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Answering Stone The Cloch Labhrais, also called the Answering Stone and the Speaking Stone, can be found near an old Irish road leading from Waterford to Dungarvin, two miles from the Stradbally parish. The stone is the subject of an Irish legend, much like the Blarney Stone.
Answers in Creation Answers in Creation (AIC) is a non-profit web-based Christian apologetics ministry with a focus on the science portrayed by Young Earth Creationism and its proponents. Answers in Creation holds to a literal interpretation of the first chapters of the Book of Genesis while at the same time fully accepting secular science techniques at dating the age of the universe.
Ant Ants are social insects that belong to the same order as the wasps and bees. They are of particular interest because of their highly organized colonies or nests which sometimes consist of millions of individuals.
Ant & Dec Anthony McPartlin (born 18 November, 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September, 1975), from Newcastle upon Tyne, England are popular presenters of light entertainment television programmes in the United Kingdom, as the duo Ant & Dec.
Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon was a seven-episode special event aired in 2005 on Britain's ITV1, as part of a celebration of ITV's 50th Anniversary. In it, hosts Ant & Dec presided over recreations of seven classic game shows that had been seen on the network.
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is a television programme shown in the UK on Saturday evenings on ITV1 (and repeated on ITV2). The show is in many ways a successor to the Saturday night television show Slap Bang, which aired a year before its successor began.
Ant Botha Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha (born November 17, 1976 in Pretoria) is a South African cricketer. He has played for the cricket teams of Natal B, Natal, South Africa Academy, KwaZulu-Natal B, KwaZulu-Natal, Easterns and Derbyshire.
Ant colony optimization The ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO), introduced by Marco Dorigo [Dor92,DoSt04], is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems which can be reduced to finding good paths through graphs. They are inspired by the behaviour of ants in finding paths from the colony to food.
Ant Farm (group) Ant Farm was a group of architects who produced experimental works on the "fringe of architecture" during the period 1968-1978. They documented their work with video, and were influential early video artists.
Ant mimicry Ants are abundant all over the world, and insect predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because they are unpalatable, or aggressive. Thus some other arthropods mimic ants to escape predation (Batesian mimicry).
Ant Yapi Ant Yapi is a Turkish construction company who specializes in building residential and commercial towers. Projects are most often located in Istanbul and other Turkish cities but in recent years, the company has started an internationalization phase that has been successful especially in Russia with many developments currently underway in Moscow, including involvement in the Federation Tower complex.
Ant-fungus mutualism Ant-fungus mutualism is a symbiosis seen in certain ant and fungal species, where ants actively cultivate fungus much like humans farm crops as a food source. Interestingly, in some species the ants and fungi are dependent on each other for survival.
Ant-like leaf beetle The ant-like leaf beetles are a family Aderidae of beetles that bear some resemblance to ants. The family consists of about 1,000 species in about 50 genera, of which most are tropical, although overall distribution is worldwide.
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) Scott Lang is a fictional character featured in the American comic books published by Marvel. The second superhero character to use the name "Ant-Man" in the Marvel universe, following the original, Dr.
Anta An anta (pl. antæ) (Latin, possibly from ante, 'before' or 'in front of', as in modern Spanish) is an archaic architectural term describing the posts or pillars on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple - the slightly projecting pilaster strips which terminate the winged walls of the naos.
Antaeus Antaeus in Greek and Berber mythology was a giant of Libya, the son of Poseidon and Gaia, and his wife was Tinjis. He was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground (his mother earth), but once lifted into the air he became as weak as water.
Antagarich Antagarich is the continent containing the lands in which the stories of Heroes of Might and Magic III take place. It contains the nations of Erathia, Deyja, Eeofol, AvLee, Bracada, Krewlod, and Nighon; along with other lands.
Antagonism (chemistry) In chemistry, antagonism is a phenomenon where two or more agents in combination have an overall effect which is less than the sum of their individual effects. The word is most commonly used in this fashion in biochemistry and toxicology.
Antagonist An antagonist is a fictional character or group of characters, or, sometimes an institution of a story who represents the opposition against which the hero(es) or protagonist(s) must contend. In the classic style of story wherein the action consists of a hero fighting a villain, the two can be regarded as protagonist and antagonist, respectively.
