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Armchair nanotube Armchair nanotube is one of the classifications of carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes at the fundamental level are a single sheet of graphite (sp^2 hybridization) that is rolled upon itself and connected at the edge.
Armchair psychology Armchair psychology is a perjorative term that labels the practice of amateur psychological observations and assessments by lay people, who may have read some popular psychology self-help books and believe they can diagnose serious mental illness, or have elaborate theories of the motivations and thought processes of others. The term armchair may come from the analogy of the armchair quarterback.
Armchair revolutionary Armchair revolutionary is a pejorative term, generally used within the Radical Left and other left-revolutionary movements, to describe a person who endlessly criticizes the thoughts, ideology or practice of social movements or armed groups from a metaphorical armchair — i.e.
Armchair treasure hunt An armchair treasure hunt is any activity that requires solving puzzles or riddles in some easily portable and widely reproduced format (usually an illustrated children's book), and then using clues hidden either in the story or the graphics of the book to find a real treasure somewhere in the physical world. The first of these was Masquerade by Kit Williams.
Armchair Theatre Armchair Theatre was a British television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 until 1968 in its original form, and was intermittently resurrected at various points during the 1970s. It was produced initially by ABC Television, and in the 1970s by ABC's successor company Thames Television, which had been created when ABC merged with Associated-Rediffusion in 1968.
Armi Kuusela Armi Kuusela (born Armi Helena Kuusela Kovo on August 20, 1934 in Muhos) was a Finnish beauty queen. On May 24 1952 she won the national beauty contest Suomen Neito and was presented with a trip to the United States to participate in the first-ever Miss Universe contest.
Armia Krajowa Armia Krajowa (the Home Army), abbreviated "AK," was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II German-occupied Poland. It was formed in February 1942 from ZwiÄ…zek Walki Zbrojnej (Union for Armed Struggle) and over the next two years incorporated most other Polish underground forces.
Armia Krajowa Cross Armia Krajowa Cross (or Cross of the Home Army, ) is a Polish military decoration introduced by general Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski on 1 August 1966 to commemorate efforts of the soldiers of Polish Secret State through 1939 to 1945. The decoration was awarded to soldiers of Armia Krajowa and its preceeding organizations (Służba Zwycięstwu Polski, Związek Walki Zbrojnej).
Armia Ludowa Armia Ludowa (AL, pronounced ; English People's Army) was a partisan force set ut by the Polish Workers' Party during World War II, which fought against the German occupation of the country.Resistance movement ===
Armiño Negro Armiño negro (English language:Black Ermine) is a 1953 Argentine romantic film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and written by Rafael Maluenda and Pedro Juan Vignalle. The film premiered on 1953 in Buenos Aires.
Armida Armida is a beautiful enchantress in Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, who bewitched Rinaldo, one of the Crusaders, by her charms, as Circe did Ulysses, and who in turn, when the spell was broken, overpowered her by his love and persuaded her to become a Christian. The "Almida Palace" in which she enchanted Rinaldo has become a synonym for any merely visionary but enchanting palace of pleasure.
Armidale class patrol boat The Armidale class patrol boat is a new class of patrol boats under construction for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and intended to replace the RAN's Fremantle class patrol boats. Designed and built by Austal Ships, the leadship HMAS Armidale was commissioned into the RAN in June 2005.
Armide Armide is the French and English form of the name Armida, a witch in Torquato Tasso's epic poem "Jerusalem Delivered" (1580). The sequence of the poem recounting her love affair with the Christian knight Renaud (Rinaldo) inspired many operas, including:
Armide (Gluck) Armide is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his fourth for the Parisian stage and the composer's own favourite among his works. It was first performed in Paris at the Académie Royale on September 23, 1777.
Armies of Death Armies Of Death (ISBN 1-84046-436-4) is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Ian Livingstone, illustrated by Nik Williams and originally published in 1988. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series.
Armies of Ibadan Armies of Ibadan In the olden days war campaigns were sent out every two years by the ALAFIN of Oyo to other countries in Yorubaland. Every man capable of fighting and carrying arms was obligated to serve in war, yet the law did not make it compulsory or enforce it; there never had been a standing army nor any trained soldiers anywhere in the country with the exceptions of Ibadan.
