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Big Obukhovsky Bridge The Big Obukhovsky Bridge (, Bolshoy Obuchovsky most) is the newest bridge across Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is also the only suspended bridge across Neva, which also makes it the only non drawn bridge.
Big Oil Big Oil is a term used to describe the individual and collective economic power of the largest oil and gasoline manufacturers, and their perceived influence on politics, particularly in the United States. The companies generally described as being part of "Big Oil" include ExxonMobil, Chevron Corporation, British Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell, and ConocoPhillips.
Big Orange Handling Company Big Orange Handling Company is a joint venture ground handling company majority owned by Menzies Aviation in which sole customer, budget airline easyJet, have a 26% stake in, providing them the ground services previously provided at London Luton Airport by easyJet Services Limited, a wholly owned company which provided ground handling services at Luton and Geneva Cointrin International Airport. Big Orange Handling Company was created on the 12th of January 2004.
Big Pasture The Big Pasture was 488,000 acres of prairie land, in what is now southwestern Oklahoma. The land had been reserved for grazing use by the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes after their reserve was opened for settlement by a lottery conducted during June through August of 1901.
Big Pig Gig From May 14 to October 31, 2000, Cincinnati, Ohio hosted the Big Pig Gig, a large-scale event in which local artists decorated fiberglass "flying pig" statues and displayed them throughout the downtown area.
Big Pimpin' Delemond Big Pimpin' Delemon (born Dwight Delemond Williams) is a rapper from Tha Dogg Pound that was signed by Death Row Records. He appeared on Murder Was The Case soundtrack, Above The Rim, Dogg Food and Daz Dillinger's albums.
Big Pine Creek (Indiana) Big Pine Creek is a creek in northwestern Indiana. It begins in Round Grove Township in southwestern White County and flows generally south through Benton and Warren counties before meeting the Wabash River near the town of Attica.
Big Pine Key, Florida Big Pine Key is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, on an island of the same name in the Florida Keys. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,032.
Big Piney, Missouri Big Piney is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri on the southeastern edge of Fort Leonard Wood and sixteen miles northwest of Licking. Its post office is closed, mail now comes from Newburg.
Big Pit Big Pit is a coal mine which is preserved for visitors under the auspices of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales as the National Mining Museum of Wales. It is located close to the South Wales valley town of Blaenavon, which is a World Heritage Site.
Big Planet Big Planet is the first of two stand-alone science fiction novels by Jack Vance (the other being Showboat World) which share the same setting: an immense, but metal-poor and backward world called Big Planet. Big Planet was serialized in 1952 in Startling Stories, then cut and reissued in 1957 as part of Ace double novel D-295, paired with Vance's Slaves of the Klau.
Big Pocono State Park Big Pocono State Park is a Pennsylvania state park located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania in northeastern Pennsylvania. The park's 1,306 acres are situated on the peak and the slopes of Camelback Mountain and are maintained jointly by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Camelback Ski Coroporation.
Big Pokey Big Pokey (real name Milton Powell) is a rapper from Houston, Texas and is one of the more accomplished members of the Screwed Up Click. While rapping, he attended Blinn Junior College in Blinn, Texas and even tried out for the NFL at one point (he had been a very successful football player in high school and college).
Big Poppa E Big Poppa E is the stage name of slam poetry performer Eirik Ott. His live performances combine poetry, stand-up comedy, and dramatic monologue in high-energy rants about relationships, pop culture, and hot button issues of the day.
Big Pun Christopher Lee Rios (November 9 1971 – February 7 2000), better known as Big Punisher or Big Pun, was a New York rapper of Puerto Rican descent who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s. He first appeared on albums from The Beatnuts on the track "Off The Books" and Fat Joe on Fat Joe's second album "J.
Big Push Model The Big Push Model is a concept in development economics or welfare economics that emphasizes the fact that a firm's decision whether to industrialize or not depends on the expectation of what other firms will do. It assumes economies of scale and oligopolistic market structure.
