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Lynchburg lemonade Lynchburg Lemonade is named after the town in which it is made in Lynchburg, Tennessee home of the Jack Daniels Distillery. It can be made with 1 part Jack Daniels, 1 part Triple Sec, 1 part Sweet and Sour cocktail mix and 4 parts Lemon lime soda and then mixed in a bowl according to Webtender.
Lynchet A lynchet is a bank of earth that builds up on the downslope of a field ploughed for a long period of time. The disturbed soil slips down the hillside to create a positive lynchet whilst the area reduced in level becomes a negative lynchet.
Lynching Lynching is a form of violence, usually murder, conceived of by its perpetrators as extra-legal punishment for offenders or as a terrorist method of enforcing social domination. It is characterized by a summary procedure ignoring, or even contrary to, the strict forms of law, notably judicial execution.
Lynching in the United States Lynching, in the United States, has influenced and been influenced by the major social conflicts in the country, revolving around the American frontier, Reconstruction, and the civil rights movement. Originally, lynching meant any extra-judicial punishment, including tarring and feathering and running out of town, but during the 19th century in the United States, it began to be used to refer specifically to murder, usually by hanging.
Lynkestis Lynkestis was a region (in earlier times, a small kingdom) of Upper Macedonia which was ruled by kings, barons and independent or semi-independent chieftains till the later Argead rulers of Macedon (Amyntas IV, Philip II) neutralized their independence. Pelagonia and Paionia and Almopia were to the north of Lynkestis, Eordaia to the southwest, Bottiaia to the east, and the Haliacmon river at some distance to the south.
Lynn Abbey Lynn Abbey (born September 8, 1948) is an American author. Born in Peekskill, New York, she began publishing in 1979 with the novel Daughter of the Bright Moon and the short story "The Face of Chaos," part of a Thieves World shared world anthology.
Lynn Ahrens Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist who most-frequently works with Stephen Flaherty. They are best known for the shows Once on This Island, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards, and Ragtime, which was nominated for twelve Tony Awards and won Best Original Score.
Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson (born Lynn Rene Anderson September 26, 1947) is a Country Pop music singer, who is best known for her 1970 crossover hit "Rose Garden". In 1971, she won a Grammy Award for the song for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Lynn Arnold Dr Lynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold (born 27 January, 1949), former Australian politician, was the Labor Premier of South Australia between September 4, 1992 and December 14, 1993 and currently serves as the Asia Pacific Vice President of World Vision.
Lynn Bari Lynn Bari, born Margaret Schuyler Fisher (December 18, 1913 – November 20, 1989), was a movie actress (usually in B-movies) who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in over one hundred 20th Century Fox films from the early 1930s through the 1940s.
Lynn Benesch Lynn Benesch is an American actress; best known for her role as Meredith Lord Wolek on the daytime drama One Life to Live from 1969 to 1973. She briefly reprised the role in 1987, when her characters sister Victoria Lord had an out of body experience which took a trip to heaven and reunited her with deceased loved ones.
Lynn Canyon Park Lynn Canyon Park is a municipal park in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. When the park officially opened in 1912 it was only 12 acres large, but it now encompasses an impressive 617 acres, filled with many hiking trails of varying length and difficulty.
Lynn Cartwright Lynn Cartwright (February 27 1927 – January 2 2004) was an American character actress probably best known for her performance as the older version of Geena Davis' character, Dottie Hinson, in the 1992 film A League of Their Own.
Lynn Conway Lynn Conway (born 1938) is an American computer scientist and inventor. Her most notable achievement is probably the world-wide Mead & Conway VLSI design revolution, which she started with Carver Mead - a world-wide incubator of the emerging EDA industry.
Lynn Davis (singer) Lynn Davis, is an American singer/vocalist who has toured and/or recorded with many artists such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tracie Spencer, Mooney Suzuki, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf, and Yanni for whom she appears on the live concert album and video Yanni Live at the Acropolis as a vocalist for Aria, and also appears in Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall.
Lynn E. Stalbaum Lynn Ellsworth Stalbaum (May 15, 1920 near Waterford, Wisconsin - June 17, 1999 in Bethesda, Maryland) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1965-1967. He was a Democrat.
Lynn Faulds Wood Lynn Faulds Wood (born 1950 in Loch Lomond, Arrochar, Strathclyde, Scotland, is a British television presenter. She is most famous for presenting Watchdog from 1985 until 1993, alongside her husband John Stapleton, on which she would use the phrase "potential deathtrap" numerous times leading to parody.
Lynn Flewelling Lynn Flewelling (born Lynn Elizabeth Beaulieu on October 20, 1958 in Presque Isle, Maine) is the author of two internationally acclaimed fantasy series, the Nightrunner books, and the TamĂr Triad, as well as some short fiction.
Lynn Fontanne Lynn Fontanne (December 6 1887 – July 30 1983) was an Emmy Award winning actress who was a major stage star for over 40 years and who with her husband Alfred Lunt was part of the most acclaimed acting team in the history of the American theater.
Lynn Forester Lynn Forester de Rothschild (born July 2, 1954 in Oradell, New Jersey) is an entrepreneur and the third wife of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. She heads the Luxembourg-based wireless broadband company FirstMark Communications Europe, launched in 1998 which raised $1 billion in funding, and has board members including former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Washington power-broker Vernon Jordan as board members.
Lynn Herring Sheryl Lynn Herring (most known by Lynn Herring, born September 22, 1958 in Enid, Oklahoma) is an American soap opera actress. Before acting, she was Miss Virginia USA 1977, and was runner-up to Kimberly Tomes for the title of Miss USA 1977.
Lynn Chircop Lynn Chircop (born 10th August 1981) is a Maltese singer, who won the Maltese national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. A disastrous outing at the contest saw her placing 25th in the Eurovision contest, finishing second from last with her song To Dream Again.
Lynn Jones Lynn Morris Jones (born January 1, 1953 in Meadville, Pennsylvania) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1979-83) and Kansas City Royals (1984-86). He batted and threw right handed.
