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Dusty Klatt Dustin Klatt is a professional motocross racer from Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. He is a two time 125cc Western Canadian Champion (2004 & 2005) and won the premier MX1 Canadian title in 2006 while riding for the Blackfoot Honda team based out of Calgary, Alberta.
Dusty Mangum Dustin Ross Mangum is a former placekicker for the University of Texas at Austin's college football team (The Texas Longhorns) from 2001 to 2004. Mangum, who began his college football career as a walk-on, is best known for capping UT's 2004-2005 season with a 37-yard game-winning field goal as time expired in the 2005 Rose Bowl versus No.
Dusty Roze Dusty Roze (stage name of Josh Harraway, born February 8, 1978) is an underground hip hop artist who raps about topics ranging from space ships to time travel. Dusty Roze's comical yet intelligent rap commentaries have caused some critics to call him the "black Weird Al Yankovic" or the "Negro Voltaire".
Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield, (Born: Mary Isobel Catherine O'Brien) OBE (April 16, 1939 – March 2, 1999) was a popular British singer whose career spanned more than four decades. She achieved her most notable success during the 1960s, with a successful comeback in the late 80's.
Dusty Trails Dusty Trails is an American music duo consisting of Vivian Trimble (formerly of Kostars and Luscious Jackson) and Josephine Wiggs (formerly of The Breeders). Trimble does lead vocals and Wiggs sings harmony vocals.
Dusty white Dusty white are a californian rock band from Los Angeles.The band members are Andrew Jones, Justin Lewsadder, Matt Mcclanahanand, Kaylan Romero and the singer Jonathan Kovacs (more famous under the name J-five).
Dusty's Trail Dusty's Trail was a 1973-1974 syndicated television series starring Bob Denver as "Dusty" and Forrest Tucker as "Mr. Callahan", the assistant to the leader of a wagon train and his irrascible boss.
Dusty's Treehouse Dusty's Treehouse was a children's television program which starred Stu Rosen and featured the puppets of Tony Urbano. Rosen was the creator and co-executive producer, and based it on a program he did in 1966-67 on KCET, now the PBS station in Los Angeles.
Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway, DUKE, E16 is an expressway in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The 18-kilometre expressway connects Jalan Duta Expressway Interchange E1 to Taman Hillview Interchange on Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 in Ulu Klang.
Dutar The dutar (also dotar or doutar) is a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute found in Central Asia. Its name comes from the Persian word for "two strings", dotar (do "two", tar "string"), although the Herati dutar of Afghanistan has 14 strings.
Dutasteride Dutasteride (marketed as Avodart®, Avidart®, Avolve®, Duagen®, Dutas®, Dutagen®, Duprost®) is a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, a drug which inhibits the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat conditions caused by DHT, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Dutch angle A Dutch angle, Dutch tilt, oblique angle, German angle, or canted angle is a cinematic tactic often used to portray the psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed. A Dutch angle is achieved by tilting the camera off to the side so that the shot is composed with the horizon unparallel with the bottom of the frame.
Dutch art Dutch art describes the history of visual arts in the Netherlands, after the United Provinces separated from Flanders. Earlier painting in the area, is covered in Early Netherlandish painting, and Renaissance Art
Dutch auction Dutch auction is a type of auction where the auctioneer begins with a high asking price which is lowered until some participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price, or a predetermined reserve price (the seller's minimum acceptable price) is reached. The winning participant pays the last announced price.
Dutch Admiralty The Dutch Admiralty is the name applied to three follies designed in the traditional Dutch style and erected in summer 1773 on the bank of the Large Pond in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoe Selo. The pavilions are flanked by two towers in the Russian Gothic style.
Dutch Association for Public Administration The Vereniging voor Bestuurskunde (Dutch Association for Public Administration) was established in 1973 as a platform for people interested in the field of public administration. It aims to give people the opportunity to gain knowledge about developments in the field of public administration and discuss these with each other.
Dutch brick Dutch bricks are building-blocks made, not of brick, but of a mixture of concrete, sand and soil. They are not Dutch; rather, the name results from the use of the word "Dutch" to mean "inferior".
