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Len Harris Leonard William Harris (born 22 September 1943), Australian politician, was the only One Nation Party representative to gain a seat in the Australian Parliament, as a Senator from the state of Queensland. He took his seat in September 1999, after a successful challenge to the election in October 1998 of Heather Hill, on the basis that although a naturalised Australian, she had not renounced her childhood United Kingdom citizenship and was thus ineligible to sit in the Australian Parliament.
Len Hopkins Leonard Donald (Len) Hopkins (born June 12, 1930 in Argyle, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Renfrew North from 1965 to 1972, Renfrew North—Nipissing East from 1972 to 1979 and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke from 1979 to 1997, in the Canadian House of Commons.
Len Hutton Sir Leonard Hutton (born June 23, 1916 in Fulneck near Pudsey, Yorkshire, died September 6, 1990 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey) was an English cricketer, who dominated the national and international cricket scene for the decade after the Second World War.
Len Kawell Len Kawell is an engineer and entrepreneur who once worked at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), where he was one of the designers of the VAX/VMS operating system. He also played a key role in the development of the MicroVAX computer, VAX Notes, and VMC Mail.
Len King (politician) Len King is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1970 and 1975, representing the eastern suburbs Electoral district of Morialta (formally Coles pre-1998).
Len Koenecke Len George Koenecke (born January 18, 1904 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA-died September 17, 1935 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an American Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. He was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by the flight crew of an aircraft he had chartered, after provoking a fight with the pilot while the plane was in the air.
Len Lesser Leonard King "Len" Lesser (born December 3, 1922) is an American actor best known for his role as Uncle Leo on Seinfeld after having joined the cast during the second season. Len has appeared on American TV steadily since 1955 having appeared on scores of TV classics such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Get Smart, Quincy, The Rockford Files, Mad About You, Boy Meets World and, most recently, ER.
Len Lopresti Len Lopresti is a Correctional Officer on the HBO drama Oz, played by Carl DiMaggio. A hateful and dislikable officer, Lopresti often acts as a bully to several inmates and even shows signs of racism in Season 3 (He is seen several times this season showing favoritism to racist inmate Vern Schillinger).
Len Lye Len Lye, born Leonard Charles Huia Lye (5 July 1901, Christchurch, New Zealand - 15 May 1980, Warwick, Rhode Island), was a New Zealand-born artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. His films are held in archives such as the New Zealand Film Archive, British Film Institute, Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Pacific Film Archive at University of California, Berkeley.
Len Martin Len Martin (1919 - August 21, 1995) was born in Australia. He was a famous voice in the UK for reading out the football results and associated football pools statistics on the BBC's Saturday afternoon sports programme, Grandstand.
Len Norris Leonard Matheson Norris, better known as Len Norris (1913 in London, England - 1997 in Langley, Canada), was a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Canadian newspaper Vancouver Sun from 1950 to 1988. Called by Walt Kelly, the creator of Pogo, "the best in the business", Norris' cartoons skewered the foibles of British Columbia politics and social mores with a barbed pencil.
Len Rice Leonard Oliver Rice (September 2, 1918 - June 13, 1992) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1944) and the Chicago Cubs (1945). A native of Lead, South Dakota, he stood 6'0" and weighed 175 lbs.
Len Sassaman Len Sassaman (born 1980) is the current maintainer of the Mixmaster anonymous remailer code and remop of the randseed remailer. He was employed as the security architect and senior systems engineer for Anonymizer.
Len Small Lennington Small (June 16, 1862 – May 17, 1936) was a Republican governor of Illinois, serving from 1921 to 1929. He also served as a member of the Illinois state senate from the 16th District from 1901 to 1903 and was Illinois state treasurer, 1905-07 and 1917-19.
Len Spencer Len Spencer (February 12, 1867 – December 15, 1914) was an early American recording artist. He recorded numerous popular songs in the pre-1920s, the most popular of which was "Arkansaw Traveler" (sic!
Len Stevens (Herbert) Leonard Stevens (died 1989) was a British composer, who specialised in light music but could turn his hand to any genre. Among the well-known pieces he composed was "News Scoop", which was the first theme tune to Grandstand on BBC television, and "Easy Street".
