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Bull of the Crusade A Bull of the Crusade was a Papal bull which granted indulgences to those who took part in the crusades against Muslims, pagans or sometimes heretics (from the Catholic viewpoint). These indulgences were similar to those which, as far back as the eleventh century, had been granted to the faithful of the Spanish Mark who took part in building churches and monasteries, or who gave alms to be devoted to this purpose.
Bull of the Woods Bull Of The Woods was the 13th Floor Elevators last album on which they worked as a group, and despite the near absence of Roky Erickson (his appearance here marked by a mere four out of eleven songs), it is a remarkable album for its moody, dreamy, fuzzed-out psychedelic sound.
Bull of the Woods Wilderness The Bull of the Woods Wilderness is located on the southern side of Mount Hood in the northwestern Cascades of Oregon. It consists of 27,427 acres - much of it prime low-elevation old growth forest, also with about a dozen small lakes and many large creeks and streams.
Bull of Union with the Copts The Bull of Union with the Copts was promulgated by Pope Eugene IV at the Ecumenical Council of Florence on 4 February 1442. It was part of an attempt by the Roman Catholic Church to reunite with other Christian groups including the Coptic Church of Egypt.
Bull put spread The bull put spread is a limited profit, limited risk options strategy that can be used when the options trader is moderately bullish on the underlying security. It is entered by writing higher striking in-the-money put options and buying the same number of lower striking out-of-the-money put options on the same underlying security with the same expiration date.
Bull riding Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a large male bovine, and attempting to stay mounted for at least 8 seconds. The rider tightly fastens one hand to the bull with a long braided rope.
Bull Run (novel) Written by Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman, the novel is a collection of monologues by sixteen characters, eight Northern and eight Southern, giving their personal experiences in the First Battle of Bull Run in the American Civil War in 1861. Issues such as race, gender, economic, social, and regional tensions are depicted throughout the novel.
Bull Run (Occoquan River) Bull Run is a free-flowing tributary stream of the Potomac River that originates from a spring in the Bull Run Mountains in Loudoun County, Virginia and flows south to the Occoquan River. Bull Run serves as the boundary between Prince William and Fairfax Counties.
Bull Run, Virginia Bull Run is an area in Prince William County, Virginia, best known for its historic significance as the site of two major battles of the American Civil War, the First Battle of Bull Run, and the Second Battle of Bull Run.
Bull shark The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, also known as the bull whaler, Zambezi River shark or colloquially Zambi, is common worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts, and well-known for its unpredictable, often aggressive behaviour. They have a tolerance for fresh water that is unique among marine sharks, and can travel far up rivers, posing a threat to those who venture into the water.
Bull Session with the "Big Daddy" "Bull Session with the 'Big Daddy'" is the last track on the American pop band The Beach Boys 1965 album The Beach Boys Today!. The track is a recording of an informal interview of the Beach Boys by Earl Leaf.
Bull Shoals Lake Bull Shoals Lake is an artificial lake in the Ozark Mountains of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. It has hundreds of miles of lake arms and coves perfect for boating, water sports, swimming, and fishing.
Bull Shot A Bullshot is a cocktail that's a variant of the Bloody Mary, prepared with beef bouillon or beef consomme in place of tomato juice. A typical recipe consists of vodka, beef bullion (boiled in hot water), and some combination of salt, pepper, lemon juice, Tabasco sauce and Worcestershire sauce.
Bull's Eye (postage stamp) The Bull's Eye (Portuguese Olho-de-boi) postage stamps were a set of three stamps issued by Brazil on 1 August, 1843. The three stamps with face values of 30, 60, and 90 Reais were the second set of adhesive stamps issued in the world, after the Penny Black and Two pence Blue, to be issued by a country (not just a local issue).
Bull's Eye Shooter Supply Bull's Eye Shooter Supply is a gun shop in Tacoma, Washington that gained notoriety following the three-week long murder spree in the fall of 2002 which came to be known as the Beltway Sniper Attacks because they occurred near the circumferential Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) outside Washington, DC. The weapon used in the attacks, which included at least 10 deaths and 3 serious woundings, was shoplifted from the store by a juvenile illegal immigrant, according to his statements to investigators.
