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Dubno Dubno () is a city located on the Ikva River in the Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Dubenskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.
Dubnovellaunus Dubnovellaunus or Dumnovellaunus was the name of at least one, and possibly several kings of south-eastern Britain in the late 1st century BC/early 1st century AD, known from coin legends and from a mention in the Res Gestae Divi Augusti.
Duboce Park Duboce Park ("Duboce" is pronounced Duh-BOH-ss) is a small park between the Duboce Triangle and Lower Haight neighborhoods of San Francisco, California. The N Judah Muni Metro streetcar line runs along Duboce Avenue, which forms the southern boundary of the park.
Duboce Triangle, San Francisco, California The Duboce Triangle neighborhood is located near the center of San Francisco, just below the hilly slopes of Buena Vista between the neighborhoods of the Castro/Eureka Valley, the Mission District, and the Lower Haight.
Duborg-Skolen Duborg-Skolen is a Danish gymnasium located in Flensburg, Germany. It is one of a number of schools operated by members of the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, and it is the leading school for this community.
Dubplate A dubplate is an acetate disc — usually 12 inches, 10 inches or 7 inches in diameter — used in mastering studios for quality control and test recordings before proceeding with the final master, and subsequent pressing of the record to be mass produced on vinyl. The name also refers to an exclusive, 'one-off' acetate disc recording pioneered by Jamaican sound systems but also used by drum and bass and other dance music artists, DJs and sound systems.
Dubreq Stylophone The Dubreq Stylophone was a miniature electronic musical instrument invented in 1967 by Brian Jarvis. It consisted of a metal keyboard that was played by touching it with a stylus - each note being connected to a cheap voltage-controlled oscillator via a different-value resistor - thus closing a circuit and creating a sound similar to that of the Bontempi.
Dubrovnik-Neretva County Dubrovnik-Neretva county - Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija is the southernmost Croatian and Dalmatian county. Its center is Dubrovnik; the other larger towns are Metković and Ploče in the Neretva river delta (hence the mention in the county name).
Dubrovniks The Dubrovniks are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1987. The band's name was coined from the fact that band members Rod Radalj and Boris Sujdovic were born in Dubrovnik, a town in Former Yugoslavia.
Dubrovsky (opera) Dubrovsky (Russian: Đ”ŃбровŃкий) is an opera in four acts (5 scenes) Op.58, by Eduard NápravnĂk (1839 – 1916), to the Russian libretto by Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky after the novel of the same title (1832) by Alexander Pushkin (1799 – 1837).
Dubrow's Cafeteria Dubrow's Cafeteria was a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Miami Beach. They were started by Russian immigrant Benjamin Dubrow in 1929 and lasted until the Manhattan Dubrow's closed in 1985.
Dubstep Dubstep is a genre of music which takes its name from the largely South London-based dark 2step sound that originally came out of productions by El-B (as part of both Groove Chronicles with Noodles and then the Ghost camp), Zed Bias, Horsepower and Steve Gurley in 1999-2000. Like another garage hybrid, grime, it uses dark sounds, but differs from grime in being largely instrumental.
Dubthach Dóeltenga In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Dubthach Dóeltenga ("beetle-tongue", beetles being proverbially black) was a cynical ally of Fergus mac Róich who rarely had a good word to say about anyone. He followed Fergus into exile in Connacht following the Deirdre affair, and fought beside him in the Táin Bó Cuailnge, although at one point Fergus punched him right out of the camp.
Dubthaigh Dubthaigh or O'Dubthaigh is the name of an Irish Tribe providing the origins of the name Duffy or Duffie. The name means either "Dark Man" or "the one from the dark House", and embraces many of the famous clerics linked to Cong, many of them called Saint Dubtach.
Dubti (woreda) Dubti is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 1, Dubti is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the southwest by Mille, on the west by Chifra, on the northwest by Administrative Zone 4, on the north by the Administrative Zone 2, on the northeast by Elidar, on the east by Asayita, and on the southeast by Afambo.
Dubtitle A dubtitle is a term for a subtitled show recorded on DVD in which the subtitles are merely transcriptions of the dialogue spoken on the dubbed soundtrack rather than a translation of the original dialogue, without any localization. Also, to fully translate the dialogue would often require lots of on-screen notes to explain cultural peculiarities; a dubtitle does without these.
