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Butternut squash Butternut squash (known in Australia as Butternut pumpkinSydney Markets - Welcome to the World of Pumpkins ) is an edible type of winter squash with a vase-like shape. It has a sweet, nutty taste that is similar to pumpkin or sweet potato.
Butters Stotch Leopold "Butters" Stotch (voiced by Matt Stone) is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. Originally called "Poof Poof" and "Swanson"South Park episode, Conjoined Fetus Lady, his nickname is a play on the word butterscotch.
Butterscotch Butterscotch is a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar syrup, butter, cream, and vanilla. In many ways the ingredients for butterscotch are similar to toffee; the major difference is that the sugar is boiled to the soft crack stage for butterscotch and the hard crack stage for toffee.
Butterworth-Heinemann Butterworth-Heinemann was a UK-based international publishing company specialized in professional information and learning materials for higher education and professional training, in printed and electronic forms. It had publishing units in Oxford, UK and Boston, MA, USA.
Butterworth-Kulim Expressway Buterworth Kulim Expressway BKE E15 is built to provide shorter access to East-West Highway from Butterworth and Penang and to bypass the town of Sungai Petani, Kedah. It was owned by Konsortium Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim Sdn Bhd (KLBK) a member of Malaysian Mining Corporation Berhad (MMC).
Butterworth, Penang Butterworth (population 108,000) is the principal town of Province Wellesley (often known by its Malay name of Seberang Perai) in the state of Penang in Malaysia. Butterworth is the site of the Malayan Railway station for Penang, and is linked to the island by ferry services and by a 13.
Buttery (shop) In the Middle Ages, a buttery was a storeroom for liquor, the name being derived from the Latin and French words for bottle or, to put the word into its simpler form a butt, that is, a cask. Over time, the buttery became a general food storeroom, and in particular the larders of Oxbridge colleges where students would purchase food and drink.
Butteville, Oregon Butteville is an unincorporated community (considered a ghost town) in Marion County, Oregon, United States. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Butteville as a census-designated place (CDP).
Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers are an American rock band, founded by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981; the pair met while students at Trinity University. Incorporating elements of hardcore, psychedelia, and performance art, their live shows also made heavy use of strobe lights, background films (of note, footage of penis reconstruction and dental surgery) and naked dancers.
Buttigieg De Piro The Marquis Anthony, Buttigieg De Piro, Hereditary Marquis De Piro in the Kingdom of (Castile) Spain, Hereditary Noble Patrician of Rome and Messina, Hereditary Knight of the Holy Roman Empire, Segnieur of the Noble Fief of Pietralunga, of the Marquises Testaferrata of the Marquises Leone, of the Counts de Guevera, of the Counts de Alagona, of the Barons of Budaq, of the Barons of Gomerino, of the Barons of Castel Cicciano, of the Barons of Friggenuini, of the Barons of Ortigos and of the Noble Gatto-Inguanez Feudatories.
Buttigliera Alta Buttigliera Alta is a town and commune of approximately 6800 inhabitants located about 25 km from Turin in the Susa valley in Piedmont, Italy. Primarily a residential community, it is best known for the Le Fronde Golf Club.
Buttock cleavage Buttock cleavage is minor exposure of the buttocks and the anal cleft between them, often because of low slung trousers. Historically the "coin slot" (or "builder's bum" or "plumber's crack") has been associated with overweight plumbers Janelle Brown, "Here come the buns," Salon, URL accessed 12 March 2006.
Button In clothing and fashion design, button is small disc- or knob-shaped, typically round, object usually attached to an article of clothing in order to secure an opening, or for ornamentation. Functional buttons work by slipping the button through a fabric or thread loop, or by sliding the button through a slit called a buttonhole.
Button (computing) In computing, a button (sometimes known as a command button or push button) is a widget that provides the user a simple way to trigger an event, like searching for a query at a search engine, or to interact with dialog boxes, like confirming his actions.
Button (game) Button is an early 1970s text-based computer game for BASIC designed by People's Computer Company based on the popular children's game "Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?." The game appeared on page 13 of the book What to Do After You Hit Return or P.
