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Dante DeCaro Dante DeCaro (January 26, 1981) of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, is the former guitarist/songwriter of the Canadian band Hot Hot Heat. His inventive guitar parts were considered a crucial part of Hot Hot Heat's success with their first major label album Make Up The Breakdown.
Dante Giacosa Dante Giacosa (January 3, 1905 Rome - March 31, 1996 Turin) was one of the greatest light car designers of all time. His work covered a large range from minicars to sports cars, using all the different layouts as and when they were the best solution at the time to meet the design parameters.
Dante Lavelli Dante Bert Joseph Lavelli (born February 23, 1923 in Hudson, Ohio) is a Pro Football Hall of Fame end (wide receiver) who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League from 1946-56.
Dante's Dante's is a nightclub and live music venue in Portland, Oregon that opened in February, 2000. Since its opening, the club has hosted many internationally famous touring acts and performing artists such as Bo Diddley, X, Big Star, Nina Hagen, George Clinton & P-Funk, The Killers, Concrete Blonde, Peaches (musician), The Reverend Horton Heat, Drive-By Truckers, Hank Williams III, Mini Kiss, Patton Oswalt, Doug Stanhope, Tommy Chong and director John Waters.
Dante's Cove Dante's Cove is the first LGBT horror television show produced. Though Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a main character who was openly lesbian, this is the first show that was created with an almost entirely gay and gay-friendly set of characters.
Dantian Dantian or Tan t'ien (Chinese: Dāntián Japanese]: Tanden 丹田; [[Korean language|Korean: 단전 DanJeon 丹田; Thai Dantian ตันเถียน) which literally means "cinnabar or red field" and is loosely translated as "elixir field". It is described as an important focus point for internal meditative techniques, and refers specifically to the physical center of gravity located in the abdomen three finger widths below and two finger widths behind the navel.
Dantrell Davis Dantrell Davis (born c.1985, died October 13 1992) was a young boy killed in the crossfire of a gang fight while walking to Jenner Elementary School with his mother in Cabrini-Green (a housing project in Chicago, Illinois) in 1992.
Dantrolene Dantrolene sodium is a muscle relaxant that is currently the only specific and effective treatment for malignant hyperthermia. It is also used in the management of neuroleptic malignant syndrome, muscle spasticity (e.
Danu (Irish goddess) In Irish mythology, Danu or Dana, also called Anu or Ana, was the mother goddess of the Tuatha DĂ© Danann (peoples of the goddess Danu), although little is recorded about her as a character. Her Welsh equivalent is DĂ´n.
Danube Banovina The Danube Banovina or Danube Banate (Serbian and Croatian: Дунавска бановина/Dunavska banovina; Hungarian: Dunai Bánság; German: Donau-Banschaft) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of the geographical regions of Syrmia, Bačka, Banat, Baranja, Šumadija, and Braničevo.
Danube class starship (Star Trek) The Danube class is a fictional class of starship in the science fiction franchise Star Trek (most notably Star Trek: Deep Space 9). The Danube class resembles a large shuttlecraft and are informally called runabouts.
Danube Delta The Danube Delta (Delta Dunării in Romanian, Дельта Дунаю in Ukrainian), split between Tulcea County of Romania and Odessa Oblast of Ukraine, is the largest and best preserved of European deltas, with an area of 3446 km², after the Volga Delta. The delta is located around the area where the Danube River flows into the Black Sea.
Danube International School Danube International School (DIS) is a private international school School in Vienna, Austria. The school began in 1990 as a response to quotas imposed by the other International Schools in Vienna which had restrictions on the number of Austrians that could attend their schools.
Danube Province, Ottoman Empire The Danube Province (Turkish: Tuna Vilayeti) was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire from 1864 to 1878. The vilayet was created as part of Ottoman administrative reforms of 1864 from the northern parts of Silistria Province along the Danube River.
Danube Seven The Danube Seven (Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, Adelinde Theresia Roitinger, Gisela Forster, Iris Muller, Ida Raming, Pia Brunner and Angela White) are a group of seven women from Germany, Austria and the United States who were "ordained" on a pleasure boat on the Danube on 29 June of 2002 by RĂłmulo Antonio Braschi, a Bishop whose orders are recognized as 'valid but illicit' by the Roman Catholic Church. As a consequence of this violation of Canon law and their refusal to repent, the women were excommunicated.
