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Borrowdale, Westmorland Borrowdale is a valley in the English Lake District. It is located in the old county of Westmorland, and is sometimes referred to as Westmorland Borrowdale in order to distinguish it from a more famous Borrowdale located in the traditional county of Cumberland.
Bors Bors (French: Bohort) is the name of two knights in Arthurian Legend, one the father and one the son. Bors the Elder is the King of Gaunnes or Gaul during the early period of King Arthur's reign, and is the brother of King Ban of Benoic.
Borsari's Corner, Melbourne Borsari's Corner is at the intersection of Lygon Street and Grattan Street, in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. The corner is named after Italian cyclist Nino Borsari, who was competing in Australia when World War II broke out.
Borscht Borscht (also borsch or borshch - see origins) is a vegetable soup, usually including beet roots, which give it a strong red color. However other, non-beet varieties exist, such as the tomato paste-based orange borscht and the sorrel-based green borscht.
Borscht Belt Borscht Belt is an informal term for the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan and Ulster Counties in upstate New York which were frequented by Ashkenazi Jews. Borscht is a kind of beet soup popular with people of Eastern European origin.
Borsi, Greece Borsi (Greek, Modern: Μπόρσι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms: Borsio and Borsion, is a hillside community in Greece, connected with a road to the Peneus Dam, Lechaina and Varda. It is part of the municipality of Lechaina.
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén () is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called "Northern Hungary"), on the border with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.
Borstal Boy Borstal Boy (1958) was an autobiographical story by Irish nationalist Brendan Behan, recounting his imprisonment at Hollesley Bay for attempting to carry explosives into Great Britain, on a mission for the Irish Republican Army. The story takes its name from the Borstal, a British jail for juveniles, of which Hollesley was one.
Bort Bort or boart is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of gem-grade/quality diamonds. In the manufacturing and heavy industries, "bort" is used to describe dark, imperfectly formed/crystallized diamonds of varying levels of opacity.
Borthwood Borthwood Copse, near Sandown, Isle of Wight, England is owned by the National Trust and is a fragment of the medieval forest which covered most of the eastern end of the Island. There are some fine oak and a grove of beech trees which stand amongst glades of coppiced sweet chestnut and hazel.
Boruch Kaplan Boruch Kaplan (also spelled Borach Kaplan) was a survivor of the 1929 Hebron massacre who notably blamed Zionists for inciting the violence. At the time of the massacre he was a young student in the Hebron yeshiva.
Borujerd Borujerd (), (Luri pronunciation: vorūgerd, also borūgerd; Borujerdi Dialect: vūriyerd)(Name spelling variations: Borudjerd, Boroojerd, Brujerd, Broojerd, Burujird, Borugerd) is a city and shahrestan (township) in Lorestan Province in Western Iran.
Borujerdi dialect The Borujerdi dialect is the variety of the Luri language spoken in Borujerd city and surrounding areas in Lorestan Province of Iran. Borujerdi is a bridge between Persian and Luri language and contains features of both of them.
Borung Highway The Borung Highway (C234 - Dimboola to Donald section and C239 - Donald to Charlton section) is a rural highway in western Victoria running in a west-east direction from Dimboola in the west to Charlton in the east. The highway serves little more than connectivity between local communities, and is busiest between the towns of Donald and Charlton (with exception to the section that it shares with the Sunraysia Highway.
Borung Highway collision, Donald In the Borung Highway collision near Donald, Victoria at 12:40 pm (AEST) on 26 September, 2006, a vehicle approaching an intersection from a minor road failed to heed a Give way sign and collided with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach, often shortened to Gladbach, is a German football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the first division Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, best-supported, and successful teams.
Borussia-Park Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach is the home stadium of German football Bundesliga team Borussia Mönchengladbach. It replaced the smaller Bökelberg stadium, which no longer satisfied modern safety standards and international requirements, in July 2004.
Borut Pahor Borut Pahor (born on 2 November 1963 in Postojna) is a Slovenian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is the president of the Social Democrats, which are part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
Borut Semler Borut Semler (born 25 February 1985 in Murska Sobota,Slovenia) is a Slovenian footballer who is currently playing for Bayern Munich's reserve squad in the Regionalliga SĂĽd, the third tier of German football. He is playing at the position of a striker.
