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Elmwood Park High School Elmwood Park High School, or EPHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elmwood Park, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401.
Elmwood Park Memorial High School Elmwood Park Memorial High School is a four year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Elmwood Park, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Elmwood Park Public Schools.
Elmwood Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Elmwood Park, also known simply as Elmwood, is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders the city line with Delaware County at Cobbs Creek, and extends to the Schuylkill River.
Elmwood, Grey County, Ontario Elmwood is a community in Ontario, Canada located at the intersection of Concession 10 (of both Brant and Bentinck townships, known also as Queen Street) and Bruce County Road 10 north of Hanover. It has a population of roughly 300 and is surrounded locally by family farms.
Elmyra Duff Elmyra Duff is a female human fictional character from the 1990 series Tiny Toon Adventures based superficially on her name derivative, Elmer Fudd ('Elmyra' being a female form of 'Elmer' and her last name, 'Duff', as 'Fudd' pronounced backwards). She is quite young and obsessed with animals and cute things, usually causing great discomfort or serious injury to potential pets from her overenthusiastic affection.
Elnaz Pirayesh Elnaz Pirayesh is an Iranian model in Turkey and Europe and since recently, the author of a book (in Turkish), who is living and pursuing her career in Turkey, and who holds both the Iranian nationality of her birth and acquired Turkish citizenship.
Elne Elne (French: Elne, pronounced ; Catalan Elna, pronounced ) is a town and commune of southern France, in the former province of Roussillon, of which it was the first capital, being later replaced by Perpignan. Its inhabitants are still called Illibériens in reference to the city's Celtiberian name, Illliberis, one that it shared with the Illiberis that became Elvira, Spain.
Elobey, AnnobĂłn, and Corisco Elobey, AnnobĂłn, and Corisco was a colonial administration of Spanish Africa, consisting of the small islands of Elobey, AnnobĂłn, and Corisco, located in the Bight of Benin. Its total area was under 14 sq mi, and the estimated population in 1910 was 2,950 people.
Elocutio Elocutio is the term for the mastery of stylistic elements in Western classical rhetoric and comes from the Latin loqui, "to speak". Although today, we associate the word, elocution, more with eloquent speaking, for the classical rhetorician, it connoted "style".
Elohim Elohim (×ֱלוֹהִים , ×להים) is a Hebrew word which expresses concepts of divinity. It is apparently related to the Hebrew word Ä“l, though morphologically it consists of the Hebrew word Eloah (×לוה) with a plural suffix.
Elohim (gods) In the Levantine pantheon, the Elohim are the sons of El the ancient of days (olam) assembled on the divine holy place, Mount Zephon (Jebel Aqra). This mountain, which lies in Syria, was regarded as a portal to its heavenly counterpart.
Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani is a short story by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1919 under the title "The Baumoff Explosive". This story is one of Hodgson's most powerful and disturbing, and is especially relevant to modern times because of its themes of blasphemy, religious mania, obsession with the Crucifixion of Jesus, and suicide bombing.
Eloisa to Abelard Published in 1717, Eloisa to Abelard is a poem by Alexander Pope (1688–1744). It is an Ovidian heroic epistle inspired by the 12th-century story of Eloisa's (Heloise's) illicit love for, and secret marriage to, her teacher Pierre Abélard, perhaps the most popular teacher and philosopher in Paris, and the brutal vengeance her family exacts when they castrate him, not realizing that the lovers had married.
Eloise (1956 book) Eloise is the first of the Eloise series of children's books drawn and written by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight. It was later adapted into a live-action made-for-TV film, titled Eloise at the Plaza, produced by DiNovi Pictures and Handmade Films for Walt Disney Television with distribution handled by ABC Television Network, and released on both VHS and DVD in 2003 by Walt Disney Home Video.
Eloise (Arvingarna song) Eloise is a song in Swedish, written by Gert Lengstrand and Lasse Holm, and sung by Swedish "dansband" Arvingarna when it won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1993 and finished 7th in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Sweden was one of the supposed to win.
