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Bucklands Beach Bucklands Beach is an affluent suburb 13 kilometres west of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. It's name is derived from Lord Alfred Buckland, who at one stage owned what is now Newmarket and is named so because he owned Bucklands Beach land.
Buckle A buckle (from Latin buccula) is a clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap. Before the invention of the zipper, buckles were commonly used to fasten boots and other shoes.
Buckle bunny A buckle bunny is a female fan of rodeo who purposefully seeks encounters with contestants who have proven successful in their events. The term is named for the buckles that are awarded to the winners in rodeo.
Buckle Island Buckle Island () is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies 25 kilometres northwest of Sturge Island and eight kilometres southeast of Young Island, some 110 kilometres north-northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland.
Buckley Bay (Antarctica) Buckley Bay () is an embayment formed between the east side of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue and the mainland of Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for George Buckley of New Zealand, a patron of the expedition.
Buckley Bay, British Columbia Buckley Bay is a geographical location on the east coast of Vancouver Island, located between Union Bay to the north and Fanny Bay to the south. It is the departure point for the ferry crossing of Baynes Sound to Denman Island.
Buckley Country Day School Buckley Country Day School is an independent, coeducational day school providing elementary education to 300 students in grades toddler through eight. Buckley was founded in 1923 and opened the doors of its first building in Great Neck to a class of twenty-three children.
Buckley Prize The Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize is an annual award given by the American Physical Society "to recognize and encourage outstanding theoretical or experimental contributions to condensed matter physics.
Buckley's Serenaders Buckley's Serenaders was an American blackface minstrel troupe, headed by James Buckley. They were one of the two most popular companies from the mid-1850s to the 1860s (the other being the Christy and Wood Minstrels).
Buckley-Leverett equation In fluid mechanics, the Buckley–Leverett equation is a transport equation used to model two phase flow in porous media. The Buckley–Leverett equation or the Buckley–Leverett displacement can be interpreted as a way of incorporating the microscopic effects to due capillary pressure in two phase flow into Darcy's law.
Bucklin voting Bucklin is a voting system that can be used for single-member districts and also multi-member districts. It is also known as the Grand Junction system after Grand Junction, Colorado, where it was first proposed.
Buckling In engineering, buckling is a failure mode characterised by a sudden failure of a structural member that is subjected to high compressive stresses where the actual compressive stresses at failure are smaller than the ultimate compressive stresses that the material is capable of withstanding. This mode of failure is also described as failure due to elastic instability.
Buckling spring A buckling spring is a type of keyswitch mechanism, popularized by IBM's keyboards for the PC, PC/AT, 5250 / 3270 terminals, and other keyboards, the most popular of these being the Model M. It is described in (now expired).
Buckman Hall and Thomas Hall Buckman Hall and Thomas Hall are buildings on the campus of the University of Florida. Constructed from 1905-1906, Buckman Hall and Thomas Hall were the first two university buildings to be built, and were dedicated on September 27, 1906.
Buckman Tavern Buckman Tavern is a historic Revolutionary War site associated with the revolution's very first battle, the Battle of Lexington and Concord. It is located on the Green in Lexington, Massachusetts and operated as a museum by the Lexington Historical Society.
Buckminster Gliding Club The Buckminster Gliding Club (BGC) is a gliding club based at Saltby Airfield in the Vale of Belvoir in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. It is affiliated to the British Gliding Association (BGA) and runs a seven-day-a-week operation throughout the year except on Christmas Day.
Bucknard In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Bucknard is a powerful human wizard, and former member of the Circle of Eight. In 579 CY, Bucknard mysteriously disappeared, researching the Ebon Triad in Alhaster.
Buckner Building The Buckner Building is a large building in Whittier, Alaska; for many years it was the largest building in Alaska, and was sometimes called the "city under one roof." It was seriously damaged in the 1964 Alaska earthquake, and was subsequently abandoned.
Buckquoy spindle-whorl The Buckquoy spindle-whorl is a famous spindle-whorl dating from the Early Middle Ages, probably the 8th century, excavated in 1970 in Buckquoy, Birsay, Orkney. It has achieved fame because of its Ogham inscription.
Buckroe Beach, Virginia Buckroe Beach is one of the oldest recreational areas in Virginia. Long located in Elizabeth City County, Virginia near the downtown area of the lost town of Phoebus, Virginia, in modern times, it is located in the Buckroe section of the independent city of Hampton adjacent to Fort Monroe and Old Point Comfort.
Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency) Buckrose was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a county constituency comprising the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by one Member of Parliament, and was created for the 1885 general election.
