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Leeds Girls' High School Leeds Girls' High School (LGHS) is an independent, selective school for girls aged 3-18 in Leeds. The school officially merged with Leeds Grammar School to form the Grammar School at Leeds in 2005; the merger process is to be completed in 2008.
Leeds Grammar School Leeds Grammar School (LGS) was founded in 1552 by Sir William Sheafield to provide free, subsidised or fee-paying education, according to need. 1552 is the date on William Sheafield's will, but there is some evidence to suggest that the school existed prior to this date.
Leeds Inner Ring Road The Leeds Inner Ring Road is a part motorway and part A road in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Most of it is designated the A58(M), a motorway section of the A58 road, a short section is the A64(M), part of the A64 road.
Leeds North (UK Parliament constituency) Leeds North was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1955 general election.
Leeds Pals The Leeds Pals were a First World War Pals battalion of Kitchener's Army raised in the West Yorkshire city of Leeds. When the battalion was taken over by the British Army it was officially named the 15th Battalion (1st Leeds), The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Leeds Shopping Plaza The Leeds Shopping Plaza is a shopping centre in Leeds, England surrounded by the streets of Bond Street, Albion Street, Boar Lane and Lower Basinghall Street. It opened in 1977 as the Bond Street Centre on a site formerly occupied by Victorian-era buildings and was refurbished in 1996 which included giving the centre its present name, expanding the trading area to 270,000ft² and today major tenants at the Leeds Shopping Plaza include Bhs, Boots, H&M, Mothercare, TK Maxx and Virgin Megastore.
Leeds School of Medicine Leeds School of Medicine was set up on the 6th June 1831. The medical school is part of Leeds university and is located at the southern end of the campus in the Worsley Building which also houses the Dental school and a dental hospital.
Leeds South Leeds South was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Leeds into two ridings: a north riding and a south riding.
Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency) Leeds South was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Leeds Student Leeds Student is Britain's biggest weekly student newspaper, published free every Friday during term-time and distributed around the University of Leeds, Leeds, England. The only paid position is that of the editor, who is elected yearly in Leeds University Union's sabbatical elections along with all other paid sabbatical posts.
Leeds United Service Crew The Leeds United Service Crew is a banner title used to define fans of Leeds United who regularly engage in terrace culture associated with the club and the city. The name derives from the 70s & 80s when hooliganism was at its peak and the Service Crew would travel on ordinary public service trains rather than the organised football specials that were heavily policed.
Leeds West Indian Carnival The Leeds West Indian Carnival, also called the Chapeltown Carnival, is the longest running West Indian carnival in Europe, having been going since 1967. The carnival is held in the Chapeltown and Harehills parts of Leeds every August bank holiday.
Leeds/Bradford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence Leeds/Bradford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, previously Bradford/Leeds University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, commonly abbreviated to Leeds/Bradford UCCE, is one of the six University Centres of Cricketing Excellence supported by the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Leedsichthys Leedsichthys problematicus was a giant pachycormid (an extinct group of bony fish) that lived in the oceans of the late Jurassic period, 165-155 million years ago.Unfortunately, although fossils have been found, no one has ever found a complete spine, so its exact size is uncertain.
Leech (comics) Leech is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. He made his first appearance in the Uncanny X-Men as a Morlock, a group of mutants whose deformities force them to live in the sewers under Manhattan.
Leech (computing) In computer science and specifically on the Internet, being a leech or leecher refers to the practice of benefitting, usually deliberately, from others' information or effort but not offering anything in return, or only token offerings in an attempt to avoid being called a leech.
Leech Lake Indian Reservation The Leech Lake Indian Reservation or Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag in the Ojibwe language, is located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, and Itasca. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 10,205, making it the largest Indian reservation in the state by number of residents.
Leechburg Area School District The Leechburg Area School District is a public school district serving K-12 students from Leechburg Borough and Gilpin Township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and West Leechburg Borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Leechwell The Leechwell is a set of three springs in Totnes, Devon, in the United Kingdom. It was known in historical times for its supposed healing properties; this tradition continues among the town's large New Age community.
