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DearJoanie DearJoanie (Joanie Scott) is a British agony aunt known for her work with children and young people online. She writes a weekly column within AOL UK's Kids area, providing sensible and timely advice to a younger audience (AOL Keyword: Dear Joanie).
Dearne and Dove Canal The Dearne and Dove Canal ran for almost ten miles through South Yorkshire, England from Swinton to Barnsley through nineteen locks, rising 127 yards. The canal also had two short branches, the Worsbrough branch and the Elsecar branch, both about two miles long with reservoirs at the head of each.
Dearne FM Dearne FM is an Independent Local Radio station which broadcasts to the Barnsley area. The station is owned by the Lincs FM Group (based in Lincoln), whose stations take more of an interest in their local areas than other larger radio companies, and offer a wider type of music.
Dearne Valley The Dearne Valley is an area of South Yorkshire along the River Dearne. It encompasses the towns of Wombwell, Wath-upon-Dearne, Swinton and Mexborough, the large villages of Ardsley, Bolton on Dearne, Goldthorpe, Thurnscoe, Darfield, Stairfoot and Brampton Bierlow, and many other smaller villages and hamlets.
Dearne Valley Railway The Dearne Valley Railway was a railway line which ran through the valley of the River Dearne in South Yorkshire. It was incorporated by an Act of Parliament on 6th August 1897 to build a line between Brierley Junction, on the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway, to junctions with the Great Northern Railway and the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway south east of Doncaster.
Deary Me Records Deary Me Records was an independent record label located in Cincinnati Ohio. The label was in operations from 1995 to 2002 and released such Cincinnati area bands as The Greenhornes, Wolverton Brothers, Fairmount Girls, Thee Shams and Big Soap.
Dease River The Dease River flows through north-western British Columbia, Canada and is a tributary of the Liard River. The river rises at Dease Lake, though its ultimate origin is in the headwater of Little Dease Creek at Snow Peak, approximately 50 km to the west of the lake.
Deasy The Deasy family was mainly concentrated in Waterford and West Cork at the time that James Joyce wrote Ulysses. However, the name was already known as the college friend and political ally of Daniel O'Connell, Rickard Deasy, instituted the Deasy Land Act, which was intended to reform tenants' rights.
Death Death is the end of life in a biological organism, marked by the full cessation of its vital functions. All known multicellular living things eventually die, whether because of natural causes such as disease, or unnatural ones such as accidents.
Death (cigarette) Death was a brand of cigarette introduced in the United Kingdom in 1991 by entrepreneur BJ Cunningham, who established a company calling itself The Enlightened Tobacco Company. The packaging was black and featured a white skull and crossbones above the mandatory Government health warning.
Death (Castlevania) also known as the Grim Reaper, is a recurring villain in Konami's Castlevania video game series. He has appeared in every game in the series, with the exceptions of Haunted Castle, The Castlevania Adventure, and Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge.
Death (DC Comics) Death is a fictional character from the DC comic book series, The Sandman (1988 - 1996). She was created by Sandman writer Neil Gaiman and given visual life by illustrators Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III.
Death (personification) Death has been personified as a figure or fictional character in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. Because the reality of death has had a substantial influence on the human psyche and the development of civilization as a whole, the personification of Death as a living, sentient entity is a concept that has existed in many societies since the beginning of recorded history.
Death and Diplomacy Death and Diplomacy is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, Chris, Roz and the first appearance of Jason.
Death and the Compass Death and the Compass is British director Alex Cox's second Mexican feature (the first was El Patrullero), made in 1996. Based on the short story "La Muerte y La Brujula" ("Death and the Compass") by Jorge Luis Borges, the film is in English, and stars Peter Boyle as Lonnrot the detective, Miguel Sandoval as Treviranus, his boss, and Christopher Eccleston as Red Scharlach/Zunz.
Death and the Daleks Death and the Daleks is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Death and the King's Horseman Death and The King's Horseman, which many consider Wole Soyinka's greatest play, is based on a real incident that took place in Nigeria during British colonial rule when the ritual suicide of the Horseman of an important chief was prevented by the intervention of the colonial authorities. In addition to the British intervention, Soyinka calls the horseman's own conviction toward suicide into question, posing another problem that throws off the community's balance.
