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Laurence Whistler Alan Charles Laurence Whistler (January 211912-December 19 2000) (always referred to as Laurence Whistler) was a British poet and artist, who devoted himself to glass engraving, on goblets and bowls blown to his own designs, and (increasingly, as he became more celebrated) on large-scale panels and windows in churches and private houses. He also engraved on three-sided prisms, some of them designed to revolve on a small turntable so that the prism's internal reflections 'complete' the image.
Laurence Wilson Laurence Wilson (born 10 October 1986 in Liverpool) is a young footballer contracted to play for Chester City in the 2006-07 season, having previously been on the books at Everton. He has played for England at all youth levels up to and including under-19.
Laurence's Gate Laurence's Gate is a barbican which was built in the 13th century as part of the walled fortifications of the medieval town of Drogheda. The original names for Laurence St and Laurence's Gate were East St and East Gate, respectively.
Laurencekirk Laurencekirk is a small town in Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road. It is the largest village in the Howe of the Mearns area and houses the local secondary school; Mearns Academy, which was recently awarded the Charter Mark.
Laurene Landon Laurene Landon (born 1958 as Laurene Landon Coughlin) is a film actress who first began appearing in movies in the late 1970s. She played Velda to Mike Hammer in the 1982 film I, the Jury and showed her comic ability in Airplane II: The Sequel playing one of the stewardesses.
LaurenĹŁiu BuĹź LaurenĹŁiu BuĹź (born August 27, 1987 in Cluj) is a Romanian football player, currently under contract at FCU Politehnica TimiĹźoara. After breaking into the first team at Universitatea Cluj, the young offensive midfielder caught the eye of Poli TimiĹźoara officials and joined the TimiĹźoara based club in the summer of 2006.
LaurenĹŁiu Rotaru Laurentiu Rotaru, bass-baritone, is a native of Romania. He lives in Hartford,he majored at Central Connecticut State University in Music Performance, and he is a Master of Music student at University of Connecticut.
Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel (January 19, 1736 - May 7, 1800 was Grand Pensionary] of [[Zeeland and, from November 9, 1787 to February 4, 1795, of Holland. He was an Orangist, which means that he was a supporter of Prince William V of Orange.
Laurens van den Acker Laurens van den Acker is an automobile designer from the Netherlands. van den Acker joined Ford Motor Company in 1998, eventually becoming chief designer on the Ford Escape before replacing Moray Callum as global head of design for Mazda in May 2006.
Laurens van der Post Sir Laurens Jan van der Post (aka Laurens van der Post) December 13, 1906 – December 16, 1996. Famous 20th century Afrikaner author of many books, farmer, war hero, political adviser to British heads of government, godparent of Prince William, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer, and conservationist.
Laurent Brochard Laurent Brochard (born on March 26, 1968 in Le Mans, France) is a professional male cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became World Road Racing Champion in San Sebastian, Spain.
Laurent Cassegrain Laurent Cassegrain was a Catholic priest born in the region of Chartres around 1629 and died at Chaudon (Eure-et-Loir) on August 31, 1693. At the time of his death he was working as a teacher giving science classes at the Collège de Chartres, a French lycée (that is, a high-school like institution).
Laurent Clerc Laurent Clerc (born Louis Laurent Marie Clerc) was born December 26, 1785 in La Balme les Grottes, department of Isere, France, a village on the northeastern edge of Lyon. Clerc has been called "The Apostle of the Deaf in America" and "The Father of the Deaf" by generations of American deaf people.
Laurent Fignon Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris, France) is a French former professional cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by the closest margin ever to decide the tour, 8 seconds He also won the Giro d'Italia] in 1989, having been runner-up in [[1984, and the Milan-Sanremo Classic two times.
Laurent Chappis Laurent Chappis (born 1915 in Aix-les-Bains, France), architect and town planner, created the French ski resort of Courchevel located in the Trois Vallées and in doing so practically wrote the rule book on how to design a ski resort. Chappis was a keen ski tourer exploring the mountains around Grenoble in the 1930s before joining the army and serving in the early stages of World War II.
Laurent Mbariko Laurent Jean-Pierre Mbariko (January 19, 1925 - December 30, 1972) from the Kwilu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was a prominent Congolese politician who played a significant role in Congo's independence from Belgium.