Button (poker) In poker, the buck or dealer button is a marker used to indicate the player who is dealing or, in casino games with a house dealer, the player who acts last on that deal (who would be the dealer in a home game). The term button is also used for a variety of plastic discs, or lammers, used by casinos to mark status of players.
Button accordion A button accordion is a type of accordion on which the melody-side keyboard consists of a series of buttons rather than piano-style keys. There exists a wide variation in keyboard systems, tuning, action and construction of these instruments.
Button Bay Button Bay, previously known as Button Mould Bay or Buttonmold Bay, is an area of shallow water on the east shore of Lake Champlain, north of Arnold Bay. It is situated between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains in New York.
Button car plan The Button Car Plan (also known as the Button Plan) was the informal name given to the Motor Industry Development Plan, initiatives to rationalise the motor vehicle industry made by the Australian Federal Government in the 1980s. The plan took its name from Senator John Button, the federal Minister for Commerce, Trade and Industry.
Button copy Button copy is a term describing the method of manufacture of older road signs in the United States. Button copy signs contain rows of embedded reflectors outlining the legend of the sign, for better visibility at night.
Button football Button football is a football (soccer) simulation game played on a table-top utilizing concave "disks" or "buttons" as players. Board dimensions, markings, and rules of play are modeled to simulate standard football.
Button Gwinnett Button Gwinnett (baptized: April 10, 1735 – May 19, 1777), was second of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. He was also briefly the provisional president of Georgia in 1777, prior to his death, and Gwinnett County (now a major suburb of metro Atlanta) was named after him.
Button Island (Massachusetts) Button Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. The island has a permanent size of under 1 acre, plus an intertidal zone of a further 116 acres, and is composed of a massing of glacial till which rises to a height of 10 feet above sea level.
Button mashing Button mashing (also button bashing) is a term used in console gaming contexts to refer to quick, repeated, and generally random button pressings. Usually, it is employed in an attempt to replace actual skill or practice, but some games have rapid inputs of a single button serve to raise some form of power gauge (see Dragon Ball below).
Button Mangosteen The Button Mangosteen (Garcinia prainiana) is also known as Cherapu. It has a flavor similar to but different from its cousin the mangosteen with an interesting taste but unlike its cousin its skin is tissue-thin instead of a hard rind.
Button Moon Button Moon was a popular children's television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom in the 1980s on the ITV Network. Thames Television produced each episode which lasted ten minutes and featured the adventures of Mr.
Button spider The term button spider is a term used in southern Africa to refer to local members of the spider genus Latrodectus, a subset of the family Theridiidae. These spiders are commonly known as widow spiders elsewhere in the world.
Buttons (chocolate) Buttons (formerly also known as Cadbury's Buttons, now known as Dairy Milk Buttons) are flat, circular, button-shaped chocolate pieces sold in small packs in the UK by Cadbury's since 1960. of Buttons used to feature illustrated nursery rhymes.
Buttons and Mindy Buttons and Mindy are characters that were regularly featured on the animated children's television show Animaniacs. Their segments centered around three characters: Buttons (voiced by Frank Welker), a heroic German shepherd-type dog; Mindy Sadlier (voiced by Nancy Cartwright in the English version and by Satomi Koorogi in the Japanese version), an accident-prone female toddler; and Mindy's mother (voiced by Tress MacNeille), who was often referred to as "Lady" by Mindy.
Buttons the Bear Buttons is one of the puppets on the Canadian television show Puppets Who Kill aired on the Comedy Network. He is voiced by puppeteer James Rankin (not the lighthouse keeper, but the voice actor who played Cheatsy Koopa in AoSMB3).
Buttonwillow Raceway Park Buttonwillow Raceway Park is a motorsports park in Kern County, 28 miles northwest of Bakersfield, California. Owned and operated by the California Sports Car Club, a region of SCCA, Buttonwillow is the "flagship" track of Cal Club, and is also the location of the Club's administrative offices.
Buttonwood Agreement The Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May 17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange Board (now called the NYSE, which is short for New York Stock Exchange). This agreement was signed by twenty-four stock brokers outside of 68 Wall Street in New York under a buttonwood tree.
Buttonwood Park Zoo The Buttonwood Park Zoo, located in New Bedford, Massachusetts is a small accredited zoo located within the center of Buttonwood Park. It's owned and operated by the City of New Bedford, with the support of the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society.
Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against (A counterfort) or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, especially in Germany, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral (sideways) forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing.
Buttress Nunataks Buttress Nunataks are a group of prominent coastal rock exposures, the highest 635 m, lying close inland from George VI Sound and 10 miles west-northwest (WNW) of the Seward Mountains, on the west coast of Palmer Land. The Buttress Nunataks are located at and have an elevation of 635 m.
Butts Corner, Virginia Butts Corner is an unincorporated area of southern Fairfax County, Virginia, USA located at the intersection of Ox (Virginia State Route 123), Chapel, and Wolf Run Shoals Roads off of the Fairfax County Parkway (Virginia State Route 7100).
Butts Up Butts Up ((AKA, "Butt Ball", "Buns Up", "Wall Ball", "Suicide", "No Fear", "Red Butt", "Red-A", "Red Ass", "Sting",or "Burn" or "Asses Up" if you are in Middle School)) is an American elementary school children’s playground game originating in the 1980s or earlier. Butts Up is played with a tennis ball (or, alternatively, a racquetball) on a paved surface against a brick wall, with a variable number of participants – usually more than three and often likely to exceed ten.
Buttsecks Buttsecks or butt sex is a form of human sexual behavior. While there are many sexual acts involving the butt, anal cavity, sphincter valve and/or rectum, the specific meaning describes the insertion of the penis into the butt.
Butuan City Butuan City is a 1st class highly urbanized city and the regional center of the Caraga Region in the Philippines. It is located at the northeastern part of Agusan Valley in northern Mindanao, sprawling across the Agusan River.
Butv10 butv10 is a student-run cable TV station operating on the campus of Boston University. It produces original content for and by students, as well as broadcasts content produced by Growling Dog Productions, a BU-sponsored student production company.
Butwal Butwal is a large town in southern Nepal, approximately 240 kilometres west of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and 22 kilometers from district headquarter Bhairahawa. Its population in 2001 was 75,384Nepal - City Population - Cities, Towns & Provinces - Tables & Maps.
Butyl acetate The chemical compound n-butyl acetate, also known as butyl ethanoate, is commonly used as a solvent in the production of lacquers and other products. It is also used as a synthetic fruit flavoring in foods such as candy, ice cream, cheeses, and baked goods.
Butyl butyrate Butyl butyrate, or butyl butanoate, is an organic compound which is an ester formed by the condensation of butyric acid and butanol. It is a clear, colorless liquid that is insoluble in water, but miscible with ethanol and diethyl ether.
Butyl rubber Butyl rubber—also known as polyisobutylene (C4H8) is a synthetic rubber, a homopolymer of 2-methyl-1-propene. Polyisobutylene is produced by polymerization of about 98% of isobutylene with about 2% of isoprene.
Butylated hydroxytoluene Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) is a fat-soluble organic compound primarily used as an antioxidant food additive (E number E321). It is also used as an antioxidant in cosmetics, pharmaceutical drugs, jet fuels, rubber, petroleum products, and embalming fluid.
Butylscopolamine Butylscopolamine, also known as scopolamine butylbromide and hyoscine butylbromide is a is an abdominal-specific antispasmodic. It is marketed under the trade name Buscopan® by Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Germany.
Butyrate esterase Butyrate Esterase is a stain which is specific for white blood cells of the Monocytic proliferation line. It is commonly used in the diagnosis of leukemia when staining touch preparation type slides of bone marrow.
Butyric acid Butyric acid, (from Greek βουτυρος = butter) IUPAC name n-Butanoic acid, or normal butyric acid, is a carboxylic acid with structural formula CH3CH2CH2-COOH. It is notably found in rancid butter, parmesan cheese, and vomit, and has an unpleasant odor and acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste (similar to ether).
Butyrylcholine Butyrylcholine is an acetylcholine-like molecule, with activation of some of the same receptors as acetylcholine. It is hydrolysed by acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase (also known as pseudocholinesterase), with butyrylcholinesterase being more efficient than acetylcholinesterase.