Big Railroad Hobby Show The Big Railroad Hobby Show is an annual model railroad and toy train show held at The Big E in West Springfield, Massachusetts by the Amherst Railway Society at the end of January or beginning of February and attended by nearly 20,000 people.
Big Read The Big Read was a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Book" by way of a viewer vote via the Web, SMS and telephone. The show attracted controversy for adopting an allegedly sensationalist approach to literature, but supporters praised it for raising the public awareness of reading.
Big Records Big Records is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Paul Paoliello, former Managing Director of Zomba Records' Australasian affiliate from its inception in 1999 until it's sale to BMG in 2003.
Big Red (film) Big Red is a 1962 American family-oriented adventure film from Disney Studios. Based on a 1945 novel by American author Jim Kjelgaard and adapted to the screen by American screenwriter Louis Pelletier, the film starred Walter Pidgeon.
Big Red (Western Kentucky University) Big Red is the name given to Western Kentucky University's mascot, a red, furry, amorphous blob created by WKU student Ralph Carey in 1979. Big Red is meant to symbolize WKU's sports teams' nickname, the "Hilltoppers", a name chosen because the campus of the school is situated atop a 232 foot hill.
Big Red Switch Big Red Switch (BRS) is a hacker term for the shutdown button or power switch on a computer, especially the red "Emergency Pull" switch on IBM mainframe operator consoles. The term has also sometimes been used for the power switch on IBM PCs.
Big Rideau Lake The Big Rideau Lake is a lake in Eastern Ontario], [[Canada. The lake is located 72 kilometres (45 miles) to the southwest of Ottawa, Ontario, is 32 kilometres (20 miles) long and is 6 kilometres (4 miles) wide.
Big Rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider.
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is a racing game released for PC by Stellar Stone LLC in 2003. The game received essentially universal negative reviews, with many critics referring to it as the worst video game of all time.
Big River (musical) Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical based on Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with music and lyrics by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman. In keeping with the setting of the novel, Big River features music in the bluegrass and country styles.
Big River (Wisconsin) The Big River is a minor tributary of the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin in the United States. It flows for its entire length in western Pierce County, rising in the town of River Falls and flowing south-southwestwardly into the town of Oak Grove.
Big Rock The Big Rock is a glacial erratic situated between the towns of Okotoks and Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada (18 kilometres south of Calgary). The 15,000 tonne (16,500 short ton) quartzite boulder is the world's largest known glacial erraticAlberta museum historic site.
Big Rock Candy Mountain "Big Rock Candy Mountain" is a song about a hobo's idea of paradise - a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaignesong is generally recognized as a turn of the century hobo ballad] based on [[An Invitation to Lubberland, but authorship is also generally attributed to Harry McClintock since earlier written evidence of the song is not known. As a result, the song's copyright status is also in dispute.
Big Rocking horse The Big Rocking Horse is a tourist attraction in a small town just outside Adelaide, called Gumeracha which is in the State of South Australia. The Big Rocking horse is over 18 metres high, and you are able to climb it to the top.
Big Ron Manager Big Ron Manager is a television documentary series based on Ron Atkinson's efforts as a troubleshooter at the English League 2 football club Peterborough United. The series is currently (Sept 2006) being screened on Sky TV.
Big Ronnie Big Ronnie is a Gulf Coast, south Texas description of any sort of snack that will tide one over until they may get another snack, or altogether satiate their appetite. It can also refer to a huge snack that rather segues into a main meal.
Big Round Top Big Round Top (also called Round Top or Sugar Loaf) is the dominating terrain feature on the southern part of the Gettysburg Battlefield in Adams County, Pennsylvania. It is adjacent to a smaller hill, Little Round Top, the scene of furious combat during the Second Day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
Big Roussel The Big Roussel, Big Russel or Grand Ruau is the channel running between Herm on the west, and Brecqhou, and Sark on the east, in the Channel Islands. It has a treacherous current, and the tidal variations in this region are amongst some of the most extreme in the world.
