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HEGRA HEGRA, which stands for High-Energy-Gamma-Ray Astronomy, was an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for Gamma-ray astronomy. With its various types of detectors, HEGRA took data between 1987 and 2002, at which point it was dismantled in order to build its successor, MAGIC, at the same site.
HEIC Nemesis Launched in 1839, the Honorable East India Company Nemesis was the first British ocean-going iron warship, and was used to great effect in the First Opium War in China. The steam- and sail-powered ship was particularly effective in China because its shallow draft (5-6 feet) allowed it to travel into rivers to pursue and engage other vessels and targets.
HEK cell Human Embryonic Kidney cells, also known as HEK cells, HEK 293 or just 293 cells, are an epithelial cell line originally derived, as their name indicates, from embryonic human kidney. HEK cells are not themselves particularly interesting, but are very easy to work with, and so are a widely-used cell line in cell biology research.
HELOC A Home Equity Line of Credit (often called HELOC, pronounced HEE-lock) is a loan in which the lender agrees to lend a maximum amount within an agreed period (called a term), where the collateral is the borrower's equity in his/her house.
HELP The HELP model (hydrologic evaluation of landfill performance) is a hydrologic numerical model initially developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for landfills. The model uses a simplified approximation of the Richards equation through soil layers.
HELP International HELP International is a charitable organization that works with government, charities, and other community and business groups to identify economic, environmental and social problems and develop solutions that will have a significant and long lasting impact. The head office is located on their City Farm in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
HEMP Legalise Marijuana HEMP is an acronym for Help End Marijuana Prohibition, a minority political party in South Australia. They have ran in the upper house with noticeable results, through various South Australian legislative elections, their best in the 1997 state election.
HEP Five HEP Five is a major shopping mall and entertainment center in the Umeda commercial district of Kita-ku, Osaka. It is easily located as it has a large ferris wheel protruding from its roof, which is accessible for a fee.
HEPnet HEPnet or the High-Energy Physics Network is a telecommunications network for researchers in high-energy physics. It originated in the United States, but that has spread to most places involved in such research.
HER2/neu HER2/neu (also known as ErbB-2) is a member of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family and is notable for its role in the pathogenesis of breast cancer and as a target of treatment. It is a cell membrane surface-bound tyrosine kinase and is involved in the signal transduction pathways leading to cell growth and differentiation.
HERCULAN Herculans (Humaniform-Emulation Roboticized Combat Unit with Leg-Articulated Navigation) are fictional large two-legged war machines in computer games based in the Earthsiege/Starsiege universe. They range in size from small, fast, and weak to large, bulky, and strong.
HERMES experiment HERMES is an experiment being conducted using the HERA particle accelerator located at DESY in Hamburg. The experiment's goal is to investigate the quark-gluon structure of matter by examining how a nucleon's constituents affect its spin.
HERO (magazine) HERO Magazine was an American glossy men's magazine co-founded in 1997 by Samuel Kensinger Francis and Paul Matthew Horne that rode the wave of the "mainstreaming" of gay culture. It published the first automotive column in a national gay magazine, the first gay wedding guide, etc.
HERO'S HERO'S is a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the K-1 Romanex event and various MMA fights on its regular K-1 kickboxing cards, it held its first show on March 26 2005.
HES Unidaptor The HES Unidaptor allows any Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console game be operated on any NES hardware despite the 10NES region security chip. It was developed by Australian company Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty.
HESware HESware (from Human Engineered Software) was an American home computer software and hardware developer/publisher during the 1980s, who concentrated on the Commodore 64. The company was located in Burlingame, California.
HEVT The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team of Virginia Tech, better known as HEVT, is a nationally recognized undergraduate student design team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. HEVT was formed in 1994 to compete in the 1995 Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Challenge, one of the many competitions sponsored by the PNGV.
HfB - Business School of Finance & Management The Business School of Finance and Management (former Hochschule fĂĽr Bankwirtschaft, HfB) is located in Frankfurt, Germany. This rather new private university is focused on financial business and cooperates with many German and foreign banks in Frankfurt.