Leek CSOB F.C. Leek County School Old Boys Football Club (usually shortened to Leek CSOB) are an English football club based in Leek, Staffordshire. The club was formed in 1945, shortly after the Second World War, and has been in continuous existence since then.
Leek High Specialist Technology School Leek High Specialist Technology school is a high school for students aged between 13-19. The school serves mainly the east side of Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands as well as educating around half it students from the nearby rural communities.
Leela (Doctor Who) Leela is a fictional character played by Louise Jameson in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She was a warrior of the savage Sevateem tribe, who were the descendants of the crew of an Earth ship that crash landed on an unnamed planet somewhere in the far future.
Leela James Leela James is an African American Los Angeles native and soul singer who was born in June 26, 1983. James cites the legendary singers James Brown, Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples and Stevie Wonder as influences.
Leela Naidu Leela Naidu is an Indian actress who has starred in a number of Hindi films as well as some by Merchant Ivory Productions. Her father was the well known nclear physicst Ramaiah Naidu from Andhra Pradesh while her mother was of Irish origin.
Leelanau Trail The Leelanau Trail is a non-motorized recreational trail of 15 miles (24 km) in length that extends from the west side of Traverse City, Michigan to Suttons Bay, Michigan. This trail passes through the eastern side of Leelanau County, a fast-growing section of the Traverse City metropolitan area.
Leelavathi Naaichchi Queen Lilavati (reigned 1197 - 1200, 1209 - 1210, 1211 - 1212), also known as Leelawathi, was the second woman in Sri Lankan history to rule as sovereign in her own right. Lilavati rose to prominence as wife of Parakramabahu the Great, king of Polonnaruwa.
Leeman Bennett Leeman Bennett (born June 20, 1938) is a former football coach who served at both the collegiate and professional levels, but is most prominently remembered as head coach of the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Leeming Bar Leeming Bar is a village in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Located next to the A1 and near RAF Leeming it is home to the main depot and current terminus of the Wensleydale Railway at Leeming Bar railway station as well as the Dales & District bus company.
Leeming Bar railway station Leeming Bar railway station is the current rail passenger terminus of the Wensleydale Railway and serves the villages of Leeming Bar and Leeming in North Yorkshire, England. Trains are timed to link in with Dales and District service buses to Northallerton to connect with the National Rail network.
Leen Jansen Leonardus ("Leen") Eustachius Jansen (born August 3, 1930 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a former boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Men's Middleweight (–75 kg) division by eventual winner Floyd Patterson of the United States.
Leen Pay Chen Dance The Leen Pay Chen Dance (also Leen Fen Shui or Leen Tai Yu) is a native dance from the Guangdong region of Southern China. It is believed to have originated from a local fire-hopping dance from ancient China and evolved into a frenzied dance; in some cases whole festivals may be dedicated to the dance and surrounding celebrations.
Leen Vente Leen Vente (born: 14 May 1911 in Rotterdam; died: 9 November 1989) was a Dutch footballer. He earned 21 caps and scored 19 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.
Leendert Hasenbosch Leendert Hasenbosch, (c.1695–probably end of 1725) was a Dutchman, an employee of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) who was set ashore as a castaway on uninhabited Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, as a punishment for a crime.
Leentech "LEENTech Corporation" is a hacking group that has produce a number of Trojan virus, such as: Modified Acid Shiver Server - A Remote Administration Tool, or RAT, is a Trojan that when run, provides an attacker with the capability of remotely controlling a machine. LEENTech is an acronym for Living in an Enhanced Evolution of Networking Technologies.
Leer (district) Leer is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the city of Emden, the districts of Aurich, Wittmund, Friesland, Ammerland, Cloppenburg and Emsland, and by the Netherlands.
Leeroy Jenkins Leeroy Jenkins, sometimes spelled Leroy Jenkins and often elongated with numerous additional letters, is an Internet phenomenon named for a character created by World of Warcraft player Ben Schulz in Blizzard Entertainment's popular MMORPG. The character has become popular thanks to a video of the game that circulated around the Internet.
