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Boston Scientific The Boston Scientific Corporation () (abbreviated BSC), is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, neuromodulation, neurovascular intervention, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, endoscopy, oncology, urology and gynecology.
Boston Seaman's Aid Society The Boston Seaman's Aid Society was a women's charitable organizations founded in Boston in 1833 with the goal of improving the condition and character of seamen and their families. The first president of the society was famed author, poet, and editor Sarah Josepha Hale.
Boston Senators The Boston Senators are a member of the Bay State division in the Boston Men's Baseball League, the largest amateur baseball league in New England. The entered the league in 2005, and are managed by Dave Timmons.
Boston Social Forum The Boston Social Forum was the first North American social forum to use the methodology of the World Social Forum process and adhere closely to its [of Principles (World Social Forum)|Charter of Principles]. It was held at the University of Massachusetts Boston in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States from July 23-25, 2004, and coordinated by the Boston-based labor-community network, the Campaign on Contingent Work (later renamed Massachusetts Global Action).
Boston Spa Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in Metropolitan Borough of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, 3 miles south of Wetherby, on the banks of the River Wharfe. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4006.
Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American colonists against Great Britain in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks on ships in Boston Harbor. The incident, which took place on Thursday, December 16, 1773, has been seen as helping to spark the American Revolution.
Boston Theological Institute Boston Theological Institute (BTI) is the largest theological consortium in the world, bringing together the resources of universities and divinity schools throughout the greater Boston area and some of the most prestigious educational institutions. Its member schools include the following:
Boston Throne The Boston Throne is an unusual marble sculpture, similar to the Ludovisi Throne. It probably dates from classical antiquity, and first appeared in modern times in 1894, shortly after the Ludovisi Throne was found and sold at auction.
Boston Transportation Planning Review Boston Transportation Planning Review (BTPR) is a transportation planning program for metropolitan Boston, United States which was responsible for analyzing and re-designing the entire area-wide transit and highway system in the 1970s. The major contractors involved were Alan M.
Boston Underground Film Festival The Boston Underground Film Festival is an annual event held in the Boston, Massachusetts area that specializes in alternative film and video. The Boston Underground Film Festival, also known as BUFF, is the only film festival of its kind in New England, spotlighting short films and feature length films that would not otherwise find an audience.
Boston University Biolabs This is an article describing the effort to create a NIH Biocontainment Lab Level 4 at Boston University. A description of this effort and why its controversial who might benefit and what its costs will be included.
Boston University Bridge The Boston University Bridge, originally the Cottage Farm Bridge, is a bridge carrying Route 2 over the Charles River connecting Boston to Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is named for Boston University, which lies at the south end of the bridge.
Boston University Brussels Boston University Brussels, officially named the Boston University Brussels Graduate Center, and also known as BUB, is part of Boston University's Metropolitan College (MET), one of seventeen degree granting colleges that make up Boston University. In 1972 Boston University became the first major American university to offer graduate business management degrees in Europe with the opening of its campus in Brussels, Belgium.
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) (formerly the College of Liberal Arts (CLA)) is Boston University's largest undergraduate school, offering Bachelor of the Arts degrees in 23 different departments and 20 interdisciplinary programs. The programs are divided into four broad categories encompassing over 1500 courses, including natural science, social science, liberal arts, and math and computer science.
Boston University College of Communication Boston University's College of Communication was founded on May 27, 1947, then called the School of Public Relations. Since 1947, the college has gone through many changes in both name (School of Public Relations, School of Public Relations and Communication, School of Public Communication, College of Communication) and location (84 Exeter St.
Boston University College of Fine Arts The Boston University College of Fine Arts (CFA) is a conservatory-like school that operates under the Boston University system. The College of Fine Arts consists of the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the School of Visual Arts.
Boston University Community Service Center The Boston University Community Service Center (CSC)is a non-profit and almost entirely student run office within Boston University]. The CSC has one paid staff member, the Coordinator of Programs and Administration (COPA), a position currently vacant; the search for a new COPA is underway.