Eloise at Christmastime Eloise at Christmastime is a 1958 children's book written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight. It is also the name of a live-action film of the same name, produced by Handmade Films and DiNovi Pictures for Walt Disney Television with distribution handled by the ABC Television Network, and released on both VHS and DVD in 2003 by Walt Disney Home Video.
Eloise at the Plaza Eloise at the Plaza is a live-action film based on the Eloise series of children's books drawn and written by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight. It stars young Sofia Vassilieva as Eloise, an irrepressible six- year-old girl who lives in the penthouse at the top of the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Eloise McGraw Eloise Jarvis McGraw (December 9, 1915 - November 30, 2000) was an author of children's books. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail (1952), The Golden Goblet (1962), and The Moorchild (1997).
Eloise Taylor Eloise Olivia Katherine Taylor (born 2 March 2003) is the elder daughter of Timothy Taylor, an English art dealer, and Lady Helen Taylor, the second child and only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. As such, she is a great great granddaughter of King George V.
Eloise: The Animated Series Eloise: The Animated Series is an animated television series, based on the Eloise series of children's books drawn and written by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight. This series features Mary Matilyn Mouser as Eloise and Lynn Redgrave as the Nanny.
Eloka Asokuh Eloka Asokuh Ugwunna (or simply Eloka Asokuh as he is more commonly known) (born 29 November, 1976 in Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Finn Harps in the League of Ireland. Fans of the Ballybofey club have nicknamed him 'Luca'.
Elomar Figueira de Mello Elomar Figueira de Mello is a Brazilian Northeastern composer from the rural area of Vitória da Conquista, in the state of Bahia. The son of a prosperous farmer and his Methodist wife, he has grown up under the influence of both the Christian, Protestant faith and of violeiros, the troubadours that range all Brazilian hinterland singing their own and others’s compositions, with themes related to the cordel literature.
Elon Gasper Elon James Gasper (born 1952) is a Senior VP at VizX Labs and co-founder of 1980's era software company Bright Star Technology. Described by Ken Williams as "a genius ex-college professor specializing in linguistics," Elon holds several patents relating to lip-sync technology.
Elon Moreh Elon Moreh (), is an Israeli settlement located in the Samarian Hills of the West Bank northeast of Shechem/Nablus on the slopes of Mount Kabir ridge. Elon Moreh receives municipal services from the Shomron Regional Council and the closest neighboring settlements are Itamar, Har Bracha and Yitzhar.
Elon Peace Plan The Elon Peace Plan is a solution for the Arab-Israeli conflict proposed in 2002 by Rabbi Binyamin Elon, who was the Israeli tourism minister at the time he put forward his proposal. The plan advocates the formal annexation of West Bank and Gaza by Israel and that the Palestinians will become citizens of the Palestinian state in Jordan.
Elon University Elon University is a private liberal arts university in Elon, North Carolina founded in 1889 by the Christian Church, which is now the United Church of Christ. Formerly known as Elon College, it became Elon University on June 1, 2001, and subsequently the Town of Elon College became the Town of Elon.
Elon University campus The Elon University campus is a 525-acre campus in Elon, North Carolina. The campus is mostly located along East Haggard Avenue between Manning Avenue and North Oak Avenue, and North Williamson Avenue between the railroad tracks and University Drive.
Elon University School of Law The Elon University School of Law is an American law school located in Greensboro, North Carolina, occupying the former downtown public library building. The School of Law is one of four graduate programs offered by Elon University.
Elongate dory The elongate dory, Zenion leptolepis, is a dory, in the genus Zenion, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand, over the continental shelf at depths of between 350 and 700 m. Its length is between 10 and 16 cm.
Elongated coin Elongated coins are coins that have been flattened, stretched and imprinted with a new design with the purpose of creating a commemorative or souvenir token. The collecting of elongated coins is a branch of numismatics.
Elongated labia Elongated labia (also known, albeit nonmedically, as khoikhoi apron or hottentot apron) is an apparently genetic feature of certain Khoisan groups, whose females develop relatively elongated labia minora, hanging up to four inches outside their vulva when they are in an upright position. The "apron" moniker was apparently gained from the tendency of early European descriptions to misidentify the pair of labia as a single, wide organ, which they called, in French, a tablier, or "apron".