Lynn Littman Lynne Littman (born June 26, 1941 in New York, New York, USA) is a film and television producer and director. Her most notable work is the feature film, Testament (1983), about the effect of a nuclear attack on a small town, starring Jane Alexander, Kevin Costner, and Aidan Quinn.
Lynn Loyns Lynn Loyns (born February 21, 1981 in Naicam, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Calgary Flames organization. He has also played for the San Jose Sharks.
Lynn M. Martin Lynn M. Martin is a former Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University from 1993 until 1999 and Chair of the Council for the Advancement of Women and Advisor to the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP for Deloitte's internal human resources and minority advancement matters.
Lynn Minmay Lynn Minmay, also spelled Linn Minmei (Japanese: ăŞăłă»ăźăłăˇă‚¤ Rin Minmei, Chinese: é´ćŽçľŽ/ćž—ćŽçľŽ Pinyin: LĂng MĂngmÄ›i) is a fictional anime character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross television series and The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? movie.
Lynn Nottage Lynn Nottage (1964-) is a respected American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of African Americans and women. She was born in Brooklyn and is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama.
Lynn Parsons Lynn Parsons has an OND in electronic principles and started her career working in the television industry as a sound engineer and then a vision mixer. Her broadcasting career began in the early 1980s, working for commercial station County Sound (later known as The Eagle and Mercury FM).
Lynn Scott Lynn Scott (born June 23, 1977 in Turpin, Oklahoma) is a former American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. He was signed by the Cowboys in 2001 as an undrafted free agent out of Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
Lynn Strait James Lynn Strait (August 7, 1968 – December 11, 1998) was the lead singer and lyricist for the metal/punk band, Snot, which broke up after his death in a car accident on December 11, 1998. Also killed in the accident was Strait's dog, Dobbs, who graced the cover of the band's 1997 Geffen debut album, Get Some and served as the group's mascot.
Lynn Thorndike Lynn Thorndike (born 1882 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; died 1965) was an American historian of medieval science and alchemy. Among his books on magic and science are: A History of Magic and Experimental Science (8 vol.
Lynn Tomlinson Lynn Tomlinson is an award winning animator, documentarian and sculptor focusing on community arts. She is the director of Summer Kitchen Studio, and lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband, Craig J Saper, and her family.
Lynn Valley Lynn Valley is a neighbourhood of North Vancouver, British Columbia. It is home to Lynn Canyon Park, a regional park administered by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, whose big attraction is the suspension bridge that resembles the Capilano Suspension Bridge.
Lynn Wells Lynn Wells was a civil rights activist in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1960s. She was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSCc),and then a national leader of Students for a Democratic Society and the Revolutionary Youth Movement in the late 1960s.
Lynn Whitfield Lynn Whitfield (May 6, 1953 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an Emmy Award-winning African American actress most famous for portraying African American entertainment pioneer Josephine Baker in 1991. Her other roles include A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Eve's Bayou (1998).
Lynn-Holly Johnson Lynn-Holly Johnson (born December 13, 1958) is a professional ice skater and actress. After receiving some success as a figure skater in the mid 1970s, she began an acting career, including a Golden Globe-nominated role in 1978's Ice Castles.
Lynne & Tessa Lynne & Tessa are a duo of girls from Frankfurt, Germany who have released internet videos of themselves lip-syncing to famous pop songs. Lynne (born January 1986) is the shorter of the two, with light brown hair and rounder facial features.
Lynne Abraham Lynne Abraham (born 1941) has been the District Attorney of the City of Philadelphia since 1991. She studied at Temple University for her undergraduate degree and also received her Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Lynne Cox Lynne Cox (born 1957) is an American long-distance open-water swimmer and writer. In 1971 she and her teammates were the first group of teenagers to complete the crossing of the Catalina Island Channel in California.
Lynne Featherstone Lynne Choona Featherstone (born December 20, 1951) in North London and educated at the Highgate Primary School, South Hampstead High School and Oxford Polytechnic, is a British politician, being the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green. She has lived in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency for over thirty years.
Lynne Franks Lynne Franks (born 16 April 1948) is one of the best-known public relations consultants in the world, a United Kingdom-based commentator on women's issues, sustainability, and consumer lifestyles. Lynne Franks is the "Be all you want to be" business-woman columnist in the financial pages of London's Sunday Express.
Lynne Freed Lynne Freed is a fiction writer who was born in Durban, South Africa. She has published several novels, including The Mirror (Ballantine Books), Home Ground (King Penguin), and The Bungalow (Story Line Press), as well as short stories and essays which have appeared in American magazines and newspapers.
Lynne Koplitz Lynne Koplitz is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was host of Telepictures nationally syndicated dating show Change of Heart, guest host on NBC's Later, co-host of the Food Network's How to Boil Water, and co-host of Sony Pictures syndicated talk show Life and Style.
Lynne Kosky Lynne Kosky MP (born 1958) is the Member for Altona, Victoria (since 1996) in the Parliament of Victoria (Australia) and is a senior Minister in the Steve Bracks Labor Government, being Minister for Public Transport and Minister for The Arts since December 2006.
Lynne McTaggart Lynne McTaggart is a journalist and author. She and her publisher/husband Bryan Hubbard are directors of a public company called What Doctors Don't Tell You Ltd, which publishes newsletters and books about alternative health.
Lynne Naylor Lynne Naylor is an artist who has worked prolifically in animation, collaborating with others like Bruce Timm and Timothy Bjorklund, and designing female characters for Batman: The Animated Series. She also co-founded Spümcø, the company of her former boyfriend John Kricfalusi (creator of Ren and Stimpy).
Lynne Stewart Lynne F. Stewart (born October 8, 1939) is a former New York attorney and self-described radical known for her outspoken political views and zealous representation of controversial, and often unpopular, defendants.
Lynne Tillman Lynne Tillman is a novelist and cultural critic. She is currently Associate Professor/Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at the University at Albany and is the author of four novels, two collections of short stories, one collection of essays and two nonfiction books.
Lynne Timmes Lynne Timmes, also known as LT is an artist on the newly formed Ruff Ryders label Ruff Pop. Lynn was raised in Arizona but has relocated to New York City where she has appeared at several major clubs such as Arlene's Grocery, The Elbow Room, Cutting room, as well as the legendary Bitter End.