Boston University Graduate School of Management Founded as the College of Business Administration, the Boston University Graduate School of Management (GSM) offers a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Master of Science in Investment Management (MSIM), and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree. The Graduate School of Management also offers a Public & Non-Profit Management (PNP), Health Sector Management, and International Management Program (IMP) MBAs.
Boston University Housing System Among four year institutions, Boston University's housing system is the nation's 10th largest, with 76% of the undergraduate population living on campus. BU was originally a commuter school, but the University now guarantees the option of on-campus housing for four years for all undergraduate students.
Boston University School of Law Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is the law school affiliated with Boston University. Located in the heart of Boston University's campus on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, BU Law is housed in the tallest law school building in the United States.
Boston University School of Management Founded in 1913 as the College of Business Administration, the Boston University School of Management (SMG) offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) and dual degrees with any other undergraduate school or college within Boston University. It is housed in the Rafik B.
Boston University School of Public Health Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) is the graduate school of Public Health affiliated with Boston University and is located in the heart of Boston University's Medical Campus in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Dean is Robert Meenan.
Boston University Tanglewood Institute The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) is a summer festival for high school musicians located in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA under the auspices of Boston University. For decades it has been regarded as a leading American center of advanced music education for young and talented performers.
Boston University Terriers The Boston University Terriers are the ten men's and eleven women's varsity athletic teams representing Boston University in NCAA Division I competition. The men compete in basketball, cross country, golf, ice hockey, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, and wrestling.
Boston Vegetarian Society The Boston Vegetarian Society (BVS) "seeks to make a better world for people, animals, and the earth through advancing a healthful vegetarian diet and a compassionate ethic." BVS provides education, encouragement, and community support for vegetarians and for anyone wishing to learn more about a healthy, environmentally friendly and humane way of life.
Boston Whaler Boston Whaler, classically, refers to a series of small open boats characterized by a fiberglass, foam cored, twin V-hull, outboard engine and a center steering console. They are manufactured by Boston Whaler, Inc.
Boston White Sox The Boston White Sox are a member of the Atlantic division in the Boston Men's Baseball League, the largest amateur baseball league in New England. The entered the league in 1994, and are managed by Brett Rudy.
Boston's Weekly Dig Boston's Weekly Dig sometimes just called the Weekly Dig or even just the Dig is a free alternative newsweekly found in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers commentary on music, arts, politics, technology, film, sex, food, drink and more, as well as local bar, entertainment and club listings, and personal and classified ads.
Boston-area streetcar lines As with many large cities, a large number of Boston-area streetcar lines once existed. However, only a few remain, namely the four branches of the Green Line and the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line, with only one (the Green Line "E" Branch) running regular service on an undivided street.
Boston-area streetcar lines/old As in many large cities, a large number of streetcar lines once existed in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and its inner suburbs. Only a few remain, namely the four branches of the Green Line and the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line, with only one (the Green Line E branch) running regular service on an undivided street.
Boston-area trackless trolleys There are currently four trackless trolley (trolleybus) routes in the Boston, Massachusetts area, all run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Harvard Square area, and all former streetcar lines (the last four not connected to the Tremont Street Subway to survive). The MBTA and its predecessors once ran a large system of trackless trolleys, but most have been bustituted; the four survived, in part, because of the necessity for left-hand doors in the Harvard Bus Tunnel.
Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and the most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the largest city in New England. Founded in 1630, Boston is one of the oldest and most culturally significant cities in the United States, and is recognized as a global or world city.
Bostonia, California Bostonia is a neighborhood in northeast El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States. The neighborhood comprises areas within the city limits of El Cajon as well as areas of unincorporated San Diego County.
Bostonite Bostonite, in petrology, is a fine-grained, pale-colored, grey or pinkish intrusive rock, which consists essentially of alkali-feldspar (orthoclase, perthite, anorthoclase, and albite). Some samples may contain a small amount of interstitial quartz and others may have a small percentage of calcium present in a sodic plagioclase feldspar.
Bosun's chair A bosun's chair is a device used to suspend a person from a rope in order to perform work aloft. It is distinguished from a climbing harness by the inclusion of a more or less rigid seat, providing more comfort than even the best-padded straps for long-term use.
