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For Screening Purposes Only For Screening Purposes Only is the debut album by UK dance-punk trio Test Icicles. Released in 2005, the album was critically praised for being unique and compelling in an increasing homogenous indie landscape.
For Sentimental Reasons For Sentimental Reasons is an American nostalgia band and have usually played as a sextet of three men and three women, the women occasionally acting in the role of The Andrews Sisters, each wearing a red, white or blue dress. They typically play songs of the World War II years, often at reunions of war veterans.
For Sleepyheads Only For Sleepyheads Only is the 2002 debut album by Norwegian electronic band Flunk on Beatservice Records. The original pressing was on CD and Vinyl while a later revised version was released only on CD in the US from Guidance Recordings.
For Special Services For Special Services, first published in 1982, was the second novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by McCann and Geoghegan.
For the First Time For the First Time was tenor star Mario Lanza's final film. Filmed on location in 1958 in Capri, Salzburg, Berlin and at the Rome Opera House, the film told the sentimental story of an operatic tenor (Tony Costa) who finds love for the first time with a young German woman (Johanna Von Koczian), who happens to be deaf.
For the Girl who Has Everything For the Girl who Has Everything is the twelfth episode of the popular 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 6 December 1969 on the ITV.
For the Greater Good of God "For the Greater Good of God" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is featured on their 14th studio album, A Matter of Life and Death, which was released on August 28 2006 in most of the world, and September 5 in the United States and Canada.
For the Love of Money "For the Love of Money" is a soul/funk song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Anthony Jackson; and recorded by Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays for the album Ship Ahoy. Produced by Gamble and Huff for Philadelphia International Records, "For the Love of Money" was issued as a single in late 1973 (see 1973 in music), with "People Keep Tellin' Me" as its b-side.
For the Masses For the Masses is a 1998 tribute album of Depeche Mode songs, specifically the works of Martin Gore; the fact that no songs by Vince Clarke or Alan Wilder were chosen was not a coincidence. The project was started by the band members of God Lives Underwater, including the late David Reilly, and features a wide array of bands including The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones, Rammstein, and Meat Beat Manifesto.
For the Megalopolitans For the Megalopolitans ( Greek:) is one of the first political orations of the prominent Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes. It was delivered in 352 BC and constitutes one of the initial political interventions of Demosthenes.
For the Sake of the Call For the Sake of the Call is an album by Steven Curtis Chapman released on November 18, 1992, and RIAA-certified as Gold on December 6, 1994. The album won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and the Gospel Music Association award as Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.
For the Strength of Youth For the Strength of Youth is a piece of writing distributed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that "summarizes standards from scripture and from the writings and teachings of Church leaders." For the Strength of Youth is available on the internet, in a printed pamphlet, and on a small card that the Church encourages the youth to keep with them at all times, usually in their wallets.
For the Term of his Natural Life For the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Life), appearing as a novel in 1874. It is the best known novelisation of life as a convict in early Australian history.
For the Term of Their Unnatural Lives For the Term of Their Unnatural Lives is a collection of Frenzal Rhomb songs recorded specially for compilations and singles and other records including a cover of "We Built This City" and a track originally planned for release on the A Man's Not a Camel album, "Gambling, Vomit, Sleeping in the Bin". It also includes digitally remastered versions of their first EP Dick Sandwich and their first album Coughing Up a Storm.
For The Gambia Our Homeland For The Gambia Our Homeland is the national anthem of The Gambia, written by Virginia Julie Howe and composed by Jeremy Frederick Howe (based on the traditional Mandinka song Foday Kaba Dumbuya). It was adopted in 1965 upon independence.
For The Children For The Children was a British television programme, the first to be designed especially for young children of school age. First broadcast on the BBC Television Service at 3pm on Saturday April 24 1937, for its first two years the series was only ten minutes in length.
For The Children (politics) The phrase "for the children", or similar phrases such as "think of the children," is an appeal to emotion and can be used to support an irrelevant conclusion (both logical fallacies) when used in an argument. The phrase may also be seen as a valid appeal to a moral value that may be the basis for logical argument or action.
