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Anastasia Baranova Anastasia Baranova (born on April 23, 1989 in Moscow, Russia) is an actress who is perhaps best known for starring role as Jennifer "Scout" Lauer in the Discovery Kids/NBC series Scout's Safari. She has also guest-starred on 7th Heaven, Drake & Josh, Joan of Arcadia, Lizzie McGuire, Malcolm in the Middle and Veronica Mars.
Anastasia de Torby Countess Anastasia de Torby CBE (September 9, 1892 - December 7, 1977) was the elder daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich Romanov and his morganatic wife Countess Sophia von Merenberg, later created Countess de Torby in Luxembourg, herself related to the Luxembourg grand ducal house and descended from the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Anastasia de Torby was an older sister of Nadezhda de Torby, wife of the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, a descendant of Queen Victoria and maternal uncle to the Duke of Edinburgh.
Anastasia Goodstein Anastasia Goodstein is the publisher of Ypulse, a Forbes magazine Best of the Web blog. Ypulse was launched in May 2004 to provide daily news and commentary about Generation Y for media and marketing professionals, but is also helpful for anyone from counselors to teachers who are interested in gaining insight into youth culture.
Anastasia Kelesidou Anastasia Kelesidou (, born November 28, 1972 in Hamburg, Germany) is a retired Greek discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Greek records in discus throw, the best being 67.
Anastasia of Russia Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyina (died August 7, 1560) was the first wife of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible and the first Russian tsarina. She was the daughter of boyar Roman Zakharyin, who gave his name to the Romanov Dynasty of Russian monarchs.
Anastasia Perraki Anastasia Perraki, also spelled Anastasia Peraki, (Greek: Αναστασία Περράκη) born 1985 in Athens, is one of Greece's new fashion models. She might be new to the fashion world but has already appeared on the covers of numerious international fashion magazines such as Bazaar, Madame and Marie Claire.
Anastasia the Patrician Saint Anastasia the Patrician (Anastasia Patricia) was a lady-in-waiting to the Byzantine empress Theodora. After Theodora's death she fled to the desert to escape the attentions of emperor Justinian I and became a hermit.
Anastasia Tsichlas Anastasia Tsichlas was a prominent football manager for the Mamelodi Sundowns Football club, a successful, South-African first-division club. She and her husband Angelo came on the board of the Sundowns in 1988, Anastasia became the Managing Director while Angelo became the Chairman.
Anastasia Volochkova Anastasia Volochkova (Russian: Анастасия Волочкова) is a Russian prima ballerina. She was born in Leningrad in 1976 and was trained in the Vaganova Ballet Academy by Natalia Dudinskaya, a famous pupil of Agrippina Vaganova.
Anastasian Wall The Anastasian Wall (, Turkish: Anastasius Suru) or the Long Walls of Thrace (Μακρά Τείχη της Θράκης, Uzun Duvar) is an ancient, stone and turf fortification located 65 km west of Istanbul, Turkey built by the Byzantines during the late 5th century. Originally some 56 km long, it stretches from Evcik İskelesi at the Black Sea coast across the Thracian peninsula to the coast of the Sea of Marmara at 6 km west of Silivri (ancient Selymbria).
Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio ("Tachito") Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925 – September 17, 1980) was officially the forty-fourth and forty-fifth President of Nicaragua from May 1, 1967 to May 1, 1972 and from December 1, 1974 to July 17, 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was ruler of the country from 1967 to 1979.
Anastasio y los del Monte Anastasio y los del Monte is the most popular reggae group in El Salvador. Their music is greatly influenced by Bob Marley, Gondwana, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, and Black Uhuru, and their most famous song is "Dias Pasados".
Anastasios Karatasos Anastasios Karatasos (Greek: Αναστάσιος Καρατάσος) (1764 - 1830) was a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence was born in the village of Dovras, Veroia and is considered to be the most important revolutionary from Macedonia.
Anastasius the Sinaite Anastasius the Sinaite was the Greek Patriarch of Antioch twice (561 - 571 and 593 - 599). He was a friend of Pope Gregory I, and strongly opposed Justinian’s later church policy, which favored the Aphthartodocetae.
Anastasiya Usova Anastasiya Usova (Kaz: Анастасия Усова) (born 1988 in Aqtöbe, Kazakhstan) is a singer who rose to popularity after placing second in SuperStar KZ 3, the Kazakh version of Pop Idol. She had fewest votes to Nurzhan Kermenbayev.
