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Big Apple Rappin': The Early Days of Hip-Hop Culture in New York City 1979-1982 Big Apple Rappin': The Early Days of Hip-Hop Culture in New York City 1979-1982 is a compilation released on Soul Jazz Records. As the title suggest, it contains songs by various artists from the early days of New York hip hop.
Big Art Group Big Art Group is a New York-based experimental performance ensemble that uses language and media to push formal boundaries of theatre, film and visual arts to create culturally transgressive works. It has publicly declared its goal as the desire to develop innovative performances using original text, technology, and experimental methods of communication.
Big August Quarterly Big August Quarterly is an annual religious festival held in Wilmington, Delaware (sometimes called "Big Quarterly" or "August Quarterly"). Begun in 1814 by Peter Spencer in connection with the "quarterly" meeting (or "conference") of the African Union Church -- of the four meetings during the year, the one in August became the "annual conference" of the Church when ministers' assignments for the next year were announced, among other business -- it was a time for free blacks and slaves alike to come together (from the multi-state area) and celebrate their faith with singing, dancing, testifying, and feasting.
Big band A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from 1935 until the late 1940s. A big band typically consists of approximately 12 to 19 musicians and contains saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.
Big beat Big beat (sometimes called chemical breaks) is a term deployed in the mid 1990s by the British music press to describe the work of The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, and The Prodigy. Big beat tend to feature distorted, compressed breakbeats at moderate tempos (usually between 110 to 136 beats per minute), acidic synthesizer lines and heavy jazz loops.
Big bonnet The big bonnet or boineid mhòr was in Islay something similar to a struileag, an imaginary boat which was sent from one to another, rhyme accompanying it. It was never sent to a friend and no one cared to keep it long, if he could not make a verse himself, he must get someone else to make it for him, as it could not be passed on by other means.
Big break A big break is that point in the career of an aspiring actor or another performer when they are noticed by a talent agent or someone else in show business and offered a significant acting role or other opportunity to give a significant performance which will elevate the performer into stardom.
Big brown bat The Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus, is larger in size than comparative species of bats, from about 4 to 5 inches (10 - 13 cm) in length and weighing 1/2 to 5/8 ounce. The fur is moderately long, and shiny brown.
Big Bad Big bad is a term used in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel to describe a major recurring adversary, usually the chief villain in a particular broadcast season. The term has been later used in other fandoms, such as Charmed and Smallville to denote the annual villain.
Big Bad John "Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean (who would later become a sausage entrepreneur) and composed by Dean and Roy Acuff. Released in September 1961, by the beginning of November it went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.
Big Bad Mama Big Bad Mama is a 1974 American film produced by Roger Corman, starring Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, and Tom Skerritt. The film can be summarized as a Bonnie and Clyde love triangle with copious nudity, particularly in one scene with Dickinson and Shatner.
Big Bad Wolf The Big Bad Wolf (sometimes called the Big Ol' Wolf) is a fictional character who first appeared in the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and other folk tales. These stories can be traced to the literary salons of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Big Balls "Big Balls" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the sixth track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.
Big Balls and the Great White Idiot Big Balls and the Great White Idiot was one of the first and best known German punk rock bands. They were founded in Hamburg in 1975 by Wolfgang "Wolle" Lorenz (guitar), "Baron Adolf Kaiser" (vocals), and the Grund brothers Peter (drums), Alfred (bass, vocals) and Atli (guitar).
Big Bambu Big Bambu is a comedy album recorded by Cheech and Chong, released in 1972. The name Big Bambu is a reference to a type of rolling paper made by the Bambu company; the original LP sleeve was manufactured to look like a giant rolling paper package, and originally contained a giant rolling paper with the record.
Big Banana The Big Banana is a tourist attraction in the town of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and consists of a large building in the shape of a banana. Many banana-related products are shown or sold, and the grounds of building are a banana plantation.
Big Bang (financial markets) The phrase Big Bang, used in reference to the sudden deregulation of financial markets, was coined to describe measures including the abolition of the distinction between stockjobbers and stockbrokers on the London Stock Exchange by the United Kingdom government in 1986.
