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Kirth Gersen Kirth Gersen is the protagonist of the five Demon Princes novels by Jack Vance, set approximately 1500 years in the future. When he was a boy, he and his grandfather were the only members of a peaceful and harmless space colony to escape a massacre and slave raid (the "Mount Pleasant Massacre") perpetrated by pirates led by five master criminals known as the "Demon Princes.
Kirthar Mountains Kirthar Mountains (Urdu: ŮŮه کیر تھر ) range is loacted in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. It extends southward for about 190 miles (300 km) from the Mula River in east-central Balochistan to Cape Muari (Monze) west of Karachi on the Arabian Sea.
Kirti Azad Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad (born January 2, 1959, Purnea, Bihar) is a former Indian cricketer who played in seven Tests and 25 ODIs from 1980 to 1986. The highlight of his career was the Indian victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
Kirti Chakra Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards.
Kirtik A kirtik () is a penalty in the Bridge-Belote card game, used in its versions within some parts of Bulgaria, especially Rousse and its vicinity. The penalty amounts to the negative -10 points, and is issued for not winning a committed game contract or for being valat (not winning any tricks).
Kirtland Air Force Base Kirtland Air Force Base is located in the southeast quadrant of Albuquerque, New Mexico, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base is the third largest installation in Air Force Materiel Command, covering 51,558 acres (209 km²) and employing over 23,000 people, including more than 4,200 active duty and 1,000 Guard, plus 3,200 part-time Reserve personnel.
Kirtland Cutter Kirtland Kelsey Cutter (August 20, 1860–September 26 1939) was a 20th century architect in the Pacific Northwest and California. Born in East Rockport, Ohio, he studied at the Art Students League of New York.
Kirtland Formation The Kirtland Formation (originally the Kirtland Shale) is a sedimentary geological formation. It is the product of an overbank deposit with many channels draining into an alluvial plain, that existed on the inland seashore of North America, in the late Cretaceous period.
Kirtland I. Perky Kirtland Irving Perky (February 8, 1867 - January 9, 1939) was a United States Senator from Idaho. Born in Smithville, Ohio, he attended the public schools and graduated from Ohio Northern University at Ada in 1888.
Kirtland Safety Society The Kirtland Safety Society (KSS) was a quasi-bank organized in 1836 (and reorganized on January 2, 1837) by leaders and followers of the Church of Christ (precursor to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). According to KSS's 1837 "Articles of Agreement", it was intended to serve the banking needs of the growing Mormon community in Kirtland, Ohio.
Kirtland Temple The Kirtland Temple is a registered National Historic Landmark in Kirtland, Ohio, USA, on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Owned and operated by the Community of Christ, the house of worship was the first temple to be built by the Latter Day Saint movement.
Kirtle A kirtle is a tunic-like garment worn by men and women in the Middle Ages or, later, a one-piece garment worn by women from the later Middle Ages into the Baroque period. The kirtle was typically worn over a chemise or smock and under the formal outer garment or gown.
Kirton in Lindsey Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, situated about 10 miles south of Scunthorpe, near the A15. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,694.
Kirton Lindsey railway station Kirton Lindsey railway station serves the town of Kirton Lindsey in North Lincolnshire, England. The station was opened in 1849 on the former main line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway which became part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
Kirtorf Kirtorf is a town in the northern Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany. Through the town runs the Deutsche Märchenstraße, or German Fairytale Road, a touristic route joining many of the places commonly associated with the Brothers Grimm's tales.
Kirundi Kirundi (also written Rundi) is a Bantu language (D62 in Guthrie's classification) spoken by some 6 million people in Burundi and adjacent parts of Tanzania and Congo-Kinshasa, as well as in Uganda. 84% of the speakers are Hutu, 15% are Tutsi and 1% are Twa.
Kirwan Escarpment Kirwan Escarpment () is a prominent northwest-facing escarpment which lies south of the Penck Trough in Queen Maud Land. The escarpment is featured by moderate-height cliffs and prominent rock spurs interspersed with glaciers and steep ice slopes and trends NE-SW for about 90 miles.
Kirya Kirya was Ofra Haza's 1992 follow-up to the internationally successful Desert Wind (1989). Building on her successful blend of European pop and traditional Middle Eastern sounds, the album was a logical next step for Haza.
Kiryas Joel, New York Kiryas Joel (or Kiryas Yo'el or Kiryat Joel or KJ) (קרית יו×ל, Hebrew: "Town of Joel") is a village within the Town of Monroe in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 13,138 at the 2000 census.
Kiryat Anavim Kibbutz Kiryat Anavim (קרית ×˘× ×‘×™×ť) was the first kibbutz founded in the Judean Hills of Israel. The land for Kiryat Anavim was purchased in 1914 by the Jewish National Fund from an Arab landowner who lived in the nearby village of Abu Ghosh.
Kiryat Arba Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement in Southern Judea (Southern West Bank) adjoining the city of Hebron. The Hebrew name is קִרְיַת־×ַרְבַּע, meaning "Town of the Four [Giants]", and transliterated in Standard Hebrew as Qiryat ArbaĘ» and in Tiberian Hebrew as Qiryaṯ-ĘĽarbaĘ».
Kiryat Mattersdorf Kiryat Mattersdorf is a Haredi neighborbood of Jerusalem, located on the northern edge of the mountain plateau on which the central part of Jerusalem lies. It is named after Mattersburg (formerly Mattersdorf), a town in Austria with a rich Jewish history.
Kiryat Netafim Kiryat Netafim (Hebrew: קרית × ×פים, Arabic: Ůريات نتاŮŮŠŮ…) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank region of Samaria, about 30 km east of Tel Aviv, and under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council. The yishuv was founded in June 1984 by a group of Orthodox Yemenite Jews as another link in a chain of settlements built along the Trans-Samaria Highway and adjacent to the Barkan Industrial Park in which Israelis and Palestinians work side by side in dozens of factories.
Kiryat Shmona massacre On April 11, 1974, three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command crossed the Israeli border from Lebanon. They entered an apartment building in the town of Kiryat Shmona and murdered all eighteen residents there, including nine children.
Kiryati Brigade The Kiryati Brigade (the 4th Brigade in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war) was formed in 1948 by David Ben-Gurion and was one of the original nine brigades that made up the Haganah. The Kiryati Brigade was initially responsible for securing the area in and around Tel Aviv.
