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Direxiv Direxiv is a company with motorsport links to the GP2 Series, a series which is closely linked to Formula One and future drivers in F1 are likely to have raced in GP2. Direxiv had submitted an entry to run a Formula 1 team in 2008 onwards, although they faced tough competition from other companies as Carlin Motorsport, Eddie Jordan, Paul Stoddart and current GP2 team Racing Engineering.
Dirge A dirge is a somber song expressing mourning or grief, such as would be appropriate for performance at a funeral. The English word "dirge" is derived from the Latin Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam ("Direct my way in your sight, O Lord my God") , the first words of the first antiphon in the Matins of the Office for the Dead.
Diria National Park The Diria National Park, until 2004 the Diria National Forest Wildlife Refuge, is a National Park of Costa Rica south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province, and forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area. It protects both dry and at higher elevations humid tropical forest in the central highlands of the Nicoya Peninsula, including the watersheds of the Diria, Tigre, Verde and Enmedio rivers which have been created a terrain of deep valleys with steep slopes.
Dirigible Pilot Badge The Dirigible Pilot Badge is a military decoration of the United States Navy that was issued to those service members who received training and qualification as dirigible pilots. The badge was first created in the 1930s, during which time the Navy was experimenting with lighter-than-air craft, as opposed to conventional, fixed-wing aircraft.
Dirigisme Dirigisme (from the French) (in English also "dirigism" although per the OED both spellings are used) is an economic term designating an economy where the government exerts strong directive influence.
Dirigo Dirigo (Latin "I direct" or "I lead") is the state motto of Maine, having once been the only state to hold its elections in September. (Politicians kept their eyes on these elections for evidence of a trend.
Dirichlet algebra A Dirichlet algebra mathcal{R}(X) is a particular type of algebra of rational functions. We let mathcal{R}(X) be the set of all rational functions that are continuous over X (they have no poles in X), then mathcal{S} = mathcal{R}(X) + bar{mathcal{R}(X)} is a *-subalgebra of C(X), and of Cleft(partial Xright).
Dirichlet beta function In mathematics, the Dirichlet beta function (also known as the Catalan beta function) is a special function, closely related to the Riemann zeta function. It is a particular Dirichlet L-function, the L-function for the alternating character of period four.
Dirichlet boundary condition In mathematics, a Dirichlet boundary condition (often referred to as a first-type boundary condition) imposed on an ordinary differential equation or a partial differential equation specifies the values a solution is to take on the boundary of the domain. The question of finding solutions to such equations is known as the Dirichlet problem.
Dirichlet conditions In mathematics, the Dirichlet conditions are sufficient condition for a periodic function f(x), to have a Fourier series representation or to possess a Fourier Transform. These conditions are named after Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet.
Dirichlet convolution In mathematics, the Dirichlet convolution is a binary operation defined for arithmetic functions; it is of importance in number theory. This was developed by Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, a German mathematician.
Dirichlet distribution In probability and statistics, the Dirichlet distribution (after Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet), often denoted Dir(α), is a family of continuous multivariate probability distributions parametrized by the vector α of nonnegative reals. It is the multivariate generalization of the beta distribution, and conjugate prior of the multinomial distribution in Bayesian statistics.
Dirichlet character In number theory, Dirichlet characters are certain arithmetic functions that capture some important properties of the cyclic group. Dirichlet characters are used to define Dirichlet L-functions, which are meromorphic functions with a variety of interesting analytic properties.
Dirichlet problem In mathematics, a Dirichlet problem is the problem of finding a function which solves a specified partial differential equation (PDE) in the interior of a given region that takes prescribed values on the boundary of the region.
Dirichlet's approximation theorem In mathematics, Dirichlet's theorem on diophantine approximation, also called Dirichlet's approximation theorem, states that for any real number α, and any positive integer n, there is some positive integer m ≤ n , such that the difference between mα and the nearest integer is at most 1/(n + 1). This is a consequence of the pigeonhole principle.
Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic progressions In number theory, Dirichlet's theorem, also called the Dirichlet prime number theorem, states that for any two positive coprime integers a and d, there are infinitely many primes of the form a + nd, where n > 0, or in other words: there are infinitely many primes which are congruent to a modulo d. Moreover, the sum of the reciprocals of such primes diverges.
Dirichlet's unit theorem In algebraic number theory, Dirichlet's unit theorem determines the rank of the group of units in the ring OK of algebraic integers of a number field K. The regulator is a positive real number that determines how "dense" the units are.
Dirk Dirk is a Scots word for a long dagger; sometimes a cut-down sword blade mounted on a dagger hilt, rather than a knife blade. The word dirk could have possibly derived from the Gaelic word sgian dearg (red knife).
Dirk Brinkmann Dirk Brinkmann (born on October 2, 1964) is a former field hockey player from (West-)Germany, who competed at two Summer Olympics for his native country. On both occasions he won the silver medal with his team, in 1984 (Los Angeles) and in 1988 (Seoul).
Dirk Brouwer Award The Dirk Brouwer Award is awarded annually by the Division on dynamical astronomy of the American Astronomical Society for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of dynamical astronomy. The prize is named for Dirk Brouwer.
Dirk Diggler Dirk Diggler is a fictional character in Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 film Boogie Nights, in which he was played by Mark Wahlberg. Diggler's first appearance was in Anderson's short film "The Dirk Diggler Story".
Dirk Dirksen Dirk Dirksen (August 25, 1937 – November 20, 2006) was a music promoter and emcee of the San Francisco punk rock clubs, Mabuhay Gardens and On Broadway in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Dirksen was sometimes nicknamed the "Pope of Punk".
Dirk Drain-Head Dirk Drain-Head, "the World's First Two-Fisted Action Plumber", is a fictional superhero created for the Super Mario comic books published by Valiant Comics. He appears in his own comic book series within the stories, making him a fiction-within-fiction character.
Dirk Geeraerts Dirk Geeraerts (born 1955, PhD 1981) holds the chair of theoretical linguistics at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is the head of the research unit Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (QLVL).
Dirk Gently Dirk Gently (also known as Svlad Cjelli and Dirk Cjelli) is a fictional character created by Douglas Adams and featured in the books Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. Adams was working on a third Gently novel, The Salmon of Doubt, at the time of his death, although it may have turned out to be a Hitchhiker's novel instead if it had been finished.
Dirk Graham Dirk Milton Graham (born July 29, 1959 in Regina, Saskatchewan) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League. He was honored in 1991 as the Frank J.
Dirk Hartog Theodoric HertogeAustralia Twice Traversed, by Ernest Giles see the introduction where Dirk Hartog is called Theodoric Hertoge. or Dirk Hartog (1580—1621), the 17th Century Dutch sea captain and explorer, whose expedition was the second European group to land on Australian soil.
Dirk Hartog Island Dirk Hartog Island, is an island off the north-west coast of Western Australia, within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. It is about 80 kilometres long and between 3 and 15 kilometres wide and is Western Australia's largest and most western island.
Dirk Hasert Dirk Hasert was a German tourist, student in Erfurt. Hasert, who was travelling through the Kashmir region in 1995, was kidnapped on or around 8 July, 1995, together with Donald Hutchings (USA), Hans Christian Ostrø (Norway), Keith Magan (UK) and Paul Wells (UK).
Dirk Ivens Dirk Ivens is a Belgian musician and performer in the industrial music genre. In 1978 he started as singer and guitar player in the punk band Slaughterhouse but left the group after one year to form the new band The Few.
Dirk IV, Count of Holland Dirk IV was Count of Holland from 1039 to 1049 (which was called Frisia at that time). He continued the policy of his father to enlarge the realm and came in conflict with the bishop of Utrecht, other bishops and monasteries in the surrounding area.
Dirk Maggs Dirk Maggs is a freelance writer and director working across all media. He is principally known for his work in radio, where he evolved Radio Drama into 'Audio Movies', a near-visual approach combining scripts, layered sound effects, cinematic music and cutting edge technology (he pioneered the use of Dolby Surround in BBC Radio).