Big Bang nucleosynthesis In physical cosmology, Big Bang nucleosynthesis (or primordial nucleosynthesis) refers to the production of nuclei other than H-1, the normal, light hydrogen, during the early phases of the universe, shortly after the Big Bang. It is believed to be responsible for the formation of hydrogen (H-1 or simply H), its isotope deuterium (H-2 or D), the helium isotopes He-3 and He-4, and the lithium isotope Li-7 (all of these nuclides are normally shown as NX where X = standard name of this element and N = the number of nucleons in the nucleus, but for this page they will simply be referred to as X-N) .
Big Bang Romance "Big Bang Romance" is a collaboration between Pizzicato Five member Maki Nomiya and Japanese hip-hop duo m-flo that appeared on Nomiya's album Party People. The remixes were made by Tongari Nipopo of Tongari Kids fame and Pandart Sasanooha.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a state park in California, United States, located in Santa Cruz County about 36 km (23 miles) northwest of Santa Cruz. The park contains almost all of the Waddell Creek watershed, which was formed by the seismic uplift of its rim and the erosion of its center by the many streams in its bowl-like depression.
Big Bay Dam Big Bay Dam was an earthen dam located 11 miles west of Purvis, Mississippi in Lamar County. On March 12, 2004, the dam broke sending water downstream destroying 48 homes and businesses while many more were damaged.
Big Bay Point Light The Big Bay Point Light stands on a rocky point halfway between Marquette and the Keweenaw Portage Entry. The establishment of a station at Big Bay Point was recommended to the Lighthouse board in 1882 as follows: "The point occupies a position midway between Granite Island and Huron Islands, the distance in each case being 15 to 18 miles.
Big Bayou Canot train disaster The Big Bayou Canot train disaster of September 22, 1993 is the worst disaster in the history of United States railroad company Amtrak. The accident claimed 47 lives, far exceeding the previous crash that held the title of Amtrak's deadliest, 1987's Chase, Maryland rail wreck.
Big Bazaar Big Bazaar is a chain of shopping malls in India currently with 29 outlets, owned by the Pantaloon Group. It works on same the economy model as Wal-Mart and has had considerable success in many Indian cities and small towns.
Big Bear Solar Observatory The Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) is an astronomical telescopic observatory with main interests in studying the physics of the Sun. The instruments and telescopes of the observatory are designed and employed specifically for studying the activities and phenomena of our solar system's sun.
Big Bear Stores Big Bear Stores was a regional supermarket chain operating in Ohio and West Virginia. The company was founded in Columbus, Ohio, and was headquartered there until its acquisition by Syracuse, New York-based Penn Traffic in 1989.
Big Beat Battalion Big Beat Battalion is an American two-man hip hop group centralized in Las Vegas, Nevada. Famous for its unique rapping style and clean messages, Big Beat Battalion is different from all other hip hop groups in existence.
Big Beat Records Big Beat Records was an East Coast subsidiary label of Atlantic Records. Founded as an indie label in 1987 by a twenty-two year old New York deejay Craig Kallman, the company initially operated out of Kallman's parents' apartment.
Big Beautiful Woman The phrase "Big Beautiful Woman" (commonly abbreviated as BBW) is used by its proponents to denote "women of size". BBWs are also the focus of a subculture with interests centered on the acceptance, support, and admiration of overweight women.
Big Ben (disambiguation) Big Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, in London, England. It actually refers to the main bell, which is also known as the Great Bell of Westminster, the largest bell in the tower and part of the The Great Westminster Clock.
Big Ben (solitaire) Big Ben (or known in other solitaire brands as Clock) is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards mixed together. It is basically a large-scale, two-deck version of Grandfather's Clock and is probably named after Big Ben, the colloquially used nickname for the clock face at the tower of the Palace of Westminster in London.
Big Bend (Texas) The Big Bend is a colloquial name of a geographic region in the western part of the state of Texas in the United States along the border with Mexico, roughly defined as the counties north of the prominent northward bend in the Rio Grande as it passes through the gap between the Chisos Mountains in Texas and the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico.
