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An African in Greenland An African in Greenland is a 1981 book by the Togolese author Tété-Michel Kpomassie. It details his upbringing in Togo, his encounter as a teen with a book about Greenland and his determination to move there and become a hunter.
An Agricultural Testament An Agricultural Testament, a book by Sir Albert Howard, is credited by some with launching the organic farming agricultural movement. It focuses on the nature and management of soil fertility, and notably explores composting.
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (the onscreen title is simply Burn Hollywood Burn) was made in 1997 and released in 1998. It was regarded as one of the worst films of all time, and managed to win five awards (including Worst Picture) at the 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards.
An Albatross An Albatross is a noise rock band originally from Wilkes-Barre, PA, known for their chaotic live shows and circus-like presentation. The band has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Canada.
An Almost Perfect Affair Almost Perfect Affair is a 1979 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie about the Cannes Film Festival about an affair between a filmmaker and a producer's wife, set during the film festival. It stars Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti.
An American Dilemma An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy is a 1944 study of race relations authored by Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal and funded by The Carnegie Foundation. The foundation chose Myrdal because it thought that as a non-American, he could offer a more unbiased opinion.
An American Family Considered as television's first reality show, An American Family was shot documentary style in 1971 and first aired in the United States on PBS in 1973. The show was twelve episodes long, edited down from about 300 hours of footage, and chronicled the experience of a nuclear family, the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California, during a period of time when parents Bill and Pat Loud separated and Pat filed for divorce.
An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux" is the final episode of the HBO series "Sex and the City" which began airing in 1998 and concluded with this episode. The sixth season finale was not only the second part to the series' only two-part episode, it was also the only extended episode - it ran for twice the length of a regular series episode.
An American in Paris An American in Paris is a symphonic composition by American composer George Gershwin. Inspired by time Gershwin had spent in Paris, it is in the form of an extended tone poem evoking the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s.
An American in Paris (film) An American in Paris is a 1951 musical film based on the classical composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner.
An American Idol Christmas An American Idol Christmas (also titled A Very Idol Christmas in Canada) is a Christmas television special for the television shows American Idol and Canadian Idol, but focused mostly on American Idol– the Canadian winner Ryan Malcolm was edited out in the American release, due to legal reasons.
An American Mosaic: Prose and Poetry by Everyday Folk An American Mosaic: Prose and Poetry by Everyday Folk is an anthology of writings by men and women without literary ambition that were developed in the first nine years of Free River writing workshops. Published in 1999 by Oxford University Press, the collection contains prose and poetry of the homeless, short essays and stories by Midwestern and Mississippi Delta farm families, by small town residents of vanishing rural America, and by men who make their living on the Mississippi River: a towboat captain, a river pilot, a commercial fisherman.
An American Revolution An American Revolution is an advertising campaign started on New Year's Eve 2003 by Chevrolet, originally to promote its "ten new cars and trucks in twenty months", released since January 2004, but the lineup of advertised cars was later expanded.
An American Rhapsody An American Rhapsody is a 2001 motion picture that tells a story of 15-year-old American girl from a Hungarian immigrant family. The film is based on the true story of the director, Eva Gardos who also wrote the script.
An American Tail An American Tail is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and directed by Don Bluth, originally released in movie theatres on November 21, 1986. It was the first full-length American animated film released by Universal Pictures.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is an animated film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio, distributed by Universal Pictures, and originally released to movie theatres in 1991. The film follows the story of a family of Jewish-Russian mice who emigrate to the Wild West.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (video game) An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a Super NES video game about a cartoon mouse who must make his way to the Wild West based on the movie of the same name. The player must either fight or avoid cats and other obstacles as he strolls westward.
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster was the second and last direct-to-video sequel to An American Tail, starring Thomas Alexander Dekker as the main character, the young Fievel Mousekewitz. This film was first released on December 9, 1999, in Germany.
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island was the first direct-to-video sequel to An American Tail. This film was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in the United States in 2000, and starring Thomas Dekker as Fievel Mousekewitz.