Danube Swabian Canadians Danube Swabian Canadians are ethnic Germans who come from the Danube Plains of Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. Danube Swabians have been in Canada for over 100 years, but the greatest migration came during the 1920s and through the 1950s.
Danube Swabians The Danube Swabians (German: Donauschwaben, Hungarian: Dunai-Svábok or Dunamenti németek, Romanian: Şvabi or Şvabi Dunăreni, Serbian: Dunavske Švabe or Дунавске Швабе, Croatian: Podunavski Švabe) is a collective term for Germans who lived in the former Kingdom of Hungary, especially in the Danube (Donau) River valley. Because of differential development within the territory settled, the Danube Swabians cannot be seen as a unified people.
Danube University Krems The Danube University Krems (subtitled University of Continuing Education Krems; in German, Donau-Universität Krems and Universität für Weiterbildung Krems, respectively) calls itself "the only state-funded university throughout Europe that has specialised in post-graduate academic studies". It is located in Krems, Lower Austria.
Danube-Black Sea Canal The Danube-Black Sea Canal (Romanian: Canalul Dunăre-Marea Neagră) is a canal in Romania which runs from Cernavodă on the Danube to Agigea (southern arm) and Năvodari (northern arm) on the Black Sea. Administrated from Agigea, it is an important part of the European canal system that links the North Sea to the Black Sea.
Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza (Romanian: Dunăre-Criş-Mureş-Tisa, Hungarian: Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza, Serbian: Dunav-Karaš-Moriš-Tisa or Дунав-Караш-Мориш-Тиса) is a euroregion located in Hungary, Romania and Serbia. It is named after four rivers: Danube, Criş, Mureş and Tisza.
Danube-Oder-Canal The Danube-Oder-Canal (German, Donau-Oder-Kanal; Polish: Kanał Odra-Dunaj) was a planned and partially-constructed artificial waterway of the Vienna Lobau that was supposed to stretch from the Morava River to the Oder River at Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Opole Voivodship, Poland.
Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal (DTD) (Serbian: Kanal Dunav-Tisa-Dunav (DTD), Канал Дунав-Тиса-Дунав (ДТД)) is a unique hydro-engineering system for flood control and hydrotechnical, amelioration forestry, water supply, waste water evacuation, navigation, tourism, fishing, hunting. It covers the northern part of Serbia - the territory of Vojvodina (Bačka and Banat regions), with the total area of about 12,700 km².
Danubian Lowland The Danubian Lowland (Slovak: Podunajská nížina) is the name of the part of Little Alföld (Slovak: Malá dunajská kotlina) situated between the Danube, the Little Carpathians and all the other Western Carpathians, i.e.
Danubian Plain (Bulgaria) The Danubian Plain (, transliterated Dunavska ravnina) constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea.
Danubian Principalities Danubian Principalities was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century. The term was coined in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji (1774) in order to designate an area on the lower Danube with a common geopolitical situation.
Danum Valley Conservation Area Danum Valley Conservation Area is the largest protected lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia. It covers an area of 438 square kilometres and managed by Yayasan Sabah for conservation, research, education and physical training purposes.
Danuta Bartoszek Danuta Bartoszek (born August 19, 1961 in Pyrzyce) is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There the resident of Mississauga, Ontario finished the women's marathon in 32nd place (2:37:06).
Danuta Gleed Literary Award The Danuta Gleed Literary Award recognizes a first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author writing in English. The award is presented annually by the Writers' Union of Canada and was endowed by John Gleed in honour of his late wife.
Danuta Hojarska Danuta Hojarska (born January 02, 1960 in Malbork) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 10155 votes in 25 Gdańsk district, candidating from Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej list.
Danuta Pietraszewska Danuta Pietraszewska (born May 08, 1947 in Ruda ĹšlÄ…ska) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 9841 votes in 31 Katowice district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list.
Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve Raosaheb Dadarao Patil (born 18 March, 1945) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Jalna constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Danvers State Hospital Danvers State Hospital (officially known as the "State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers") was built in 1878 (and opened in the spring of that year) under the supervision of prominent Boston architect Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee, on an isolated site in rural Massachusetts. It was a multi-acre, self-contained psychiatric hospital designed and built according to the Kirkbride Plan.