Kis-my-ft A Johnny's Jr unit created in 2004, originally consisting of 7 members, whose surnames (first letter) spelled "Kis-My-Ft" : Kitayama Hiromitsu, Iida Kyohei, Senga Kento, Matsumoto Kohei/Masuda Takahisa,Yokoo Wataru, Fujigaya Taisuke, and Tomita Mao. In 2005 some membership was changed and the group's name was changed to Kis-My-Ft 2 .
Kisa (town) Kisa is a town, and the seat of Kinda Municipality, in Östergötland County, Sweden. Actress Karin Inger Monica Nilsson, who featured Pippi Longstocking from the book of Astrid Lindgren in the 1970s, was born here.
KisaÄŤ KisaÄŤ (Serbian: KisaÄŤ or КиŃач, Slovak: Kysáč, Croatian: KisaÄŤ, Hungarian: Kiszács) is a village located in the Novi Sad municipality, in the South BaÄŤka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Kisama National Park Kisama National Park is a National Park in Northwestern Angola, not far from the capital Luanda. It is the only functioning national park in all of Angola, with the others being in disrepair due to the Angolan Civil War.
Kisankasa The Kisankasa are an ethnic and linguistic group based in northern Tanzania. In 1987 the Kisankasa population was estimated to number 4,670,000 The Kisankasa are distinct from other groups often called Dorobo].
Kisantu Kisantu, also known as Inkisi, is a town in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, lying south west of Kinshasa, on the Inkisi River. It is known for its large cathedral and for its botanical gardens, which include an arboretum of indigenous trees.
Kisaragi Saemon Kisaragi Saemon (japanese: ĺ¦‚ćś ĺ·¦čˇ›é–€, hiragana: ăŤă•ă‚‰ăŽ ă•ăă‚‚ă‚“, rĹŤmaji: Kisaragi Saemon) a major character featured in the Japanese Anime Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. Saemon was chosen by Kouga Danjo to be one of ten shinobi to represent their clan of Kouga Manjidani against the chosen ten of the rival Iga Tsubagakure clan.
Kisarawe Kisarawe is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kibaha District, to the East by the Mkuranga District, to the South by the Rufiji District and to the West by the Morogoro Region.
Kisarazu Cat's Eye Kisarazu Cat's Eye (Japanese: 木更津ă‚ăŁăă„アイ) was a Japanese television drama in nine episodes that aired from January 18 to March 15 2002. It was one of the more different dramas in recent times as this drama series is told in a unique style along with hilarious and wacky scenes.
Kisatchie National Forest Kisatchie National Forest, the only national forest in Louisiana, is located in the state's old growth piney hills and hardwood bottoms of seven central and northern parishes. It totals more than 604,000 acres (2,440 km²) of public lands.
Kisdon Kisdon, also called Kisdon Hill is a fell situated in upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. Kisdon was named by early Norse settlers and it has Kisdon Farm on its southern slopes above Straw Beck.
Kisdon Force Kisdon Force is a series of waterfalls on the River Swale in Swaledale, England. The falls are situated at grid reference within the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the county of North Yorkshire, 500 metres downstream from the small hamlet of Keld.
Kisei, Mie Kisei (紀勢町; -cho) was a town located in Watarai District, Mie, Japan. On February 14, 2005 it merged with the town of Omiya forming the new town of Taiki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kisekae Set System Kisekae Set System (commonly known as KiSS) is a blending of art with computers originally designed to allow creation of virtual "paper dolls". Kisekae is short for "kisekae ningyou"; a Japanese term meaning "playing with dress-up dolls".
Kish (rapper) Kish (born Andrew Kishino in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Japanese Canadian rapper who is considered as a one-hit wonder in 1991 with his song I Rhyme the World in 80 Days, which was accompanied by a music video that received airplay on Much Music. The song was followed up with the single "She's a Flirt".
Kish Island Kish (Persian: Ú©ŰŚŘ´) is an Iranian island and city in the Persian Gulf, and is part of the Hormozgan province. Due to its status as a free trade zone, it is touted as a consumer's 'paradise,' with numerous malls, shopping centres, tourist attractions, and resort hotels.
Kisha club A , or "reporters' club", from the Japanese word , meaning reporter, is a Japanese news-gathering association of reporters from specific news organizations, whose reporting centers on a press room set up by sources such as the Prime Minister's official residence, government ministries, local authorities, the police, or corporate bodies.
Kishacoquillas Valley The Kishacoquillas Valley, or Kish Valley as it is known locally, is an enclosed valley in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of Central Pennsylvania, lying between Stone Mountain ridge to the north and Jacks Mountain ridge to the south. The valley drains via the Kishacoquillas Creek through the Mann Narrows water gap in Jacks Mountain to the Juniata River.
Kishan Lal Kishan Lal (born February 2, 1917 – died 1980) was a famous Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team in 1948, which won its first gold at the Olympics as an independent country, defeating Britain in the final: 4-0.
Kishan Shrikanth Kishan Shrikanth (born 6 January 1996), professionally known as Kishan or Master Kishan, is a Kannada-language actor from India. As of January 2006, having acted in 24 films and a popular Indian soap opera, he was in the process of directing a feature film, C/o Footpath (Care of Footpath), about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school.
Kishapu Kishapu District is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Maswa District, to the south by the Tabora Region, to the east by the Meatu District and to the west by the Shinyanga Rural and Urban Districts.
Kishar In Akkadian mythology, Kishar is the daughter of Lahmu and Lahamu, two serpent-gods who were in turn the first children of Tiamat and Apsu. She is the female principle, sister and wife of Anshar, the male principle, and the mother of Anu and Ea.
Kishi JoĹŤ Kishi JoĹŤ (929-985, ĺľ˝ĺ女王, also Yoshiko JoĹŤ 承香殿女御 JokyĹŤden JoĹŤ or 斎宮女御 SaigĹ« no NyĹŤgo) was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle of the middle Heian period. She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.
Kishidan is a Japanese rock band, their name meaning "The Knights", or more literally, a "corps of knights". On their compact disc artwork they describe themselves as "Midnight Special The Knights KISHIDAN From Route 127 of Fairies".