Lynne Truss Lynne Truss (born 1955) is an English writer and journalist who was born in Richmond. She was educated at Tiffin Girls' School (1966-73)"The Tiffin Girls' School Prize Giving Thursday 21st September 2006" and is a graduate of University College London, where she read English (taking the best first in her year).
Lynne Watson Lynne Watson (born November 22 1952), known after marriage as Lynne Bates was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, narrowly missing two more medals.
Lynnette Cole Lynette Cole (born February 9 1978), won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant, which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000.
Lynnette Seah Lynnette Seah (born Lynnette Seah Mei Tsing; Chinese: ä˝çľŽĺą¸) is an internationally acclaimed Singaporean violinist. Besides her career as a soloist, Lynnette also serves as concertmaster of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Lynnhaven River The Lynnhaven River is a tidal river located in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia and flows into the Chesapeake Bay west of Cape Henry at Lynnhaven Inlet. It has a small, highly developed watershed covering 64 square miles, terminating at Lynnhaven Bay.
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust (The Trust) is an educational charity supporting the rebuilding and operation of the railway by the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Company, determined to reinstate the railway that was once the jewel in the crown of North Devon, England.
Lynton and Lynmouth railway station Lynton and Lynmouth was the terminus of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a famously scenic narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon. The station served the twin towns of Lynton (on the top of the cliffs) and Lynmouth (on the shoreline below).
Lynton Convict Depot Lynton Convict Depot (1853 - 1856), Western Australia, was established in 1853 to supply labour to the Geraldine Lead Mine, 40 miles north of the site in the Murchison River bed. The depot was barely finished when it was closed in December 1856 due the harsh living conditions and transport problems of the time.
Lynx (comics) Lynx is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. She is a martial artist created by writer Chuck Dixon and artist Tom Lyle as a villain to Robin (Tim Drake), and she first appeared in Robin (1st series) #1 (1991).
Lynx (constellation) Lynx (IPA: ) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere, introduced in the 17th century by Johannes Hevelius. It is so named because it is a relatively faint constellation, and one would supposedly need the eyes of a lynx to see it.
Lynx (mythology) The Lynx is an elusive, ghost-like animal that sees without being seen. Often called "the keeper of secrets of the forest", its magical appearance stems from the mystery that such a creature's shyness can also be its strength.
Lynx Express The Lynx Express was a long-distance passenger train in the South Island of New Zealand that ran the length of the Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch. The service was operated by New Zealand Rail business unit Intercity.
Lynx reconnaissance vehicle The Lynx reconnaissance vehicle (manufacturer's name: M113-1/2 Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle, abbr. M113 C&R) is a United States-built tracked armoured fighting vehicle, which was employed by the armed forces of the Netherlands and Canada.
Lynxmotion Jim Frye founded Lynxmotion in 1995, due to his fascination with robotics and a frustration with the available robot-based kits. They have been featured in such national periodicals as Servo, Nuts and Volts, and even got on the cover of Robot Magazine.
LynxOS The LynxOS RTOS is a Unix-like real-time operating system from LynuxWorks (formerly "Lynx Real-Time Systems"). Sometimes known as the Lynx Operating System, LynxOS features full POSIX conformance and, more recently, Linux compatibility.
Lyoba Lyoba or lyòba is the typical chant used by cow herders in the German, Austrian and especially the Swiss Alps. The chant is mostly used when driving the cattle from the barn to the pastures, and at the end of summer back to the barns.
Lyon & Turnbull Lyon & Turnbull is a privately owned international auction house based in Scotland. Founded in 1826, it is Scotland’s oldest and largest auction house and is the largest independent auction house in the United Kingdom outside of London.
Lyon (Suikoden) Lyon (ăŞă‚Şăł, Rion) is a Queen's Knight apprentice and the bodyguard of Prince Freyjadour Falenas in Suikoden V. She makes her debut appearance in this title, and plays a crucial role throughout the story, acting as one of the many protagonists.
Lyon Arboretum The Lyon Arboretum is a 200-acre (80-hectare) botanical garden managed by the University of Hawaii at MÄnoa and located at the upper end of MÄnoa Valley in Hawaii. The Arboretum is open to the public on weekdays from 9 AM to 4 PM; admission is free.
Lyon Metro Line C The Croix-Rousse-Croix-Paquet rack railway, which was refurbished in 1974, was integrated into the Lyon Metro in 1978 as line C, running from HĂ´tel-de-Ville to Croix-Rousse. It was extended to Cuire on December 8, 1984.
Lyon Metro Line D Line D of the Lyon Metro, with automatic trains running on tires and with no driver, and also known as MAGGALY (Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise) commenced operation under human control on September 4, 1991 between Gorge-de-Loup and Grange-Blanche. It was extended to Gare de Vénissieux on December 11 1992, at which time it switched to automatic operation.
Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility is a minimum security prison in New York in the USA. The prison is located in the western part of the Town of Dannemora in Clinton County, New York, near the community of Lyon Mountain.
Lyon Tablet The Lyon Tablet is an ancient bronze tablet that bears the transcript of a speech given by the Roman emperor Claudius. The surviving bottom portion of the tablet was discovered on Croix Rousse Hill, Lyon, France in 1528.
Lyonesse (person) In Arthurian legend, Lyonesse (also referred to as Lionese, Lionesse, Linesse, and Lyonorr) is the sister of Lynet (the Savage Damsel, who leds Sir Gareth to the Castle Perilous to save Lyonesse). Lyonesse's castle is besieged by the Red Knight of the Red Lands, who, in some retellings of the story, wishes to marry her.
Lyonesse Trilogy The Lyonesse Trilogy of fantasy novels by Jack Vance consists of three novels set in the European dark ages, in the mythical Elder Isles west of France and southwest of Britain, a generation or two before the birth of King Arthur. An Atlantis theme haunts the story, as do numerous references to Arthurian mythology.
Lyonette de Trevalion In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Lyonette de la Courcel de Trevalion, known as the "Lioness of Azzalle" is the sister of King Ganelon, an ambitious and ruthless woman who seeks to place her son Baudoin on the throne of Terre d'Ange. She is twenty years younger than her brother.