Armies of the Crusaders The army of the Crusades describes the armies of the Crusaders from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries. Though the Crusades into the Holy Land were thought of as a pilgrimages more than conquests, the quality of the army was very important, as for the most part, the crusaders captured land and evicted their enemies at sword point.
Armies of the Night Armies of the Night (1968) is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning nonfiction novel written by Norman Mailer and sub-titled History as a Novel/The Novel as History. Mailer essentially creates his own genre for the narrative, split into historicized and novelized accounts of the October 1967 March on the Pentagon.
Armigerous clan An armigerous clan or Family, is a Scottish clan the chief of which has matriculated arms with the Lyon Office. Some believe that those clans which do not currently have a chief recognised by the Lord Lyon, King of Arms (a law officer under Scots law) but do have a member who has matriculated arms can be considered armigerous.
Armilus Armilus is an anti-Messiah figure in late-period Jewish eschatology, comparable to the Christian Antichrist, who will conquer Jerusalem and persecute the Jews until his final defeat at the hands of God or the true Messiah. His inevitable destruction symbolizes the ultimate victory of good over evil in the Messianic age.
Armiński (crater) Armiński is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, to the northeast of the large Gagarin walled-basin. To the northwest of Armiński is the Beijerinck crater, and to the southeast lies Cyrano crater.
Armin Hansen Armin Hansen (1886-1957), native of San Francisco, is prominent American Painter of the En plein air school, best known for his marine canvases. His father Hermann Hansen was also a famous artist of the American West.
Armin Kogler Armin Kogler (born September 4, 1959 in Innsbruck) was a former Austrian ski jumper. After his surprise win at the 1979 Ski-flying World Championships, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters.
Armin Meiwes Armin Meiwes (born December 1, 1961) is a German cannibal who achieved international noteriety as the "Rotenburg Cannibal" or "Metzgermeister" (The Master Butcher) after arranging to meet, kill, and eat a man he met over the Internet.
Armin T. Wegner Armin T. Wegner (October 16 1886 – May 17 1978) was a soldier in World War I, a writer and a co-creator of German Expressionism, a political activist for Armenian and Jewish human rights, and a victim of Nazi persecution.
Armin von Gerkan Armin von Gerkan (November 30, 1885 in Subate, Latvia — December 22, 1969 in Garstedt (Norderstedt near Hamburg) was a German-Russian classical archaeologist and member of a baltic aristocracy family. He was an expert for archaeological building research and joint founder of Robert Johann Koldewey Society (Koldewey-Gesellschaft e.
Armin Zöggeler Armin Zöggeler (born 4 January 1974, Merano) is an Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed Il Cannibale ("The Cannibal"), for his notable series of victories, or The Iceblood Champion, for his always cold, rational approach to the races.
Arminas Narbekovas Arminas Narbekovas (born November 28, 1965 in GargĹľdai) is a former Lithuanian football player. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Lithuanian Football Federation as the country's Golden Player - the greatest player of the last 50 years.
Arminco Arminco (in full, ARMenian INternet COmpany) is the first major commercial internet service provider (ISP) in Armenia established in 1992. Arminco provides wide range of internet services including internet connectivity, web design, web hosting service, DSL, and Wi-Fi connectivity throughout Yerevan and regions - "marzes".
Arming doublet An Arming doublet (also called aketon) is a special padded jacket worn under armor, particularly plate armor of fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe. An arming doublet contains arming points for attaching plates and fifteenth century examples may include goussets sewn into the elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate.
Arming plug An arming plug is a small plug that is fitted into flight hardware to enable functions that, for instrument or personnel safety, should not be activated before flight. In the case of a missile or bomb, the (lack of the) arming plug prevents explosion before flight; in the case of a spacecraft or scientific sounding rocket, it might prevent premature firing of a hydrazine thruster system (hydrazine is extremely toxic) or block cryogenic or photographic film systems from operating before launch.
Arming sword The arming sword (also sometimes called a knight's or knightly sword) is the single handed cruciform sword of the High Middle Ages, in common use between ca. 1000 and 1350, possibly remaining in rare use into 16th century.
Arming yeast Arming yeast cells are budding yeast cells covered with proteins, the gene sequences for which have been determined. Proteins are displayed on the surface of budding yeast cells genetically as fusion proteins with the C-terminal half of α-agglutinin.