Death and the Maiden (film) Death and the Maiden is a 1994 film directed by Roman Polanski, based on the play by Ariel Dorfman, a Chilean exile who escaped the regime of Augusto Pinochet. It starred Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson.
Death and the Maiden Quartet (Schubert) The String Quartet in D minor written in 1824 by Franz Schubert, just after the composer became aware of his ruined health, is popularly known as the Death and the Maiden Quartet from the variation-subject of the second movement. In the numerical order of his quartets it is his String Quartet No.
Death and What Comes Next Death and What Comes Next is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett. It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to argue death is not a certainty.
Death at an Early Age A book by Jonathan Kozol, Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public School was first published in 1967. It won the National Book Award for Science, Philosophy, and Religion for 1968.
Death Ambient Death Ambient was a United States experimental and ambient music trio comprising Kato Hideki (bass guitar), Ikue Mori (drum machines) and Fred Frith (guitar). The group was formed by Hideki and Mori in 1995 and they recorded two albums, Death Ambient in 1995 and Synaesthesia in 1999.
Death At Death's Door Death: At Death's Door is a comic penned and inked in the manga-style, by Jill Thompson, author of the Little Endless. It seems to take a more child-friendly and humorous approach through the eyes of one of the more popular The Endless characters, Death, during Season of Mists.
Death by dangerous driving In English criminal law, the offence of causing death by dangerous driving is currently defined by the Road Traffic Act 1991 but, following Adomako (1995) 1 AC 171, the offence of motor manslaughter may now be the preferred charge.
Death by Chocolate Death by Chocolate is a marketing term for various desserts that feature chocolate (especially dark chocolate or cocoa) as the primary ingredient. The trademark is owned by the parent company of Bennigan's restaurants, but unlicensed uses of the term are common.
Death by natural causes In medicine, death by natural causes is a loosely-defined term used by coroners describing death when the cause of death was a naturally occurring disease process, or is not apparent given medical history or circumstances. Thus, deaths caused by active human intervention (as opposed to the failure of medical intervention to prevent death) are excluded from this definition, and are described as unnatural deaths.
Death Ball Incarnate Death Ball Incarnate is an abandonware and somewhat strange but entertaining and original game where the player controls an animated ball, more precisely, a Commoner that, in order to become part of the ruling Deathballs, which constitute only a 1% of the total of the balls population, has to bring enough human souls to the rulers. There is also a two player mode, where one player controls de common ball and the other controls humans, which have to flee the rage of the ball.
Death Becomes Her (Tru Calling episode) Death Becomes Her is the seventeenth episode of season one of Tru Calling. An actress who spends the day with Tru researching an upcoming role ends up dead, and Harrison has an unsettling encounter while in Jack’s company.
Death By Hanging Death By Hanging is a 1968 film directed by Nagisa Oshima, acclaimed for its innovative Brechtian techniques and complex treatments of guilt and consciousness, justice, and the persecution of ethnic Koreans in Japan.
Death Cab for Cutie Death Cab for Cutie is an American band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band takes its name from a satirical song, of the same name, performed by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on their 1967 album Gorilla and in the Beatles experimental movie, Magical Mystery Tour.
Death Cab for Cutie: Directions Directions: Plans Video Album was released on April 11, 2006 on Atlantic Records/Wea. Proposals from around the world were submitted to Death Cab for Cutie, and a budget was allowed for 13 finalists to create videos that would translate their visions of every song from Plans.
Death Car on the Freeway Death Car on the Freeway is a 1979 made for television movie starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's Duel, this tells the story of an unseen psycho driver who is dubbed the Freeway Fiddler.
Death Comes as the End Death Comes as the End (published in 1944), is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. It is the only one of Christie's novels not to be set in the 20th century, and - unusually for her - also features no European characters.
Death Comes to Time Death Comes to Time is a webcast audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced by the BBC and first broadcast in five episodes on the BBCi Cult website from 12 July 2001.