Danviksbron Danviksbron (Swedish: "The Danvik Bridge") or, officially, Danviksbro ("Danvik Bridge") is a bascule bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting the eastern end of Södermalm to the eastern municipality Nacka. Under the bridge, the canal Hammarbykanalen carries the water of Hammarbysjön over to Saltsjön.
Danville (Amtrak station) The Danville, Virginia Amtrak station was built in 1899 from plans drawn by the noted Southern Railway (US) architect, Frank Milburn. In 1915, a track expansion required that the track be moved 133 feet to the northeast.
Danville Area Community College Danville Area Community College is a two-year community college primarily serving East Central Illinois. Located in Danville, Illinois, the college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association.
Danville High School (Illinois) Danville High School is a public high school located in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Its enrollment was 1,570 students during the 2005-2006 academic year, placing it among the 200 largest high schools in Illinois.
Danville, Illinois Danville is a city in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is the principal city of the 'Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of Danville, Illinois and Vermillion County, Illinois.
Danville, Pennsylvania Danville is a borough in Montour County, Pennsylvania, USA, of which it is the county seat, on the north branch of the Susquehanna River. Danville was the home to 8,042 people in 1900, 7,517 people in 1910, and 7,122 people in 1940.
Danville, Virginia Danville is an independent city in Virginia, bounded by Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Danville with Pittsylvania county for statistical purposes under the Danville, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Danwan Jiao Danwan Jiao (弹丸礁) (also known as Swallow Reef) is one of the atolls in the Spratly Islands, located in the South China Sea. As with all of the Spratly Islands its ownership is disputed, but it is controlled by Malaysia.
Dany Chamoun Dany Chamoun (Arabic: داني شمعون) (August 26, 1934 – October 21,1990) was a prominent Lebanese politician. A Maronite Christian and the younger son of former President Camille Chamoun, Dany Chamoun was also a politician in his own right, and was known for his opposition to the occupation of Lebanese territory by foreign forces, whether Syrian or Israeli.
Dany Robin Dany Robin [IPA: dæni ʁɔbɑ̃)(born Danielle Robin) (14 April, 1927 - 25 May, 1995) was a French actress (Leading Lady in the 1950s and the early 1960s, that was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal. She has played with Peter Sellers in Waltz of the Toreadors.
Dany Sabourin Dany Sabourin (born September 2, 1980 in Val d'Or, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goalie who plays in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks. Drafted in the 4th round, 108th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, he has played briefly for the Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Dany Verlinden Dany Verlinden (born August 15, 1963 in Aarschot, Flemish Brabant) was a Belgian football goalkeeper who played much of his career at Club Brugge. He is the second most capped player for Club Brugge with 433 games in Jupiler League.
Danylo Zabolotny Danylo Zabolotny (1866-1929) was a Ukrainian epidemiologist and the founder of the world's first research department of epidemiology. In 1927, he published one of the first texts in his field, Fundamentals of Epidemiology.
Danys Báez Danys Báez Gonzalez (born September 10, 1977 in Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a current Major League relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. Báez has previously played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves in 2006, the Tampa Bay Devil Ray] from 2004-2005, and for the Cleveland Indians (2001-2003).
Danzan Ryu Danzan Ryu (["Sandalwood Mountain School" from a Chinese] name for [[Hawaii) is a Ryu of jujutsu founded by Professor Seishiro Okazaki (1890-1951) in Hawaii. Danzan Ryu is ubiquitous in the United States, particularly on the west coast.
Danzantes de Levanto Los Danzantes de Levanto is a typical dance from the Amazonas Region, Peru. Levanto is a little town that is approximately 10 km far from Chachapoyas, whose "dancers" form a showy group of thirteen cholos, very well trained, that are guided by a "pifador" (a person who whistle) that plays the antara and a small drum called tinya simultaneously.
Danzas Argentinas The Danzas Argentinas (Argentinean Dances) are a piano composition by Alberto Ginastera, one of the leading Latin American composers of the 20th century. Written in 1937, they are set of three dances, and they comprise his Opus 2.