Borwornsak Uwanno Borwornsak Uwanno is a Thai legal expert, former Cabinet secretary-general under the Thaksin-government, former Professor of Law at Chulalongkorn University, and a key drafter of the 1997 Constitution of Thailand.
Boryokudan Bōryokudan (暴力団), literally "violence group", is the term used by the Japanese police to describe the organized crime groups commonly known in the English-speaking world as yakuza. The term "yakuza" is actually used in Japan to refer to individual members of these groups.
Borys Paton Borys Yevhenovych Paton (in , born: November 27, 1918 in Kiev) is the long-term chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Borys Paton joined the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on November 18, 1958 and is the first person to have been awarded the title of the Hero of Ukraine.
Borys Wrzesnewskyj Borys Wrzesnewskyj (pronounced Rez-NEV-skeeborn November 10], [[1960) is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Etobicoke Centre in the Canadian House of Commons. He is the member of the Liberal Party.
Bos-Brook A Bos-Brook (or a BO-BR) is a stone embedded in the sidewalk marking the town line of Brookline, Massachusetts and the city limits of Boston, Massachusetts. There are two known Bos-Brooks, on Washington Street, across from each other in the sidewalks.
Bosa, Italy Bosa is a town in the province of Oristano (until May 2005 it was in the province of Nuoro), part of the Sardinia region of Italy. Bosa is situated about two-thirds of the way up the west coast of Sardinia, on a small hill, about 3 kilometers inland on the north bank of the Temo River.
Bosalabos Bosalabos (pronounced boe-sa-la-boes) are derived from slit drums (also known as tongue drums) which evolved from a West African instrument known as an Obec (pronounced oh-beck). The Obec drums were originally constructed by hollowing out a log, usually by standing it on end and burning out the center.
Bosanska bijela Bosanska Bijela is a large village in Bosnia and Herzegovina located approximately 25 kilometers south of the city of Brčko (city) on the Brčko - Banovići railway line. It has approximately 3500 inhabitants and is the largest village in the Brčko District.
Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica Bosanska Dubica or Kozarska Dubica (Cyrillic]: Босанска Дубица or Козарска Дубица) is the official name of the municipality located in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of Republika Srpska entity.
Bosanska Kostajnica Bosanska Kostajnica (Serbian]: Босанска Костајница or Bosanska Kostajnica; [[Bosnian language|Bosnian & Croatian: Bosanska Kostajnica) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality was created from part of the pre-war municipality of Bosanski Novi (today Novi Grad).
Bosanska Krajina Bosanska Krajina or Bosnian Frontier (Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian: Bosanska Krajina or Босанска Крајина, Turkish: Bosna sınır boyu) is a geographical region in western Bosnia and Herzegovina enclosed by three rivers - Sava, Una and Vrbas. It is also a historic, economic and cultural entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosanski Brod Bosanski Brod (Serbian]: Босански Брод or Bosanski Brod; [[Bosnian language|Bosnian & Croatian: Bosanski Brod) also known as Brod (Брод), formerly known as Srpski Brod (Српски Брод), is a town and municipality located on the right bank of the river Sava in the north of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosanski Lonac Bosanski Lonac is an authentic Bosnian culinary speciality, appreciated for its rich taste and flexibility. It is impossible to define "the" recipe for Bosanski Lonac, as there are many variations, but the main ingredients are mostly the same: meat and various vegetables.
Bosansko Grahovo Bosansko Grahovo (Cyrillic: Босанско Грахово) is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located near the border with Croatia, near the towns of Drvar, Livno and Glamoč.
Bosaso Bosaso (Somali: Boosaaso; ), formerly Bender Cassim (Somali: Bender Qaasim), is the third largest city in Somalia and the main port of Somalia since the start of the Somali Civil War in 1991. Situated on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden (49°30' E and 11°30' N) at the estuary of Baalade Wadi, it is the de facto capital of the Bari region (gobolka) in the autonomous republic of Puntland.