Dutch Bangla Bank Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (the Bank, DBBL) is a scheduled commercial bank. The Bank was established under the Bank Companies Act 1991 and incorporated as a public limited company under the Companies Act 1994 in Bangladesh with the primary objective to carry on all kinds of banking business in Bangladesh.
Dutch Belted The Dutch Belted (Lakenvelder) breed of cattle is, according to records, the only belted breed of cattle tracing back directly to the original belted or "canvassed" cattle which were described in Switzerland and Austria. These "Gurtenvieh" were evidently moved by Dutch nobility from the mountain farms of Canton Appenzell and Tyrol Mountains during or soon after the feudal period.
Dutch Blue Guards The Dutch Blue Guards were an elite infantry unit of the army of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. Notable campaigns where they fought included the War of the Grand Alliance (1688-97), where they distinguished themselves at the battle of the Boyne, battle of Fleurus and the siege of Limerick (1690).
Dutch Brazil Dutch Brazil was the northern portion of Brazil, seized by the Dutch during the Dutch colonization of the Americas. From 1630 onward, the Netherlands came to control almost half of Brazil, with their capital in Recife.
Dutch colonization of the Americas During the 17th century, Dutch traders established trade posts and plantations throughout the Americas; actual colonization, with Dutch settling in the new lands was not as common as with settlements of other European nations. Many of the Dutch settlements had been abandoned or lost by the end of the century, with the exception of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, which remain Dutch territory until this day, and Suriname, which became independent in 1975.
Dutch comics Dutch comics are comics made in the Netherlands. In Dutch the most common designation for the whole art form is "strip", while the word "comic" is used for the (usually) soft cover American style comic book format, usually containing translated US superhero material.
Dutch copyright law Dutch copyright law (called Auteursrecht) grants exclusive rights to the author of a work of literature, science or art. It was originally intended to cover books, but today it applies to many other materials including films, recorded music and visual art.
Dutch cricket team The Dutch cricket team is a national cricket team representing the Netherlands. It is administered by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (Royal Dutch Cricket Association) which is based in Nieuwegein in the centre of the country.
Dutch customs and etiquette The Dutch have a code of etiquette, the code that governs the expectations of social behaviour, and it is considered very important. Because of the international position of the Netherlands many books have been written on the subject.
Dutch Colonial Dutch Colonial is a style of American domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Modern versions built in the early 20th Century are more accurately referred to as "Dutch Colonial Revival," a subtype of the Colonial Revival style.
Dutch Council of State In the Netherlands, the Council of State (Raad van State) is a constitutionally established advisory body to the government which consists of members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members generally having political, commercial, diplomatic, or military experience. The Council of State must be consulted by the cabinet on proposed legislation before a law is submitted to the parliament.
Dutch declension Traditionally Dutch differentiates between four cases (see Archaic Dutch Declension). However, the genitive, dative and accusative cases are hardly used anymore in modern standard Dutch except for fixed expressions, which are heaviliy used, and personal pronouns.
Dutch disease Dutch disease is an economic concept that tries to explain the seeming relationship between the exploitation of natural resources and a decline in the manufacturing sector. The theory is that an increase in revenues from natural resources will deindustrialise a nation's economy by raising the exchange rate, which makes the manufacturing sector less competitive.
Dutch door A Dutch door is a door divided horizontally in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens. The initial purpose of this door was to keep animals out of farmhouses, while allowing light and air to filter through the open top.
Dutch Dakota Association The Dutch Dakota Association or DDA Classic Airlines, known by many just as the DDA, is a small foundation dedicated to the preservation and operation of classic aircraft, especially the Douglas DC-3 Dakota. They are located on the east side of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands.
Dutch euro coins Dutch euro coins have two designs by Bruno Ninaber van Eyben, both of which feature a portrait or effigy of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. All coins share the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint in their design.
Dutch East India Company The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company") was established in 1602, when the Estates-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. It was the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stock.
Dutch East India Trading Dutch East India Trading is an independent record label based in Rockville Centre, New York. It has released music by such artists as Sun Dial, The Orb, The Smiths, Soul-Junk, Prong, The Cure, Robert Wyatt, A Guy Called Gerald, Bongwater, Indian Bingo, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Doom.
Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda) was the name of the colonies set up by the Dutch East India Company, which came under administration of the Netherlands during the 19th century (see Indonesia).
Dutch Elm Conservatoire The Dutch Elm Conservatoire is a British sketch comedy group, made up of four writers and actors: Stephen Evans, Jim Field Smith, Rufus Jones,and Renton Skinner. A fifth member, Jordan Long left in September 2006 to pursue other projects.
Dutch Empire The Dutch Empire is the name given to the various territories controlled by the Netherlands from the 17th to the 20th century. The Dutch followed Portugal and Spain in establishing a colonial global empire outside of continental Europe.
Dutch Ethical Policy and Indonesian National Revival The period of the Dutch Ethical Policy and Indonesian National Revival was a period in Indonesian history spanning from 1899 until the Japanese Invasion in 1942. During this period, the people of the Indonesian archipelago began to develop a national consciousness which was to finally lead to Independence in 1945.
Dutch European Constitution referendum, 2005 On 1 June 2005 a consultative referendum was held in the Netherlands to ask whether the country should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union. The vote was the first national referendum in over two hundred years, and was not binding on the government, meaning that despite the electorate rejecting the Constitution it could theoretically still be ratified by the Estates-General.
Dutch folklore Dutch folklore, also known as folklore of the Low Countries includes the myths, epics, legends, fairy tales and oral traditions of the people of the Netherlands, including to an extent the Germanic tribes and Belgic tribes in the Netherlands, as well as the Tubanti, Canninefates, Istvaeones, Ingaevones, Batavians, Hollanders, Frisians, and Flemish. Technically Dutch folklore was written or spoken in Dutch, while folklore of the Dutch culture can also be called folklore from the "Low Countries" (including present-day Netherlands and Belgium) and include folklore written in Flemish.
Dutch football league system The Dutch football league consists of two professional leagues and seven levels of amateur football leagues, the highest of which is called Hoofdklasse. While they are largely interconnected by way of relegations and promotions, it is not possible to be relegated to the Hoofdklasse from the second professional league.
Dutch Fascist Union Dutch Fascist Union (in Dutch: Nederlandsche Fascisten Unie) was a short-lived Fascist organization in the Netherlands. NFU emerged on February 26, 1933, following a split from the General Dutch Fascist League (ANFB).
Dutch Fork The Dutch Fork is a region of South Carolina located in Lexington, Newberry, and Richland Counties between the Saluda River and the Broad River where they [together, forming the Congaree River]. The area is named after the original Dutch settlers of the area, but like the [[Pennsylvania Dutch, Dutch here is used in its older more inclusive sense that includes Germans.
Dutch Fork High School Dutch Fork High School is a school in the Lexington & Richland County School District Five system, located in Irmo, South Carolina. It has about 2,200 students and is growing at a rate of as much as 5% a year.
Dutch in Seven Lessons Dutch in Seven Lessons, originally entitled Nederlands in 7 lessen is a film produced in the Netherlands in 1948. The film is notable as it was the first film in which Audrey Hepburn appeared; she has a small role as a stewardess.
Dutch influence on the German language During the 16th and 18th century, often called Alamodezeit in German, French threatened to replace German as the language of culture and government in the German states of the Holy Roman Empire. The German princes copied the customs and etiquette of the French court.
Dutch inventions and discoveries The Dutch people have a history and tradition in inventing and discovery. Dutch scientists and engineers have made a remarkable contribution to human progress as a whole, from something as simple as the sawmill to microbiology and artificial organs.
Dutch Idol Simply the Best Several contestants from Idols (Netherlands), due to their rather comedic auditions, were chosen to sing Tina Turner's hit "The Best" in a large soccer arena. This is similar to the William Hung phenemenon from the American Idol in which people seem to enjoy watching untalented performers.
Dutch India Dutch India refers to the Dutch colonial possessions on the Indian subcontinent, while Dutch Indies refers to the far wider notions of the Dutch West Indies (in the Americas) and especially the Dutch East Indies (mainly present Indonesia, the colonial jewel in the Dutch crown, confusingly often informally called Indië ('India') in Dutch). Its capital was Cochin, on the Malabar coast.