Lyonpo Jigme Thinley Lyonpo Jigme Yoser Thinley (born Bumthang 1952) is the former Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) and Head of the Government of Bhutan. "Lyonpo" is a title, meaning "minister".
Lyons group In mathematics, the Lyons group, Ly, is a finite sporadic simple group of order 2^8cdot3^7cdot5^6cdot7cdot11cdot31cdot37cdot67. It can be characterized as the unique simple group where the centralizer of an involution, and hence of all the involutions, is isomorphic to the nontrivial central extension of the cyclic group C2 by the alternating group of degree 11, tilde A_{11}.
Lyonya Golubkov Lyonya Golubkov (Russian: Лёня ГолŃбков) is a "common Russian guy" played by Vladimir Permyakov in notorious MMM commercials of the mid-1990s. Due to a very aggressive advertising campaign by MMM, most people know Vladimir Permyakov by this name.
Lyot filter A Lyot filter, named for its inventor Bernard Lyot, is a type of optical filter that uses birefringence to produce a narrow passband of transmitted wavelengths. Lyot filters are often used in astronomy, particularly for solar astronomy.
Lyotropic A liquid crystalline material is called lyotropic if the ordering effects in it are induced by changing its concentration within a solvent. Examples are suspensions of rod-like viruses as the Tobacco Mosaic Virus as well as man-made colloidal suspensions of non-spherical colloidal particles.
Lypholize Lypholization is a method of removing all moisture from a material by sublimation. The frozen specimin is placed in a vessel and a vacuum is created within that vessel causing the ice to undergo a phase transition from a solid to a gas with no liquid phase.
Lyprinol Lyprinol(R) is a natural marine extract comprising a unique combination of lipid groups and Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. It is extracted under a patented process from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel.
Lyptus Lyptus is the trade name of a wood made from a hybrid of two species of Eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus urophylla. Developed for quick harvesting, and grown on plantations in Brazil, Lyptus is marketed as an environmentally friendly alternative to oak, cherry, mahogany, and other wood products that may be harvested from old growth forests.
Lyra Lyra (IPA: , ) is one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, and is one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Lyra is a small constellation, but its principal star, Vega, is one of the brightest in the sky.
Lyra viol The lyra viol is a small bass viol, used primarily in England in the seventeenth century. While the instrument itself differs little physically from the standard consort viol, there is a large and important repertoire which was developed specifically for the lyra viol.
Lyra's Oxford Lyra's Oxford is a short book by Philip Pullman depicting an episode involving the heroine of His Dark Materials, Pullman's bestselling trilogy. Lyra's Oxford is set when Lyra Silvertongue is 15, two years after the end of the trilogy Lyra's Oxford, page 30: "Since she and Will parted two years before".
Lyran Commonwealth The Lyran Commonwealth was a fictional interstellar state in the game BattleTech supposedly formed in the year 2341 and disbanded in 3056 to join the Federated Commonwealth. Its successor is the Lyran Alliance which is the name by which the Lyran state now goes by.
Lyran Star Empire In the fictional Star Fleet Universe as represented in the range of games from Amarillo Design Bureau Inc., as well as the first two Star Fleet Command games (and the Orion Pirates stand-alone addon for Starfleet Command II) from Taldren, the Lyrans are a felinoid race possessing a stellar empire which borders the Hydran Kingdom, the Klingon Empire as well as their fierce rivals, the Kzinti Hegemony.
Lyric Opera San Diego Lyric Opera San Diego is a San Diego, California based theatre company specialising in Comic opera, Operetta, and Musical theatre. The company was founded in 1979, primarily for the purpose of performing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
Lyric poetry Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that does not attempt to tell a story, as do epic poetry and dramatic poetry, but is of a more personal nature instead. Rather than portraying characters and actions, the lyric poet addresses the reader directly, portraying his or her own feelings, states of mind, and perceptions.
Lyric Records (Germany) Lyric Records was a Germany based record label marketing gramophone records to the British market prior to World War I. At least some of the master recordings were originally from other labels, including Polyphon and Favourite.
Lyric soprano Lyric soprano - A sweet, graceful female voice, with range similar to that of the soubrette but with a stronger quality, and stronger upper register. In opera, reserved for ingenues and other sympathetic characters.
Lyric School of Acting Lyric School of Acting is now widely considered one of Canada’s premiere acting schools, boasting an international roster of award-winning television and film actors. The school was founded in 2001 and is located in the Gastown neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada.
Lyric Street Records Lyric Street Records is a country music record label. Artists included in their roster are Rascal Flatts, SHeDAISY, previous American Idol finalists Bucky Covington and Josh Gracin; and also Trent Tomlinson, and Sarah Buxton.
Lyric Suite Lyric Suite is a six-movement work for string quartet written by Alban Berg between 1925 and 1926. Though publicly dedicated to Alexander von Zemlinsky (from whose 'Lyric Symphony' it quotes), the work has recently been revealed to possess a 'secret dedication' and outline a 'secret programme'.
Lyric Theatre, Dublin The Lyric Theatre grew out of Austin Clarke's Dublin Verse Speaking Society. It operated out of the Abbey Theatre's downstairs studio theatre, the Peacock from 1941 to 1944 and the Abbey proper from 1944 to 1951 when it closed as a consequence of the fire that destroyed the building.
Lyrical Abstraction Lyrical Abstraction is an important American abstract art movement that emerged in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC and then Toronto and London during the 1960's - 1970's. Characterized by intuitive and loose paint handling, spontaneous expression, illusionist space, acrylic staining, process, occasional imagery, and other painterly and newer technological techniques.
Lyrical Ballads Lyrical Ballads is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798; it is classically considered to have marked the beginning of the Romantic movement in literature. The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the course of British and American literature.
Lyricist Lounge Founded in 1991 by Hip Hop aficionados Danny Castro and Anthony Marshall, the Lyricist Lounge concept was birthed as a series of open mic events hosted in a small studio apartment in the Lower East Side section of New York City. Even though the maximum capacity of the apartment was 25, this did little to deter them from their dream of creating an unprecedented incubator for raw talent and unsigned hype throughout the five boroughs of the city and beyond.