Death Cookie Every skier’s nightmare, especially while traveling a little too fast (isn’t that the point of skiing?), these chunks of hard snow and/or ice strewn in our paths give the impression an avalanche just crossed the slope where we want (need?
Death deity Many cultures have incorporated a god of death into their mythology or religion. As death, along with birth, is among the major parts of human life, these deities may often be one of the most important deities of a religion.
Death dog In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Death dog is a Magical Beast. Though originating in D&D, it has became a popular creature used in several different settings, some of which have nothing to do with D&D.
Death Dimension Death Dimension (also known as Death Dimensions, Freeze Bomb, Icy Death, The Kill Factor, and Black Eliminator) is a 1978 American B-list action and martial arts film by Al Adamson starring Jim Kelly, Harold Sakata, George Lazenby, Terry Moore, and Aldo Ray.
Death education Death education is education about death that focuses on the human and emotional aspects of death. Though it may include teaching on the biological aspects of death, teaching about coping with grief is a primary focus.
Death effector domain The death-effector domain (DED) is a protein interaction domain found in inactive procaspases (cysteine proteases) and proteins that regulate caspase activation in the apoptosis cascade such as FAS-associating death domain-containing protein (FADD). FADD recruits procaspase 8 and procaspase 10 into a death induced signaling complex (DISC).
Death Eater In the fictional Harry Potter series, a Death Eater is a follower of Lord Voldemort. The Death Eaters were Voldemort's organisation of terrorists in his war against the British wizarding government Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore's anti-Dark group Order of the Phoenix.
Death flights The so-called death flights, or vuelos de la muerte, were a form of forced disappearance routinely practiced during the Argentine Dirty War. Victims of death flights were first drugged into a stupor, hustled aboard planes or helicopters, stripped naked and pushed into the RĂ­o de la Plata or the Atlantic Ocean to drown.
Death fold The death fold is a tertiary structure motif commonly found in proteins involved in apoptosis or inflammation-related processes. This motif is commonly found in domains that participate in protein-protein interactions leading to the formation of large functional complexes.
Death Favours the Enemy: Live 2002 Death Favours the Enemy: Live 2002 is a video recording of four songs from live shows in London and Berlin, featuring the recently formed Alec Empire band performing material from the album Intelligence and Sacrifice. It was directed by Philipp "Virus" Reichenheim, and released on DVD in 2002.
Death From Above (BattleTech) In the BattleTech universe, Death From Above is a combat maneuver - usually last-ditch - wherein a BattleMech pilot engages his war machine's jump jets, thrusts the craft to a position above an enemy armoured or mechanised unit, and cuts off the jump jets, thereby visiting from twenty to one hundred tons of metal and fusion reactor on the target.
Death From Above (FPS) Death From Above is a maneuver in many FPS computer games wherein one player either jumps above, or more commonly gets into position above, another player, and then uses the height to fire at a suprised and confused target. This tactic is regarded as hard to pull off (not extremely difficult, but requires fast reflexes and carefull planing to reach advantageous areas) and powerful, as the attacking player usually has a very easy shot, always into the target's head (often for extra damage).
Death glider The Death Glider is a fictional spacecraft in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. The Goa'uld death glider is a fast attack craft capable of great speed as well as flying in atmosphere, space and, for short durations, under water.
Death grip Death Grip refers to a technique used in mountain biking whereby the rider avoids covering the brake levers. It is most often used by dirt jumpers (most especially those new to the discipline), when approaching a new, bigger, jump than they're used to, but are fairly sure they can manage.
Death grunt Death grunts, also referred to as death growls, death vocals and (usually derogatorily or humorously) Cookie Monster vocals See further examples of this usage at and ) is a vocalization style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal musical genre, but also occasionally used in a variety of other heavy metal subgenres. Stylistic similarities in vocals can be heard in grindcore and hardcore punk bands, among others.
Death Ghidorah Death Ghidorah (デスギドラ) is a kaiju creature battled by Mothra in the film Rebirth of Mothra. Death Ghidorah arrived on Earth (ala Showa King Ghidorah) and was defeated by a group of Mothras in the Cretaceous Period.
