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Annexation Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous). Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, more peripheral or weaker of the two merging entities.
Annexation Bill of 1866 The Annexation Bill of 1866 was a bill introduced on July 2, 1866 but not passed in the United States House of Representatives. It called for the annexation of British North America and the admission of its provinces as states and territories in the Union.
Annexation Party of British Columbia The Annexation Party of British Columbia is a political party in British Columbia, Canada that seeks the annexation of the Province of British Columbia (BC) by the United States of America, thus making BC the 51st state of the American union. It is officially registered with Elections BC, the agency that conducts elections in the province.
Annexationist movements of Canada At various times, annexationist movements in Canada have campaigned in favour of the annexation of parts or all of Canada by the United States. As Joseph Levitt notes, "To begin with, the United States has never shown any interest in absorbing Canada.
Anni Blomqvist Anni Blomqvist (born Karlsson) (1909 - June 26, 1990), was an author from the Åland Islands, Finland, primarily famous for her Stormskärs-Maja and Anna Beata series of novels. In her books, she drew from her real-life experiences of the harsh and tedious life as a widow in the Åland archipelago.
Anni Friesinger Anna ("Anni") Christina Friesinger (born January 11, 1977 in Bad Reichenhall) is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
Anni Hogan Anni Hogan (as she is currently billed in DIVA) is a British musician and Club DJ, born in 1961. Originally known for her association with British Electro artist-cum-torch singer Marc Almond, she now is working as Head Of A&R for the Pink Biscuit record label, as well collaborating with artists as diverse as Man Parrish, Rachel McFarlane and Cagedbaby and hosting a club night at Spirit, a bar in Canal Street (Manchester).
Anni ribelli Animalada (English title: Laura:The Rebel Years) is a 1996 Italian Argentine romantic drama film directed and written by Rosalia Polizzi. The film starred Leticia Brédice, Massimo Dapporto, Esther Goris and Alessandra Acciai.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad, better known as Frida (born November 15, 1945) is the singer, best known as one of the four members (often simply called "the brunette") of the Swedish pop music group ABBA. She is of German and Norwegian origin.
Annianus of Alexandria Annianus of Alexandria or Annianos was a monk who flourished in Alexandria during the bishopric of Theophilus of Alexandria around the beginning of the fifth century. He criticized the world history of his contemporary monk Panodorus of Alexandria for relying too much on secular sources rather than biblical sources for his dates.
Annick Water The Annick Water (previously called Annack, Annoch (1791) or Annock) runs in a south-western direction through North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland. Fed from the Loch Libo and Long Loch the Annick Water has a healthy population of Trout and Salmon as well as smaller species such as Minnow and eel.
Annie Award The Annie Awards is an animation award show created and produced by the Los Angeles, California branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood since 1972,. These awards are regarded as "animation's highest honor" Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation in the fields of producing], [[film direction|directing, animation, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, etc.
Annie Award for Best Animated Feature The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature is an Annie Award, awarded annually to the best animated feature film. In 1998 the award was renamed Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature, only to be renamed to its original title again in 2001.
Annie Bidwell Annie Kennedy Bidwell (1839-1918), with her husband John Bidwell, was a pioneer and founder of society in the Sacramento Valley area of California in the 19th Century. She is also known for her contributions to social causes, such as women's suffrage, the temperance movement, and education.
Annie Borckink Anna ("Annie") Johanna Geertruida Maria Borckink (born October 17, 1951 in Hupsel) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. There she won the gold medal in the women's 1500 metres, before het Dutch teammate Ria Visser.
Annie Brocoli Annie Brocoli is the name of a very popular children's character in Quebec. She is also the creation of Annie Grenier (born in 1971 in Montreal), an actress/singer whose childhood experiences inspired her alter ego(and through her two children in real life as well).
Annie Cohen-Solal Annie Cohen-Solal is a French academic, writer, historian, and biographer. Born in pre-independence Algeria, she is part of the Jewish diaspora that left that country for France during the Algerian War of Independence.