Bull's Eye Squall A squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off the coast of South Africa. It is named for the peculiar appearance of the small isolated cloud marking the top of the invisible vortex of the storm.
Bull's Island Recreation Area The 79-acre (32 ha) Bull's Island Recreation Area is on Bull's Island at Raven Rock along the Delaware River approximately 3 miles (5 km) north of Stockton, within Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The park is a part of the 3,578-acre (14 km²) Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park.
Bull-leaping Bull-leaping is thought to have been a key ritual in the religion of the Minoan civilization on Bronze Age Crete. As in the case of other Mediterranean civilizations, the bull was the subject of veneration and worship (see Bull (mythology) for more).
Bulla (seal) Bulla (plural, Bullae), a lump of clay molded around a cord and stamped with a seal. When dry, the container cannot be violated without visible damage to the bulla, thereby ensuring the contents remain tamper-proof until they reach their destination.
Bulla Dairy Foods Bulla Dairy Foods is a major Australian dairy company that manufactures a national and export range of ice cream, table cream, yoghurt, sour cream, cottage cheese and imitation cream. The business was established in 1910 and subsequently became a partnership among three inter-related families, who still own and operate the business to this day.
Bulla Island Bulla Island (Kharra Zira, Azeri: Bulla adası (Xərə Zirə)) is the largest island in the Caspian Sea within the Absheron Peninsula region (area: 3,5 km2, maximum length: 3,4 km, width: 2,6 km). The island has the akdalaite and aluminium deposite and a mud volcano.
Bullaburra, New South Wales Bullaburra is a small town in the state of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Blue Mountains. It is one of the small towns that stretch along the route of the Main Western railway line and Great Western Highway which pass over the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney.
Bullard High School (California) Bullard High School is located in Fresno, California. Well known for it's athletics program, Bullard has produced Major League Baseball players like Steve Ellsworth, Dave Meier, Stan Papi, Randy Asadoor and Rex Hudler.
Bullarium Bullarium is a term commonly applied to a collection of papal bulls and other analogous documents, whether the scope of the collection be general in character, or limited to the bulls connected to any particular order, or institution, or locality.
Bullatosauria Bullatosauria is an abandoned redundant clade, created in 1994 by paleontologist Thomas Holtz, to unite Ornithomimosauria with Troodontidae. Most paleontologists, including Holtz, now consider troodontids to be much more closely related to birds than they are to ornithomimosaurs, causing the clade Bullatosauria to be abandoned.
Bullbridge Aqueduct The Bull Bridge Aqueduct was situated on the Cromford Canal, built in 1794, at Bullbridge east of Ambergate along the Amber Valley where it turned sharply to cross the valley and the Ambergate to Nottingham road.
Bulldog Bash The Bulldog Bash is a yearly event held at Shakespeare County Raceway, Long Marston Airfield just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire England. Usually beginning on the second Thursday in August and lasting until Sunday, it is the yearly gathering and festival of the United Kingdom chapter of the Hells Angels.
Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life, who investigates an extortion case for a beautiful girl. It stars Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan Bennett and Lilyan Tashman.
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge Bulldog Drummond's Revenge is a 1937 black and white detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer who, while out on a ride with his friend Algy Longworth and fiancee Phyllis Claverling, is the first to discover a mysterious suitcase that is parachuted from an aircraft above, minutes before the plane crashes. The case is found to contain a highly explosive chemical, the plans for which have been stolen, and despite the urging of his wife-to-be, Drummond is dragged into the mystery surrounding the whole affair, traveling by both train and ship to recover the formula.
Bulldog edition Bulldog edition refers to the earliest edition of a newspaper. For instance, the Sunday New York Times publishes its bulldog edition, about 100,000 copies for distribution around the country, at about noon on Saturday.
Bulldog Gin Bulldog is a London Dry Gin distilled in England that was launched on October 15, 2006. It was founded by Anshuman Vohra, a former Investment Banker and David Kanbar, founder of Bambu Rum and nephew of Skyy Vodka founder Maurice Kanbar.
Bulldog Mansion Bulldog Mansion (Korean: 불독맨션) is a Korean pop rock band. Their name does not translate to "Bulldog Mansion": rather, it is a phonetic approximation in Hangul, with the English name being used for their website and album art.
