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A-3 Skywarrior The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was a strategic bomber built for the United States Navy, and among the longest serving; it entered service in the mid 1950s and was not retired until 1991. For many years after its introduction, it was also the heaviest aircraft ever flown from an aircraft carrier.
A-31 Vengeance The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was an American dive-bomber of the Second World War built by Vultee Aircraft. While over 1,500 aircraft were built, the design was not considered successful and Vengeances saw little combat during the war.
A-4 Skyhawk The A-4 Skyhawk was an attack aircraft originally designed to operate from United States Navy aircraft carriers. Fifty years after the type's first flight, some of the nearly 3,000 Skyhawks produced remain in service with smaller air arms around the world, including active duty on a carrier.
A-5 Vigilante The North American A-5 Vigilante was a powerful, highly advanced carrier-based supersonic bomber designed for the United States Navy. Although its service in the strike role was very short, it saw extensive service in the reconnaissance role.
A-7 Corsair II The Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II was a carrier based subsonic light attack aircraft design that was introduced to replace the A-4 Skyhawk in US Naval service and based on the successful supersonic F-8 Crusader aircraft produced by Chance Vought. The A-7 was one of the first combat aircraft to feature a head-up display (HUD), doppler-bounded inertial navigation system (INS), and a turbofan engine.
A-91 (rifle) The A-91 is a bullpup configuration assult rifle developed by KBP. The rifle features an integrated 40mm grenade launcher, which is mounted under the barrel (though older models had an above barrel grenade launcher)>
A-Acayipsin A-acayipsin (Hepsi Senin Mi) is the 1994 album of the Turkish pop singer Tarkan TevetoÄźlu. This was his second album, the success of which launched him as a superstar onto the Turkish pop scene with over 2 million copies sold.
A-Ba-Ni-Bi A-Ba-Ni-Bi (Hebrew script: א-ב-ני-בי, English translation (approximate): "I Love You") was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed for Israel by Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta.
A-clamp An A-clamp or yoke is a type of clamp very often used to make a pressure-tight high-pressure fastening in scuba gear. It occurs in diving regulators, cylinder manifolds, cylinder filling hoses, and other devices that need to be connected to the usual type of breathing apparatus cylinder that has a pillar valve.
A-C Central Community Unit School District 262 A-C Central Community Unit School District 262 brings together students from Ashland and Chandlerville, Illinois. A small, rural district, A-C Central has a elementary school (K-5) in Ashland, a junior high school (6-8) in Chandlerville, and a high school (9-12) at the same facility as the elementary school in Ashland.
A-frame An A-frame is a basic structure designed to bear a load in a lightweight economical manner. The simplest form of an A-frame is two similarly sized materials laid up against one another, and attached at the top in a convenient fashion.
A-Film A-Film is an independent film distributor, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1999 and has an office in Pand Noord in Amsterdam-Noord, in which several companies in the film industry are located.
A-ha a-ha is a Norwegian band which was most popular in the UK and the USA during the 1980s, but continued to be globally successful in the 1990s and 2000s. The trio, composed of lead vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (PĂĄl Waaktaar until his marriage in 1994) and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, formed in 1982 and left Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business.
A-CHAMP Advocates for Children's Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning (A-CHAMP), is a United States political activism group, founded by parents, which advocates on behalf of children who may have been injured by mercury in thimerosal-containing vaccines, and other toxins. Its stated mission is "To be a strong and unified voice for children with neurodevelopmental and communication disorders so that each child may be provided the support necessary to live a full and productive life.
A-index The A-index provides a daily average level for geomagnetic activity, based on the K-index. Because of the non-linear relationship of the K-scale to magnetometer fluctuations, it is not meaningful to take averages of a set of K indices.
A-kuei (webtoon) A-kuei () is a popular Taiwanese webtoon character whose carefree personality and off-beat adventures have won him fans in Taiwan, the Chinese mainland and Japan. The series is created by Chang Jung-kuei and it first debuted in 1999.
A-League The A-League (currently called the Hyundai A-League because of sponsorship deals) is the premier Australian domestic football (soccer) competition. Founded in 2004 and staging its inaugural season in 2005-06, the league is contested by seven teams covering Australia's major cities and regional centres, as well as one representing New Zealand.