Laurent Ronde Laurent Ronde was the Crown Jeweller of France in the early 18th century. His most famous creation was the Crown of Louis XV, which he designed and manufactured and which was used as the coronation crown at the coronation of 1722 in Reims.
Laurent series In mathematics, the Laurent series of a complex function f(z) is a representation of that function as a power series which includes terms of negative degree. It may be used to express complex functions in cases where
Laurent Tailhade Laurent Tailhade(1854-1919) was a French satirical poet, anarchist polemicist, essayist, and translator, active in Paris in the 1890s and early 1900s. His most well-known poetry collections, Au Pays du mufle (1891) and Imbéciles et gredins (1900) have retained their insulting wit and verve, which blends the street slang of the outer faubourgs (neighbourhoods) of Paris with the rich language of a broad-ranging culture.
Laurent Vaguener Laurent Vaguener is a singer who in 1979 represented the principality of Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song Notre Vie, C'est La Musique. He finished 16th with just 12 points, and was the last Monegasque Eurovision act for 25 years until 2004.
Laurent-Désiré Kabila Laurent-Désiré Kabila (November 27, 1939 – January 16, 2001) was President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 1997, when he overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko until his assassination in January 2001. He was succeeded by his son Joseph Kabila.
Laurent-Michel Vacher Laurent-Michel Vacher (1944–2005) was a French-Canadian ("québécois") philosopher (France born), writer, journalist (Le Devoir, Hobo-Québec, Chroniques, Spirale) and teacher (Ahuntsic College, Montreal).
Laurent-Théodore Biett Laurent-Théodore Biett (1781-1840) was a Swiss dermatologist who practiced medicine at the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. He is chiefly remembered for introducing into France an anatomical method of analyzing skin diseases; a system that was developed by British dermatologists Robert Willan (1757-1812) and Thomas Bateman (1778-1821).
Laurent, South Dakota Laurent is a proposed planned community in McCook County, South Dakota designed for deaf, hard of hearing and other sign language users. The town is named after Laurent Clerc; its initial inhabitants are expected to move in during 2008.
Laurentian Divide The Laurentian Divide or Northern Divide runs along the crests of hills dividing the direction of water flow in the Northern Midwest of the United States and Southern/Eastern Canada. All water north will eventually make its way to Hudson Bay in Canada.
Laurentian Highlands The Laurentian Highlands consist of a landmass that extends from the Gatineau and Ottawa rivers in the west to beyond the Saguenay River in the east. Elevation ranges from 400 metres to more that 1000 metres (about 1300 to 3300 feet) in Laurentides Provincial Park north of Quebec City.
Laurentian Leadership Centre The Laurentian Leadership Centre program, an extension of Trinity Western University, offers the rare opportunity for third and forth year students to experience a fully-credited semester of study as well as a presitigous Parliamentary internship one of two national capitals: Ottawa and London, England. Although the program is open to students of any major, it is primarly designed for those who plan a career in political science, business, communications, computing science, history, European studies, or international studies.
Laurentian Library The Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Mediceo Laurenziana) in Florence, Italy is famous as a repository of nearly 11,000 manuscripts and early printed books. Built in a cloister of the Medicean Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze under the patronage of the Medici pope, Clement VII, the Library is renowned for the architecture planned and built by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1525).
Laurentian University Laurentian University (Université Laurentienne), founded in 1960, is a mid-sized bilingual university in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. While LU's focus is primarily on undergraduate programming, the university also features Canada's most recent medical school, opened in 2005, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine offers a significant number of graduate-level degrees for medical students.
Laurentide ice sheet The Laurentide ice sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered hundreds of thousands of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the northern United States, between ~ 90,000 and ~ 18,000 years before the present day. Its southern margin included the modern sites of New York City and Chicago, and then followed quite precisely the present course of the Missouri River up to the northern slopes of the Cypress Hills, beyond which it merged with the Cordilleran Ice Sheet.
Laurentie (concept) Laurentie was a poetic name given to Quebec from the 1930s to the 1950s. It was also the name of the independent Quebec forseen by the early indépendantistes of the 20th century, notably the Alliance laurentienne.