Buu Saga The Buu Saga is the final major story arc of the anime Dragon Ball Z. In FUNimation's naming conventions for the English language release of the anime, the Buu Saga is broken up into six sub-sagas pertaining to the character known as Majin Buu:
Buu Son Ky Huong According to the historian Hue-Tam Ho Tai, the phrase “Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương” (Strange Fragrance from the Precious Mountain) was coined by writers belonging to the Buddhist sect known as the Hòa Hảo , founded in Southern Vietnam by a twenty-year-old mystic named Huỳnh Phú Sổ in 1937. Huỳnh Phú Sổ claimed to be the reincarnation of another mystic from Southern Vietnam named Doan Minh Huyen, who came to be known as the “Buddha Master of Western Peace” (Phật Thầy Tây An).
Buurgplaatz Buurgplaatz (alternate names: Buergplaatz, Burrigplatz, Burgplatz, Buergplaz zu Huldang) is a hill in the commune of Troisvierges, in northern Luxembourg. The 559 metre high summit lies within the Oesling region at .
Buurhakaba Buurhakaba is a city located in the Bay region of southwestern Somalia. It is currently, during the battle between the Islamic Courts Union and local warlords of the Juba Valley Alliance, a very strategic place because it is on a hill and a base from which the Islamists may attack the government held city of Baidoa.
Buvuma Island Buvuma Island (locally 'Uvuma') is the map name of what is actually a chain of more than fifty smaller islands, a few kilometres off the northern shore of Lake Victoria, Uganda in the Napoleon Gulf. Buvuma is located about 25km south of the major city of Jinja, and around 90km east of the capital Kampala.
Buwei Yang Chao Buwei Yang Chao (née Buwei Yang; Chinese: 楊步偉) (1889 - 1981) was an American Chinese physician, writer of recipes, and wife of the eminent linguist Yuen Ren Chao. She is credited with coining the English team "stir-fry".
Buxheim Priory Buxheim Priory (Kloster Buxheim or Reichskartause Buxheim) was formerly a monastery of the Carthusians (in fact, the largest charterhouse in Germany) and is now a monastery of the Salesians. It is situated in Buxheim near Memmingen in Bavaria.
Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College, better known as BJB College, Bhubaneswar, is a reputed institute of Higher Seconday and UnderGraduate studies in Orissa, India. Along with Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, this college has produced some of the principal builders and administrators of modern Orissa.
Buxtehude Buxtehude is a town at the Este River in Northern Germany in the district of Stade and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg). As of 2005, the total population for Buxtehude is 38,888.
Buxton Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England which is close to the Cheshire Derbyshire border at Kettleshulme and is described as "the gateway to the Peak District National Park" (true from the west). A municipal borough until 1974, Buxton was then merged with other localities including Glossop, lying primarily to the north, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak within the county of Derbyshire.
Buxton (Norfolk) railway station Buxton (Norfolk) railway station Serves the village of Buxton in Norfolk and is served by the Bure Valley Railway. It is remarkable because it is one of the first stations on the Bure Valley Railway to have wireless internet access.
Buxton Baronets The Buxton Baronetcy, of Belfield in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1841 for the brewer, Liberal politician, anti-slavery campaigner, philanthropist and social reformer Thomas Fowell Buxton.
Buxton Festival The Buxton Festival is an annual summer festival of opera, music, and (since 2000) a literary series, held in Buxton, Derbyshire in England since it began in July 1979. However, its origins date back to 1936 when an annual drama festival was held until 1942 in conjunction with the London-based Old Vic Theatre Company.
Buxton Lammas Buxton Lammas (also called Buxton with Lammas) is a local government area and railway halt in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the villages of Buxton, Norfolk (lying on one side of the River Bure) and Lammas on the other side of the river.
Buxton Line The Buxton Line is a railway line in northern England, connecting Manchester with Buxton in Derbyshire. Passenger services on the line are currently operated by Northern Rail and most continue through Manchester from Blackpool North.
Buxton University Buxton University is an unaccredited institution, which claims existence in London, England but has its address in Portugal. Critics have called it a diploma mill and one of its official websites is instantdegrees.
Buxus sempervirens Buxus sempervirens (Common Box or European Box; also as Boxwood) is a flowering plant in the genus Buxus, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey.