Bucks County Community College Bucks County Community College (BCCC) is a two-year community college located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Founded in 1964, BCCC has three campuses: a main campus in Newtown, an "upper county" campus in the town of Perkasie, and a "lower county" campus in the town of Bristol.
Bucks Music Group Bucks Music Group is an international and independent music publisher, whose core business evolved from a strong 60s and 70s back catalogue of copyrights. Over the last decade the Bucks catalogue has rapidly developed and expanded making Bucks Music a leading UK independent music publisher.
Bucksaw A Bucksaw is a hand saw generally used to cut logs or firewood to length (bucking). It usually has a metal frame ("H" or "C"-shaped) and a removable blade with coarse teeth held in tension by the frame.
Bucksbaum Award The Bucksbaum Award was established in 2000 by the Bucksbaum Family Foundation and the Whitney Museum of American Art. It is awarded biannually "to honor an artist, living and working in the United States, whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imaginationThe $100,000 prize is the world's largest award given to an individual visual artist.
Buckshaw Village Buckshaw Village is a new residential and industrial area between the towns of Chorley and Leyland in Lancashire, the original area of Buckshaw being part of Euxton. It is one of the largest urban development sites in the North West of England.
Buckshot (rapper) Buckshot (born Kenyatta Blake in Brooklyn, New York) is a legendary underground rapper, famous as the leader of Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, and the group Black Moon. He has released two solo albums, three albums with Black Moon and three albums with the Boot Camp Clik.
Buckshot LeFonque Buckshot LeFonque was a musical group project of Branford Marsalis. After playing with Sting, Miles Davis and other arists, he founded this band to create a new sound by merging classical jazz sound with rock, ballad/pop, Rhythm and Blues and hip-hop influences.
Buckshot May William Herbert "Buckshot" May (December 13, 1899 - March 15, 1984) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1924. The 24-year-old right-hander stood 6'2" and weighed 169 lbs.
Buckskin (color) Buckskin is a color of horses; it also refers to other things that are the color of a buckskin horse, such as the color of some breeds of dogs. The horse has a tan or gold colored coat with black points (mane, tail, and lower legs).
Buckskin (leather) Buckskin is the soft, pliable, porous preserved hide of an animal, usually deer, moose or elk, but potentially any animal's hide. Modern leather labeled "buckskin" may be made of sheepskin tanned with modern chromate tanning chemicals and dyed to resemble real buckskin.
Buckskin Gulch The Buckskin Gulch in southern Utah is one of the main tributaries of the Paria River, which is itself a major tributary of the Colorado River. It is the longest and deepest slot canyon in the southwest United States and may very well be the longest in the world.
Buckskin Mountain State Park Buckskin Mountain State Park is located between the Buckskin Mountains and the Colorado River 12 miles north of Parker, Arizona on Highway 95. The park is open 364 days a year, and offers 105 campsites and 21 cabana sites.
Buckskinning Buckskinning is a branch of historical reenactment concentrating on the fur trade period of the Old West---roughly 1800 to 1840. Participants may choose to portray mountain men, American Indians, traders, missionaries, or anybody else that might plausibly have been in the Rocky Mountains in that time period.
Bucksnort, Tennessee (Original) The original Bucksnort, Tennessee was a small community established during the early 1800s and located approximately 6 miles NNE of Fayetteville in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. Bucksnort, Tennessee was officially recognized when the United States Postal Service created a post office there in 1887 (see below).
Buckstones Primary School Buckstones Junior and Infant School (formally Buckstones County Primary School) is a mixed gender school for 4 - 11 year olds. It is located in the Buckstones area of Shaw and Crompton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
Bucktail State Park Bucktail State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Cameron and Clinton Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. The park follows Pennsylvania Route 120 for 75 miles (121 km) between Emporium (in Cameron County) and Lock Haven (in Clinton County).
Buckthorn The Buckthorns Rhamnus are a genus (or two genera, if Frangula is treated as distinct) of about 100 species of shrubs or small trees from 1-10 m tall (rarely to 15 m), in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. They are native throughout the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere in parts of Africa and South America.
Buckwalter transliteration The Buckwalter Arabic transliteration was developed at Xerox by Tim Buckwalter in the 1990s. It is an ASCII only transliteration scheme, representing Arabic orthography strictly one-to-one, unlike the more common romanization schemes that add morphological information not expressed in Arabic script.
Buckwheat Boys The Buckwheat Boyz (also spelled Buckwheat Boys) is a Miami-Based group responsible for the song "Peanut Butter Jelly Time", which became an Internet superhit after a video using the song was published on the internet, featuring a dancing banana. The group had another song called: "Ice Cream and Cake.