An American Tragedy An American Tragedy is an American novel by Theodore Dreiser. Published in 1925, the book is the story of a young man, Clyde Griffiths, whose troubles with women and the law take him from his religious upbringing in Kansas City to the fictional town of Lycurgus, New York.
An American Trilogy "An American Trilogy" is a song arranged by country songwriter Mickey Newbury and made popular by Elvis Presley. Presley began performing the song in concert in 1972—a February recording was released by RCA as a single.
An Anarchist FAQ "An Anarchist FAQ" is an online FAQ written by an international work group of anarchists connected through the internet. It documents anarchist theory and ideas whilst presenting arguments in favor of anarchism.
An Ancient Muse An Ancient Muse is the seventh full-length studio album of the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist, Loreena McKennitt. It was released on November 20 2006 internationally, and November 21 2006 in the United States and Canada.
An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God An Ancient Tale: When the Sun was God is the English title of the Polish film Stara Baśń: Kiedy słonce było bogiem, directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 2003. The film is based on a novel by the Polish writer Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski.
An Angle An Angle is an indie rock band from Sacramento, California. At the center of this group is singer-songwriter Kris Anaya whose musical stylings have often been compared with the likes of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Robert Smith and Conor Oberst.
An Anthropologist on Mars An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales is a 1995 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks consisting of seven medical case histories of individuals with neurological conditions such as autism and Tourette syndrome. An Anthropologist on Mars follows up on many of the themes Sacks explored in his earlier book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, but here the essays are significantly longer and Sacks has more of an opportunity to discuss each subject with more depth and to explore historical case studies of patients with similar symptoms.
An Artist of the Floating World An Artist of the Floating World (1986) is a novel by British-Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro. It is set in post-World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono, an aging painter, who looks back on his life and how he has lived it.
An Artist's Model An Artist's Model is a two-act musical by Owen Hall, with lyrics by Harry Greenbank and music by Sidney Jones, with additional songs by Joseph and Mary Watson, Paul Lincke, Frederick Ross and Henry Hamilton and directed by James T. Tanner].
An Assassin's Diary An Assassin's Diary (ISBN 0-06-120470-6) was the title of a book released in 1973 which was based on part of the diary of Arthur Bremer, the would-be assassin of Alabama Governor George Wallace. Bremer shot Wallace at a shopping mall in Laurel, Maryland, while Wallace was making his third campaign for President on May 15, 1972.
An Audience with... An Audience with... (usually followed by the name of the featured comedian or singer) is a British popular variety television programme produced by ITV London (formally LWT) and traditionally broadcast on Saturday nights.
An Australian Grammar An Australian Grammar, comprehending the principles and natural rules of the language, as spoken by the aborigines, in the vicinity of Hunter's River, Lake Macquarie, &c. New South Wales was a description of what is now referred to as the Awabakal language produced by Lancelot Edward Threlkeld and published in Sydney in 1834.
An Autumn Afternoon An Autumn Afternoon (1962) was the final film directed by Yasujiro Ozu, who died the following year. Known in Japan as Sanma no Aji, the film - shot in color - stars Chishu Ryu (an Ozu regular) as the patriarch of the Hirayama family who oversees the wedding of his daughter, played by Shima Iwashita.
An Autumn's Tale An Autumn's Tale (traditional Chinese: 秋天的童話) is a Hong Kong made romantic drama set in New York City starring Chow Yun Fat, Cherie Chung and Danny Chan. Mabel Cheung is the director, and the movie is the second of her "migration trilogy".
An Bonnán Buí An Bhonnán Bhuí (The Yellow Bittern) is a classic poem in Irish by the poet Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna. In addition to the conventional end-rhyme, it uses internal rhyme ("A bhonnán bhuí, is é mo léan do luí / Is do chnámha sínte tar éis do ghrinn" - in the Irish language all the italicised elements have the same long 'ee' sound (IPA: //)), a technique characteristic of Gaelic poetry of the era.