Buxworth Buxworth originally Bugsworth, which seemed to offend 'pious ears' – hence the change – is a village in the Blackbrook valley in the borough of High Peak , Derbyshire on the edge of the Peak District of England's Pennine Range. It is about two miles from Whaley Bridge and about eighteen miles southeast of Manchester .
Buxx banner Born Beauliss Kleff Banner, in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 3, 1945 (some sources cite 1943) he is better known to his legion of fans as "Buxx" or "The Buxxer". Banner has existed on the fringe of radical/political rock music and cult films for the past five decades.
Buy and hold Buy and hold is a long term investment strategy based on the concept that in the long run financial markets give a good rate of return despite periods of volatility or decline. This viewpoint also holds that market timing, i.
Buy It in Bottles "Buy It in Bottles" is a song by English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft and is featured on his 2002 album, Human Conditions. It was released 7 April 2003 as the third and final single from the album, charting at #26 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2003 in British music).
Buy one, get one free "Buy one, get one free" is a common form of sales promotion. While rarely presented to customers in acronym form, this marketing technique is universally known in the marketing industry by the acronym BOGOF, and it is regarded as one of the most effective forms of special offers for goods.
Buy or Sell Buy or Sell is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on March 27, 1992, it is played for three four-digit prizes, each valued between $1,000 and $4,000; along with a cash bonus.
Buy term and invest the difference Buying term and investing the difference is a concept involving term life insurance and investment strategies that provide individuals an alternative to permanent life insurance. Generally speaking term insurance premiums are considerably less expensive in the short term than permanent life insurance for an individual for the same benefit amount.
Buy-side analyst Buy-side analysts ("buy-siders") work for money management firms such as mutual funds, pension funds, trusts, and hedge funds. They are incentivised to identify investment opportunities that will improve the net worth of the portfolio they work for.
Buydown A buydown is a mortgage financing technique where the buyer attempts to obtain a lower interest rate for at least the first few years of the mortgage."Definition of buydown", Dictionary The seller of the property usually provides payments to the mortgage lending institution, which, in turn, lowers the buyer's monthly interest rate and therefore monthly payment.
Buyei The Buyei, (also spelled Puyi, Bouyei and Buyi; self called: Buxqyaix, IPA: [], or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; Pinyin: Bùyīzú) are an ethnic group living in southern China. Numbering 2.
Buyeo (state) Buyeo was a kingdom established in today's North Korea and Northern Manchuria, from about 2nd century BC to 494. Its remnants were absorbed by Goguryeo in 494, and both Goguryeo and Baekje, two of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, considered themselves its successor.
Buyeo languages The Buyeo (PuyĹŹ) languages are a hypothetical language family that would relate the languages of Buyeo, Goguryeo, Baekje and the Japonic languages, and possibly place them together as a family under the hypothetical Altaic family. In particular, Goguryeo and Baekje considered themselves to be descended from Buyeo, and both traditionally had close relations and kinship with Yamato period Japan until they ultimately fell to the kingdom of Silla.
Buyeo Pung Buyeo Pung, known as in Japan, was one of the sons of King Uija of Baekje. When Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, fell to the alliance of Silla and Tang Dynasty in 660, he was in the Wa state of Japan as a ward and hostage to ensure the alliance between Japan and Baekje.
Buyer brokerage Buyer brokerage (or Buyer agency as it is also known) is the practice of real estate brokers (and their agents) representing a buyer in a real estate transaction rather than, by default, representing the seller either directly or as a sub-agent.
Buyer's remorse Buyer's remorse is an emotional condition whereby a person feels remorse or regret after the purchase of an item. It is frequently associated with the purchase of higher value items such as property, cars, computers, jewelry, etc.
Buyers Laboratory Inc Buyers Laboratory Inc is a company which provides information on the imaging industry. It was founded in 1961 by the late Arthur Kallet, the co-founder and 20-year head of Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine (BLI is not affiliated with Consumers Union).
Buyers Market of American Craft The Buyers Market of American Craft is the nation’s largest wholesale trade show, providing artists a professional venue to build relationships with qualified wholesale craft buyers. Approximately 2,000 artists exhibit to more than 9,000 buyers from 3,000 companies from across the United States and Canada.