A-League 2005-06 The 2005-06 season saw the start of the A-League, a new domestic club competition for football (soccer) in Australia. After over 12 months without a national professional club competition, the first match in the A-League was played on August 26.
A-League 2006-07 The A-League's 2006-07 season is the second season of the Australian A-League football (soccer) competition. Football Federation Australia hopes to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
A-League 2007-08 The A-League's 2007-08 season will be the third season of the Australian A-League football (soccer) competition. Football Federation Australia hopes to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by and playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and the Socceroos competing in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.
A-mei Chang Hui Mei, (Chinese: 張惠妹; pinyin: Zhāng Huì Mèi) (born August 9, 1972), better known as A-mei, is an aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer and is occasionally a songwriter. She was born in the rugged mountains of eastern Taiwan and is the third youngest of nine siblings.
A-mutation A-mutation was a metaphonic process that took place at the late Proto-Germanic stage (perhaps around 200 AD), and caused a high vowel to become lowered when a following syllable contained a non-high vowel (not just /a/; hence the term is a misnomer). It did not occur if a /j/ in a consonant cluster nasal followed by another consonant intervened.
A-not-B error A-not-B error is, in the theory of cognitive development of Jean Piaget, a particular error made by young children during substage 4 of their sensorimotor stage. The error is made by infants who have successfully uncovered a toy at location "A", and continue to reach to that location even after they watch the toy be moved in a nearby location "B".
A-ration A-ration is a term used in the United States Army for a meal provided to troop which was prepared using fresh ingredients. A-ration meals may be served in dining facilities ("mess halls") or even prepared in the field by the use of field kitchens or prepared a fixed facility and transported to field locations in containers.
A-scan ultrasound biometry A-scan ultrasound biometry, commonly referred to as an A-scan, is routine type of diagnostic test used in ophthalmology. The A-scan provides data on the length of the eye, which is a major determinant in common sight disorders.
A-series and B-series A-series and B-series are terms introduced by the Scottish idealist philosopher John McTaggart in 1908 which have become classic terms of reference in modern discussions of the philosophy of time, even outside the analytic tradition.
A-side and B-side In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song (the one that the record producer hopes will receive radio airplay and become a "hit"), while the B-side, or "flipside," is secondary (often a song that does not appear on a band's LP.
A-Studio A'Studio is a dance act consisting of Kazakh producers Vladimir Mikloshich, Baigali Serkebayev and Baglan Sadvakasov, who hail from Almaty, and Russian singer Polina Griffith, who hails from Tomsk. The band has been around since 1987, changing many members over the years.
A-Train A-Train, known in Japan as A Rensha de Ikou (A列車で行こう), or Take the A-Train, is a 1992 computer game, originally developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink for Japan, and was later published by Maxis for the United States.
A-Treat Bottling Company The A-Treat Bottling Company is a relatively small producer of various soft drinks, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1918 by Joseph Egizio, the company distinguishes itself by producing sodas in the traditional manner, for example using essential oils and cane sugar, rather than extracts and high fructose corn syrup.
A-Tur A-Tur (, meaning "The Mount" in Arabic) is a Palestinian village situated on the historic Mount of Olives approximately 1 km east of the Old City of Jerusalem. A-Tur is historically and geographically a part of East Jerusalem which in turn is a part of the West Bank, a territory acquired by Israel from Jordan in the Six Day War in 1967.
A-weighting The A-weighting curve is one of a family of curves defined in IEC179 and various other standards for use in sound level meters. Though originally intended only for the measurement of low-level sounds (around 40-phon) it is now commonly used for the measurement of environmental noise and industrial noise, when assessing potential hearing damage and other noise health effects at moderate to high intensity levels.
A-Wax A-Wax (born Aaron Scott on July 17, 1980) grew up in Pittsburg, California (not Pennsylvania) and later in the Tacoma area in the State of Washington and eventually settled back in the San Francisco Bay Area but also spends a great deal of time between Atlanta, Georgia and Phoenix, Arizona.