Len Taylor Leonard William (Len) Taylor (born January 16 1952) is a Canadian politician. He has been Saskatchewan's Minister of Health since February 2006, and was previously Government House Leader in the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) government.
Len Teeuws Leonard Teeuws (April 19, 1927-July 14, 2006) was an American football offensive tackle/defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played two seasons for the Los Angeles Rams (1952-1953) and four seasons for the Chicago Cardinals (1954-1957).
Len Turner Len Turner is an Emmy-Award winning news anchor and reporter who has appeared regularly on American local television stations since 1994. He is the weekend evening anchor and a reporter for News 12, a 24-hour all news channel serving the New York City metropolitan area and based in Edison, New Jersey.
Len Wood Len Wood (born February 4, 1942 in Mitchell, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999, sitting for the New Democratic Party of Ontario.
Lena Ackebo Lena Ackebo (born 1950) is a Swedish (and female) comic creator who has been published in daily strip form, in albums, and in the art magazine Galago since the mid-1980s. Having a very distinct and graphic style, Ackebo mainly does satirical comics depicting the Swedish society.
Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born November 24, 1955 in SpĂĄnga-Tensta borough) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician, Member of the Riksdag and Swedish Minister for Culture in the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt since October 24, 2006.Reinfeldt announces two new ministers, The Local, October 24, 2006 Adelsohn Liljeroth is a journalist, a swedish Moderate Party politician, and has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002.
Lena Anderssen Lena Anderssen (born September 26, 1974) is a Faroese-Canadian singer-songwriter best known for her pop rock singles I Still Love You and Can't Erase It, which have received radio airplay in northern Europe. Although the lyrics to her songs are all written in English, she is also fluent in both Faroese and Danish.
Lena Baker Lena Baker (June 8, 1901 – March 5, 1945) was an African American maid who was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight in 1944. At her trial she claimed that he had imprisoned and threatened to shoot her should she attempt to leave, whereupon she took his gun and shot him.
Lena Constante Lena Constante (June 18, 1909–November 2005) was a Romanian artist, essayist and memoirist, known for her work in stage design and tapestry. A family friend of Communist Party politician Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, she was arrested by the Communist regime following the conflict between Pătrăşcanu and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.
Lena Ek Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958 in Mönsterås, Sweden) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Lena Horne Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York) is an American popular singer. While she has recorded and performed extensively with jazz musicians (notably Artie Shaw and Teddy Wilson), she is usually not considered a jazz singer because she does not improvise.
Lena massacre The Lena massacre or Lena execution (Ленский расстрел in Russian) refers to the shooting of striking goldfield workers by Russia's tsarist army on in northeast Siberia near the Lena RiverRussian Lenzoloto strike in 1912. It has been suggested that Vladimir Ulyanov adopted his more popular alias after the river Lena — Lenin — after this event, although he had in fact started using it years earlier Lenin's note written August 10, 1904 in the Swiss mountains.
Lena Paparigopoulou Lena Paparigopoulou, also Lena Paparrigopoulou, in (Greek: Λένα Παπαρηγοπούλου, Λένα Παπαρρηγοπούλου), is one of Greece's top fashion models who has appeared in various magazine and fashion events. In 2002 she won the Miss Star Hellas title, (Greek: Μις Σταρ Ελλάς), and went on to represent Greece at the May 24, 2002 Miss Universe pageant, (Greek: Μις Υφήλιος), which was held at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lena Park Lena Park, also known as Park Jung-hyun, (born March 23 1976 in Los Angeles, California), is a Korean American R&B singer. Early in her life, Park showed talent for singing, mainly in the choir of her father's church in Downey with her siblings Brian and Uriah.
Lena River The Lena (Russian: Ле́на) in Siberia is the 10th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed. Rising at the height of 1640 m at its source in the Baikal Mountains south of the Central Siberian Plateau, 20 km west of Lake Baikal, the Lena flows northeast, being joined by the Kirenga River and the Vitim River.
Lena Soderberg Lena Soderberg (born March 31 1951 in Sweden; the actual Swedish spelling of this name is Lena Söderberg, but she is better known without the diacritics) appeared as a Playmate in the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine, under the name Lenna Sjööblom. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker.