Leeroy Thornhill Leeroy Thornhill (born 8 October 1968) is a British electronic music artist and formerly a dancer and occasional live keyboardist of the British rave act The Prodigy. He was born in Barking, Essex but raised in Braintree and grew up as a football and James Brown fan.
LeeRoy Yarbrough Lonnie "LeeRoy" Yarbrough (born September 17, 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida, died December 7, 1984) was a NASCAR auto driver. He had one of the greatest seasons in racing history in 1969, when he won seven races, tallied 21 Top Ten finishes and earned $193,211.
Lees Avenue Lees Avenue is both a road and a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. The area lies in the narrow stretch between the Rideau Canal and Rideau River south of Sandy Hill and the Queensway and is part of Old Ottawa East.
Lees-Knowles Lecturer The Lees Knowles Lecturship were established at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1912 and are given by distinguished experts in military and naval history. Selection for this lectureship is considered one of the highest honours available to specialists in military history and affairs.
Lees, Greater Manchester Lees is a village with a population 10,132 (2001 census), lying two miles to the east of Oldham town centre in Greater Manchester, England. The village lies on the steep foothills of the Pennines, and is one of seven areas which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.
Leesburg Bypass The Leesburg Bypass is a three-quarters loop expressway around the town of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. The highway extends from US 15 north of Leesburg around the eastern and southern sides of the town to State Route 7 on the western side of the town.
Leesburg Executive Airport Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO/JYO), an FAA-designated General Aviation reliever airport for Dulles International, is located 3 miles south of the town of Leesburg, Virginia. Home to over 200 aircraft, JYO services a five-county, two state area, providing business and corporate aviation services, flight instruction, and personal aviation support.
Leeson Street Leeson Street is a thoroughfare in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish ombudsman currently hold their main office on the street The street is also home to one of Ireland's largest secondary schools, The Institute of Education].
Leessang Leessang (리쌍) is a Korean hip hop duo, comprised of Kang Hee-gun ("Gary") and Gill Seong-joon ("Gill"). Formed in 2002, Leessang is known for its collaborations with Drunken Tiger, T, Big Mama King, Park Hwayobi, and many others.
Leeston Leeston is a small town with a population of 1,188 (2001 census), on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 40 kilometres southwest of Christchurch, between the shore of Lake Ellesmere and the mouth of the Rakaia River.
Leesville Road High School Leesville Road High School (or Leesville High School, LRHS), which opened its doors in 1993, is a comprehensive public high school in Wake County located at 8409 Leesville Road, Raleigh, North Carolina. It has 2,176 enrolled students (checked 7-2-2006).
Leet Leet or Leetspeak (often written in Leet as 1337 or 13375p34k) is a sociolect variety used primarily on the Internet, particularly in online games such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress. The term itself is derived from the word Elite, meaning “better than the rest,” and generally has the same meaning when referring to the hacking skills of another person.
Leeton High School Leeton High School is a secondary school in the town of Leeton in South Western New South Wales, Australia. The school is one of three secondary schools in the Local Government Area of Leeton and it has a reputation of excellence in sport, academic and cultural.
Leeton Market Plaza Leeton Market Plaza is a shopping centre recently opened in Leeton, New South Wales, Australia. The developer that was in charge of the development was Brenex Property Developers and the tender for the construction was Albury-based Joss Constructions.
Leeton railway station, New South Wales Leeton railway station is located in the regional centre of Leeton in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The station is used for freight purposes mostly but allows CountryLink services to pass through on Saturdays and Sundays.
Leeton, New South Wales Leeton is a town and Local Government Area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Leeton is situated approximately 550 km west of Sydney and 450 km north of Melbourne in the productive Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.
Leeuwenhoek Medal The Leeuwenhoek Medal, established in 1877 by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, (KNAW), in honor of the 17th- and 18th-century microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, is granted every ten years to the scientist judged to have made the most significant contribution to microbiology during the preceding decade.
Leeuwenhosen Leeuwenhosen are orange-colored, lion-tailed overalls distributed by the Bavaria Brewery, a popular Dutch beer brewery, during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The concept was realized by Peer Swinkels, the chairman of Bavaria .