Annie Dodge Wauneka Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910 - 1997) was an influential member of the Navajo Tribe of Native Americans. She worked to improve the heath and education of the Navajo, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 Lyndon B.
Annie Ernaux Annie Ernaux (born in Lillebonne on September 1, 1940) is a French writer. She won the Renaudot prize in 1984 for her book La Place, an autobiographical narrative focusing on her relationship with her father and her experiences growing up in a small town in France, and her subsequent process of moving into adulthood and away from her parents' place of origin.
Annie Get Your Gun (song) "Annie Get Your Gun" was a single released by the New Wave band Squeeze in 1982. It was not featured on any studio album, but has been included on a number of compilations, including Singles - 45's and Under.
Annie Gosfield Annie Gosfield (born September 11, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a New York composer who specializes in using detuned or out of tune samples and industrial noises. Her work often contains improvisation and frequently uses extended techniques and/or altered musical instruments.
Annie Hall Annie Hall is a 1977 Academy Award-winning romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. In 2002, Roger Ebert referred to it as "just about everyone's favorite Woody Allen movie," and the director has described the film as "a major turning point for me.
Annie Chapman Annie Chapman (September 1841 - September 8, 1888) is widely believed to be the second victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer "Jack the Ripper", who killed and mutilated prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London during the late summer and autumn of 1888.
Annie Jacobsen Annie Jacobsen is an American journalist who writes about business, finance and terrorism for a variety of national and international magazines and webzines and in particular WomensWallStreet. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and two sons.
Annie John Annie John, a novel written by Jamaica Kincaid in 1985, details the growth of a girl in Antigua, an island in the Caribbean. It covers issues as diverse as mother-daughter relationships, lesbianism, racism, clinical depression, education, and the struggle between medicine based on "scientific fact" and that based on "native superstitious know-how".
Annie Jones (actress) Annie Jones (born January 13 1967) (Real name Annika Jasko) is an Australian actress who shot to fame playing Jane Harris (love interest of Mike Young) in the soap opera, Neighbours. She had previously appeared in The Henderson Kids.
Annie Jump Cannon Annie Jump Cannon (December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloguing work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. She was born to shipbuilder and state senator Wilson Lee Cannon, and his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Jump, in Dover, Delaware.
Annie Laurie Gaylor Annie Laurie Gaylor is co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and, with her husband Dan Barker, is the current co-president. She is also editor of the organization's newspaper, Freethought Today, which is published ten times per year.
Annie Lin Annie Lin is a US-based singer/songwriter and the founder of the Ariadne Record label. She was born January 14th, 1980 in Taiwan, but soon moved to the United States, settling in Southern California by the age of six.
Annie Londonderry Annie “Londonderry” Kopchovsky was the first woman to bicycle around the world. She was a fiercely independent and free-thinking young woman, who found freedom by reinventing herself as the daring “Annie Londonderry” — entrepreneur, athlete, and celebrated globetrotter.
Annie Lorrain Smith Annie Lorrain Smith (23 October 1854, Liverpool – 7 September 1937, London) was a British lichenologist whose Lichens (1921) was an essential textbook for several decades. She was also a mycologist and founder member of the British Mycological Society, where she served as president for two terms.
Annie Malone Annie Turnbo Malone (born August 9, 1869 in Metropolis, Illinois) - she lived with her eleven other siblings till her parent’s death. Upon the death of her parents Annie was sent to Peoria, Illinois to be raised by her elder sister.
Annie Martin Annie Martin (born September 7, 1981 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian beach volleyball player. She and her partner Guylaine Dumont tied for fifth in the women's beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, after losing to the American pair of Kerri Walsh and Misty May in the quarterfinals.
Annie McGuire Annie McGuire is a Scottish broadcaster on Scottish radio and is best known for her role on the BBC Radio Scotland football phone-in show 'Your Call' - which she co-presents with the irascible veteran sports journalist Jim Traynor - acting as the conduit for the fans as they email and text in their views on football.