Arminius Arminius (also Hermann, Armin, 16 BC - 21 AD) was a chieftain of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Although later unsuccessful in creating a united German front against the Empire, and was later defeated by Iulius Caesarius Claudianus Germanicus in subsequent Roman punitive operations (Tacitus, Annals 2.
Armistead Burwell Smith IV Armistead Burwell Smith IV also known as Zach Smith was born in San Diego, California, USA and is the bass player for Three Mile Pilot and Pinback. Smith's distinctive playing style and complex fretwork technique defines the overall sound of both bands.
Armistice Day Armistice Day is the anniversary of the official end of World War I, November 11, 1918. It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning — the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Armistice of Copenhagen The Armistice of Copenhagen of 1537 ended the Danish war known as the Count's Feud. No formal peace was signed but the Swedish debt to LĂĽbeck was considered settled and the trade monopoly of LĂĽbeck in Sweden came to an end.
Armistice of Mudros The Armistice of Mudros (30 October 1918), which ended the hostilities on Middle Eastern theatre of World War I between Ottoman Empire and Allies, was signed by represented by the Minister of Marine Affairs Rauf Bey) and the British Admiral Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe), on the aboard HMS Agamemnon in Moudros port on the island of Lemnos.
Armistice with France (Second Compiègne) The Second Armistice at Compiègne, France was signed on June 22, 18:50, 1940, between Nazi Germany and France. Following the decisive German victory in the Battle of France (10 May - 21 June 1940), it established a German occupation zone in Northern France that encompassed all English Channel and Atlantic Ocean ports and left the remainder "free" to be governed by the French.
Armistice with Germany (Compiègne) The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on November 11, 1918, and marked the end of the First World War on the Western Front. Principal signatories were Marshal Ferdinand Foch, the Allied Commander-in-chief, and Matthias Erzberger, Germany's representative.
Armistice with Italy The Armistice with Italy is an armistice that occurred on September 8, 1943, during World War II. It was signed by Italy and the Allied armed forces, who were occupying the southern half of the country at the time.
Armitage Armitage is a village in Staffordshire, England on the south side of the Trent and Mersey Canal between Lichfield and Rugeley. Together with the adjacent village of Handsacre, it forms the parish of Armitage with Handsacre.
Armitage with Handsacre Armitage with Handsacre is a village and civil parish in the Lichfield district of England. The parish has a population of 5,181 according to the 2001 census, and includes the villages of Armitage and Handsacre.
Armitage-Doll Multistage Model of Carcinogenesis The Armitage-Doll model is a statistical model of carcinogenesis, proposed in 1954 by Peter Armitage and Richard Doll, which suggested that a sequence of multiple distinct genetic events preceded the onset of cancer.
Armless flounder The armless flounder, Neoachiropsetta milfordi, is a southern flounder, the only species in the genus Neoachiropsetta. It is found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters, in depths of between 100 and 1,000 m, and grows to between 30 and 60 cm in length.
Armless Master The Armless Master is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He was a martial arts master who first appeared in the Knightfall story arc, in which he was killed by Lady Shiva, who framed Batman for the deed thus arranging for Batman to be retrained through combat with the master's students.
Armless wonder An Armless Wonder was a person without arms who was exhibited, usually at a circus sideshow. Typically (but not exclusively) a woman, she would perform various tricks using her feet and toes, such as smoking a cigarette or writing.
Armley Armley is an area of west Leeds, starting less than a mile from Leeds city centre. It is between the M621 motorway and Kirkstall Road, stretching from roughly the New Wortley roundabout (aka Armley Gyratory) to around the start of the Stanningley By-pass/Cockshott Lane where it merges into Bramley.
Armlock An armlock is a single or double joint lock which hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint and/or shoulder joint. An armlock which hyperflexes or hyperrotates the shoulder joint is referred to as a shoulder lock, and an armlock which hyperextends the elbow joint is called an armbar.
Armoire desk An armoire desk is a writing-table built within a large cabinet usually having the height of a tall man or a small woman, or anything in between. The cabinet is closed by two to four full-height doors, to keep out dust or to give a tidy appearance to a room by hiding the cluttered working surface of the desk.
Armona Union Academy Armona Union Academy (AUA) is a K-12 school in central California owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. Established in 1904, AUA is the only Seventh-day Adventist high school in Kings County, California.