Dirk Philips Dirk Philips (1504-1568) was an early Anabaptist writer and theologian. He was one of the peaceful disciples of Melchior Hoffman and later joined Menno Simons in laying out practical doctrines for what would become the Mennonite church.
Dirk Richter Dirk Richter (born September 12, 1964) is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 Freestyle Medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, along side Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, and Steffen Zesner.
Dirk Schafer Dirk Shafer (Rotterdam November 25, 1873–Amsterdam February 16, 1931) was a Dutch concert pianist and composer of pianoforte pieces ("Sonate Inaugurale" Op. 9) and chamber music, such as his distinctly Brahmsian piano quintet in D flat (Opus 5) and his sonatas for violin and piano, Op.
Dirk Struan Dirk Lochlin Struan is the fictional main character of James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan. Tai-Pan is a Chinese term that loosely translates as "supreme leader" (in the book, although that's not the accepted translation in real life), and Dirk is the Tai-Pan of his trading company, named Struan's.
Dirk van den Broek Dirk van den Broek (1924 - ) is a Dutch businessman, founder of the Samenwerkende Dirk van den Broek Bedrijven, one of the largest family owned businesses in the Netherlands. The company includes grocery stores, travel agencies, drug stores, liquor stores and various other ventures.
Dirk Verhofstadt Dirk Verhofstadt (born 1955) is a Belgian liberal (Rawlsian) theorist and brother of the Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt. With his book Het menselijk liberalisme (Human Liberalism) he inspires politicians in Belgian liberal parties as well as in the Dutch party Democraten 66.
Dirk Willems Dirk Willems (?? – May 16 1569) was a martyred Anabaptist who is most famous for his successful escape and subsequent reimprisonment after rescuing his pursuer, who had fallen through thin ice while chasing him.
Dirkastan Dirkastan is a fictional country created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of the popular animated television series South Park. Dirkastan is often referred to in the movie Team America by being spouted as gibberish by the enemy characters.
Dirkon The Dirkon is a paper camera kit that was first published in 1979 in the Communist Czechoslovakian magazine ABC mladých techniků a přírodovědců [translated as An ABC of Young Technicians and Natural Scientists]. The pattern was created by Martin Pilný, Mirek Kolár, and Richard Vyškovský.
Dirleton Dirleton is a village in East Lothian, Scotland approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh on the A198. Dirleton is notable for Dirleton Castle, a well-preserved medieval fortress, which was besieged and severely damaged by Oliver Cromwell's Army in 1651, and today is in the hands of Historic Scotland.
Dirleton Castle Dirleton Castle () is a medieval fortress in the village of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland. Built in the 13th century by John De Vaux and altered through various phases of conquest and rebuilding throughout the years, today the castle is partially ruined but is maintained as a tourist attraction by Historic Scotland.
Dirnaseer, New South Wales Dirnaseer is a village community in the north east part of the Riverina and situated about 42 kilometres south east from Temora and 50 kilometres west from Cootamundra. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 267 people.
Dirndl A dirndl is a type of traditional dress worn in southern Germany and Austria, based on the historical costume of the Alpine peasants. It became popular in Austria as a fashionable dress among the upper classes between 1870 and 1880.
Dirt Boss Dirt Boss is the name of two characters in the Transformers universes. The first Dirt Boss is a Mini-Con first appeared in the Armada line and was called Drift in Japan, the second is a Decepticon who first appeared in the Cybertron line and was called Inch Up in Japan.
Dirt jumping Dirt jumping is one of the names given to the practice of riding bikes over shaped mounds of dirt/soil. The idea is that after riding over the 'take off' the rider will become momentarily airborne, and aim to land on the 'landing'.
Dirt Merchants Dirt Merchants was a seminal rock band that emerged out of the thriving Boston alterna-scene of the early 1990s. After releasing a handful of singles on the V-Hold Label, the group was signed to indie label Zero Hour in 1994, releasing the critically acclaimed "Scarified.