Laurentius Abstemius Laurentius Abstemius was an Italian writer, Professor of Belles Lettres at Urbino, and Librarian to Duke Guido Ubaldo under Pope Alexander VI. Born at Macerata in Ancona, he distinguished himself, at the time of the revival of letters, as a writer of considerable talents.
Laurentius Petri Laurentius Petri Nericius (Örebro 1499 – October 27, 1573), originally Lars Persson, was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Protestant reformers of Sweden.
Laurette Taylor Laurette Taylor (April 1, 1884 – December 7, 1946) was an American actress, primarily on stage, with some forays into silent film. She is considered by many a leading figure of the twentieth century theater.
Laureus World Sports Awards The Laureus World Sports Awards are awarded annually to sportspeople who have been outstanding during the previous year. The Laureus World Sports Awards were established in 1999 by Founding Patrons DaimlerChrysler and Richemont.
Lauri Ingman Lauri Ingman (born June 30, 1868 in Teuva – died October 25, 1934 in Turku) was a Finnish theologian, clergyman and politician. From 1916 to 1930 he was the professor of practical theology in the University of Helsinki.
Lauri Kristian Relander Lauri Kristian Relander (May 31, 1883 – February 9, 1942) was the second President of Finland (1925-1931). A prominent member of the Agrarian League, he served as a member of Parliament, and as Speaker, before his election as President.
Lauri Liiv Lauri Liiv is an Estonian singer well-known for his role in the Estonian version of Miss Saigon. He came fifth in the Eurolaul contest of 1999, which selected the 1999 Estonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel.
Lauri Nykopp Lauri Nykopp was a seminal figure in European contemporary and improvised music in the 1980's. His solo saxophone work, best documented on the LP "Y - an imaginary ritual" (Nosferatu FNP 1001) was ground-breaking.
Lauri Törni Lauri Allan Törni (born May 28, 1919 in Vyborg; died October 18, 1965 in Vietnam) was a Finnish Army Captain who led an infantry company in Finnish Winter and Continuation War and moved to the United States after the war. He is known as the soldier who fought under three flags: Finnish and German, when he fought the Russians in World War II, and American (where he was known as Larry Thorne) when he fought in Vietnam.
Laurices The term laurices refers to the foetus of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) prepared without evisceration and consumed as a table delicacy. The word is the plural of the Latin word laurex (variant laurix, n.
Laurie Aarons Laurence "Laurie" Aarons (19 August 1917 - 7 February 2005), Australian Communist leader, was National Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) from 1965 to 1976. He was born in Sydney, son of Sam Aarons, a leading member of the Communist Party and a veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
Laurie Allan Laurie Allan (born London, 19 February 1943) is a drummer best known for stints in Delivery and Gong. He has also played with Robert Wyatt, for example on his albums Rock Bottom and Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard.
Laurie Berkner Laurie Berkner (born 1967 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a musician best known for her work as a children's musical artist. Berkner plays guitar and sings in the Laurie Berkner Band, along with pianist Susie Lampert and bassist Brian Mueller, who is also Berkner's husband.
Laurie Boschman Laurie Boschman (born on June 4, 1960 in Major, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played in the NHL for 14 seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, New Jersey Devils and Ottawa Senators, a team in which he was captain of in his final NHL season.
Laurie Brett Laurie Brett (born 1970) is a Scottish actress who is best known for playing Jane Collins in EastEnders since 2004. She toured with a travelling circus in Mexico and Central America with Circo Magico and studied at the London Studio Centre.
Laurie Cabot Laurie Cabot is an American Wiccan high priestess, and was one of the first people to popularize Wicca in the United States. She is the author of such books as The Power of the Witch, and also founded the Cabot Tradition of the Science of Witchcraft and the Witches' League for Public Awareness.
Laurie Colwin Laurie Colwin (June 14, 1944 - October 24, 1992) was an American author. Her published works include Passion and Affect (1974), Shine on, Bright and Dangerous Object (1975), Happy All the Time (1978), The Lone Pilgrim (1981), Family Happiness (1982), Another Marvelous Thing (1988), Home Cooking (1988), Goodbye without Leaving (1990), More Home Cooking (1993), and A Big Storm Knocked It Over (1993).
