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Ancients (art group) The Ancients, or Shoreham Ancients, were a group of English artists who admired and followed the work of William Blake in the 1820s and 1830s. The group, which comprised George Richmond, Samuel Palmer and Edward Calvert, gathered regularly at the home of Palmer in the Kent village of Shoreham.
Ancients (Farscape) The Ancients are a fictional alien species on the science fiction television series Farscape. They are technologically and physically advanced and have the ability and knowledge to harness wormhole-based technology.
Ancients (Legacy of Kain) The Ancients are a blue-skinned winged race found on Nosgoth in times long before the Legacy of Kain series in which they are found chiefly take place. While they are otherwise relatively human in appearance, their blue skin, black wings and three-fingered (nearly clawed) hands grant easy recognition.
AncientSphinxmon AncientSphinxmon, a fictional character from the Digimon Frontier series, is an Ancient Phantom Beast Digimon with the power over darkness. He was called "The Death-Bringing Beast of Darkness" as he witnessed many acts of destruction and death with his crimson eyes.
AncientTroiamon AncientTroiamon, a fictional character from the Digimon Frontier series, is an Ancient Plant Digimon with the power over wood. The power AncientTroiamon possessed lives on in the Digimon that became Arbormon via the Spirits of Wood created by AncientTrojamon.
AncientVolcamon AncientVolcamon, a fictional character from the Digimon Frontier series, is an Ancient Mineral Digimon with the power over earth. The power AncientVolcamon possessed lives on in the Digimon that became Grumblemon via the Spirits of Earth created by AncientVolcamon.
Ancile The Ancile, in ancient Rome, is the legendary buckler shield of the god Mars, said to have fallen from heaven, upon Numa Pompilius. At the same time, a voice was heard which declared that Rome should be mistress of the world while the shield was preserved.
Ancilla College Ancilla College, near Donaldson, Indiana, is a two-year private liberal arts college that admits both men and women students. Ancilla College was originally founded by the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ in 1937 as an extension of DePaul University for the training of novices and candidates of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ.
Ancillae Assumpta Academy Ancillae-Assumpta Academy is a small, private school (Preschool-8) in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania that focuses on teaching students in the ways of Catholicism. Ancillae is run by the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, who follow in the teachings of Saint Raphaela Mary.
Ancillary data Ancillary data (commonly abbreviated as ANC data), in the context of television systems, refers to a means which by non-video information (such as audio, other forms of essence, and metadata) may be embedded within the serial digital interface. Ancillary data is standardized by SMPTE as SMPTE 291M: Ancillary Data Packet and Space Formatting.
Ancillary jurisdiction Ancillary jurisdiction allows a federal court to hear certain claims sufficiently related to the original claim that would otherwise defeat the court's jurisdiction. Whereas pendent jurisdiction allows a federal court to hear state claims sufficiently related to an original federal claim, ancillary jurisdiction applies when the parties are in federal court because of diversity (i.
Ancillary relief Ancillary relief is a pecuniary payment to a party to a marriage in England and Wales, on divorce, nullity or judicial separation. It may be awarded on presentation of a claim to a court in England or Wales for resolution of resulting financial issues.
Ancillary statistic In statistics, an ancillary statistic is a statistic whose probability distribution does not depend on which of the probability distributions among those being considered is the distribution of the statistical population from which the data were taken. This concept was introduced by the great statistical geneticist Sir Ronald Fisher.
Ancilotto, King of Provino Ancilotto, King of Provino is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.Giovanni Francesco Straparola, The Facetious Nights of Straparola, "Ancilotto, King of Provino"
Ancipitia Ancipitia is a genus of orchids originating from South America, currently comprised of 28 species. This genus was once considered part of Pleurothallis and, since publication in 2004 as a separate genus, is not yet fully accepted in all botanical forums.
Ancistrodon Ancistrodon is a (scientific) generic name that was used previously to refer to a larger group of New and Old World moccasins -- venomous pit vipers with large plates (scales) that cover the top of their heads. This group was later split up into a number of different genera:
Ancistrochilus Ancistrochilus is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), comprising only 2 species. The name is derived from the Greek words ankistron ("hook") and cheilos ("lip"), referring to the form of the lip.