Armond White Armond White (born in Detroit, Michigan) is one of America's leading film critics and has been the chairman of the "New York Film Critics Circle" since the mid-1990s. Known as one of the many "Paulettes" (acolytes of Pauline Kael), White made his reputation as a critic who shares many of Kael's enthusiasms, though he has established his own individual critical voice.
Armor & Sturtevant Armor and Sturtevant are a husband and wife musical duo that have been composing and performing professionally since 1993. They interpret folk music from East Africa, Appalachia, and the British Isles and write songs inspired and influenced by various folk traditions, classical music, bluegrass, rock and roll, and jazz.
Armor for Sleep Armor for Sleep is an emo band from Maplewood and Teaneck, New Jersey. Lead singer Ben Jorgensen(Cameron Holmes) recorded the first ever Armor for Sleep songs in exchange for $100 at a nearby recording studio, playing all the instruments by himself, after leaving the band Random Task, in which he played drums.
Armor Hunter Mellowlink (Official English Title "LEECHERS ARMY MEROWLINK") was a twelve episode anime OVA spinoff of Armored Trooper Votoms. It takes place in the same universe(and time, in some episodes, almost the same places) as Votoms, but the two stories are entirely independent of each other.
Armor piercing round Armor-piercing ammunition is used to penetrate hardened armored targets such as body armor, vehicle armor, concrete, tanks and other defenses, depending on the caliber of the firearms. Armor-piercing ammunition consists of a hardened steel, tungsten-carbide, or depleted-uranium penetrator enclosed within a softer material, such as copper or aluminum.
ArmorAll ArmorAll is a line of car care products manufactured by The Armor All/STP Products Company, a subsidiary of Clorox. The comprehensive range - which includes products to clean, shine and protect virtually every surface of a car, inside and out, includes: Protectant, Tire Foam, Extreme Tire Shine, Wheel Cleaner, Waxes and a line of innovative Armor All Wipes and Gels products, which provide a no-fuss, no-mess method of cleaning a range of wide range of surfaces.
Armored bulldozer An armored bulldozer is a bulldozer which features armour; they are a standard tool for combat engineering. These combat engineering vehicles combine the earth moving capabilities of the bulldozer with armor which gives the vehicle and its operator protection when operating in or around a combat situation.
Armored car An armored car (American English) or armoured car (British English) is one of several types of wheeled armored vehicles: a military wheeled armored vehicle, a civilian bullet-proof passenger car, or a special-purpose armored cargo vehicle for transporting valuable contents.
Armored cavalry regiment An armored cavalry regiment (ACR) is a regiment of the United States Army or United States National Guard organized for the specific purposes of reconnaissance, surveillance, and security. The regiment is equipped with armoured fighting vehicles; hence the terms armored and cavalry.
Armored cruiser Armored cruisers or armoured cruisers (see spelling differences) were large cruisers, so-named because, unlike regular (or unarmored) cruisers or the protected cruisers, they were protected by an armored belt protecting their sides as well as an armored deck protecting the machinery spaces. The coal fuel bunkers were arranged to provide further protection to the armouring.
Armored Core Armored Core is a mecha-based video game series for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mobile Phone platforms. An OVA entitled Armored Core: Fort Tower Song is also in production scheduled for release in 2007.
Armored spearhead An armored spearhead is a formation of armored fighting vehicles, mostly tanks, that form the front of an offensive thrust during a battle. The idea is to concentrate as much firepower into a small front as possible, so any defenders in front of them will be overwhelmed.
Armored Warriors Armored Warriors (Powered Gear - Strategic Variant Armor Equipment in Japan) is an arcade game released by Capcom in 1994. It uses the CPS-2 arcade system and featured a free-form fighting system that incorporated up to three players at once.
Armorel, Arkansas Armorel is an unincorporated township located in Mississippi County, Arkansas. A largely rural area with most of its land devoted to forests and farms, population estimates are variously given as between 300 and 500 people.
Armorer An armorer or armourer (see spelling differences) was in former times a smith who specialized in manufacturing and repairing arms and armor. In modern usage, the word may also designate a member of a modern military or police force who maintains and repairs small arms, other weapons, and weapons systems, with some duties resembling those of a civilian gunsmith.