Bulldog nose "Bulldog noses" is the nickname given, due to their appearance, to several diesel locomotives manufactured by GM-EMD from 1939 to 1960. The term originated with EMD F-units, as well as later E-unit models such as the E7, E8, and E9.
Bulldog Productions Founded in 2003 Bulldog Productions is the only undergraduate film production company based at Yale University. Its projects - shot on MiniDV, 16 mm, or 35 mm - employ professional cinematographers, sound engineers, and gaffers, but are otherwise almost entirely student-produced, student-directed, and student-crewed.
Bulldog track The Bulldog Track, also known as the Bulldog-Wau road, in the year 2004 is a foot track crossing the western end of the Owen Stanley Range of Central Papua New Guinea. The track begins near a small settlement on the upper reaches of the Lakekamu River on the south side of the ranges.
Bulldogs gang rape allegation In March 2004, a 23-year-old woman in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia filed a complaint to the police, alleging she was gang raped by six men from Sydney's Bulldogs rugby league team. The independent DPP ruled the evidence was insufficient to prosecute, but the incident drew considerable media interest, and subjected the sport of Rugby League to unprecedented scrutiny.
Bulldozer A bulldozer is a very powerful crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor) equipped with a blade. The term "bulldozer" is often used to mean any heavy engineering vehicle, but precisely, the term refers only to a tractor (usually tracked) fitted with a dozer blade.
Bulldozer Exhibition The Bulldozer Exhibition () was an unofficial art exhibition on a vacant lot in Belyaevo urban forest by Moscow avant-garde artists on 15 September 1974. The exhibition was forcefully broken-up by a large police force that included bulldozers and water cannons, hence the name.
Bulle Bulle is a municipality in the district of Gruyère, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême as a result of boundary changes by the cantonal authorities.
Bulleen Zebras Bulleen Zebras are an Australian football (soccer) club based in Bulleen, Melbourne. Their existence is as a result of a series of mergers between several clubs based on the Italian community, namely Brunswick Juventus, Box Hill Inter and Bulleen Lions.
Bulleh Shah Bulleh Shah (1680 – 1757)(), whose real name was Abdullah Shah, is believed to have been born in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur in modern day Pakistan. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara in modern Uzbekistan, in 1680.
Bullenbeisser The Bullenbeisser was a breed of dog known for its strength and agility. The breed was closely related to the Bärenbeisser and some believe that the two breeds were the same (the names mean "bull-biter" and "bear-biter", respectively).
Buller River The Buller River is in the South Island of New Zealand. One of the country's longest rivers, it flows for 170 kilometres from Lake Rotoiti through the Buller Gorge and into the Tasman Sea near the town of Westport.
Bullers of Buchan Located about six miles south of Peterhead and 25 miles north of Aberdeen in northeast Scotland, the Bullers of Buchan is a collapsed sea cave forming an almost circular chasm (the "pot") some 30 metres (100 feet) deep, where the ocean rushes in through a natural archway.
Bullet (car) Dreamt up by John Bettini, the first Bullet prototype was built in 1996 on a Mazda MX-5 chassis with a powerplant from a Mazda RX-7. After his company was purchased by Advanced Engine Components, his original dream of a Lexus V-8 powered MX-5 became reality.
Bullet (Superheist) The second single from debut album The Prize Recruit, a reworked version of a b-side from previous single Crank The System far exceeds the quality of it's original form in quality and sheer bombast. Bullet climbed the Top 40 charts and sustained a place as crowd favourite for years.
Bullet Boy Bullet Boy is a film directed by Saul Dibb, written by Saul Dibb and Catherine Johnson, and stars Ashley Walters. The film's original music was composed and performed by the English band Massive Attack, who released it as an eponymous album.
Bullet drop compensation Bullet Drop Compensation (BDC) is a feature available on some rifle scopes (sometimes referred to as elevation). The feature compensates for the effect of gravity on the bullet at given distances (referred to as "bullet drop").
Bullet for My Valentine Bullet for My Valentine (sometimes shortened to "Bullet" or "BFMV") is a four-piece metalcore band from Bridgend, South Wales. Formed in 1998 under the name "Jeff Killed John", they originally played Metallica, Limp Bizkit and Nirvana covers.