Dirt Music Dirt Music by Tim Winton is a Booker prize shortlisted novel from 2001 and winner of the 2002 Miles Franklin Award. The harsh, unyielding climate of Western Australia dominates the actions and events of this thriller.
Dirt off Your Shoulder "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" was a single released from Jay-Z's 2003 album The Black Album. After the release of the song, the phrase "get that dirt off your shoulder" became common amongst youth.
Dirt off Your Shoulder/Lying from You "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying from You" is a single by the rapper Jay-Z and the Nu Metal, Alternative Rock, Rapcore, and Progressive Rock band Linkin Park. It is taken from their 2004 mash-up album Collision Course.
Dirt road Dirt road is a common term for a type of unpaved road. It is distinguished from other types of unpaved roads, such as gravel roads and macadamized roads in that it is composed solely of the native subgrade material.
Dirt track racing in the U.K. Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks throughout the United Kingdom. If the number of tracks is any indication of popularity, dirt track racing is the most popular auto racing sport in Britain.
Dirtbag Clothing Dirtbag Clothing is a San Francisco-based apparel company founded by partners Douglas Canning and John Alves during their final year as film majors at San Francisco State University in 1996. Instead of starting with a catalog like most apparel companies, Canning began with a website.
Dirtiest Sketch Contest There are currently two Dirtiest Sketch Contests: The Dirtiest Sketch in LA Contest and The Dirtiest Sketch in NYC Contest. The New York contest was founded first on April 17, 2003 The Los Angeles contest started sometime in 2005 soon after the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater] Los Angeles branch founding.
Dirtsurfing Dirtsurfing is the term used to describe the sport of riding a Dirtsurfer brand inline board. This new Australian boardsport is correctly known as inline boarding because Dirtsurfer is a trademark protected brand name.
Dirty bomb The term dirty bomb is primarily used to refer to a radiological dispersal device (RDD), a radiological weapon which combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. Though an RDD is designed to disperse radioactive material over a large area, a bomb that uses conventional explosives would likely have more immediate lethal effect than the radioactive material.
Dirty burn "Dirty burn" is a slang term for an open-air, uncontrolled burn of a substance or compound, usually impure. Typically, the temperatures created from a dirty burn are far below those possible in a controlled burn of a pure substance.
Dirty Blonde Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love is a memoir by the homonym rock musician and actress. The book, published by Faber & Faber and released in October 2006, contains journal entries, letters, poetry, handwritten song lyrics, collages, school and juvenile hall entries, show fliers, photographies and notes.
Dirty Business "Dirty Business" is a song by Sara Jorge, released on September 05, 2005 in the UK, which reached number one in the UK dance and club charts. The track was the second single released from the forthcoming debut album, "R3MIX".
Dirty clubs Dirty clubs is the name given to a number of variations of Euchre popular in the midwest United States. Like Euchre, these games are trick-taking card games; unlike Euchre, the players must bid on how many tricks they will take.
Dirty Country Dirty Country is a feature-length documentary film that tells the real-life story of Larry Pierce, a small-town factory worker and family man who happens to be a raunchy country music singer. The film documents Larry's forced retirement from his factory job and follows him on several subsequent adventures in the music industry.
Dirty Cowboys The Dirty Cowboys are a 2 Piece DJ outfit comprising JP Reacher and Graham. Following on from their success during the 2006 Ibiza Season, where the Dirty Cowboys spent their time soaking up the sun, and playing at the Tidy vs.
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights is a 2004 musical and romance film directed by Guy Ferland. This film is a "re-imagining" of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the revolution.
Dirty Data Dirty Data is a term used by IT practitioners when creating data capture forms. Dirty Data is data that is misleading, incorrect or without generalized formatting, contains spelling or punctuation error, (see: transcription error), data that is inputted in a wrong field or duplicate data.
Dirty Day Dirty Day is the ninth track on U2's 1993 album, Zooropa. The lyrics "these days, days, days run away like horses over the hill", repeated over the outro to the song, are quoted by Bono in tribute to Charles Bukowski.