Lenae Williams Lenae Teresa Williams (born July 14, 1979 in Addison, Illinois) is professional basketball player. She played Detroit Shock at rookie season, in 2003 was traded to the Phoenix Mercury after training camp 2003 pre-season she was released 2 different teams In Charlotte Sting and Indiana Fever, after leaving at DePaul University.
Lenaert Jacobszoon Lenaert Jacobszoon was a captain of the Dutch East India Company who, on 31 July 1618 in the vessel Mauritius, sighted North West Cape in the north-west of Western Australia mistakenly believing it to be a large island. He also named the Willems River and the Jocob Remmessens River (presumed to be Yardie Creek) in the same voyage.
Lenalidomide Lenalidomide (initially known as CC-5013 and marketed as Revlimid® by Celgene) is a derivative of thalidomide introduced in 2004. It was initially intended as a treatment for multiple myeloma, for which thalidomide is an accepted therapeutic modality, but has also shown efficacy in the hematological disorders known as the myelodysplastic syndromes.
Lenape High School Lenape High School is a four-year regional public high school located in Medford Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is the oldest of the four high schools that comprise the Lenape Regional High School District.
Lenape Regional High School District The Lenape Regional High School District is a regional public high school district that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from eight municipalities in Burlington County, New Jersey. The communities in the district are Evesham Township (2,432 students), Medford Lakes (215 students), Medford Township (1,229 students), Mount Laurel Township (1,868 students), Shamong Township (447 students), Southampton Township (437 students), Tabernacle Township (500 students) and Woodland Township (64 students).
Lenape Valley Regional High School Lenape Valley Regional High School is a four-year regional public high school and school district in New Jersey serving approximately 850 students from two municipalities in Sussex County and one in Morris County.
Lenapehoking Lenapehoking is a term ascribed to the Lenape American Indians as the name in the Delaware language of the region they inhabited along the East Coast of the United States. Like much of Algonquian toponymy, there is some confusion about the meaning and history of the name.
Lenard Lakofka Len Lakofka was one of the early players of Dungeons & Dragons and author who contributed many articles to Dragon magazine and three Advanced Dungeons & Dragons modules published by TSR, Inc., the Lendore Isles Series.
Lenawee The Lenawee was an American automobile manufactured by the Church Manufacturing Co of Adrian, Michigan from 1903 to 1904. It was a left hand drive, which was unusual at the time, and had a five seater tonneau body powereded by a horizontal single-cylinder engine beneath the front seat.
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses) is located in Maranhão state, in northeastern Brazil, just east of the Baia de São José, between 02º19’—02º45’ S and 42º44’—43º29’ W. It is an area of low, flat, occasionally flooded land, overlaid with large, discrete sand dunes.
Lenca language The Lenca language is an unclassified indigenous language of Mesoamerica, spoken (or formerly spoken) by the indigenous Lenca peoples in a region encompassed by western Honduras and portions of El Salvador, Central America. It has been regarded as an endangered language, and is quite possibly extinct.
Lenca people The Lenca people are an indigenous peoples of Central America, situated in the western highland regions of Honduras and eastern El Salvador. Contemporary populations are estimated at approximately 100,000 and 37,000 for Honduras and El Salvador, respectively.
Lend Lease Corporation Lend Lease Corporation Limited is an Australian-based multinational property management and investment company. It was formed in 1951 as "Civil and Civic contractors", an Australian subsidiary of the Dutch building company Bredero's.
Lendava Lendava (Hungarian: AlsĂłlendva) is a municipality in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is close to the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga vas-RĂ©dics, and Hungarian is one of the official languages of the municipality, along with Slovenian.
Lenders mortgage insurance Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI), also known as Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI), is insurance payable to a lender when taking out a mortgage. It is an insurance in the case that the mortgagor is not able to repay the loan, and the lender is not able to recover its costs after foreclosing the loan and selling the mortgaged property.
Lending industry Lending industry refers to firms engaged in the business of lending money to consumers and businesses for their financing their needs. The firms profit from the difference in interest rate between what they charge from their customers and their cost of funds.