Bosawas Biosphere Reserve The Bosawas Biosphere Reserve in the northern part of Nicaragua is a hilly tropical forest designated in 1997 as a UNESCO biosphere reserve. At over 2 million hectares in size, the reserve comprises about 7% of the nation's total land area, is largely unexplored, and is extremely rich in biodiversity.
Bosbaan Bosbaan is a rowing lake situated in the Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Woods) in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Amstelveen is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands and is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.
Boscastle flood, 2004 The Boscastle flood, 2004 occurred on Monday 16 August, 2004 in Boscastle, Cornwall. The village suffered extensive damage after a flash flood caused by an extraordinary amount of rain that fell over the course of 5 hours that afternoon.
Bosco Adventure Bosco Adventure (ボスコ アドベンチャ) is a anime TV series produced by Nippon Animation, mainly inspired by a book "Storie del Bosco" of the Italian writer Tony Wolf, and other books of this author. The serial was very popular in Europe in the late 1980's and early 1990s, and were shown in many European countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, SFR Yugoslavia, Spain, Poland, Russia), America (Canada, Chile, Mexico, ...
Bosco Radonjich Bosco or Bosko “The Yugo” Radonjich was a Serbian-born nationalist, operative for the Central Intelligence Agency and later leader of the Westies, a predominantly Irish-American gang based in New York's Hell's Kitchen.
Bosco Stick Bosco Sticks are a brand of cheese-filled frozen breadsticks which are popular among institutional cafeterias and foodservice organizations. Manufactured by the Bosco Pizza Company, Bosco Sticks are sold via distributors in a frozen state and must be baked prior to consumption.
Boscobel House Boscobel House, on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, near Wolverhampton, England, was built around 1632, when landowner John Gifford of White Ladies Priory converted a timber-framed farmhouse into a hunting lodge, Boscobel house became one of the most evocative sites in the English historical imagination. It was at this property that Charles II famously hid in a tree to escape discovery by Parliamentary soldiers.
Boscombe Boscombe is a suburb of the much larger Bournemouth. Boscombe is by the sea, Honeycombe Chine, and it has its own pier, which was built in 1888, with a unique aircraft-wings design added in the 1950s at the entrance which is a listed building.
Boscoreale Boscoreale is a modern comune of Campania in the Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio under the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, known for the fruit and vineyards of Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio. The neighborhood, which was overcome by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE that obliterated and preserved its better-known neighbors, Pompeii and Herculaneum, is famous for the frescos of its aristocratic villas, excavated before World War I.
Boscovich (crater) Boscovich is a lunar crater that has been almost completely eroded away by subsequent impacts. It is located to the west-northwest of the Julius Caesar, and to the south-southeast of the prominent Manilius crater.
Bose SoundDock The Bose SoundDock Digital Music System is a speaker sound system manufacured by Bose which is compatible with Apple's iPod. It was released on September 16, 2004 and allows iPod owners to access, control and listen to their stored music.
Bose-Hubbard model The Bose-Hubbard model gives an approximate description of the physics of interacting bosons on a lattice. It is closely related to the Hubbard model which originated in solid state physics as an approximate description of the motion of electrons between the atoms of a crystalline solid.
Bosenova A bosenova is a very small, supernova-like explosion, which can be induced in a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) by changing the magnetic field in which the BEC is located, so that the BEC quantum wavefunction's self-interaction becomes attractive.
Bosentan Bosentan is a dual endothelin receptor antagonist important in the treatment of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). It is licensed in the United States, the European Union and other countries by Actelion Pharmaceuticals for the management of PAH under the trade name Tracleer®.
Boset Boset is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Shewa Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Boset is bordered on the south by the Arsi Zone, on the west by Adama, on the north by the Afar Region, and on the east by Fentale.
Bosha (Roma) Bosha (or Posha) are Lom people, who live in Eastern Anatolia. Usually, the Lom are considered a branch of the proto-Romani people who remained in Eastern Anatolia and Armenia, while the ancestors of the contemporary Roma people immigrated further west in the 13th - 14th centuries.
Boshin War The is the designation for the fifth year of a sexagenary cycle in traditional East Asian calendars. 戊辰 can also be read as "tsuchinoe-tatsu" in Japanese, literally "Elder Brother of Earth-Dragon".
