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Laughingthrush The Laughingthrushes are the genus Garrulax of the large Old World babbler family of passerine birds. They occur in tropical Asia, with the greatest number of species occurring in the Himalaya and southern China.
Laughter Laughter is a form of outward expression of amusement, mirth and at times, other emotionsIt may ensue (as a physiological] reaction) from [[jokes, tickling and others. Inhaling nitrous oxide can also induce laughter; other drugs, such as cannabis, can also induce episodes of strong laughter.
Laughter (album) Laughter is a 1980 album by Ian Dury & The Blockheads, it would be the last studio album Dury would make for Stiff Records, and the last album he would make with The Blockheads until 1998's Mr. Love Pants though they would record 1 single Profoundly in Love With Pandora together.
Laughter in the Dark Laughter in the Dark (Original Russian title: Камера Обскура, Kamera Obskura) is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov. It was released in 1932, translated into English as Camera Obscura in 1936 and with the more common name Laughter in the Dark in 1938.
Laughter Through Tears Laughter Through Tears is the second album released by London, England based experimental band Oi Va Voi. Some of the tracks on the album were originally on the band's debut Digital Folklore, one example is the Hungarian folk song "A Csitári" whose vocals were performed by a male singer in the older album, and by Judit Németh in Laughter Through Tears.
Laughter Yoga Laughter Yoga (Hasya Yoga) is a physically oriented technique that uses a blend of playful, empowering and otherwise "tension-releasing" simple laughter exercises. With gentle yoga-breathing and -stretching exercises, rhythmic clapping and chanting of Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha in unison a simulated laughter turns into real laughter.
Laughter, Tears and Rage Laughter, Tears and Rage was the sole album produced by Act - the short musical collaboration between Thomas Leer and ex-Propaganda vocalist Claudia BrĂĽcken - and was released in 1988, the track "Snobbery And Decay" having been released as a single and entered the UK chart the year previously. It only managed to reach #60 though.
Lauhitya Kingdom Lauhitya (Lohity, Lohitya etc as variations) was the eastern-most country (it is also the name of a river) known to the people of the epic-age (Treta Yuga or Dwapara Yuga). This kingdom existed on the banks of river Brahmaputra known by the name Lauhitya during the epic-age.
Launcelot Eric Richdale Dr Launcelot Eric Richdale OBE (1900-1983) was a New Zealand teacher and notable amateur ornithologist. Born at Marton, New Zealand and educated at Wanganui, he became a teacher based in Dunedin after obtaining a diploma in 1922 from Hawkesbury Agricultural College near Sydney, Australia.
Launcelot Primary School Launcelot School, Downham, is a mixed, non-denominational primary and nursery school for 3-11 year-olds located on Launcelot Road, Downham Estate, Bromley and was built at the same time as the surrounding housing estate.
Launceston (Tasmania electorate) The Electoral Division of Launceston was a former electoral division in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It was abolished in 1999 after a redistribution tribunal established new borders for Legislative Council divisions.
Launceston and Western Railway The Launceston and Western Railway was a private railway that opened a broad gauge (1600 mm) railway line between Deloraine and Launceston in 1871. It was built with debt guarantees from landowners near the line who stood to benefit.
Launceston FC Launceston Football Club, is a Football (soccer) Club which represents Launceston in the Tasmanian Northern Premier League. It should not be mistaken with the Australian Rules Football club of the same name, or with fellow Launceston team, Launceston City.
Launceston Church Grammar School Launceston Church Grammar School is a co-educational private school in Launceston, Tasmania, for years kindergarten through to Year 12. Although founded in 1846, the present school was formed in 1981 from the amalgamation of the boys' Launceston Grammar School and girls' Broadland House, Church of England Girls' Grammar School.
Launceston, Tasmania Launceston is a small city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 103,000, located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. It is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart and the eighteenth largest in Australia.
Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union The Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union is an AFL-CIO union in the United States. It was created as an alternative to the old Teamsters Laundry and Dry-Cleaners, which had been expelled from the AFL-CIO in 1958 for corruption.