Lynchet A lynchet is a bank of earth that builds up on the downslope of a field ploughed for a long period of time. The disturbed soil slips down the hillside to create a positive lynchet whilst the area reduced in level becomes a negative lynchet.
Lynching Lynching is a form of violence, usually murder, conceived of by its perpetrators as extra-legal punishment for offenders or as a terrorist method of enforcing social domination. It is characterized by a summary procedure ignoring, or even contrary to, the strict forms of law, notably judicial execution.
Lynching in the United States Lynching, in the United States, has influenced and been influenced by the major social conflicts in the country, revolving around the American frontier, Reconstruction, and the civil rights movement. Originally, lynching meant any extra-judicial punishment, including tarring and feathering and running out of town, but during the 19th century in the United States, it began to be used to refer specifically to murder, usually by hanging.
Lynkestis Lynkestis was a region (in earlier times, a small kingdom) of Upper Macedonia which was ruled by kings, barons and independent or semi-independent chieftains till the later Argead rulers of Macedon (Amyntas IV, Philip II) neutralized their independence. Pelagonia and Paionia and Almopia were to the north of Lynkestis, Eordaia to the southwest, Bottiaia to the east, and the Haliacmon river at some distance to the south.
Lynn Abbey Lynn Abbey (born September 8, 1948) is an American author. Born in Peekskill, New York, she began publishing in 1979 with the novel Daughter of the Bright Moon and the short story "The Face of Chaos," part of a Thieves World shared world anthology.
Lynn Ahrens Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist who most-frequently works with Stephen Flaherty. They are best known for the shows Once on This Island, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards, and Ragtime, which was nominated for twelve Tony Awards and won Best Original Score.
Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson (born Lynn Rene Anderson September 26, 1947) is a Country Pop music singer, who is best known for her 1970 crossover hit "Rose Garden". In 1971, she won a Grammy Award for the song for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Lynn Arnold Dr Lynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold (born 27 January, 1949), former Australian politician, was the Labor Premier of South Australia between September 4, 1992 and December 14, 1993 and currently serves as the Asia Pacific Vice President of World Vision.
Lynn Bari Lynn Bari, born Margaret Schuyler Fisher (December 18, 1913 – November 20, 1989), was a movie actress (usually in B-movies) who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in over one hundred 20th Century Fox films from the early 1930s through the 1940s.
Lynn Benesch Lynn Benesch is an American actress; best known for her role as Meredith Lord Wolek on the daytime drama One Life to Live from 1969 to 1973. She briefly reprised the role in 1987, when her characters sister Victoria Lord had an out of body experience which took a trip to heaven and reunited her with deceased loved ones.
Lynn Canyon Park Lynn Canyon Park is a municipal park in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. When the park officially opened in 1912 it was only 12 acres large, but it now encompasses an impressive 617 acres, filled with many hiking trails of varying length and difficulty.
Lynn Cartwright Lynn Cartwright (February 27 1927 – January 2 2004) was an American character actress probably best known for her performance as the older version of Geena Davis' character, Dottie Hinson, in the 1992 film A League of Their Own.
Lynn Conway Lynn Conway (born 1938) is an American computer scientist and inventor. Her most notable achievement is probably the world-wide Mead & Conway VLSI design revolution, which she started with Carver Mead - a world-wide incubator of the emerging EDA industry.
Lynn Davis (singer) Lynn Davis, is an American singer/vocalist who has toured and/or recorded with many artists such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tracie Spencer, Mooney Suzuki, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf, and Yanni for whom she appears on the live concert album and video Yanni Live at the Acropolis as a vocalist for Aria, and also appears in Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall.
Lynn E. Stalbaum Lynn Ellsworth Stalbaum (May 15, 1920 near Waterford, Wisconsin - June 17, 1999 in Bethesda, Maryland) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1965-1967. He was a Democrat.
Lynn Faulds Wood Lynn Faulds Wood (born 1950 in Loch Lomond, Arrochar, Strathclyde, Scotland, is a British television presenter. She is most famous for presenting Watchdog from 1985 until 1993, alongside her husband John Stapleton, on which she would use the phrase "potential deathtrap" numerous times leading to parody.
Lynn Flewelling Lynn Flewelling (born Lynn Elizabeth Beaulieu on October 20, 1958 in Presque Isle, Maine) is the author of two internationally acclaimed fantasy series, the Nightrunner books, and the TamĂr Triad, as well as some short fiction.
Lynn Fontanne Lynn Fontanne (December 6 1887 – July 30 1983) was an Emmy Award winning actress who was a major stage star for over 40 years and who with her husband Alfred Lunt was part of the most acclaimed acting team in the history of the American theater.
Lynn Forester Lynn Forester de Rothschild (born July 2, 1954 in Oradell, New Jersey) is an entrepreneur and the third wife of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. She heads the Luxembourg-based wireless broadband company FirstMark Communications Europe, launched in 1998 which raised $1 billion in funding, and has board members including former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Washington power-broker Vernon Jordan as board members.
Lynn Herring Sheryl Lynn Herring (most known by Lynn Herring, born September 22, 1958 in Enid, Oklahoma) is an American soap opera actress. Before acting, she was Miss Virginia USA 1977, and was runner-up to Kimberly Tomes for the title of Miss USA 1977.
Lynn Chircop Lynn Chircop (born 10th August 1981) is a Maltese singer, who won the Maltese national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. A disastrous outing at the contest saw her placing 25th in the Eurovision contest, finishing second from last with her song To Dream Again.
Lynn Jones Lynn Morris Jones (born January 1, 1953 in Meadville, Pennsylvania) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1979-83) and Kansas City Royals (1984-86). He batted and threw right handed.
Lynn Littman Lynne Littman (born June 26, 1941 in New York, New York, USA) is a film and television producer and director. Her most notable work is the feature film, Testament (1983), about the effect of a nuclear attack on a small town, starring Jane Alexander, Kevin Costner, and Aidan Quinn.