A&E design A&E Design is the name of an industrial design consultancy founded in Stockholm, Sweden by Tom Ahlström (born 1943) and Hans Ehrich (born 1942), both of whom had previously studied design and metalwork at Konstfackskolan in Stockholm.
A&E Records A&E Records is a sub-unit of the Warner Music Group, which began life as Mushroom UK. This label was set up in 1993 by Korda Marshall, as an offshoot of the Australian label Mushroom Records, mainly to serve the UK with Australian musical imports.
A&F Quarterly The A&F Quarterly was a magazine-catalog hybrid publication sold by Abercrombie & Fitch from 1997 to 2003. The publication, released four times a year, featured articles about college life, photo essays by Bruce Weber, and advertisements for the company's clothing.
A&M Consolidated High School A&M Consolidated High School, or Consol for short, is a four year public high school consisting of grades 9-12 located in College Station, Texas and is part of the College Station Independent School District.
A&M System HSC Satellite Locations The A&M System HSC's Coastal Bend Health Education Center, established in 1999, provides health educational services and programs to the greater Coastal Bend area of Texas. The South Texas Center is located in McAllen, Texas.
A&P Canada A&P Canada is a Canadian supermarket company owned by Metro Inc. of Montreal, which purchased the company from The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, a German-owned retailer based in the United States, in 2005.
A&R In the music industry, artist and repertoire (A&R) refers to the division of a record label that is responsible for scouting and developing talent. The A&R department is the link between the recording artist/act and the record label, generally to help with the artistic and commercial development of the label's artists.
A&R Cambridge Ltd (ARCAM) A&R Cambridge Ltd (ARCAM) is a British manufacturer of hi-fi equipment, which is based in Cambridge, England, UK. It was formally established in 1976 by science and engineering students from the University of Cambridge.
A&W Restaurants A&W All-American Food is a chain of fast-food restaurants, distinguished by their draft root beer and root beer floats. The aforementioned items are made on the premises from concentrate and served in tall, frosted-glass mugs.
A* search algorithm In computer science, A* (pronounced "A star") is a graph search algorithm that finds a path from a given initial node to a given goal node (or one passing a given goal test). It employs a "heuristic estimate" h(x) that ranks each node x by an estimate of the best route that goes through that node.
A*mazing A*mazing was an Australian children's television game show that aired in the mid to late 1990s on the Seven Network. It was famous for a relatively large and elaborate maze/obstacle course that was part of the show's studio set.
A+ (S-train) A+ is a service on the S-train network in Copenhagen. It runs from Køge to Buddinge on Mondays to Fridays until about 19:00, serving almost all stations on the Køge radial and the inner half of Hareskovbanen.
A, a novel a, A Novel is a book by Andy Warhol, first published by Grove Press in 1968. The book in is an almost word for word transcription of tapes recorded by Andy Warhol and Ondine over a two-year period in 1966-1968.
A, an A and an function as the indefinite forms of the grammatical article in the English language and can also represent the number one. An is the older form, now used before words starting with a vowel sound, regardless of whether the word begins with a vowel letter.
A. A. Ames Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames (January 18, 1842–November 16, 1911) held several terms as mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the late 19th century and very early 20th century. He was known for his geniality and assistance of the poor, sometimes giving medical treatment to those who could not afford it.
A. A. Attanasio A(lfred) A(ngelo) Attanasio, born on September 20 1951 in Newark, New Jersey, is an author of fantasy and science fiction. His mind-bending science fiction novel Radix was nominated for the 1981 Nebula Award for Best Novel.
A. A. Englander Adolf Arthur Englander (July 15, 1915 – January 29 2004) was a British television cinematographer, one of the most respected in the field in his time, and the first film cameraman to work seriously in the field of television in the UK, which for much of its early period almost exclusively employed electronic cameras.
A. A. Thomson Arthur Alexander Thomson, MBE (born 7 April 1894 at Harrogate, Yorkshire; died 2 June 1968 near Lord's in London) was an English writer best known for his books on cricket, for which he used the byline "AA Thomson". He wrote nearly 60 books in all, including plays, novels, verse, humour and travel books.