Big Rude Jake Big Rude Jake is a singer, songwriter and jazz musician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He recorded several albums with different jazz ensembles and musicians, mixing rock, blues, ragtime, swing, rhythm and blues and punk rock altogether.
Big Run (South Branch Potomac River) Big Run is a tributary stream of the South Branch Potomac River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. Big Run flows through the city of Romney and the campus of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Big six in the romantic literature of England The Big Six of English romantic literature pertains to the six figures who are historically supposed to have formed the core of the Romantic movement of late 18th and early 19th century England. The term, though widely used as an easy term for the canonical Romantic poets, is just as widely known to be both anachronistic and unduly exclusive.
Big spin Big spin is an aerial skateboarding trick where the skateboard makes a 360 shove-it while at the same time the skateboarder makes a body varial to the same direction (more correctly called a "body follow").
Big Sandy Community and Technical College Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC), located in Prestonsburg, KY, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was created in 2003 from the consolidation of Prestonsburg Community College and Mayo Technical College.
Big Sandy Creek (Cheat River) Big Sandy Creek (not to be confused with the Big Sandy River, a much larger stream which forms part of the boundary between West Virginia and Kentucky) is a small mountain stream which begins in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and flows into Preston County, West Virginia in the United States. The Big Sandy flows through Bruceton Mills and Rockville before crashing down the mountainside and reaching its confluence with the Cheat River at the abandoned town of Jenkinsburg.
Big Sandy River (Arizona) The Big Sandy River is in northwestern Arizona in Mohave County It begins where Cottonwood Wash and Trout Creek converge in the Hualapai Indian Reservation near Hualapai Peak then flows past Wikieup south of Kingman. It has a length of 80 mi (129 km) and joins the Santa Maria River to form Bill Williams River at Alamo Lake State Park.
Big Sandy River (Tennessee) The Big Sandy River of Tennessee rises about five miles (eight km) northwest of Lexington, Tennessee, county seat of Henderson County, Tennessee, in the same vicinity as two other important rivers of West Tennessee, the Beech River and the Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River. Like the Beech (and unlike the Forked Deer, which flows to the Mississippi River), the Big Sandy flows to the Tennessee River.
Big Sandy Superstore Big Sandy Superstore is a regional furniture store chain with stores located in the tri-state area of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. In 1953, Big Sandy Superstore was founded in Ashland, Kentucky by Robert Van Hoose, Sr.
Big Sandy, East Lynn and Guyan Railroad In the 1890s, plans were made for a railroad to connect the Big Sandy River and Guyandotte River. The planned railroad would start at the mouth of Whites Creek on the Big Sandy River in Wayne County, West Virginia and would proceed to the East Fork of Twelvepole Creek and eventually to the Guyandotte River near Logan, Logan County, West Virginia.
Big Sandy, West Virginia Big Sandy is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. The town's name comes from the Big Sandy River, a major tributary of the Ohio River which forms the boundary between West Virginia and Kentucky.
Big Shiny Tunes Big Shiny Tunes is a series of rock albums featuring Various Artists compiled and released by the Canadian television station MuchMusic, beginning in 1996. It has been cited as the best-selling album series in Canadian history, Chapters, "Big Shiny Tunes 10," URL accessed February 17, 2006.
Big Sioux River The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 295 mi (470 km) long, in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Big Sioux River" as the stream's name in 1961.
Big Sister (brothel) Big Sister is a brothel and associated voyeuristic paysite, located in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the first and only brothel where customers can use the women's services for free, subsidized by paying Internet viewers; live video and audio streams and archived videos of the activity in the brothel are available on the website for a fee.
Big Sky (Highway 101 album) Big Sky is Highway 101's seventh studio album, featuring new lead vocalist Chrislynn Lee and new member Charlie White, alongside veteran members Curtis Stone and Cactus Moser. Notably, Lee is the band's third lead vocalist.
Big Sky Express Big Sky Express is an airline based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was established and started operations in 2004 and is an Australian community airline operating scheduled domestic passenger services in the north western part of New South Wales.