Kishichiro Okura Baron studied at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1903 to 1906 but he did not manage to graduate from Cambridge University. He was the playboy son of Kihachiro Okura (1837-1928) who as an entrepreneur built up the Okura-gumi and founded the giant Okura zaibatsu (family trust) and the Okura Shogyo Gakko which later became Tokyo Keizai University (Tokyo University of Economics) in 1949.
Kishka (food) Kishka or kishke (Polish: kiszka; Russian: киŃка, kishka; Ukrainian: киŃка, kyshka; Yiddish and Hebrew: קישקע, kishke), is a Slavic word meaning gut, or intestine, that lends its name to varieties of sausage or pudding. see: Kaszanka
Kishkindha Kishkindha or KishkindhÄ (Sanskrit: किष्किन्‍धा) was the kingdom ruled by a Vanara King Sugreeva, the younger brother of Bali, during the Ramayana period. This was the kingdom where he ruled with the assistance of his most intelligent minister, Hanumana.
Kishkindha Kingdom Kishkindha Kingdom (also known as Kishkindhya), was the kingdom ruled by a Vanara King Sugreeva, the younger brother of Bali, during the Ramayana period. This was the kingdom where he ruled with the assistance of his most intelligent minister, Hanuman.
Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987), born in Madhya Pradesh to a Bengali family as Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and actor. Kishore is widely acknowedged as one of the finest Indian male playback singers of all time, along with Mohammed Rafi and Mukesh.
Kishore Mahbubani Kishore Mahbubani is dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. From 1971 to 2004 he served in the Singaporean Foreign Service, ending up as Singapore's Ambassador to the United Nations.
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a scholarship for high school, undergraduate and graduate studies in India in the fields of science, engineering and medicine. The scholarship is offered by the Department of Science and Technology and is intended to encourage and facilitate students taking up careers in the basic sciences, engineering and medicine.
Kishori Amonkar Kishori Amonkar (किशोरी आमोणकर) (born April 10, 1931) is a noted Hindustani music performer who sings khyal in the Jaipur gharana style. She is the daughter of the another well-known vocalist, Smt.
Kishti Tomita Kishti Tomita (born November 19 1963) is a Swedish voice coach and TV personality. Together with A&R manager Daniel Breitholtz, manager and talent scout Peter Swartling and producer, musician and disc jockey Claes af Geijerstam, she is a part of the Swedish Idol 2004, Idol 2005 and Idol 2006 jury.
Kishtwar Himalaya The Kishtwar Himalaya is a small subrange of the Himalayan mountain range, in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. It is a dramatic range of steep rock and ice peaks with great local relief.
Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine (born 9 March 1955) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Life Peer. She is Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government in the House of Lords.
Kisi (Tanzania) The Kisi are an ethnic and linguistic group based in southern Tanzania, on the northwestern shore of Lake Malawi. In 2001 the Kisi population was estimated to number 18,000, of whom 10,200 spoke the Kisi language.
Kisiel Kisiel (Lithuanian kisielius) is a traditional Polish and Lithuanian dessert made of potato flour, fruit juice, water and sugar. A jelly-like substance similar to legumin, it is one of the most popular desserts of the Polish cuisine.
Kiskunlacháza Kiskunlacháza is a town in Pest county in the northern part of Central Hungary, approximately 4 miles from the Danube river and its largest neighbor, Ráckeve. It is divided between the larger Lacháza, a predominantly Protestant and wealthy village, and Pereg, a mostly Catholic and rural village; these two villages comprise its land and population.
Kiskunság Kiskunság (; 2,423 km²) is a historical and geographical region in Hungary situated in the current Bács-Kiskun county between Kalocsa and Szeged. Like other historical European regions called Cumania, it is named for the Cumans (), a nomadic tribe of pagan Kipchaks that settled the area.
Kislev (Warhammer) In the Warhammer Fantasy setting, Kislev is the name of a Slavic-themed fictional country that sits northeast of The Empire, between it and the Realm of Chaos. Between Kislev and Norsca lies Troll Country, while beyond that lie the magic-tainted Chaos Wastes.
Kismayo Kismayo or Kismayu (; , ; ) is a port city in the Jubbada Hoose region of Somalia, and is the country's third largest city (after Mogadishu and Hargeisa.)Kismayu Travel Guide It is situated 328 miles (528 km) southwest of Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jubba River, where that river flows into the Indian Ocean.
Kismet Kismet (Turkish, Urdu as well as Hindi and Arabic, "fate"--derived from the Arabic term qisma; modified in Persian as qismat and then from Turkish it came to English usage) can refer to several things:
Kismet (1944 film) The 1944 version of Kismet was an MGM picture starring Ronald Colman, Marlena Dietrich, Joy Ann Page and Florence Bates. James Craig played the young Caliph of Baghdad, and Edward Arnold was the treacherous but likeable Grand Vizier.
Kismet (musical) Kismet is a musical, with music and lyrics written in 1953 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and produced by Charles Lederer, who in 1954, won three Tony Awards for it. The musical was adapted from the book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on the play by Edward Knoblock.
Kismet (robot) Kismet is a robot at MIT with auditory, visual and expressive systems intended to participate in human social interaction and to demonstrate simulated human emotion and appearance. In order for Kismet to properly interact with human beings, it contains input devices that give it auditory, visual, and proprioception abilities.
Kisna: The Warrior Poet Kisna is a Bollywood film that was released in 2005, starring Vivek Oberoi (who plays the title role), Isha Sharvani, and Antonia Bernath. The musical film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to leave.
Kiso River The Kiso river (, Kiso-gawa) is a river in Japan roughly 227Â km long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya.
Kiso Yoshida Kiso Yoshida (1919-2005), wife of Toshi Yoshida and one of the artists in the important Yoshida family of Japanese artists. Unlike the others in the family, Kiso created only a few woodblock prints, but she excelled in the older, traditional arts of Japan.
Kisong Baptist Church Kisong Baptist Church is one of the oldest church in Sadar North Baptist Association. It is located in Kisong village in Sadar sub-division of West Tripura district of Tripura] has more than 200 of active members.
Kiss (band) Kiss (sometimes typeset "KISS", to fit the official logo) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Easily identified by their trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured firebreathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and pyrotechnics.