Danzig Research Society The Danzig Research Society (, Latin: Societas Physicae Experimentalis, Polish: Gdańskie Towarzystwo Przyrodnicze) was founded in 1743 in the city of Danzig (Gdańsk), in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Societas Physicae Experimentalis (Experimental Physics Society), later renamed to Naturforschende Gesellschaft (Nature-research-conducting Society), is thus considered as one of the oldest research societies in Central and Eastern Europe.
Dao Lang Dao Lang (刀郎 pinyin: Dāo Láng, the pseudonym of Luo Lin) a Han Chinese singer from Sichuan (China), although it is believed that he was born and raised in Urumqi (Xinjiang). Dao Lang's CD 2002年的第一場雪 ("The First Snows of 2002"), "2002 Nian De Di Yi Chang Xue" in pinyin, released in 2003, made him an instant star in China.
Dao Xuan Dao Xuan(Chinese:道宣, AD 596-667) was the early Tang Dynasty author of a Standard Design for Buddhist Temple Construction, a Chinese language text advocating Buddhist temple-design along traditional Chinese architectural lines. He also compiled the Xu Gaoseng zhuan A Continuation of Biographies of Eminent Monks, compilation of hagiographies of Chinese Buddhists.
Daohugou Beds The Daohugou Beds are a series of fossil-bearing deposits located in northeastern China. Named for Daohugou Village where the primary deposits were found, fieldwork published in 2006 has found that the beds also extend into several neighboring areas.
Daoine maite Daoine maite is Gaelic for "the good people", which is a popular term used to refer to the fairies in Irish folklore. They are generally human like though there are exceptions such as the Puca or Mermaid.
Daoism-Taoism Romanization issue Dào is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese character 道, representing a word that was usually rendered in English as Tao, and used as the root word for the English term Taoism. Taoism is a native Chinese philosophy and religion that, along with its various offshoot sects and syncretisms with other traditions (Chan Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism), has influenced much of East Asia for thousands of years.
Daoji Daoji (道濟禪師 1130-1207), commonly known as Ji Gong (濟公 or 濟公活佛, Master Ji, Living Buddha Ji Gong), was a Buddhist monk during the Southern Song Dynasty in China. He was born with the name of Li Xiuyuan.
Daoyuan Daoyuan (Chinese: 道院, meaning in English: Sanctuary of the Tao) is one of the Way of Former Heaven sects, (Xiantian Dadao) which are syncretist groupings of Chinese origin, that strive for unity of Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism (and sometimes Christianism and Islam). Daoyuan was founded in 1916 in Shandong by Liu Shao-ji (劉紹基) and followers under the name Daodeshe (道德社), "Society of Dao and Virtue".
Dap greeting Dap is a form of handshake that originated in the 1960s among African Americans. The term dap may have originated as an acronym for Dignity and Pride, and was first used by African American soldiers during the Vietnam War.
Daphla Hills Daphla (or Dafla) Hills, a tract of hilly country on the border of Eastern Bengal and Assam. It lies to the north of the Tezpur and North Lakhimpur subdivisions, and is bounded on the west by the Aka Rils and on the east by the Abor range.
Daphne According to Greek myth Apollo chased the nymph Daphne (Greek: Δάφνη, meaning "laurel"), daughter of Ladon. His infatuation was caused by an arrow from Eros, who was jealous because Apollo had made fun of his archery skills.
Daphne (opera) Daphne is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Joseph Gregor. It premiered at Dresden on October 15, 1938 in a double bill with Friedenstag under Karl Böhm's baton, to whom the opera was dedicated.
Daphne (plant) Daphne is a genus of between 50-95 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs in the plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to Asia, Europe, and north Africa. They are noted for their scented flowers and poisonous berries.
Daphne Barak Daphne Barak is an Israeli-American interviewer whose subjects have included film and music celebrities, royalty, world leaders, and international personalities. Barak is often said to be the cousin of Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel.
Daphne Blake Daphne Blake is a fictional character in the long-running American animated series Scooby-Doo. Daphne, depicted as coming from a wealthy family, is noted for her red hair, her fashion sense, her catch phrase ("jeepers!