Dutch Institute for War Documentation The Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (NIOD, Dutch Institute for War Documentation) is an organisation in the Netherlands which maintains archives and carries out historical studies into the Second World War. It has been part of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen since January 1, 1999.
Dutch linguistic influence on military terms Historically, many Dutch military terms have been influential and adopted as loanwords by many other languages all over the world. Although most of these words are connected to naval activities, some (such as "forlorn hope") relate to land warfare.
Dutch literature This article deals with the forms of literature written in the Dutch language. Just as English literature is not restricted to England alone, Dutch-language authors do not necessarily have to be from the Netherlands, as Dutch literature is or was also produced in other (formerly) Dutch-speaking regions, such as Belgium, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles, French Flanders and the former Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia).
Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher) Hubert Benjamin Leonard (April 16, 1892 in Birmingham, Ohio - July 11, 1952 in Fresno, California) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1913-1921, 1924-1925. He played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers, both of the American League.
Dutch military aggression II The Dutch military aggression II (Indonesia: Agresi Militer Belanda) or Operation Kraai was an attack carried out by the Dutch at the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia in December 1948 - January 1949. This is part of two politionele acties carried out by the Dutch to re-colonize Indonesia.
Dutch Museum Colombo The old "Dutch House" on Prince Street, Pettah (Colombo 11) which houses this museum was built in the latter part of the 17th century and was initially the residence of Count August Carl Van Ranzow along with five other houses of the elite. Today, the sides of the street are choc-a-block with boutiques and stores of Muslim traders.
Dutch National Students Association The DNSA (Dutch National Students Association) or ISO (Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg) is the national representation and spokesman of students in the Netherlands at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, VSNU (Association of Universities in the Netherlands), Association of Higher Professional Education, IB-Groep, etc.
Dutch Naval Aviation Dutch Naval Aviation (Dutch: Marine-Luchtvaartdienst, MLD) started in 1914, with the building of a seaplane base at De Mok, but developed slowly in the inter-war years due to limited budget. After graduation of first pilot group in 1915, on August 18, 1917, the MLD was founded under official decree and the De Mok became the main base.
Dutch orthography Dutch orthography uses the Latin alphabet according to a system which has evolved to suit the needs of the Dutch language. The regular relationship of graphemes to phonemes is listed in the article on Dutch language.
Dutch oven A Dutch oven is a thick-walled metal (usually cast iron) cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid. It is commonly referred to as a 'camp oven' in the Australian bush, and a cocotte in French, and is similar to the South African potjie.
Dutch rabbit The Dutch rabbit, easily identifiable by its characteristic color pattern, was once the most popular of all rabbit breeds. However, after dwarf rabbits were developed, the popularity of the small rabbit dwindled.
Dutch resistance The Dutch resistance to the Nazi occupation during World War II developed relatively slowly, but its counterintelligence, domestic sabotage, and communications networks provided key support to Allied forces beginning in 1944 and through the liberation of the country.
Dutch response to Hurricane Katrina The Netherlands is one of many nations who have provided assistance to the United States following Hurricane Katrina. The Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS Van Amstel (F831) was sent to the Gulf of Mexico from Curaçao (of the Netherlands Antilles), filled with supplies and carrying two Lynx helicopters on board that could be used in rescue actions.
Dutch roll Dutch roll is a type of aircraft motion, consisting of an out-of-phase combination of "tail-wagging" and rocking from side to side. This yaw-roll coupling is one of the basic flight dynamic modes (others include phugoid, short period, and spiral divergence).
Dutch Reformed Church (Newburgh, New York) The Dutch Reformed Church is one of the most prominent architectural landmarks in Newburgh, New York. It was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1835 in the Greek Revival style common in America in that time period.
Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature is the literature written in the Dutch language in the Low Countries from around 1550 to around 1700. This period saw great political and religious changes as the Reformation spread across Northern and Western Europe and the Netherlands fought for independence in the Eighty Years' War.
Dutch Republic The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (or "of the Seven United Low Countries") (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden/Provinciën; also Dutch Republic or United Provinces in short, Belgica Foederata in Latin) was a European republic between 1581 and 1795, in the same location as the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands, which sees itself as a successor state.