An Bord Pleanála An Bord Pleanála (English: Planning Board) is an independent statutory administrative tribunal that decides on appeals from planning decisions made by local authorities in the Republic of Ireland. The Board also hears applications from local authorities for projects which would have a significant environmental impact.
An Claidheamh Soluis An Claidheamh Soluis (IPA pronunciation: ) ("The Sword of Light") was an Irish nationalist newspaper published in the early 20th century by Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League). It was edited from 1903 by Padráig Pearse, an Irish educationalist and barrister who later became a key figure in the Easter Rising in 1916.
An der Finne An der Finne is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the Burgenlandkreis (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is named after the Finne, a range of hills between Lossa and Eckartsberga.
An Dro An Dro or "En dro" (Breton: "The Turn") is a Breton folk dance of 2/4 meter with open circle formation leading to the left (clockwise). Dancers are linking little fingers with steps small and bouncy.
An Duong Vuong The Vietnamese Thục Dynasty has only one ruler, Thục Phán himself, last prince of Shu (state) of China, who proclaimed himself king An Dương Vương. He ruled Âu Lạc, the new name the new king gave to the country, from 257 BCE to 207 BCE.
An eye for an eye The phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", a quotation from Exodus 21:23-27, expresses a principle of retributive justice also known as lex talionis (Latin for "law of retaliation"). The basis of this form of law is the principle of proportionate punishment, often expressed under the motto "Let the punishment fit the crime", which particularly applies to mirror punishments (which may or may not be proportional).
An Easter Carol An Easter Carol is the 21st episode in the VeggieTales animated series, released in early 2004 on DVD and VHS format. It lacks a subtitle, but the lesson it conveys is to remind viewers of the Christian significance of Easter.
An Economic Theory of Democracy An Economic Theory of Democracy is a political science treatise written by Anthony Downs in 1957. The book set forth a model with precise conditions under which economic theory could be applied to non-market political decision-making.
An Elixir for Existence An Elixir for Existence is the second album from the gothic metal band Sirenia, released in 2004. The album has a distinctly different feel from the previous At Sixes and Sevens, a major aspect of this is due to a new female vocalist, Henriette Bordvik.
An Emotion Away "An Emotion Away" is a pop-dance song co-written by Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe and Serge Côté, and produced by Howe for Morissette's second album Now Is the Time (1992). Its protagonist tells someone who "completely took [her] heart by surprise" that "love is just an emotion away".
An Endless Sporadic An Endless Sporadic is a progressive rock band formed by Zach Kamins on guitars, keyboards, and bass and Andy Gentile on drums. The two met at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Houston, Texas and began playing together for long, experimental, improvisational jam sessions.
An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah is a 2004 book written by Farah Pahlavi, the former Shahbanu (Empress) of Iran, who has been living in exile since the Iranian Revolution in 1979 which saw overthrow of the Pahlavi Dynasty. It is a memoir about Farah, her life before she met the Shah and how she married him and became the Queen and later Empress of Iran.
An Enemy of the People An Enemy of the People (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende) is an 1882 play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen wrote this play in the response to the public outcry against his play Ghosts, which was considered scandalous for the time.
An English Gentleman An English Gentleman is the second single from the album The Great Western by Manic Street Preachers vocalist/guitarist James Dean Bradfield, set to be released on September 25, 2006 on Columbia Records. The title track pays tribute to the late Manics publicist Philip Hall.
An Englishman Abroad An Englishman Abroad is a 1983 BBC television drama, based on the true story of a chance meeting of an actress, Coral Browne, with Guy Burgess, one of the famous group of Cambridge spies who worked for the Soviet Union whilst with MI6.
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman is a popular form of joke in the United Kingdom. The nationalities involved may vary, though they are most usually restricted to those within the British Isles and the number of people involved is usually three or four.