Elongated pentagonal dipyramid In geometry, the elongated pentagonal dipyramid is one of the Johnson solids (J16). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a pentagonal dipyramid (J13) by inserting a pentagonal prism between its congruent halves.
Elongated pentagonal gyrobicupola In geometry, the elongated pentagonal gyrobicupola is one of the Johnson solids (J39). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a pentagonal gyrobicupola (J31) by inserting a decagonal prism between its congruent halves.
Elongated pentagonal gyrobirotunda In geometry, the elongated pentagonal gyrobirotunda is one of the Johnson solids (J43). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a "pentagonal gyrobirotunda," or icosidodecahedron (one of the Archimedean solids), by inserting a decagonal prism between its congruent halves.
Elongated pentagonal gyrocupolarotunda In geometry, the elongated pentagonal gyrocupolarotunda is one of the Johnson solids (J41). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a pentagonal gyrocupolarotunda (J33) by inserting a decagonal prism between its halves.
Elongated pentagonal orthobicupola In geometry, the elongated pentagonal orthobicupola is one of the Johnson solids (J38). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a pentagonal orthobicupola (J30) by inserting a pentagonal prism between its two congruent halves.
Elongated pentagonal orthobirotunda In geometry, the elongated pentagonal orthobirotunda is one of the Johnson solids (J42). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a pentagonal orthobirotunda (J34) by inserting a decagonal prism between its congruent halves.
Elongated pentagonal orthocupolarotunda In geometry, the elongated pentagonal orthocupolarotunda is one of the Johnson solids (J40). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a pentagonal orthocupolarotunda (J32) by inserting a decagonal prism between its halves.
Elongated square gyrobicupola In geometry, the elongated square gyrobicupola is one of the Johnson solids (J37). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a square gyrobicupola (J29) and inserting an octagonal prism between its two halves.
Elongated triangular dipyramid In geometry, the elongated triangular dipyramid is one of the Johnson solids (J14). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a triangular dipyramid (J12) by inserting a triangular prism between its congruent halves.
Elongated triangular gyrobicupola In geometry, the elongated triangular gyrobicupola is one of the Johnson solids (J36). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a "triangular gyrobicupola," or cuboctahedron, by inserting a hexagonal prism between its two halves, which are congruent triangular cupolae (J3).
Elongated triangular orthobicupola In geometry, the elongated triangular orthobicupola is one of the Johnson solids (J35). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a triangular orthobicupola (J27) by inserting a hexagonal prism between its two halves.
Elope To elope, most literally, merely means to run away. More specifically, elopement is often used to refer to a marriage conducted in sudden and secretive fashion, usually involving hurried flight away from one's place of residence.
Elopteryx Elopteryx ("small wing") is a genus of maniraptoran dinosaur based on fragmentary fossils found in late Cretaceous Period rocks of Romania. The type species, Elopteryx nopcsai, is known only from two fragmentary upper leg bones (femora), and therefore is considered a nomen dubium ("dubious name") by most paleontologists.
Eloquence Eloquence (from Latin eloquentia) is fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking in public. It is primarily the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.
Eloquent cortex Eloquent cortex is a name used by neurologists for areas of cortex that—if removed—will result in loss of sensory processing or linguistic ability, minor paralysis, or paralysis. The most common areas of eloquent cortex are in the left temporal and frontal lobes for speech and language, bilateral occipital lobes for vision, bilateral parietal lobes for sensation, and bilateral motor cortex for movement.
Elora (Spyro character) Elora the faun is a character in the Spyro the Dragon series of games. She made her debut in the second game released for the PlayStation, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (Gateway to Glimmer in Europe), where she lived in Avalar.
Elora Cataract Trailway The Elora Cataract Trailway is a 47km-long recreational rail trail between the towns of Elora and Forks of the Credit, in the south of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is used year-round by naturalists, cyclists, skiers, snowmobilers, and hikers.