Big Bend National Park Big Bend National Park is a national park located in Texas, USA. For more than 1,000 miles (1600 km) the Rio Grande / RĂ­o Bravo forms the international boundary between Mexico and the United States; Big Bend National Park administers approximately one-quarter of that boundary.
Big Bend State Recreation Area Big Bend State Recreation Area is a Nevada state park in the Colorado River Valley in southern Clark County, Nevada. Located just south of the town of Laughlin, Big Bend is Nevada's newest state park, created in 1996.
Big Bertha (comics) Big Bertha (Ashley Crawford) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, notably as a member of the Great Lakes Avengers. The character was created by John Byrne and first appeared in West Coast Avengers vol.
Big Bill Neidjie Big Bill Neidjie (c. 1920 – May 23, 2002) was the last surviving speaker of the Gagudju language, an indigenous language from northern Kakadu after which the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park is named.
Big Bird Big Bird is a full-body Muppet, featured on the children's television show Sesame Street, which airs on PBS. Since Sesame Street began, America's most famous 8 foot 2 inch big yellow bird has entertained millions of pre-school children and their parents with his wide-eyed wondering at the world.
Big Bird (cryptid) Big Bird refers to a mysterious creature(s) that was sighted several times in the Rio Grande Valley of deep South Texas during the mid 1970s. The bird was described by witnesses as being five feet tall, having a huge wingspan of up to 12 feet and resembling a "pterodactyl" or giant bird of prey with a long, pointed beak.
Big Block of Cheese Day Big Block of Cheese Day is a fictional workday on the television program The West Wing. On Big Block of Cheese Day, the White House Chief of Staff, Leo McGarry, encourages his staff to take meetings with fringe special interest groups that normally would not get attention from the White House.
Big Blonde Big Blonde were a glam punk band who enjoyed some limited success around the northwest of England, between 1989 and 1991. The band featured StĂ­obhart Matulevicz and Matt Horton, who went on to form Nobody's Heroes.
Big Blue Bug The Big Blue Bug, also known as Nibbles Woodaway, is the giant termite mascot of New England Pest Control, located along I-95 in Providence, Rhode Island. The Bug is 928 times the size of an actual termite, standing at 9 feet (2.
Big Blue Disk Big Blue Disk (ISSN 0893-2212) was a monthly disk magazine that was put out by Softdisk Publishing starting in 1986, getting its name from the nickname for IBM, "Big Blue". It carried various games and applications for DOS as well as reviews and various extras.
Big Blue Machine The Big Blue Machine was a nickname for the group of strategists and advisors to the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in Ontario, Canada, in the 1970s and 1980s. The moniker was coined by journalist Claire Hoy of the Toronto Star in April 1971.
Big Blue Marble Big Blue Marble was a half-hour children's television series that ran from 1974-1983 in syndication. Distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen-pal club that encouraged inter-cultural communication.
Big Blue Nation The Big Blue Nation is a term used to describe the fan base of University of Kentucky (UK) athletics programs, particularly the men's basketball team. It is a reference to both the signature color of UK athletics (blue), and the fact that UK fans often make up a disproportionate majority of the crowd at most venues where the Wildcats play.
Big Blue River (Indiana) The Big Blue River is a tributary of the Driftwood River, about 75 mi (120 km) long, in east-central Indiana in the United States. Via the Driftwood, White, Wabash and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Big Bone Cave Big Bone Cave is a cave located in Van Buren County, Tennessee that is notable both for its history and current recreational use. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a 334-acre State Natural AreaTennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Big Bone Cave Natural Area in the State Park system.
Big Bone, Kentucky Big Bone, Kentucky, is an area in southern Boone County, Kentucky, at . It is bounded on the west by the Ohio River, and Rabbit Hash, on the south by Big Bone Creek, which empties into the river at Big Bone Landing.
Big Bottom massacre The Big Bottom massacre occurred on January 2, 1791, near present-day Stockport in Morgan County, Ohio. Delaware and Wyandot Indians surprised a new settlement on the Muskingum River, stormed the blockhouse and killed eleven men, one woman, and two children.