Boshiya A boshiya (also called a bushiyyah or ghatwa) is a Middle Eastern and specifically gulf style full black veil which covers the wearers face completely with no openings for the eyes and is traditionally worn with an abaya or other overgarment.
Boshrooyeh 20px|frame|right|An oveall view of the city|(بشرویه "Bosh-Growing") is a small city in the south of [[Khorasan province] in Iran and is a part of [[Ferdows County. It is named for bosh, a native herb common to this region.
Bosilegrad Bosilegrad (Serbian Cyrillic: Босилеград; Traditional Serbian name: Босиљград, Bosiljgrad; Bulgarian: Босилеград, Bosilegrad) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Serbia. The municipality comprises an area of 571 km².
Bosintang Bosintang (variously also known as boshingtang, boshintang, poshingtang, poshintang and other variations on the theme) is a South Korean soup having as its primary ingredient dog meat. It is made from a specific breed of dog that differs from those breeds that are kept as pets.
Bosjökloster Castle Bosjökloster Castle or Bosjö Abbey, on the shore of Lake Ringsjön in Höör Municipality, Scania, southern Sweden was originally a nunnery, founded in 1080 by the Benedictine Order. The oldest preserved document that mentions Bosjö Abbey was written by Pope Lucius III in 1181, when he confirmed its privileges.
Boskednan stone circle Boskednan stone circle () is a partially restored prehistoric stone circle, around 4 miles (6 kilometres) northeast of the town of Penzance in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The megalithic monument is traditionally known as the Nine Maidens or Nine Stones of Boskednan, although the original structure may have contained as many as 22 upright stones around its 69 metre perimeter.
Boskin Commission The Boskin Commission, formally called the "Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index", was appointed by the United States Senate in 1995 to study possible bias in the computation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is used to measure inflation in the United States. Its final report, titled "Toward A More Accurate Measure Of The Cost Of Living" and issued on December 4 1996, concluded that the CPI overstated inflation by about 1.
Bosko Bosko is an animated cartoon character created by animators Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising. Though considered somewhat dull in comparison to later Looney Tunes players, Bosko was the Termite Terrace studio's first major recurring character, and the star of over three dozen Looney Tunes shorts released by Warner Bros.
Bosko the Doughboy Bosko the Doughboy is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject, part of the Bosko series. It was directed by Hugh Harman, and first released on October 17, 1931 as part of the Looney Tunes series from the Leon Schlesinger animation studio and distributed by Warner Brothers.
Bosley Reservoir Bosley Reservoir is a large body of water created to feed the Macclesfield Canal system, specifically Bosley locks where the canal rises through 12 locks. The reservoir is fed from the hills around this area and is over looked by Bosley Cloud which rises to 1,125ft.
Bosmer The Bosmer, also called Wood Elves or Boiche, are a fictional elven race that inhabits the province of Valenwood in the video game series The Elder Scrolls. They are remarkable thieves and archers, due to the fact that they spend their time living in trees.
Bosna The Bosna (Serbian Cyrillic: Босна) is the third longest river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is considered one of the country's three major internal rivers, along with the Neretva and Vrbas Rivers; the other three major rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina are the Una River, to the northwest, the Sava River, to the north, and the Drina River, to the east. The Bosna River flows for 271 kilometers (168 miles).
Bosnia & Herzegovina in the International Song Contest Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the contest in ISC 03 and had non-stop participations since (including the special editions), failing to reach the final only two times. Bosnia's best result had been the 4th place which they have reached for 4 times
Bosnia (region) Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna/Босна) comprises the northern part of the present-day country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders.
Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1992 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Previously, Bosnian and Herzegovinan athletes competed for Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games.
Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Winter Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina competed in the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Previously, Bosnian and Herzegovinan athletes competed for Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games.
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Bosnia & Herzegovina's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 will be Marija Šestić performing a song by Aleksandra Milutinović and Goran Kovačić. It was internally selected as the country's entry by the national broadcaster, PBSBiH.
Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team is the national under-21 team of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is controlled by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.