Leevi Lehto Leevi Lehto (born February 23, 1951, and living in Helsinki), is a Finnish poet, translator, and programmer. Since he made his poetic debut in 1967, he has published six volumes of poetry, a novel, Janajevin unet (Yanayev's Dreams, 1991), and an experimental prose work, Päivä (Day, 2004).
Leeward Antilles The Leeward Antilles are a chain of islands in the Caribbean – specifically, the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles (and, in turn, the Antilles and the West Indies) along the southeastern fringe of the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan coast of the South American mainland. The Leeward Antilles, while among the Lesser Antilles, are not to be confused with the Leeward Islands (also of the Lesser Antilles) to the northeast.
Leeward Islands (Society Islands) The Leeward Islands (French: ĂŽles Sous-le-Vent; litteraly "Islands Under-the-Wind") are part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. The archipelago comprises an administrative division (French: subdivision administrative) of French Polynesia.
Leeward Islands cricket team The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not included - for cricketing purposes Dominica is a part of the Windward Islands.
Lefas Lefas is the "brand name" of the motorcycles, engines and other systems created by the Greek engineer Thanassis Lefas. Lefas was a brilliant engineer who devoted his career in improving the motorcycle design, but not nearly as good an entrepreneur as reflected by the fate of his designs.
Lefetamine Lefetamine is a psychoactive drug which has effects similar to both morphine and methylphenidate. Due to its chemical structure, it binds to opioid receptors while simultaneously inhibiting reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine.
Lefka Lefka (Greek: Λεύκα, Turkish: Lefke) is a town in northwestern Cyprus, overlooking Morphou Bay. It is located in the Nicosia District, in the area controlled by the government of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Lefka Ori Lefka Ori (it means "White Mountains" in greek) or “Madares” is a mountain located in West Crete, in Chania and Rethymno prefectures. The White Mountains or Lefka Ori occupy a good part of the centre of West Crete and are the main feature of the region.
Lefkada Lefkada, or Leucas (Greek: Modern: Λευκάδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -as) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge, as well as the island's capital city. The city of Lefkada, is at the north of the island, approximately 20 minutes by automobile away from Preveza Airport.
Lefkandi Archaeological site and cemetery on the island of Euboea, occupied between about 1500 BCE through 331 BCE. Lefkandi is thought to be one of the locations settled by the Mycenaeans after the Mediterranean Bronze Age Collapse.
Lefkasio Lefkasio (Greek: Λευκάσιο) is a municipality in the south-eastern part of the Achaea prefecture, Greece. Its seat of administartion is the village Kleitoria, also Klitoria (Greek: Κλειτωρία) (historically a part of Arcadia), near the site of the ancient village of Kleitor.
Lefkoniko Lefkoniko (Greek: Λευκόνοικο, Turkish: Geçitkale or Lefkonuk) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. It resides in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (recognized only by Turkey).
Lefokastro Lefokastro (Greek: Λεφόκαστρον), older form: Lefokastron is a picturesque fishing village on the Pagasetic Gulf, 8 km from Argalasti and 34 km from Volos. Lefokastro is part of the municipal district and the municipality of Argalasti in the Magnesia prefecture.
Leforest Leforest is a chief town of a canton of northern France, in the département of Pas-de-Calais, arrondissement of Lens. It belongs to the agglomeration of Hénin-Carvin which gathers 14 communes, and has a population of 125,000 inhabitants.
Lefse Lefse is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made out of potato, milk or cream and flour, and cooked on a griddle. Special tools are available for lefse baking, including long wooden turning sticks and special rolling pins with deep grooves.
Lefschetz fixed-point theorem In mathematics, the Lefschetz fixed-point theorem is a formula that counts the number of fixed points of a continuous mapping from a compact topological space X to itself by means of traces of the induced mappings on the homology groups of X. It is named after Solomon Lefschetz, who first stated it in 1926.
Lefschetz hyperplane theorem In mathematics, the Lefschetz hyperplane theorem states that a hyperplane section W of a non-singular complex algebraic variety V, in complex projective space, inherits most of its algebraic topology from V. This allows certain geometrical questions to be investigated by induction on dimension.