Big Bounce The Big Bounce is an event derived from the oscillatory universe interpretation of the Big Bang where the first cosmological event was the result of the collapse of a previous universe. Also, if the universe is closed, this theory would predict that once this incarnation of the universe collapses it will spawn another universe in an event similar to the Big Bang after a universal singularity is reached.
Big Boy (radio host) Kurt Alexander, also known as Big Boy, is a radio host currently heard on Los Angeles hip hop/R&B station KPWR (Power 106) every morning between 5 am and 10 am. His stage name derives from his former large mass, which he modified through duodenal switch surgery in 2003 and the successive loss the next year of over 250 pounds.
Big Brother (Croatia) Big Brother is a reality show shown on RTL Televizija in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. It is based on the international Big Brother format produced by Endemol.
Big Brother (Netherlands) The Dutch Big Brother is the original version of the notorious 'mother of all TV reality shows'. It created the format in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.
Big Brother (Sweden and Norway) Big Brother (Sweden and Norway) is a reality show shown on Kanal 5 in Sweden, and TV Norge in Norway, in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. It is based on the Big Brother series produced by Endemol.
Big Brother (TV series) Big Brother is a popular reality television format, where for around three months, a number of contestants (normally fewer than fifteen at any one time) try to win a cash prize by avoiding periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house. The show, a kind of 'real life soap', was invented by the Dutchman John de Mol and developed by his production company, Endemol.
Big Brother (UK) Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast on Channel 4, and S4C in Wales, in which a number of contestants live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. It is based on the Big Brother series produced by Brighter Pictures, a part of Endemol.
Big Brother 1 (US) The first season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired in the summer of 2000, with seventy episodes from July 5 to September 29 and followed the same format as the international version, in that the viewing public voted by 900 number for which contestant to be evicted from the house after each contestant put two people up. The top two vote getters, including anyone tied for second, were "marked for banishment.
Big Brother 2 (US) The second season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show aired twenty-nine episodes during the summer of 2001 from July 5 to September 20. New rules were introduced in this season and have been used since.
Big Brother 2000 (UK) Big Brother was the first season of Big Brother in the UK, a reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.
Big Brother 2003 (UK) Big Brother 4 in 2003 was the fourth series of Big Brother in the UK, a reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.The series ran from Friday 23rd May to Friday 25th July 2003.
Big Brother 2004 (UK) Big Brother 5 in 2004 was the fifth season of Big Brother in the UK, a reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.
Big Brother 2005 (UK) Big Brother 6 in 2005 was the sixth series of Big Brother in the UK, a reality television show on Channel 4, in which a number of contestants live an isolated existence in a purpose-built house who try to avoid being evicted by public vote, with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. This series lasted for 11 weeks, currently the second-longest that the series has run for.
Big Brother 2007 (UK) Big Brother 2007 is the upcoming eighth season of the United Kingdom reality television series Big Brother. The first round of auditions for the season started on 2007-01-06"Thousands brave rain for BB fame", Evening Times, 2007-01-08.
Big Brother 3 (US) In the third season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, which aired thirty-two episodes during the summer of 2002 from July 10 to September 25, a new twist was added to the game, in that the houseguests could compete for a Power of Veto. At a weekly meeting, the winner could decide to veto a houseguest that the Head of Household had placed on the nomination block.
Big Brother 6 (US) The sixth season of CBS's American version of Big Brother consisted of thirty episodes aired from July 7 to September 20, 2005. It was hosted by Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen, who has acted as host of every season of the CBS incarnation of Big Brother to date.
Big Brother Australia Big Brother Australia is a reality television series produced by Endemol Southern Star and shown on Australian television network Network Ten. A number of contestants from throughout Australia live in an isolated compound in Dreamworld, Queensland, known as the 'Big Brother House', where their daily lives are recorded and broadcast on national television.
Big Brother Australia 2005 Big Brother Australia 2005 was the fifth series of Big Brother Australia, and was aired on Network Ten in Australia, and TV-2 in New Zealand with a four-week delay. The series started on May 8 2005, with housemates going into the House the day before, and finished on August 15 2005, lasting 101 days.