Elora Danan Elora Danan is a fictional character from the 1988 fantasy Willow, played by infant twins Kate and Ruth Greenfield. She is a Daikini, the average-sized race of people in the film (as opposed to the dwarf-sized Nelwyns).
Elora Gorge The Elora Gorge is a popular tourist attraction located at the western edge of Elora, Ontario, Canada, which is near 25km far from city of Guelph through highway 6. The Grand River flows through the bottom of the gorge, approximately 2 km long, with limestone cliffs reaching 22 m high.
Elora, Ontario Elora is a town in Ontario, Canada, with a population of 4,546 (2001 census). It has not officially existed since amalgamation, and is currently part of the Township of Centre Wellington, itself a part of Wellington County.
Eloy Alfaro Eloy Alfaro Delgado (June 25, 1842-January 28, 1912) was president of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. Eloy Alfaro was the leader of the Ecuadorian Liberal Revolution which he fought since his youth until 1895 when the liberals took power.
Eloy Palacios Eloy Palacios was born in MaturĂn, Monagas, Venezuela on June 27, 1847 into one of the richest Eastern families. These circumstances, as well as his natural talent, allowed him to be sent to study in Germany at the age of 10, and polish his artistic talent that would eventually bring him fame in Europe and Latin America.
Elphin FC Elphin Soccer club was a football club which represented the Launceston suburb of Elphin in the Northern Premier league in the years before World War II. Despite winning 6 northern titles within a period of 14 years, Elphin disappeared by the early 1930's.
Elpis In Greek mythology, Elpis (áĽÎ»Ď€ÎŻĎ‚) was the personification of hope, perhaps a child of Nyx and mother of Pheme, the goddess of rumour. She was depicted as a young woman, usually carrying flowers or cornucopia in her hands.
Elqui River The Elqui River is born in the west Andes, flowing into the Pacific Ocean, crossing the Chilean city of La Serena, a wine and pisco producing area. Vicuña, its main town, was the home of Nobel Laureate poet Gabriela Mistral.
Elric of Melniboné Elric of Melniboné (pronounced mel-NIH-boh-nay) is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock. He first appeared in print in 1961 in Michael Moorcock’s novelette, "The Dreaming City" (Science Fantasy #47 June 1961); his first appearance in a novel was in Stormbringer (1965).
Elrod Hendricks Elrod Jerome (Ellie) Hendricks (December 22, 1940 – December 21, 2005) was a catcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Hendricks played during a 12-year career that lasted from 1968 through 1979 for the Baltimore Orioles (1968-1972, 1973-1976, 1978-1979), Chicago Cubs (1972) and New York Yankees (1976-1977).
Elron Awards The Elron Awards for most dubious "achievements" in Science Fiction are decided by a jury consisting solely of R. Graeme Cameron, president of the British Columbia Science Fiction Association, and awarded at the organization's annual VCON, the Vancouver Science Fiction Convention.
Elroy-Sparta State Trail The Elroy-Sparta Bike Trail is a 32-mile (51 km) bike trail between Elroy and Sparta, Wisconsin. It is one of four connecting bike trails in west-central Wisconsin and makes up nearly one-third of the 101 miles of bike trails across the state.
Els de Groen Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven (born 28 December 1949 in The Hague as Elly Kouwenhoven, and now generally known as Els de Groen) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of Europa Transparant, which sits with the Greens/EFA party group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and its Committee on Petitions.
Elsa BenĂtez Elsa BenĂtez (born on December 8, 1977) is a Mexican supermodel. BenĂtez was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and she got her modeling start after winning an international model search, held in Costa Rica in 1995.
Elsa Beskow Elsa Beskow (née Maartman) (February 11, 1874 – June 30, 1953) was a Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Beskow is the most well known of all Swedish children's book artists and her books are continually reprinted.
Elsa Cross Elsa Cross, ( born March 6, 1946 in Mexico City), is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. She has also published translations, philosophical essays and is known as an authority on Indian philosophy.
Elsa Dorfman Elsa Dorfman is a portrait photographer who works in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is now known for her use of a Polaroid 20 by 24 inch camera (one of only 6 in existence, according to her web site FAQfrom which she creates large prints.