Dutch Royal House In the Netherlands, a distinction is made between members of the royal family and members of the Royal House. The royal family is the Orange-Nassau family, however not every member is a member of the Royal House.
Dutch Royal Library The Dutch Royal Library (in Dutch: Koninklijke Bibliotheek or KB) is the national library of The Netherlands, based in The Hague. It was founded in 1798, and was given its current name by king Lodewijk Napoleon in 1806.
Dutch Ruether Walter Henry Ruether (September 29, 1893-May 16, 1970) was an American baseball player who pitched for five different Major League teams. In his eleven year career, Ruether played for the Chicago Cubs, the Cincinnati Reds, the Brooklyn Robins, the Washington Senators, and the New York Yankees.
Dutch Ruppersberger Charles Albert Ruppersberger, III; usually known as Dutch Ruppersberger (born January 31 1946) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 2nd Congressional district of Maryland (map) since 2003. The district includes parts of Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Harford County and Baltimore City.
Dutch submarine O-20 The O-20 was a Dutch O-19 class submarine in the Royal Netherlands Navy that saw service during World War II. O-20 along with her sister ship O-19 were the first boats in the world to be equipped with a "getrimd diesel systeem" or "snort system" that allowed the submarine to run its diesel engines while submerged.
Dutch Settlement, Nova Scotia Dutch Settlement is a community in the Northwestern corner of the Musquodoboit Valley within the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the Shubenacadie River, off Nova Scotia Route 277. Named oringinally called Keyes after William Keys (Keyes) in 1786.
Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz (August 6, 1902–October 24, 1935) was a New York City-area gangster of the 1920s and '30s. Born Arthur Flegenheimer into a Jewish German family in the Bronx, he made his fortune in organized crime-related activities such as bootlegging illegal alcohol and the numbers racket in Harlem.
Dutch Society for Sexual Reform The Dutch Society for Sexual Reform is a Dutch organization known by the acronym NVSH (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Seksuele Hervorming). The NVSH was founded in 1946, as the successor of the Dutch Neo-Malthusian League, a birth control organisation which opened the first birth control clinic in the world in 1881, in Amsterdam.
Dutch Superbus The Dutch Superbus project is lead by Dutch astronaut professor Wubbo Ockels and concerns the creation of high speed buses (150 - 250 km/h) that travel over so called 'Super Lanes' to be constructed separately next to the nation's highways. The idea is that the buses will offer comfortable, demand-depending door-to-door transportation rivalling the car and the train.
Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 (: Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart, which first started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the pirate radio channel Veronica first introduced it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the pirate radio channel was forced to stop.
Dutch TT The Dutch TT is a motorcycling event, traditionally held on the last Saturday of June at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands, as part of the MotoGP World Championship. In the past all classes (50 cc, 125 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc, 500 cc and sidecars), nowadays only the 125 cc, 250 cc and the MotoGP.
Dutch universities Dutch Universities are supported by state funding (with the exception of University Nyenrode) so that universities do not have to rely on private funding to facilitate tuition. All citizens of the Netherlands who complete high school on the pre-academic level (VWO) are eligible to attend university.
Dutch Warmblood The Dutch Warmblood is a breed of horse developed for competition that has gained wide recognition in dressage. Developed through a breeding program that began in the 1960s, it is one of the most successful horse breeds developed in postwar Europe.
Dutch Waterski Association The Dutch Waterski Association (Nederlandse Waterski Bond, NWB) is a union of all Dutch water ski, wakeboard and water sports clubs and organisations. The association's goal is to promote the sport of water skiing and wakeboarding.
Dutch West India Company Dutch West India Company (Dutch: West-Indische Compagnie or WIC) was a company of Dutch merchants. On June 3, 1621, it was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the West Indies (meaning the Caribbean) by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands and given jurisdiction over the African slave trade, Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America.
Dutch-Portuguese War The Dutch-Portuguese War (Guerra Luso-Neerlandesa in Portuguese) was an armed conflict involving Dutch forces, in the form of the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company, against the Portuguese Empire. Beginning in 1588, the conflict primarily involved the Dutch companies invading Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, India and the Far East.
Dutch-Swedish War The Dutch-Swedish War (1658–1660), was a Dutch intervention in the Northern Wars, in which Sweden tried to extend its control over the Baltic Sea. To the Dutch, the Baltic trade was vital, both in quantity and quality.