Laundry ball The Laundry ball is a pseudoscientific product whose sellers claim that when placed in a washing machine, will clean clothes without detergent. The product is typically sold by participants in multilevel marketing schemes.
Laundry detergent Laundry detergent is a substance which is a type of detergent that is added when one is washing laundry to help get the laundry cleaner. It is often colloquially called laundry soap or simply detergent or soap and it helps wash the fabric in a manner rather analogous to the way soap helps wash hands, other parts of the body, or other things cleaner than washing with water alone.
Laundry room A laundry room (also called a utility room) is a room where clothes are washed. In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer,and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing delicate articles of clothing such as sweaters, and an ironing board.
Laundry symbols Laundry symbols, also called care symbols, are pictograms which represent different methods of washing, drying, dry-cleaning and ironing clothing. They are written on labels attached to clothing, to indicate how a particular item should best be cleaned.
Launch 5 Launch 5 is a restored NYPD Patrol Launch presently in use as a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Facility as well as for volunteer non-profit environmental, public safety and educational work. Launch 5 enjoys a rich history beginning with her construction and dedication in 1966 and continuing to this day including valuable missions and enjoying substantial media exposure.
Launch capsule A launch capsule is used to carry a submarine-launched missile from the attacking submarine through the distance of water up to the ocean surface, immediately after which the capsule is jettisoned, as the missile continues its journey propelled by the booster motor.
Launch commit criteria Launch commit criteria are the measurements obtained during the countdown and launch of a space vehicle which relate to any safety issue and the general success of the launch, as opposed to supplemental data.http://science.
Launch escape system A Launch Escape System (LES) is a top-mounted rocket connected to the crew module of a crewed spacecraft and used to quickly separate and launch the crew module away from the rest of the rocket in the case of an emergency. Since the escape rockets are above the crew module, an LES typically uses separate nozzles which are angled away from the crew module to prevent the LES exhaust from hitting it.
Launch on warning Launch on warning is a nuclear strategy which came about during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. With the invention of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), it became an integral part of the mutually assured destruction (MAD) doctrine.
Launch Services Alliance In July 2003, Arianespace joined with Boeing Launch Services and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to create the Launch Services Alliance. The flagship launchers for the Launch Services Alliance are Arianespace's Ariane rocket, Boeing's Sea Launch platform and Mitsubishi's H-II A vehicle.
Launch title A launch title is a video game that has been made available to consumers synchronously with its respective video game console, meaning they are the only available games at the time of the console's launch. Because they provide first impressions of the console's features and technical abilities, they are extremely important in the video game industry, and many launch titles have been killer apps.
Launch tower A launch tower is constructed on the launch pad of an unguided rocket for the purpose of guiding the rocket until it is fast enough for aerodynamic stabilization to take effect. For the launch of self-guided rockets a launch tower is unnecessary.
Launch track The launch track is the section of a launched roller coaster in which the train is accelerated to its full speed in a matter of seconds. A launch track is always straight and is usually banked upwards slightly, so that a train would roll backwards to the station in the event of a loss of power.
Launch window Launch window is a term used in aerospace to describe a time period in which a particular rocket must be launched. If the rocket does not launch within the "window", it has to wait for the next one before it can be launched.
LaunchBar LaunchBar is a launch application for Mac OS X. It can provide instant access to one's applications, documents, contacts and bookmarks, to your music library, to search engines and more, just by entering short abbreviations of the searched item's name.
Launched roller coaster The launched roller coaster is a modern form of roller coaster which has risen to prominence within the last decade. In place of a traditional chain lift, the launched coaster initiates a ride with high amounts of acceleration via one or series of Linear Induction Motors (LIM), Linear Synchronous Motors (LSM), catapults, or other mechanisms employing hydraulic or pneumatic power.
LaunchELF LaunchELF was an open-source filemanager for the PlayStation 2 console by "Mirakichi". Written with PS2SDK, it allows users with a modchip, PS2 Independence Exploit or other boot device to run homebrew software and manipulate files on mediums such as memory Card, hard drive, or USB mass storage devices.