For The People Productions For The People Productions is an innovative mix of a public relations firm, marketing group and event planning organization that is based in Canton, Mississippi. Led by the vision of its founder, Stanley Clark, FTP strives to provide a fresh face to the way events and ideas are presented, and strives to be all things to all people.
For Those Who Would Walk With The Gods 'For Those Who Would Walk With The Gods' is a special 2001 The Tear Garden compliation created by Brudenia for the Russian market. It contains songs from The Tear Garden's first three LPs (Tired Eyes Slowly Burning, The Last Man To Fly, and To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide) and second EP (Sheila Liked The Rodeo).
For Tomorrow "For Tomorrow" is a song by British rock band Blur and is the lead track to their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish. It was released 19 April 1993 as the first single from the album, charting at #28 in the UK Singles Chart, a position matched by Blur's next single, "Chemical World".
For United Ukraine For United Ukraine (Za Jedinu Ukrajinu) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in Ukraine during the parliamentary election in 2002. At the parliamentary election, which took place on March 30 2002, the alliance won 11.
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story Howard Rollins stars as martyred civil-rights spokesman Medgar Evers, while Irene Cara co-stars as his wife (and future NAACP leader) Myrlie. The film concentrates on the last years of Evers, an ex-insurance agent turned activist.
For Want of a Nail For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga, is an alternate history novel published in 1973 by the American business historian Robert Sobel. The novel depicts an alternate world where the American Revolution was unsuccessful.
For What It's Worth "For What It's Worth" is a song by Buffalo Springfield, written by Stephen Stills. It was first released as a single in January 1967, and was later added to the rerelease of their first album, Buffalo Springfield.
For What It's Worth (EP) For What It's Worth is an EP by New Jersey hardcore punk band, Ensign. It was released in October, 2000 by Nitro Records and was the band's second release for the label following their first full-length album after leaving Indecision Records, Cast The First Stone.
For Whom the Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains during the Spanish Civil War.
For your freedom and ours For your freedom and ours (1) is one of the unofficial mottos of Poland. It is commonly associated with the times when Polish soldiers, exiled from the partitioned Poland, fought in various independence movements all over the world.
For You (Casey Donovan album) For You is the debut album by the winner of the second series of Australian Idol, Casey Donovan, released on 13 December, 2004. When released it was unable to claim the #1 position on the Australian Album charts (Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits was #1) and quickly fell out of the top 20, being at #29 after five weeks.
For You Blue "For You Blue" was a Beatles song written by George Harrison for his wife Pattie Boyd, who would be the subject of many of his love songs, including "It's All Too Much" and, possibly, "Something".
For Your Consideration For Your Consideration is a heading frequently used in advertisements in entertainment trade publications such as Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. They are specifically directed towards members of groups in the entertainment industry, most commonly the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which annually presents the Academy Awards celebrating the best in motion pictures, or the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences which presents the Primetime Emmy Awards for television.
For Your Ears Only For Your Ears Only, released in 2000, is Bentley Rhythm Ace's second album. It did not have a killer single on par with 'Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out' from their previous album, and as such it did not sell as well.
For Your Eyes Only (1982 song) "For Your Eyes Only" is track number 4 from the 1982 album The Hunter by Blondie. This song was written for the James Bond movie of the same name, but writers Chris Stein and Debbie Harry were unaware that a theme song for the movie had already been written (see "For Your Eyes Only" by Sheena Easton).
For Your Life For Your Life is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin, from their 1976 album Presence. The lyrics, written by Robert Plant, express his discontent with the rock lifestyle, though Plant has also indicated that one part had to do with a friend who got sucked into the Los Angeles drug scene and the song wags a finger and says "watch it.
For-profit corporation A for-profit corporation is a corporation that is intended to operate a business which will return a profit to the owners. A for-profit corporation, depending on the jurisdiction to which it is incorporated, may be operated either as a stock corporation or as a non-stock corporation.
