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A Tourist Guide to Lancre A Tourist Guide To Lancre is the third book in the Discworld Mapp series, and the first to be illustrated by Paul Kidby. As with the other maps, the basic design and booklet were compiled by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.
A Tout Le Monde "A Tout Le Monde" is the fourth song on Megadeth's 1994 album Youthanasia. Beginning with a melancholy acoustic rhythm and Dave Mustaine's softly spoken vocals, the subject of the song ponders a life that, for whatever reason has clearly approached the end.
A Town Called Panic A Town Called Panic (known in French as Panique au Village) is a 2003 stop motion animated series distributed by Aardman animation and produced in Belgium by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier for La Parti & Pic Pic André. It follows the every day events of Cowboy, Indian and Horse in a small rural town as they go about their lives.
A Toy for Juliette "A Toy for Juliette" is a short story by Robert Bloch from Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions, about Jack the Ripper, being pulled into the future by a sadistic femme fatale, and her mysterious grandfather.
A Tramp Abroad A Tramp Abroad was a work of non-fiction travel literature published by American author Mark Twain in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book), through central and southern Europe.
A Treasure's Trove A Treasure's Trove: A Fairy Tale About Real Treasure For Parents And Children Of All Ages is an illustrated children's book written by Michael Stadther and published in 2004. The "real treasure" was found by deciphering clues in the book that lead to twelve tokens that could be turned in for unique jewels, each representing an insect or character in the book.
A Treatise on the Binomial Theorem In the fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is the great detective, Professor James Moriarty is his evil arch-enemy, and A Treatise on the Binomial Theorem is a brilliant work of mathematics by the young Moriarty. The treatise is mentioned in The Final Problem, when Sherlock Holmes, speaking of Professor Moriarty, states
A Tree Full of Secrets A Tree Full of Secrets is a Pink Floyd bootleg comprising a vast collection of studio outtakes and rarities (defined as "not on a core album"). It is generally considered the definitive Pink Floyd/solo rarities collection, catching every obscure remix and outtake (even if suspected to be fake) available at the time it was assembled (tracks compiled in 1999/2000).
A Tri-Rivers District The A Tri-Rivers District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that is comprised of high schools in Southeastern Virginia west of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. The Tri-Rivers District schools compete in A Region A with the schools from the A/AA Eastern Shore District, the A Northern Neck District, and the A Tidewater District of the Virginia High School League.
A Tribute to Carl Albert A Tribute to Carl Albert is a live album by heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1996. This live album is a compilation of recordings done in 1994 during their European Tour and put together as a tribute to singer Carl Albert.
A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole was a 1965 tribute album released by Marvin Gaye on the Tamla (Motown) label, dedicated to his idol, late jazz/R&B performer Nat "King" Cole. The album is often compared to Unforgettable, Aretha Franklin's tribute to her own idol, the late jazz/blues/R&B performer Dinah Washington.
A Tribute To Scott Walker Angel of Ashes – A Tribute to Scott Walker is a Scott Walker Tribute album, released on the portuguese Transformadores label in 2005. It is composed of 18 tracks from portuguese, english, american, german and irish artists.
A Trick of the Night "A Trick of the Night" is a ballad recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain and released as the final single from Bananarama's album True Confessions.
A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios was a documentary made in response to requests from members of RKO Radio Pictures for a behind the scenes look at Walt Disney Studios. The film was never intended for public showing.
A True Tale of Robin Hood A True Tale of Robin Hood is Child ballad 154, featuring Robin Hood and, indeed, presents a full account of his life, from before his becoming an outlaw, to his death. It describes him as the Earl of Huntington, which is a fairly late development in the ballads.
A Trumpeter's Lullaby A Trumpeter's Lullaby is a short composition for solo trumpet and orchestra, written by American composer Leroy Anderson in 1949. The two and a half minute piece was premiered on May 9, 1950 by the Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur Fiedler conducting and French-born American Roger Voisin as trumpet soloist.
A Tuna Christmas [Tuna Christmas is the second in a trilogy of comedic plays (preceded by Greater Tuna] and followed by [[Red, White and Tuna), each set the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. The trilogy was written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard.