Laurie Connell Laurie Connell (1946 - 27 February, 1996) was a Western Australian business entrepreneur well known for his dealings with the Government of Western Australia and his close relationship with the then Premier of Western Australia, Brian Burke during the WA Inc period in the mid to late 1980's.
Laurie Daley Laurie Daley (born October 20, 1969, Junee) was a rugby league player in the Australian rugby league competition, primarily as a centre and then five-eighth. He played for the Canberra Raiders during their most successful period in the 1990s.
Laurie David Laurie Lennard (born 22 March 1958) is the wife of Larry David (co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm) and a political activist. A trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council and board member of California's Children Nature Institute, she is a contributing blogger to the The Huffington Post.
Laurie Davidson Laurie Davidson (1927) is a internationally reknown sailing yacht designer. He is most notable for his International America's Cup Class sailboats which successfully challenged and defended the America's Cup sailing trophy.
Laurie Driver Laurie Driver is a fictional character who occasionally appears in the cult comic, Viz. Most strips revolve around him murdering hitchikers and unsafe (and illegal) working practices, which this strip satirises.
Laurie Elliot Canadian stand-up comedian Laurie Elliot has appeared in The Red Green Show and won a Canadian Comedy Award as Best Female Stand-up. She is also a member of the sketch comedy duo Kevlor-2000 with Kevin Macdonald, another comedian.
Laurie Ferguson Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson (born 7 July 1952), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Reid, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Jack Ferguson, who was Deputy Premier of New South Wales 1976-84.
Laurie Forman Laurie Forman (born 1958) is a fictional character originally portrayed by Lisa Robin Kelly who is Eric Forman's manipulative older sister on That '70s Show. Despite having only a minor role on the show, she has a big impact on the family whenever she is present, as Eric's father Red spoils her and obviously favors her over Eric, often giving her money.
Laurie Gallen Laurence ("Laurie") Charles Gallen (born January 18, 1962 in Lower Hutt) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the National Men's Team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Laurie Garrett Laurie Garrett (born in Los Angeles, California) is a science journalist and a writer, and a winner of Pulitzer prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996. She is the author of The Coming Plague which discussed the vulnerability of the world to disease due to the lack of attention and funding given to health.
Laurie Geltman Laurie Geltman (born in Baltimore and raised in Boston), is an American folk-rock singer/songwriter. She studied at the Berklee College of Music as a film score major, and began performing in the early 1990s with the experimental rock group Vasco da Gama.
Laurie Graham Laurie Graham (born March 30, 1960 in Orangeville, Ontario) is a Canadian downhill skier who represented Canada at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. She won six World Cup victories and three National Downhill titles in her eleven years on the National Ski Team.
Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Halse Anderson (born October 23, 1961) writes for children and young adults. She is best known for her young adult novel Speak which won a number of awards, including a National Book Award nomination and Printz Honor Book, and has been adapted for the screen.
Laurie Heineman Laurie Heineman is an American actress probably best known for originating the role of Sharlene Frame on Another World. She played the role from 1975 to 1977 and was awarded the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series in 1978.
Laurie Holden Laurie Holden (born December 17, 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actress. She is most noted for the recurring role of Marita Covarrubias on The X-Files and co-starring with Jim Carrey in the film The Majestic but is also well known for her role of the police officer, Cybil Bennet in the Silent Hill movie.
Laurie Island Laurie Island is an island in the Antarctic Circle, the second largest of the South Orkney Islands. The island is claimed by both Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, and the United Kingdom as part of the British Antarctic Territory.
Laurie Koehn Laurie Koehn (born May 13, 1982 in Newton, Kansas) is a professional basketball player from the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She currently plays the point guard position for the Washington Mystics.
Laurie Linaker Laurence "Laurie" Linaker was the mayor of Millet, Alberta from 1998-2004, taking over office in 1998 from Dave Gursky, later losing to Gursky again in the 2004 Municipal Election. Laurie Linaker has been a member of the Millet Lions Club for over 30 years, and is a member of the Seniors Club.
Laurie Lynd Laurie Lynd is a Canadian film and television director. He directed the feature film House, the short film The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore, and the television films Sibs, Open Heart and Virtual Mom, as well as episodes of Queer as Folk, Degrassi: The Next Generation, I Was a Rat and Ghostly Encounters.