Death Guard In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Death Guard are one of the traitor legions of Chaos Space Marines. They worship the Chaos god Nurgle and from his gifts, many of their number are Plague Marines - men rotting away within their armour.
Death Hawk Death Hawk, a self-styled “salvage expert” in the 25th century, starred in a three-issue comics series of the same name between 1987-88. Released by Adventure Publications, created and written by Mark Ellis, the first three appearances of the character were pencilled by Adam Hughes.
Death Hunt Death Hunt is a 1981 film starring Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Tantoo Cardinal, Angie Dickinson, Carl Weathers, Maury Chaykin, Ed Lauter and Andrew Stevens. The film was directed by Peter Hunt, based on a true story.
Death in Vegas Death in Vegas is a psychedelic rock and electronica band from the United Kingdom, currently comprised of two permanent members: Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes. Influenced by a wide range of musical genres including psychedelic rock, electronica, krautrock, dub and industrial, the band's sound is constantly in flux, moving between live rock sounds, electronica and minimal techno.
Death industrial Death industrial can be described as having much of the same source sounds as power electronics, but used to create a deep atmospheric sound. It often features a more flowing rhythm and deeper, less abrasive sound than power electronics.
Death instinct The death drive was defined by Sigmund Freud in Jenseits des Lustprinzips (Beyond the Pleasure Principle) (1920; English translation 1922) as "an urge inherent in all organic life to restore an earlier state of things". (SE 18:36)
Death is Forever Death is Forever, first published in 1992, was the twelfth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Gardner's novelization of Licence to Kill). Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.
Death In Gaza Death In Gaza is an Emmy-award winning 2004 documentary film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, opening in the West Bank and eventually settling in Rafah where the film spends most of its time. It concentrates on 3 children, Ahmed (age 12), Mohammed (age 12) and Najla (age 16).
Death In June Death In June is the musical brainchild of English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. Death In June was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of Douglas Pearce and various collaborators.
Death Inducing Signaling Complex The Death Inducing Signaling Complex or DISC is a multi-protein complex formed by members of the death receptor family of apoptosis-inducing cellular receptors. The typical example is FasR, which forms the DISC upon trimerization as a result of its ligand (FasL) binding.
Death knight In the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, a death knight is a mighty warrior animated as an undead creature by the gods of death, evil deities, demon lords, or other malevolent forces. Death knights are created by these beings for various purposes, sometimes to lead undead armies.
Death Knights of Krynn Death Knights of Krynn is the second in a three-part series of Dragonlance Advanced Dungeons & Dragons "Gold Box" computer role-playing games, published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. The game was released in 1991.
Death Letter "Death Letter", also noted as "Death Letter Blues", is the signature song of influential blues musician Son House. It is structured upon House's earlier recording "My Black Mama, part 2" from 1930.
Death march A death march is a long-distance walking trip in extremely harsh conditions with disregard to life and health of marchers, who were usually prisoners or expellees. Such a march usually resulted in numerous deaths, hence the name.
Death march (software development) In the software development and software engineering industries, a death march is a dysphemism for a project that is destined to fail. Usually it is a result of unrealistic or overly optimistic expectations in scheduling, feature scope, or both, and often includes lack of appropriate documentation, or any sort of relevant training.
Death marches (Holocaust) The death marches refer to the forcible movement in the winter of 1944-45 by Nazi Germany of thousands of prisoners, mostly Jews, from German concentration camps near the war front to camps inside Germany. Later the term "death march" was applied to similar events elsewhere.
Death messengers Death messengers, in former times, were those who were dispatched to spread the news that an inhabitant of their city or village had died. They were to wear unadorned black and go door to door with the message, "You are asked to attend the funeral of the departed __________ at (time, date, and place).
Death Machine Death Machine is a 1994 sci-fi action horror film starring a largely unknown cast, written and directed by Stephen Norrington, who filmed it before his other, more known film, Blade. The movie falls into a B-rated category due to its seemingly unoriginal content (which could be argued as homage) and relatively low budget and therefore not quite spectacular visual effects.