Dubtitled "DUBTITLED" is an influential entertainment company founded by ( Michael ) Mic Neumann in 1999 that is most prominently known for their style of dubbing voice overs and creating the international television series, "Kung Faux", in addition to work on popular video games, and music video work with top international artists from around the world.has also since become a word used in the fan based lexicon of primarily Asian entertainment product like Chinese kung fu films and Japanese "Anime" to describe a video with subtitles based on the dub translation instead of a translation of the original material.
Dubtronica Dubtronica is a genre of music that combines electronica and dub in a subtle way. The origin is thought to be either the experimental English dub of On-U Sound Records and Mad Professor in the 1980s or glitch techno of Germany during the 1990s.
Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens The Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens 52 acres (21 hectares) are an arboretum and botanical gardens established in 1980 and located at 3800 Arboretum Drive, Dubuque, Iowa. It is open without charge seven days a week from May 1 to October 31, and weekdays the remainder of the year.
Dubuque Senior High School Dubuque High School, the first high school in Dubuque, Iowa, was opened in 1858 on the third floor of a building on the southwest corner of Central Avenue and 12th Street (currently the site of the old Prescott Elementary School playground). The school enrolled 110 students and had a staff of two teachers and one principal.
Dubyago (crater) Dubyago is a lunar crater that lies in the eastern limb of the Moon, and it appears significantly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. It lies along the southern shore of the Mare Undarum, to the southeast of Firmicus crater.
DuBose Heyward DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) was an American author best known for his 1924 novel Porgy. With his wife Dorothy, he was co-author of the non-musical play adapted from the novel, which became the foundation of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.
Duc d'Auerstaedt The title of Duc d'Auerstaedt (sometimes written Auerstädt) was created by Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, for the Marshal of France Louis Nicolas Davout in 1808 as a victory title rewarding and commemorating Davout's splendid victory at the Battle of Auerstaedt in 1806.
Duc de Bassano The titles of Comte Maret and Duc de Bassano were created by the Emperor Napoleon I of France in 1807 and 1809 respectively for Hugues Bernard Maret, the diplomat and statesman. The titles became extinct in 1906 on the death of the first Duke's grandson.
Duc de Beaufort Duc de Beaufort was a title in the French nobility. It was first created in 1597 as a peerage for Gabrielle d'Estrées, Marquise de Monceaux, the mistress of King Henri IV, with a remainder to their illegitimate son César de Bourbon, later also Duc de Vendôme.
Duc de Dalberg The title of Duc de Dalberg was created by the French Emperor Napoleon I on the 14th of April 1810 for Emmerich de Dalberg, the nephew of Karl Theodor von Dalberg, Prince-Primate of the Confederation of the Rhine and Grand Duke of Frankfurt. He died on the 27th of April, 1833.
Duc de Magenta John MacMahon, an Irish doctor born in Limerick, was naturalised in France in 1749 and married Charlotte Le Belin, dame d'Eguilly, on 13 April 1750. The same year he was created Marquis d'Eguilly by King Louis XV.
Duca di Lodi The title of Conte di Magenta was created on 30 December 1619 for Don Luigi Melzi, of a Milanese patrician family. His descendant Gaspare, eighth Count, married Maria Theresa d'Eril, daughter and heiress of the Marchese de Fuente Sagrada, and their descendants adopted the name Melzi d'Eril.
Ducasse Comte de Lautréamont, the pen name of Isidore Ducasse, was an enigmatic Parisian author who is often credited with writing the first surrealist book, Les Chants de Maldoror, in 1867 and shortly thereafter died at the young age of 24. Many of the surrealists (Dali, André Breton, Antonin Artaud, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Max Ernst, etc...
Ducati 750 Imola Desmo The Ducati 750 Imola Desmo is a race bike built by Ducati that won the 1972 Imola 200km race at the hands of Paul Smart. This win is considered historic by Ducati and it's fans in that it helped define Ducati's approach to racing.
Ducati 851 The Ducati 851 was a Ducati motorcycle, with liquid cooling and four valve heads, released to the public in 1987. Development had lagged with the continued use of two valve engines, but new funds enabled a technological move forward Ducati needed at the time.