HF Spectral Occupancy Experiment The HF Spectral Occupancy Experiment is a programme of research undertaken by the Digital Communications Deparment at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology to measure and analyse the usage of the high frequency (HF) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (3MHz to 30MHz) over Northern Europe.
HFileInfo HFileInfo is an API structure from the "classic" Mac OS that exposes information about a file stored in Apple's Hierarchical File System (HFS) on a Macintosh computer. It was replaced by FSCatalogInfo.
HFS Plus HFS Plus or HFS+ is a file system developed by Apple Computer to replace their Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system used on Macintosh computers. It is also one of the formats used by the iPod digital music player.
HFSLIP HFSLIP is an open source Hotfix and Service Pack slipstreaming utility designed to update Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and 2003 SP1 installation sources. HFSLIP is one of the more technically difficult slipstreaming utilities available, but it is also more powerful and flexible than many of the alternatives, offering a greater degree of user control.
HFVExplorer HFVExplorer is a discontinued Windows file manager that can be used to access files stored on disks that use the HFS file system developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers. It is often used when emulating Mac OS on Windows.
HGTV Design Star HGTV Design Star is a reality show currently airing on HGTV every Sunday night at 9 PM Eastern Daylight Time/Pacific Daylight Time, with encore presentations Thursdays at 8 PM E/P and Saturdays at 6 PM E/P. The host is Clive Pearse.
HGTV Dream Home The HGTV Dream Home is the American cable network Home & Garden Television's annual project house and sweepstakes, held since 1997. The contest commences with a January 1 television special showcasing the fully furnished, custom-built home; viewers are invited to enter online or by sending in a postcard.
HH-43 Huskie The Kaman HH-43 Huskie is a helicopter that was used by the United States Air Force, the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps in the 1950s through 1970s. It was primarily used for aircraft firefighting and rescue.
HH-60 Jayhawk The HH-60 Jayhawk is a twin-engine medium-range search and rescue (SAR) helicopter, based on the airframe of the SH-60 Seahawk. Besides SAR, it is used for drug interdiction, cargo lift, and special operations.
HH-60 Pave Hawk The primary function of the Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter is to conduct day or night operations into hostile environments to recover downed aircrew or other isolated personnel during war. Because of its versatility, the HH-60G may also perform peace-time operations.
HH-65 Dolphin The HH-65 Dolphin is a MEDEVAC-capable Search-and-Rescue (SAR) helicopter operated by several agencies in the United States, including the United States Coast Guard (USCG). It is a variant of the French-built Eurocopter Dauphin.
HHSAA State Football Championship/Oahu Prep Bowl The HHSAA State Football Championship consists of the two games that are played annually to crown the Division 1 and Division 2 state football champions in Hawaii. Before 1999, when the State Football Championship game was instituted, Hawaii did not crown an official state champion in football and instead held the Oahu Prep Bowl, which matched up the champions of the two football leagues on Oahu to play for a mythical state football championship.
HHUS The Student Association at the Umeå School of Business (in Swedish: Handelshögskolan i Umeå Studentförening, HHUS) is a non-profit-making association and a part of the Umeå Student Union. All students at the Umeå School of Business (USBE) are members in HHUS.
HHV Latency Associated Transcript Infection by any of the Human Herpes Viruses (HHV) may lead to chronic viral infection which involves a dormant period known as latency. For example, the HHV-3 virus which causes Chicken Pox may also result in Shingles following many years of latency.
Hi (magazine) Hi Magazine (also Hi International) is a glossy, teen lifestyle publication targeted at Middle Eastern and Muslim youth. Like Al Hurra and Radio Sawa, the magazine is a tool of public diplomacy, produced by the United States State Department in conjunction with The Magazine Group, an external publishing company.
Hi Diddle Riddle "Hi Diddle Riddle" was the first half-hour length episode of Batman to air, first broadcast on ABC January 12, 1966 and repeated on August 24, 1966 and April 5, 1967. It marked the first appearance of Frank Gorshin as The Riddler.
Hi Hi PUFFY Bu "Hi Hi PUFFY Club", more accurately titled "Hi Hi PUFFY Bu" (Hi Hi PUFFY 部 Hi Hi PUFFY kurabu) is Puffy AmiYumi's new show, which premiered on TV Asahi on 5th July 2006. The show stars both Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura, and its opening credits include them in a cel-shaded manga.