Armorial Gate The Armorial Gate (Russian: Гербовые ворота, Gerbovye vorota) was a unique monumental erection of traditional Russian architecture. Situated in the Moscow Kremlin, the structure was symbolic of the centralized Russian state.
Armorial ware Armorial ware are ceramics decorated with a coat of arms. Armorials have been popular on European pottery from the Renaissance with examples seen on Italia Maiolica, Slipware, English and Dutch Delft, and on porcelain from the 18th century.
Armorica Armorica or Aremorica is the name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul that includes the Brittany peninsula and the territory between the Seine and Loire rivers, extending inland to an indeterminate point and down the Atlantic coast. The toponym is based on the Gaulish phrase are mori "on/at [the] sea", made into the Gaulish place name Aremorica 'Place by the Sea'.
Armory (heraldry) Armory is the function of devising, marshalling, and regulating emblematic representations according to established conventions, practices, and precedents. This is done in order to create a unique and distinctive symbol by which authority, hereditary gentility or corporate preeminence may be recognized.
Armory Fieldhouse Armory Fieldhouse is an on-campus facility located at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was built in 1954 to replace the old Schmidlapp Gymnasium, and originally was used as the home for the Bearcats men's basketball team, who opened the building with a 97-65 win over Indiana on December 18, 1954.
Armour Armour or armor (see spelling differences) is protective clothing intended to defend its wearer from intentional harm in combat and military engagements, typically associated with soldiers. Armour has been used throughout recorded history, beginning with hides, leather, and bone, before progressing to bronze, then steel during the Middle Ages, to modern fabrics such as Kevlar, Dyneema and ceramics.
Armour (zoology) Armour (or armor) in animals is external or superficial protection against attack by predators, formed as part of the body (rather than the behavioural use of protective external objects), usually through the hardening of body tissues, outgrowths or secretions. It has therefore mostly developed in 'prey' species.
Armour and Company Armour and Company was an American slaughterhouse and meatpacking company founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1867 by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour (1832–1901). By 1880 the company was Chicago's most important business and helped make the city and its Union Stock Yards the center of the American meatpacking industry.
Armour Heights Field Armour Heights Field was home to a Royal Flying Corps airfield near Toronto, Canada during World War I, and was one of three in the area. Many RFC (later, Royal Air Force) pilots trained in Canada due to space availability.
Armour-Bearer James IV granted the office of Armour-Bearer and Squire of HM Body to Sir Alexander Seton of Tullibody. This grant, apparently dating from 1488, was renewed by Charles II in 1651 to Sir Alexander's descendant, James Seton of Touch.
Armour-piercing discarding sabot The Armor-piercing, discarding sabot (APDS) is a type of kinetic energy projectile fired from a gun to attack armoured targets. APDS rounds were commonly used in large-calibre tank guns, but have now been superseded by APFSDS projectiles, which use fins, rather than rifling, for stabilization.
Armoured Angel Armoured Angel were a heavy metal band that formed in Canberra, Australia in 1984. They were arguably the first Australian band, if not one of the earliest in the world, to play the style of music that would soon be known as death metal.
Armoured flathead The armoured flathead or deepsea flathead, Hoplichthys haswelli, is a ghost flathead of the family Hoplichthyidae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean, at depths between 140 and 700 m. Its length is up to 43 cm.
Armoured personnel carrier Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport infantry on the battlefield. They usually have only a machine gun although variants carry recoilless rifles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), or mortars.
Armoured recovery vehicle An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to repair battle or mine damaged as well as broken-down armoured vehicles during combat, or to tow them out of the danger zone for more extensive repairs.
Armoured vehicle-launched bridge An armoured vehicle-launched bridge (or AVLB) is a combat support vehicle, sometimes regarded as a subtype of combat engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries in rapidly deploying tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles across rivers. The AVLB, usually built from a converted tank chassis (and hence a tracked vehicle), carries a folding metal bridge atop its chassis, often in 3 sections.
Armoy Armoy (in Irish: Oirthear MaĂ­, ie the east of the plain) is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 9 km south west of Ballycastle, adjacent to the A44 road between Ballymena and Ballycastle and 13 km north east of Ballymoney. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 414 people.