For-profit hospital For-profit hospitals, or alternatively investor-owned hospitals, are investor-owned chains of hospitals which have been established particularly in the United States during the late twentieth century. In contrast to the traditional and more common non-profit hospitals, they attempt to garner a profit for their shareholders.
Forage analysis Forage analysis is an integral part of modern animal production. Livestock managers require detailed information about the feedstuffs of their herds in order to best achieve production goals, whether they are concerned with economic efficiency, nutrient efficiency or maximum yields.
Forage harvester A Forage Harvester (also known as a Silage Harvester) is a farm implement that creates silage. Silage is grass or corn that has been chopped into small pieces, and compacted together in a storage silo to provide feed for cattle.
Foraging Foraging has the strict meaning of searching for food. However, it has acquired an important technical meaning within the science of behavioral ecology where it refers to predator-prey interactions (note that in ecology, prey can be plant as well as animals).
Foraker Act The Foraker Act, also known as the Organic Act of 1900, is a United States federal law that established civilian government on the island of Puerto Rico, which had been newly acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War. President William McKinley signed the act on April 2, 1900 and it became known as the Foraker Act after its sponsor, Ohio senator Joseph B.
Foral Foral was a royal document in Portugal and its former empire, in which a concelho (Council) was created and its administration, borders and privileges were regulated. It could also be a royal chart (Carta de Foral) in which the administration of a town or city was regulated or where given certain privileges.
Foramen magnum In anatomy, in the occipital bone, the foramen magnum (Latin: 'great hole') is one of the several oval or circular apertures in the base of the skull (the foramina), through which the medulla oblongata (an extension of the spinal cord) enters and exits the skull vault.
Foramen nav Foramen Nav, not to disimilar to Foramen Terry is an anatomical landmark found in the skull of primates and some of the higher amphibians. This foramen rather then a functional landmark, is created through through the accessive and clumsy use of the scalpel and was created for the soul purpose to foster fustration, confusion and most of all anger in her fellow students.
Foramen of Panizza The Foramen of Panizza is a shunt, which connects the left and right aorta in the crocodile heart. It plays an important role in the crocodile’s ability to switch from a terrestrial circulatory pattern to an aquatic one.
Foramen ovale (skull) At the base of the skull the foramen ovale (Latin: oval window) is one of the larger of the several holes (the foramina) that transmit nerves through the skull. The foramen ovale is situated in the anterior part of the sphenoid bone, posteriolateral to the foramen rotundum.
Foramen spinosum The foramen spinosum is one of several foramina located in the base of the skull, on the sphenoid bone, that permit the passage of the certain arteries, veins and/or other structures. Situated lateral to the foramen ovale, in a posterior angle, the foramen spinosum transmits the middle meningeal artery and a recurrent branch from the mandibular nerve (the mandibular nerve is the third branch (V3) of the trigeminal nerve).
Foramen transversarium The transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae are each pierced by the foramen transversarium, which, in the upper six vertebræ, gives passage to the vertebral artery and vein and a plexus of sympathetic nerves.
Foramina of Scarpa In the maxilla, occasionally two additional canals are present in the middle line of the palatine process; they are termed the foramina of Scarpa, and when present transmit the nasopalatine nerves, the left passing through the anterior, and the right through the posterior canal.
Foraminifera The Foraminifera, or forams for short, are a large group of amoeboid protists with reticulating pseudopods, fine strands of cytoplasm that branch and merge to form a dynamic net. They typically produce a shell, or test, which can have either one or multiple chambers, some becoming quite elaborate in structure.
Foraminotomy Foraminotomy is a medical operation used to relieve pressure on nerves that are being compressed by the intervertebral foramina, the passages through the bones of the vertebrae of the spine that pass nerve bundles to the body from the spinal cord.
Foras In demonology, Foras (alternatively Forcas or Forrasis) is a powerful Great President of Hell, being obeyed by twenty-nine legions of demons. He teaches logic and ethics in all their branches, the virtues of all herbs and precious stones, can make a man witty, eloquent, invisible (invincible according to some authors), and live long, and can discover treasures and recover lost things.