Launching Place, Victoria Launching Place is a town east of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia, along the Warburton Highway between Woori Yallock and Yarra Junction. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges.
Launchpad Competition Launchpad is a statewide, alternative music competition for Wisconsin high school students who are in bands formed outside of the traditional music classroom ensembles. Created by the Wisconsin Foundation for School Music and Wisconsin School Music Association, Launchpad celebrates the reach of music education.
Launchpad McQuack Launchpad McQuack is a character created by the Walt Disney Company who first appeared as Scrooge McDuck's pilot on DuckTales, and later in the series Darkwing Duck as Darkwing's sidekick. He was a brave, good-hearted, if somewhat naive pilot with a spectacular history of crashing.
LaunchPadCMS LaunchPadCMS is an Open Source Content Management System designed principly for educational institutions with an interest in using Free/Open Source Software in providing their Web Communications and Marketing needs.
Launt Thompson Launt Thompson (February 8, 1833 - September 26, 1894), American sculptor, born in Abbeyleix, Ireland. Due to the potato famine going on in Ireland at the time, he emigrated to the United States in 1847 with his widowed mother, and they settled in Albany, New York.
Laura (1944 film) Laura, a 1944 film noir, tells the story of a police detective, investigating a woman's murder, who falls in love with her portrait. It stars Gene Tierney as Laura, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson.
Laura (song) "Laura" is a song by American glam rock band Scissor Sisters and is the lead track on their self-titled debut album (see 2004 in music). It was released as the band's first single in October 2003 in the UK, placing at #54 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2003 in British music).
Laura (WARP character) Laura is a heroine used by Japanese game developer WARP in the D series of video games. Used by the company as a sort of a "digital actress", her given name is always the same, but her last name changes with each appearance.
Laura Aga Rossi Is one of the founders of Inism and has taken part in all the most important national and international exhibitions. She edited the edition of Qu'est-ce que lInternationale Novatrice Infinitésimale (Paris-Florence, CICK-Téchne, 1981) as well as Sekondo Kwaderno INI (Rome, Nove Editrice, 1984.
Laura Albanese Laura Albanese is a Canadian news anchor for Italian language news programming on OMNI Television. She is also currently the Ontario Liberal Party candidate running in the February 8, 2007 Provincial by-election for the Ontario Legislative Assembly in the riding of York South—Weston.
Laura Albert Laura Victoria Albert (born 1965) is the author of writings credited to the fictional teenage persona of JT LeRoy, a long-running literary hoax in which LeRoy was presented to the public and publishers as a transgendered, sexually questioning, abused, former homeless drug addict and male prostitute. Albert was raised in Brooklyn, and she and her former partner Geoffrey Knoop have a young son.
Laura Bell Laura Bell (1829-1894) was a famous courtesan of Victorian England. She was most notorious for allegedly earning ÂŁ250,000 for spending a single night with Nepalese Prince Jung Bahadoor, although other sources say that was the total he spent on gifts for her over their full relationship.
Laura Benanti Laura Benanti (born July 15, 1979 in Kinnelon, New Jersey) is an American musical theatre actress who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre productions. She lived in New York until she was three years old, and was then raised in New Jersey.
Laura Betterly Laura Betterly, also known as Laura Betterly-Blom, was born in Long Island, New York and lived there until 1995. She is presently a resident of Clearwater, Florida who, as the head of Data Resource Consulting, became notorious for sending large quantities of commercial e-mail in the early 21st century when she cracked as a joke, "call me the Spam Queen" to a Wall Street Journal reporter.
Laura Boddington Laura Boddington (born 1980, in London, UK) is an English-born film and television actress, who has been working in Canada the last 10 years. Most viewers may remember her as "Un-George" on the Showtime series Dead Like Me.
Laura Bow Laura Bow is a fictional amateur detective and heroine of two adventure games, Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequest (1989) and Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra (1992), both created by the computer game company Sierra Entertainment (formerly Sierra On-Line). Laura Bow was created by Roberta Williams, co-founder of Sierra On-Line and creator of the classic King's Quest series.