Bucky Bucky is the name of several fictional masked heroes in the Marvel Comics universe. The original, James Buchanan Barnes, was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby as a sidekick character in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), published by Marvel's 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics.
Bucky - The Incredible Kid Bucky, (or "Jubaku-kun, The Twelve World History") its a anime serie created by Ami Shibata, enter the years of 1997 and 1999. In spite of not having made a lot of success in the Japan, it was exhibited at countries of Portuguese language, English and Spanish.
Bucky bits Bucky bits is a computing term used to describe bits that are set using shift and modifier keys on a keyboard beyond the standard shift key. They are named after the inventor, Niklaus Wirth, who was first to suggest an EDIT key to set the eighth bit of a 7-bit ASCII character.
Bucky Brandon Darrell G. Brandon (born July 8, 1940 in Nacogdoches, Texas) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1966 and 1973 for the Boston Red Sox (1966-1968), Seattle Pilots (1969), Minnesota Twins (1969) and Philadelphia Phillies (1971-1973).
Bucky Harris Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris (November 8, 1896 - November 8, 1977) was a Major League Baseball player, manager and executive. He was born in Port Jervis, New York and discovered by legendary baseball promoter Joe Engel, who led the Chattanooga Lookouts at Engel Stadium.
Bucky O'Neill William Owen "Bucky" O'Neill (February 2, 1860 - July 1 1898) was a famous sheriff, newspaper editor, miner, politician, gambler and lawyer in Arizona, but is best remembered as the Captain of Troop A in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
Bucky Phillips manhunt controversy The Bucky Phillips manhunt controversy refers to the alleged pattern of police misbehavior during the massive law enforcement 2006 manhunt for escaped prisoner Ralph Bucky Phillips, who eventually pled guilty to the murder of a police officer during his flight.
Bucky Walters William Henry "Bucky" Walters (April 19, 1909 - April 20, 1991) was an American Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Walters played for the Boston Braves (1931-32, 1950), Boston Red Sox (1933-1934), Philadelphia Phillies (1934-1938) and Cincinnati Reds (1938-1948).
Bucolic Bucolic, although often used as an adjective, is a noun originally describing a type of pastoral poetry that praises rural life over that of the city. The manner of a bucolic is usually somewhat fantastic, and the poetry tends to contrast the pleasant and pure life of the country with the corrupt and corrosive world of society.
Bucranium Bucranium (plural bucrania) is the Latin word for the skull of an ox. It is also an architectural term used to describe a common form of carved decoration in Classical architecture, used to fill the metopes between the triglyphs of the frieze of Doric temples.
Bucur Bucur is the legendary Romanian shepherd who is said to have founded Bucharest, giving its name to it. While the legend about the shepherd is probably apocryphal, the name of BucureĹźti is quite likely derived from a person Bucur, as the suffix -eĹźti is used for settlements derived from personal names, usually of the owner of the land or of the founder.
BucureĹźti Rugby BucureĹźti are a rugby union team that competes in the European Challenge Cup. The side is a team that is formed every season to play in the Challenge Cup, consisting of footballers playing in the domestic Romanian leagues.
BucureĹźti-Ilfov (development region) The Bucharest-Ilfov development region is a development region in Romania, encompassing the national capital, Bucharest, as well as the surrounding Ilfov County. As other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers, its main function being to co-ordinate regional development projects and manage funds from the European Union.
Bucureştioara Bucureştioara was a stream which was a tributary of the Dâmboviţa River and flowed in Bucharest, Romania. It had its source in a lake which was located in the place where Parcul Icoanei and Parcul Ioanid are now located, a few hundred metres east of the present-day Piaţa Romană.
Bud (Transformers) Bud is a fictional character in the Transformers: Cybertron (called Transformers: Galaxy Force in Japan) cartoon series. He is normally voiced by Ryan Hirakida in Cybertron, although in some episodes his voice was performed by another actor.
Bud and Lou Bud and Lou are the pet hyenas of The Joker on the cartoon series Krypto the Superdog. They are primarily the foes of Ace the Bat-Hound, the pet of Batman, and were first introduced in the episode "The Dark Hound Strikes!
Bud Abbott William Alexander “Bud” Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, producer and comedian born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.
Bud Abell Harry Everett 'Bud' Abell was an American college and professional football player. A linebacker, he played college football at the University of Missouri, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1966 through 1968.