Dirty Deeds (2005 film) Dirty Deeds is a 2005 comedy film directed by David Kendall. The plot is about a high school student who tries to complete the "Dirty Deeds" — an outrageous series of challenges that must be completed between dusk and dawn on the Friday night of Homecoming Weekend.
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (song) "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the first track of their Australian album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976 (see 1976 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.
Dirty Dick's (London pub) Dirty Dick's is a venerable pub in Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, a short walk from Liverpool Street station. The Young's tied house pub sells a range of real ales and other beers on draught and in bottles, which it offers at three separate bars on different levels.
Dirty Dozen Brass Band The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a New Orleans, Louisiana brass band. The ensemble was established in 1977 by Benny Jones together with members of the Tornado Brass Band, and went on to become the best known of the New Orleans-style brass bands.
Dirty Drug Dirty drug is an informal term used in pharmacology to describe a drug which has poor selectivity for its target site. Such drugs bind to many different molecular targets or receptors in the body, and so tend to have a wide range of side effects especially at higher doses.
Dirty Duck (film) Dirty Duck is an X-rated animated film directed by Charles Swenson, and starring Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan), concerning a strait-laced blue collar worker named Willard who finds (or is found by) a duck who decides to take Willard on an adventure to try to involve him in sexual intercourse. The film's characters evolved from the "Dental Hygiene Dilemma" animation sequence Swenson created for Frank Zappa's film 200 Motels, another Murakami-Wolf production.
Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs is a 1990 video game based on Dirty Harry film franchise starring Clint Eastwood. The game is a side-scroller, and does not follow any particular storyline, except of course the eponymous War Against Drugs.
Dirty Jobs Dirty Jobs is a program on the Discovery Channel in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult and/or messy occupational duties alongside professional workers. The show premiered with three pilot episodes in November 2003.
Dirty Laundry "Dirty Laundry" is a song by Don Henley, written by him and Danny Kortchmar. It is the second single released from Henley's 1982 solo debut album I Can't Stand Still, and his first hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard magazine Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Dirty Linen Dirty Linen is a bi-monthly magazine of folk and world music based in Baltimore, Maryland. The magazine offers extensive reviews of folk music recordings, videos, books, and concerts as well as in depth profiles of musical artists and venues.
Dirty Little Secret "Dirty Little Secret" is a single by the power pop band The All-American Rejects from their 2005 album Move Along. Released in late 2005, the song was the band's most successful single ever, reaching #9 for three weeks on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in January 2006.
Dirty Man "Dirty Man" is the third single off The Living End's second album Roll On. However, the single was relatively unsuccessful due to relentless touring outside of Australia , and the car crash of Chris Cheney; subsequently leading to a lack of promotion.
Dirty protest The dirty protest was part of a dispute (see also Blanket protest) between Irish republican paramilitary prisoners and the prison authorities at the Maze prison ("Long Kesh") and Armagh Women's Prison which ran from September 1976 until October 1981. The people involved were members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Irish National Liberation Army.
Dirty Pictures Dirty Pictures was a Czech-American punk rock band founded by singer/songwriter Huck DeMilo in Prague in the autumn of 1992. The DPs was a power trio featuring DeMilo on vocals and guitar, Pavel Spacek on drums and local TV star Zdenek Marek on bass.
Dirty Projectors Dirty Projectors are a music group led by singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Longstreth. Based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, with connections to the Portland, OR and Olympia, Wash.
Dirty rap and Pornocore Dirty rap, also known as booty rap or sex rap, is a subgenre of hip hop music that contains lyrical content revolving mainly around sex and sexual subjects. The lyrics are overly sexually explicit and graphic, often to the point of either cartoonishness or extreme offensiveness.
Dirty rice Dirty rice is a traditional Cajun dish made from white rice cooked with small pieces of chicken liver or giblets, which give it a dark ("dirty") color. The cooked livers tend to be dry, but carry a very mild flavor.
Dirty Records Dirty Records is a New Zealand hip hop label. The label is based in Auckland and it's current artists are P-Money (renowned DJ and producer), Scribe (currently the most successful New Zealand rapper), PNC (recently signed rapper) and rap group Frontline.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (musical) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the film of the same name. John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, and Sherie Rene Scott played the lead roles at opening, with Joanna Gleason and Gregory Jbara also receiving above-the-title billing.