Lynn Loyns Lynn Loyns (born February 21, 1981 in Naicam, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Calgary Flames organization. He has also played for the San Jose Sharks.
Lynn M. Martin Lynn M. Martin is a former Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University from 1993 until 1999 and Chair of the Council for the Advancement of Women and Advisor to the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP for Deloitte's internal human resources and minority advancement matters.
Lynn Minmay Lynn Minmay, also spelled Linn Minmei (Japanese: ăŞăłă»ăźăłăˇă‚¤ Rin Minmei, Chinese: é´ćŽçľŽ/ćž—ćŽçľŽ Pinyin: LĂng MĂngmÄ›i) is a fictional anime character from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross television series and The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? movie.
Lynn Nottage Lynn Nottage (1964-) is a respected American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of African Americans and women. She was born in Brooklyn and is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama.
Lynn Parsons Lynn Parsons has an OND in electronic principles and started her career working in the television industry as a sound engineer and then a vision mixer. Her broadcasting career began in the early 1980s, working for commercial station County Sound (later known as The Eagle and Mercury FM).
Lynn Scott Lynn Scott (born June 23, 1977 in Turpin, Oklahoma) is a former American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. He was signed by the Cowboys in 2001 as an undrafted free agent out of Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
Lynn Strait James Lynn Strait (August 7, 1968 – December 11, 1998) was the lead singer and lyricist for the metal/punk band, Snot, which broke up after his death in a car accident on December 11, 1998. Also killed in the accident was Strait's dog, Dobbs, who graced the cover of the band's 1997 Geffen debut album, Get Some and served as the group's mascot.
Lynn Thorndike Lynn Thorndike (born 1882 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; died 1965) was an American historian of medieval science and alchemy. Among his books on magic and science are: A History of Magic and Experimental Science (8 vol.
Lynn Tomlinson Lynn Tomlinson is an award winning animator, documentarian and sculptor focusing on community arts. She is the director of Summer Kitchen Studio, and lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband, Craig J Saper, and her family.
Lynn Valley Lynn Valley is a neighbourhood of North Vancouver, British Columbia. It is home to Lynn Canyon Park, a regional park administered by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, whose big attraction is the suspension bridge that resembles the Capilano Suspension Bridge.
Lynn Wells Lynn Wells was a civil rights activist in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1960s. She was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSCc),and then a national leader of Students for a Democratic Society and the Revolutionary Youth Movement in the late 1960s.
Lynn Whitfield Lynn Whitfield (May 6, 1953 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an Emmy Award-winning African American actress most famous for portraying African American entertainment pioneer Josephine Baker in 1991. Her other roles include A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Eve's Bayou (1998).
Lynn-Holly Johnson Lynn-Holly Johnson (born December 13, 1958) is a professional ice skater and actress. After receiving some success as a figure skater in the mid 1970s, she began an acting career, including a Golden Globe-nominated role in 1978's Ice Castles.
Lynne & Tessa Lynne & Tessa are a duo of girls from Frankfurt, Germany who have released internet videos of themselves lip-syncing to famous pop songs. Lynne (born January 1986) is the shorter of the two, with light brown hair and rounder facial features.
Lynne Abraham Lynne Abraham (born 1941) has been the District Attorney of the City of Philadelphia since 1991. She studied at Temple University for her undergraduate degree and also received her Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Lynne Cox Lynne Cox (born 1957) is an American long-distance open-water swimmer and writer. In 1971 she and her teammates were the first group of teenagers to complete the crossing of the Catalina Island Channel in California.
Lynne Featherstone Lynne Choona Featherstone (born December 20, 1951) in North London and educated at the Highgate Primary School, South Hampstead High School and Oxford Polytechnic, is a British politician, being the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green. She has lived in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency for over thirty years.
Lynne Franks Lynne Franks (born 16 April 1948) is one of the best-known public relations consultants in the world, a United Kingdom-based commentator on women's issues, sustainability, and consumer lifestyles. Lynne Franks is the "Be all you want to be" business-woman columnist in the financial pages of London's Sunday Express.
Lynne Freed Lynne Freed is a fiction writer who was born in Durban, South Africa. She has published several novels, including The Mirror (Ballantine Books), Home Ground (King Penguin), and The Bungalow (Story Line Press), as well as short stories and essays which have appeared in American magazines and newspapers.
Lynne Koplitz Lynne Koplitz is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was host of Telepictures nationally syndicated dating show Change of Heart, guest host on NBC's Later, co-host of the Food Network's How to Boil Water, and co-host of Sony Pictures syndicated talk show Life and Style.
Lynne Kosky Lynne Kosky MP (born 1958) is the Member for Altona, Victoria (since 1996) in the Parliament of Victoria (Australia) and is a senior Minister in the Steve Bracks Labor Government, being Minister for Public Transport and Minister for The Arts since December 2006.
Lynne McTaggart Lynne McTaggart is a journalist and author. She and her publisher/husband Bryan Hubbard are directors of a public company called What Doctors Don't Tell You Ltd, which publishes newsletters and books about alternative health.
Lynne Naylor Lynne Naylor is an artist who has worked prolifically in animation, collaborating with others like Bruce Timm and Timothy Bjorklund, and designing female characters for Batman: The Animated Series. She also co-founded Spümcø, the company of her former boyfriend John Kricfalusi (creator of Ren and Stimpy).
Lynne Stewart Lynne F. Stewart (born October 8, 1939) is a former New York attorney and self-described radical known for her outspoken political views and zealous representation of controversial, and often unpopular, defendants.
Lynne Tillman Lynne Tillman is a novelist and cultural critic. She is currently Associate Professor/Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at the University at Albany and is the author of four novels, two collections of short stories, one collection of essays and two nonfiction books.
Lynne Timmes Lynne Timmes, also known as LT is an artist on the newly formed Ruff Ryders label Ruff Pop. Lynn was raised in Arizona but has relocated to New York City where she has appeared at several major clubs such as Arlene's Grocery, The Elbow Room, Cutting room, as well as the legendary Bitter End.
Lynne Truss Lynne Truss (born 1955) is an English writer and journalist who was born in Richmond. She was educated at Tiffin Girls' School (1966-73)"The Tiffin Girls' School Prize Giving Thursday 21st September 2006" and is a graduate of University College London, where she read English (taking the best first in her year).