Laura Bravo Laura Bravo (more commonly known as Lori Bravo) is an avant garde musician, painter and photographer, from Glendale, Arizona. She was formerly the singer and bassist with death-metal pioneers Nuclear Death, but is currently performing with her side project, "Raped".
Laura Breckenridge Laura Breckenridge (born August 22 1983) is an American actress born in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, most noted for her portrayal of 19-year-old college student Rose Sorelli on The WB's Related. The role of a young woman who switches her major from pre-med to experimental theater is not exactly a stretch for Breckenridge, who appeared on Broadway in the 2002 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible (also in the cast was another rising young star, Kristen Bell of UPN's Veronica Mars).
Laura Bridgman Laura Dewey Bridgman (December 21, 1829 - May 24, 1889) is known as the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, fifty years before the more famous Helen Keller. However, there are accounts of deaf-blind people communicating in tactile sign language before this time, and the deafblind Victorine Morriseau (1789-1832) had successfully learned French as a child some years earlier.
Laura Callahan Laura Crabtree Callahan is a former senior director at the United States Department of Homeland Security who was forced to resign after an investigation revealed that she and numerous other federal employees had obtained high-ranking government jobs through use of fabricated academic degrees received from diploma mills. Callahan had also served as Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the US Department of Labor and was previously a senior information technology (IT) manager at the White House.
Laura Carter Laura Carter is a multi-instrumentalist musician from Athens, GA. She is more notably in the indie rock band Elf Power, but has performed with a number of bands within the Elephant Six Collective, such as The Gerbils, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Dixie Blood Moustache.
Laura Claycomb Laura Claycomb is a lyric coloratura soprano. She gained international attention for the first time in 1994 after stepping in at the last minute to perform Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Geneva Opera.
Laura Clifford Barney Laura Clifford Barney (1879-1974, married name Laura Dreyfus-Barney) was the daughter of Alice Pike Barney, and sister of Natalie Clifford Barney. She is well known for having compiled the Bahá'í text Some Answered Questions from her interviews with `Abdu'l-Bahá.
Laura Dahl Laura Dahl (born 1974) is an American fashion designer. A native of Las Vegas, NV, she attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ and continued her studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Laura Donnelly Laura Donnelly Elliott is a fictional character in the American soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing. She was played by actress Donna Mills, who is closely identified in the role; Laura was also played by Barbara Stanger and Veleka Gray later on.
Laura E. Richards Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 - January 14, 1943) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others.
Laura Finocchiaro Laura Finocchiaro is a Brazilian singer, composer, guitarist, music producer and art educator. Since 1982, she has been writing sound tracks and contemporary pop songs, composed in partnership with various Brazilian lyricists and poets.
Laura Flessel-Colovic Laura Flessel-Colovic (born November 6, 1971 in Pointe-à-Pitre) is a French épée fencer. She is currently number one on the all-time list of French female Winter or Summer Olympic medal winners with five medals, two more than
Laura Garrone Laura Garrone (born in November 15, 1967 in Milan) is a former professional tennis player from Italy, who won five doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The righthander reached her highest career ranking on January 19, 1987, when she became the number 32 of the world.
Laura Gemser Laura Gemser (born October 5 1950, Java, Indonesia) is a pornographic actress of Indo descent and is generally accepted as one of the 1970s most famous erotic icons. She is sometimes credited as Moira Chen, Laura M.
Laura Gildemeister Laura Arraya Gildemeister (born in January 12, 1964 in Argentina) is a former tennis player from Peru, who won four singles titles in her professional career. Her best Grand Slam result was the quarterfinal at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships in London.
Laura Gilpin Laura Gilpin ( April 22, 1891 in Austin Bluffs, Colorado – November 30, 1979 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American photographer known for her photographs of Native Americans, particularly the Navajo and Pueblo, and her Southwestern landscapes. Her birthplace is sometimes listed as Colorado Springs, which was just south of Austin Bluffs at the time.