A Twist of Lemmon A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father is a memoir-styled book concerning the life of famed American actor Jack Lemmon, as viewed through the eyes of his son, Christopher Lemmon. The book was published in May 2006 by Algonquin Books, and features a forward by Kevin Spacey, who credits Jack Lemmon with his pursuit of acting.
A Types A Types is the third full length album released by the melodic hardcore band Hopesfall. The musical direction of the album however deviated vastly from their melodic hardcore roots instead opting for more grunge and emo influences.
A unit An A unit, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive (generally a diesel or electric locomotive) equipped with a driving cab, or crew compartment, and the control system to control other locomotives in a multiple unit, and therefore able to be the lead unit in a consist of several locomotives controlled from a single position. This terminology is generally used in North America, since only there was it commonplace to build B units—cabless locomotive units which could not lead a train.
A Universe of Consciousness A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination is the title of a 2000 book by the biologist Gerald Maurice Edelman and Giulio Tononi. The book aims to explain "the neural substrate of consciousness" (p.
A very British mess "A very British mess" is a campaign slogan used by the UK Metric Association (UKMA). It refers to the numerous anomalies that have emerged in the United Kingdom due its slow migration to the metric system, as a result of which both metric and traditional Imperial units have been used concurrently since the late 1960s.
A Vampyre Story A Vampyre Story is a point-and-click adventure game currently being developed by Autumn Moon Entertainment for Windows, and set to be published by Crimson Cow in late 2007. The game is set in Europe during the 1880s, and follows a young female opera singer turned vampire as she attempts to make the journey back home to Paris in search of fame and normality.
A Veiga A Veiga (Catillian: La Vega) is a municipality (concello) in the souteast of the province of Ourense in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. At 291 km², it is one of the largest concellos in the province.
A Very Brady Christmas A Very Brady Christmas is a 1988 television movie based on the television series The Brady Bunch, featuring all of the original actors who appeared in the series except Susan Olsen (Cindy Brady), who as legend has it, was busy on her honeymoon when the film was being made.
A Very British Coup A Very British Coup is a 1982 novel by Chris Mullin, and a 1988 British television adaptation of the novel, adapted by Alan Plater and starring Ray McAnally. The television series, first screened on Channel 4, won Bafta and Emmy awards, and was syndicated to more than 30 countries.
A Very Fine Love Recorded in 1994 and released in 1995 A Very Fine Love was a Dusty Springfield release on Columbia Records, in both the US and UK, her first such simultaneous release since Living Without Your Love in 1979. During the recording of the album, Spingfield often had bouts of laryngitis and other undiagnosed health issues.
A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a novel by Sebastien Japrisot, first published in 1993. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on a World War I battlefield (the Somme).
A Very Natural Thing A Very Natural Thing is a 1973 film about a gay man named David who leaves a monastery to become a public school teacher by day, whilst looking for true love in a gay bar by night. It was one of the first films about gay relationships intended for mainstream, commercial distribution.
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" (Spanish:El viejo muy bien con unas alas enormés) is a fictional short story by author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It falls within the genre of magic realism, and is one of the short stories included in the book Leaf Storm.
A Very Peculiar Practice A Very Peculiar Practice was a BBC comedy-drama series, first shown in 1986. It was the first major success for screenwriter Andrew Davies, and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the University of Warwick.
A Very Special Delivery A Very Special Delivery is the 18th episode in season 2 in the Barney and Friends television show which airs on PBS. The episode features Bob West as the voice of Barney, West was featured on the show from 1992 - 2001.
A Very Special Christmas (album) A Very Special Christmas is the first in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in 1987 and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records.
A Very Special Christmas 2 A Very Special Christmas 2 is the second in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in 1992 and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records.
A Very Special Christmas 3 A Very Special Christmas 3 is the third in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in 1997 and production was overseen by Bobby Shriver, Al Cafaro, and Linda Feder for A&M Records.
A Very Special Christmas 5 A Very Special Christmas 5 is the fifth in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in October 2001, with production supervision by Bobby Shriver, Jon Bon Jovi, and Joel Gallen for A&M Records.