Laurie Main Laurie Main was born in London, England on November 29, 1929. Though Main has appeared in many movies and TV shows since the 1950s, perhaps he is best known for hosting and narrating the children's series, Welcome to Pooh Corner, which aired from 1983-1996.
Laurie Oakes Laurie Oakes is an Australian political journalist and commentator. For much of the last 30 years he has covered the Parliament of Australia in the Canberra Press Gallery, covering every Federal election since 1966.
Laurie Scott Laurie Scott is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Haliburton—Victoria—Brock for the Progressive Conservative Party.
Laurie Sivell Laurie Sivell (February 8, 1951 in Lowestoft, England) was a goalkeeper with English soccer team Ipswich Town between 1969 and 1984. He made 141 appearances for the East Anglian club during that time and was a member of the famous FA Cup winning side of 1978 which defied all the odds to beat Arsenal.
Laurie Smyth Laurie Smyth came into the limelight in January 2007 as Strabane Weekly's "One to watch 2007" and Strabane Chronicle's "Man of the year 2006", an accolade he received for his performance arts skills. He received his award from SDLP MLA Eugene McMenamin.
Laurie Stirratt Laurie Stirratt is most notably a member of the seminal alt-country band, Blue Mountain, in which she played bass and sang harmony with her ex-husband, Cary Hudson. She released an album with her twin brother, John Stirratt, who plays bass in Wilco, as Laurie & John in 2004.
Laurie Thompson Laurie Thompson is a British academic and translator, noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English. He is the former editor of the Swedish Book Review, and former lecturer at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the University of Wales, Lampeter.
Laurie Toby Edison Laurie Toby Edison (1942-) has been a photographer since 1989. Her most notable work to date has primarily dealt with the subject of female and male nudes in America in two series that not only aim to radically undermine stereotypes of gender and race, but are also intimate and revealing portraits, usually taken in the models' homes.
Laurie Walters Laurie Walters (born January 8, 1947 in San Francisco, California) is a former television actress, arguably best known for playing Joanie Bradford on the television "dramedy" Eight Is Enough, which aired from 1977 until 1981 on ABC. Walters was, by several years, the oldest actor of the eight actors playing the Bradford children, even though her character, Joanie Bradford, was the third-oldest child in the family.
Laurie Zimmer Laurie Zimmer (also credited as Laura Fanning) is an American former actress best known for her role as Leigh, the courageous secretary of the besieged police station, Precinct 9, Division 13, in John Carpenter's 1976, Howard Hawks-inspired, action film, Assault on Precinct 13.
Laurien Willemse Laura ("Laurien") Eveline Gales-Willemse (born March 26, 1962 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Laurier Avenue (Ottawa) Laurier Avenue (Ottawa Road #48) is a central east west street running through Ottawa, Canada. Originally known as "Maria Street" (west of Waller) and "Theodore Street" (east of Waller), it was renamed in honour of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Laurier Macdonald High School Laurier Macdonald High School (traditionally abbreviated as "LMAC", but occasionally as "LMHS") is an English-language public school in the east end of Montreal. The school is named for Sir John A.
Laurieston Villa F.C. Laurieston Villa Football Club are a football (soccer) club from Laurieston near Falkirk in Scotland.They were formed in 1978 and played in the Stirlingshire Welfare League until it folded at the end of the 1994-95 season.
Laurin & Klement Laurin & Klement (1895-1925) was a bicycle, motorcycle and automobile manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary. The company was founded in 1895 was named after founders: Václav Laurin (born September 27 1865, died December 4 1930) and Václav Klement (born October 16 1868, died August 13 1938).
Laurisilva Laurisilva or laurissilva ("laurel forest") is an endemic type of humid subtropical laurel forest found on several of the Macaronesian islands of the North Atlantic, namely Madeira Islands, the Azores and the Canary Islands, a precious relic of the Pliocene subtropical forests.
Laurita Valenzuela Laura "Laurita" Valenzuela (born RocĂ­o Espinosa on 18 February 1931, in Seville, AndalucĂ­a, Spain) is a well respected Spanish television presenter of the 1960s. Before becoming known in Europe for hosting 1969 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, she was a model, and appeared in many publications around the world.