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist and philosopher David Hume, published in 1748. It was a simplification of an earlier effort, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously in London in 1739–1740.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is one of John Locke's two most famous works, the other being his Second Treatise on Civil Government. First appearing in 1689, the essay concerns the foundation of human knowledge and understanding.
An Essay on Censorship An Essay on Censorship is a lengthy letter, in verse, by Anthony Burgess addressed to his fellow novelist Salman Rushdie. Published in the wake of the 1989 Iranian fatwa against Rushdie and the Bradford book-burnings that followed, Burgess's letter has been compared to the Essay on Man of Alexander Pope.
An Essay on Criticism An Essay on Criticism was the first major poem written by the British writer Alexander Pope. However, despite the title, the poem is not as much an original analysis as it is a compilation of Pope's various literary opinions.
An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races (1853-1855) by Joseph Arthur Comte de Gobineau is a milestone of "scientific racism" (also called "racialism") and White supremacy, and is generally considered to be the first formulation of "biological racism", in contrast to Boulainvilliers' theory of races. In this essay, Gobineau makes 3 main divisions between races, based not on colour but on climatic conditions and geographic location.
An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language The best remembered of the numerous works of John Wilkins was An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language (London, 1668), in which he expounds a new universal language for the use of philosophers.
An Evening of Innovation and Inspiration An Evening of Innovation and Inspiration is the title given to the yearly charity gala hosted by Claude Mann for the Alfred Mann Foundation. The evening frequently includes a multitude of well-known celebrities, entertainers, and other high-profile individuals.
An Evening with Diana Ross An Evening with Diana Ross is a 1977 live album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. Recorded during Ross' celebrated one-woman show on Broadway (to which she got a special Tony Award and had an Emmy-nominated TV special that aired around that time), the album showcased Ross' live performances for the first time.
An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe features Vincent Price, before a live audience, reciting three of Poe's stories, including "The Tell Tale Heart". It has a cult following, as many say it demonstrates Price has a better acting range than his reputation would suggest.
An Evening with Fred Astaire An Evening with Fred Astaire was a one-hour television special starring Fred Astaire, broadcast on NBC on October 17, 1958. It was highly successful, winning nine Emmy awards and spawning three further specials, and technically innovative, as it was the first major television show to be prerecorded on color videotape.
An Evening with Champions An Evening with Champions is an annual benefit figure skating show hosted by Eliot House of Harvard University. The event is a two-day skating show in October, which regularly attracts world-class skaters, thousands of spectators, hundreds of Harvard students, special guests, donors, and of course the children for whom the event is for.
An Evening with Kevin Smith An Evening with Kevin Smith is a DVD featuring Question and Answer sessions that the writer and filmmaker Kevin Smith held with his fans at various American colleges, including: Clark University, Cornell University, Indiana University, Kent State University and University of Wyoming. During the sessions, Kevin Smith answers questions regarding his movies, as well as his life.
An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder is the second Kevin Smith Q&A DVD. The footage is taken from Kevin's Q&As at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto and the Criterion Theatre in London and was released on November 28, 2006.
An Evening's Love An Evening's Love, or The Mock-Astrologer is a comedy in prose by John Dryden. It was first performed before Charles II and Queen Catherine by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal on Bridges Street, London, on Friday, 12 June 1668, and published in 1671.
An Experiment with an Air Pump An Experiment with an Air Pump is a play by British playwright Shelagh Stephenson inspired by the painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright. It shared the Peggy Ramsay Award for 1997, was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 1998, and has since been staged by a number of other companies worldwide.
An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Excited by Friction An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Excited by Friction, (1798), Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society p.102 is a scientific paper by Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford that provided a substantial challenge to established theories of heat and began the 19th century revolution in thermodynamics.
An Extremely Goofy Movie An Extremely Goofy Movie is a 2000 direct-to-video animated film made by The Walt Disney Company; it is the sequel to 1995's A Goofy Movie, and again features the characters from the television series Goof Troop. Much of the old cast from the previous show have returned.