A Vicious Circle A Vicious Circle (1996) is a novel by Amanda Craig which dissects and satirizes contemporary British society. In particular, it describes the world of publishing -- its aspiring young authors, busy agents and opportunist literary critics.
A View from the Bridge A View from the Bridge is a play by Arthur Miller originally produced as a one-act verse drama on Broadway in 1955. It was based upon an unproduced screenplay that Miller developed with Elia Kazan in the early 1950s, entitled The Hook, dealing with corruption on the Brooklyn docks.
A View from the Gallery "A View from the Gallery" is an episode from the fifth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. The episode is unusual in that it is told from the viewpoint of two maintenance workers (Mack and Bo) as they witness the station being attacked.
A Village Romeo and Juliet A Village Romeo and Juliet is an opera by Frederick Delius, first performed at the Komische Oper, Berlin on 21 February, 1907. The libretto, by the composer himself, is based on the short story Romeo und Juliet auf dem Dorfe by the Swiss author Gottfried Keller.
A Vindication of Natural Society The essay A Vindication of Natural Society: A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind, outlining radical political theory, was first published as a work of Lord Bolingbroke in 1756. When Edmund Burke was revealed as its true author, he explained that it was a satire.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men A Vindication of the Rights of Men was a defense of the ideals of the French Revolution, written by the English feminist and radical Mary Wollstonecraft in 1790. Wollstonecraft wrote the Vindication in response to Edmund Burke's conservative objections to the Revolution in Reflections on the Revolution in France.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Written in 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is one of the earliest works on "the woman question" and influenced the earliest feminists in Britain and America in the 19th century, primarily in their distancing themselves from the work due to the controversial life of its author.
A Visit from St. Nicholas The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which is also known as "The Night Before Christmas" from its first line, and first published in 1823, is largely responsible for the contemporary American conception of Santa Claus.
A Voice From the Attic A Voice From the Attic is a collection of Robertson Davies' essays about reading aimed at intelligent and thoughtful readers, whom he calls the clerisy. Initially published by McClelland and Stewart in 1960, it was republished during the early 1990s.
A Void (novel) A Void or in French La Disparition (literally, "The Disappearance") is a 300 page French lipogrammatic novel, written in 1969 by Georges Perec, entirely without the letter e, following Oulipo constraints. Its translation into English by Gilbert Adair is entitled A Void.
A Voyage to Arcturus A Voyage to Arcturus is a novel by the Scottish writer David Lindsay. First published in 1920, it combines fantasy, philosophy and science fiction in an exploration of the nature of good and evil and their relationship with existence.
A walk in the park "a walk in the park" is Namie Amuro's sixth solo single under the avex trax label. It was her first original single to be released after the massive success of her solo debut album, SWEET 19 BLUES (1996) and was her fourth million selling single.
A Walk in the Light Green A Walk in the Light Green is the most widely recognised song produced by Australian folk group Redgum. The song was released in 1983 on the live album Caught in the Act (Warner Bros label), which hit the number one in Australia, and the album then stayed in the top forty for four months.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (ISBN 0-7679-0252-1) is a book by travel writer Bill Bryson describing his attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail with his childhood friend Stephen Katz. The book is written in a humorous style, interspersed with more serious discussions of matters relating to the trail's history, sociology, ecology, flora and fauna.
A Walk to Wachusett A Walk to Wachusett is an essay penned by Henry David Thoreau about a journey he took with companion, Richard Fuller, from Concord, Massachusetts to the summit of Mount Wachusett located in Princeton, Massachusetts. Their journey, by foot, began on July 19, 1842.
A Walking Tour of the Shambles A Walking Tour of the Shambles (Little Walks For Sightseers #16) (2002), written by Neil Gaiman and Gene Wolfe, is a tour guide concerning a fictional part of Chicago called 'The Shambles'. It guides the reader through such non-existent landmarks as The House of Clocks (see the official website), Cereal House (home of the Terribly Strange Bed), and Gavagan's Irish Saloon.