Ducati 916 The Ducati 916 and is an Italian sports motorcycle manufactured by Ducati from 1993 to 1999. In contrast to Japanese inline four-cylinder competitors of the time, it's V-twin engine produced less outright power, but a more even torque spread.
Ducati Apollo The 1964 Ducati Berliner 1260 Apollo was a prototype model of motorcycle, that did not make it into production, yet influenced other production models that followed. Both Ducati and Berliner were experiencing declining sales of existing small capacity single cylinder models, and sought to create a bike to compete with Harley Davidson.
Ducati Hypermotard The Ducati Hypermotard is a Ducati motorcycle, designed by Pierre Terblanche, and was first seen at the November 2005 EICMA trade show in Milan. The Ducati Hypermotard was awarded "Best of Show" at EICMA and has since won other show awards.
Ducati Monster The Monster (informally called Il Mostro in Italian) is a motorcycle designed by Miguel Angel Galluzzi and produced by Ducati Motor Holdings in Bologna, Italy since 1993. Its introduction marked the beginning of the naked bike style, which is characterized by a sport bike with a fully exposed engine and frame.
Ducati Pantah The Pantah was the first of the belt-driven camshaft Ducati motors, the first generation of the current Ducati V twins. First shown December 1979, it came on the market as the 1980 500SL and the last of the line 650SL was sold in 1986.
Ducati PaulSmart1000LE The Ducati PaulSmart1000LE (sometimes abbreviated as PS1000LE) is a retro styled "naked" sportbike built by Ducati to commemorate Paul Smart's win at the Imola 200 km race in 1972, a win that helped define Ducati's future approach to racing. The bike is styled in the fashion of the Ducati 750 Imola Desmo race bike that Paul Smart rode to victory, and the 1974 750 SuperSport it originally inspired.
Ducati SuperSport The Ducati SuperSport and SS names were applied to a series of Pantah based air cooled four stroke two valve 904Â cc V twin motorcycles from 1988 to 1998. A limited edition SuperSport, called the SuperLight was sold in 1992.
Ducati V-twin motorcycles The next new Ducati engine to appear after the Ducati Apollo was the 90°V twin, initial Grand Prix racing versions being 500 cc, and the production bikes were 750 cc. There was also the Ducati 750 Imola Desmo that won at Imola in 1972.
Ducatus Ultradunensis Ducatus Ultradunensis (Latin for Transdunian Duchy; Duna is an ancient name of the Daugava River) was the name given to part of Livonia by Zygmunt II August in 1566, after the dissolution of the Livonian Confederation. Covering what is now Vidzeme and Latgale in Latvia and southern Estonia, it was a province of Lithuania until 1569, and a condominium of Lithuania and Poland until ~1621, when the larger part of the Duchy was ceded to Sweden.
Ducis Rogers Ducis Rogers is a sports reporter and anchor for WCBS-TV (CBS 2) in New York City. He anchors sports on the weekend evening newscasts, and hosts the Sunday night sports show "Sports Rap Live" which airs from 11:35 p.
Duck (cricket) In cricket, a duck denotes a batsman getting out for a score of zero and usually used in the saying "Out for a duck". Originally called a "duck's egg" because of the "0" shape in the scorebook.
Duck and cover Duck and Cover was a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear detonation which the United States government taught to generations of United States school children from the late 1940s into the 1980s. This was supposed to protect them in the event of an unexpected nuclear attack which, they were told, could come at any time without warning.
Duck Amuck Duck Amuck is a surreal 1953 animated cartoon produced by Warner Bros. as part of the Merrie Melodies series and starring Daffy Duck, who is tormented by a sadistic, unseen animator who constantly changes Daffy's location, clothing, voice, physical appearance, and even shape.
Duck Dodgers Duck Dodgers is the fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous (but still fictional) cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future "hero".
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century is a Looney Tunes cartoon released on July 25, 1953, and starring Daffy Duck as space hero Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig as his assistant, and Marvin the Martian as his opponent. Marvin the Martian had been introduced as a villain then named Commander X2 in Haredevil Hare (1948) playing opposite Bugs Bunny, but this cartoon was the first of many appearances of Duck Dodgers.