Annie Montague Alexander Annie Montague Alexander (1867-1950) was an American financier and paleontological collector. She is best known as the benefactress of the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) and the financier of university museum collections as well as a series of important paleontological expeditions to the western United States at the turn of the 20th century.
Annie Nightingale Annie Nightingale MBE (born in London on April 1 1942) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. She was the first female presenter on BBC Radio 1 and since the death of John Peel in October 2004 has been its longest-serving presenter.
Annie Parisse Anne Marie Cancelmi (born July 31, 1976), known as Annie Parisse, is an American television actress best known for playing Alexandra Borgia on the television drama Law & Order, a role she played from 2005 when Elisabeth Röhm left the show until 2006.
Annie Parkhouse Annie Parkhouse has been one of the leading letterers in British comics for over 30 years. Beginning her career working on Lion for IPC magazines, she has since provided dialogue for many DC Comics titles and 2000AD, working on scripts by writers and artists such as Alan Moore and Garry Leach (on Marvelman).
Annie Pootoogook Annie Pootoogook (born 1969 in Cape Dorset, then in the Northwest Territories, now in Nunavut, Canada) is a Canadian contemporary artist. One of her influences was her mother, Napatchie Pootoogook (died 2002), who was also an artist.
Annie Potts Annie Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American television and film actress. She is probably best known for playing the role of Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters films and for the television sitcom Designing Women, but has had a wide variety of prominent roles in both television and film.
Annie R. Smith Annie Rebekah Smith (March 16, 1828 – July 26, 1855) An early Seventh-day Adventist hymnist, she was the sister of the early Adventist pioneer, Uriah Smith. She has ten hymns in the current Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymnal She died of tuberculosis.
Annie Rosar Annie Rosar (May 17, 1888 — August 5, 1963) was an Austrian stage and film actress who is best remembered today for her appearances in many Austrian comedy films from the 1930s to the early 1960s. In those movies, she was frequently cast in the comic roles of nagging wife (for example in Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn opposite Hans Moser), "evil" mother-in-law, or understanding housekeeper, whether in rural (Heimatfilme) or urban settings.
Annie Russell Annie Russell (1864-1936) was an American actress, born in Liverpool, England, of Irish parents. She made her first appearance on the stage when only eight years of age at the Academy of Music, Montreal, Canada.
Annie Russell Theatre The Annie Russell Theatre is a historic theater in Winter Park, Florida, United States. The theatre was named after the England-born actress Annie Russell in 1931, and designed by the German-born architect Richard Kiehnel.
Annie Shizuka Inoh Annie Shizuka Inoh (伊能静, pinyin: Yī Néng Jìng, Japanese: Inou Shizuka) is an actress from Taiwan. Born on March 4 1969 in Taipei, Taiwan with the birthname of Wu Jing Yi (吳靜怡), she changed her name after her mother remarried a Japanese man.
Annie Twala Annie Twala was one of the first residents of Alexandra, a township near Johannesburg, South Africa. Described as the "Mother of Alexandra," she was arguably its most famous resident, having experienced the turbulent history of Alexandra first-hand since its establishment.
Annie Warbucks Annie Warbucks, a sequel to the 1977 Tony Award-winning hit Annie, is a musical with a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin. Developed in a workshop at the Goodspeed Opera House, the production opened - after numerous delays - on August 9, 1993 at the off-Broadway Variety Arts Theatre, where it ran for 200 performances.
Annie Young Frisbie Annie Young Frisbie is the co-writer and co-producer of the movie Speak, starring Kristen Stewart and Steve Zahn. After reading the 1999 National Book Award nominated novel Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Annie optioned it and performed the adaptation, which was produced by Showtime in 2003.
Annie's Baby Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager (1998) is a book published as the diary of an anonymous teen compiled and edited by Beatrice Sparks, editor or author of other anonymous teen diaries such as Go Ask Alice.