Lauritsen (crater) Lauritsen is a lunar crater that is located just behind the east-southeastern limb of the Moon. While it lies on the far side from the Earth, it is still possible to catch a glimse of this area under favorable conditions of libration and illumination.
Lauritz Bergendahl Lauritz Bergendahl is a Norwegian nordic skiier who won both the nordic combined and the 50 km cross country skiing events at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915. Bergendahl's Holmenkollen 50 km cross country skiing victories have only been exceeded by one skier (Thorleif Haug) while his Holmenkollen nordic combined victories have been matched by three others (Johan Grøttumsbråten, Rauno Miettinen, and Bjarte Engen Vik).
Lauritz de Thurah Laurids Lauridsen de Thurah, known as Lauritz de Thurah (March 4, 1706-September 5, 1759), was a Danish architect and architectural writer. He became the most important Danish architect of the late baroque period.
Lauritz Melchior Lauritz Melchior (often misspelled Melchoir) (born March 20, 1890 – died March 18, 1973) was a Danish and later American opera singer. He was the pre-eminent Wagnerian tenor of the late 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and has since come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type.
Lauritzen Corporation Lauritzen Corporation is a financial and interstate bank holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Lauritzen Corporation controls ten bank charters (one national, nine federal and state) in Nebraska and Iowa, and has total assets of approximately $1.
Laurium Laurium, Laurion, or Laureion (Λαύριον or Λαύρειον, Thoricum before early 1000s BC, Ergastiri 'workshop' from medieval times to 19th century) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of Lavreotiki, famous in Classical antiquity for the silver mines which were one of the chief sources of revenue of the Athenian state, and were employed for coinage; and notorious for the treatment of the slaves who mined it. In modern times, the town is also known as Lavrio or Lavrion.
Lauro Mumar Lauro “The Fox” Mumar (born, Talibon, Bohol, Philippines), is a former Filipino basketball player and later served as the national team head coach of India and the Philippines. He was one of the greatest Filipino players of his time, playing alongside compatriot legend Carlos Loyzaga.
Lauryn Hill Lauryn Noel Hill (born May 25, 1975 in South Orange, New Jersey), is an eight-time Grammy award winning musician, and record producer. She initially established her reputation as the most visible and vocal member of The Fugees, then continued on to a solo career, releasing The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and the MTV Unplugged No.
Laurynas GuceviÄŤius Laurynas GuceviÄŤius (; 1753 - 1798) was an 18th century architect born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Because he was born in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and most of his designs were built there, } Lithuanian scholars consider him the first professional Lithuanian architect.
Lausanne Lausanne (pronounced ) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura mountains to its north. Lausanne is located some 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Geneva.
Lausanne Collegiate School Lausanne Collegiate School is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian school in Memphis, Tennessee, for pre-kindergarten through high school (12th grade). It was named for the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, long renowned as a European center of education.
Lausanne Conference of 1932 The Lausanne Conference was a 1932 meeting of representatives from Great Britain, Germany, and France that resulted in an agreement to suspend World War I reparations payments imposed on the defeated countries by the Treaty of Versailles. Held from June 16 to July 9, 1932, it was named for its location in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Lausanne Conference, 1949 The Lausanne Conference, 1949 was convened by the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP) from 27 April to 12 September, 1949. During the conference representatives of Israel, the Arab states Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon and Syria, and Palestinian refugees attempted to resolve (mainly in accordance with Resolution 194) disputes arising from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Lausanne Covenant The Lausanne Covenant is a 1974 Christian religious manifesto promoting active world-wide Christian evangelism. One of the most influential documents in modern Evangelical Christianity, it was written and adopted by 2,300 evangelicals at the International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland, from which it takes its name.
Lausanne School The Lausanne School or sometimes Mathematical School refers to the neoclassical school of thought surrounding LĂ©on Walras and Vilfredo Pareto. The central feature of the Lausanne School was its development of general equilibrium theory.
Lausanne Sports Lausanne Sports (also referred to as LS) is a sports club from Lausanne, Switzerland. It is most famous for its football department (FC Lausanne-Sport), but the club has also athletics, sport rowing, and rink hockey departments.

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