Hi Ho Silver Lining Hi Ho Silver Lining is a still-popular 1960s rock song, written by Scott English and Larry Weiss, and first recorded by Jeff Beck. It has been re-recorded many times (mostly recently in 2006) and retains its popularity on the dance-floor, perhaps because of its zany words, well-known accompanying gestures (eg both arms raised upwards to the words 'I see your sun is shining') and highly rhythmic accompaniment.
Hi Jolly Hadji "Hi Jolly" Ali (1828 — 1902) was a Greek-Syrian specialist, he was one of the first camel drivers ever hired by US Army in 1856 to lead the camel driver experiment in the Southwest. Hi Jolly became a living legend until his death in Arizona.
Hi Resolution Hi Resolution is a software development company that develops, maintains and distributes a range of network administration, desktop protection and security products for Macintosh computers and computer networks. These solutions are used mainly in educational institutions and corporations to manage their technology resources.
Hi Rhythm Section The Hi Rhythm Section was the house band for hit soul albums by several artists, including Al Green and Ann Peebles, on Willie Mitchell's Hi Records label in the 1970s. The Hi Rhythm Section's distinctive, warm, swirling soul sound was a major ingredient in the success of the label through the 1970s.
Hi Tack Hi_Tack is an electronic music group from the Netherlands consisting of Koen Groeneveld and Addy van der Zwan. They have previously recorded under a variety of names such as Itty Bitty Boozy Woozy and Klubbheads.
Hi Wa Mata Noborikuri Kaesu Hi Wa Mata Noborikuri Kaesu (official title: 陽はまたのぼりくりかえす) is the first maxi single by Japanese group Dragon Ash; released in 1998. The single's title track was the opening theme to the 1998 anime DT Eightron.
Hi'iaka In Hawaiian mythology, Hiiaka is a daughter of Haumea and Kāne. She was the patron goddess of Hawaii and the hula dancers, and lived in a sacred grove where she spent her days dancing with the forest spirits.
Hi-5 (South African Boy Band) Hi-5 are a boy band from South Africa, most notable outside their home country for recording Afrikaans covers of Eurovision Song Contest entries. Among these are Daai Liedje (Through My Window), Die Twist (Twist Of Love) `n Ewigheid (Invincible) and Vergewe My Weer (I Do).
Hi-Five Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet based out of Waco, Texas who had a string of Top 5 hits in the early and mid 1990s, including the Billboard Hot 100 number one single "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)". The group, which was formed in 1990, consisted of Tony Thompson, Roderick "Pooh" Clark, Marcus Sanders, Russell Neal, and Toriano Easley.
Hi-n-Dry Hi-n-Dry is a Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA-based independent record label and recording studio. Founded by the late Morphine singer and bassist Mark Sandman, the studio and label are currently managed by former Morphine bandmates Dana Colley and Billy Conway.
Hi-Power Entertainment Hi Power Entertainment is a record label under Thump Records and Thump Street Records. This label has worked with many famous names such as Nate Dogg, Bad Azz, Twista, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, MC Magic of NB Ridaz, Jennifer Lopez, Bizzy Bone, Lil' Flip, Lil' Eazy-E, Kokane, Lil' Cuete, Terry "Zapp" Troutman, Brenten Wood, Rosie & The Originals, G-Unit, Compton's Most Wanted, and many more.
Hi-Q (production music) Hi-Q was a brand and library of production music produced and distributed by Capitol Records in the late 1950s-early 1960s. It saw quite a bit of use in several movies and other productions, most notably in the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead, in which producer Karl Hardman used tracks from the library, and then enhanced them by adding electronic effects to the tracks (such as echo and reverb).
Hi-tech swimwear fabrics Hi Technology Swimwear Fabrics are scientifically advanced materials used for swimwear in competitive water sports such as swimming and triathlon. Materials of this type are normally lycra and nylon composite fabrics with features to reduce drag against the water.
Hi-top fade A hi-top fade is a style of haircut where hair is cut like a Flattop, and the sides and back gradually fading from the thickness at the top, to almost bare skin. It was predominantly done by African-American youths and hip-hoppers, starting around 1985.