Annie's Homegrown Annie's Homegrown is a company that sells quick and easy boxed additive-free and organic meals and snacks. The company's products are recognized by the brightly colored, usually purple boxes, and mascot Bernie, the "rabbit of approval".
Annie's Road Annie's Road is the section of Riverview Drive between Totowa Road and Union Boulevard in Totowa, New Jersey. According to an urban legend, the road is haunted by a "Lady in White", or a girl in a blue or white dress.
Anniesland Anniesland is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and centres around the junction of the Great Western Road and Crow Road; also know as Anniesland Cross, it is the second busiest intersection in Europe.
Anniesland Court Anniesland Court is a 24-story residential tower-block in the Anniesland area of Glasgow, Scotland, designed by J Holmes & Partners and completed in 1968. It is the tallest listed building in Scotland, and is remarkably similar to Ernő Goldfinger's later and more famous Trellick Tower in London.
Annihilationism Annihilationism is the minority Christian doctrine that sinners are destroyed rather than tormented forever in hell. It is directly related to the doctrine of conditional immortality, the idea that a human soul is not immortal unless it is given eternal life.
Annihilator (truck) Annihilator is a monster truck that races on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit. It is owned and driven by Greg Adams, and has previously run as Krimson Krusher, Hot Pursuit, and Summit TruckStyle (named after Summit Racing Equipment, the truck's title sponsor).
Annika Ă–stberg Deasy Annika Maria Ă–stberg Deasy, born 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden is a Swedish citizen incarcerated in California, USA on a not determed period (25 years to life sentence) convicted for felony murder on a restaurant guest and a police officer in 1981.
Annika Dahlmann Annika Dahlmann is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed during the 1980's. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 7th in the 5 km event at those championships.
Annika Liebs Annika Lurz, born Liebs (born September 6, 1979 in Karlsruhe) is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, who lives in Gerbrunn. She was a member of the German team, that won the silver medal in the 4x100 Freestyle Relay at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada.
Annika Mehlhorn Annika Mehlhorn (born August 5, 1983 in Kassel, Hessen) is a butterfly and medley swimmer from Germany who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She became European champion in the 200m Butterfly at the European SC Championships 2000 in Valencia.
Annika Sörenstam at the Colonial In 2003 Annika Sörenstam was invited to play in The Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, making her the first woman to play in a PGA event since Babe Zaharias, who qualified for the 1945 Los Angeles Open. Less than week before The Colonial, Vijay Singh made some comments to the Associated Press about Sörenstam's invitation, which were considered by some to be disparaging.
Anniken Huitfeldt Anniken Huitfeldt (born 29 November 1969 in Bærum) is a Norwegian politician representing the Norwegian Labour Party. She is currently a representative of Akershus in the Storting, she was a reserve candidate from 1993-1997 and 2001-2005, but was first elected in 2005.
Annis Stukus Trophy The Annis Stukus Trophy is a Canadian Football League trophy, which is presented annually by the Edmonton Eskimos Alumni Association to the Coach of the Year, as determined by the members of the Football Reporters of Canada. The Trophy is named after Annis Stukus.
Annise Parker Annise Parker (born May 17, 1956, Houston, Texas) is a Houston-area politician currently holding office as the Controller of the City of Houston. Previously, she served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council since 1997 although term limits ended her time on council and she decided to run for controller in 2003.
Annisquam River The Annisquam River is a tidal, salt-water estuary in Annisquam and Gloucester, Massachusetts, connecting Annisquam Harbor on the north to Gloucester Harbor on the south. The segment between Gloucester Harbor and the Boston and Maine railroad bridge is also known as the Blyman Canal.
Anniston Army Depot Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) is a major United States Army facility fulfilling various depot operations. Primary missions are the repair of tracked vehicles and storage of chemical weapons (Anniston Chemical Activity).
Anniston Eastern Bypass The Anniston Eastern Bypass is a project underway to build a four to six lane highway, two miles west of downtown Anniston and downtown Oxford. Since the early 90’s, bypasses have been planned on both sides of town to alleviate traffic on Quintard Avenue, the main north/south traffic artiery in the region.