Kiss (cryptanalysis) In cryptanalysis, a kiss was a term used at Bletchley Park during World War II for occasions when the enemy sent an identical message twice, once in a breakable cipher and again in an unbroken cipher. A deciphered message in the breakable system provided a "crib" (piece of known plaintext) which could then be used to read the unbroken messages.
Kiss 101 West Kiss 101 West is a radio station in South Wales and South West England playing dance music and R'n'B. It is part of a network of stations called the Kiss Network, which also includes Kiss 105-108 (East Anglia) and Kiss 100 (London) and is owned by EMAP.
Kiss and cry The kiss and cry is the area in an ice rink where skaters wait for their marks to be announced after their performances during a figure skating competition; the skaters and coaches often kiss] to celebrate after a good performance, or [[tears|cry after a poor one. The area is usually located in the corner or end of the rink and is furnished with a bench or chairs for the skaters and coaches and monitors to display the competition results.
Kiss Army The Kiss Army is the official fan club for the American rock band Kiss, as well as the unofficial name used to refer to Kiss fans in general. It was started unofficially in 1975, by fans Bill Starkey and Jay Evans.
Kiss from a Rose "Kiss from a Rose" is a song from Seal's second self-titled album Seal, subsequently featured on the Batman Forever (1995) film soundtrack. It was originally planned to accompany a love scene between Bruce Wayne and the character Chase Meridian but ended up placed at the end of the film.
Kiss Kiss (book) Kiss Kiss is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl, first published in 1960 by Jonathan Cape in London and Alfred Knopf in the USA. Most of the constituent stories had been previously published elsewhere.
Kiss Kiss (song) "Kiss Kiss" is a dance pop song written by Juliette Jaimes, Aksu Sezen and Steve Welton-Jaimes, originally a Turkish song called "Şımarık" by Tarkan. Stella Soleil first covered the song in English in 2001.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (book) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (1968) is Pauline Kael's second collection of reviews from 1965 through 1968, compiled from numerous magazines including The Atlantic, Holiday, The New Yorker, Life, Mademoiselle, The New Republic, McCall's, and Vogue. It features her review of The Sound of Music, which she notoriously dubbed "The Sound of Money," sparking outrage from loyal readers of McCall's.
Kiss merchandising The rock band Kiss is known not only for its pyrotechnic stage act and large success in the 1970's, but also for its relentless licensing of merchandising. A full list of Kiss-related products and services is probably not possible, but this article will attempt to list the most notable in terms of success and scope.
Kiss Me Good-Bye Kiss Me Good-Bye is the theme song of Final Fantasy XII, and is the third Japanese single by Angela Aki. Although the title version of the single is in Japanese, the version included in the game is sung in English.
Kiss Me Kate Kiss Me Kate was a British sitcom that ran from 1998 till 2000. It followed the everyday life of a woman counsellor, Kate (Caroline Quentin), who must not only manage her clients' problems, but must also help her neighbours and unsuccessful business partner, Douglas, played by Chris Langham.
Kiss Me, Stupid Kiss Me, Stupid is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Kim Novak and Dean Martin. Martin plays a nightmare version of himself called "Dino", Novak portrays a stunning prostitute, and Ray Walston took over a role originally intended for Peter Sellers as a jealous husband.
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park is a 1978 television movie, starring American hard rock band Kiss. The movie's plot revolves around Kiss, who must use their superpowers to battle an evil inventor (Abner Devereaux, played by Anthony Zerbe) and to save a California amusement park from destruction.
Kiss of Death (Motörhead album) Kiss of Death is the title of the 19th studio album by heavy metal band Motörhead, released on August 29 via Sanctuary Records. The follow-up to 2004's Inferno, it was produced by Cameron Webb, as was their previous studio album.
Kiss of the Spider Woman Kiss of the Spider Woman (Portuguese: O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) is a 1985 American-Brazilian film which tells the story of two men in an Argentine prison during the 1970s military government — one a political prisoner, the other in prison for his homosexuality — who learn to respect each other. It stars William Hurt, Raúl Juliá and Sonia Braga, among others like José Lewgoy, Nuno Leal Maia, Fernando Torres and Miguel Falabella in minor roles.
Kiss on My List "Kiss On My List" was a 1981 hit song for Daryl Hall and John Oates. It was the third single from their album Voices, and became their second Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (after "Rich Girl" in 1977).
Kiss the Girl "Kiss the Girl" is an Academy Award-nominated song from Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman. In the film, the song was performed by Samuel E.
Kiss the Girls (film) Kiss the Girls is a 1997 thriller film, based on the novel by James Patterson of the same title and directed by Gary Fleder. The film tells the story of detective Alex Cross, played by Morgan Freeman, who is trying to find his kidnapped niece Naomi Cross, who is played by Gina Ravera and with the help of Kate McTiernan, played by Ashley Judd.
Kiss the World Natasha Thirsk of The Dirtmitts, re-emerges as Catlow. The debut album, Kiss the World, is chock-a-block with instantly accessible melodies and eccentric charm to win over fans of Rilo Kiley, Blonde Redhead and The Breeders.
Kiss The Stone Records Kiss The Stone Records is a popular bootleg recording company that has released many famous bootlegs by bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails. The company was based in San Marino, where the law allowed the company to market bootlegs as long as it placed royalties for the artists in an escrow account.
Kiss Them for Me "Kiss Them for Me" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees and produced by Stephen Hague. It was released in 1991 as the first single from the band's tenth studio album Superstition.
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950 film) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) is a film noir directed by Gordon Douglas based on the novel by Horace McCoy. The film was banned in Ohio as "a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission.
Kiss TV Kiss TV is a commercial music television channel from EMAP available on the Sky Digital , NTL, and Telewest digital TV platforms. The playlist is predominantly mainstream Urban Pop, Dance and R&B, although since its relaunch in Summer 2006, it has begun to focus more on dance music once again,
Kissar Kissar, or Gytarah barbaryeh, the ancient Nubian lyre, still in use in Egypt and Abyssinia (as of 1911). It consists of a body having instead of the traditional tortoise-shell back, a shallow, round bowl of wood, covered with a soundboard of sheepskin, in which are three small round sound-holes.
Kissed Kissed is a Canadian drama film, released in 1996. The film was directed by Lynne Stopkewich, and written by Stopkewich and Angus Fraser, based on Barbara Gowdy's short story "We So Seldom Look On Love".