Big Sky Trooper Big Sky Trooper is a sci-fi adventure game, produced by JVC and LucasArts for the Super NES in January 1996, and having bright, cartoon-like graphics. At the start of the game, the player chooses an avatar, male or female, before the story begins; the evil Space Slug forces, led by the Sultan of Slime, have launched a sudden attack on humanity, quickly occupying the majority of planets in the galaxy, and forcing the Sidereal Shock Troops to recruit soldiers to counter the threat.
Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a College Athletic Conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I-AA in football and Division I in all other sports; it was founded in 1983. The conference is firmly rooted in the southeastern United States, with member institutions located in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area preserves the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and its tributaries in northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky. In addition, the mining community of Blue Heron is preserved and interpreted via signage.
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is a major drainage feature of the Cumberland Plateau, a major tributary of the Cumberland River system, a world-class whitewater canoeing and kayaking stream, and the major feature of a Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.
Big Sport of Turfdom Award The Big Sport of Turfdom Award has been given annually by the Turf Publicists of America since 1966 to a person or group who enhances coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with the media and Thoroughbred racing publicists.
Big Spring Jam Big Spring Jam is an annual three-day music festival taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. The Jam, which began in 1993, typically takes place the fourth weekend in September, beginning Friday and ending Sunday.
Big Spring Park (Cedartown, Georgia) Big Spring Park in Cedartown, Georgia is the second largest natural limestone spring in the southern United States. Producing four million gallons of water per day, it provides water to 10,000 people in northwest Georgia.
Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama) Big Spring International Park (or Big Spring Park, for short) is located in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. It is most noted as being the site of Big Spring Jam, an annual music festival that usually occurs on the fourth weekend in September.
Big Spring School District Big Spring School District, is a public school district located in Newville, Pennsylvania serving central Cumberland County. The district completed construction of a new high school (grades 9-12) in 2003, a new middle school (grades 6-8) in 2005, and operates five elementary schools (grades K-5).
Big Spring Vietnam Memorial The Big Spring Vietnam Memorial is a memorial located in Big Spring, Texas, United States, honoring American servicemen (especially those local to Big Spring) who gave their lives, were captured by the enemy, or went missing in action in the Vietnam Conflict.
Big Stan Big Stan is an upcoming film directed by and starring Rob Schneider and slated for release sometime in 2007. One night while on Loveline, Schneider stated that this film will be an "anti-man raping" film - referring to prison rape.
Big Star Markets Big Star was an American supermarket chain founded in 1937 as part of the David Pender Grocery Company. The Big Star stores were self-service supermarket operations which began to replace the small full-service stores Pender's had operated up to that point.
Big Stink Big Stink was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-40-MO 44-27354, victor number 90) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a camera plane in support of the bomb-carrying Bockscar, to photograph the explosion and effects of the bomb, and also to carry scientific observers.
Big Stone Lake Big Stone Lake is a long, narrow freshwater lake and reservoir forming the border between western Minnesota and northeastern South Dakota. The lake covers 12,610 acres (51 km²) of surface area, stretching 26 miles (42 km) from end to end and averaging around 1 mile (2 km) wide, and at an elevation of 965 feet (294 m) is the lowest point in South Dakota.
Big Sur Big Sur is a thinly-settled region of the central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. This geology produces stunning views and has become a magnet for global tourism.
Big Sur River The Big Sur River is a river on the Central Coast of California. The river drains a portion of the Big Sur area, a thinly-settled region of the Central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean.
Big Sword Society The Big Sword Society originated as a secret vigilante group of southwestern Shantung after the Sino-Japanese War when the countryside was in anarchy and rife with banditry. The Big Swords supposedly protected lives and property, in their own way.
Big Syke Tyruss "Big Syke" Himes (born in Inglewood, California) is an American rapper who was a friend of the late Tupac Shakur. He was originally in 2Pac's group Thug Life along with 2Pac, Macadoshis, Mopreme & Rated R.