Daphne Civic Center The Daphne Civic Center is a multipurpose convention and performing arts center located in Daphne, Alabama (a Mobile suburb). The Center features 11,931 square feet of exhibit and meeting space in the main exhibit hall, which also features a 37-by-70-foot permanent stage.
Daphne du Maurier Dame Daphne du Maurier DBE (13 May, 1907–19 April, 1989) was a famous British novelist best known for her short stories like "The Birds" and her classic novel Rebecca, published in 1938, which was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-winning film.
Daphne Fitzpatrick (artist/theoretician) Daphne Fitzpatrick, 1972, is a professor at the prestigious Yale School of Art where she works alongside Jessica Stockholder and Liam Gillick. Daphne teaches sculpture and critical thinking to some of the most important young artists in the nation.
Daphne Fowler Daphne Fowler (née Hudson, born 1939) is a British retired bank secretary and game show champion who currently lives in Weston-super-Mare. Since taking early retirement, she has taken part in many televised game shows.
Daphne Hampson Margaret Daphne Hampson is a British theologian. She is noted for her sometimes controversial Post Christian views, and has asserted that Christianity is both immoral and untrue, a "masculinist religion".
Daphne mezereum Daphne mezereum is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and western Asia, north to northern England and central Scandinavia. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe.
Daphne Major Daphne Major is an island part of the archipelago Colon, commonly known as the Galapagos Islands. This particular island was the location of the intense study of Darwin's Finches conducted by biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant.
Daphne Oram Daphne Oram (December 31 1925 - January 5 2003), was a pioneering British composer and electronic musician. She was the creator of the "Oramics" technique, a technique used to create electronic sounds.
Daphne Patai Daphne Patai (born 1943) is a feminist thinker who is currently a professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her PhD is in Brazilian literature, but her early work also focused on utopian and dystopian fiction.
Daphne Rubin-Vega Daphne Rubin-Vega (born November 18 1969 in Panama City, Panama), also known simply as Daphne, is a dance music singer and actress. She began her musical career as the lead singer for the Latin freestyle group Pajama Party, placing three songs on the Hot 100 in 1989 and 1990.
Daphne Touw Daphne Touw (born January 13, 1970 in Teteringen, Noord-Brabant) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who played 68 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team. She made her debut on July 3, 1993 against Germany, and was a member of the team, that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Daphne Woodward Daphne Woodward was a translator of French literature into the English language. In particular, she was responsible for translating eight books in the Inspector Maigret series by the Belgian detective writer Georges Simenon.
Daphne, Alabama Daphne is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay just off I-10: 11 miles east of Mobile, 45 miles west of Pensacola, Florida and 150 miles southwest of Montgomery, the State Capital. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 16,581.
Daphni Monastery Dafni or Daphni (Greek Δάφνι before the spelling change, Dafnion Δάφνιον or Daphnion) is a monastery 11 km north-west of downtown Athens in Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue (GR-8A). It is situated near the forest of the same name, on the Sacred Way that led to Eleusis.
Daphniphyllum Daphniphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Daphniphyllaceae, including about 25 species, all evergreen shrubs and trees native to east and southeast Asia. In older classifications the genus was treated in the family Euphorbiaceae.
Daphnoula Daphnoula or Dafnoula (Greek: Δαφνούλα, meaning little laurel from dafni and -oula) is a mountain village in the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. It is located about 55 km E of Krestena and GR-9/E55, SE of Olympia, about 8 to 10 km N of Andritsaina, about 40 km S of Tropaia and about 55 km NW of Megalopoli.
Dapoxetine Dapoxetine is the International Nonproprietary Name of a short-acting SSRI drug currently being considered for approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of premature ejaculation in men, which would make it the first drug approved for such treatment. It is currently in Phase III of the approval process.
Daptomycin Daptomycin is a novel lipopeptide antibiotic used in the treatment of certain infections caused by Gram-positive organisms. It is a naturally-occurring compound found in the soil saprotroph Streptomyces roseosporus.
Dar al-Manasir Dar al-Manasir (دار المناصير) is the region of the Fourth Cataract, the most impassable of all rapids of the Nile. It is the homeland of the Afro-Arab tribe of the Manasir and from them gets its name.