Dirty subsidy A dirty subsidy is a payment or incentive by a government to a private corporation (or another level of government) that encourages waste of raw materials, natural resources, energy, or results in pollution or other human health hazards.
Dirty Sanchez Dirty Sánchez (also known as a "Filthy Sanchez") is a term used to describe the sexual practice of smearing fecal matter under the nose of the receptive partner in the form of a mustache following anal sex. This act can be seen in the 2006 sex tape Screeched as performed by Dustin Diamond of Saved by the Bell fame.
Dirty Show The Dirty Show is erotic art exhibition in Detroit, Michigan around Valentines Day each year since 2000. The show is notable because of the diverse audience that it attracts and because it is Michigan's best attended art show.
Dirty Sock Funtime Band The Dirty Sock Funtime Band is a New York City-based children's music band--"a rock band for kids that really rocks," in the words of Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors, who is a featured vocalist on the CD "Mr. Clown and the Day the Sun Got Wet".
Dirty South (album) Dirty South is the first and debut album by Rasheeda. It featured the hit single Do It featuring Pastor Troy however the album all together was not well recieved leading to Rasheeda's departure from the Motown label.
Dirty Sticky Floors "Dirty Sticky Floors" is a song by Depeche Mode vocalist David Gahan and is the lead track on his 2003 debut album, Paper Monsters. It was released in late May 2003 as the lead single from that album, reaching #18 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2003 in British music).
Dirty talk Dirty talk (a 'rude' form of pillow talk) is a lover's practice of using graphic word imagery to heighten sexual pleasure before and during the sex act. Dirty talk can be anything from giving a partner insulting commands, vivid descriptions, to whispering curse words into a partner's ear.
Dirty tricks In politics and business, dirty tricks refers to unethical, duplicitous, slanderous or illegal tactics employed to destroy or diminish the effectiveness of opponents. The term "dirty trick" can also be used to refer to an underhanded technique to get ahead of an opponent (such as sabotage or disregarding terms of engagement).
Dirty War Dirty War (in Spanish: ) refers to a program of a state-sponsored illegal repression on domestic citizens in response to strikes, social unrest, violence or subversion that is claimed to threaten a country's stability. In particular, it refers to the state-sponsored violence against dissident citizens mostly carried out between 1976 and 1983 by Jorge Rafael Videla's military government in Argentina (during what was called the National Reorganization Process).
Dirty War (film) Dirty War is a 2004 British Broadcasting Corporation, in association with HBO Films, made-for-TV movie thriller/drama about a terrorist attack on Central London, written by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival. It was originally broadcast on BBC One on September 24, 2004, on HBO on January 24, 2005, and the first time on American broadcast television on PBS on February 23, 2005.
Dirty White Boys Dirty White Boys is a vivid and violent novel by American author Stephen Hunter. The story begins with the escape of Hunter's brutal antagonist, Lamar Pye, and two other accomplices, from a penitentiary in the mid-western USA and continues as Lamar encounters highway patrol officer Bud Pewtie.
Dis Pater Dis Pater, or Dispater, was a Roman and Celtic god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Jupiter. Originally a chthonic god of riches, fertile agricultural land, and underground mineral wealth, he was later commonly equated with the Roman deities Pluto and Orcus, becoming an underworld deity.
Dis- The prefix dis- (also di-, dif-) first appeared in English words in the Middle English period in words borrowed from French (usually as the French des-). It comes from the Latin prefix dis-, which is thought to have come from 'duus' two and thus had the most basic sense of 'two ways' hance 'apart.
Disa Records Disa Records is a privately owned record label based in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Specializing in Spanish language recordings, the company's works are distributed in the United States by Universal Music Group.
Disability A disability is a significantly restricted (or absent) ability, relative to an individual or group norm. The term is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical or sensory impairment, cognitive impairment or mental disorder.

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