Bosnia Airlines Bosnia Airlines is an airline based in Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was due to start operations in November 2004 with a three times weekly service from Mostar to Zagreb using a Let 410 wet-leased from Trade Air.
Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak The Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandzhak (Bosnian: Bošnjačka Demokratska Stranka Sandžaka; Serbian: Бошњачка Демократска Странка Санџака or Bošnjačka Demokratska Stranka Sandžaka) is a political party in the Sandžak region of Serbia. At the final legislative elections, 28 december 2003, the party elected one seat on the list of the Democratic Party.
Bosniak Institute The Bosniak Institute is a privately-owned cultural centre with a library and art gallery that focuses on Bosniaks. It was established by Adil Zulfikarpašić, a former Partisan, in Zurich but moved to Sarajevo following the Siege of Sarajevo.
Bosniaks The Bosniaks (Bosnian: Bošnjaci, ) are a South Slav people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with a smaller autochthonous population also present in the Serbian province of Kosovo. Bosniaks are typically characterized by their tie to the Bosnian historical region, traditional adherence to Islam, and common culture and language.
Bosnian and Herzegovinan hip hop Hip hop is quite a new style of music for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it has nevertheless proven very popular. The majority of Bosnian and Herzegovinian rappers are from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Bosniaks / Bosnian Croat dominated half of the country), although more and more are coming out of the Republika Srpska.
Bosnian Australian Bosnian Australian are people who live in Australia of Bosnian Decent, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are 17,993 people in Australia of Bosnian descentA Large Majority of Bosnians in Australia are muslims.
Bosnian crisis The Bosnian Crisis of 1908-1909 was caused by the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary in October, 1908. It increased tensions amongst the Great Powers and led to a controversy between the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, Russia and Ottoman Empire.
Bosnian Coarse Haired Hound Bosnian hunters in the 19th century developed the Bosnian Coarse Haired Hound as a scent hound. In 1965 the breed was recognised by the FCI under the name Illyrian Hound, however the name was changed to the one we call it by today but the standard has changed very little.
Bosnian Cyrillic Bosnian Cyrillic is an extinct Cyrillic script, that was used in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia (Dalmatia and Dubrovnik). Its name in Bosnian and Croatian is bosanÄŤica and bosanica (Croats also call it unofficially Croatian script, Croatian-Bosnian script or Western Cyrillic).
Bosnian Genocide The Bosnian Genocide is a term used by some academic,University of California Riverside,Bosnian Genocide In the Historical Perspective, human rights]Human Rights Watch, Milosevic to Face Bosnian Genocide Charges, [[11 December 2001 and by the ICTY in The Hague when referring to a case of genocide that took place in Srebrenica], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War from 1992 - 1995.
Bosnian Church The Bosnian Church (crkva bosanska, ecclesia bosnensis) is historically thought to be an indigenous branch of the Bogomils which existed in Bosnia during in the Middle Ages. Adherents of the church called themselves simply Krstjani ("Christians").
Bosnian pyramids A site known as VisoÄŤica hill, in the Bosnia-Herzegovina town of Visoko, northwest of Sarajevo, became the focus of international attention in October 2005, following highly controversial claims that it is actually an ancient man-made pyramid, the so-called Bosnian pyramids.
Bosnian Pine The Bosnian Pine (Pinus heldreichii, synonym P. leucodermis; family Pinaceae) is a species of pine that occurs in the mountains of southeastern Europe, in southwestern Bulgaria, Bosnia, Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, northern Greece (south to Mount Olympus), and locally in southern Italy, growing at 900-2,500 m altitude.
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) is an annual event founded in 2003 and held in New York at the Anthology Film Archives. This Festival showcases the best of the Bosnian cinematography and also provides a platform for the international exposure for emerging Bosnian filmmakers.
Boso of Tuscany Boso (885–936) was the count of Arles (895–911 and 926–931, as Boso II) and Avignon (911–931), and margrave of Tuscany (931–936). He was the younger son of Theobald of Arles and Bertha, daughter of Lothair II of Lotharingia.
Bosom of Abraham The phrase "Bosom of Abraham" is found in in Jesus Christ's parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. It refers to the place of comfort in sheol (Greek: hades) where the Jews said the righteous dead awaited Judgment Day.