Foras Ăiseanna Saothair An Foras Ăiseanna Saothair, commonly known as FĂS - the Training and Employment Authority, is a state agency in the Republic of Ireland, with responsibility for assisting those seeking employment. The authority was established in January 1988 under the Labour Services Act, 1987 the authority is run by a board appointed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, comprising of employer and trade union representatives.
Foras na Gaeilge Foras na Gaeilge is the governing body of the Irish language, set up on 2 December 1999, which is responsible for the promotion of the language throughout the island of Ireland. It assumed the roles of Bord na Gaeilge, An GĂşm, and An Coiste TĂ©armaĂochta, which had formerly been state bodies under the Irish Government.
Força "Força" (English: "[is a pop] song written by Canadian singer [[Nelly Furtado, and Gerald Eaton and Brian West for Furtado's second studio album Folklore (2003). It is sung mainly in English, with the chorus completely in the Portuguese language.
Forças Armadas de Cabinda The Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FAC) or Armed Forces of Cabinda is the armed wing of the political separatist group the Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC, Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda). The goal of the FAC is the independence of the enclave province of Cabinda from the nation of Angola.
Forback Moment A Forback Moment is a sort of variant of déjà vu. In this moment you move forward in time and experience something (often something outrageous you would not normally do) only to the snap back into the present and realise you have not done this thing at all.
Forbes Baronets There have been five Baronetcies created for people with the surname Forbes, four in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The first holder of the Burn Baronetcy of Jessfield, created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1923, assumed the surname of Forbes-Leith of Fyvie in 1925.
Forbes Burnham Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham (February 20 1923 – August 6 1985) was a Guyanese political leader and leader of Guyana from 1964 until his death--as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1980 and as President from 1980 to 1985. He was married to Viola Burnham, who was also involved in politics.
Forbes Carlile Forbes Carlile MBE (born June 3 1921 in Armadale, Victoria) was Australia's first post-World War II Olympics swimming coach and later Australia's first competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He remains the only person to have coached and later competed at the Olympic Games.
Forbes family The Forbes family is a wealthy extended American family originating in Boston, whose ancestors became wealthy in the 19th Century from trading between North America and China and other investments. The family is descended from Scottish immigrants, and can be traced back to Sir John de Forbes in Scotland in the 12th Century.
Forbes Fictional 15 Forbes Fictional Fifteen is an article compiled by Michael Noer and Dan Ackman on September 2, 2002. The article pays homage to some of the most notoriously rich pop-culture characters of the 20th (and 21st) century.
Forbes George Vernon Lieutenant Forbes George Vernon, ret. (British Army) was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale.
Forbes Islands National Park Forbes Islands is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1962 km northwest of Brisbanein the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland and is located about 40km North East of Iron Range National Park and Lockhart River in the Cape Weymouth area in the Coral Sea.
Forbes Midas The Forbes Midas list is the annual ranking by Forbes Magazine of the best dealmakers in high-tech and life science venture capital. These individuals have proved their mettle by creating wealth through an economic slump.
Forbes Mill Forbes Mill is a now defunct mill originally built in 1854 located in Los Gatos, California which now serves as a museum after being saved from destruction in 1982. The mill is the first commercial building to be established in the city of Los Gatos.
Forbes Park Forbes Park, also known simply as Forbes, is a private subdivision and gated community in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is divided into Forbes Park North and Forbes Park South and is bounded roughly by Epifanio de los Santos Avenue to the northwest, Manila Golf Club to the east, the Maricaban Creek to the south and southeast, and Acacia Avenue/Dasmariñas Village to the west.
Forbes Robinson Forbes Robinson (1926-1987) was a British bass best known for his performances in works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, and Benjamin Britten. He created the title role in Michael Tippett's King Priam.
Forbes, New South Wales Forbes is a town and Local Government Area (see Shire of Forbes) in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia, located on the Newell Highway between Parkes and West Wyalong. The town currently has a population of 7,000.