Kirthar Mountains Kirthar Mountains (Urdu: ŮŮه کیر تھر ) range is loacted in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. It extends southward for about 190 miles (300 km) from the Mula River in east-central Balochistan to Cape Muari (Monze) west of Karachi on the Arabian Sea.
Kirti Azad Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad (born January 2, 1959, Purnea, Bihar) is a former Indian cricketer who played in seven Tests and 25 ODIs from 1980 to 1986. The highlight of his career was the Indian victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
Kirti Chakra Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards.
Kirtik A kirtik () is a penalty in the Bridge-Belote card game, used in its versions within some parts of Bulgaria, especially Rousse and its vicinity. The penalty amounts to the negative -10 points, and is issued for not winning a committed game contract or for being valat (not winning any tricks).
Kirtland Air Force Base Kirtland Air Force Base is located in the southeast quadrant of Albuquerque, New Mexico, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base is the third largest installation in Air Force Materiel Command, covering 51,558 acres (209 km²) and employing over 23,000 people, including more than 4,200 active duty and 1,000 Guard, plus 3,200 part-time Reserve personnel.
Kirtland Cutter Kirtland Kelsey Cutter (August 20, 1860–September 26 1939) was a 20th century architect in the Pacific Northwest and California. Born in East Rockport, Ohio, he studied at the Art Students League of New York.
Kirtland Formation The Kirtland Formation (originally the Kirtland Shale) is a sedimentary geological formation. It is the product of an overbank deposit with many channels draining into an alluvial plain, that existed on the inland seashore of North America, in the late Cretaceous period.
Kirtland I. Perky Kirtland Irving Perky (February 8, 1867 - January 9, 1939) was a United States Senator from Idaho. Born in Smithville, Ohio, he attended the public schools and graduated from Ohio Northern University at Ada in 1888.
Kirtland Safety Society The Kirtland Safety Society (KSS) was a quasi-bank organized in 1836 (and reorganized on January 2, 1837) by leaders and followers of the Church of Christ (precursor to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). According to KSS's 1837 "Articles of Agreement", it was intended to serve the banking needs of the growing Mormon community in Kirtland, Ohio.
Kirtland Temple The Kirtland Temple is a registered National Historic Landmark in Kirtland, Ohio, USA, on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Owned and operated by the Community of Christ, the house of worship was the first temple to be built by the Latter Day Saint movement.
Kirtle A kirtle is a tunic-like garment worn by men and women in the Middle Ages or, later, a one-piece garment worn by women from the later Middle Ages into the Baroque period. The kirtle was typically worn over a chemise or smock and under the formal outer garment or gown.
Kirton in Lindsey Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a small town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, situated about 10 miles south of Scunthorpe, near the A15. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,694.
Kirton Lindsey railway station Kirton Lindsey railway station serves the town of Kirton Lindsey in North Lincolnshire, England. The station was opened in 1849 on the former main line of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway which became part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
Kirtorf Kirtorf is a town in the northern Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany. Through the town runs the Deutsche Märchenstraße, or German Fairytale Road, a touristic route joining many of the places commonly associated with the Brothers Grimm's tales.
Kirundi Kirundi (also written Rundi) is a Bantu language (D62 in Guthrie's classification) spoken by some 6 million people in Burundi and adjacent parts of Tanzania and Congo-Kinshasa, as well as in Uganda. 84% of the speakers are Hutu, 15% are Tutsi and 1% are Twa.
Kirwan Escarpment Kirwan Escarpment () is a prominent northwest-facing escarpment which lies south of the Penck Trough in Queen Maud Land. The escarpment is featured by moderate-height cliffs and prominent rock spurs interspersed with glaciers and steep ice slopes and trends NE-SW for about 90 miles.
Kirya Kirya was Ofra Haza's 1992 follow-up to the internationally successful Desert Wind (1989). Building on her successful blend of European pop and traditional Middle Eastern sounds, the album was a logical next step for Haza.
Kiryas Joel, New York Kiryas Joel (or Kiryas Yo'el or Kiryat Joel or KJ) (קרית יו×ל, Hebrew: "Town of Joel") is a village within the Town of Monroe in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 13,138 at the 2000 census.
Kiryat Anavim Kibbutz Kiryat Anavim (קרית ×˘× ×‘×™×ť) was the first kibbutz founded in the Judean Hills of Israel. The land for Kiryat Anavim was purchased in 1914 by the Jewish National Fund from an Arab landowner who lived in the nearby village of Abu Ghosh.
Kiryat Arba Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement in Southern Judea (Southern West Bank) adjoining the city of Hebron. The Hebrew name is קִרְיַת־×ַרְבַּע, meaning "Town of the Four [Giants]", and transliterated in Standard Hebrew as Qiryat ArbaĘ» and in Tiberian Hebrew as Qiryaṯ-ĘĽarbaĘ».
Kiryat Mattersdorf Kiryat Mattersdorf is a Haredi neighborbood of Jerusalem, located on the northern edge of the mountain plateau on which the central part of Jerusalem lies. It is named after Mattersburg (formerly Mattersdorf), a town in Austria with a rich Jewish history.
Kiryat Netafim Kiryat Netafim (Hebrew: קרית × ×פים, Arabic: Ůريات نتاŮŮŠŮ…) is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank region of Samaria, about 30 km east of Tel Aviv, and under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council. The yishuv was founded in June 1984 by a group of Orthodox Yemenite Jews as another link in a chain of settlements built along the Trans-Samaria Highway and adjacent to the Barkan Industrial Park in which Israelis and Palestinians work side by side in dozens of factories.
Kiryat Shmona massacre On April 11, 1974, three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command crossed the Israeli border from Lebanon. They entered an apartment building in the town of Kiryat Shmona and murdered all eighteen residents there, including nine children.
Kiryati Brigade The Kiryati Brigade (the 4th Brigade in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war) was formed in 1948 by David Ben-Gurion and was one of the original nine brigades that made up the Haganah. The Kiryati Brigade was initially responsible for securing the area in and around Tel Aviv.