Anastassia Kourkoulos Anastassia Kourkoulos, (Greek: Αναστασία Κούρκουλου) is a Greek fashion model who is currently being represented by East West Models. Her face has graced the covers of numerous international fashion magazines and advertisements.
Anastassia Skoultan Anastassia Skoultan (born February 18, 1984) is a Russian curler from Moscow. She has played in five World Junior Curling Championships (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003 [World Junior "B" in 2003]), two European Curling Championships (2000 & 2002), three World Curling Championships (2001, 2002 & 2003) and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Anastasy Vonsyatsky Anastase Andreivitch Vonsiatsky (Russian: Анастасий Вонсятский, 1898-1965) in 1933, founded the Russian National Fascist Revolutionary Party, a terrorist organisation. It carried out terrorist attacks against Soviet communists.
Anastrophe Anastrophe is a figure of speech involving an inversion of the natural order of words; for example, saying "echoed the hills" to mean "the hills echoed." In English, with its settled word order, departure from the expected word order emphasizes the displaced word or phrase: "beautiful" is emphasized in the City Beautiful urbanist movement; "primeval" comes to the fore in Longfellow's line "This is the forest primeval.
Anastylosis Anastylosis (from the Ancient Greek: ; = "again", and = "to erect (a stela or building)") is an archaeological term referring to a reconstruction technique where a ruined monument is restored after careful study and mensuration using original architectural elements where possible. It is also sometimes used in archaeology to refer to use of the same technique in restoring broken pottery and other small objects.
Anasuya Anasuya, that is, the charity, was wife of an ancient Indian rishi (sage) named Atri. In the Ramayana, she appears living with her husband in a small hermitage in the southern periphery of the forest of Chitrakuta.
Anat Anat, also ‘Anat (in ASCII spelling `Anat and often simplified to Anat), Hebrew or Phoenician ענת (‘Anāt), Ugaritic ‘nt, Greek Αναθ (transliterated Anath), in Egyptian rendered as Antit, Anit, Anti (not to be confused with Anti) , or Anant, is a major northwest Semitic goddess.
Anathema (band) Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, who - together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride - helped develop the doom death genre. Since their third album, Eternity, Anathema have strayed away from doom and eventually metal altogether, becoming an atmospheric rock band.
Anatidae Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. The Magpie-goose is no longer considered to be part of the Anatidae, but is placed in its own family Anseranatidae.
Anatol Anatol is the name given by the German Weather Service to a powerful storm that hit Denmark, south-west Sweden and north Germany on December 3, 1999. The storm had sustained winds of 136 km/h and wind gusts of up to 175 km/h, equivalent to a category 1 hurricane, which is unusually strong for storms in northern Europe.
Anatol Vieru Anatol Vieru (1926 - 1998) was a music theoretician, influential pedagogue, and a leading Romanian composer of the 20th century. A pupil of Aram Khachaturian, he composed six symphonies, eight string quartets, numerous concertos, and much chamber music.
Anatole (mouse) Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. Anatole is a mouse who lives in an un-named "mouse village" outside Paris, commuting by bicycle to work in a French cheese factory, where, as a taster and evaluator of the factory's product, he leaves notes to guide the cheesemakers in their work.
Anatole Abragam Anatole Abragam (born December 15, 1914) is a French physicist who wrote Principles of Nuclear Magnetism and has made significant contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance. Originally from Russia, Abragam and his family emigrated to France in 1925.
Anatole Broyard Anatole Broyard (July 16, 1920–October 11, 1990) was an American literary critic for The New York Times. In addition to his reviews and columns, he published several books during his lifetime, and his most autobiographical works, Intoxicated by My Illness and Kafka Was the Rage, A Greenwich Village Memoir, were published after his death.
Anatole de Monzie Anatole de Monzie (November 22 1876 – January 11 1947) was a French administrator, encyclopaedist (Encyclopédie française), political figure and scholar. From 1924 to 1927, he was the Minister of Russian Affairs and as such dealt with some of the preeminent Russian figures of that time.
Anatole Dauman Anatole Dauman (1925 in Warsaw - April 8, 1998 in Paris) was a French film producer. He produced films by Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Bresson, Wim Wenders, Nagisa Oshima, Andrei Tarkovsky, Chris Marker, Volker Schlöndorff, Walerian Borowczyk, and Alain Resnais.
Anatole Kaletsky Anatole Kaletsky (born June 1, 1952) is a journalist and economist in the United Kingdom. He is Principal Economic Commentator and Associate Editor of The Times of London, and writes a thrice-fortnightly column on economics, politics and financial markets.