Hi-yi-yi Hi-yi-yi (or Hi-aiy) was a fictitious archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, created by Gerolf Steiner, a zoology professor at the University of Heidelberg, to be the habitat of his equally fictitious Rhinogradentia.
Hi, Hi, Hi "Hi, Hi, Hi" was an energetic Wings single that was banned by the BBC for its "suggestive" lyrics. The specific "sexual" line objected to is the apparent phrase "get you ready for my body gun.
Hialeah Park The Hialeah Park Racetrack, on East 4th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida is one of the oldest existing recreational facilities in southern Florida. Originally opened in 1921 by the famous aviatoion pioneer Glenn Curtiss and his partner James Bright, in 1925 the Miami Jockey Club launched Hialeah's race track on January 25, 1925.
Hiam Abbass Hiam Abbass (; also known as Hiam Abbas, Hiyam Abbas) (born 30 November 1960 in the Galilee village of Dir Hanna, Israel) is an Israeli Arab actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge, Paradise Now (2005), The Syrian Bride (2004), and Free Zone.
Hiatt Baker Hall Hiatt Baker Hall is one of the nine Halls of Residence of the University of Bristol, located in Stoke Bishop. The Hall houses around 440 undergraduate students (the largest number of any University of Bristol Hall) in two residential blocks, and is well known amongst University of Bristol students for its drab 1960's architecture, as well as its (historically) tempestuous relationship with Wills Hall.
Hiatus (linguistics) Hiatus in linguistics is the separate pronunciation of two adjacent vowels, sometimes with an intervening glottal stop. In poetic metrics, hiatus can also refer to the failure of two vowels straddling a word boundary to coalesce, for example by elision of the first vowel.
Hiatus (television) In television scheduling, a hiatus refers to a break of at least several weeks in the normal schedule of a television program. It can occur during a season of a television program, or can be between television seasons (usually during the summer, starting in June and ending in August when shooting starts for the next season).
Hiatus of the facial canal A shallow groove, sometimes double, leading lateralward and backward to an oblique opening, the hiatus of the facial canal, for the passage of the greater superficial petrosal nerve and the petrosal branch of the middle meningeal artery.
Hiawatha (Amtrak) Hiawatha is the name of an 85-mile (137 km) train route operated by Amtrak on the western shore of Lake Michigan, although the name was historically applied to several different routes that extended across the Midwest and out to the Pacific Ocean. As of 2004, fourteen trains (seven round-trips, six on Sunday) run daily between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, making intermediate stops in Glenview, Illinois, Sturtevant, Wisconsin, and General Mitchell International Airport.
Hiawatha Music Festival The Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in Marquette, Michigan is held each year during the next-to-last full weekend in July and features traditional, acoustic, and American music. Each year's main-stage line-up can include bluegrass, old-time, Cajun, Celtic, acoustic blues, Gospel, etc.
Hiawatha, Minneapolis Hiawatha is a neighborhood within the larger Longfellow community in Minneapolis. It is bordered by Howe to the North, the Mississippi River to the East, Minnehaha Park and Minnehaha neighborhood to the South, and Ericsson and Standish to the West.
Hib Milks Hubert "Hib" Milks (Born January 1, 1899 in Eardley, Ontario, Canada - January 21, 1949) was a Canadian Professional Hockey forward who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Quakers, New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators.
Hibachi The hibachi (Japanese: 火鉢, literally "fire bowl") is a traditional Japanese heating device. It consists of a round, cylindrical or a box-shaped open-topped container, made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal.
Hibaldstow Bridge Hibaldstow Bridge is an iron arch bridge that spans the River Ancholme, near the villages of Hibaldstow, in North Lincolnshire, and North Kelsey, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. A plaque mounted in the centre of the bridge reads "Erected By JTB Porter & Co.
Hibana Hibana is a spider genus that is found from the USA to Brazil, including the West Indies. It includes the Yellow ghost spider of North America, which was formerly categorized in a different genus as Aysha velox.
Hibari Misora , (May 29, 1937 - June 24, 1989) was a Japanese singer and the predominant figure in postwar enka music. she was Born in Yokohama, she was an accomplished singer by the age of seven, and appeared in film for the first time at age 12.