Anclote Key Preserve State Park Anclote Key Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park and historic site, located on Anclote Key three miles off Tarpon Springs and accessible only by boat. Amenities include primitive camping on the northern portion of the island as well as picnic pavilions and grills.
Ancrene Wisse Ancrene Wisse (also Ancrene Riwle) or Guide for Anchoresses is a monastic rule (or manual) for anchoresses, written in the early 13th century. It is written in an early middle English dialect known as 'AB-language'.
Ancylopoda Ancylopoda, is a group of mammals in the Perissodactyla that show long, curved and cleft claws. Morphological evidence indicates the Ancylopoda diverged from the tapirs, rhinoceroses and horses (Euperissodactyla) after the Brontotheria, however earlier authoritites such as Osborn sometimes considered the Ancylopoda to be outside Perissodactyla or, as was popular more recently, to be related to Brontotheria.
Ancylus Lake Ancylus lake is a name given by geologists to the body of fresh water that replaced the Yoldia Sea after the latter had been severed from its saline intake across central Sweden by the isostatic rise of south Scandinavian landforms. The dates are approximately 9500-8000 BP calibrated, during the full Boreal period.
And did those feet in ancient time "And did those feet in ancient time" is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: a Poem (1804). Today it is best known as the hymn "Jerusalem", with music written by C.
And I Don't Want to Live This Life And I Don't Want To Live This Life is a non-fiction book written by Deborah Spungen. Published by Random House in 1983, it is about her daughter, Nancy Spungen, who was allegedly killed by Nancy's boyfriend, Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols at the Chelsea Hotel.
And It's Called Peru And It's Called Peru (Y se llama PerĂş) is a minor Peruvian political party. At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won less than 1% of the popular vote and no seats in the Congress of the Republic.
And Ladies of the Club And Ladies of the Club is a novel, written by Helen Hooven Santmyer, about a group of women in Waynesboro, Ohio who begin a book club. The books spans decades in the lives of the women involved in the bookclub, between 1868 and 1932.
And Now For Something Completely Different And Now For Something Completely Different is a film spinoff from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons. The title was originally used as a catchphrase in the TV show.
And Now My Love And Now My Love, known in France as Toute une vie, is a film released in 1974 by French writer/director Claude Lelouch, starring Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Charles Denner, and Charles Gérard. The film tells the story of several generations of family members and the love affairs they experience.
And One And One is a German Synthpop and EBM band. Their members include Steve Naghavi, Chris Ruiz (1989 - 1991 and 2001 to present), Joke Jay (1992 - 2001), Rick Schah, Alex Two (1990 - 1993), Annelie Bertilsson (2000) and Gio van Oli (2001 to present).
And She Was "And She Was" is the name of a rock song from the 1985 Talking Heads album Little Creatures written by David Byrne. According to Byrne, the song was written about a girl he knew who used to take LSD in a field next to a Yoo-hoo beverage factory in Baltimore, Maryland.
And So It Goes "And So It Goes" is a ballad written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it wasn't released until six years later, appearing as the tenth and final track of his megahit album Storm Front. The original 1983 demos was released on the 2005 box set My Lives.
And the Ass Saw the Angel And the Ass Saw the Angel is the first and only novel by the musician and singer Nick Cave, originally published in 1989 by Black Spring Press in the UK and Harper Collins in the US. It was republished in 2003 by 2.
And the Band Played On And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic is a book written by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts (original copyright 1987) chronicling the discovery and spread of HIV and AIDS, with a special emphasis on alleged government indifference to what was initially perceived as a "gay disease." The title of the book appears to be a reference to the oft-repeated story about the dance band in the first-class lounge of the Titanic, who kept playing as the ship was sinking.
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon" is the title of both episodes of the two-part season opener of the eighth series of the American NBC television sitcom Frasier. It carries on from the ending of the previous episode, "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue", and follows the repercussions of the romantic revelation between the characters of Niles Crane and Daphne Moon in those episodes.
And the Forests Dream Eternally And The Forests Dream Eternally is an EP released in 1993 by Polish band Behemoth on the Italian label Enthopy Records. The album was later re-released in 1997 by Last Episode Records on a split-Cd with the EP "Forbidden Spaces" by Polish band Damnation.