A Way Of Life A Way Of Life is a 2004 film directed by former child actor Amma Asante. It won the "The Alfred Dunhill UK Film Talent Award" at the 2004 London Film Festival and its director won the BAFTA's "Carl Foreman Award" for a debut by a British filmmaker, as well as being named The Times Breakthrough Artist Of The Year at the 2005 South Bank Show Awards.
A Wedding A Wedding is a 1978 black comedy directed by Robert Altman, starring Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Vittorio Gassman, Mia Farrow and Howard Duff. The dialogue is humorous, narrating the events preceding the weddings preparation, the day of the wedding and finishes with a tragic ending.
A Wedding for Bella A Wedding for Bella (formerly titled The Bread, My Sweet) is a 2001 motion picture that tells a story of a successful business man who trades in his single lifestyle to marry the estranged daughter of a terminally ill woman whom he loves like a mother.
A Week of Kindness A Week of Kindness (often abbreviated to the pronounceable acronym AWOK) is a sketch comedy troupe operating out of New York City. Their current lineup consists of Nate Kushner, Dan Hopper, and Mike Still, who create, direct, and perform all sketches, with other friends of theirs appearing occasionally in filmed sketches.
A Whisper in the Noise A Whisper in the Noise is the musical project of rock composer West Thordson. Centered in the Twin Cities metro, the group is known for their dark sound and unique instrumentation and effective live performances.
A Whistle In the Dark A Whistle in the Dark is a play by Tom Murphy that premiered in 1961 at Stratford East Theatre in London having been rejected in no uncertain terms by the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Murphy was twenty-four years old at the time.
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean is Jimmy Buffett's third album, containing many of what would later become his most popular songs. The title is a parody of the country song "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" by Marty Robbins.
A Whiter Shade of Pale A Whiter Shade Of Pale is a song released in 1967 by the band Procol Harum. With its haunting tonality and Bach flavouring, both provided by Hammond organist Matthew Fisher (who, on December 20, 2006, at the age of 60, won 40% of the copyright value in a court case initiated by him), vocals by Gary Brooker, and mysterious lyrics by Keith Reid, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" reached #1 on the British charts, was a hit in Europe, and reached #5 in the United States.
A Wilderness of Monkeys A Wilderness of Monkeys is a upcoming comedy-drama that is scheduled to hit theaters in 2008. The film, which has been in development since 2005, is based on Laura Zigman's novel Piece of Work and is directed by Tom Hanks for Universal Pictures.
A Wilhelm Scream A Wilhelm Scream (abbreviated as AWS and for short Wilhelm or The Scream) is a technical punk rock/melodic hardcore band, formerly known as Smackin' Isaiah, from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Many people have referenced Strung Out, Hot Water Music, Propagandhi, and Strike Anywhere as the bands influences and similar artists.
A Wind Named Amnesia A Wind Named Amnesia (Wind of Amnesia (UK)) (風の名はアムネジア Kaze no Na wa Amunejia) is an anime movie released on December 22, 1990, based on an original manga by Hideyuki Kikuchi - writer of the popular Vampire Hunter D, Demon City Shinjuku, and Wicked City. The film was directed by Kazuo Yamazaki, of the Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku fame.
A Winter Haunting A Winter Haunting is a 2002 horror novel by American writer Dan Simmons, in which Dale Stewert, a character from "Summer of Night", returns to his hometown to come to terms with his inner demons, in dealing with the death of a childhood friend. The repressed memories from that summer continue to haunt him, as well as his relationships with everyone else.
A Wizard of Mars A Wizard of Mars is the ninth novel in the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane. The basic storyline according to the author is that Nita and Kit join an elite group of wizards being sent to Mars after a metaphorical "message in a bottle" comes to light regarding the origins of an ancient Martian species.
A Woman of No Importance A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play, published in 1893 and first performed at London's Haymarket Theatre in the same year, is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy.
A Woman of the Iron People A Woman of the Iron People is an anthropological science fiction novel by Eleanor Arnason, originally published in 1991.It is a first contact story between peoples from a future Earth and an intelligent, furred race of people who live on an unnamed planet far from Earth.