Anatole Mallet Jules T. Anatole Mallet (23 May 1837 - 10 October 1919) was a Swiss mechanical engineer, who was the inventer of the first successful compound system for a railway locomotive, introducing in 1876 a series of small 2-cylinder compound 0-4-2 tanks for the Bayonne Biarritz Railway in France.
Anatoli (hamlet in Lasithi) Anatoli is a small village in the Ierapetra municipality of the prefecture of Lasithi in eastern Crete. It is built 600 meters above sea level and the view over Ierapetra to the sea with Chrissi island opposite, is unique.
Anatoli Boukreev Anatoli Nikoliavich Boukreev (January 16, 1958 - December 25, 1997) was a Russian climber who made seven ascents of 8,000 metre peaks without supplemental oxygen. Boukreev was relatively unknown, though well accomplished, in the international climbing community until the 1996 spring climbing season on Mount Everest, where twelve people died in one of the biggest tragedies in the climbing history of Mount Everest, an event chronicled in the best-selling books The Climb by Boukreev and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.
Anatoli Firsov Anatoli Vasilievich Firsov () (February 1, 1941 in Moscow - July 24, 2000) was a Russian ice hockey left wing and center, who competed internationally for the USSR. He was named the most valuable player in the Soviet hockey league three times.
Anatoli Levchenko Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko (born on May 5, 1941 in Krasnokutsk, Kharkiv Oblast of Ukrainian SSR - August 6, 1988 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. Flew as Research Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-4 mission.
Anatoli Papanov Anatoli Papanov (; 31 October 1922 in Vyazma, Smolensk Oblast, Russia - 7 August, 1987 in Moscow, Russia) was a Russian actor. Papanov starred in some of the best and well-known Soviet films, often together with Andrei Mironov.
Anatoli Seljukin Anatoli Nikolaevich Seljukin () (born in 1930) was a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the late 1950's and early 1960's, training at VSS Trud in Kostroma. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.
Anatoli Tarasov Anatoli Vladimirovitch Tarasov (December 10, 1918 - June 23, 1995, both in Moscow) was an ice hockey coach, styled by Encyclopædia Britannica "the father of Russian hockey", who established the Soviet Union as "the dominant force in international competition". He was one of the first Russians to be inducted into the Ice Hockey Hall of Fame].
Anatoli Yatskov Anatoli A. Yakovlev (Anatoliy Antonovich Yatskov Анатолий Антонович Яцков) (31 May 1913 - 26 March 1993) was General Consul of the Soviet Union's delegation in New York City in the 1940s.
Anatolia Anatolia is a peninsula of Western Asia which forms the greater part of the Asian portion of Turkey, as opposed to the European portion (Thrace, or traditionally Rumelia). It is also often called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, which comes from the Greek Mikra Asia.
Anatolia College in Merzifon The Anatolia College in Merzifon or American College of Mersovan (Turkish: Merzifon Amerikan Koleji) was a coeducational high school located in the town of Merzifon in the Rûm Province of the Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Amasya Province, Turkey) established and directed by American missionaries between 1886 and 1924.
Anatolian hypothesis The Anatolian hypothesis of Proto-Indo-European origin is the suggestion that the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) lived in Anatolia during the Neolithic era, and associates the distribution of historical Indo-European languages with the expansion during the Neolithic revolution during the seventh and sixth millennia.
Anatolian rock The Turkish rock scene began in the mid- to late 1960s, when popular United States and United Kingdom bands became well-known. Soon, Turkish performers like MoÄźollar (Murat Ses) created a distinctively Turkish fusion of rock and Turkish folk; this was called Anatolian rock, (in Turkish: Anadolu Rock) a term which now generically describes most any kind of rock music written in Turkish.
Anatolian Turkish Beyliks Anatolian beyliks (Anadolu beylikleri also Turkmen beyliks, Tevâif-i mülûk (in Ottoman Turkish)) were small Turkish emirates or muslim principalities (beylik) governed by tribal beys, which were founded in several locations of Anatolia as of the end of the 13th century.
Anatoliko Selino Anatoliko Sélino (Greek: Δήμος Ανατολικού Σέλινου) is a municipality on the south-west coast of the island of Crete, Greece, in the prefecture of Chania. It is part of the Selino province which covers the mountain and coastal region west of Sfakia.