Bullet in the Head (song) "Bullet in the Head" was a single released by political rapcore band Rage Against the Machine from their self-titled album in 1992. "Bullet in the Head" refers to the band's belief that the government uses media to control the population, drawing comparisons between typical residences to Alcatraz.
Bullet Joe Bush Leslie Ambrose (Bullet Joe) Bush (November 27, 1892 - November 1, 1974) born in Brainerd, Minnesota was a Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1912-17 and 1928), Boston Red Sox (1918-21), New York Yankees (1922-24), St. Louis Browns (1925), Washington Senators (1926), Pittsburgh Pirates (1926-27) and New York Giants (1927).
Bullet Joe Simpson Harold Joseph "Bullet Joe" Simpson (August 13, 1893 in Selkirk, Manitoba - December 25, 1973) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Americans and Edmonton Eskimos.
Bullet loan In banking and finance, a bullet loan (also referred to as a balloon loan) is a loan where a large payment or even the entire principal of the loan is due at the end of the loan term. A bullet loan can be a mortgage, bond, note or any other type of credit.
Bullet Rogan Charles Wilber(n) "Bullet" Rogan, also known as "Bullets" or "Bullet Joe" (July 28 1893 - March 4 1967), was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues from 1911 to 1938. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he won more games than any other pitcher in Negro League history, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Bullet Theory/My Dying Day Bullet Theory/My Dying Day is a seven-inch vinyl released through Salad Days Records in 2003. The vinyl is split and features songs from the Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend and the American post-hardcore/alternative rock band Moments in Grace.
Bullet Train to Vegas Bullet Train To Vegas is an angular Southern California-based indie rock / post-hardcore band who mixes the styles of well-respected acts like At the Drive-In, The Blood Brothers, and Q and Not U. The band put out their debut EP Profile This in 2003 as well as a self-titled two-song 7" in 2004 before signing with Nitro Records the following year and releasing their debut full-length, We Put Scissors Where Our Mouths Are, in 2005.
Bullet voting Bullet voting is a tactic where the voter only selects one candidate, despite having the option to indicate some preference for other candidates. They might do this either because it is easier than evaluating all the candidates, or (depending on the voting system in use) as a form of tactical voting.
BulletBoys BulletBoys are a glam metal band that was formed by vocalist Marq Torien, guitarist Mick Sweda, and bassist Lonnie Vencent in the late 1980s after they left King Kobra. It also featured new young rock drummer Jimmy D'Anda.
Bulletin board A bulletin board (or notice board in British English) is a place where people can leave public messages, for example, to advertise things to buy or sell, announce events, or provide information. Bulletin boards are often made of a material such as cork to facilitate addition and removal of messages or it can be placed on the computer so people can leave and erase messages for other people to read and see.
Bulletin board system A Bulletin Board System or BBS is a computer system running software that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line and, using a terminal program, perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users.
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is a quarterly mathematical journal published by the American Mathematical Society. It publishes surveys on contemporary research topics and book reviews, both by invitation only.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a nontechnical magazine that covers global security and public policy issues, especially related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. It has been published continuously since 1945, when it was founded by former Manhattan Project physicists after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists of Chicago.
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan The Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan is a scientific journal published by the Chemical Society of Japan. It publishes accounts, articles, and short articles in the fields of theoretical and physical chemistry, analytical and inorganic chemistry, organic and biological chemistry, and applied and materials chemistry.
Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society The Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society (ISSN 0032-1185) publishes many scientific papers on entomology and also entomological catalogues as Occasional Supplements . A full indexed list is provided on the website.
Bulletin of the Vilnius Astronomical Observatory Bulletin of the Vilnius Astronomical Observatory was the periodical of Lithuanian astronomers, published in 1960-1992 by Vilnius University Observatory, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics and Mathematics. It ended in 1992, when a new international scientific journal Baltic Astronomy for astronomical institutions of the Baltic states was established.