Forbhlaith, Countess of Atholl Forbhlaith (written also as Forflissa, Ferelith, Fernelith or Forueleth) was the latter of two heiresses of Atholl, the other being her sister Isabella. She married David de Hastings, a French knight who already possessed minor lands in Angus.
Forbidden (1984 film) This HBO made-for-cable movie tells the tale of a wealthy German countess who hid her Jewish boyfriend in her apartment in World War II. Jacqueline Bisset portrayed the Countess and Jurgen Prochnow starred as her lover.
Forbidden (band) Forbidden is a thrash metal band from the San Francisco Bay Area, part of the Bay Area thrash scene, most popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. Their style is a mixture between thrash metal, power metal, and classical influences.
Forbidden Broadway Forbidden Broadway is an Off-Broadway show created and written by Gerard Alessandrini and directed by Alessandrini and long-time collaborator Phillip George. It opened on January 15, 1982 at Palsson's Supper Club in New York City and ran for 2,332 performances.
Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey is the twenty- first century's first incarnation of the award- winning off-Broadway show Forbidden Broadway. It was conceived, created and written by Gerard Alessandrini and satirizes Broadway's latest.
Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act is the fifth incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway, his popular off-Broadway musical revue spoofing "the best of Broadway". All the parody lyrics were written (as always) by Gerard Alessandrini.
Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 1 Forbidden Broadway, known also as Forbidden Broadway, Volume 1, is the first album released by Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of Forbidden Broadway. Because the album features the five cast members from the original show, the album bears the label "Original Cast Recording.
Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 2 Forbidden Broadway, Volume 2 is the second album released for Forbidden Broadway, an off-Broadway musical that spoofs Broadway's latest musicals. The album was recorded and mixed in February 1991 in New York at Sear Sound.
Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 3 Forbidden Broadway, Volume 3 is the third album released to accompany Gerard Alessandrini's off-Broadway show Forbidden Broadway, which spoofs Broadway's latest musicals. Volume 3 was recorded in November 1993 and released in 1994, recorded at DRG Records, Inc.
Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Edition is the sixth volume in the Forbidden Broadway Cast Albums. Although there isn't a show with the same title, the CD has twenty-five of Forbidden Broadway's best songs, including eight previously unreleased tracks.
Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (Forbidden Broadway: SVU for short) is the latest incarnation of Gerard Alessandrini's hit off-Broadway musical revue, and is currently playing at New York's 47th Street Theatre. This version opened on December 17, 2004 at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre in New York, and is currently playing at New York's 47th Street Theatre.
Forbidden fruit The term "forbidden fruit" is a popular metaphor that describes any object of desire whose appeal is a direct result of the knowledge that cannot or should not be obtained. The phrase refers to the Book of GenesisOld Testament, Genesis 1:16-17, "And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Forbidden Hollywood Forbidden Hollywood was an off-Broadway show created by Gerard Alessandrini, who also created the ever-popular Forbidden Broadway. But instead of spoofing Broadway, FH spoofed popular films (such as Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, The Wizard Of Oz, and Aladdin and the songs featured in them (or else other songs in order to comment on the film).
Forbidden knowledge Forbidden knowledge in contrast to secret knowledge is used to describe forbidden books or other information to which access is restricted or deprecated for political or religious reasons. Forbidden knowledge is commonly not secret, rather a society or various institutions will use repressive mechanisms to either completely prevent the publication of information they find objectionable or dangerous (censorship), or failing that, to try to reduce the public's trust in such information (propaganda).
Forbidden Kingdoms Forbidden Kingdoms refers to two sets of rules, Forbidden Kingdoms (Forbidden Kingdoms), and Forbidden Kingdoms: Modern (FK: Modern), by R. Hyrum Savage and Dave Webb, published by OtherWorld Creations, the publishers of the new edition of Chill (role-playing game).
Forbidden mechanism A forbidden mechanism or forbidden line is a commonly misunderstood concept in chemistry. It is a spectral line emitted by atoms undergoing energy transitions not normally allowed by the selection rules of quantum mechanics.