Kis-my-ft A Johnny's Jr unit created in 2004, originally consisting of 7 members, whose surnames (first letter) spelled "Kis-My-Ft" : Kitayama Hiromitsu, Iida Kyohei, Senga Kento, Matsumoto Kohei/Masuda Takahisa,Yokoo Wataru, Fujigaya Taisuke, and Tomita Mao. In 2005 some membership was changed and the group's name was changed to Kis-My-Ft 2 .
Kisa (town) Kisa is a town, and the seat of Kinda Municipality, in Östergötland County, Sweden. Actress Karin Inger Monica Nilsson, who featured Pippi Longstocking from the book of Astrid Lindgren in the 1970s, was born here.
KisaÄŤ KisaÄŤ (Serbian: KisaÄŤ or КиŃач, Slovak: Kysáč, Croatian: KisaÄŤ, Hungarian: Kiszács) is a village located in the Novi Sad municipality, in the South BaÄŤka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Kisama National Park Kisama National Park is a National Park in Northwestern Angola, not far from the capital Luanda. It is the only functioning national park in all of Angola, with the others being in disrepair due to the Angolan Civil War.
Kisankasa The Kisankasa are an ethnic and linguistic group based in northern Tanzania. In 1987 the Kisankasa population was estimated to number 4,670,000 The Kisankasa are distinct from other groups often called Dorobo].
Kisantu Kisantu, also known as Inkisi, is a town in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, lying south west of Kinshasa, on the Inkisi River. It is known for its large cathedral and for its botanical gardens, which include an arboretum of indigenous trees.
Kisaragi Saemon Kisaragi Saemon (japanese: ĺ¦‚ćś ĺ·¦čˇ›é–€, hiragana: ăŤă•ă‚‰ăŽ ă•ăă‚‚ă‚“, rĹŤmaji: Kisaragi Saemon) a major character featured in the Japanese Anime Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. Saemon was chosen by Kouga Danjo to be one of ten shinobi to represent their clan of Kouga Manjidani against the chosen ten of the rival Iga Tsubagakure clan.
Kisarawe Kisarawe is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Kibaha District, to the East by the Mkuranga District, to the South by the Rufiji District and to the West by the Morogoro Region.
Kisarazu Cat's Eye Kisarazu Cat's Eye (Japanese: 木更津ă‚ăŁăă„アイ) was a Japanese television drama in nine episodes that aired from January 18 to March 15 2002. It was one of the more different dramas in recent times as this drama series is told in a unique style along with hilarious and wacky scenes.
Kisatchie National Forest Kisatchie National Forest, the only national forest in Louisiana, is located in the state's old growth piney hills and hardwood bottoms of seven central and northern parishes. It totals more than 604,000 acres (2,440 km²) of public lands.
Kisdon Kisdon, also called Kisdon Hill is a fell situated in upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. Kisdon was named by early Norse settlers and it has Kisdon Farm on its southern slopes above Straw Beck.
Kisdon Force Kisdon Force is a series of waterfalls on the River Swale in Swaledale, England. The falls are situated at grid reference within the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the county of North Yorkshire, 500 metres downstream from the small hamlet of Keld.
Kisei, Mie Kisei (紀勢町; -cho) was a town located in Watarai District, Mie, Japan. On February 14, 2005 it merged with the town of Omiya forming the new town of Taiki and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kisekae Set System Kisekae Set System (commonly known as KiSS) is a blending of art with computers originally designed to allow creation of virtual "paper dolls". Kisekae is short for "kisekae ningyou"; a Japanese term meaning "playing with dress-up dolls".
Kish (rapper) Kish (born Andrew Kishino in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Japanese Canadian rapper who is considered as a one-hit wonder in 1991 with his song I Rhyme the World in 80 Days, which was accompanied by a music video that received airplay on Much Music. The song was followed up with the single "She's a Flirt".
Kish Island Kish (Persian: Ú©ŰŚŘ´) is an Iranian island and city in the Persian Gulf, and is part of the Hormozgan province. Due to its status as a free trade zone, it is touted as a consumer's 'paradise,' with numerous malls, shopping centres, tourist attractions, and resort hotels.
Kisha club A , or "reporters' club", from the Japanese word , meaning reporter, is a Japanese news-gathering association of reporters from specific news organizations, whose reporting centers on a press room set up by sources such as the Prime Minister's official residence, government ministries, local authorities, the police, or corporate bodies.
Kishacoquillas Valley The Kishacoquillas Valley, or Kish Valley as it is known locally, is an enclosed valley in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of Central Pennsylvania, lying between Stone Mountain ridge to the north and Jacks Mountain ridge to the south. The valley drains via the Kishacoquillas Creek through the Mann Narrows water gap in Jacks Mountain to the Juniata River.
Kishan Lal Kishan Lal (born February 2, 1917 – died 1980) was a famous Indian field hockey player. He captained the Indian hockey team in 1948, which won its first gold at the Olympics as an independent country, defeating Britain in the final: 4-0.
Kishan Shrikanth Kishan Shrikanth (born 6 January 1996), professionally known as Kishan or Master Kishan, is a Kannada-language actor from India. As of January 2006, having acted in 24 films and a popular Indian soap opera, he was in the process of directing a feature film, C/o Footpath (Care of Footpath), about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school.
Kishapu Kishapu District is one of the eight districts of the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Maswa District, to the south by the Tabora Region, to the east by the Meatu District and to the west by the Shinyanga Rural and Urban Districts.
Kishar In Akkadian mythology, Kishar is the daughter of Lahmu and Lahamu, two serpent-gods who were in turn the first children of Tiamat and Apsu. She is the female principle, sister and wife of Anshar, the male principle, and the mother of Anu and Ea.
Kishi JoĹŤ Kishi JoĹŤ (929-985, ĺľ˝ĺ女王, also Yoshiko JoĹŤ 承香殿女御 JokyĹŤden JoĹŤ or 斎宮女御 SaigĹ« no NyĹŤgo) was a Japanese Waka poet from the middle of the middle Heian period. She is one of only five women numbered as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals.
Kishidan is a Japanese rock band, their name meaning "The Knights", or more literally, a "corps of knights". On their compact disc artwork they describe themselves as "Midnight Special The Knights KISHIDAN From Route 127 of Fairies".
Kishichiro Okura Baron studied at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1903 to 1906 but he did not manage to graduate from Cambridge University. He was the playboy son of Kihachiro Okura (1837-1928) who as an entrepreneur built up the Okura-gumi and founded the giant Okura zaibatsu (family trust) and the Okura Shogyo Gakko which later became Tokyo Keizai University (Tokyo University of Economics) in 1949.