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is an unpublished manuscript written in 1945 by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, several years before the two Beat Generation founders achieved notoriety with On the Road and Junkie, respectively.
And Tango Makes Three And Tango Makes Three is a children's book written by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson and illustrated by Henry Cole, based on the true story of Roy and Silo, two male penguins in New York's Central Park Zoo, who, for a time, formed a couple. The book follows part of this time in the penguin's lives.
And Thank You (7th Heaven) "And Thank You" is the twenty-second, and final, episode of the 10th season of 7th Heaven. It was the final episode of the series to air on the WB network; and - for months - was intended to be the show's series finale, before being renewed last-minute just days later.
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" is a song, written by Eric Bogle in 1972, lamenting the fading from public memory of the "tired old heroes of a forgotten war" -- the battle of Gallipoli between Australian, New Zealand (Allies) and Turkish (Central Powers) forces during the First World War. The song is a vivid recount of the memories of a young Australian man who, in World War I, had been sent to Gallipoli -- who "for ten weary weeks" kept himself alive as "around me the corpses piled higher".
And Then There Were None (1945 film) The 1945 movie And Then There Were None is one of several film adaptations of Agatha Christie's best-selling mystery novel And Then There Were None concerning several people summoned to an island retreat by a mysterious stranger, only to meet their ends one by one.
And Then There Were None (1974 film) And Then There Were None is a 1974 film version of the Agatha Christie mystery novel of the same name. It follows the script of the 1965 version, though this particular adaptation is set in an abandoned hotel in the Iranian desert; the film was shot in the Shah Abbas Hotel in Iran during its pre-revolution days.
And you are lynching Negroes "And you are lynching Negroes" (Russian: "Đ Ń Đ˛Đ°Ń Đ˝ĐµĐłŃ€ĐľĐ˛ линчŃŃŽŃ‚", Polish: "A u was bijÄ… MurzynĂłw", Czech: "A u vás lynÄŤujĂ ÄŚernochy", Hungarian: "Amerikában pedig verik a nĂ©gereket" (Literally, "And in America, they are beating up negroes"), Bulgarian: "Рвие защо биете негрите?" (Literally, "Why do you lynch the Blacks?
And-inverter graph An and-inverter graph (AIG) is a directed, acyclic graph that represents a structural implementation of the logical functionality of a circuit or network. An AIG constists of two-input nodes representing logical conjunction, terminal nodes labelled with variable names, and edges optionally containing markers indicating logical negation.
And/or And/or is a phrase used to indicate that one or more of the stated cases may occur. For example, the sentence "Jim will eat cake, pie, and/or brownies" indicates that although Jim may eat any of the three listed desserts, the choices are not necessarily exclusive; Jim may eat one, two, or all three of the choices.
Anda Pa'l Cara Anda Pa'l Cará (loosely translated as What The Heck) is a Spanish-language television program, a late-night talk and variety show from Puerto Rico. It started in 2000 as a late night show with comedian Silverio Pérez in WLII-TV Tele Once.
Andachtsbilder Andachtsbilder (sing. Andachtsbild): (German for devotional image) are often painting or sculptures that depict the themes of Christian grief and suffering, such as the crucifixion or the pieta, and are intended to encourage meditation.
Andal Andal () is a 10th century Tamil saint and one of the twelve Alvars (saints) and the only woman Alvar of Vaishnavism. She is credited with the great Tamil works of Thirupavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi that are still recited by devotees during the Winter festival season of Markazhi.
Andale Mono Andale Mono is a monospace sans-serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson for terminal emulation and software development environments. The Andale design was originally created by Monotype and is presently owned by Ascender Corp.
Andalgalá Andalgalá is a city in the west-center of the province of Catamarca, Argentina, located in a valley near the Sierra de Aconquija, 260 km from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It has about 14,000 inhabitants as per the .
Andalib Suleiman Andalib Suleiman Takatka was the fourth female suicide bomber. She killed six people, seven including herself, and injured over forty at a bus stop on Jaffa Road outside of the open-air Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 12,2002.