Lynne Watson Lynne Watson (born November 22 1952), known after marriage as Lynne Bates was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, narrowly missing two more medals.
Lynnette Cole Lynette Cole (born February 9 1978), won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant, which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000.
Lynnette Seah Lynnette Seah (born Lynnette Seah Mei Tsing; Chinese: ä˝çľŽĺą¸) is an internationally acclaimed Singaporean violinist. Besides her career as a soloist, Lynnette also serves as concertmaster of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Lynnhaven River The Lynnhaven River is a tidal river located in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia and flows into the Chesapeake Bay west of Cape Henry at Lynnhaven Inlet. It has a small, highly developed watershed covering 64 square miles, terminating at Lynnhaven Bay.
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust (The Trust) is an educational charity supporting the rebuilding and operation of the railway by the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Company, determined to reinstate the railway that was once the jewel in the crown of North Devon, England.
Lynton and Lynmouth railway station Lynton and Lynmouth was the terminus of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, a famously scenic narrow gauge line that ran through Exmoor from Barnstaple to Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon. The station served the twin towns of Lynton (on the top of the cliffs) and Lynmouth (on the shoreline below).
Lynton Convict Depot Lynton Convict Depot (1853 - 1856), Western Australia, was established in 1853 to supply labour to the Geraldine Lead Mine, 40 miles north of the site in the Murchison River bed. The depot was barely finished when it was closed in December 1856 due the harsh living conditions and transport problems of the time.
Lynx (comics) Lynx is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. She is a martial artist created by writer Chuck Dixon and artist Tom Lyle as a villain to Robin (Tim Drake), and she first appeared in Robin (1st series) #1 (1991).
Lynx (constellation) Lynx (IPA: ) is a constellation of the northern hemisphere, introduced in the 17th century by Johannes Hevelius. It is so named because it is a relatively faint constellation, and one would supposedly need the eyes of a lynx to see it.
Lynx (mythology) The Lynx is an elusive, ghost-like animal that sees without being seen. Often called "the keeper of secrets of the forest", its magical appearance stems from the mystery that such a creature's shyness can also be its strength.
Lynx Express The Lynx Express was a long-distance passenger train in the South Island of New Zealand that ran the length of the Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch. The service was operated by New Zealand Rail business unit Intercity.
Lynx reconnaissance vehicle The Lynx reconnaissance vehicle (manufacturer's name: M113-1/2 Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle, abbr. M113 C&R) is a United States-built tracked armoured fighting vehicle, which was employed by the armed forces of the Netherlands and Canada.
Lynxmotion Jim Frye founded Lynxmotion in 1995, due to his fascination with robotics and a frustration with the available robot-based kits. They have been featured in such national periodicals as Servo, Nuts and Volts, and even got on the cover of Robot Magazine.
LynxOS The LynxOS RTOS is a Unix-like real-time operating system from LynuxWorks (formerly "Lynx Real-Time Systems"). Sometimes known as the Lynx Operating System, LynxOS features full POSIX conformance and, more recently, Linux compatibility.
Lyoba Lyoba or lyòba is the typical chant used by cow herders in the German, Austrian and especially the Swiss Alps. The chant is mostly used when driving the cattle from the barn to the pastures, and at the end of summer back to the barns.
Lyon & Turnbull Lyon & Turnbull is a privately owned international auction house based in Scotland. Founded in 1826, it is Scotland’s oldest and largest auction house and is the largest independent auction house in the United Kingdom outside of London.
Lyon (Suikoden) Lyon (ăŞă‚Şăł, Rion) is a Queen's Knight apprentice and the bodyguard of Prince Freyjadour Falenas in Suikoden V. She makes her debut appearance in this title, and plays a crucial role throughout the story, acting as one of the many protagonists.
Lyon Arboretum The Lyon Arboretum is a 200-acre (80-hectare) botanical garden managed by the University of Hawaii at MÄnoa and located at the upper end of MÄnoa Valley in Hawaii. The Arboretum is open to the public on weekdays from 9 AM to 4 PM; admission is free.
Lyon Metro Line C The Croix-Rousse-Croix-Paquet rack railway, which was refurbished in 1974, was integrated into the Lyon Metro in 1978 as line C, running from HĂ´tel-de-Ville to Croix-Rousse. It was extended to Cuire on December 8, 1984.
Lyon Metro Line D Line D of the Lyon Metro, with automatic trains running on tires and with no driver, and also known as MAGGALY (Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise) commenced operation under human control on September 4, 1991 between Gorge-de-Loup and Grange-Blanche. It was extended to Gare de Vénissieux on December 11 1992, at which time it switched to automatic operation.
Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility is a minimum security prison in New York in the USA. The prison is located in the western part of the Town of Dannemora in Clinton County, New York, near the community of Lyon Mountain.
Lyon Tablet The Lyon Tablet is an ancient bronze tablet that bears the transcript of a speech given by the Roman emperor Claudius. The surviving bottom portion of the tablet was discovered on Croix Rousse Hill, Lyon, France in 1528.
Lyonesse (person) In Arthurian legend, Lyonesse (also referred to as Lionese, Lionesse, Linesse, and Lyonorr) is the sister of Lynet (the Savage Damsel, who leds Sir Gareth to the Castle Perilous to save Lyonesse). Lyonesse's castle is besieged by the Red Knight of the Red Lands, who, in some retellings of the story, wishes to marry her.
Lyonesse Trilogy The Lyonesse Trilogy of fantasy novels by Jack Vance consists of three novels set in the European dark ages, in the mythical Elder Isles west of France and southwest of Britain, a generation or two before the birth of King Arthur. An Atlantis theme haunts the story, as do numerous references to Arthurian mythology.
Lyonette de Trevalion In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Lyonette de la Courcel de Trevalion, known as the "Lioness of Azzalle" is the sister of King Ganelon, an ambitious and ruthless woman who seeks to place her son Baudoin on the throne of Terre d'Ange. She is twenty years younger than her brother.