Bulletin on Narcotics The Bulletin on Narcotics is a publication of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. First published in 1949, the bulletin provides a great deal of insight into the legislative history of the drug control treaties of the 20th century, including the earlier treaties as well as:
Bulletins and reports Bulletins and reports are written accounts of observed or documented events usually made by a person of authority who has witnessed an event, thus bulletins and reports build records of what had transpired. In general, bulletins, though official, are brief and informal statements, while reports are lengthier and more formal.
BulletML BulletML, or Bullet Markup Language, is an XML-based markup language used to define complex firing patterns in 2D shoot 'em up games; it actually models simple generic particle systems, with a well suited feature set for the intended application but no specialized mechanisms.
Bulletproof A material or object described as bulletproof is capable of stopping a bullet or similar high velocity missile. The term bullet resistant is often preferred since few, if any, practical materials provide complete protection against all types of bullets or multiple hits in the same location.
Bulletproof (album) Bulletproof is the debut album from Detroit rapper Hush released on Geffen Records. Contains some of the songs from The Contender, and features Nate Dogg, Talib Kweli, Bizarre, Motorhead, Eminem, Kuniva, Swifty McVay, Bareda, and Lo-Down.
Bulletproof glass Strictly, Bulletproof glass would be glass that is capable of stopping all manner of bullets fired at it. Such glass cannot currently be made in any usable thickness (if at all), so what is loosely called Bulletproof Glass is, within the industry, referred to as Bullet resistant glass.
Bulletproof hosting Bulletproof hosting (sometimes known as 'bulk-friendly' hosting) is a service provided by domain hosts which allows their customer considerable leniency in the kinds of material they may upload. This leniency has been taken advantage of by spammers and providers of online gambling or pornography.
Bulletproof vest A bullet-proof vest also known as body armor is an article of protective clothing that works as a form of armor to minimize injury from projectiles fired from handguns, shotguns, rifles, and in some cases even shrapnel from explosives such as hand grenades. Such vests are commonly worn by police forces, the military, and private security and civilians where legal.
Bullets (Editors song) "Bullets" is a song by British Indie rock band Editors and is featured on their 2005 debut album, The Back Room. It was re-released 26 September 2005 as the fourth single from the album (see 2005 in British music).
Bullets (song) Bullets is the 2nd single from Creed's third album, Weathered, the band's final new-material album. The album reflects the many changes surrounding the band during the time of writing, as Weathered stands as the first and only Creed album without the bass work of Brian Marshall, former longtime Creed bassist.
Bullfighting Bullfighting or tauromachy (Spanish toreo, corrida de toros or tauromaquia; Portuguese tourada, corrida de touros or tauromaquia) is a tradition that involves, most of the time, professional performers (generally called in Spanish toreros or matadores and in Portuguese toureiros) who execute various formal moves with the goal of appearing graceful and confident, while masterful over the bull itself; these manoeuvers are performed at close range, concluding (in Spanish-style bullfighting) with the death of the bull by a well-placed sword thrust as the finale; whereas in Portugal the finale consists of a unique tradition called the pega where men (Forcados) are dressed in a traditional costume, of damask or velvet, with the long knit hats also worn by the famous Ribatejo campinos (cowboys).
Bullfrog County, Nevada Bullfrog County was a short-lived county in the state of Nevada, United States, created by the Nevada legislature in 1987 in an attempt to garner more state revenue from the potential creation of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. It was re-absorbed into Nye County in 1989.
Bullfrog Productions Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux, and was one of the entrepreneurs of video gaming. The company became famous for their third release, the innovative god game Populous released in 1989.
Bullhead City, Arizona Bullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, roughly 100 miles (160.9 km) south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City.
Bullhead triplefin The bullhead triplefin, Trianectes bucephalus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Trianectes, found in the eastern Indian Ocean around southern Australia, from Western Australia to Victoria and Tasmania at depths down to 5 m. Its length is up to about 7 cm.
Bullhead Trail The Bullhead Trail is an American hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee. The trail ascends Mount Le Conte, the tallest (and sixth highest) mountain east of the Mississippi River] and offers outstanding views before joining the [[Rainbow Falls Trail before terminating near the LeConte Lodge.
Bullialdus (crater) Bullialdus is a lunar impact crater located in the western part of the Mare Imbrium, and named in honor of French astronomer Ismael Bullialdus. To the north by north-west is the broken-rimmed and lava-flooded Lubiniezky crater.