Lendmann Lendmann (plural lendmenn) (old norse lendr maĂ°r), was a title in medieval Norway. Lendmann was the highest rank attainable in the hird of the Norwegian king, and a lendmann stood beneath only earls and kings.
Lendore Isles In the Dungeons and Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, the Lendore Isles, also known as the Spindrift Isles, are a collection of five large islands in the Solnor Ocean, just off the eastern coast of the former Great Kingdom.
Lendu The Lendu are an ethno-linguistic agriculturalist group residing in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the area west and northwest of Lake Albert, in particular the Ituri region of Orientale province. The lineage of the Lendu language is Nilo-Saharan > Central Sudanic > East > Lendu.
Lene Hau Lene Vestergaard Hau (born Vejle, Denmark November 13 1959) is a Danish physicist. In 1999, she led a team from Harvard University who succeeded in slowing a beam of light to about 17 metres per second, and, in 2001, was able to momentarily stop a beam.
Leneen Forde Leneen Forde, AC is the Canadian-born chancellor of Griffith University, and was Governor of Queensland from 1992 until 1997. Leneen Forde was only the second woman to be appointed to the position of governor in Australia and the first to take on the role in Queensland.
Lenford Harvey "Steve" Lenford Harvey (1975?–2005) was a leader in the Jamaican homosexual/transgender community, and led several programs to assist people suffering from HIV/AIDS, and to promote safer-sex education and AIDS awareness in Jamaica.
Lengede Lengede is a town in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 40 kilometers southeast of Hanover. It became known to the world in 1963 because of a mining disaster and the subsequent rescue operation.
Lengo Channel In the Solomon Islands, the waters between the Florida Islands and Taivu Point on the northeast of Guadalcanal are divided by reefs into (from north to south) Nggela Channel, Sealark Channel, and Lengo Channel. They connect Ironbottom Sound to the west with Indispensable Strait to the east.
Lengsel Lengsel is a progressive black metal band that formed in 1995 and released one album, called Solace, on Endtime Productions in 2000, which was subsequently licensed to Solid State Records for an American release.
Length contraction Length contraction, according to Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity, is the decrease in length observed in objects traveling, relative to an observer, at a substantial fraction of the speed of light. The effect is observed parallel to the direction in which the observed body is travelling.
Length of a module In abstract algebra, the length of a module is a measure of the module's "size". It is defined as the length of the longest ascending chain of submodules and is a generalization of the concept of dimension for vector spaces.
Length scale In physics, length scale is a particular length or distance determined with the precision of one order (or a few orders) of magnitude. The concept of length scale is particularly important because physical phenomena of different length scales can not affect each other and are said to decouple.
Lengua Armada Discos Lengua Armada Discos is a American punk and hardcore record label run by Limp Wrist/Los Crudos frontman, Martin Sorrondeguy. It features such bands as Look Back and Laugh, Charles Bronson and Severed Head of State and Sin Orden.
Lengyel culture The Lengyel culture, ca. 5000–4000 BC, was an archaeological culture located in the area of modern-day southern Moravia, western Slovakia, western Hungary, parts of southern Poland, and in adjacent sections of Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia.
Lenham Lenham is a market village in Kent situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, halfway between Maidstone and Ashford. The picturesque square in the village has two public houses (one of which is a hotel), a couple of restaurants, and a tea-room..
Leni Stern Leni Stern, née Magdalena Thora Magdalena Thora (born April 28, 1952 Jazz Birthdays in Munich, Germany) is a jazz pianist, guitarist, and singer. She was interested in music from an early age, beginning piano studies at the age of six and taking on the guitar age of eleven.
Lenin (novel) Lenin The Novel (published 1987) is a fictional diary of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (better known as Lenin) written by the British journalist Alan Brien. It follows the life of Lenin from the death of his father in early 1886, to shortly before his own demise in 1924.
Lenin Komsomol Prize Lenin Komsomol Prize (Russian: премия Ленинского комсомола) was a Soviet annual award for the best works in science, engineering, literature or art carried out by young authors of age not exceeding 33 years.
Lenin of the Rovers Lenin of the Rovers was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series written by Marcus Berkmann from 1988 starring Alexei Sayle as Ricky Lenin, a player for Felchester Rovers - Britain's only communist football team. Other players in the team included Stevie Stalin (Andrew McLean) and Terry Trotsky (Phil Cornwell).