Lyonpo Jigme Thinley Lyonpo Jigme Yoser Thinley (born Bumthang 1952) is the former Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) and Head of the Government of Bhutan. "Lyonpo" is a title, meaning "minister".
Lyons group In mathematics, the Lyons group, Ly, is a finite sporadic simple group of order 2^8cdot3^7cdot5^6cdot7cdot11cdot31cdot37cdot67. It can be characterized as the unique simple group where the centralizer of an involution, and hence of all the involutions, is isomorphic to the nontrivial central extension of the cyclic group C2 by the alternating group of degree 11, tilde A_{11}.
Lyonya Golubkov Lyonya Golubkov (Russian: Лёня ГолŃбков) is a "common Russian guy" played by Vladimir Permyakov in notorious MMM commercials of the mid-1990s. Due to a very aggressive advertising campaign by MMM, most people know Vladimir Permyakov by this name.
Lyot filter A Lyot filter, named for its inventor Bernard Lyot, is a type of optical filter that uses birefringence to produce a narrow passband of transmitted wavelengths. Lyot filters are often used in astronomy, particularly for solar astronomy.
Lyotropic A liquid crystalline material is called lyotropic if the ordering effects in it are induced by changing its concentration within a solvent. Examples are suspensions of rod-like viruses as the Tobacco Mosaic Virus as well as man-made colloidal suspensions of non-spherical colloidal particles.
Lypholize Lypholization is a method of removing all moisture from a material by sublimation. The frozen specimin is placed in a vessel and a vacuum is created within that vessel causing the ice to undergo a phase transition from a solid to a gas with no liquid phase.
Lyprinol Lyprinol(R) is a natural marine extract comprising a unique combination of lipid groups and Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. It is extracted under a patented process from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel.
Lyptus Lyptus is the trade name of a wood made from a hybrid of two species of Eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus grandis and Eucalyptus urophylla. Developed for quick harvesting, and grown on plantations in Brazil, Lyptus is marketed as an environmentally friendly alternative to oak, cherry, mahogany, and other wood products that may be harvested from old growth forests.
Lyra Lyra (IPA: , ) is one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, and is one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Lyra is a small constellation, but its principal star, Vega, is one of the brightest in the sky.
Lyra viol The lyra viol is a small bass viol, used primarily in England in the seventeenth century. While the instrument itself differs little physically from the standard consort viol, there is a large and important repertoire which was developed specifically for the lyra viol.
Lyra's Oxford Lyra's Oxford is a short book by Philip Pullman depicting an episode involving the heroine of His Dark Materials, Pullman's bestselling trilogy. Lyra's Oxford is set when Lyra Silvertongue is 15, two years after the end of the trilogy Lyra's Oxford, page 30: "Since she and Will parted two years before".
Lyran Commonwealth The Lyran Commonwealth was a fictional interstellar state in the game BattleTech supposedly formed in the year 2341 and disbanded in 3056 to join the Federated Commonwealth. Its successor is the Lyran Alliance which is the name by which the Lyran state now goes by.
Lyran Star Empire In the fictional Star Fleet Universe as represented in the range of games from Amarillo Design Bureau Inc., as well as the first two Star Fleet Command games (and the Orion Pirates stand-alone addon for Starfleet Command II) from Taldren, the Lyrans are a felinoid race possessing a stellar empire which borders the Hydran Kingdom, the Klingon Empire as well as their fierce rivals, the Kzinti Hegemony.
Lyric Opera San Diego Lyric Opera San Diego is a San Diego, California based theatre company specialising in Comic opera, Operetta, and Musical theatre. The company was founded in 1979, primarily for the purpose of performing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
Lyric poetry Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that does not attempt to tell a story, as do epic poetry and dramatic poetry, but is of a more personal nature instead. Rather than portraying characters and actions, the lyric poet addresses the reader directly, portraying his or her own feelings, states of mind, and perceptions.
Lyric Records (Germany) Lyric Records was a Germany based record label marketing gramophone records to the British market prior to World War I. At least some of the master recordings were originally from other labels, including Polyphon and Favourite.
Lyric soprano Lyric soprano - A sweet, graceful female voice, with range similar to that of the soubrette but with a stronger quality, and stronger upper register. In opera, reserved for ingenues and other sympathetic characters.
Lyric School of Acting Lyric School of Acting is now widely considered one of Canada’s premiere acting schools, boasting an international roster of award-winning television and film actors. The school was founded in 2001 and is located in the Gastown neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada.
Lyric Street Records Lyric Street Records is a country music record label. Artists included in their roster are Rascal Flatts, SHeDAISY, previous American Idol finalists Bucky Covington and Josh Gracin; and also Trent Tomlinson, and Sarah Buxton.
Lyric Suite Lyric Suite is a six-movement work for string quartet written by Alban Berg between 1925 and 1926. Though publicly dedicated to Alexander von Zemlinsky (from whose 'Lyric Symphony' it quotes), the work has recently been revealed to possess a 'secret dedication' and outline a 'secret programme'.
Lyric Theatre, Dublin The Lyric Theatre grew out of Austin Clarke's Dublin Verse Speaking Society. It operated out of the Abbey Theatre's downstairs studio theatre, the Peacock from 1941 to 1944 and the Abbey proper from 1944 to 1951 when it closed as a consequence of the fire that destroyed the building.
Lyrical Abstraction Lyrical Abstraction is an important American abstract art movement that emerged in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC and then Toronto and London during the 1960's - 1970's. Characterized by intuitive and loose paint handling, spontaneous expression, illusionist space, acrylic staining, process, occasional imagery, and other painterly and newer technological techniques.
Lyrical Ballads Lyrical Ballads is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798; it is classically considered to have marked the beginning of the Romantic movement in literature. The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the course of British and American literature.
Lyricist Lounge Founded in 1991 by Hip Hop aficionados Danny Castro and Anthony Marshall, the Lyricist Lounge concept was birthed as a series of open mic events hosted in a small studio apartment in the Lower East Side section of New York City. Even though the maximum capacity of the apartment was 25, this did little to deter them from their dream of creating an unprecedented incubator for raw talent and unsigned hype throughout the five boroughs of the city and beyond.
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