Andalite The Andalites are a fictional alien race of grazers in the Animorphs book series and Animorphs television series. They are centaur-like creatures, with the lower body similar to a deer and a torso similar to a human.
Andalusi Arabic Andalusi Arabic was a dialect of the Arabic language spoken in Al-Andalus, the regions of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal) under Muslim rule. It became an extinct language in Iberia after the expulsion of the Moriscos following the Christian Reconquest (Reconquista), though it is still used in Andalusi music and has significantly influenced the dialects of such towns as Tetouan, Fez, Rabat, Tangiers and Cherchell.
Andalusi nubah Andalusi nubah is a genre found in the North African Maghrib states of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya but, as the name indicates, of Spanish origin. The name replaced the older use of sawt and originates from the musician waiting behind a curtian to be told it was his turn or nawbah by the sattar or curtain man.
Andalusia, Pennsylvania Andalusia is a historic neighborhood located within Bensalem Township, bordering Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at the very southern tip of Bensalem Township, Andalusia marks the southernmost point of Bucks County.
Andalusian (chicken) Andalusian chickens are classified as "Mediterranean" chickens, and like other breeds from this class, they're closely feathered, active, and good layers of white eggs. Although the only color pattern recognized by the American Poultry Association is Blue, when you cross two blues you will get some whites and some blacks.
Andalusian classical music Andalusian classical music is a style of music found across North Africa, though it evolved out of the music of Andalusia between the 9th and 15th centuries. It is now most closely associated with Morocco (al-Âla), though similar traditions are found in Algeria (Gharnâtî, and San'a), Tunisia and Libya (al-Maalûf).
Andalusian cuisine Andalusian cuisine is rather varied, corresponding to a region that is itself extensive and varied. Notwithstanding that, the cuisine of AndalucĂa is characterized by gazpacho, fried fish (often called pescaito frito in the local vernacular), the jamones of Jabugo and TrevĂ©lez, and the wines of Jerez, particularly sherry.
Andalusian people The Andalusians are an ethnic and cultural group in Spain centered in the Andalusia region. They are often not considered an ethnically distinct people because they lack two of the most important markers of distinctiveness: Their own language and an awareness of a presumed common origin, although the latter is debatable, given the widespread cultural associations linking Andalusian immigrants, known as "Casas de AndalucĂa" and Andalusia's own statute of autonomy, identifying the region as an "historic nationality" and granting it a high level of devolved political power.
Andalusian Party The Andalusian Party (Partido Andalucista) is a nationalist centre-left political party from Andalusia (Spain), with an important presence in provinces such as Cádiz and Seville although in the past they have stood in other provinces and even won seats in Barcelona to the Catalan Regional Assembly. [party was founded as the Socialist Alliance of Andalusia (Alianza Socialista de AndalucĂa) in 1971.
Andalusian School of Public Health The Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), located within the Granada University Campus (Spain), provides training, consultancy, international co-operation, and research services in the public health and management of health and social services integrating both perspectives in all EASP projects.
Andalusian Spanish The Andalusian dialect (also called andaluz) of Spanish is spoken in Andalusia and Gibraltar. There are several phonetic differences from Castilian Spanish, some of which are reflected in Andalusian-influenced Latin American Spanish.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Tamil: அந்தமான் நிகோபார் தீவŕŻŕ®•ள், Hindi: अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप) is a union territory of India. Informally, the territory's name is often abbreviated to A & N Islands, or ANI.
Andaman district Andaman district is a district of India, one of two districts in the Indian Union Territory (UT) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Andaman Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal, bordering with the Andaman Sea).
Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands are a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. Port Blair is the chief community on the islands, and the administrative centre of the Union Territory.
Andaman Sea The Andaman Sea (; ) is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean. It is roughly 1200 kilometres long (north-south) and 650 kilometres wide (east-west), with an area of 797,700 km².
Andamanese The Andamanese is a collective term to describe the peoples who are the aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal. The term includes the Great Andamanese, Jarawa, Onge, Sentinelese and the extinct Jangil.