A. Atwater Kent Arthur Atwater Kent (1873–1949) was a thrifty New Englander born in Vermont, educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, who invented the closely timed ignition system, and operated the Atwater Kent radio factory in Pennsylvania (the world's largest at the time). Some key dates in his career include first manufacturing 1896, Philadelphia move 1902, ignition systems 1907, first radio instruments 1921, open set 1922, mahogany box sets 1924, metal box sets 1926, Superheterodynes 1930, closed plant 1936.
A. Bartlett Giamatti Angelo Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti (April 4, 1938 – September 1, 1989) was the President of Yale University, and later, the 7th commissioner of Major League Baseball in the United States. Giamatti agreed to the deal that terminated the Pete Rose betting scandal by permitting Rose to voluntarily withdraw from the sport, avoiding further punishment.
A. C. Benson Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April, 1862 – 17 June, 1925) was one of six children of Edward White Benson, a late nineteenth-century Archbishop of Canterbury. An uncle of the family was philosopher Henry Sidgwick.
A. C. Grayling Anthony Clifford Grayling MA, DPhil (Oxon) FRSA (born 3 April 1949) is a British philosopher and author. He is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London and a supernumerary fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford.
A. C. Townley Arthur Charles Townley (December 30, 1880 – November 7, 1959) was an American Socialist Party organizer best known for creating the Non-Partisan League, which adopted as its platform most of the immediate demands put forward by the Socialists. The League was a grass-roots organization of North Dakota farmers which unexpectedly swept to victory in the state elections of 1916.
A. D. Godley Alfred Denis Godley (1856--1925) was a classical scholar and author of humorous poems. From 1910 to 1920 he was Public Orator at the University of Oxford, a post that involved composing citations in Latin for the recipients of honorary degrees.
A. D. Gordon Aaron David Gordon (1856 in Troyanov or Podolia Russia-1922 on Kibbutz Deganiah) was a Zionist ideologue and the spiritual force behind practical Zionism. He founded the "Hapoel Hatzair" ("Young Worker") movement that set the tone for the Zionist movement for many years to come.
A. D. Kirwan Albert Dennis Kirwan (Born December 22, 1904 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, died November 30, 1971) was the seventh President of the University of Kentucky. He also was the head football coach at the University from 1938-1944.
A. David Buckingham Amyand David Buckingham (born January 28, 1930 in Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) CBE, is a chemist, with primary expertise in chemical physics. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Emeritus Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
A. E. J. Collins Arthur Edward Jeune (James) Collins (18 August 1885–11 November 1914), typically known by his initials AEJ Collins, was an English cricketer and soldier. He is most famous for achieving the highest-ever recorded score in cricket: as a 13-year-old schoolboy, he scored 628 not out over four afternoons in June 1899.
A. E. J. Collins/scorecard Captain Arthur Edward Jeune (James) Collins (18 August 1885–11 November 1914), typically known by his initials [Collins|AEJ Collins], was a cricketer and soldier, most famous for his achievement, as a schoolboy, of the highest-ever recorded score in cricket, 628 not out, over four afternoons in June 1899. Collins' record-making innings drew a large crowd and increasing media interest: spectators at the Old Cliftonian match being played nearby were drawn away to watch a junior school house cricket match.
A. E. van Vogt Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born science fiction author who was one of the most prolific, yet complex, writers of the mid-twentieth century "Golden Age" of the genre. Many fans of that era would have named van Vogt, Robert A.
A. Edison Stairs Allen Edison Stairs (born December 22, 1924 in Meductic, New Brunswick) is a Canadian businessman and politician. Known by Edison, after graduating high school he attended the University of New Brunswick but interrupted his education during World War II to join the Royal Canadian Air Force.
A. F. W. Beauchamp Proctor Captain Andrew (Anthony) Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor, VC, DSO, MC and bar, DFC (4 September, 1894 – 21 June, 1921) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
A. G. Gaston Arthur George Gaston (July 4, 1892 – January 19, 1996) was an African American businessman who established a number of businesses in Birmingham, Alabama and who played a significant role in the struggle to integrate Birmingham in 1963.
A. G. Heaton Augustus Goodyear Heaton (1844-1931) was an American artist and leading numismatist. He is best known among coin collectors for writing A Treatise on Coinage of the United States Branch Mints, which introduced numismatists to mint marks.