Laura Hardy (The Hardy Boys) Laura Hardy is a pretty and petite stay-at-home mother of Frank and Joe in the Hardy Boys novels. She is married to Fenton Hardy the private investigator and they all live in fictitious Bayport, New York with Fentons sister, Aunt Gertrude.
Laura Harris Laura Harris (born November 20, 1976, Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as grim reaper Daisy Adair in the cable series Dead Like Me and as Marie Warner in the spy drama 24. Her film career dates back to 1990 when she appeared in an adaptation of Stephen King's It.
Laura Henderson Laura Henderson (1864-1944) rose to prominence in the 1930's when, as a wealthy and eccentric widow, she founded the Windmill Theatre in London's Great Windmill Street in partnership with Vivian van Damm, and they went on to turn it into a British institution, famed for its pioneering tableaux vivants of motionless female nudity and for having 'never closed' during the blitz.
Laura Hernández Laura Hernández Pérez (born ca. 1972) is a Puerto Rican actress and journalist best known for being jailed in the Dominican Republic after being accused of drug trafficking with her husband and five other individuals who were traveling with her at the time of her arrest.
Laura Hill Laura Hill is a New Zealand actress, best known for portraying the popular character Toni Thompson/Warner on the New Zealand soap opera, Shortland Street. Born in England, she moved to New Zealand as a young child with her family.
Laura Hillenbrand Laura Hillenbrand (born 1967) is the author of the acclaimed Seabiscuit: An American Legend, a non-fiction account of the career of the great racehorse Seabiscuit, for which she won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2001. The book later became the basis of the 2003 movie Seabiscuit.
Laura Hope Crews Laura Hope Crews (San Francisco, December 12, 1879 – November 12, 1942 in New York City) was a character actress of movies and stage. The daughter of a stage actress and a backstage carpenter, Crews started acting at age four.
Laura I. Wiley Laura Ives Wiley is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She represents the state's 61st legislative district, which encompasses southwestern Guilford County, a majority of the city of High Point,the township of Jamestown, and the unincorporated area of Colfax.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway The Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway is a named road connecting historic areas that relate to the life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, best known for writing Little House on the Prairie. The highway was first designated in 1995 as U.
Laura Jones (journalist) Laura Jones is a British television journalist who is best known for her work on the popular children's television programme Newsround. Laura worked as a journalist for BBC news in Wales before joining the show in 2002.
Laura Knight Dame Laura Knight, DBE (1877-1972), English impressionist painter. Famous for capturing the world of London's theatre district, ballet and the circus, she was a member of the Newlyn School of art and was the first woman artist to be made a Dame of the British Empire.
Laura Kriho Laura Kriho was a juror in a 1996 case of methamphetamine possession in Gilpin County, Colorado. She was found in contempt of court and fined $1,200 but not jailed, after she was the lone holdout for acquittal in an 11-1 vote.
Laura La Plante Laura La Plante (born Laura La Plant on November 1, 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri; died October 14, 1996 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success in silent movies.
Laura Lansing Slept Here Laura Lansing Slept Here is a made-for-television movie released in 1988, starring Katharine Hepburn as the title character, Joel Higgins, Karen Austin and Hepburn's grand-niece Schuyler Grant. It was written by James Prideaux and directed by George Schaefer.
Laura LeĂłn Laura Leon is the stage name of Rebeca Valderrama (born November 24 in Comalcalco, Tabasco) a Mexican actress and singer. She is often referred to as "La Tesorito" ("little treasure") since that is a term of endearment she uses for people.
Laura Lee Hope Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for the Bobbsey Twins and several other series of children's novels. Actual writers taking up the pen of Laura Lee Hope include Howard and Lilian Garis, Elizabeth Ward, Harriet (Stratemeyer) Adams, and Nancy Axelrad.
Laura Macfarlane Laura Macfarlane, formerly known as Lora Macfarlane, is a Scottish-born rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter based in Australia. Originally from Glasgow, she arrived with her parents in Perth when young, and was involved in a number of bands there from the late 1980s onward, including The Brautigans.