Anatoliy Ivanovich Blashku Anatoliy Ivanovich Blashku (1944 - ) is the Minister of Industry of Transnistria. He was born in Komrat, MSSR (presently Comrat, Republic of Moldova) and is a Moldovan who moved to Tiraspol as a teenager and graduated from the city's T.
Anatoliy Piskulin Anatoliy Piskulin (born 1 December 1952) is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR. He won two medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics.
Anatoliy Skorokhod Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Skorokhod (Анатолій Володимирович Скороход; born September 10 1930 in Nikopol', USSR (now Ukraine)) is a Ukrainian mathematician, academician of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (since 1985).
Anatoliy Vasilievich Lunacharsky Anatoliy Vasilievich Lunacharsky (Russian:Анатолий Васильевич Луначарский) ( – December 26, 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture and education. He was active as an art critic and journalist throughout his career.
Anatoliy Zotov Captain Anatoliy Pavlovich Zotov was a naval attache to the Soviet Embassy in London who was expelled in December 1982 for conduct unbecoming a diplomat. Specifically, after trying to set up a network of agents to gather information about weapons systems and electronic hardware used by the Royal Navy during the Falklands campaign.
Anatoly Artamonov Anatoly Dmitriyevich Artamonov (born 1952, in Krasnoye (Khvastovichsky District), Kaluga Oblast, Russia) is the governor of Kaluga Oblast in the European part of Russia. In November, 1996, Artamonov was elected vice-governor of Kaluga region.
Anatoly Babko Anatoly Babko (1905-1968) was a famous Ukrainian chemist, specializing in analytical chemistry and in the chemistry of complex compounds. He published more than 450 scientific works and 9 books that were translated into several languages.
Anatoly Bondarchuck Anatoly Pavlovich Bondarchuck () (born May 31 1940 in Starokonstantinov) is a retired Soviet athlete, who is considered one of the best coaches in the hammer throw. An Olympian in his own right, he won the 1972 Summer Olympics, setting the Olympic Record at 75.
Anatoly Byshovets Anatoly Byshovets () (born 23 April 1946 in Kiev, USSR, now Ukraine) is a Ukrainian-Russian football manager and former international striker. He won Olympic gold as a coach with the Soviet team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Anatoly Dobrynin Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin (born November 16, 1919) was Soviet Ambassador to the United States, serving from 1962 to 1986 and most notably during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was appointed by Nikita Khrushchev.
Anatoly Durov Anatoly Anatolievich Durov (sometimes spelled Durow) () (1887 - 1928) was a renowned 20th century animal trainer. He was a member of the Durov family of performers who raised the quality and prestige of the Russian circus.
Anatoly Gribkov Anatoly Ivanovich Gribkov () was at Soviet Army High Command during the Cold War era. Gribkov was born in the village of Dukhovoye, Liskinsky District in Voronezh Oblast, USSR (Russia at the time) on March 23, 1919, to father Ivan Vasilyevich Gribkov and mother Serafima Kuzminichna Gribkova.
Anatoly Guzhvin Anatoly Petrovich Guzhvin (March 25, 1946, Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia – August 17, 2004, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia) was a Russian politician and governor of Astrakhan Oblast. [1988] and the breakup of the [[Soviet Union, Guzhvin was a regional deputy in the Soviet Supreme Council.
Anatoly Chubais Anatoly Borisovich Chubais (Russian: Анато́лий Бори́сович Чуба́йс) (born June 16, 1955) is a Russian politician best known for his role in Russian privatization and the creation of Russian tycoons. Although the exact amount of his personal wealth (estimated according to rumors at one billion dollars) is not known, he is often considered to be a tycoon himself.
Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov () (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He is the most successful tournament player of all time, and as of July 2005 he has 161 first-place finishes to his credit.
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov also Liadov (Russian: Анатолий Константинович Лядов), (May 11 [OS April 29], 1855 St Petersburg - August 28 [OS 15], 1914, Polynovka, Borovichevsky uezd, Novgorod district) was a Russian composer, teacher and conductor.
Anatoly Lebedko Anatoly Lebedko (Anatol Labiedźka Belarusian: Анато́ль Уладзі́міравіч Лябе́дзька; Russian: Анато́лий Влади́мирович Лебе́дько; born June 27, 1961) is a Belarusian politician and the head of the United Civil Party of Belarus.
Anatoly Lukyanov Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Лукьянов) (born 7 May 1930 in Smolensk) is a Russian Communist politician who was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR between 15 March 1990 and 22 August 1991. He published a few books of poetry under his own name and under the pseudonyms Osenev (Осенев) and Dneprov (Днепров).