Elsa Kazi Mrs. Allama Kazi (3 October 1884 - 1967), commonly known as in Sindhi "Ama Elsa" and in English "Mother Elsa Kazi", was a German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and was one of the greatest poets of her time.
Elsa Lanchester Elsa Lanchester (October 28, 1902 - December 26, 1986 in Woodland Hills, California) was an Oscar-nominated English character actress who became an American citizen in 1950 along with her husband, actor Charles Laughton. She is best remembered for her role as the monster's wife in Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
Elsa Maxwell Elsa Maxwell (born May 24, 1883, Keokuk, Iowa, USA, died November 1, 1963, New York City) was an American gossip columnist and author, songwriter and professional hostess whose parties for royalty and the high society figures of her day earned her the title of "the hostess with the mostest".
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Baroness Else (Elsa) von Freytag-Loringhoven (sometimes also called Else von Freytag-von Loringhoven) (1874-1927) was a German-born avant-garde, Dadaist artist and poet who spent most of her life in Greenwich Village, New York.
Elsa, Yukon Elsa,Yukon, Canada was a privately-owned mining town (now closed) based on silver, lead, and zinc. It is located at , between the valley of the Stewart River to the south and the Mackenzie Mountains to the north.
Elsdon Storey Elsdon Storey is an Australian neurologist, professor of neurology at Monash University. His clinical and research interests are in neurogenetics (especially the hereditary ataxias) and behavioural neurology (especially the dementias).
Else Holmelund Minarik Else Holmelund Minarik (September 13, 1920-) is the author of a series of children's books, Little Bear, which were both successful on their own, and made into a successful children's TV series. The Little Bear books sold more than six million copies worldwide.
Else Mayer The German nun and womens lib activist Else Mayer (1891-1962) founded her own nunnery Erlöserbund in Bonn, Germany in 1916. She was one of the pioneers of the German Womans Lib Movement and has influenced politics in the former German capital city.
Else Reppen Else Reppen (14 November, 1933 - 28 February, 2006) was a Norwegian philantropist, Pentecostal and a strict advocate of temperance. During her lifetime she was well known of serving others and caring little for herself.
Else von Richthofen Else von Richthofen (October 8, 1874 - December 22, 1973), a distant relative of the "Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen, is known as one of the first female social scientists in Germany, wife of the German economist Edgar Jaffé as well as lover of the economists and sociologists Max Weber and Alfred Weber. Her sister Frieda von Richthofen was the wife of the British novelist D.
Elsecar Elsecar (pronounced ) is a village forming part of the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, but is in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. Like many villages in the area, it was for many years a coal mining village until the widespread pit closures during the 1980s.
Elsecar Steam Railway The Elsecar Steam Railway is located on the southern part of the former South Yorkshire Railway freight-only branch which ran from Elsecar Junction on its Mexborough to Barnsley line. The line was built to serve Earl Fitzwilliam 's collieries and ironworks, which he leased out to local ironmasters.
Elsemiek Hillen Francisca Elisabeth Maria ("Elsemiek") Havenga-Hillen (born September 30, 1959 in Den Haag) is a former Dutch field hockey forward, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Elsevier MDL Elsevier MDL is a subsidiary of Elsevier. It develops programs that aid in "discovery informatics", or the use of computers modeling of scientific information in ways that lead to new pharmaceutical and chemistry discoveries.
Elsewhere (Anthology) Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places (ISBN 0-9581390-1-6) is the third short story collection published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2003 and edited by Michael Barry, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors.
Elseworlds Elseworlds is the publication imprint for a group of comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon. According to its tagline: "In Elseworlds, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places - some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist.
Elsham (organisation) Elsham is a leading human rights non-governmental organization based in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. Since opening in the 1980s the Institute of Human Rights Studies and Advocacy, or Elsham as it is better known, has been a trusted Papuan group which reports human rights violations in Papua.