A Woman of the Sea A Woman of the Sea, also known by its working title Sea Gulls, was an unreleased 1926 film produced by the Chaplin Film Company. The now lost film starred Edna Purviance, Raymond Bloomer, Eve Southern and Charles French, and was directed by Josef von Sternberg.
A Woman Rebels A Woman Rebels is a 1936 RKO film adapted from the novel Portrait of a Rebel by Netta Syrett and starring Katharine Hepburn as Pamela Thistlewaite, who rebels against the social mores of Victorian England. The film was directed by Mark Sandrich.
A Woman to Remember A Woman to Remember was a soap opera which ran on the DuMont Television Network from February 21, 1949 - July 15, 1949. The show initially ran in daytime but starting May 2 aired Monday through Friday from 7:30 - 7:45 PM EST.
A Woman Under the Influence A Woman Under the Influence (1974) is a film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It tells the story of a young wife and mother's uninhibited, erratic behavior which leads her violent, confused husband to commit her for psychiatric treatment, leaving the family even more dysfunctional than before.
A Wonderful Life (Lara Fabian album) The singer/songwriter, Lara Fabian's sophomore English effort and sixth studio album, "A Wonderful Life" is a good album overall, but because of lack of promotion and disputes over creative direction, the album failed to make an impression on the pop charts in America and Europe. The album did receive criticial praise from critics.
A Word from the Wise A Word from the Wise is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the second EP Wildcard.
A Word to the Wives Produced by Telamerica, Inc, A Word to the Wives is a 1955 comedy ephemeral film about two women, one of whom wants a new kitchen, and decides to trick her husband, with the help of her friend, to buy that new kitchen. She leaves her husband alone as she visits a relative.
A World Lit Only by Fire A World Lit Only by Fire, by William Manchester, is a general synopsis of the Middle Ages in Europe, from the years 410 to 1536. The bulk of the book is comprised of anecdotes detailing incidents of treachery (usually debauchery) and utter chaos.
A World of Music A World of Music is the 25th episode in season 1 in the Barney and Friends television show which airs on PBS. The episode features Bob West as the voice of Barney, West was featured on the show from 1992 - 2001.
A World of Possibilities A World of Possibilities is an internationally syndicated, one-hour weekly radio program of public affairs featuring bridge-building, solution-oriented conversations with social innovators, analysts and thinkers addressing a broad range of national and global challenges. The program seeks to promote awareness and inspire a thoughtful, collaborative approach to ressolving conflicts and solving longstanding societal problems.
A World on End A World on End is an EP by the Pennsylvania rock band Katsu and the final studio recording by the band. The EP is a compilation of songs from the band's prior studio recordings with the addition of the new song "Please Don't Start".
A World Out of Time A World Out of Time is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven and published in 1976. It is set outside the Known Space universe of many of Niven's stories, but is otherwise fairly representative of his '70s hard sci-fi novels.
A World Without Heroes "A World Without Heroes" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss. It is credited as being written by Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Lou Reed and Bob Ezrin, and was originally recorded and released on their 1981 album Music from "The Elder".
A World Without Love "A World Without Love" is a song that was recorded by the English duo Peter & Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964, reaching #1 in the UK Singles Chart in April. Written by Paul McCartney and attributed to Lennon/McCartney, the song was backed by the song "If I Were You" written by the duo.
A Wrinkle in Time A Wrinkle in Time is a children's fantasy novel by Madeleine L'Engle, written from 1959 to 1960 and published in 1962 after over forty rejections by publishers because it was, in L'Engle's words, "too different." The book went on to win a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
A Wrong Turning in American Poetry 'A Wrong Turning in American Poetry' is an essay by United States poet Robert Bly which was first published in Choice 3 in 1963Choice 3, 1963, pages 33 to 47 and collected in American Poetry: Wildness and Domesticity.American Poetry: Wildness and Domesticity, Harper, New York, 1991.