Anatoly Popov Anatoly Popov (born 1960) is an ethnic Russian who was Prime Minister of Chechnya from 10 February 2003, following the resignation of Mikhail Babich, to 16 March 2004. He was also acting president of Chechnya from August 2003 to October 2003 during the presidential elections.
Anatoly Rybakov Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov ( - December 23 1998) was a Russian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat trilogy, novel Heavy Sand, and many popular children books including Adventures of Krosh, Dirk, Bronze Bird, etc. One of the last of his works was his memoir The Novel of Memoirs (Роман-Воспоминание) telling about all the different people (from Stalin and Yeltsin to Okudzhava and Tendryakov) he met during his long life.
Anatoly Shalyto Anatoly Abramovich Shalyto (, May 28 1948, Leningrad, Soviet Union) — professor, doctor of science, head of the Programming Technologies Department in St.-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia, the author of Automata-Based Programming paradigm, for supporting which Switch-technology was developed, the initiator of Foundation for Open Project Documentation.
Anatoly Sobchak Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (, August 10, 1937—February 20, 2000) was a Russian politician, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the first democratically-elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, and a mentor of Vladimir Putin.
Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko () (born 13 March 1945) is a Russian mathematician, professor of Moscow State University, well-known as a topologist, and a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was born in Donetsk, Ukraine.
Anatoly Trofimov Anatoly Trofimov was a retired deputy director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who was assassinated in April 2005 by unidentified gunmen while driving near his north Moscow home. Trofimov's wife was also in the car and later died from wounds received during the attack; their four-year-old daughter was also present but survived.
Anatoly Vasiliev Anatoly Vasiliev was one of the leading European contemporary stage directors, artistic director of State theatre “School of Dramatic Arts” Theatre de l'Europe in Moscow, professor of drama in Lyon, France.
Anatoly Vasilyevich Liapidevsky Anatoly Vasilyevich Liapidevsky (1908 - 1983) was a Soviet aircraft pilot and one of the first to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (in 1934). He reached the rank of Major-General of the Soviet Air Force.
Anatomical pathology Anatomic pathology is the branch of pathology that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the gross and microscopic examination of cells and tissues. The father of the modern Anatomical pathology is the Italian Giovanni Battista Morgagni.
Anatomical snuff box [anatomical snuffbox, or radial fossa, (in Latin Foveola Radialis), is a triangular deepening on the radial], [[Dorsum (biology)|dorsal aspect of the hand - at the level of the carpal bones, specifically, the scaphoid and trapezium bones forming the floor. The name originates from the use of this surface for placing and then snorting powdered tobacco, or “snuff”.
Anatomical terms of location In human or zoological anatomy (also called zootomy), many anatomical terms describe the location of organs and other structures in the body of bilateral animals, in standard anatomical position. These terms, generally from Latin, are explained below.
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System is used for the classification of drugs. It is controlled by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, and was first published in 1976.
Anatomically correct doll Anatomically precise dolls (also known as anatomically correct dolls) are supplied with all the primary and secondary sexual characteristics with which their human counterparts are equipped: “oral and anal openings, ears, tongues, nipples, and hands with individual fingers” for all and a “vagina, clitoris and breasts” for each of the ladies and a “penis and testicles” for each of the gentlemen, according to the product descriptions provided by a company that sells such dolls to parents, educators, and other interested parties.
Anatomy Anatomy (from the Greek anatomia, from anatemnein, to cut up, cut open), is the branch of biology that deals with the structure and organization of living things. It can be divided into animal anatomy (zootomy) and plant anatomy (phytotomy).
Anatomy of a Drum Solo Anatomy of a Drum Solo is a two-disc footage of Rush drummer Neil Peart, presenting live and in-studio performances discussing his approach to soloing. Taking der Trommler, a drum solo recorded in September 2004 in Frankfurt, Germany as a framework, Peart presents the concepts and technique behind each segment of this nine-minute drum solo, which is a feature of each Rush live performance.
Anatomy of a rowing stroke The two fundamental reference points in the rowing stroke are the catch where the oar blade is placed in the water,catch; the last part of the recovery , where the oars are placed into the water. and the extraction (also known as the 'finish' or the 'release') where the oar blade is removed from the water.
Anatomy of a Scene Anatomy of a Scene is a television series produced by and aired regularly on Sundance Channel since 2001. As a tagline for the series notes, each 30-minute episode "dissects the art of filmmaking" of a scene from a specific film, often a film previously showcased at a Sundance Film Festival.