Death Match: A Novel In Death Match, Lincoln Child takes a cursory glance at the world of electronic matchmaking, and takes it to its natural technological conclusion - for a substantial sum of money, the computer will locate a 'perfect match' for anyone.
Death Mills The Death Mills or Die Todesmuehlen, was a 1945 American film directed by Billy Wilder and produced by the War Department. It was intended for German audiences to educate them about the atrocities commited by the Nazi regime, though an English language version was also produced.
Death Mountain Death Mountain (Japanese: デスマウンテン, Desu-Maunten) is a fictional mountain (occasionally a volcano as well), located in the fictional land of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda series of video games. Its first appearance was in the original The Legend of Zelda video game for the Famicom Disk System and has subsequently appeared in several games in the series.
Death of a Citizen Death of a Citizen is a 1960 spy novel by Donald Hamilton, and was the first in a long-running series of books featuring the adventures of assassin Matt Helm. The title refers to the metaphorical death of peaceful citizen and family man Matt Helm and the rebirth of the deadly and relentless assassin of World War II
Death of a Composer The Death of a Composer is a series of ten opera libretti by Peter Greenaway deaing with the deaths of ten 20th Century composers from Anton Webern to John Lennon. All ten composers left behind ten common clues related to their deaths.
Death of a Dynasty Death of a Dynasty is a comedy film first screened in 2003 (see 2003 in film). It is a satire of the hip hop music industry centred around Roc-A-Fella Records, and stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Capone and Damon Dash.
Death of a Ghost Death of a Ghost is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in February 1934, in the United Kingdom by Heinemann, London and in the United States by Doubleday, New York. It is the sixth novel with the mysterious Albert Campion, aided by his policeman friend Stanislaus Oates.
Death of a Party (band) The Death of a Party formed in the summer of 2003 in the Oakland house party scene and quickly earned a loyal band of followers. With a dark, sometimes heavy, often dancey, post-punk sound and a manic live show compared to a "full-on, endorphin-charged gang fight"the Death of a Party are committed to delivering an exciting and unique experience for anyone willing to listen.
Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play by Arthur Miller and is considered a classic of American theater. Viewed by many as a caustic attack on the American Dream of achieving wealth and success without regard for principle, Death of a Salesman made both Arthur Miller and the character Willy Loman household names.
Death of Adolf Hitler The generally accepted cause of the death of Adolf Hitler on April 30, 1945 is suicideevan fowler and cyanide poisoning. The dual method and other circumstances surrounding the event encouraged rumours that Adolf Hitler may have survived the end of World War II along with speculation about what happened to his remains; however, the 1993 opening of records kept by the Russian KGB and FSB confirmed the widely accepted version of the death of Hitler as described by Hugh Trevor-Roper in his book The Last Days of Hitler published in 1947.
Death of Cook Death of Cook is the name of several paintings depicting the 1779 death of British explorer and European discoverer of the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook. Most of these paintings seem to go back to an original by John Cleveley, painted in 1784, although other versions, like that of John Webber, stood model for later copies too.
Death of Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt was a NASCAR driver whose death on February 18, 2001 led to controversy over its causes and the degrees of responsibility of those involved. The controversy ultimately led to improvements in NASCAR and general race track safety.
Death of Diana, Princess of Wales On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, along with her lover Dodi Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul. Fayed's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the only occupant of the car who survived the accident.
Death of Isoroku Yamamoto The Death of Isoroku Yamamoto occurred on April 18, 1943 during the Solomon Islands campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was killed on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot-down by fighter aircraft of the United States of America (U.
Death of Sardanapalus Death of Sardanapalus (La Mort de Sardanapale) is a painting dated at 1827 by Eugène Delacroix. Its dominant feature is the bed on which a nude prostrates herself and beseeches the apathetic Sardanapalus, who watches as his worldly possessions are destroyed.
Death of Slobodan Milošević The death of former Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević in The Hague, where he was being tried for war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, caused a stir and was a major political event, especially for Serbia. Milošević died only months before the verdict was due in his four-year-old trial.