Anniston Chemical Activity Anniston Chemical Activity is a chemical weapon storage site located in Alabama. The Army has safely stored approximately seven percent of the nation’s original chemical weapons stockpile at the Anniston Army Depot since the early 1960s.
Anniversary An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning (re)turning yearly; known in English since c. 1230) is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event.
Anniversary (Asimov) Anniversary is a short story by Isaac Asimov that was first published in the March 1959 issue of Amazing Stories. Asimov included it in his 1968 story collection Asimov's Mysteries, and subsequently in his 1973 collection The Best of Isaac Asimov.
Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices' Hurdle The Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old novices run over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards (3,319 metres) at Aintree Racecourse during the Grand National meeting in early April. There are nine hurdles to be jumped in the race.
Anno 1503 Anno 1503 (known in the Americas as 1503 AD) is a real-time strategy game developed by Germany-based Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software company. It revolves around building and maintaining a 16th century colony in the New World.
Anno Domini Anno Domini (Latin: "In the year of (Our) Lord" Blackburn & Lolford-Strevens p. 782), abbreviated as AD, defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
Anno Dracula series The Anno Dracula series by Kim Newman--named for Anno Dracula (1992), the series' first novel--is a work of fantasy depicting an alternate history in which the heroes of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula fail to stop Count Dracula's conquest of Great Britain, resulting in a world where vampires are common and increasingly dominant in society.
Anno Mundi Anno Mundi (AM, "in the year of the world") refers to a Calendar era counting from the creation of the world. An example is the Hebrew calendar which considers creation to have taken place in the year 3760 BC.
Annobón Annobón (or Annabon or Anabon; from Ano bom Portuguese for Good Year) is an island south of São Tomé Island (São Tomé and Príncipe), in the Gulf of Guinea, , belonging to Equatorial Guinea. It is 110 miles southwest of St Thomas.
Annobonese language The Annobonese language, called by its speakers Fá d'Ambô, is spoken by 9,000 in the Annobon and Bioko Islands off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, mostly by people of mixed African, Spanish, and Portuguese descent..
Annodex Annodex is a digital media format developed by CSIRO to provide annotation and indexing of continuous media, such as audio and video. It is based on the Ogg container format, with an XML language called CMML (Continuous Media Markup Language) providing additional metadata.
Annona Annona is the type genus of the plant family Annonaceae. This large genus comprises about 100-150 species of mostly Neotropical trees and shrubs with alternate, simple, leathery leaves and most of which have edible fruit.
Annona (goddess) Annona (from Latin annus, year), in Roman mythology, is the personification of the produce of the year. She is represented in works of art, often together with Ceres, with a cornucopia (horn of plenty) in her arm, and a ship's prow in the background, indicating the transport of grain over the sea.
Annona cacans Annona coriacea (Portuguese common name: Araçá-cagão) is a fruit tree native to Atlantic Forest and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. This plant is cited as an endangered species, according to list of flora endangered species of Rio Grande do Sul, a state of Brazil.
Annona coriacea Annona coriacea is a tree native to Brazil, which is native to Cerrado, Caatinga, and Pantanal vegetation in Brazil, and its wood is useful, for makes constructions and toys. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
Annona montana Annona montana (Mountain soursop, Boszuurzak, Corosselier batard, Guanabana de monte, Guanabana de perro, Wild custard apple, Wild soursop) is a edible fruit and medicinal plant in the Annonaceae family native to Central and South America, specially in Brazil and Peru.
Annonaceae The Annonaceae, also called custard apple family or soursop family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs or lianas. With about 2300 to 2500 species in 120 to 130 genera, it is the largest family in the Magnoliales.