Bud Bird John Williston (Bud) Bird, PC , OC (born March 22, 1932) is the former mayor of Fredericton, New Brunswick, and conservative Member of Parliament, who served as Minister of Natural Resources in the Mulroney government. Bird was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001.
Bud Black Harry Ralston "Bud" Black (born June 30 1957 in San Mateo, California) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, and the current manager of the San Diego Padres. He played for the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, and Kansas City Royals.
Bud Blake Julian "Bud" Blake (February 13, 1918, Nutley, New Jersey, United States - December 26, 2005, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Tiger, about a group of suburban boyhood pals. Launched May 3, 1965, it was distributed by King Features Syndicate to, at its peak, about 400 newspapers worldwide.
Bud Boyce Joseph Russell (Bud) Boyce (born March 20, 1924 in Saint John, New Brunswick, died March 16, 1984) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1981, and served in the cabinet of Edward Schreyer.
Bud Brisbois Austin Dean "Bud" Brisbois (April 11, 1937 - June 1978) was a jazz and studio trumpet player. He played all styles, including big band lead, jazz soloing, pop, rock, country, Motown, and classical, but it was his high-note playing that set him apart.
Bud Bud Bud Bud is a town and police station in Durgapur subdivision District-wise list of stautory towns of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on Grand Trunk Road, and is near Mankar railway station on the Bardhaman-Durgapur stretch of the Howrah-Delhi track.
Bud Carson Leon H. "Bud" Carson (born April 28, 1931 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania; died December 7, 2005 in Sarasota, Florida) was an American football coach best-known for his role on the Pittsburgh Steelers' championship teams of the 1970s.
Bud Cockrell Bud Cockrell was a bassist and vocalist for the California smooth rock band Pablo Cruise. Cockrell was member of the band at its conception in 1973, but left the band in 1977 before they recorded their most successful album, Worlds Away.
Bud Cook Alex "Bud" Cook - (Born November 15, 1907 in Kingston, Ontario) was a Professional ice hockey Centreman who played three seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins (1931-32), Ottawa Senators (1933-34), and St. Louis Eagles (1934-35).
Bud Daley Leavitt Leo Daley (born October 7, 1932 in Orange, California), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1955-1964. Daley was born naturally right-handed but developed polio as a child causing one arm to be shorter than the other.
Bud Fisher Harry Conway "Bud" Fisher (April 3, 1885 - September 7, 1954) was an American cartoonist who created the first successful daily comic strip in the United States. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Fisher studied at the University of Chicago then went to work in San Francisco as a journalist and sketch artist in the sports department of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Bud Flanagan Bud Flanagan was a popular Wartime entertainer, born Chaim Reuven Weintrop 14th October 1896 in Whitechapel, the East End, London, England and died 20th October 1968. His parents were Polish Jews who fled to London as a result of Eastern European pogroms, shortly before Flanagan was born.
Bud Germa Melville Carlyle (Bud) Germa (born August 5, 1920 in Creighton Mine, Ontario) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Sudbury from 1967 to 1968 in the Canadian House of Commons, and from 1971 to 1981 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was a member of the New Democratic Party.
Bud Grace Bud Grace is a cartoonist, who has worked on the comic strip Ernie, whose title was later changed to The Piranha Club in the United States. He also drew "Babs and Aldo" comic-strip for King, under the pseudonym Buddy Valentine.
Bud Grant Harry Peter "Bud" Grant, Jr (born May 20, 1927) is best known as the longtime head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was the second (1967-83) and fourth (1985) head coach of the team.
Bud Gregory Milton Edward Charles (Bud) Gregory (March 9, 1926—) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
Bud Harrelson Derrel McKinley "Bud" Harrelson (born June 6, 1944, Niles, California) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers from 1965 and 1980. After retiring, he served as a coach for the Mets and as manager of the Mets in 1990 and 1991.
Bud Luckey William "Bud" Luckey (born in 1934 in Billings, Montana) is an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios as a character designer for Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc.
Bud McFadin Bud McFadin was an American college and professional football player. He played college football at the University of Texas, and played professionally for the NFL Los Angeles Rams, and in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos from 1960 through 1963, and then for the AFL's Houston Oilers.
Bud Neill Bud Neill (1911–1970) was an innovative Scottish cartoonist who drew cartoon strips for a number of Glasgow based newspapers between the 1940s and 1960s. Following his death, his work has attained cult status with a worldwide following.
Bud O'Connor Herbert William "Buddy" O'Connor (June 21, 1916 in Montreal, Quebec - August 24, 1977) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. Buddy won the Lady Byng Trophy and the Hart Trophy in 1948.