Boswell Williams Boswell Williams was a Saint Lucian politician who represented the district of Vieux Fort in the legislature of 1974. He was chosen by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom to carry out the position of Governor-General of the island on June 19 1980, replacing Sir Allen Montgomery Lewis, father of the former Prime Minister Vaughan Lewis.
Boswellia Boswellia is a genus of trees known for their fragrant resin which has many pharmacological uses particularly as anti-inflamatories. The Biblical incense frankincense was probably an extract from the resin of the tree, Boswellia sacra.
Boswellic acid Boswellic acids are a series of pentacyclic triterpene molecules which are produced by plants in the genus Boswellia. Like many other terpenes, boswellic acids appear in the resin of the plant which exudes them; it is estimated that they make up 30% of the resin of B.
Boswells of Oxford Boswells of Oxford (also more normally known simply as Boswells locally) is the largest independent department store in Oxford, England. It has been trading from the same location in Broad Street since 1738, opposite Balliol College and close to the spot (marked with a cross in the middle of the road) where the Oxford Martyrs were burnt at the stake.
Bosworth Hall Hotel Bosworth Hall Hotel is a hotel in the rural town of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, England. It boasts 192 en-suite rooms, Spindles health and leisure club, Jenny's Carvery restaurant, Cromptons fine dining restaurant and Courtyard Bar.
Botafogo Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood (bairro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mostly a middle-class and small commerce community, located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Santa Marta (separating it from Laranjeiras) and Morro de SĂŁo JoĂŁo (separating it from Copacabana).
Botafogo (dance move) Botafogo, also sometimes spelt as Bota-fogo or Bota Fogo, is a dance step in Samba. Depending on relative positions and handholds, there are several versions of Botafogos while the basic footwork technique is the same.
Botafogo (football club in Cape Verde) Botafogo Futebol Clube (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Botafogu Futibol Klubi, Djarfogo: Botafogu Futebol Klubi) is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of SĂŁo Filipe in the island of Fogo and plays in its stadium.
Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) Botafogo Futebol Clube, or Botafogo, as they are usually called, or even Botafogo (SP) or Botafogo of RibeirĂŁo Preto, is a Brazilian football team from RibeirĂŁo Preto in SĂŁo Paulo state, founded on October 12, 1918.
Botahtaung Pagoda Botahtaung Pagoda (; also spelt Botataung; literally "1000 military officers") is a famous pagoda located in downtown Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar. It was built during the time period Shwedagon Pagoda was built, and was originally known as Kyaik-de-att in Mon.
Botan Ise Alin Botan Ise Alin was a Somali warlord, formerly based in Mogadishu, and a former member of the Somali Transitional Government, in which he was minister for the disarmament of militias. He was also a member of the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT), a group of warlords opposed to the Islamic Court Union and allegedly financed by the United States.
Botanic Gardens MRT Station Botanic Gardens MRT Station (CC19) is located on the Circle Line is located next the corner of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Provisions will be made for the future Bukit Timah Line as this station will be an interchange with that line.
Botanic identity of Soma-Haoma Since the late 1700s, when Anquetil-Duperron and others made portions of the Avesta available to western scholarship, several scholars have sought a representative botanical equivalent of the haoma as described in the texts and as used in living Zoroastrian practice. Most of the proposals concentrated on either linguistic evidence or comparative pharmacology or reflected ritual use.
Botanica Botanica is a character from the Beast Machines animated television series (specifically only its second season). She is unique in that she is a female Maximal with an alternate plant form, a first in Transformer history.
Botanical garden Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material.
Botanical Garden (Naples) The Botanical Garden of Naples is a research facility. The premises take up about 15 hectars and are located on via Foria, adjacent to the gigantic old Albergo dei Poveri, the Royal Hospice for the Poor under the Bourbon dynasty.
Botanical Garden in Berlin Botanical Garden in Berlin (German: Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem) is a large botanical garden in Berlin, Germany. With area of 43 hectares and around 22,000 different plant species it is one of the most important gardens in the world.
Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra The Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra (Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Coimbra or simply Jardim Botânico) is a botanic garden in Coimbra, Portugal. It was founded in 1772-1774 and it was integrated in the Natural History Museum established by the Marquis of Pombal.
Botanical illustrator A botanical illustrator is a person who paints, sketches or otherwise illustrates botanical subjects such as trees and flowers. The job requires great artistic skill, attention to fine detail, and technical botanical knowledge.
Botanical name A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN). The purpose of formal name is to have a single name that is accepted and used worldwide for a particular plant or plant group.
Botanical nomenclature Botanical nomenclature is the formal naming of plants, from a scientific point of view. It has a long history, going back perhaps to Theophrastos, but anyway back to the period when Latin was the scientific language throughout Europe.
Botanical orchids Botanical orchid is a loose term to denote mainly small flowered tropical orchids belonging to several genera (not necessarily related to each other) that don't fit into the "Florist" orchid category. A few of these genera contain enormous numbers of species.
Botanical prospecting for uranium The history of uranium prospecting, especially in the Colorado Plateau of North America, has seen several methods of identifying likely ore body locations. The use of radiation detectors, such as Geiger counters and Scintillation meters is one such method.
Botany Bay, London Botany Bay is a village in the northern outskirts of Greater London, and forms part of the London Borough of Enfield, located on the Ridgeway. It is unusual as it is not located on a bay or anywhere near the sea.
Botany Town Centre, Howick Botany Town Centre is one of the largest outdoor shopping complexes in the southern hemisphere. Located in Auckland, New Zealand, it has approximately 150 shops and restaurants, as well as entertainment buildings such as a bowling alley and cinemas.
Botany, Glasgow Botany is an area of the Maryhill district in the Northwest of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The area derived its name from the fact that it was viewed as a rougher part of the then village of Maryhill, with many rough and tumble lodging houses and public houses, and many of its residents were expected to be deported to Botany Bay in Australia, then acting as a penal colony.
Botánica A botánica (often written botanica and less commonly known as a hierberia or botica) is a retail store which sells folk medicine, religious candles and statuary, amulets, and other products regarded as magical or as alternative medicine. They also carry oils, incense, perfumes, scented sprays (many of which are thought to have special properties) and various brand name health care products.
Botbol During the 19th century, Botbol was one of the twenty most common surnames within Morocco's Jewish community (see History of the Jews in Morocco). The origin of this surname (and its variants: Abitbol and Boutboul) is likely derived from the Hebrew shoresh ט.
BotCon BotCon, briefly known as "The Official Transformers Collectors Convention" (or OTFCC), is an annual convention for Transformers fans and collectors. The convention has been held, in one form or another, annually since 1994.
Bote In legal history, a bote, also spelled bot or bĂłt, was a compensation, recompense, or amends. It is the source of a variety of other terms, including the following: manbote, which is amends paid to a lord for a servant who was killed; boteless, where no judgment or favor will acquit someone, as would be the case for sacrilege; fire-bote, house-bote, hedge-bote, plow-bote, etc.
BoteĂĄ Court District BoteĂĄ Court District, or BoteĂĄ tingslag, was a district of Ă…ngermanland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
BotellĂłn BotellĂłn is a custom that takes place mainly in the Spanish nightlife in which young people congregate at a plaza, park, street or any spacious public place to have alcoholic drinks and talk before entering nightclubs, pubs or discos, although it also attracts people who don't drink.
Boten Anna "Boten Anna" ("Anna, the bot") is a song by Swedish dance musician Basshunter, which appears on his second studio album LOL <(^^,)>. Due to the song, Basshunter became a noted artist in his native Sweden, as well as Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands after the release of the single in 2006.
Botev Peak, Livingston Island Botev Peak (Botev Vrah 'bo-tev 'vr&h) is a peak rising to about 370 m in the southern extremity of the Veleka Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island, in the South Shetlands. The peak takes its name from the adjacent Botev Point and Overlooks Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the east and northeast, Botev Point to the south, Barnard Point to the west and Arkutino Beach to the northwest.