Antagonist Perpetrated Aggression Antagonist Perpetrated Aggression (APA) is a close-quarters combat system developed by Chris Mar in the 1970s. It is used exclusively for tactical combat teams including the Republic of China SWAT teams, People's Republic of China Special Police Units and PLA Armed Military Police Anti-terrorist Instructors Squadron, for combined operations terror interdiction, Security, Tactical Riot, Rescue and Extraction.
Antagonistic contradiction Antagonistic contradiction (Chinese language: 矛盾; Pinyin: Máo dùn) is the impossibility of compromise between different social classes. The term is most often applied in Maoist theory, which holds that differences between the two primary classes, the working class/proletariat and the bourgeoisie are so great that there is no way to bring about a reconciliation of their views.
Antai-ji Antai-ji (安泰寺) is a Buddhist temple that belongs to the Soto Zen school. It is located in northern Hyogo prefecture, Japan, where it sits on about 50 hectares of land in the mountains, close to a national park on the sea of Japan.
Antakya Antakya (Antiokheia, Antakiya, ), located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River (in Turkish: Asi Nehri) about 20 miles from the sea, is the seat of Hatay Province, Turkey. It has a population of 144,910 (2000 census).
Antalya Antalya (formerly known as Adalia; from Greek: Αττάλεια Attália) is the capital city of the Antalya Province, located on the Gulf of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The population of the city is 603,190 (2000 census) but reaches up to 2 million in summers at the height of the tourist season.
Antanaclasis In rhetoric, antanaclasis is the stylistic trope of repeating a single word, but with a different meaning each time. Antanaclasis a common type of pun, and like other kinds of pun, it is often found in slogans.
Antanagoge An antanagoge (Greek άντναγωγή, a leading or bringing up), is a figure in rhetoric, in which, not being able to answer the accusation of an adversary, a person return the charge, by charging his adversary with the same crimes.
Antananarivo Antanànarìvo (pronounced IPA [æntəˌnænəˈɹiːvoʊ] or [ɑːntəˌnɑːnəˈɹiːvoʊ]), population 1,403,449 (2001 census), is the capital of Madagascar. It is located in Antananarivo Province, and is also known by its French name Tananarive or by its colloquial short-hand form Tana.
Antanas Mockus Antanas Mockus Šivickas (Bogotá, March 25, 1952), is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. The only son of Lithuanian immigrants, he left his post as principal of the National University of Colombia in Bogotá in 1993, and later that year ran a successful campaign for mayor.
Antanas Smetona Antanas Smetona (, August 10, 1874 - January 9, 1944) was one of the most important Lithuanian political figures during the period between World War I, and World War II. He was the first President of Lithuania from April 4, 1919, to June 19, 1920.
Antanas Strazdas Antanas Strazdas (born on March 9, 1760 in Margėnai – died on April 23, 1833 in Kamajai, signed in Polish as Antoni Drozdowski, often called Strazdelis by the locals) was a Lithuanian priest and poet. Because of his humble origins and lifestyle, he became somewhat of a folklore hero.
Antanas Tumėnas Antanas Tumėnas (May 13, 1880 Kurkliečiai, near Rokiškis - February 8, 1946 Bachmaning, Austria) was a Lithuanian politician, teacher, professor of law, judge, Prime Minister of Lithuania in the 10th cabinet, Chairman of VLIK. Participated in Lithuanian Christian Democrats Party.
Antandrus Antandrus was a Greek colony on the north side of the Adramyttian gulf in the the Troad region of Anatolia, near the modern villiage of Avcilar in Turkey. It was founded in the 5th century BC by Aeolians from Mytilene.
Antanum Antanum or Antanom (died 1904) was a famous Murut warrior in North Borneo (now Sabah), Malaysia during the British North Borneo Company era in that state. He was killed during fighting with the company's army in Sungai Selangit near Pensiangan.
Antar Zouabri Antar Zouabri was the leader of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), an islamist guerilla army in Algeria, between 1996 and 2002. Zouabri was killed in a gun battle with security forces in his hometown of Boufarik in February, 2002.
Antarafacial - suprafacial Antarafacial and suprafacial are two topological concepts in organic chemistry describing the relationship between two simultaneous chemical bond making and/or bond breaking processes in or around a reaction center IUPAC Gold Book definition Link. The reaction center can be a p-orbital, a conjugated system or even a sigma bond.