Laura Mansfield Laura Mansfield is an American counter-terrorist expert analyst and author specializing in Middle East, Islam, and Radical Islamic Terrorism. She is the former Associate Director of the Northeast Intelligence Network.
Laura Marie Greenwood Laura Marie Greenwood (1897-1951), born in Philadelphia, was an American painter of portraits and still lifes (especially floral). Her medium was mostly oil on canvas and she was active in the Philadelphia area, though her work was also exhibited in New York and Washington, D.
Laura Michaelis Laura A. Michaelis (born in Fort Eustis, Virginia) is an associate professor in the department of Linguistics and a faculty fellow in the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Laura Miller (Matlock) Laura Miller is a fictional character portrayed by Laura Robbins in the television series, Matlock and is the goddaughter of Ben Matlock. The last time she saw her godfather was 11 years prior to her wedding, at her mother's funeral.
Laura Moffatt Laura Jean Moffatt (born 9 April 1954) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour Party member of Parliament for Crawley, and was first elected in 1997, after boundary changes led to most of the rural parts of the constituency being removed to neighbouring constituencies.
Laura Mulhall Laura Estela Mulhall (born November 30, 1957) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who played more than hundred international matches for Women's National Team. She was a member of the team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Laura Nicholls Laura Nicholls (born September 25, 1978 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 29th position in the 50m Freestyle.
Laura Numeroff Laura Joffe Numeroff (born 1953 in New York City) is an american author of children's books. Numeroff originally wanted to be a writer, but decided to follow her older sister's footsteps and become a fasion designer instead.
Laura Ortiz Laura Ortiz born April 27, 1987 is a young 5'2" actress, who appeared as the deformed child in The Hills Have Eyes. She was also the chatty caffeinated cheerleader named Ashley Hall in an advertisement for T-Mobile.
Laura Parnes Laura Parnes is a video artist, gallery owner, and professor of video at Bennington College. Parnes is best known for “Heidi 2”, an unauthorized feminist response to “Heidi” (1992), created by Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy.
Laura Recovery Center The Laura Recovery Center is a foundation designed to foster communication between law enforcement, families, and local communities in their efforts to recover lost and abducted children. The center was founded by Bob and Gay Smither in response to the murder of their daughter Laura Kate Smither (April 23, 1984 - April 3, 1997).
Laura Rockefeller Chasin Laura Rockefeller Chasin (born 1936) is the daughter of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) and Mary French and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family. Her paternal great-grandfather is Standard Oil's co-founder John D.
Laura RodrĂ­guez Laura Fiora RodrĂ­guez Riccomini (1957-1992) was a Chilean political activist from the Humanist Party. In 1989 she became the world's first Humanist to win a seat in parliament, after claiming victory as part of the ConcertaciĂłn coalition.
Laura Rothenberg Laura Elizabeth Rothenberg (February 3, 1981 - March 20, 2003)authored Breathing for a Living], a memoir about her fight with [[cystic fibrosis, a fatal disease, and her subsequent double lung transplant. Her audio diary
Laura Schwartz Laura Schwartz, former Special Assistant to the President and White House Director of Events for the Clinton Administration, is a popular political commentator, appearing frequently on the Fox News network to lend a Democratic viewpoint on shows such as Hannity & Colmes and The O'Reilly Factor.
Laura Sjoberg Laura Sjoberg is the author of Gender, Justice, and the Wars in Iraq, published by Rowman and Littlefield. The book was written when she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Women and Public Policy Program.
Laura Smith Laura Smith is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1995 single "Shade of Your Love", one of the year's biggest hits on adult contemporary radio stations in Canada, and for her rendition of the Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean".
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Laura Spelman Rockefeller, (1839-1915), (known as "Cettie"), was a philanthropist, the namesake of Spelman College and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, and the wife of the richest man who has ever lived, John D. Rockefeller, the founder of both Standard Oil and the Rockefeller family dynasty.

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