Botev Point Botev Point (Nos Botev 'nos 'bo-tev) is the southern extremity of the Rozhen Peninsula of Livingston Island, formed by an offshoot of Veleka Ridge, Botev Peak. The point was mapped in 1968 by the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys.
Both sides the Tweed "Both sides the Tweed" is a song made famous by the Scottish group Capercaillie in their album Sidewaulk. It speaks of the corruption involved in the negotiations leading up to the Act of Union of 1707 which linked Scotland and England on terms which did much damage to Scottish culture.
Both Sides Both Sides is the title of Phil Collins' fifth studio album, released in the autumn of 1993. Three singles from the album were released, the political anthems "Both Sides Of The Story," "We Wait And We Wonder" (on which Collins plays bagpipes) and the ballad "Everyday.
Bothaville Bothaville is a maize farming town situated on the banks of the Vals River in the Free State Province of South Africa. It was established in 1891 on the Gladdedrift farm by Voortrekker JP van Wyk, who left Pretoria due to religious persecution.
Bothell High School Bothell Senior High School is located in Bothell, Washington and is one of three high schools in the Northshore School District. Nearly 1700 students are currently enrolled and the school has been undergoing a series of remodels for the past eight years.
Bother (song) "Bother" is a song by Corey Taylor which appeared on the Spider-Man soundtrack and Stone Sour's debut album, despite the fact that none of the other band members were involved in the creation of the song. The song was written about Corey Taylor's father, whom in a coincidental turn of events, he met for the first time after the release of the song.
Botherder Bot Herders are hackers that use automated techniques to scan specific network ranges and find defenseless systems, such as a machine running pirated software with no security patches, to install their bot program. The infected machine then responds to commands, usually via an internet relay chat channel.
Bothwell Castle Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high steep bank above a bend in the River Clyde, between Uddingston and Bothwell in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Glasgow. Construction of the castle was begun by the ancestors of Clan Murray, to guard a strategic crossing point of the Clyde.
Bothwell County, Ontario Bothwell County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario, and was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was not a county in the political sense, although it is frequently mistaken for one as it was listed in some post-Confederation census records as a county of residence.
Bothwellhaugh Bothwellhaugh, formerly a village near Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, was built in the 19th Century to house the miners of the nearby Hamilton Palace coal mine. Because of the close association with the mine the village was known locally as the “Pallis” The housing was the property of the coal mine owners until the coal industry was nationalised in 1947 when they became the property of the National Coal Board.
Bothy In the United Kingdom a bothy is a simple shelter, generally left unlocked and available for anyone to use without charge. Bothies are to be found in remote, mountainous areas of Scotland, Northern England and Wales: they are particularly common in the Scottish Highlands (bothy may be a corruption of the Gaelic botan meaning small hut or possibly the Welsh term bwthyn also meaning small cottage, it could also be from Norse būð, cognate with English booth with a diminutive ending).
Botch (professional wrestling) To botch in professional wrestling means to attempt a scripted move that does not come out as it was originally planned due to a mistake, miscalculation, or a slip-up. Most botches are harmless but embarrassing, such as a wrestler simply flubbing a line or missing a cue, or falling before his opponent's move actually connects, inciting the fans to chant things such as "You fucked up!
Boti Bliss Boti Ann Bliss (born October 23, 1975, New York, USA) is an American actress who has appeared in film and on television. She is perhaps most well known for her semi-recurring role as Maxine Valera in the television hit Crime Drama CSI: Miami.
Botifler Botiflers was a name given to Philip V of Spain supporters during the War of the Spanish Succession. They were usually Catalan aristocrats and noblemen who wanted to increase their power from the upcoming regime that would result after Bourbon victory.
Botlek [image] of the [[Rhine-Meuse delta showing the Botlek (r).]]The Botlek originally was the name of a stretch of the Nieuwe Maas river, part of the Rhine-Meuse delta near the Dutch city of Vlaardingen in the province of Zuid-Holland.
Botley Road Botley Road is the main arterial road into Oxford, England from the west. It stretches between Botley, on the Oxford Ring Road (A34) to the west of the city, and Oxford railway station, close to central Oxford.