Bud Olson Horace Andrew (Bud) Olson, PC, AOE (October 6, 1925 – February 14, 2002) was a Canadian Member of Parliament, Senator, rancher and farmer. He also owned a general store and a farm supply business; and served as Canada's minister of agriculture and Alberta's lieutenant-governor.
Bud Powell Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 271924 – July 311966 in New York City) was one of the most influential pianists in the history of jazz. Along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie he was instrumental in the development of bebop, and his virtuosity as a pianist led many to call him "the Charlie Parker of the piano".
Bud sport A bud sport is a part of a plant or tree, for example, a leaf, shoot or flower, which due to a genetic mutation clearly differs from the rest of the plant, and which can also be grafted to grow new plants which retain this genetic difference as a new cultivar.
Bud Selig Allan Huber "Bud" Selig, Jr. (born July 30, 1934 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the current Commissioner of Baseball, having been formally appointed on July 2, 1998 after having served as acting commissioner since 1992.
Bud Sherman Louis Ralph (Bud) Sherman (born December 24, 1926 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Canadian House of Commons during the 1960s, and was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1984, serving as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.
Bud Shuster Elmer Greinert "Bud" Shuster (born January 23, 1932) is an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1972 to 2001. He is best known for his advocacy of transportation projects which critics deride as "pork barrel" spending.
Bud Stewart Edward Perry "Bud" Stewart (June 15 1916 - June 21 2000) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who had a 9-year career (1941-1942, 1948-1954). Born in Sacramento, California, he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League and the New York Yankees, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox, all of the American League.
Bud Walton Arena Bud Walton Arena is the home to the men's and women's basketball teams of the University of Arkansas, known as the Razorbacks (men) and Lady Razorbacks (women). It is located on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a seating capacity of 19,200, fifth largest for an on-campus arena in the country.
Bud Webster Bud Webster is a science fiction short story writer who is also known for his essays on science fiction anthologies. He is perhaps best known for the Bubba Pritchert stories which have won readers awards at the Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
Bud Wildman Charles Jackson "Bud" Wildman (born June 3, 1946 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) from 1975 to 1999, representing the riding of Algoma, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Bud Yorkin Bud Yorkin (born in Washington, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1926) is an American film producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the innovative 1958 TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards.
Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy is a children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book is the winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award that is given in recognition of outstanding African-American authors.
Buda Buda (German: Ofen, Croatian: Budim, Slovak: Budín, Serbian: Будим or Budim, Turkish: Budin) is the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest on the right bank of the Danube. The name Buda was said to take its name from its founder, Buda, or Budda, although the name is more likely derived from a local word meaning "water", probably a reference to the Danube River.
Buda Castle The Buda Castle (Hungarian: Budai Vár) is the historical castle of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, Hungary. In the past it was also called Royal Palace (Hungarian: Királyi-palota) and Royal Castle (Hungarian: Királyi Vár) .
Budai "Laughing Buddha" is the common English name for the Buddhist figure variously known as Budai or Hotei (布袋). He is the interpretation of the Bodhisattva Maitreya (translated as Mílè Fó (彌勒佛) in Chinese), the predicted Buddha to succeed Gautama Buddha in the future.
Budapest Festival Orchestra The Budapest Festival Orchestra was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis , with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players," as TheTimes of London put it. Their aim, through intensive rehearsals and demanding the highest standards from musicians, was to make the orchestra's initially three or four concerts per year significant events in Hungary's musical life, and to give Budapest a new symphony orchestra of international standing.
Budapest ghetto The Budapest ghetto was a ghetto where Jews were forced to live in Budapest, Hungary during the Second World War. The area consisted of several blocks of the old Jewish quarter of the city surrounding the main synagogue, and was surrounded by a high fence that was guarded so that contraband could not be sneaked in, and people could not get out.
Budapest Open Access Initiative The Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) was a conference convened by the Open Society Institute on December 1-2, 2001. This small gathering of individuals is recognised as one of the major historical, and defining, events of the open access movement.
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics The Budapest Semesters in Mathematics program is a study abroad opportunity for North American undergraduate students in Budapest, Hungary. The coursework is primarily mathematical and conducted in English by Hungarian professors, drawn primarily from Eötvös Loránd University and The Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, part of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Budapest Treaty The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, or Budapest Treaty, is an international treaty signed in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 1977. It entered into force on August 9, 1980, and was later amended on September 26 1980.
Budapest University of Technology and Economics The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungarian: Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem or in short Műegyetem), abbreviated as BME, is the most significant University of Technology in Hungary.

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