Duck Down Records Duck Down Records is a hip hop record label, famous as the home of Hip Hop collective Boot Camp Clik. Duck Down was originally established as a management company in 1994, then officially established as Duck Down Entaprizez in 1995 by rapper Buckshot of Black Moon and his business partner Dru-Ha.
Duck for President Duck for President is a children's book written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Released in 2004 through Simon and Schuster, the New York Times Best Illustrated Book follows the further adventures of Farmer Brown's animals that were introduced in Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.
Duck Hook Duck Hook (code-named "Pruning Knife" by the military) was the White House code-name of an operation President Richard Nixon had threatened to unleash against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, if North Vietnam did not yield to Washington's terms at the Paris peace negotiations. Duck Hook called for the possibly-nuclear bombing of military and economic targets in and around Hanoi, the mining of Haiphong and other ports, air strikes against North Vietnam's northeast line of communications as well as passes and bridges at the Chinese border, and air and ground attacks on other targets throughout Vietnam.
Duck Hunt Duck Hunt is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game console system in which players use the NES Zapper to shoot ducks on screen for points. The game was developed and published by Nintendo, and was released in 1984 in Japan.
Duck plague Duck plague (also known as duck viral enteritis) is a worldwide disease caused by duck herpesvirus 1 (anatid herpesvirus 1) of the family Herpesviridae that causes high mortality in flocks of ducks. It is spread through contaminated water and direct contact.
Duck Reach Power Station, Tasmania Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, and provided the Tasmanian city of Launceston with hydro-electric power from its construction in 1895 to its closure in 1955.
Duck sauce Duck sauce is an orange hued Chinese condiment, also widely known as Plum sauce. Duck sauce is used in Chinese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes, such as spring rolls, egg rolls, noodles, and deep-fried chicken balls.
Duck Soup Duck Soup is a 1933 Marx Brothers' anarchic comedy film written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman, and Nat Perrin and directed by Leo McCarey. It starred what were then billed as the "Four Marx Brothers" (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo) and also featured Margaret Dumont, Raquel Torres, and Louis Calhern.
Duck Soup to Nuts Duck Soup to Nuts is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1944 and directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce. In the short, Porky goes duck hunting, and Daffy outwits him with a series of zany sight gags.
Duck test The duck test is a specific form of inductive reasoning whereby one can infer the nature of an unknown based upon its outwardly visible traits. More simply, the duck test can be explained this way: If a bird looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then you can infer that it is indeed a duck, even if it is not wearing a label that explicitly states its identity.
Duck typing In computer science, duck typing is a form of dynamic typing in which a variable's value itself implicitly determines what the variable can do. This implies that an object is interchangeable with any other object that implements the same interface, regardless of whether the objects have a related inheritance hierarchy.
Duck Valley Indian Reservation The Duck Valley Indian Reservation was established as a homeland for members of both the Shoshone and Paiute tribes of Native Americans. It lies on the state line between Idaho and Nevada in the western United States.
Duck Walk The Duck Walk is a dance made famous by American guitarist Chuck Berry, and adopted by others such as Angus Young from the band AC/DC and the Swedish rock musician Ulf Dageby. The Duck Walk consists of jumping on one leg and moving the other in a back-and-forth motion.
Duck, North Carolina The Town of Duck is a community located in Dare County, North Carolina along the Northern Outer Banks. Originally part of Currituck County to the North, the stretch of the Outer Banks which includes Duck was transferred to Dare County in the early 20th century.
Duckabush River The Duckabush River is located in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, USA. It rises near Mount Duckabush in the Olympic Mountains within the Olympic National Park and drains to Hood Canal and from there to the Pacific Ocean.
Duckburg Duckburg is a fictional city which appears in Walt Disney's comic books and animated projects. In the comics and cartoons, Duckburg is the home of Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Daisy Duck, and most of their supporting cast.
Ducking Ducking is an effect commonly used in radio and pop music, especially dance music. It is an effect where the level of one signal is reduced by the presence of another signal, through the use of side chain compression.
Ducks demo Ducks demo was a tech demo that demonstrated the capabilities of the PlayStation 2 at E3 2000 and the PlayStation 3 at E3 2005. In the PlayStation 2 demo, only one duck is shown interacting with the water in the bathtub.