An Eye for an Eye: The Untold Story of Jewish Revenge Against Germans in 1945 An Eye for an Eye: The Untold Story of Jewish Revenge Against Germans in 1945 is a book by John Sack, claiming that some of the Jews who survived the death camps of the Holocaust took revenge on their former captors while overseeing over 1,000 concentration camps in Poland for German civilians and torturing them. Sack estimates that 60,000 to 80,000 people died.
An hua An hua () is a term used in Chinese ceramics meaning secret or veiled decoration; the designs being visible through transmitted light. Produced either by incising the design into the porcelain before glazing and firing or by painting in white slip on the porcelain body.
An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture is a dissertation by the English Mathematician and Scholar Isaac Newton. First published in 1754, twenty-seven years after Newton's death, it reviewed all the textual evidence available from ancient sources on two disputed Bible passages, at and .
An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon A Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon is a book written by the English trader and sailor Robert Knox in 1681, describing his experiences some years earlier on the South Asian island now best known as Sri Lanka. As well as being a good read in its own right, it is one of the most important contemporary accounts of 17th century Ceylonese life and an invaluable insight into an early European view of the island's culture.
An Ideal Husband An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honor. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of three days.
An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is the published (and amended) version of the second Chancellor’s Lecture given by Chinua Achebe at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in February 1975.
An Incomplete History of the Art of Funerary Violin An Incomplete History of the Art of the Funerary Violin is a book by Rohan Kriwaczek, purportedly tracing the lost history of funerary violin. Contrary to its title, the book is a work of fiction and not an actual account of history.
An Inhabitant of Carcosa "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (also printed as part of “Can Such Things Be?” in the San Francisco Newsletter of December 25, 1886 is a short story] by [[19th-century journalist, short-story writer and occasional horror-story author, Ambrose Bierce.
An Insider's View of Mormon Origins An Insider's View of Mormon Origins is a controversial book on the origins of Mormonism written by Grant H. Palmer, a retired CES instructor and Institute director with a master's degree in history, who is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
An Introduction to The Moody Blues An Introduction to The Moody Blues is a compilation album by the early Moody Blues, led by Denny Laine. It includes songs from The Magnificent Moodies and early singles, featuring the unreleased song "People Gotta Go".
An Introduction To Rhyme (book) An Introduction To Rhyme (ISBN 1-85725-124-5) is a book by Peter Dale which was published by Agenda/Bellew in 1998. The first chapter gives a detailed and comprehensive categorization of forty types of rhyme available in English.
An Invitation to Lubberland "An Invitation to Lubberland" was a broadside ballad first printed in 1685. Many believe that it inspired the hobo ballad which formed the basis of the song Big Rock Candy Mountain recorded in 1928 by Harry McClintock.
An Irish Christmas An Irish Christmas is a music album by Irish musician Máire Brennan, now known as Moya Brennan. ‘An Irish Christmas’ charts a different course, reviewing the Christmas story through a blend of new tracks and leftfield favourites.
An Irish solution to an Irish problem "An Irish solution to an Irish problem" was a term popularised by Charles Haughey during his career as Minister for Health in Ireland and refers to the Health (Family Planning) Act, 1979 which was considered a compromise solution.
An Jung-geun Ahn Jung-geun or An Jung-geun (September 2, 1879 - March 26, 1910) (Christian name: Thomas) was a Korean independence activist. He is best known for his assassination of the Japanese resident general of Korea, ItĹŤ Hirobumi, following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, with Korea on the verge of annexation by Japan.
An Leabhar Mòr An Leabhar Mòr, subtitled The Great Book of Gaelic, is a celebration of the modern Celtic muse. Published in 2002 by Proiseact nan Ealan (the Gaelic Arts Agency), it contains an anthology of poetry in Irish and Scottish Gaelic from the 17th to the 20th century combined with artwork and calligraphy by dozens of contemporary artists.
An Loc An Loc is a small town in South Vietnam, located approximately 90 km north of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) with a population of 15,000. The town became famous during the Vietnam War, as the location of a major battle in 1972.