Antaragni Antaragni is the cultural festival of IIT Kanpur, held annually in October/November, and is one of the biggest college fests in India. The festival spans four days, and attracts participation from all the major colleges of India.
Antarah ibn Shaddad 'Antara Ibn Shaddād al-'Absi عنترة بن شداد العبسي, born in Laiwa (now Liwa in the Rub' al Khali desert in United Arab Emirates) was a pre-Islamic Arab hero and poet (fl. 580 CE), who was famous both for his poetry and his adventurous life.
Antaran The Antarans are an incredibly advanced fictional race from the game Master of Orion. They appeared during the second installment of the game where they were a race from another dimension that would constantly raid races in the galaxy without the fear of retailiation.
Antarctic and Southern Ocean coalition (ASOC) The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) a global coalition of environmental non governmental organizations (NGOs)with more than 150 members in 40 countries worldwide. ASOC has worked since 1978 to ensure that the Antarctic Continent, its surrounding islands and the great Southern Ocean survive as the world´s last unspoiled wilderness, a global commons for the heritage of future generations.
Antarctic Adventure Antarctic Adventure, known in Japan as Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibōken (けっきょく南極大冒険) is an arcade game developed by Konami in 1983 and later for video game consoles, such as NES. The player takes the role of an Antarctic penguin, racing to disparate research stations owned by different countries in Antarctica.
Antarctic butterfish The Antarctic butterfish or deepsea trevally, Hyperoglyphe antarctica, is a medusafish of the family Centrolophidae found in all the southern oceans, at depths of between 40 and 1,500 m. Its length is up to about 140 cm, with a maximum published weight of 60 kg.
Antarctic cod The Antarctic Cod Dissostichus mawsoni, of the fish family Nototheniidae, is famous for producing antifreeze glycoprotein that allows it to survive in the ice-laden waters of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. Also called the Antarctic toothfish, with a heartbeat once every six seconds, research involving Antarctic cod may lead to advances in cardiac medicine involving conditions where human hearts beat slowly during certain medical procedures or fail to beat fast enough due to hypothermia.
Antarctic continental shelf The Antarctic continental shelf is a geological feature that underlies the Southern Ocean, surrounding the continent of Antarctica. The shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep, its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 meters (the global mean is 133 meters).
Antarctic Circumpolar Wave The Antarctic Circumpolar Wave is a coupled ocean/atmosphere wave that circles the Southern Ocean in approximately eight years. Since it is a wave-2 phenomenon (there are two peaks and two troughs in a latitude circle) at each fixed point in space a signal with a period of four years is seen.
Antarctic Climate and the Earth System Antarctic Climate and the Earth System (ACES) is a science programme of the British Antarctic Survey being undertaken over the period 2005-2010. It is focused on the connections between Antarctic climate and that of lower latitudes.
Antarctic Conquest Antarctic Conquest: the Story of the Ronne Expedition of 1946-1948 is a 1949 science book by Norwegian-American Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne and science fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp, published in hardcover by G.
Antarctic Conservation Act The Antarctic Conservation Act, enacted in 1978, is a United States federal law that addresses the issue of environmental conservation on the continent of Antarctica. The Departments of the Treasury, Interior and Commerce are responsible for the Act's enforcement.
Antarctic Convergence The Antarctic Convergence, also known as the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone, is a line encircling Antarctica where the cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters sink beneath the relatively warmer waters of the sub-Antarctic. The line is actually a zone approximately 20 to 30 miles wide, varying somewhat in latitude in different longitudes, extending across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans between the 48th and 61st parallels of south latitude.
Antarctic flora The Antarctic flora is a distinct community of vascular plants which evolved millions of years ago on the supercontinent of Gondwana, and is now found on several separate areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including southern South America, southernmost Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania, and New Caledonia. Based on the similarities in their flora, botanist Ronald Good identified a separate Antarctic Floristic Kingdom (see Floristic province), that included southern South America, New Zealand, and some southern island groups.