Ducks Unlimited Ducks Unlimited is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife, and people. DU began in 1937 in both the US and Canada as a result of the dedication of influential business people concerned about the loss of wetlands as habitat for waterfowl and the impact this would have on waterfowl hunting.
Ducktown, Atlantic City Ducktown is a district of Atlantic City, New Jersey stretching from Missouri Avenue to Texas Avenue. According to local legend, the area was named for the many duck farms found along the bay before the turn of the century.
Duckworth-Lewis method In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth-Lewis method (D/L method) is a way to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance. It is generally accepted to be a fair and accurate method of setting a target score, but as it attempts to predict what would have happened had the game come to its natural conclusion, it generates some controversy.
Ducky Holmes James William "Ducky" Holmes (January 28, 1869 – August 6, 1932) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played ten seasons in the National League and American League with the Louisville Colonels (1895-97), New York Giants (1897), St.
Duco Duco was a trade name assigned to a product line of automotive lacquer developed by the DuPont Company in the 1920s. Under the Duco brand, DuPont introduced the first quick drying multi-color line of lacquers especially for the automotive industry.
Ducrete Ducrete is a version of concrete investigated for use for construction of casks for storage of radioactive waste. It is a composite material with depleted uranium dioxide aggregate used instead of conventional gravel and a Portland cement binder.
Duct tape Duct tape, in the USA, is a strong, fabric-based, multi-purpose pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. It is generally silver or black in color but many other colors, like transparent, have recently become available.
Duct tape occlusion therapy Duct tape occlusion therapy (DTOT): is a controversial method for treating warts by keeping them covered with duct tape for an extended period. The putative mechanism is not well understood and is likely a result of stimulation of the host immune systemCommon wart self care by Mayo Clinic staff February 17, 2006.
Ductape Records Ductape Records is a Toronto-based independent record label that was spawned from a magazine of the same name in 1997. Though the label's website has not been updated since 2003, it is unclear whether or not it still exists as a functioning company, as the label was always known for its sporadic release schedule.
Ducted fan A ducted fan is a propulsion arrangement whereby a propeller is mounted within a cylindrical shroud or duct. The duct prevents losses in thrust from the tips of the propeller and, if the duct has an airfoil cross-section, it can provide additional thrust of its own.
Ductile iron Ductile iron, also called ductile cast iron or nodular cast iron, is a type of cast iron invented in 1942 by Keith MillisWhile most varieties of cast iron are brittle], ductile iron is much more [[ductile, as the name implies.
Ductility Ductility is the physical property of being capable of sustaining large plastic deformations without fracture (in metals, such as being drawn into a wire). It is characterized by the material flowing under shear stress
Ductless gland Ductless glands are glands that secrete their product directly onto a surface rather than through a duct. Examples are the goblet cells in the epithelial surface of the digestive, respiratory, urinary and reproductive systems.
Ducts of Luschka The ducts of Luschka (also called supravesicular ducts) are small bile ducts in the posterior wall of the gallbladder (the gallbladder bed), some connected to a subsegmental area of the liver with bile ducts but none connected with the lumen of the gallbladder; they may be aberrant bile ducts. Although usually they do not drain any liver parenchyma, they can be a source of bile leak or biliary peritonitis after cholecystectomy in both adults and children.
DuClaw Brewing Company In August 1996, DuClaw Brewing Companyopened its doors to the public for the first time in Bel Air, Maryland]. In addition to housing the restaurant and bar, DuClaw Bel Air was also the original location of the brewing facility where DuClaw Brewmaster Jim Wagner creates DuClaw’s signature handcrafted house beers.
Dud Lastrapes William Dudley "Dud" Lastrapes, Jr. (born November 30, 1929), is a Lafayette, Louisiana, businessman, who was the first Republican since Reconstruction to be elected mayor of his city, the fourth largest in the state, according to the 2000 census.
Duda Mendonça José Eduardo Cavalcanti de Mendonça, known as Duda Mendonça, (Salvador, Brazil, August 10, 1944) is one of the principal public relations and advertising specialists in Brazil. Owner of the agencies DM9 and Africa, he became famous for his effective political campaigns.