Boto The Boto, Amazon River Dolphin or Pink River Dolphin(Inia geoffrensis) is a freshwater river dolphin] endemic to the [[Amazon River and Orinoco River systems. The largest of the river dolphins, this species is not to be confused with the Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis), whose range overlaps that of the Boto but is not a true river dolphin.
Botocudo Botocudo (from Portuguese for botoque, a plug, in allusion, to the wooden disks or plugs worn in their lips and ears), is the foreign name for a tribe of South American Indians of eastern Brazil, also known as the Aimorés or Aimborés. They appeared to have no collective tribal name for themselves.
Botond Storcz Botond Storcz (born January 30, 1975 in Budapest) is a Hungarian flatwater canoer, who has won three Olympic gold medals in the team kayak events. He has also had outstanding success at the World and European championships, winning four gold medals at each.
Botryococcus braunii Botryococcus braunii (Bb) is a green, pyramid shaped colloidal microalgae of the order tetrasporales (class chlorophyceae) of potentially great importance in the field of biotechnology. Colonies held together by a lipid biofilm matrix can be found in temperate or tropical oligotrophic lakes and estuaries, and will bloom when in the presence of elevated levels of dissolved inorganic phosphorous.
Botryoid odontogenic cyst The botryoid odontogenic cyst is a variant of the lateral periodontal cyst. It is more likely found in middle-aged and older adults, and the teeth more likely affected are mandibular (lower) canines and premolars.
Botrytis cinerea Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that affects many plant species, although its most economically important hosts are wine grapes. In viticulture, it is commonly known as botrytis bunch rot; in horticulture, it is usually called grey mould or gray mold.
Botsourcing Botsourcing, a neologism, involves the assignment of tasks to an autonomous, or intelligent, programmed agent - or bot. Consistent with outsourcing, or crowdsourcing, botsourcing reflects the choice to assign tasks traditionally performed by human agents to software agents, whether those agents are located inside or outside the organization.
Botswana hip hop Botswana has never had a large popular music industry, with most of its recorded music coming from South Africa or further abroad. However, since about 1999, Batswana hip hop performers have begun to gain mainstream acceptance; the record label Phat Boy has done a lot to promote Botswana hip hop.
Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis The Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) is an African non-governmental research organisation, based in Gabarone, Botswana which specializes in the regulation of national economic development in the country. The two key area's of BIDPA's mandate is analysing and discussing development policy and capacity building.
Botswanan general election, 1994 The Botswana general election of 1994 was fought between the Botswana Democratic Party and four opposition parties. 40 seats in the Parliament were contested, with the largest opposition party, the Botswana National Front making huge strides, as its representation increased from three to a record thirteen seats.
Botswanan general election, 1999 The Botswana general election of 1999 was fought between the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and four opposition parties. 40 seats in the Parliament were contested, with the largest opposition party, the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) losing its leader and ten seats, reducing the party to a mere seat.
Botswanan general election, 2004 The Botswana general election of 2004 was contested by the Botswana Democratic Party and eight opposition parties. 57 seats in the Parliament were contested, with the largest opposition party, the Botswana National Front accusing the country's Independent Election Commission of fundamental errors in its conduct of voter registrations.
Bott periodicity theorem In mathematics, the Bott periodicity theorem is a result from homotopy theory discovered by Raoul Bott during the latter part of the 1950s, which proved to be of foundational significance for much further research, in particular in K-theory of stable complex vector bundles, as well as the stable homotopy groups of spheres. Bott periodicity can be formulated in numerous ways, with the periodicity in question always appearing as a period 2 phenomenon, with respect to dimension, for the theory associated to the unitary group.
Botta's pocket gopher Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) is a pocket gopher native to western North America, from California east to Texas and from southern Utah and Colorado south to Mexico. It is also known in some sources as valley pocket gopher, particularly in California.
Bottega Veneta Founded in the early 1960's, Bottega Veneta is a manufacturer of consumer goods, producing primarily men's and women's ready-to-wear clothing, small leather goods, and exclusive home items. The company is reputed for quality and exclusivity and its famed signature Intrecciato Line.

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