Antarctic Ice Marathon The Antarctic Ice Marathon was established by Richard Donovan to enable marathon runners to compete on all seven continents. Other 'Antarctic' marathon races are actually held outside the Antarctic Circle taking place on courses predominantly comprising mud and trails, and in moderate temperatures.
Antarctic Institute of Canada The Antarctic Institute of Canada, founded in 1985 in Alberta, Canada by Austin Mardon, is devoted to the furthering of research and support of Antarctic studies in Canada. It has lobbied the federal government for over two decades for Canada to engage in active research in Antarctica and it hopes to be the catlyst for one day for Canada to have an Antarctic station and active "on ice" research program.
Antarctic Journal Antarctic Journal (2005) is the feature film debut by South Korean director Yim Pil-sung. The movie mixes elements of psychological thriller and classical horror films while showing the hardships met by a modern antarctic expedition trying to reach the pole of inaccessibility.
Antarctic krill Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba ) is a species of krill found in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. Antarctic krill are shrimp-like invertebrates that live in large schools, called swarms, sometimes reaching densities of 10,000–30,000 individual animals per cubic meter.
Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) is a neutrino telescope located beneath the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. It consists of optical modules, each containing one photomultipler tube, sunk in Antarctic ice cap at a depth of about 1500 to 1900 meters.
Antarctic oscillation The Antarctic oscillation (AAO, to distinguish it from the Arctic oscillation or AO) is a mode of atmospheric variability of the southern hemisphere. It is also known as the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) or Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode (SHAM).
Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula () is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica, and almost the only part of that continent that extends outside the Antarctic Circle. It lies in the Western Hemisphere, facing South America.
Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in Antarctica, which are formally given by the President of the Republic according to the Bulgarian Constitution and the established international practice.
Antarctic Plate The Antarctic Plate is a tectonic plate covering the continent of Antarctica and extending outward under the surrounding oceans. The Antarctic Plate has a boundary with the Nazca Plate, the South American Plate, the African Plate, the Indo-Australian Plate, the Scotia Plate and a divergent boundary with the Pacific Plate forming the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge.
Antarctic snow cruiser The Antarctic snow cruiser was a vehicle designed from 1937 to 1939 under the direction of Thomas Poulter, intended to facilitate transport in the Antarctic. On April 29, 1939, Poulter and the research foundation showed officials in Washington, D.
Antarctic territorial claims Currently there are seven claimant nations who maintain a territorial claim on eight territories in Antarctica. These countries have tended to site their scientific observation and study facilities in Antarctica within their claimed territory.
Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory The Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory (ATOLL) was a floating oceanographic laboratory for in situ observation experiments and for field testing new instruments and equipment for polar expeditions. The ATOLL hull was the largest fiberglass structure ever built at that time.
Antarctic Treaty Secretariat The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat is an organization created on September 2004 by the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) for the management of several ATCM tasks such as the support of the annual meeting of signatories countries of the Antarctic Treaty, and the publication of the ATCM annual report.
Antarctic Treaty System The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only uninhabited continent. For the purposes of the treaty system, Antarctica is defined as all land and ice shelves south of the southern 60th parallel.
Antarctica Antarctica is the southernmost continent and includes the South Pole. Geographic sources disagree as to whether it is surrounded by the Southern Ocean or the South Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean.
Antarctica Service Medal The Antarctica Service Medal was established by the United States Congress in 1960. The decoration was intended as a military award to replace several commemorative decorations which had been issued for previous Antarctica expeditions from 1928 to 1941.
Antarctican dollar Antarctican dollars are collector's items produced by the Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office in the appearance of a national money for the continent of Antarctica. Although the bills are not legal tender in Antarctica or in any other continent or nation, the issuing company will "honor them for their face value throughout their validity period.
Antarctosaurus Antarctosaurus (ant-ARK-to-SAWR-us; meaning "southern lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. It was a huge quadrupedal herbivore with a long neck and tail.
Antartiko Antartiko, (), formerly Zhelevo, is the a village in the Prespes Municipality in Macedonia (Greece). Nestled in the mountains to the West of Florina the village has suffered a long decline in population and influence.
Antawn Jamison Antawn Cortez Jamison (born June 12 1976, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He currently plays power forward for the Washington Wizards and the USA National Team.