Dudd Dudley Dudd (Dud) Dudley (1599–1684)), was an English metallurgist, who fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War as a soldier, miltary engineer, and supplier of cannon. He was the first Englishman to smelt iron ore with coke
Duddenhoe End Duddenhoe End is a small village in northwest Essex, postcode CB11, in between Royston and Saffron Walden. It contains a village hall, no shops (the last pub, The Woodman, was converted into a house in the late 1990s), and has a thatched church which was converted from a barn in the 19th Century.
Dudding Hill Line The Dudding Hill Line (or Dudding Hill Loop) is a railway line in northwest London running from Acton to Cricklewood. It branches from the North London Line between Acton Central and Willesden Junction stations and heads north then east, terminating at a triangular junction with the Midland Main Line between Cricklewood and Hendon.
Duddingston Kirk Duddingston Kirk is a Parish Church in the Church of Scotland, located adjacent to Holyrood Park in Duddingston Village, on the east side of the City of Edinburgh. It is one of the most attractive small church buildings in Scotland.
Duddon Valley The Duddon Valley is a valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Duddon flows through the valley, rising in the mountains between Eskdale and Langdale, before flowing into the Irish Sea near Broughton in Furness.
Dude ranch The dude ranch is a type of ranch oriented towards visitors or tourism. It is a phenomenon of the romanticization of the American West after the official closing of the United States frontier in the late 19th century.
DudeĹźti culture The DudeĹźti culture is a farming / herding culture occupied part of Romania in the 6th millennium BC, typified by underground habitations on the edges of low plateaus. This culture contributed to the subsequent Hamangia culture.
DudeĹźtii Vechi DudeĹźtii Vechi (Bulgarian: Стар БеŃенов / Star Beshenov, Banat Bulgarian: Stár Bišnov, Hungarian: Ă“besenyĹ‘, German: Altbeschenowa) is a village and a commune in TimiĹź County, Romania. DudeĹźtii Vechi is mostly populated by Banat Bulgarians (Palćene), a regional minority group of ethnic Bulgarians that profess Roman Catholicism, came from northern Bulgaria, are descendants of Paulicians, and settled in the area around 1738.
Dudeney number A Dudeney number is an integer that is a Perfect cube such that the sum of its digits forms the cube root of the number. The name derives from Henry Dudeney, who noted the existence of these numbers in one of his puzzles, Root Extraction, where a professor in retirement at Colney Hatch postulates this as a general method for root extraction.
Duderstadt Duderstadt is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district Göttingen. It is the center and capital of the landscape and area of the northern part of the Eichsfeld ("Untereichsfeld").
Dudes With Attitudes Dudes with Attitudes was a stable in WCW in 1990 which consisted of Sting, Lex Luger, The Steiner Brothers, Paul Orndorff and Junkyard Dog. They mostly feuded with the Four Horsemen, which consisted of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious and manager Ole Anderson at the time.
Dudgeoneidae Dudgeoneidae is a small family of moths related to (and often included within) Cossidae, with six species distributed sparsely across the Old World from Africa and Madagascar to Australia and New Guiinea (Edwards et al. 1999: 194-195).
Dudhwa Khara Dudhwa Khara (Hindi: दूदवा खारा) is a historical village in Churu district in Rajasthan, situated in Thar Desert at a distance of 36 Km from Churu in north direction. The village has enticing topography and there are huge beautifully designed havelis.
Dudi Appleton David Jeremy Nicholas Appleton (born 1969 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a journalist and film director. His mother is of Israeli origin and his father was to become Chief Crown Prosecutor of Northern Ireland.
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award The Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award is given each year to the player in the American Hockey League determined to be the most outstanding rookie. The award is based on voting by the media and the players.
Dudley (UK Parliament constituency) Dudley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Dudley in Worcestershire in the English West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Dudley Boys Grammar School Dudley Boys Grammar School was a selective higher education school for boys aged from 11 to 18 years. Originally founded in 1562, it was located in Dudley, England, and opened in 1897 on its final site in St James's Road.
Dudley Boyz Team 3D are a professional wrestling stable of Brother Ray (Mark Lamonica), Brother Devon (Devon Hughes), and occasionally Brother Runt (Matt Hyson). The team is now working in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling; however, the team was previously known as The Dudley Boyz (Buh-Buh/Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von, and Spike Dudley) and are best known for their work in the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling.
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