Annopol Annopol ( listen) is a small town in south-eastern Poland with 2,679 (2004) inhabitants, in Kraśnik County. It has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999) previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Annotated novel An annotated novel is a book-length dramatic narrative for which marginal comments have been added to explain, interpret, or illuminate words, phrases, themes, or other elements of the text. The annotated novel is a secular parallel to the variety of older annotated Bibles in which scholars provide historical, theological, cultural, or other illuminations of the Biblical text.
Annotations of Auschwitz Annotations of Auschwitz (1964) is the title of a cantata by David Lumsdaine (music) and Peter Porter (libretto). It is also the title of a poem of Porter's published in his 1961 collection Once Bitten Twice Bitten.
Announcement An Announcement (ANN) is a Usenet, Mailing list, or E-mail message sent to notify subscribers that a software project has made a new software release version. Newsgroup announcement recipients often have a name like "comp.
Announcer An announcer is a voice actor who works in television, radio or film, usually providing narrations, news updates, station identification, or an introduction of a product in television commercials or a guest on a talk show.
Annoyance Annoy (like the French ennui, a word traced by etymologists to a Latin phrase, in odio esse, to be "in hatred" or hateful of someone), to vex or affect with irritation. In the sense of "nuisance," the noun "annoyance" is found in the English "Jury of Annoyance" appointed by an act of 1754 to report upon obstructions in the highways.
Annoyance Theatre The Annoyance Theatre, or Annoyance Productions as it is sometimes called, is a theater and associated ensemble based in Chicago that deals mainly in absurd and outrageous humor. Popular productions included Coed Prison Sluts and That Darned Antichrist.
Annual (Morocco) Annual is a settlement in northeastern Morocco about 120 km west of Melilla. There, during the Rif War or War of Melilla, on July 22, 1921, the Spanish army suffered a grave military defeat, known as the "Disaster of Annual".
Annual average daily traffic Annual average daily traffic, abbrevated AADT, is a term used primarily in transportation planning. It is the total volume of vehicle traffic in both directions of a highway or road for a year divided by 365 days.
Annual cycle In geosciences, an annual cycle is the part of a measured quantity's fluctuation that is attributed to Earth's changing position in orbit over the course of the year. Such quantities might be influenced directly (e.
Annual Conference An Annual Conference in the United Methodist Church is a regional body that governs much of the life of the "Connectional Church." Annual conferences are composed primarily of the clergy members and a lay member from each charge (a charge is one or more churches served by a minister under appointment by the bishop).
Annual Dry Season Offensive An Annual Dry Season Offensive is a type of low intensity warfare typically practiced by national governments against ethnic insurgent groups fighting for independence or autonomy. This type of warfare usually occurs in countries with poor transportation infrastructure and a climate that makes fighting battles or even holding territory during parts of the year very difficult.
Annual Efficiency "E" Award for Naval Vessels This is awarded by the Flag Officer-In-Command, PN, to a commissioned vessel, for the operational accomplishment and performance of a unit, such as participation in naval exercise, socio-economic mission, calamity mission, apprehension. As to combat operations, these include combat support, combat patrol, and combat engagement against lawless elements.
Annual fuel utilization efficiency The annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE; pronounced 'A'-'Few') is a thermal efficiency measure of combustion equipment like furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. The AFUE differs from the true 'thermal efficiency' in that it is not a steady-state, peak measure of conversion efficiency, but instead attempts to represent the actual, season-long, average efficiency of that piece of equipment, including the operating transients.
Annual general meeting An Annual General Meeting (commonly abbreviated as AGM, also known as the annual meeting) is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public (including companies with shareholders), are often required by law (or the constitution, charter etc. governing the body) to hold.
Annual International Exhibitions (London 1871-74) Each year from 1871 to 1874 an Annual International Exhibition was held in London, England. These exhibitions followed on from the 1851 Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations and the 1862 International Exhibition in London, and the many international exhibitions which had been held in various countries since 1851.
Annual Islamophobia Awards The Annual Islamophobia Awards are awards given by the Islamic Human Rights Commission each year to politicians and journalists whom the Commission judge to have expressed the most Islamophobic opinions in the course of the past year.

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