Dar Al-Hekma Dar Al-Hekma was an ancient university in Fatimid Caliphate (today's Egypt), built in 1004 as a library until the Fatimid Chaliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah converted it to a university for the state in the same year.
Dar Al-Hekma College Dar Al-Hekma College (Arabic: كلية دار الحكمة الأهلية) in Jeddah is the first private college for women in Saudi Arabia. All courses are taught in English except Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam ( "Abode of Peace" Dār as-Salām), formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. With a population estimated around 2,500,000, it is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre.
Dar Sai Dar Sai is a fictional planet referenced in author Jack Vance's fourth "Demon Princes" novel, The Face. It is a desert planet orbiting the fictional star Cora, with a single large natural satellite called Mirrasou.
Dara (woreda) Dara is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone, Dara is bordered on the south by the Gedeo Zone and on either side of it by the Oromia Region, on the northwest by Aleta Wendo, and on the northeast by Hula.
Dara e noor Dara e Noor is a beautiful, green region in the north of Nangarhar pronvince, Afghanistan. Some of the well-known villages in Dara e Noor are Amla, Barkot, Khewa, Qala e Shahi, Sutan Lam, Noor Gal, and Kashmund.
Dara Noor Alzin Dara Noor Alzin was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Sunni Kurd, Alzin was a judge who ruled that an edict of Saddam Hussein's government which allowed confiscation of land without proper compensation was unconstitutional.
Dara Singh (murderer) Dara Singh alias Ravinder Kumar Pal was the leader of the gang that killed of the Australian missionary, Graham Staines and his two minor sons, Phillip (7) and Timothy (9) who were asleep in their station wagon at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district, India on the night of January 22, 1999 when the mob attacked them and set the vehicle on fire killing the three.Dara Singh was earlier involved in the cow protection movement of the Hindu Nationalist Bajrang Dal and had earlier targeted Muslim cattle traders, although Bajrang Dal was not involved in the Staines incidenthttp://www.
Dara Torres Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) was the first American swimmer to compete in four Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992 and 2000. She has won nine Olympic medals, including four golds, and won five medals alone in 2000, the Games in which she was the eldest member on the team with her 33 years.
Dara-I-Nur District Dara-I-Nur is a district in the north of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 99% Pashai with a small number of Pashtuns, was estimated at 120,000 in 2002, of whom 28,000 were children under 12.
Daraf The daraf is the unit of electrical elastance (symbol: F-1), the ability of an electric potential to charge a capacitor; it is the reciprocal of the farad. Proposed by Arthur Edwin Kennelly in 1936 as a backwards spelling of farad, the daraf is not a recognized SI unit.
Daramombe Daramombe is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located at the eastern end of the Daramombe Hills, about 45 km from Chivhu. The village serves as a trading and commercial centre for the Narira, Save and Save North communal lands.
Darashaw Darashaw is among the oldest, continuously managed broking and investment banking house in India. Founded in 1926, it has been built on the tradition of integrity, efficiency, client commitment and a reputation for developing the markets in which it operates.
Darío Echandía Darío Echandía (1897 - 1989) was a lawyer and a Colombian political figure, as a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He was born on October 13 1897 in Chaparral, Tolima as the elder of seven brothers, and died on May 7 1989 in Ibagué, Tolima.
DarĂ­o GĂłmez DarĂ­o de JesĂşs GĂłmez Zapata also known as El Rey del Despecho (Born February 6, 1951 in San JerĂłnimo, Antioquia,Colombia- ) is a singer and composer of vals, corridos and boleros. His moniker El Rey del Despecho (King of Heartbreak) derives from the more than one thousands songs about heartbreaking love situations.
Darío Moreno Darío Moreno (April 3, 1921 – December 1, 1968) was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, as well as an accomplished composer, lyricist and guitarist, who was born in İzmir, Turkey, in 1921, and who attained fame and made a remarkable career centered in France and which also included films, during the fifties and the sixties.
DarĂ­o Pereyra DarĂ­o Alfonso Pereyra is a Uruguayan football (soccer) player. Having played for Club Nacional de Football in his home country, he reached stardom playing for SĂŁo Paulo FC in the Brazilian city of SĂŁo Paulo.

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