Antón de Marirreguera Antón González Reguera, better known as Antón de Marirreguera was the author of the first preserved literarian work written in Asturian language, the «Pleitu ente Uviéu y Mérida pola posesión de les cenices de Santa Olaya» (Dispute between Oviedo and Mérida because of Saint Eulalia's Ashes), of 1639, that takes the first prize in a poetical contest dedicated to Saint Eulalie. He writes another works as «Diálogu políticu» (Politician Dialogue), the fables «Dido y Eneas» (Dido and Aeneas) and «Hero y Lleandro» (Hero and Leander) and the entremeses «L'ensalmador» (The Healer), «L'alcalde» (The Mayor) and «Los alcaldes» (The Mayors).
Antón Vilar Ponte Antón Vilar Ponte (Born in Viveiro in 1881 and death at A Coruña in 1936), was one of the most important galicianists before the Civil war. As a journalist he worked in A Nosa Terra, Nós, La Voz de Galicia, El Pueblo Gallego, El Noroste.
António André António Santos Ferreira André (born 24 December 1957 in Vila do Conde, Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer who became famous for playing for FC Porto for many years, winning not only domestic titles but also a European Champions Cup and other international competitions. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever.
António Augusto de Rocha Peixoto António Augusto de Rocha Peixoto (Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, May 18, 1866 - Matosinhos, Portugal, May 2 1909) was a notable naturalist, etnologist and archaeologist known throughout the country. In 1891, he became the secretariat the "Revista de Portugal" (Portugal Magazine) established by his friend Eça de Queiroz and organized the Cabinet of Mineralogy, Geology and Palaeontology of the Polytechnic Academy of Porto (currently University of Porto).
António Calvário António Calvário da Paz (Moçambique, 17 October 1938 - ) was a famous Portuguese schlager artist from the late 1950s. He represented Portugal in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, in Denmark, with the song "Oração".
AntĂłnio Costa AntĂłnio Costa, GCIH (born 17 July 1961 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists. On 20 July 2004 he was elected as one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament.
António da Silva Porto Antonío Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto (24 August, 1817 - 1890) was a Portuguese slave trader and explorer in Angola. He married a prominent woman from the Bié kingdom of the Ovimbundu people who were prolific traders.
António de Oliveira Salazar António de Oliveira Salazar (April 28, 1889 — July 27, 1970) was the President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal (Prime Minister) and the de facto dictator of the Portuguese Republic from 1932 to 1968. He was the founder and leader of the Estado Novo (literally, New State), the authoritarian right-wing regime that presided over and controlled Portugal's social, economic, cultural and political life from 1933 to 1974.
António de Sommer Champalimaud António de Sommer Champalimaud (19 March 1918–8 May 2004) was a Portuguese banker and industrialist that in 2004 was the wealthiest man in Portugal. He earned his fortune with insurance, banking and cement industries only to have his companies nationalized after the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
AntĂłnio Diniz da Cruz e Silva AntĂłnio Diniz da Cruz e Silva (1731 - October 5, 1799), Portuguese heroic-comic poet, was the son of a Lisbon carpenter who emigrated to Brazil shortly before the poet's birth, leaving his wife to support and educate her young family by the earnings of her needle.
António Ferreira António Ferreira (1528 - 1569) was a Portuguese poet and the foremost representative of the classical school, founded by Francisco de Sá de Miranda. His most considerable work, Castro, is the first tragedy in Portuguese, and the second in modern European literature.
António Frasco António Manuel Frasco Vieira (born 16 January 1955 in Leça da Palmeira, Portugal) was a Portuguese football player that became famous for playing for FC Porto. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever.
AntĂłnio GedeĂŁo AntĂłnio GedeĂŁo (b. RĂłmulo Vasco da Gama de Carvalho, GCSE, GOIP; November 24, 1906 - February 19, 1997) was a Portuguese poet, essayist, writer and playwright, who also published several works related to science.
António Chainho António Chainho (born Santiago do Cacém, 1938) is a Portuguese fado guitarist. He has worked with many of the great names in fado music, like Hermínia Silva, Carlos do Carmo and José Afonso, and world music, like Paco de Lucía.
AntĂłnio Pinto AntĂłnio Pinto (born March 22, 1966 in Vila Garcia-Amarante) is a Portuguese long-distance runner who won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000. He also won the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary.