A Yank in the RAF A black and white 1941 movie directed by Henry King, A Yank in the RAF is considered a typical (that is, not quite subtle) early-World War II movie. Though it came out in September 1941, months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the movie features an American pilot (Tyrone Power) who joins the Royal Air Force -- not to defend a noble cause but merely to impress a former girlfriend (Betty Grable).
A Year in the Death of Jack Richards A Year in the Death of Jack Richards is a Canadian drama film, starring Vlasta Vrana as the title character. Airing in 2004, the movie centers on Jack Richards, a mad professor who decides to commit suicide by having a cult worship him for a year, then kill him.
A Year Without Love Un Año sin amor (A Year Without Love) is a gay-themed autobiographical drama film made in Argentina in 2005. It played the international and gay and lesbian film festival circuits, garnering a number of awards.
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water A Yellow Raft in Blue Water is a novel written by Michael Dorris and published in 1987. It is written from the viewpoints of three people, Rayona, Christine, and Ida, exchanging viewpoints between different sections of the book.
A Young Man Is Gone "A Young Man Is Gone" is a song recorded by the American pop band The Beach Boys and released on their 1963 album Little Deuce Coupe. It is performed a cappella by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, David Marks and Al Jardine.
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson is a compilation (2LP set) by the band King Crimson, released in 1976. It's name is most likely derived either from the famous orchestral work The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra from composer Benjamin Britten or the 1960s television series Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, created by conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein.
A'ala Hubail A'ala Hubail (Arabic: علاء حبيل) (born 25 June, 1982) is a Bahraini footballer who plays as a striker for Bahrain and Al-Gharafah. In 2004, he was the top scoring player (five goals, tied with Ali Karimi) in the Asian Cup 2004.
A'arab Zaraq A'arab Zaraq is the Qliphah corresponding to the Sephirah Netzach on the Kabbalah's tree of life. It translates as 'The Ravens of Dispersion', and the demons associated with it are hideous, demon-headed ravens issuing forth from a volcano.
A'Fu A'Fu () clay figurines are the speciality of Wuxi (), Jiangnan, China, consisting of two figures, a boy with a red carp (homonym of the Chinese word for “prosperity”) and a girl with a chicken (homonym of the Chinese word for “auspices”).
A'Gaeris A'Gaeris was a D'ni philosopher, who had once been an important public figure but had fallen into disgrace after breaking D'ni laws. He had been exiled from the upper classes and was forced to live under the low poor of the D'ni society.
A'isha bint Talhah A'isha bint Talhah was, according to a Sunni source, the daughter of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah and Umm Kulthum bint Abu Bakr. Umm Kulthum was the daughter of the first Sunni Caliph, Abu Bakrhttp://www.
A-1 Comics A-1 Comics is a somewhat obscure golden age comics publication that began in 1944 and ended in 1955. It was used by owners Vincent Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises to try out a number of potential characters and titles, as well as reprinting newspaper strips such as Texas Slim, Kerry Drake and Teena.
A-10 Thunderbolt II The Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft designed to provide close air support (CAS) of ground forces by attacking tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets. As a secondary mission, it provides airborne forward air control, guiding other aircraft against ground targets.
A-12 Avenger II The A-12 Avenger II was an American aircraft program from McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics intended to be an all-weather, stealth attack replacement for the A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marines. The aircraft suffered numerous problems throughout its development, especially with the materials, and when the projected cost of each aircraft ballooned to an estimated US$165 million, the project was cancelled by then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney in January 1991.
A-12 OXCART The Lockheed A-12 was a reconnaissance aircraft built for the Central Intelligence Agency by Lockheed's famed Skunk Works. The single-seat design, which first flew in 1962, was a precursor to the later Air Force YF-12 interceptor and SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft.
A-23 Baltimore The A-23 Baltimore was an experimental light bomber produced by Martin. The plane was a proposed enlarged version of the A-22 Maryland and was produced for the Royal Air Force as the "Model 187 Baltimore".
A-26 Invader First flown in 1942, the American Douglas A-26 Invader (after 1948, the B-26, and after 1966, the A-26A) was a twin-engined light attack bomber aircraft built during World War II and seeing service in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. A limited number of highly modified aircraft served in combat until 1969.

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