Andamanese languages The Andamanese languages form a proposed language family spoken by the Andamanese peoples of the Andaman Islands, a union territory of India. There are two unquestionably related clusters of Andamanese languages, Great Andamanese and South Andamanese (also called Onge-Jarawa to avoid confusion with the southern branch of Great Andamanese), plus one unknown language (Sentinelese), all of which are generally believed to be related in an Andamanese family.
Andamooka Opal The Andamooka Opal is a famous opal which was presented to Queen Elizabeth II in the 1950s on the occasion of her first visit to Australia. It was discovered in Andamooka, South Australia, an historic opal mining town.
Andamooka, South Australia Andamooka () is a town located approximately 600 km north of Adelaide in the South Australian outback. Opal was discovered in the region in the late 1920s,Outback Areas Community Development Trust, 2003, Andamooka and the town developed out of the scattered miners' camps which established in the area.
Andante and Finale (Tchaikovsky) After Tchaikovsky had transformed the opening allegro of an abandoned symphony into his Third Piano Concerto, he apparently entertained reservations on leaving that piece as a one-movement concert work. He returned to his sketches for the slow movement and finale of the abandoned symphony, adding a solo piano part.
Andante for Flute and Orchestra The Andante for Flute and Orchestra (K. 315) in C major was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1778 and commissioned by Ferdinand De Jean as a possible replacement or alternative second movement for the Flute Concerto No.
Andante Festivo for string orchestra Jean Sibelius originally scored Andante festivo for string quartet in 1922, but rescored for string orchestra and timpani in 1938. Full-throated and hymnic, this piece of work is constructed as a smooth, continuous stream of similar melodic phrases that flow into and out of each other.
Andantino (game) Andantino is a two-player dynamic board game of abstract strategy, invented by David Smith. The players take turns placing hexagonal tiles on an empty surface, creating the "board" as the game progresses.
Andavadoaka Andavadoaka is a small fishing village located on the southwest coast of Madagascar. It lies on the edge of a shallow lagoon protected from the open ocean by a series of fringing and submerged barrier reefs that support substantial coral growth, providing a vital resource base for local traditional and artisanal fisheries.
Andaz (1971 film) Andaz (Hindi: अन्दाज़, Urdu: اَنداز) is a is 1971 Hindi romantic movie Starring Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Shammi Kapoor. Rajesh died in the movie living Hema as a widow with a child .
Andøy Andøy is the northernmost municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway. The municipality is located mainly on Andøya, the northernmost island in the archipelago of Vesterålen - 300 km north of the Arctic Circle.
Andøy Bridge Andøy Bridge (Andøybrua) is a cantilever road bridge that crosses Risøysundet between Andøya and Hinnøya in Nordland county in Norway. The bridge is 750 metres long, the main span is 110 metres, and the maximum clearing to the sea is 30 metres.
Andøya Rocket Range Andøya Rocket Range is the name of a rocket launch site on Andøya island (the northernmost in the Vesterålen archipelago) in northern Norway. It is located at 69°17'39 "northern latitude and 16°01'15"eastern length.
AndÄ›l (neighborhood) AndÄ›l is a busy crossing and its immediate neigbourhood in Prague 5's central quarter of SmĂchov. The name means angel in Czech language and originates from 19th century U zlatĂ©ho andÄ›la (Golden Ange) pub called originally after an angel statue in front of it.
Ande Parks Ande Parks (born 0ctober 1, 1964) is a professional American comic book artist, known for his work as an inker and writer in the industry. His greatest notoriety has come from his stint with fellow artist Phil Hester on DC Comics’ Green Arrow series from 2001-2004 and writing the graphic novels Union Station and Capote in Kansas.
Andean Community of Nations The Andean Community of Nations (in Spanish: Comunidad Andina de Naciones, abbreviated CAN) is a trade bloc comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela (which is in the process of leaving the bloc). The trade bloc was called the Andean Pact until 1996 and came into existence with the signing of the Cartagena Agreement in 1969.
Andean Condor The Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus, is a species of bird in one of the vulture families. It is in many regards the largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere and is the heaviest, but not the lengthiest, member of the order Ciconiiformes.