An Lushan An Lushan () (703 - 757) was a military leader of Sogdian-Turkish origin during the Tang Dynasty in China who fought during the Tang Frontier Wars between 741 to 755 and started the An Lu-Shan Rebellion lasting from 755 to 763. An Lushan is in fact the sinicized version of the name An Rokhan.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (sometimes called "An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge") is a famous short story by Ambrose Bierce. It was originally published in 1890, and first anthologized in Bierce's 1891 collection, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.
An Officer and a Gentleman An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. The film's tagline is Life gave him nothing, except the courage to win...
An Old Woman's Reflections An Old Woman's Reflections is the autobiography of Peig Sayers' life, as recounted to her son at old age. The story is of monumental simplicity, moving in its description of everyday events such as collecting turf for roots and catching seals as well as life-changing events such as wakes, drowning at sea.
An Outcast of the Islands An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896. Inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the Vigar, the novel features the central character Tom Lingard, who also appears in Almayer's Folly (1895) and The Rescue (1920), in addition to sharing other characters with those novels.
An Post An Post (English literal translation: 'The Post', English official title: The Post Office) is the State-owned provider of postal services in Ireland. An Post provides a universal postal service to all parts of the Republic of Ireland and is a member of the Universal Postal Union.
An Post National Lottery Company An Post National Lottery Company (Irish Comhlacht Chrannchur Náisiúnta An Post) is the company which has the licence of "the National Lottery" (Irish: "an Crannchur Náisiúnta") of the Republic of Ireland. The company was founded by its parent company An Post under a licence issued by the Minister for Finance under the National Lottery Act, 1986.
An Quang Pagoda An Quang Pagoda in Master Van Hanh Street is a meeting place for Vietnamese Buddhist leaders in Ho Chi Minh City and is a site of the Institute for Dharma Propagation. It has been at the focus of development of modern Vietnamese Buddhism as the seat of the School of Buddhist Studies and the headquarters of the Unified Buddhist Association of Vietnam.
An Sgurr (Lochcarron) An Sgurr is a small hill in Scotland, occupying the broad peninsula between Loch Carron and Loch Kishorn. It has the appearance of a rough knoll, with small crags ringing the summit, particularly on the western side.
An Shih Kao An Shih-kao (?-~168) (安世高; pinyin Ān Shígāo) was a prince of Parthia, nicknamed the "Parthian Marquis", who renounced his prospect as a contender for the royal throne of Parthia in order to serve as a Buddhist missionary monk.
An Shuxin An Shuxin is a Roman Catholic bishop in the diocese of Baoding, China. He was arrested on October 8 1997 by the Chinese communist government, along with Su Zhi-Ming, since the practice of Catholicism is forbidden by law in that nation.
An Tachibana An Tachibana (橘杏Tachibana An) is a fictional character in the anime and manga The Prince of Tennis. She is the 13-year-old tomboyish sister of Kippei Tachibana, who also is a student at Fudomine Middle School (second year) and a regular member of their girls tennis club.
An Taisce An Taisce (Irish for The Treasury), also known as the National Trust for Ireland, was established in 1948 with a similar mission to that of the National Trust in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and is the most influential environmental body in the Republic of Ireland. It is not a State organisation although it receives a modest annual State grant — less than €6,000 out of a total annual income in the region of €440,000, derived from member fees, bequests and donations.
An TĂłstal An TĂłstal (sometimes, Tostal) was the name for a series of festivals held in Ireland in the 20th Century. Inaugurated in 1953 as a celebration of Irish life, it continued on into the early 1960s when it eventually died out.
An Triúr Deirfiúr An Triúr Deirfiúr, ('The Three Sisters' in Irish) are a group of three peaks at the northwestern end of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, situated just to the north of the village of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh.
An Unearthly Child An Unearthly Child (also known as 100,000 BC, among other titles, see below) is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 December, 1963. It is the first serial of the series and introduces William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright and William Russell as Ian Chesterton

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