Big Brother Award (Czech Republic) The Big Brother Awards (Czech Republic) is the Czech version of the Big Brother Award. It is awarded yearly to authorities, companies, organisations, and persons that have been acting particularly and consistently to threaten or violate people's privacy, or disclosed people's personal data to third parties.
Big Brother Award (Germany) The Big Brother Awards (Germany) is the German version of the Big Brother Award. It is awarded yearly to authorities, companies, organisations, and persons that have been acting particularly and consistently to threaten or violate people's privacy, or disclosed people's personal data to third parties.
Big Brother Award (United States of America) The Big Brother Award (United States of America) is the American version of the international Big Brother Award. The "prize" is given annually to authorities, companies, organizations, and individuals that have done the most to threaten or violate people's privacy, or that have disclosed people's personal data to third parties.
Big Brother Croatia 3 Big Brother in 2006 is the third series of Big Brother in Croatia, a reality show shown on RTL in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with an aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run. The show launched on September 8th, 2006.
Big Brother Nigeria Big Brother Nigeria is a recently concluded reality TV show based on the Big Brother TV series in which 12 contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash prize at the end of the show by avoiding being evicted by viewers. A collaboration between Nigerian and South African production teams, it began airing on DStv Channel 37 on March 5, 2006 and ended on June 4.
Big Brother Recordings Big Brother Recordings is a record label that has released records, singles, and DVDs by the band Oasis in the UK and Ireland since 2000. Sony BMG/Epic Records continues to handle the band's international distribution as of 2006.
Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada Big Brothers and Sisters is a charitable organization which matches adult volunteers to children needing adult mentoring. Founded over 80 years ago, there are over 170 agencies across Canada providing support to over 300 communities.
Big Bull The Big Bull is a large (14m x 21m ) cement male Holstein cow located in Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia. When open, it contained a gift shop on the ground floor and a beef display, however it is no longer open to the public.
Big Bullets The Big Bullets Team Populary know as the peoples Team in Malawi as well as "Maulets" Has been dominating Malawi's Football for as far as [Joseph Chidwala] is Concerned. Since i started following football Big Bullets which used to be known as Bata Bullets and has changed the name due to different sponsors of the club but still maintains the 'BB' sort of has been one of the most successful Teams in the History of Malawi.
Big Business Big business is usually used as a pejorative reference to the significant economic and political power which large and powerful corporations (especially multinational corporations), are capable of wielding. The term "Big Business" first came into use in a symbolic sense subsequent to the American Civil War, particularly after 1880, in connection with the combination movement that began in American business at that time.
Big city bob Big City Bob is the nickname of Creative Writer, Independent Recording Artist and Entertainer Bobby Rivers, born Roberto Glen Alicea in Green Bay to Cruz Rivera Alicea of Puerto Rico and Sandra Jean Peters of Green Bay, Wisconsin. As a child attening St.
Big Cat Rescue Big Cat Rescue (formerly Wildlife On Easy Street) in Tampa, Florida, United States, is a non-profit corporation that runs the world's largest big cat sanctuary. It houses an assortment of cats, such as tigers, lions, leopards, cougars, bobcats, lynx, ocelots, servals, and caracals.
Big City Blues Big City Blues is a 1999 film about a collection of characters who threaten to cross paths, unknowingly, during a night in the big city. The film focuses on the two hitmen Conner and Hudson (Burt Reynolds and William Forsythe) who are bound to collide with Angela (Georgina Cates), a beautiful prostitute, who is searching for her doppelgänger.
Big City Network Big City Network is the name given to a network of Independent Local Radio stations across Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all owned by EMAP. Since EMAP's acquisition of Metropolitan Broadcasting in 1998 there has been gradual brand integration such as a standard logo and websites.
Big Comic Spirits Weekly Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at males 20-25 years old, and originally launched on October 14, 1980. The culture of food, sports, love relationships, and business provide the themes for its featured series, which often question conventional values.