Hibbert Lectures The Hibbert Lectures are an annual series of non-sectarian lectures on theological issues. They are sponsored by the Hibbert Trust, which was founded in 1847 by the Unitarian Robert Hibbert with a goal to uphold "the unfettered exercise of private judgement in matters of religion.
Hibbert Trust The Hibbert Trust was founded by Robert Hibbert (1769 - 1849) and originally designated the Anti-Trinitarian Fund. It came into operation in 1853, awarded scholarships and fellowships, supported (1878 - 1894) an annual lectureship, and maintained (from 1894) a chair of ecclesiastical history at Manchester College.
Hibbertia Hibbertia, or Guinea flower, is a genus of perennial shrubs, trailing shrubs and climbers of the family Dilleniaceae. The five-petalled flowers are of all species are varying shades of yellow, with the exception of H.
Hibernate (OS feature) Hibernate (also known ambiguously as sleep mode) is a feature seen in many operating systems where the contents of RAM is written to non-volatile storage, such as the hard disk (as either a file or on a separate partition) before powering off the system. Later the system can be restored to the state it was in when hibernating, so that programs can continue executing as if nothing happened.
Hibernation Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and lower metabolic rate. Hibernation conserves energy, especially during winter.
Hibernation induction trigger Hibernation induction trigger (hibernation inducement trigger or HIT) is a substance found in the blood of hibernating animals. If blood is taken from a hibernating squirrel in the winter and injected into another squirrel in the spring, the normally active squirrel goes into hibernation.
Hibernia Beach LIVE Hibernia Beach LIVE was a gay-themed radio call-in show broadcast on San Francisco, California rock radio station KITS "Live 105." The program began running in October 1989, and ended sometime between 1998 and 2000.
Hibernia mines The Hibernia mines are a series of iron mines in northern New Jersey, worked from pre-Revolutionary times until 1916. An exploratory shaft was drilled in the 1950s but was not worked, and the shafts and adit were partly or totally sealed in 1972 and 1989.
Hibernia National Bank Hibernia National Bank, founded in 1870, was a personal banking and commercial lending institution headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the largest and oldest bank headquartered in the state, and also had locations in Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Hiberno-Norman The term Hiberno-Norman is used of those Norman lords who settled in Ireland, admitting little if any real fealty to the Anglo-Norman settlers in England. The prefix "Hiberno" means "relating to Ireland or the Irish", from Hibernia.
Hiberno-Scottish mission Irish and Scottish missionaries (Iro-Scottish, Hiberno-Scottish) were instrumental in the spread of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England and the Frankish Empire during the 6th and 7th centuries. The Latin term Scotti refers to the Scotti, the Gaelic cultural group who existed in Ireland and in western Scotland.
Hibhib Hibhib is a small village in northern Iraq, located 8 km (5 miles), northwest of the town of Baquba. The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi maintained a safehouse in the village.
Hibiki no Mahou Hibiki no Mahou also known as Hibiki's Magic in english is a short manga by the authour of Air and Clannad. It's about a girl named Hibiki who finds her way into the care of a master magician who takes her in to be his assistant in his research.
Hibiscus Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, and woody shrubs and small trees.
Hibiscus syriacus Hibiscus syriacus, the common garden Hibiscus, is also confusingly called Rose of Sharon in some areas, a name originally applied to other plants. It is a flowering shrub in the plant family Malvaceae native to much of Asia.
Hibiscus tiliaceus Hau in Hawaiian (purau in Tahitian) refers to a large shrub or tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus ) of the family Malvaceae that grows in generally wet areas and originally was brought to Hawai'i by the early settlers from elsewhere in Polynesia. It also known as Beach Hibiscus, Tewalpin, Sea Hibiscus, or Coastal Cottonwood.
Hibriten Mountain Hibriten Mountain, located in Lenoir, North Carolina, marks the western end of the Brushy Mountains range. The mountain's summit is 2,265 feet above sea level, and nearly 1,000 feet above the surrounding terrain.