AntĂłnio SebastiĂŁo Valente Dom AntĂłnio SebastiĂŁo Valente (January 20 1846 - January 25 1908), Portuguese clergy, archbishop of Goa and Primate of India (since 1881), bishop of Daman (1886), and first Patriarch of the East Indies, when Goese archdiocese was erected in a honorific Patriarchate in 1886; he also served, several times, as head of the government of Portuguese State of India (1886, 1889, 1892, 1894, 1897 and 1905).
António Severim de Noronha António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha (1792- 26 April 1860), First Duke of Terceira, Seventh Count and First Marquess of Vila-Flor, was a Portuguese soldier and statesman and a leader of the Constitutionalist side in the Liberal Wars, as well as a Prime Minister of Portugal.
António Variações António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro, (December 3, 1944 – June 13 1984) was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career, due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, he would, under the stage name of António Variações, become an extremely popular artist, crossing genres and social classes.
AntĂłnio Veloso AntĂłnio Augusto Silva Veloso (born SĂŁo JoĂŁo da Madeira, 31 January 1957) was a Portuguese footballer. A right defender, he spent almost all his career in SL Benfica, were he played from 1980/81 to 1994/95, before finishing it.
António, Prior of Crato Anthony I, King of Portugal (Portuguese: António, pron. IPA []) (Lisbon, 1531 – Paris, August 26, 1595), known by The Prior of Crato (and, rarely, as The Determined, The Fighter or The Independentist), was a grandson of Manuel I, claimant of the Portuguese throne during the 1580 crisis (struggle for the throne of Portugal) and, according to some historians, King of Portugal and Algarves (during a short time in 1580, in the continent, and since then until 1583, in the Azores Islands).
Anténor Firmin Joseph-Anténor Firmin (1850 - 1911), better known as simply Anténor Firmin, was a Haitian anthropologist, journalist, and politician. Firmin is best known for his book De l'Égalité des Races Humaines (), which was published as a rebuttal to French writer Count Arthur de Gobineau's work Essai sur l'inegalite des Races Humaines ().
Antônio Carlos Santos Antônio Carlos Santos (born June 8, 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian footballer who played the bulk of his career for Club América in Mexico City. He is currently a commentator for the Mexican television network TV Azteca, working broadcasts of Mexican league games and co-hosting the channel's flagship sports program, Los Protagonistas (The Protagonists).
AntĂ´nio ErmĂ­rio de Moraes AntĂ´nio ErmĂ­rio de Moraes (born June 4, 1928, in SĂŁo Paulo) is a Brazilian businessman who is the chairman of the Grupo Votorantim; one of the country's largest companies, specialised in metals, paper, cement and electricity.
Antônio Parreiras Antônio Parreiras (1860–1937) was a Brazilian painter. Although much of his work was made up of historical and nude paintings, Parreiras expressed himself best in his landscapes, which combined European influences with those of his native Brazil.
Antbird The antbirds are a large family of smallish passerine bird species of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are closely related to the antthrushes and antpittas in the family Formicariidae, the tapaculos, and especially the gnatcatchers (Rice, 2005).
AntConc AntConc is a freeware concordance program for Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Linux systems developed by Laurence Anthony of Waseda University, Japan. AntConc can generate KWIC concordance lines and concordance distribution plots.
Ante Gotovina Ante Gotovina (born October 12, 1955, Island of Pašman, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a former lieutenant general (general pukovnik) of the Croatian Army who served in the 1991-1995 war in Croatia. He was indicted in 2001 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Ante Kovacevic Ante Kovacevic (born June 13, 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player with Croatian origins. He currently plays as a centre full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory.
Ante Pavelić Ante Pavelić (July 14, 1889 - December 28, 1959) was the leader and founding member of the Croatian national socialist/fascist Ustaše movement in the 1930s and later the leader of the Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Ante-fixae Ante-fixae (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before), the vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Greek temple; as spaced they take the place of the cymatium and form a cresting along the sides of the temple. The face of the ante-fixae was richly carved with the anthemion ornament.
Ante-chapel Ante-chapel is the term given to that portion of a chapel which lies on the western side of the choir screen. In some of the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge the ante-chapel is carried north and south across the west end of the chapel, constituting a western transept or narthex.

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