Forbidden Plateau The Forbidden Plateau is a small, hilly plateau in the east of the Vancouver Island Ranges in British Columbia, located roughly between Mount Albert Edward to the southwest and Mount Washington (site of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort) to the northeast. The gently sloping sub-alpine terrain is broken by small, rugged hills and pitted with small lakes.
Forbidden rice Forbidden rice is a short-grained, heirloom rice that is black when raw and dark purple when cooked. The name comes from the legend that it was reserved for emperors in ancient China because of its nutritiousness and rarity.
Forbidden Zone Forbidden Zone is a 1980 black-and-white cult film co-written and directed by Richard Elfman, the older brother of Danny Elfman, who composed the film's score, performed by the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. The film was made as an attempt to capture the essence of the stage group's live shows on film.
Forbidden Zone (Planet of the Apes) The Forbidden Zone in the Planet of the Apes movie series is the barren, lifeless area declared off-limits to all apes. While the specific reasons why the area is forbidden are unknown to most apes, they know it as a wasteland fit only for humans, outlaws and fools.
Forbidding What is Evil Forbidding what is Evil (, "Nahy an al-Munkar"), is a part of Shia Islam's Branches of Religion and means, for example, to oppose injustice. In a more political and social context, Shi'a are divided: Some believe that one should not take a social stance unless the Imam of time orders so, while others believe in the Waliyat al-Faqih.
Forbin (D620) The Forbin is a Horizon class frigate of the French Marine Nationale, is planned to be commissioned in March 2006. She is the sixth vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Claude Forbin-Gardanne (see French ship Forbin for others).
Forbra FORBRA, despite the fact that Forbra only won 7 races during his career, his victory in The Grand National at the long odds of 50-1, was just reward for the efforts of a fine chaser and something of an Aintree specialist. He ran twice more in the race and finished on both occasions in the first four.
Forbush decrease A Forbush decrease is a rapid decrease in the observed galactic cosmic ray intensity following a coronal mass ejection (CME). It occurs due to the magnetic field of the plasma solar wind sweeping some of the galactic cosmic rays away from Earth.
Forcado Forcado is the name given to a member of the team that performs the pega de cara or pega de caras ("face catch"), the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight. Forcados were usually people from lower classes who, to this day, practice their art through amateur associations.
Forcat e Armatosura të Republikës së Kosovës The Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (Forcat e Armatosura të Republikës së Kosovës; FARK or AFRK) was a guerilla group in Kosovo created by Bujar Bukoshi in August 1988. Their number was largely unknown, estimated to be between 120 and 3000 fighters in 1999.
Force (cereal) Force, first produced in 1901 by Force Food Company, one of three American companies owned by Edward Ellsworth and advertised using a popular cartoon figure called Sunny Jim, was the first commercially successful wheat flake cereal. Prior to this, the only successful wheat-based cereal products had been Shredded Wheat and the hot semolina cereal, Cream of Wheat.
Force (comics) Force is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Clayton Wilson was a graduate student at Empire State University working as a research assistant to a scientist (Damon Walters) who had developed a prototype device for creating a protetctive force field.
Force (law) In the field of law, the word force has two main meanings: unlawful violence and lawful compulsion. Forced entry is an expression falling under the category of unlawful violence; in force or forced sale would be examples of expressions in the category of lawful compulsion.
Force 10 From Navarone (novel) Force 10 from Navarone is a 1968 World War II novel by Alistair MacLean. It is a sequel to MacLean's very popular 1957 The Guns of Navarone, but in terms of plot continuity chooses to follow the also popular 1961 film adaptation, such as including characters who were in the film but not in the book, although it dispenses with the film's major altered backstory.
Force 136 Force 136 was the general cover name for a branch of the British World War II organisation, the Special Operations Executive. Force 136 operated in the regions of the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II which were occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945.
Force 5 The Force 5 sailboat is a small one-design racing sailboat that is similar to the more well known Laser but with a hard chine aft. Although it is designed for single handed racing, two people can easily fit into the large cockpit.
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