Lenin Peace Prize The International Stalin Prize or the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples (renamed , the International Lenin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples as a result of destalinization) was the Soviet Union's equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize. It was awarded by an international panel appointed by the Soviet government to notable individuals who the panel felt had "strengthened peace among peoples".
Lenin's April Theses The Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin returned to the capital of Russia, Petrograd, on April 3, 1917, just over a month following the February Revolution which had brought about the establishment of the liberal Provisional Government. He set out his analysis of where Russian politics should develop in his famous April Theses published in the newspaper, Pravda.
Lenin's Hanging Order The term Lenin's Hanging Order refers to the handwritten order dated August 11] [[1918, written by Vladimir Lenin instructing communists operating in and around Penza to publicly hang at least one hundred kulaks; publicize their names; confiscate their grains and to take an unspecified number of hostages.
Lenin's Mausoleum Lenin's Mausoleum (), also known as Lenin's Tomb, situated in Red Square in Moscow, is the mausoleum that serves as the final resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed body has been on public display there since the year he died, 1924.
Lenin's Testament Lenin's Testament is the name given to a document written by Vladimir Lenin in the last weeks of 1922 and the first week of 1923. In the testament, Lenin proposed changes to the structure of the Soviet governing bodies.
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire is a bestselling work by David Remnick. Often cited as an example of New Journalism, it won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1994 (see 1994 Pulitzer Prize).
Leningrad (song) Leningrad is a 1989 song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Billy Joel. The song was originally released on his album Storm Front on the Columbia Records label, and went on to be released as a single, and was also released on his Greatest Hits, Vol.
Leningrad Affair The Leningrad Affair ("Ленинградское дело" in Russian, or Leningradskoye delo), a series of "criminal" cases, fabricated in the late 1940s–early 1950s in order to accuse a number of prominent members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of "treason" and "intention" to create an anti-Soviet organization out of the Leningrad Party cell.
Leningrad Codex The Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) is the oldest surviving complete copy of the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible, dated 1008. (The Aleppo Codex is presumably a few decades older, but parts of it are missing.
Leningrad Cowboys Go America Leningrad Cowboys Go America is a 1989 road movie by Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki about the adventures of a fictional Russian rock band (the Leningrad Cowboys, played by the Finnish rock band Sleepy Sleepers) that goes to the United States to become famous.
Leningrad Military District The Leningrad Military District is a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Presidential Decree 900 dated July 27, 1998 gave the District's composition as the Republic of Karelia, the Komi Republic, Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod, and Pskov oblasts, Saint Petersburg, and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast (, Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Northwestern Federal District and named after the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. The governor is Valery Pavlovich Serdyukov.
Leningrad Taneiev Quartet The Leningrad Taneiev Quartet made its first appearance in the Small Hall of the Leningrad Conservatory in the winter of 1946, its members being students at the Conservatory. The quartet played in particular the quartets of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Taneiev but also included first performances of works by the Leningrad composers V.
Leningradskaya Station Leningradskaya station was a Soviet antarctic research station, located at (the north shore of Victoria Land, at the Oates Coast). It was opened on February 25, 1971 by the members of the 15th Soviet Antarctic Expedition.
Leningradsky Rail Terminal Leningradskiy Rail Terminal (Russian: Ленинградский вокзал, Leningradskiy vokzal) is the oldest of Moscow's nine principal railway stations. Situated on Three Station Square, the station serves north-western directions, notably Saint Petersburg.
Leninism Leninism refers to various related political and economic theories elaborated by Bolshevik revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin, and by other theorists who claim to be carrying on Lenin's work. Leninism builds upon and elaborates the ideas of Marxism, and serves as the philosophical basis for Communism and the pre-Stalin government of the Soviet Union.
Leninska Kuznya Leninska Kuznya () is a ship building and armament company in Kiev, Ukraine. Although situated on the Dnieper River and presently concenrated on river ships, the company is able to produce & repair small sea vessels (both civil and naval), as well as various military equipment.