Big Talbot Island State Park Big Talbot Island State Park is a Florida State Park located on Big Talbot Island, 20 miles east of downtown Jacksonville on A1A North and immediately north of Little Talbot Island State Park. The park is a nature preserve and a location for nature study, bird–watching, or photography.
Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east.
Big Ten Conference football individual honors Coaches and media of the Big Ten Conference award the following individual honors at the end of each football season. In addition, the Chicago Tribune awards the Chicago Tribune Silver Football to the most valuable football player of the conference.
Big Ten Network The Big Ten Network is a planned television station in the United States set to be launched in August 2007. The network is a joint project of the Big Ten Conference, a college athletic conference, and Fox Entertainment Group and is a national channel devoted to Big Ten athletic and academic programs.
Big Tex Big Tex is the 52 foot (16 m) high icon of the annual State Fair of Texas held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas (USA). He wears size 70 boots, a 75 gallon hat, a size 100 180/181 shirt and 284W/185L XXXXXL pair of Lee jeans.
Big Thicket The Big Thicket is the name of a heavily forested area in Southeast Texas. While no exact boundaries exist, the area occupies much of Hardin, Liberty, Tyler, and Polk Counties and is roughly bounded by the Trinity River, Neches River, and Pine Island Bayou.
Big Three (colleges) The Big Three is an historical term used in the United States to refer to Yale University, Harvard University, and Princeton University. The phrase Big Three originated in the 1880s, when these three colleges dominated college footballSynnott, Marsha G.
Big Tigger Big Tigger is the stage name of Darian Morgan (born December 22, 1972 in South Bronx, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States), an American television and radio personality best known as the host of BET's Rap City and 106 & Park.
Big Timber Road (Metra) Big Timber Road is a commuter railroad station in Elgin, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is the western terminus for Metra's Milwaukee District/West Line, with service to Union Station in downtown Chicago.
Big Time Sensuality "Big Time Sensuality" is a song by Björk, released as the fourth single from her 1993 album Debut. The track is upbeat, bubbly trance-pop about enjoying life to its fullest and helped boost Björk’s popularity worldwide, particularly the US, where she charted for the first time.
Big Time Wrestling Big Time Wrestling was one of the most successful regional professional wrestling promotions during the 1960s. It was owned and operated by the legendary wrestling icon, and one of the biggest pioneers of hardcore wrestling, The Shiek.
Big Top Pee-wee Big Top Pee-wee is the 1988 family comedy sequel to the 1985 film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and stars Paul Reubens (as Pee-wee Herman), Penelope Ann Miller, Valeria Golino, and Kris Kristofferson. The original music score is composed by Danny Elfman.
Big Town Playboys The Big Town Playboys are a six-piece acoustic British rhythm and blues revival group. Founded by Mike Sanchez and Ian Jennings in 1984, they cover American music from the 1940s and 1950s, such as that of Champion Jack Dupree and John Lee Hooker.
Big Train Big Train was a surreal British television comedy sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, writers of the more successful sitcom Father Ted. It was first broadcast in 1998 with a second series, in which Linehan was not involved, shown in 2002.
Big Tree Records Big Tree Records was a record label founded by current Universal Music Group chairman Doug Morris in 1970. They were best known for releases by Lobo, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Brownsville Station Band and British R&B group Hot Chocolate.
Big Trouble in Little China Big Trouble in Little China (also known as John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China) is a 1986 comedy/action film, directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall, set in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Big Tuna Big Tuna (AKA Zehirut Matzlema or in Hebrew זהירות מצלמה) is the first Israeli mockumentary film and a cult movie. The film presents the crazy and amazing life story of Max Tuna Schreiber, the Israeli candid camera legend.
Big Two The card game Big Two (Chinese: 大二; pinyin: dà èr; Cantonese: 鋤大D) is a card game similar to the game of President, Crazy Eights, I Doubt It, Winner, and other shedding games. It is sometimes called "Chinese poker" because of its Chinese origin and its use of poker hands, though there is actually a different game by that name; see the Chinese poker article.