A. G. Mojtabai Ann Grace Mojtabai (b. 1937) is an American Jewish novelist, author of Blessed Assurance, which concerns nuclear weapons manufacture and fundamentalist religious belief, and the forthcoming novel Ordinary Time.
A. H. Dodd Professor Arthur Herbert Dodd (1891 - 21 May 1975), was an academic historian who taught and published widely, specialising in the politics of the Tudor and Stuart periods, Welsh history, and the history of the Industrial Revolution.
A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman (1926 - November 3, 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician, senior government minister and a leading member of the Awami League. A loyalist of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Qamaruzzaman was murdered along with Syed Nazrul Islam, Muhammad Mansur Ali and Tajuddin Ahmed in the infamous "jail killings" in Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.
A. H. Mackmurdo Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (December 12 1851 – March 15 1942) was a progressive English architect and designer, who influenced the Arts and Crafts Movement, notably through the Century Guild, which he set up in partnership with Selwyn Image in 1882.
A. Harry Moore Arthur Harry Moore (Jersey City, New Jersey in July 3, 1879 – Branchburg Township, New Jersey in November 18, 1952) was a Democrat who was the 39th Governor of New Jersey, serving three terms between 1926 and 1941. He was the longest serving New Jersey Governor in the 20th century and the only New Jersey Governor elected to serve three separate non-consecutive terms.
A. Holly Patterson Archibald Holly Patterson (born May 31, 1898 in Uniondale, New York, United States, died September 20, 1980) was the Republican county executive of Nassau County, New York from 1953-1962. He had previously served as presiding supervisor of the town of Hempstead.
A. J. Bramlett Aaron Jordan Bramlett (born January 10, 1977 in DeKalb, Illinois) is an American basketball player, currently playing for ASK Riga. At 6-foot, 10-inches, he usually plays a center or post position, but at only 220 pounds he sometimes has a hard time against physical play.
A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (July 19, 1896–January 9, 1981) was a Scottish novelist who is remembered chiefly as the author of The Citadel and The Keys of the Kingdom, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films. The Dr.
A. J. Hinch Andrew Jay Hinch (born May 15, 1974 in Waverly, Iowa) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. Hinch played for the Oakland Athletics (1998-2000), Kansas City Royals (2001-02), Detroit Tigers (2003) and Philadelphia Phillies (2004-05).
A. J. Liebling Abbott Joseph Liebling (October 18, 1904 – December 28, 1963) was an American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death. He was an entertaining and widely admired journalist of his generation.
A. J. Muste Abraham Johannes Muste (January 8, 1885 – February 11, 1967) was a socialist active in the pacifist movement, labor movement and the US civil rights movement. He was born in Zierikzee, the Netherlands, and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1896.
A. J. P. Taylor Alan John Percivale Taylor (March 25, 1906 – September 7, 1990) was a renowned English historian of the 20th century. He was probably the best-known British historian of the century and certainly one of the most controversial.
A. J. Pero Anthony Jude Pero (born October 14, 1959) is the drummer of the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister He went to St. Peter's Boys High School in Staten Island, but left because the faculty made him cut his hair.
A. J. Reid Anthony (Tony) John Reid (died February 9, 1993) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1962, originally for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and later for its successor party, the NDP.
A. J. Seymour Arthur James Seymour (1914-1989), poet, essayist, memoirist, and editor of the literary journal Kyk-Over-Al, was born on 12 January 1914, in Georgetown, British Guiana, to James Tudor Seymour, a land surveyor, and his wife Philippine, née Dey. He attended the Collegiate School and the Guyanese Academy before entering Queen's College, British Guiana's most prestigious boys' school, on a Government Junior Scholarship in 1928.
A. K. Antony Arackaparambil Kurian Antony (Malayalam: അറക്കപ്പറമ്പില്‍ കുര്യന്‍ ആന്റണി) (28 December, 1940 – ) is the current Defence Minister of India. He was the Chief Minister of Kerala during,, and.
A. K. Fazlul Huq Sher-e-Bangla (Urdu phrase meaning 'The Tiger of Bengal') Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq (Bangla:আবুল কাসেম ফজলুল হক) (26 October, 1873—27 April, 1962)Gandhi, Rajmohan. (1986) Eight Lives, SUNY Press.