Leninsky Prospekt Leninsky Prospekt or Prospekt Lenina (commonly translated as Lenin Avenue) was an obligatory name, commemorating Vladimir Lenin, for the main or a significant street in virtually every larger city of the Soviet Union. (Smaller towns and other settlements had "Lenin Street".
Lenn Sakata Lenn Haruki Sakata (born June 8 1954 in Honolulu, Hawaii), is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a utility player from 1977-1987 and was a member of the Baltimore Orioles 1983 World Series Championship team.
Lenna Lenna or Lena is the name given to a standard test image originally cropped from a Playboy magazine centerfold picture of Lena Söderberg, a Swedish model who posed naked for the November 1972 issue. The image is probably the most widely used test image for all sorts of image processing algorithms (such as compression and denoising) and related scientific publications.
Lenna Kuurmaa Lenna Kuurmaa (born September 26, 1985 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian musician, singer, songwriter, and member of the popular girl group Vanilla Ninja. Born to Rain and Anne Kuurmaa, she has one brother, Raido, who is 3 years older.
Lennard Pearce Lennard Pearce (born February 9, 1915 in London; died December 15, 1984 in London) was a British actor who mostly worked in theatre. He gained world fame with the role of Grandad in BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses.
Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd [1915] AC 705 is a famous decision by the House of Lords on the ability to impose liability upon a corporation. The decision expands upon the earlier decision in Salomon v.
Lennard-Jones potential Neutral atoms and molecules are subject to two distinct forces in the limit of large distance and short distance: an attractive force at long ranges (van der Waals force, or dispersion force) and a repulsive force at short ranges (the result of overlapping electron orbitals, referred to as Pauli repulsion from Pauli exclusion principle). The Lennard-Jones potential (also referred to as the L-J potential, 6-12 potential or, less commonly, 12-6 potential)
Lennart Bodström Lennart Bodström (born April 20, 1928) is a Swedish politician born in Gothenburg, serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Olof Palme's Social Democratic cabinet from 1982 to 1985. His refusal to, without further evidence, participate in the accusations against the Soviet Union regarding its possible submarine operations in Swedish waters led to a motion of confidence against him in the Riksdag, which failed.
Lennart Hyland Lennart Hyland (September 15, 1919, Tranås, Småland – March 15, 1993), Swedish TV-show host and journalist and one of the most popular and renowned TV personalities in the history of Swedish television. His biggest success as an entertainer was unquestionably the show Hylands hörna ("Hyland's corner"), initially a radio show, that aired from 1962 on Sveriges Television.
Lennart Johansson Lennart Johansson (born November 5, 1929) was the president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations from 1990 until 2007. In April 2005 he was re-elected for a new two-year period, and announced that he would seek another four-year term.
Lennart Strand Lennart Strand (June 13, 1921 — January 23, 2004) was a Swedish middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 1500 m at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. The race was won by his compatriot Henry Eriksson.
Lenneth Valkyrie is a valkyrie and the primary protagonist of the Square Enix video game title Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, recently awakened warrior-maiden that Odin has served with the task of recruiting the souls of deceased warriors, or einherjar from the world of mortal men, Midgard, so that they may assist in the war against Surt, and prevent the destruction of Asgard in Ragnarok. Lenneth is a goddess of fate along with her two sisters (Silmeria and Hrist) and they all share the same body.
Lennie Friedman Lennie Friedman (born October 13, 1976 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American football player for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. He was originally selected with the 30th pick of the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos out of Duke University.
Lennie Hayton Leonard George (Lennie) Hayton (13 February 1908 – 24 April 1971) was a Jewish American composer, conductor and arranger. He was initially a pianist in jazz groups led by Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, Red Nichols, Joe Venuti and others.
Lennie James Lennie James is a British actor and playwright. He has appeared in over twenty films, including the Guy Ritchie crime caper Snatch (2000), 24 Hour Party People (2002), and Sahara (2005) and wrote the play The Sons of Charlie Paora which was performed at London's Royal Court Theatre.
Lennie Lower Lennie Lower (September 24th, 1903-1947), was an Australian humourist who is still considered by many to be the comic genius of Australian journalism. Born in Dubbo, New South Wales, he wrote up to eight columns each week for a variety of newspapers in Sydney during the Depression and World War One.

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