Hic Mulier "Hic Mulier" (Latin: This [manlike] Woman - hic being the masculine form of the demonstrative pronoun jokingly applied to the feminine noun) is the name of a pamphlet published in 1620 in England that condemned transvestitism. Women wearing men's apparel was becoming increasingly common in that period, causing concern to the pamphleteer and other social conservatives.
Hic-cup Pup Hic-cup Pup is a one reel animated Tom and Jerry short that was created in 1952 by directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby, and scored by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson and Irven Spence, and was released in theaters on April 17, 1954.
Hicaz Hümâyun Saz Semâisi Hicaz Hümâyun Saz Semâisi is a piece of music written by Neyzen Yusuf Paşa for a saz and shows the many ways that Turkish music and European music differ. For example, the time signature of this song is in 10/8 and it features multiple Dal Segno signs.
Hick Hick (also country hick or country bumpkin) is a derogatory term for a person from a rural area. It often connotes a degree of simplicity and/or conservativism in values, manners, and mores, at least as compared with a perceived sophistication of urban dwellers.
Hick Cady Forrest Leroy (Hick) Cady (January 26, 1886 - March 3, 1946) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1912-1917) and Philadelphia Phillies (1919). Cady batted and threw right handed.
Hick's law Hick's law, or the Hick-Hyman law, is a human-computer interaction model that describes the time it takes for a user to make a decision as a function of the possible choices he or she has. Given n equally probable choices, the average reaction time T required to choose among them is approximately
Hickam Air Force Base Hickam Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in the city and county of Honolulu on the island of O'ahu, Hawai'i. Hickam AFB consists of 2,850 acres (12 km²) of land and facilities bordering Pearl Harbor, valued at more than $444 million.
Hickey (band) Hickey was a "melodic" punk band that started in San Francisco's Mission District, the band recorded, released and distributed their own music. Elaborate and very personal artwork was the style used for the band's records.
Hickey's Bengal Gazette Founded by James Augustus Hickey or Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in gaol for debt, Hickey's Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser was the first English language newspaper, and indeed the first printed newspaper, to be published in the Indian sub-continent.
Hickleton and Thurnscoe Halt Hickleton and Thurnscoe Halt was a small station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway line between Wrangbrook Junction and Wath-upon-Dearne. The halt was built to serve the mining villages of Hickleton and Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire and was situated in the centre of Thurnscoe at the point where the line crosses over the main Barnsley road.
Hickman line A Hickman line is an intravenous catheter used for the administration of chemotherapy or other medications. Hickman lines may remain in place for extended periods and are used when long-term intravenous access is needed.
Hickman v. Taylor Hickman v. Taylor (1947) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court recognized the work-product doctrine, which holds that information obtained or produced by attorneys for or in anticipation of litigation may be protected from discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Hickmania troglodytes The cribellate spider species Hickmania troglodytes (Tasmanian cave spider) occurs only in Tasmania, where it is widely distributed, especially in underground drainage and cave systems, where large numbers can be found in the entrances.
Hickory Crawdads The Hickory Crawdads are a Minor League Baseball team in Hickory, North Carolina, USA. They are a Class A team in the South Atlantic League, and have been a farm team of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1999 (The Crawdads were previously a Class A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox).
Hickory Dickory Dock (novel) Hickory Dickory Dock (published in 1955), also known as Hickory Dickory Death, is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, featuring her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The novel is notable for featuring Poirot’s efficient secretary, Miss Felicity Lemon, who had previously only appeared in the Poirot short stories.
Hickory Flat, Georgia Hickory Flat is located in southeastern Cherokee County, Georgia, USA about two miles southeast of the county seat, Canton. The community is located along an old Native American trading route and is one of the county's earliest white settlements (see map).
Hickory Grove, Illinois Hickory Grove, Illinois is an unincorporated community of about 2,300 people that reside on the outskirts of the city of Quincy, Illinois, it would be considered Quincy's second largest suburb, the largest would be North Quincy.
Hickory Hill, Memphis Hickory Hill is a middle-class, predominently African-American neighborhood in the Southeast region of Memphis, Tennessee. The neighborhood is bounded on the north by Nonconnah Parkway, on the east by the City boundary, on the south by Holmes Road and Shelby Drive, and on the west by Mendenhall Road.

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