Lefschetz pencil In mathematics, a Lefschetz pencil is a construction in algebraic geometry considered by Solomon Lefschetz, in order to analyse the algebraic topology of an algebraic variety V. A pencil here is a particular kind of linear system of divisors on V, namely a one-parameter family, parametrised by the projective line.
Left 4 Dead Left 4 Dead is an upcoming multiplayer co-operative survival horror game by Turtle Rock Studios and Valve Corporation (a collaboration that has previously produced Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, as well as maps and the official bot for Valve's Counter-Strike: Source), with no exact release date set so far although 2007 is said (according to many websites) to be the year of release. The game has been built using Valve's Source engine.
Left anarchism Left anarchism is a term used almost exclusively by opponents of traditional anarchism to denominate philosophies that oppose capitalism (private ownership of the means of production). This term thus encompasses libertarian socialism, anarcho-communism, and anarcho-syndicalism.
Left Bank (Biscay) The left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao (Spanish, Margen Izquierda / Basque, Ezkerraldea) is a part of the Greater Bilbao region, its main towns are Barakaldo, Sestao, Santurtzi and Portugalete and besides to the iron mines (Zona Minera or Mehatzaldea), was the heart of the intense industrialisation of Biscay. Thousands of workers from all Spain came to the area during the 20th century to work in the major shipbuilding and steel industries like Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.
Left Behind Left Behind: a Novel of the Earth's Last Days is a best selling novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins that started the Left Behind series dealing with Evangelical Christian eschatology view of the end times.
Left Book Club The Left Book Club, founded in 1936, was a key left-wing institution of the late 1930s and 1940s in the United Kingdom. The club, run by Victor Gollancz, supplied a book chosen every month by Gollancz and his panel – himself, Harold Laski and John Strachey – to its members, who by the outbreak of the second world war numbered 57,000, many of whom participated in one or other of the 1,500 or so Left Discussion Groups scattered around the country.
Left Book Club Online The Left Book Club Online is a website set up in 2006, serving as a place for left-wing ideas and information about left-wing literature to be shared and discussed. The name comes from the 'Left Book Club' of the 1930s and 1940s, run by Victor Gollancz.
Left communism Left Communism is a term describing a whole range of communist viewpoints which oppose the political ideas of the Bolsheviks from a position which is asserted to be more authentically Marxist and proletarian than the views of Leninism held by the Communist International after its first two Congresses. Left Communism is also sometimes referred to as the Communist Left.
Left Coast Left Coast is a political expression implying that the West Coast of the United States is politically left-wing. The implication is that the states of California, Oregon, and Washington vote more often for the Democratic Party than the other states in the Western United States.
Left Communism in China In the People's Republic of China since 1967, the terms "Ultra-Left (极左派)" and "left communist (共产主义左翼)" refer to political theory and practice self-defined as further "left" than that of the central Maoist leaders at the height of the GPCR ("Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution"). The terms are also used retro-actively to describe some early 20th century Chinese anarchist orientations.
Left fielder A left fielder, abbreviated LF, is an outfielder in the sport of baseball who plays defense in left field. Left field is the area of the outfield to the left of a person standing at home plate and facing towards the pitcher's mound.
Left Field Productions Left Field Productions is an independent video game development studio located in Westlake Village, California, USA. Founded in 1994 by industry veterans John Brandwood, Jeff Godfrey and Mike Lamb, Left Field is probably best known for their time spent as a Nintendo second-party developer, during which they designed the critically-acclaimed Nintendo 64 game Excitebike 64.
Left For Dead Left For Dead was a band initially made up of former Queen Anne's Revenge singer Eddie Gowan, former Trouble Tribe guitarist Adam Wacht, former Saigon Kick bassist Tom Defile (who later briefly rejoined Saigon Kick, along with guitarist Jeff Blando), and former Beggars & Thieves drummer Bobby Borg.
Left For Dead e.p Left For Dead was the final release of Ska Punk band Shootin' Goon, and was released on vocalist (as of 2002) Matt Redd's own label, Good Clean Fun Records. At the time of release the EP was reviewed by legendary skateboarder Bam Margera for rock magazine Kerrang!