Buying center A buying center (also known as a decision making unit), in marketing, procurement, and organizational studies, is a group of employees responsible for purchasing an item for the organization. In a business setting, major purchases typically require input from various parts of the organization, including finance, accounting, purchasing, information technology management, and senior management.
Buying in Buying in has several meanings. In the securities market it refers to a process by which the buyer of securities, whose seller fails to deliver the securities contracted for, can 'buy in' the securities from a third party with the defaulting seller to make good.
Buynaksk Buynaksk (), known as Temir-Khan-Shura () before 1922, is a town in Dagestan, Russia, located at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus on the Shura-Ozen River, some 40 km south-west of Makhachkala. Population: 61,437 (2002 Census); 40,000 (1970).
Buyout A buyout is an investment transaction by which an entire company or a controlling part of the stock of a company is sold. A firm buys out a stake of a company to strengthen its influence on the company's decision-making body.
Buys-Ballot's law In meteorology, Buys-Ballot's law may be expressed as follows: In the Northern Hemisphere, stand with your back to the wind; the low pressure area will be on your left. In other words, wind travels counterclockwise around low pressure zones in the Northern Hemisphere.
Buz Murdock Buz Murdock was a fictional character portrayed by actor George Maharis on the 1960’s American prime-time dramatic television series Route 66. Buz was one of three main regular characters on the program, and his tenure lasted for two and a half of the program’s four seasons.
Buzen Province Buzen (豊前国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan in northern Kyūshū, which bordered on Bungo and Chikuzen provinces. Today the area is the eastern part of Fukuoka Prefecture, including some northern districts of Ōita Prefecture.
Buzhgan Buzhgan (also Puchkan, Buzjan) is a village in the Torbat-e Jam township in Iran's Khorasan-e Razavi province. Historically Buzhgan was a city and was the seat of government in the historic Persian province of Jam (Zam).
Buziol Games Buziol Games is the developer and publisher of Mario Forever, as well as some other freeware games such as Myster Muszel and Madlocnoid, although Mario Forever is the most popular. However, Urbagility 2, a new game by BG, has gained much popularity.
Buzkashi Buzkashi, Kok-boru or Oglak Tartis (Persian: بزکشی buzkashī: buz "goat" + kashi "taking out"; Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Kazak, Tatar, Turkmen: kökbörü, kök "blue" + börü "wolf) is a traditional Central Asian team sport played on horseback. The steppes' people were skilled riders who could grab a goat or calf from the ground while riding a horse at full gallop.
Buzludzha Buzludzha is a historical peak in the Central Stara Planina, Bulgaria and is 1441 metres high. In 1868 it was the place of the final battle between Bulgarian rebels led by Hadji Dimitar and Stefan Karadzha and the Turks.
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space (BARIS) is a space simulation and strategy game for the PC, designed by Fritz Bronner and published by Interplay in 1992. The game is a computer adaptation of an earlier board game called "Liftoff!
Buzz Arlett Russell Loris Arlett (January 3, 1899 - May 16, 1964), also known as Buzz Arlett, was an American baseball player sometimes called "the Babe Ruth of the minor leagues." Like Ruth, Arlett was a large man (6'4" and 230 pounds (104 kg)) who began his career as a pitcher before becoming his league's dominant home-run hitter.
Buzz bars Single-position lap bars on wooden roller coasters are commonly referred to as "buzz bars," a slang term named for the buzzing sound the bars make as they release. Only older wooden coasters and junior wooden coaster trains still use these bars.
Buzz Bin MTV's Buzz Bin was a select group of music videos by up and coming artists and bands that the network deemed buzz worthy, cutting edge, or the next big thing. As such, the selected videos received heavy rotation on the channel, and were also featured in special promotional commercials that highlighted the latest Buzz Bin selections.
Buzz Boll Frank "Buzz" Boll (Born March 6, 1911 in Fillmore, Saskatchewan, Canada) was a Canadian professional hockey Left Winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Americans. Brooklyn Americans and Boston Bruins.
Buzz Burbank Buzz Burbank (born October 7, 1953), whose real name is Mike Elston, has been the newsman for The Don and Mike Show since December 2 1991. His "News and Comment" segment airs toward the end of the show, but he is present throughout the program.
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