Big Cook, Little Cook Big Cook, Little Cook is a television series for nursery school-aged children broadcast on BBC television channels (particularly the CBeebies digital television channel). The programme is set in the kitchen of a café, with two principal characters, Big Cook Ben and Little Cook Small.
Big Coppitt Key, Florida Big Coppitt Key is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the lower Florida Keys. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,595.
Big Country Big Country was a rock band from Dunfermline, Scotland, popular in the early to mid 1980s but still releasing material for a cult following as recently as 2004. The band was notable for music heavily accented with traditional Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar sound to resemble the bagpipes, fiddles and other traditional folk instruments.
Big Creek, California Big Creek is a small town in Fresno County, California located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the north bank of Big Creek. The town is at an elevation of 1,500 meters (4,920 feet) and its coordinates are 37.
Big Crunch In physical cosmology, the Big Crunch is the hypothesis that the universe will collapse upon itself after its expansion eventually stops — a counterpart to the Big Bang. This hypothesis is the subject of much heated discussion.
Big Cypress (Phish festival) Big Cypress was the fifth and largest of seven weekend-long festivals hosted by the rock band Phish. The event took place on the eve of the millennium - December 30 and 31, 1999, at the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation near the Big Cypress National Preserve in southern Florida.
Big Cypress Indian Reservation The Big Cypress Indian Reservation is located in southeastern Hendry County and northwestern Broward County in southern Florida in the United States. The reservation lies south of Lake Okeechobee and just north of Alligator Alley.
Big Cypress National Preserve Big Cypress National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in southern Florida, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Miami. Big Cypress, along with Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, became the first national preserves in the United States National Park System when they were established on October 11, 1974.
Big dumb booster Big Dumb Boosters (BDB) are a general class of launch vehicle built around the idea that it is cheaper to mass build and operate a large, strong, heavy rocket of simple design than it is to build a few smaller, lighter, more cleverly-designed ones. Even though the large booster is less efficient for an all around operation, its total cost of operation is cheaper because it is easier to build, operate and maintain.
Big D (supermarket) Big D (short for "Big Discount") was a chain of supermarkets in the Worcester, Massachusetts, USA area until the mid 1990s. The chain, numbering as many as twenty stores at one time, was held by The Wonder Market Companies, which sold the twelve remaining stores to the Rotterdam, New York-based Golub Corporation in 1995.
Big D and the Kids Table Big D and the Kids Table is a third wave ska band formed in October 1995 in Allston, Massachusetts on the Springman Records label. Members of Big D also run the Boston, Massachusetts area record label, Fork In Hand Records and Asian Man Records which has released numerous albums from Big D and other Boston artists.
Big Daddy (album) Big Daddy is the tenth studio album by John Mellencamp, released in 1989 by Mercury Records. It was his last album to be released under the name John Cougar Mellencamp, a combination of his real name and his original stage name of John Cougar.
Big Daddy Google Google's algorithm infrastructure update dubbed "Big Daddy" in February 2006 was the final stage of Google's major update dubbed "Jagger" which started in the Summer of 2005 to better evaluate website content.
Big Dam Bridge The Pulaski County Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, better known as the Big Dam Bridge, is the newest bridge to span the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, over the Murray Lock and Dam, and is open only to pedestrian and bicycle traffic. At 3,463 linear feet in length, the bridge is the longest pedestrian-only bridge built for that purpose in North America.
Big Dee Irwin Big Dee Irwin first came to prominence in the Pastels, a group that sang doo wop during the 1950s. The New York City native, whose real name was DiFosco Ervin, joined forces with three other young men to form the group in 1954 when all were stationed at a U.
Big Design Up Front Big Design Up Front (BDUF) is the (often criticized) methodology in software development that a program's design should be completed and perfected before that program's implementation is started. It is often associated with the waterfall model of software development.
Big Dig Big Dig is the unofficial name of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), a megaproject to reroute the Central Artery (Interstate 93), the chief controlled-access highway through the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, into a 3.5 mile (5.
Big Dig (Regina, Saskatchewan) The Wascana Lake Urban Revitalization Project—known locally as the Big Dig—was an $18 million project to deepen Wascana Lake in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The project took place during the winter of 2004.

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