Bullingdon Club The Bullingdon Club is a socially exclusive student dining society at Oxford University, without any permanent rooms, famous for its members' wealth and destructive binges. Membership is by invitation only, and prohibitively expensive for most.
Bullion coin A bullion coin is a coin struck from precious metal and kept as a store of value or an investment, rather than used in day-to-day commerce. Examples include Krugerrands, British sovereigns, the American Eagle series and the Canadian Maple Leaf series.
Bullion Committee The Bullion committee was set up in order to research the possibility of putting Britain onto the gold standard and how to carry it out. Sir Robert Peel was the chairman of the Bullion committee and since he was a brilliant economist he managed to place Britain on the gold standard two years earlier than planned.
Bullion Mountains The Bullion Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert of California southeast of the city of Barstow. The mountain range stretches for approximately 50 miles in a northwest-southeasterly direction north of Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms.
Bullis Charter School Bullis Charter School (BCS) is a public charter school located in Los Altos, California teaching kindergarten through grade six. As of 2006, the school's enrollment is about 230 students and has a stated limit of 310.
Bullmark Founded in 1969 after the bankruptcy of pioneering toy manufacturer Marusan, Bullmark is a defunct Japanese toy company that is most famous for selling PVC vinyl kaiju character toys in the 1960s and 1970s. The company was also known simply as Bull by many people due to their logo of a bull which was stamped on the bottoms of the feet of many of their toys.
Bullock (VIVA) Bullock, or Bullock Drive, is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on October 16, 2005, at the intersection of Bullock Drive and Highway 7 in Markham, Ontario.
Bullock cart The bullock cart is a common means of transportation used traditionally since ancient times in the Indian subcontinent. Used especially for carrying cargo goods, the bullock cart is driven by one or several bulls.
Bullock Creek The Bullock Creek Fossil site is one of three known vertebrate fossil sites in the Australia's Northern Territory, along with the Alcoota Fossil Beds on Alcoota Station and the Kangaroo Well site on Deep Well Station. It is located about 550km south-southeast of Darwin, on Camfield Station.
Bullock Point Jetty Bullock Point Jetty is located on the Huon River, (the fourth largest in Tasmania at 170 kilometres long) in South-Eastern Tasmania, Australia. It lies 60 kilometres south of Hobart and 20 kilometres south of Huonville.
Bullock Report (A Language for Life) A Language for Life, better known as the Bullock Report, was a UK government report published in 1975 by an independent committee, chaired by Alan Bullock, set up by the government to consider the teaching of language.
Bullock Report (Industrial democracy) The Bullock Report was a report proposing for a form of worker participation or workers control, named for Alan Bullock. The idea was seen by some as a way to solve the chronic industrial disputes, by others as the next stage forward for socialism.
Bullock's Bullock's, of Los Angeles, California, was a department store founded in 1907 at Seventh & Broadway in downtown Los Angeles by John G. Bullock, with the support of The Broadway Department Store owner Arthur Letts.
Bulloch Hall Bulloch Hall is a Greek Revival mansion in Roswell, Georgia built in 1840 where 26th US President, Theodore Roosevelt's mother, Martha Bulloch lived as a child and where she married Theodore Roosevelt's father, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
Bulloidea The superfamily Bulloidea (Lamarck, 1801) consists of herbivorous marine snails belonging to the headshield slugs of the suborder Cephalaspidea and the order Opisthobranchia. There is only one family, Bullidae.
Bullom So language The Bullom So language, also called Mmani or Mandingi, is an endangered language spoken near the border between Guinea and Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family and is particularly closely related to the Bom language.
Bullpen Bulletins Bullpen Bulletins is the news and information page that appears in most regular monthly comic books from Marvel Comics. In various incarnations since its inception in the 1960's it has included items such as previews of upcoming Marvel publications, news about and profiles of Marvel staff members, and perhaps most famously, "Stan's Soapbox", a monthly column written by Stan Lee.
Bullpup Bullpup is a firearm configuration in which the action (or mechanism) and magazine are located behind the trigger. This increases the barrel length relative to the overall weapon length, permitting shorter weapons for the same barrel length, saving weight and increasing maneuverability.

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