Death of the Author "Death of the Author" (1967) is an essay by the French literary critic Roland Barthes that was first published in the American journal Aspen. The essay later appeared in an anthology of his essays, Image-Music-Text (1977), a book that also included "From Work To Text".
Death on the Nile (1978 film) Death on the Nile is a 1978 film based on an Agatha Christie mystery novel of the same title, directed by John Guillermin. The film features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and it takes place in Egypt, mostly on the Nile River.
Death on the Nile (2004 film) Death on the Nile is a 2004 British television film, part of the ITV Agatha Christie's Poirot series, based on the mystery novel Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie. The film was shot almost entirely on location in Egypt.
Death on the Rock Death On The Rock was a controversial and British Academy Television Award-winning episode of Thames Television's current affairs strand This Week, screened by the British television network ITV on 28 April 1988.documentary, produced by Roger Bolton] and presented by [[Jonathan Dimbleby, investigated Operation Flavius: an SAS mission in Gibraltar which ended in the deaths of three Provisional IRA members.
Death or Glory Death or Glory is a heavy metal album by German band Running Wild. One of their most successful releases, it contains the concert favourites "Riding the Storm" and "Bad to the Bone", the latter of which owes at least some of its power to its strong anti-Neo-Nazi stance.
Death or Glory (Russian novel) Death or Glory [(Smert ili Slava, Смерть или Слава (Russian)] — is a hard science fiction novel by Vladimir Vasilyev, first published in Russian in 1998, then in English in 2004 by Capricorn Publishing. The first part of Death or Glory may be read online.
Death penalty (NCAA) The "death penalty" refers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) power to force United States academic institutions to shut down certain sport programs for up to two years, following repeated violations while on NCAA probation.
Death pop Death pop is a loosely defined sub-genre of gothic rock, characterized by an emphasis on melody over spookiness and shock value. Strongly influenced by 80's New Wave artists such as New Order, The Cure, and Duran Duran, Death Pop the term was first coined in 1993 by a German music magazine called SUB LINE to describe the "Medea" album of Sex Gang Children, and was recoined in 1995 by Erin Grooms, bass player for the Columbus, Ohio darkwave band Gossamer, in response to other genres of music which use the term death, such as death metal and death rock.
Death Pact International Death Pact International is a musical concept project created by legendary "power electronics" and "death industrial" project The Grey Wolves during the 1980s. The essential concept behind Death Pact International (DPI) is that anyone can produce music, perform live, or utilise any other media, under the name.
Death Penalty Focus Founded in 1988, Death Penalty Focus is a non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives.
Death roll In a keel boat, a Death Roll is the act of broaching to windward, putting the spinnaker pole into the water and causing a crash-gybe of the boom and mainsail, which sweep across the deck and plunge down into the water. The Death Roll often results in destruction of the spinnaker pole and sometimes even demasting of the boat.
Death row phenomenon The death row phenomenon, also known as the death row syndrome, is a term used to refer to the emotional distress felt by prisoners on death row, as a social phenomenon. Concerns about the ethics of inflicting this distress upon prisoners have led to some legal concerns about the constitutionality of the death penalty in the United States and other countries.
Death Race Death Race was a controversial arcade game, released by Exidy (whose name was a contraction of "Excellence in Dynamics") in 1976. While not the first violent video game to appear, it was the first video game to inspire a great deal of protest and controversy, or moral panic, in the United States.
Death Rides a Horse Death Rides a Horse (aka Da uomo a uomo, or As Man to Man) is a 1967 spaghetti western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge.
Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg at His Best Snoop Doggy Dogg's Greatest Hits is a Greatest hits album that includes his hits and also includes 6 never before released songs from Snoop Dogg's Death Row Records days. It was released on October 23, 2001 by Suge Knight.
Death spiral (figure skating) Death spiral is an element of pair skating performed with the man in a pivot position, one toe anchored in the ice. Holding his hand, the woman circles her partner on a deep edge with her body almost parallel to the ice.

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