Big ugly dish A big ugly dish (often abbreviated to BUD) is a colloquial name for a satellite dish used to receive satellite television signals from FSS-type satellites on the C band, BUDs are usually about ten feet or three metres in diameter and have been a source of much consternation (even local zoning disputes) to neighbors of those with the dishes. Although some dishes are made of fiberglass, a common alternative is a metal mesh — such BUDs shed snow and suffer reduced wind loads; in addition, some critics consider them less unsightly.
Big Up Clash Big Up Clash was the second release of Ska Punk bands Shootin' Goon and Lubby Nugget Featuring five tracks from Goon, with influences ranging from punk rock to traditional ska and rocksteady, including a cover version of Lubby Nugget's "Flesh Pimp". Huddersfield's Lubby Nugget also supplied five songs including two thrash punk style songs and the reggae live favourite "Cheeky Little Number" as well as supplying a cover version of Shootin' Goon's "Plain To See" and a Dub mix of their track "SDW" entitled "S.
Big Up Entertainment Big Up Entertainment is a record label that specializes in hip hop music. It was founded by Canadian NHL hockey player Anson Carter to provide an outlet for the youth of the world to be comfortable in their beliefs and dreams and get their voices heard.
Big V These competitions comprise both genders, and incorporate four levels of senior competition (men), three levels for women and youth leagues. As a member of the Australian Basketball Association (ABA), the winner of the Big V Championship League gains automatic entry for the Australian Basketball Club Championships against the winners of the other ABA conferences.
Big Valley Jamboree The Big Valley Jamboree is a large country music festival located in the city of Camrose, Alberta a city in the southern part of the Edmonton metro area. It features country singers from all over North America, and it's one of the largest music festivals on the continant.
Big Vin Records Big Vin Records is record label, based in Dallas, Texas, United States, that was formed in February 2006 by Metal drummer and producer, Vinnie Paul. Big Vin Records has a distribution deal with Fontana Records.
Big wave surfing Big wave surfing is a discipline in surfing where riders paddle into waves which are at least 20 feet high, on surf boards known as guns or rhino chasers. The bigger the wave, the faster it travels, and the bigger the surf board needed to catch it.
Big Wars Big Wars (ビッグ・ウォーズ 神撃つ朱き荒野に) is a futuristic anime set in the dawning of the 21st century, the earth has undergone changes and technology improved in leaps and bounds, with mankind now colonizing Mars. However nothing is ever that simple, unknown to mankind there is an ancient race of aliens known as 'The Gods' which have been patiently waiting and watching mankind's progress.
Big Wedge Big Wedge is an American rock band formed in 1999 by guitarist/songwriter Steve Fleck and drummer/songwriter Kevin Distel. They have released several well-received albums, and have a cult following in the New York City area.
Big Wednesday Big Wednesday was a 1978 coming of age movie, directed by John Milius, starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt and Gary Busey as California surfers facing life, the Vietnam War, and use of the ever changing surf as a metaphor for the changes in life.
Big West Conference The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A American football. Due to its past successes in the NCAA's men's college basketball tournament, the Big West is still occasionally considered by some to be a mid-major conference.
Big Wheel A Big Wheel is a type of tricycle, traditionally made of plastic, with an oversized front wheel that rides very low to the ground. Introduced by Louis Marx and Company in 1969, the Big Wheel was a very popular toy in the 1970s in the United States, partly because of its low cost and partly because consumer groups said it was a safer alternative to the traditional tricycle or bicycle.
Big Wheel Recreation Big Wheel Recreation was an independent record label based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was formed in the fall of 1994 by Rama Mayo (at the time a student at Northeastern University, Boston) and Richard P.
Big White House Big White House is a winery in the Livermore Valley of California. The wines they produce include Chardonnay, Syrah, and Zinfandel from the Livermore Valley, Carignane and Viognier from Lodi, California, as well as a Viognier Ice Wine.

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