A. K. Chesterton Arthur Kenneth Chesterton, MC (1896 — August 16, 1973) was an ultra right-wing politician and journalist, instrumental in founding a number of right-wing organisations in Britain, primarily in opposition to the break-up of the British Empire, and later adopting a broader anti-immigration stance. As of 2005, one of these organizations, the right-wing National Front is still active.
A. K. Ramanujan Attipat Krishnaswami Ramanujan (1929-1993) was an Indian author, who wrote in both English and Kannada. Ramanujan wore many hats as an author: he was a playwright, folklorist, philologist, translator, and poet.
A. L. Barker Audrey Lilian Barker (April 13, 1918 - February 21, 2002) was an English novelist and short story writer. During her lifetime, she published ten collections of short stories and eleven novels, one of which - John Brown's Body - was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1970.
A. L. Morton (Arthur) Leslie Morton (1903 - 1987) was a prolific English Marxist historian. He worked as an independent scholar; from 1946 onwards he was the Chair of the Historians Group of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).
A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar (1887 - 1974) was an Indian educationist and physician with notable international and academic roles. One of twin brothers, he served 27 years as vice chancellor of Madras University.
A. Leonard Allen Asa Leonard Allen (January 5, 1891 – January 5, 1969) was an educator, attorney, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana. He served eight terms as a Democrat from 1937 - 1953, having represented the now defunct Eighth Congressional District, centered about Alexandria.
A. M. Homes Amy Michael Homes (born 1961) is an American author, known for controversial and unusual stories, like The End of Alice (1996), a novel about a convicted child molester and murderer. She is also the author of the novels This Book Will Save Your Life (2006), Music for Torching (1999), In a Country of Mothers (1993), Jack (1989), and the short story compilations The Safety of Objects (1990) and Things You Should Know (2002).
A. M. S. y D. Atlético de Rafaela Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, usually referred to just as Atlético de Rafaela, are an institution of the city of Rafaela, in Argentina, with a professional football team, currently playing in the Argentine second division. The Rafaela derby is played between Atlético de Rafaela and Ben Hur
A. M. Sullivan Aloysius Michael Sullivan (August 9, 1896, Harrison, New Jersey – June 10, 1980, Montclair, New Jersey) was a United States poet, magazine editor, radio announcer and author of books on business ethics and philosophy. He is best known for his collection of poems, ‘’Songs of the Musconetcong’’, published in 1968.
A. N. Hornby Albert Neilson Hornby (Blackburn, Lancashire, 10 February 1847 – 17 December 1925 in Nantwich, Cheshire) was the England cricket captain who lost the Test match at home in 1882 against the Australian cricket team that gave rise to the Ashes.
A. N. R. Robinson Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson (born 16 December 1926 in Calder Hall, Tobago) was President of Trinidad and Tobago from 19 March 1997 to 17 March 2003. He was previously Prime Minister from 18 December 1986 to 17 December 1991.
A. N. Wilson Andrew Norman Wilson (born 27 October, 1950), is an English writer, known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular and cultural history. He is also (as of 2004) a columnist for the London Evening Standard.
A. O. Mitha (PA – 649) Major General Abu Bakr Osman Mitha (1923–December 1999) was the pioneer of the "stay behind" concept and founder of Pakistan's Special Services Group (SSG), an independent Commando Brigade of the Pakistan Army. He was to the SSG what David Stirling was to Britain's Special Air Service.
A. P. (Ace) Borger Asa Phillip (Ace) Borger (April 12, 1888 - August 31, 1934), town builder, was born to Phillip and Minnie Ann (West) Borger on a family farm near Carthage, Missouri. His father was a veterinarian and died when Borger was just six years old, and Borger and his siblings were raised by their mother and grandmothers.
A. P. de Candolle Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelt Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (February 4, 1778 - September 9, 1841) was one of the great botanists of all time. The author abbreviation used in citing plant names he published is "DC.
A. P. Hill Ambrose Powell Hill (November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865), was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He gained early fame as the commander of "Hill's Light Division," becoming one of Stonewall Jackson's ablest subordinates.

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