Anatomy of Britain Anatomy of Britain was a book written by Anthony Sampson and published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1962. The book is an examination of the ruling classes of the United Kingdom, looking at the holders of political, bureaucratic, and financial power.
Anatomy of Criticism Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (Princeton University Press, 1957) attempts to formulate an overall view of the scope, theory, principles, and techniques of literary criticism derived exclusively from literature. Frye consciously omits all specific and practical criticism, instead offering classically-inspired theories of modes, symbols, myths and genres, in what he termed "an interconnected group of suggestions.
Anatomy of Restlessness 'Anatomy of Restlessness' was published in 1997 and is a collection of unpublished essays, articles, short stories, and travel tales. This collection spans the twenty years of Bruce Chatwin's career as a writer.
Anatomy of the Ship series The Anatomy of the Ship series of books are comprehensive treatments of the design and construction of individual ships. They have been published by Conway Maritime Press since the 1980s, and republished in the US by the Naval Institute Press.
Anatopism An anatopism (from the Greek ανα, "against," and τόπος, "place") is something that is out of its proper place. Thus, for example, an outrigger canoe would be an anatopism in ancient Rome.
Anatotitan Anatotitan (a-NAT-o-TIE-tan; "duck titan") is a genus of hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaur from the very end of the Cretaceous Period, in what is now North America. It was a very large animal, nearly 40 feet (12 meters) in length, with an extremely long and low skull.
Anava Anava (from "anu", meaning an atom or an exceedingly small entity) is a state - the consciousness of the ego, the sense of "I" and "mine". This represents a sense of individuality and a separation from a general existence of any "divine plan".
Anavatapta Anavatapta (阿那婆達多 in Chinese and Japanese) is the lake lying at the center of the world, according to an ancient Buddhist cosmological view. The name Anavatapta means "heat-free"; the waters of the lake were thought to be able to soothe the fires that torment beings.
Anavet Cup The Anavet Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won through a best-of-7 series, conducted by the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. The series is played between the Turnbull Cup champions of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League and the Credential Cup champions of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
Anaximenes of Miletus Anaximenes (Greek: Άναξιμένης) of Miletus (circa 585 BC – c. 525 BC) was a Greek philosopher from the latter half of the 6th century, probably a younger contemporary of Anaximander, whose pupil or friend he is said to have been.
Anaxyelidae The Anaxyelidae is a wood wasp family within the Symphyta, containing only a single living species, Syntexis libocedrii, (also called the cedar wood wasp or incense-cedar wood wasp), though the family has an extensive Mesozoic fossil record; this species is thus a "living fossil". It has the remarkable behavior of ovipositing only in recently burnt incense-cedar (Calocedrus), redcedar (Thuja) or juniper (Juniperus); the wood is often still smoldering when the wasp is laying its eggs, and the larvae develop in the wood.
Anaya de Alba Anaya de Alba is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 32 kilometres from the city of Salamanca and has a population of 271 people.
Anayama Beisetsu Also known as Anayama Nobukimi. Anayama was married to Takeda Shingen's daughter and is remembered as being one of the 'Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen', serving at the Battle of Kawanakajima (1561) and Battle of Mikatagahara (1572), among many other frays.
AnĂ­bal Acevedo AnĂ­bal Santiago Acevedo (born April 28, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican boxer, who won a bronze medal in the welterweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born February 13, 1962) is the eighth and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. As such, he is a member of the National Governors Association, the Southern Governors' Association, and the Democratic Governors Association.
Aníbal Cavaco Silva Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, GCC (pron. IPA []; born in Boliqueime in Loulé municipality in the Algarve region, on July 15, 1939) is the President of the Portuguese Republic, having won the Portuguese presidential election on January 22, 2006.
AnĂ­bal Ibarra AnĂ­bal Ibarra (born March 1, 1958) is an Argentine lawyer and politician from Lomas de Zamora, a district located in the southern region of Gran Buenos Aires. He worked as a prosecutor in the Judiciary, but resigned this job to participate in politics with a center-left party that was in formation: the Front for a Country in Solidarity (FrePaSo).
Aníbal Ruiz Aníbal "Maňo" Ruiz, born 30 December 1942 in Salto, Uruguay, is a football (soccer) coach. His best coaching efforts include winning the Supercopa Sudamericana with Olimpia Asunción in 1991 and leading the Paraguayan national football team to the 2006 World Cup.

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