus of two species widespread in the western hemisphere. They are unusual in their blooms, which actually consist of three separate flowers appearing to be a single flower.
Alliott Verdon Roe Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe (April 26, 1877 – January 4 1958) was a pioneer British pilot and aircraft manufacturer, and founder in 1910 of the Avro company. He was the first Englishman to make a powered flight (in 1908 at Brooklands) and the first Englishman to fly an all British machine a year later, on Hackney Marshes.
Allip In Dungeons & Dragons an allip is an undead creature, the spectral remains of someone driven to suicide by madness in life. They are found on any land, and underground, they are solitary, and carry nothing with them, despite having the intellect of a human.
Allison (song) "Allison" is an alternative rock single released by the American band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis for the band's 1990 album Bossanova. The song is a tribute to Mose Allison, an American jazz and blues artist.
Allison 1000 transmission The 1000 series (and similar 2000 and 2400 series) is a line of automatic transmissions for on-road trucks. All are 5 or 6-speed electronically-controlled units and are manufactured by General Motors' Allison Transmission division in Indianapolis, Indiana as well as in Baltimore, Maryland.
Allison Anders Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American film and television director. Anders has directed several independent films, on which she frequently collaborates with fellow UCLA film school graduate Kurt Voss.
Allison Barber Allison Barber is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Internal Communications. She is responsible for American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS), the Defense Media Center, the Pentagon Channel, several Department of Defense websites, and the Stars and Stripes newspaper, the American Forces Press Service.
Allison Brewer Allison Brewer is a Canadian social activist and politician, and is the outgoing leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party. She has been particularly active in areas of lesbian and gay rights and access to abortion.
Allison Crowe Allison Louise Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a singer-songwriter and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada who now lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada. Crowe records on her own record label, Rubenesque Records Ltd.
Allison DuBois Allison DuBois (born January 24, 1972) is a controversial "research" medium who states that she has psychic abilities with which she can communicate with the dead. According to DuBois, she uses her psychic abilities to help law enforcement agencies across the country solve crimes, such as the Texas Rangers and the Glendale, Arizona police department, and that she also works as a jury consultant, working on "several caseloads" a year (though she cut her caseload in late 2004), and that in doing so, she has put killers on death row.
Allison Feaster Allison Sharlene Feaster, now Allison Feaster-Strong, (born February 11, 1976, in Chester, South Carolina) is a professional basketball player. She was on the roster of the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) when the team folded in January 2007.
Allison Fischer Allison Fischer is an 18-year-old American actress who had her Broadway debut in the spring of 2006 in Lestat. She previously appeared in several other shows ranging from A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, New York City to Violet at Playwright's Horizon.
Allison Gross "Allison Gross" is a traditional ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad #35. It tells the story of "the ugliest witch in the north country" who unsuccessfully tries to persuade a man to become her lover by various means.
Allison Higson Allison Ann Higson now Allison Cavanaugh (born March 13, 1973 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal with the Women's 4x100 Medley Relay Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, together with Andrea Nugent, Jane Kerr, and Lori Melien. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Higson won gold medals in the the women's 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, both in Games Record time.
Allison Hossack Allison Hossack (born 26 January 1965 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada) is an actress. She attended schools in Steinbach, and Killarney, Manitoba later graduating from the Brandon University School of Music in 1988 with a B.
Allison Chou Harrington Allison Chou Harrington is a fictional character, the mother of the title character in the Honor Harrington series. Allison, a skilled geneticist, was born on Beowulf, a planet renowned in the Star Kingdom for its permissive society.
Allison Islands The Allison Islands () are a small chain of Antarctic islands lying in the north side of the entrance to Sparkes Bay in the Windmill Islands. They were first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948.

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