Left Front of the Arts Left Front of the Arts or LEF (Levyi Front Iskusstv - Левый фронт искусств - Russian) was a literary group created in 1923 by Vladimir Mayakovsky and a small circle of other Moscow writers and artists. (N.
Left Grouping of the Valencian Country Left Grouping of the Valencian Country (in Catalan: Agrupament d'Esquerres del PaĂ­s ValenciĂ ) was a political group created in 1982 out of a nationalist splinter-group of the Communist Party of the Valencian Country (PCPV), the 'possibilist' sector of the Socialist Party of National Liberation of the Catalan Countries (PSAN) and independent leftwing nationalists. AEPV was registered as a political party.
Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D) Left Hand is the fictional character of a symbiote lodged in the hand of the character D, first introduced in the series of eighteen novels of Hideyuki Kikuchi called Vampire Hunter D. There currently are, in English, six novels out with one more scheduled for translation.
Left Hand Talking Left Hand Talking is the title of the eighth studio music recording/album by singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, released in 1991. The album was the last of Judie's to be released by a major record label; her next album, Wonderland, was released on an independent label, and all subsequent albums have been released on her own home label, Big Moon Records.
Left May languages The Left May or Arai languages are a small language family of a half dozen closely related but not mutually intelligible languages in the center of New Guinea, along the left bank of the May River. There are about 1600 speakers in all.
Left May-Kwomtari languages The Left May-Kwomtari languages are a small family of Papuan languages proposed by Malcolm Ross, which links the Left May (Arai) family with the Kwomtari-Baibai proposal (Loving & Bass 1964). It specifically excludes the Pyu language isolate added to that family by Laycock (1973).
Left of Normal Left of Normal (released 1993 was the first demo tape released by Matthew Good, a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, as a solo performer. It was later a part of a compilation of Good's demo songs that was illegally released under the title "History Teacher" in the mid-1990s.
Left on base In baseball, a baserunner is said to be left on base (abbreviated LOB) when the half-inning ends, he has not scored, and he has not been put out. This is to include a batter-runner who, say, has hit into a fielder's choice, causing another runner to be put out as the 3rd out.
Left Opposition The Left Opposition was a faction within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1927 headed de facto by Leon Trotsky. The Left Opposition formed as part of the power struggle within the party leadership that began with the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin's illness and intensified with his death in January 1924.
Left Opposition of PCE Left Opposition of PCE (in Spanish: OposiciĂłn de Izquierda del PCE) was initially founded as an internal tendency within the Communist Party of Spain (PCE), but later evolved into an independent formation. It started publishing Voz comunista in 1973.
Left Outside Alone "Left Outside Alone" is a pop-rock song written by by American pop singer-songwriter Anastacia, and producers Dallas Austin and Glen Ballard for her third studio album Anastacia (2004). It was released as the album's lead single in on March 15, 2004 (see 2004 in music) and reached number one in Australia (where it became the second-highest selling of the year), Austria, Argentina, Finland, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland, while it reached the top ten of the majority of all other charts it appeared on.
Left realism In criminology Left Realism is the polar political opposite of Right Realism. It grew out of Marxist Criminology, Conflict Criminology, and Radical Criminology as a reaction against what was perceived to be the Left's failure to take a practical interest in everyday crime, leaving it to the Right Realists to monopolise the discourse on law and order.
Left Radical Party The Left Radical Party ( or PRG) is a minor French centre-left, social-liberal party with moderate views, formed in 1972 by a split from the Radical, Republican and Radical-Socialists Party, once the dominant party of the French left.
Left Socialist Accord Left Socialist Accord (in Spanish: Acuerdo Socialista de Izquierda), was a political alliance in Peru founded in 1989 by three groups that left IU: Revolutionary Socialist Party (PSR), Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR) and Peruvian Socialist Movement (MSP). ASI contested the 1989 municipal elections.
Left Socialist-Revolutionaries In 1917, Russia the Socialist-Revolutionary Party split between those who supported the Provisional Government, established after the February Revolution, and those who supported the Bolsheviks who favoured a communist insurrection.
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