Kishka (food) Kishka or kishke (Polish: kiszka; Russian: киŃка, kishka; Ukrainian: киŃка, kyshka; Yiddish and Hebrew: קישקע, kishke), is a Slavic word meaning gut, or intestine, that lends its name to varieties of sausage or pudding. see: Kaszanka
Kishkindha Kishkindha or KishkindhÄ (Sanskrit: किष्किन्‍धा) was the kingdom ruled by a Vanara King Sugreeva, the younger brother of Bali, during the Ramayana period. This was the kingdom where he ruled with the assistance of his most intelligent minister, Hanumana.
Kishkindha Kingdom Kishkindha Kingdom (also known as Kishkindhya), was the kingdom ruled by a Vanara King Sugreeva, the younger brother of Bali, during the Ramayana period. This was the kingdom where he ruled with the assistance of his most intelligent minister, Hanuman.
Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987), born in Madhya Pradesh to a Bengali family as Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and actor. Kishore is widely acknowedged as one of the finest Indian male playback singers of all time, along with Mohammed Rafi and Mukesh.
Kishore Mahbubani Kishore Mahbubani is dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. From 1971 to 2004 he served in the Singaporean Foreign Service, ending up as Singapore's Ambassador to the United Nations.
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a scholarship for high school, undergraduate and graduate studies in India in the fields of science, engineering and medicine. The scholarship is offered by the Department of Science and Technology and is intended to encourage and facilitate students taking up careers in the basic sciences, engineering and medicine.
Kishori Amonkar Kishori Amonkar (किशोरी आमोणकर) (born April 10, 1931) is a noted Hindustani music performer who sings khyal in the Jaipur gharana style. She is the daughter of the another well-known vocalist, Smt.
Kishti Tomita Kishti Tomita (born November 19 1963) is a Swedish voice coach and TV personality. Together with A&R manager Daniel Breitholtz, manager and talent scout Peter Swartling and producer, musician and disc jockey Claes af Geijerstam, she is a part of the Swedish Idol 2004, Idol 2005 and Idol 2006 jury.
Kishtwar Himalaya The Kishtwar Himalaya is a small subrange of the Himalayan mountain range, in the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. It is a dramatic range of steep rock and ice peaks with great local relief.
Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine (born 9 March 1955) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Life Peer. She is Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government in the House of Lords.
Kisi (Tanzania) The Kisi are an ethnic and linguistic group based in southern Tanzania, on the northwestern shore of Lake Malawi. In 2001 the Kisi population was estimated to number 18,000, of whom 10,200 spoke the Kisi language.
Kisiel Kisiel (Lithuanian kisielius) is a traditional Polish and Lithuanian dessert made of potato flour, fruit juice, water and sugar. A jelly-like substance similar to legumin, it is one of the most popular desserts of the Polish cuisine.
Kiskunlacháza Kiskunlacháza is a town in Pest county in the northern part of Central Hungary, approximately 4 miles from the Danube river and its largest neighbor, Ráckeve. It is divided between the larger Lacháza, a predominantly Protestant and wealthy village, and Pereg, a mostly Catholic and rural village; these two villages comprise its land and population.
Kiskunság Kiskunság (; 2,423 km²) is a historical and geographical region in Hungary situated in the current Bács-Kiskun county between Kalocsa and Szeged. Like other historical European regions called Cumania, it is named for the Cumans (), a nomadic tribe of pagan Kipchaks that settled the area.
Kislev (Warhammer) In the Warhammer Fantasy setting, Kislev is the name of a Slavic-themed fictional country that sits northeast of The Empire, between it and the Realm of Chaos. Between Kislev and Norsca lies Troll Country, while beyond that lie the magic-tainted Chaos Wastes.
Kismayo Kismayo or Kismayu (; , ; ) is a port city in the Jubbada Hoose region of Somalia, and is the country's third largest city (after Mogadishu and Hargeisa.)Kismayu Travel Guide It is situated 328 miles (528 km) southwest of Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jubba River, where that river flows into the Indian Ocean.
Kismet Kismet (Turkish, Urdu as well as Hindi and Arabic, "fate"--derived from the Arabic term qisma; modified in Persian as qismat and then from Turkish it came to English usage) can refer to several things:
Kismet (1944 film) The 1944 version of Kismet was an MGM picture starring Ronald Colman, Marlena Dietrich, Joy Ann Page and Florence Bates. James Craig played the young Caliph of Baghdad, and Edward Arnold was the treacherous but likeable Grand Vizier.
Kismet (musical) Kismet is a musical, with music and lyrics written in 1953 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and produced by Charles Lederer, who in 1954, won three Tony Awards for it. The musical was adapted from the book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on the play by Edward Knoblock.
Kismet (robot) Kismet is a robot at MIT with auditory, visual and expressive systems intended to participate in human social interaction and to demonstrate simulated human emotion and appearance. In order for Kismet to properly interact with human beings, it contains input devices that give it auditory, visual, and proprioception abilities.
Kisna: The Warrior Poet Kisna is a Bollywood film that was released in 2005, starring Vivek Oberoi (who plays the title role), Isha Sharvani, and Antonia Bernath. The musical film is set in the India of the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to leave.
Kiso River The Kiso river (, Kiso-gawa) is a river in Japan roughly 227Â km long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya.
Kiso Yoshida Kiso Yoshida (1919-2005), wife of Toshi Yoshida and one of the artists in the important Yoshida family of Japanese artists. Unlike the others in the family, Kiso created only a few woodblock prints, but she excelled in the older, traditional arts of Japan.
Kisong Baptist Church Kisong Baptist Church is one of the oldest church in Sadar North Baptist Association. It is located in Kisong village in Sadar sub-division of West Tripura district of Tripura] has more than 200 of active members.
Kiss (band) Kiss (sometimes typeset "KISS", to fit the official logo) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Easily identified by their trademark face paint and stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid-1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured firebreathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, and pyrotechnics.
Kiss (cryptanalysis) In cryptanalysis, a kiss was a term used at Bletchley Park during World War II for occasions when the enemy sent an identical message twice, once in a breakable cipher and again in an unbroken cipher. A deciphered message in the breakable system provided a "crib" (piece of known plaintext) which could then be used to read the unbroken messages.