Boson In particle physics, bosons, named after Satyendra Nath Bose, are particles having integer spin. Most bosons are composite particles, but four bosons (the so-called gauge bosons) are elementary particles which are not known to be composed of other particles.
Bosporan Kingdom The Bosporan kingdom or the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus was an ancient state, located in eastern Crimea and the Taman peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus. It is interesting as the first truly 'Hellenistic' state -- in the sense of one in which a mixed population adopted the Greek language and civilization.
Bosporus The Bosporus or Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait, (Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı or, for İstanbul's inhabitants, simply Boğaz; while the term Boğaziçi denotes those parts of the city with view of the strait) (Greek: Βόσπορος) is a strait that forms the boundary between the European part (Rumelia) of Turkey and its Asian part (Anatolia). The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, it connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (which is connected by the Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea, and thereby to the Mediterranean Sea).
Bosporus overhead line crossing III Bosporus overhead line crossing III is the third overhead line crossing of the Bosporus. Bosporus overhead line crossing III is designed for four 420kV-circuits, but can be used after some reengineering work also for 800kV lines.
Bosque River The Bosque River (pronounced BOSS-key) is a river in Texas fed by four primary branches. The longest branch, the North Bosque, forms near Stephenville, flowing toward Waco through Hamilton, Texas and McLennan counties.
Bosquet In the French formal garden, a bosquet (French, from Italian bosco, "grove, wood") is a formal plantation of trees, at least five of identical species planted as a quincunx, or set in strict regularity as to rank and file, so that the trunks line up as one passes along either face. Symbolic of order in a humanized and tamed Renaissance and Baroque landscape, the bosquet is an analogue of the orderly orchard, an amenity that has been intimately associated with pleasure gardening from the earliest Persian gardens of the Achaemenids.
Boss (crater) Boss is a lunar impact crater that is located along the northeast rim of the Moon's near side. Due to its location, the crater is viewed from the side by observers on the Earth, and its visibility is subject to libration effects.
Boss (Mazinger) Boss and his gang were the comic relief characters in the anime Mazinger Z. Boss began as a bully and Kabuto Kouji's rival at school, but quickly became an ally, often scouting for Mazinger Z on his motorcycle, or getting into some sort of slapstick mischief.
Boss (video games) In video games, a boss is a particularly challenging computer-controlled character that must be defeated at the end of a segment of a game, whether it be for a level, an episode, or the very end of the game itself (final boss). A fight with a boss character is referred to as a Boss battle or Boss fight.
Boss 302 Mustang The Boss 302 Mustang was an effort by the Ford Motor Company to win the coveted SCCA Trans-Am Championship in 1969 and 1970. The factory effort was headed up by the famed Bud Moore, who fielded two cars in the 1970 season, and won the championship that year, edging out the entries of Roger Penske, who leading driver Mark Donohue lost out to George Follmer.
Boss Audio BOSS Audio Systems is a manufacturer of high quality, but value priced mobile electronics equipment. Products include CD, DVD and cassette receivers, power amplifiers, loudspeakers, install kits, signal processors, TFT Screens, Mobile Video and a full range of Marine audio.
Boss Borot Boss Borot is a fictional mecha from the anime and manga series Mazinger Z. Within the story, Boss Borot was created by three engineers from the Photon Power Laboratory and piloted by Boss and his cohorts Mucha and Nuke.
Boss DS-2 The Boss DS-2 TURBO Distortion is a developed version of the Boss DS-1. It has two modes normal, basically DS-1, and 'turbo' which offer two totally different sounds, anything from a soft rock distortion to full on grunge.
Boss Game Studios Boss Game Studios is a now defunct video game developer specialising in Nintendo 64 games. The company was formed as an independant offshoot of Boss Film Studios (a company that created special effects for feature films including Die Hard and Ghost Busters).
Boss Hog Boss Hog is a garage rock and punk rock band including the husband and wife duo of Jon Spencer (guitar) and Cristina Martinez (vocals) along with Jens Jurgensen (bass), Hollis Queens (drums) and Mark Boyce (keyboard).

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