Andean Region The Andean Region is one of the 10 adminsitrative regions in which Venezuela was divided for its development plans; the region is composed of the states of Táchira, Mérida, Trujillo, Barinas and the Páez Municipality of the state of Apure; the region is located straddling the Andes Mountain Range. Except for the people of the Llanos in Eastern Barinas, natives from this region is usually referred to as "gochos"
Andean Region (Colombia) The Andean Region of Colombia is the most populated zone of the country and is located in north part of the Andes. In the territories of Colombia it has three branches known as "Cordilleras": Cordillera Oriental, Cordillera Central and Cordillera Occidental.
Andean states The Andean States are nations in South America that contain portions of—or border—the Andes mountain range. Politically speaking, The Andean States are nations in South America that contain portions of—or border—the Andes mountain range.
Andeca Andeca was the Suevi king of Galicia (584-585) who assassinated Eboric and took his mother as a wife. He was proclaimed king by the insurrectionist nobility which wanted to wrest control of their state from the Visigoths with whom Miro, Euric's father, had made peace treaties.
Andee Frizzell Andee Frizzell is the actress who has played all the adult female Wraith on Stargate Atlantis, played the Keeper in the pilot episode of the spin-off, and later returned as the Hive Queen in Season Two's The Hive and as Michael's Hive Queen in the season 2 finale, Allies (Part 1) .
Andeh Davidson Andeh Davidson (born January 17, 1956) is a retired boxer from Nigeria, who won the world title in the lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the second World Amateur Championships, held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In the final he defeated Vladimir Sorokin from the USSR.
Ander Crenshaw Ander Crenshaw (born September 1 1944), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 4th District of Florida (map). He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, was educated at the University of Georgia (A.
Ander Vilarino Ander Vilarino (born January 6, 1980) is a Spanish professional racecar driver who competed in several national formula championships from 1996 to 2004. Vilarino competed in karting events from 1990 until his 1996 debut in French Formula Campus.
Andernach chess Andernach chess is a chess variant in which a piece making a capture (except kings) changes colour.Andernach Chess by Joost de Heer and Otto Janko For instance, if a white bishop on a2 were to capture a black knight on g8, the end result would be a black bishop on g8.
Anders Andersson (hockey) Anders "Akka" Andersson (1937–1989) was a Swedish ice hockey centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden, including seven IIHF World Championships and two Winter Olympics.
Anders Ă…slund Anders Ă…slund is a Swedish economist and expert on economic transition from centrally planned to market economies. Ă…slund has served as an economic adviser to the governments of Russia and Ukraine and is currently the director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Anders Bardal Anders Bardal (born August 28, 1982 in Steinkjer) is a Norwegian ski jumper, currently residing in Trondheim, Norway. He debuted in the World Cup in 2001, and his 4th place in Titisee-Neustadt on December 14 2003 is his best result to this date.
Anders Blixt Anders Blixt (born 1959) is a Swedish RPG designer and science journalist, whose works have been published in Sweden and the United States. Blixt made his designer debut in 1980 by writing Traveller articles for GDW's magazine The Journal of Travellers' Aid Society.
Anders Bodelsen Anders Bodelsen (born 1937) is a prolific Danish writer primarily associated with the 1960 new-realism wave in Danish literature, along with Christian Kampmann and Henrik Stangerup. Bodelsen prefers the social-realistic style of writing, often thrillers about middle-class people that faces the consequences of materialism, which often clashes with their human values.
Anders Bording Anders Christensen Bording (January 21, 1619 – May 24, 1677) was a Danish poet and journalist. He is notable for his epigrams, ballads, occasional poems and epistles, as well as for publishing the first Danish newspaper, the monthly Den Danske Mercurius, written in verse entirely by him.
Anders Ekborg Anders Ekborg (born October 9 1960) is a Swedish actor and singer who has performed the roles of Karl Oscar in Kristina från Duvemåla and Freddie Trumper in Chess, two musicals that were written by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
Anders Eklund Anders Eklund (born December 22, 1957 in Gävle) is a former boxer from Sweden, who competed in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the quarter finals.
Anders Engbergs Anders Engbergs is a Swedish "dansband", formed in 1994 when the band Lotta & Anders Engbergs Orkester was split up into Anders Engbergs and Lotta Engbergs Orkester, since the spouses Anders Engberg and Lotta Engberg just have separated.
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