Kiss 101 West Kiss 101 West is a radio station in South Wales and South West England playing dance music and R'n'B. It is part of a network of stations called the Kiss Network, which also includes Kiss 105-108 (East Anglia) and Kiss 100 (London) and is owned by EMAP.
Kiss and cry The kiss and cry is the area in an ice rink where skaters wait for their marks to be announced after their performances during a figure skating competition; the skaters and coaches often kiss] to celebrate after a good performance, or [[tears|cry after a poor one. The area is usually located in the corner or end of the rink and is furnished with a bench or chairs for the skaters and coaches and monitors to display the competition results.
Kiss Army The Kiss Army is the official fan club for the American rock band Kiss, as well as the unofficial name used to refer to Kiss fans in general. It was started unofficially in 1975, by fans Bill Starkey and Jay Evans.
Kiss from a Rose "Kiss from a Rose" is a song from Seal's second self-titled album Seal, subsequently featured on the Batman Forever (1995) film soundtrack. It was originally planned to accompany a love scene between Bruce Wayne and the character Chase Meridian but ended up placed at the end of the film.
Kiss Kiss (book) Kiss Kiss is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl, first published in 1960 by Jonathan Cape in London and Alfred Knopf in the USA. Most of the constituent stories had been previously published elsewhere.
Kiss Kiss (song) "Kiss Kiss" is a dance pop song written by Juliette Jaimes, Aksu Sezen and Steve Welton-Jaimes, originally a Turkish song called "Şımarık" by Tarkan. Stella Soleil first covered the song in English in 2001.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (book) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (1968) is Pauline Kael's second collection of reviews from 1965 through 1968, compiled from numerous magazines including The Atlantic, Holiday, The New Yorker, Life, Mademoiselle, The New Republic, McCall's, and Vogue. It features her review of The Sound of Music, which she notoriously dubbed "The Sound of Money," sparking outrage from loyal readers of McCall's.
Kiss merchandising The rock band Kiss is known not only for its pyrotechnic stage act and large success in the 1970's, but also for its relentless licensing of merchandising. A full list of Kiss-related products and services is probably not possible, but this article will attempt to list the most notable in terms of success and scope.
Kiss Me Good-Bye Kiss Me Good-Bye is the theme song of Final Fantasy XII, and is the third Japanese single by Angela Aki. Although the title version of the single is in Japanese, the version included in the game is sung in English.
Kiss Me Kate Kiss Me Kate was a British sitcom that ran from 1998 till 2000. It followed the everyday life of a woman counsellor, Kate (Caroline Quentin), who must not only manage her clients' problems, but must also help her neighbours and unsuccessful business partner, Douglas, played by Chris Langham.
Kiss Me, Stupid Kiss Me, Stupid is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Kim Novak and Dean Martin. Martin plays a nightmare version of himself called "Dino", Novak portrays a stunning prostitute, and Ray Walston took over a role originally intended for Peter Sellers as a jealous husband.
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park is a 1978 television movie, starring American hard rock band Kiss. The movie's plot revolves around Kiss, who must use their superpowers to battle an evil inventor (Abner Devereaux, played by Anthony Zerbe) and to save a California amusement park from destruction.
Kiss of Death (Motörhead album) Kiss of Death is the title of the 19th studio album by heavy metal band Motörhead, released on August 29 via Sanctuary Records. The follow-up to 2004's Inferno, it was produced by Cameron Webb, as was their previous studio album.
Kiss of the Spider Woman Kiss of the Spider Woman (Portuguese: O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) is a 1985 American-Brazilian film which tells the story of two men in an Argentine prison during the 1970s military government — one a political prisoner, the other in prison for his homosexuality — who learn to respect each other. It stars William Hurt, Raúl Juliá and Sonia Braga, among others like José Lewgoy, Nuno Leal Maia, Fernando Torres and Miguel Falabella in minor roles.
Kiss on My List "Kiss On My List" was a 1981 hit song for Daryl Hall and John Oates. It was the third single from their album Voices, and became their second Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (after "Rich Girl" in 1977).
Kiss the Girl "Kiss the Girl" is an Academy Award-nominated song from Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman. In the film, the song was performed by Samuel E.
Kiss the Girls (film) Kiss the Girls is a 1997 thriller film, based on the novel by James Patterson of the same title and directed by Gary Fleder. The film tells the story of detective Alex Cross, played by Morgan Freeman, who is trying to find his kidnapped niece Naomi Cross, who is played by Gina Ravera and with the help of Kate McTiernan, played by Ashley Judd.
Kiss the World Natasha Thirsk of The Dirtmitts, re-emerges as Catlow. The debut album, Kiss the World, is chock-a-block with instantly accessible melodies and eccentric charm to win over fans of Rilo Kiley, Blonde Redhead and The Breeders.
Kiss The Stone Records Kiss The Stone Records is a popular bootleg recording company that has released many famous bootlegs by bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails. The company was based in San Marino, where the law allowed the company to market bootlegs as long as it placed royalties for the artists in an escrow account.
Kiss Them for Me "Kiss Them for Me" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie & the Banshees and produced by Stephen Hague. It was released in 1991 as the first single from the band's tenth studio album Superstition.
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950 film) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) is a film noir directed by Gordon Douglas based on the novel by Horace McCoy. The film was banned in Ohio as "a sordid, sadistic presentation of brutality and an extreme presentation of crime with explicit steps in commission.
Kiss TV Kiss TV is a commercial music television channel from EMAP available on the Sky Digital , NTL, and Telewest digital TV platforms. The playlist is predominantly mainstream Urban Pop, Dance and R&B, although since its relaunch in Summer 2006, it has begun to focus more on dance music once again,
Kissar Kissar, or Gytarah barbaryeh, the ancient Nubian lyre, still in use in Egypt and Abyssinia (as of 1911). It consists of a body having instead of the traditional tortoise-shell back, a shallow, round bowl of wood, covered with a soundboard of sheepskin, in which are three small round sound-holes.
Kissed Kissed is a Canadian drama film, released in 1996. The film was directed by Lynne Stopkewich, and written by Stopkewich and Angus Fraser, based on Barbara Gowdy's short story "We So Seldom Look On Love".
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