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan is the title of a book written in 1999 by Edmund Morris, a Kenyan-born writer now living in the United States, about Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. There is much controversy about the book, cited by the Amazon.
Dutchess County LOOP The Dutchess County LOOP System is the popular name of the bus service provided by the Dutchess County Department of Mass Transit in Dutchess County, New York. LOOP provides a variety of bus services throughout Dutchess County ranging from fixed-route services, express service, and commuter shuttles to Metro-North Railroad stations plus dial-a-ride and paratransit services.
Dutchflyer Dutchflyer is the name given to an integrated passenger service between the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. Formerly known as Amsterdam Express, Dutchflyer is a rail/sea/rail service operated jointly by Stena Line, 'one' and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways).
Dutching In gambling, Dutching is the term for a method where you share the risk of losing across a number or runners by backing more than one selection in a race or event. The process calculates the correct stake to place on each selection so that the return is the same if any of them wins.
Dutchman's Shoes The Dutchman's Shoes is a trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers and the Union College Dutchmen since 1950. By the end of 2006, these two schools will have played each other 104 times, making it the oldest football rivalry in the state of New York.
Dutiful suicide Dutiful suicide is an act, or attempted act, of fatal self-violence at one's own hands done in the belief that it will secure a greater good, rather than to escape harsh or impossible conditions. It can be voluntary, to relieve some dishonor or punishment, or imposed by threats of death or reprisals on one's family or reputation (a kind of murder by remote control).
Dutta Samant Dr. Dutta Samant (also Datta Samant, and popularly referred to as Doctorsaheb) was an Indian politician and trade union leader, who is most famous for leading an estimated 200–300,000 textile mill workers in the city of Mumbai (then Bombay) on a year-long strike in 1982, which led to the migration of the textile mills industry from the city.
Dutthagamani Dutugemunu, also known as Dutthagamani and Gamini Abhaya, reigned 161 BC to 137 BC, was a Sinhalese king of the ancient kingdom of Rajarata in modern day northern Sri Lanka. He is renowned for defeating and overthrowing the usurping Tamil king of Anuradhapura, Elara, expanding and beautifying the city, and projecting the power of Rajarata across the island of Sri Lanka.
Dutton Speedwords Dutton Speedwords (ISO/FDIS 639-3: dws), sometimes named with the indigenous translation rapmotz, is an international auxiliary language as well a shorthand writing system. The method was invented by Reginald J.
Dutty Boukman Dutty Boukman a papaloa, or vodoun priest, whose death is largely considered the start of the Haïtian Revolution. In late August of 1791, Boukman conducted a ceremony at the Bois Caïman and prophesied that Jean François, Biassou, and Jeannot would be leaders of a slave revolt that would free the slaves of Haïti.
Duty Duty is a term loosely applied to any action (or course of action) which is regarded as morally incumbent, apart from personal likes and dislikes or any external compulsion. Such action must be viewed in relation to a principle, which may be abstract in the highest sense (e.
Duty (economics) In economics, a duty is a kind of tax, often associated with customs, a payment due to the revenue of a state, levied by force of law. Properly, a duty differs from a tax in being levied on specific commodities, financial transactions, estates, etc.
Duty of care In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they exercise a reasonable standard of care while performing any acts that could forseeably harm others. For an action in negligence, there must be an identified duty of care in law.
Duty of care(business associations) In United States corporation and business association law (particularly Delaware law and the Revised Model Business Corporation Act), a duty of care is part of the fiduciary duty owed to a corporation by its directors. The other aspects of fiduciary duty are a director's Duty of Loyalty and (possibly) duty of good faith.
Duty of confidentiality In common law jurisdictions, the duty of confidentiality obliges a solicitor to respect the confidentiality of his or her client's affairs. Information that a solicitor obtains about his or her clients' affairs may be confidential, and must not be used for the benefit of persons not authorised by the client.
Duty Officer Duty Officer is an officer in Indian Army who would be in charge of maintaining discipline and order in an Indian Army Unit. He would be also in charge of the guards on duty, and the inspection of the Quarter guard, both at day time and at the night.

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