Elshod Rasulov Elshod Rasulov (born March 07, 1986) is an amateur boxer from Uzbekistan, who participated in the 2006 Asian Games in the Middleweight (-75kg) division and won the gold medal in the final bout against Kazakhstan's Bakhtiyar Artayev 32-22.http://www.
Elsie and Harry Elsie (voiced by Hynden Walch) and Harry (voiced by Rene Mujica) are a cute cat and dog team from the children's show Stanley from Playhouse Disney who provide comic relief by singing The Great Big Book of Everything (despite the fact that Dennis the Goldfish hates listening to it) every time Stanley learns about a certain animal in the show. Harry and Elsie are sometimes compared to the dog and cat team of Rita and Runt from the cartoon Animaniacs.
Elsie de Wolfe Elsie de Wolfe (also known as Lady Mendl"Lady Mendl" was frequently used by the press during her married life. "Elsie de Wolfe" is the name that appears as author of her published books; modern biographers usually use this form of the name.
Elsie Eaves Elsie Eaves (born May 5, 1898 in Idaho Springs, Colorado) is the first female associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a founding member of the American Association of Cost Engineers.
Elsie Griffin Elsie Griffin (December 6 1895 – December 21 1989) was an English opera singer, best known for her performances in the soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She married another D'Oyly Carte performer, J.
Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital The Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital (officially Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital) was a hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, was founded in 1925 as a memorial to Elsie Inglis. Backing onto Holyrood Park just east of Holyrood House, Edinburgh, Scotland, it was well liked for its intimate atmosphere by mothers who often referred to it as "Elsie's".
Elsie Ivancich Dunin Elsie Ivancich Dunin is a dance ethnologist (ethnochoreologist), choreographer, professor and author specializing in folk dance from Croatia, Macedonia, and Romani (Gypsy) in Macedonia. She is a Professor Emerita of dance ethnology from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and is currently a dance research advisor with the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in Zagreb, Croatia.
Elsie Janis Elsie Janis (March 16 1889 - February 26 1956) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force).
Elsie Lefebvre Elsie Lefebvre (born in Montreal on May 5, 1979) is a Quebec politician. She is a Member of the National Assembly for the Laurier-Dorion riding and official critic for Community Action within the Parti Québécois shadow government in Quebec City.
Elsie Leung Elsie Leung Oi Sie GBM JP (, born 1939) was the Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 1997 to 2005, and was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. She was succeeded by Wong Yan Lung, SC on October 20, 2005.
Elsie MacGill Elizabeth Muriel Gregory "Elsie" MacGill (March 27, 1905 – November 4, 1980)Wakewich, Patricia. ""Queen of the Hurricanes": Elsie Gregory MacGill, aeronautical engineer and women's advocate.
Elsie Ritchie Elsie Ritchie was a American actress with a brief career in the 1970s who was the sister of American film director, Michael Ritchie. She starred in her brother's films in The Candidate (1972) and in Smile (1975 film).
Elsie Tanner Elsie Tanner (née Grimshaw, known as Howard from 1970 until the dissolution of her marriage in 1978) was a soap opera character played by Patricia Phoenix on Coronation Street from 1960 to 1973 and from 1976 until 1984. Elsie Tanner was one of the first core characters on Coronation Street and appeared in the very first episode.
Elsie Tu Elsie Tu (杜葉錫ć©; June 2, 1913-) (also known as Elsie Elliot, nee Hume) is a social activist and former elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. Born in Great Britain, she moved to Hong Kong in 1951.
Elsie Wayne Elsie Eleanore Wayne (born Fairweather) (born April 20, 1932 in Shediac, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician. She announced her retirement from politics on February 16, 2004 and did not run for re-election in the 2004 election to the Canadian House of Commons.
Elsieskraal River The Elsieskraal River (Afrikaans Elsieskraalrivier) is a small river that flows through the Cape Town metropolitan area, in South Africa. It rises in the Tygerberg Hills and flows in a generally south westerly direction to its confluence with the Black River just south of Pinelands.
Elsinby Elsinby is the fictional Yorkshire rural seaside town that is the setting for the British television series The Royal. The fictional "St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital" is situated on the seafront in the town.
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