Armrest An armrest (or arm-rest) is a feature found in most modern automobiles on which the occupants can rest their arms. Armrests are commonly placed between the front car seats on the driver and passenger side of the vehicle.
Arms Around Me "Arms Around Me" is a song from The Departure's debut album, Dirty Words. It was released as the third single from that album on 17 October 2005, on a limited edition 7" green vinyl that includes a poster and sticker.
Arms control Arms control is an umbrella term for restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation, and usage of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction. Arms control is typically exercised through the use of diplomacy which seeks to impose such limitations upon consenting participants through international treaties and agreements, although it may also comprise efforts by a nation or group of nations to enforce limitations upon a non-consenting country.
Arms Crisis The Arms Crisis or Arms Trial was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland in 1970, when two cabinet ministers — Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney — were sacked for allegedly attempting to illegally import arms for the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
Arms of the University of Oxford The Arms of the University of Oxford show, in their modern version, an open book with the inscription 'Dominus illuminatio mea', surrounded by three golden crowns and encircled by a garter bearing the inscription 'University of Oxford'.
Arms race The term arms race in its original usage describes a competition between two or more parties for military supremacy. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, or superior military technology in a technological escalation.
Arms shipments from Czechoslovakia to Israel 1947-1949 Between june 1947 and October 31 1949 Israeli independence activists and later Israeli government seeking for weapons, during Operation Balak, made several purchases of weapons in Czechoslovakia, some of them of former German army weapons, captured by Czechoslovak army on its national territory or newly produced german weapons models from Czechoslovakia post-war production.
Arms-to-Iraq The Arms-to-Iraq affair concerned the uncovering of the government-endorsed sale of arms by British companies to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The scandal contributed to the growing dissatisfaction with the Conservative government of John Major and may have contributed to the electoral landslide for Tony Blair's Labour Party at the 1997 general election.
Armscor (Philippines) The Arms Corporation of the Philippines (Armscor) is familiar to many firearms enthusiasts for its inexpensive 1911-pattern pistols, revolvers, shotguns, sporting rifles, firearms parts and ammunition. It traces its beginnings to a Manila gun retail store (Squires Bingham & Co.
Armscor (South Africa) Armscor (or ARMSCOR), the Armaments Corporation of South Africa (in Afrikaans: Krygstuig Korporasie van Suid-Afrika, or Krygkor) is a South African government supported weapon producing conglomerate that was officially established in 1968 primarily as response to the international sanctions by the United Nations against South Africa that began in 1963 and were formalized in 1967.
Armstead, Montana Armstead, Montana was a small ranching community located in Beaverhead County, Montana, about 21 miles south of the county seat of Dillon. Armstead was located in a narrow valley of the Beaverhead River, near the mouth of Horse Prairie Creek.
Armstrong & Getty The Armstrong & Getty show is, according to the Arbitron ratings of April/May 2006, the number one rated morning radio show in Northern California. Broadcasting live from Clear Channel's KSTE 650 AM Sacramento studio from 6-10AM weekdays the show is also simulcast on KQCA-TV, Channel 58 in the Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto market and airs in the same timeslot on Bay Area AM radio station KNEW, reaching millions of potential audiences from the Pacific to the Sierras and the Oregon Border to Bakersfield.
Armstrong (tickler) oscillator The Armstrong oscillator is an oscillator used to produce a sine-wave output of constant amplitude and of fairly constant frequency within the RF range. It is generally used as a local oscillator in receivers, as a source in signal generators, and as a radio-frequency oscillator in the medium- and high-frequency range.
Armstrong Atlantic State University Armstrong Atlantic State University, abbreviated AASU, is a state university located in Savannah, Georgia. It is a unit of the University System of Georgia and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Armstrong Browning Library The Armstrong Browning Library is located on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA and is the home of the largest collections of English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Additionally it is thought to be the largest collection of secular stained glass in the world.
Armstrong Elementary School Armstrong Elementary School is an elementary school in Burnaby, British Columbia Armstrong Elementary was built in 1911, and was opened for classes January 10, 1912 with twenty-three pupils registered. The first teacher was Miss Lilly Mackenzie.
Armstrong oscillator The Armstrong Oscillator is named for Edwin Armstrong, its inventor. It is sometimes called a tickler oscillator because feedback is provided using a tickler coil (T in the illustration) via magnetic coupling between coil L and coil T.

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