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Norman Partridge (cricketer) Norman Ernest Partridge, born at Great Barr, Birmingham, on August 10, 1900 and died at Aberystwyth on March 10, 1982, was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Warwickshire. But his wider claim to notability is that he was selected in 1919, while a schoolboy at Malvern College, by Wisden as one its five Cricketers of the Year, there being no first-class cricket from which to choose outstanding performers.
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs was established in 1965 at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, with a grant from Senator Norman Paterson. It is widly considered to be Canada's premier school for the study of International Affairs.
Norman Pearson NORMAN PEARSON has been the tubist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra since 1993. Prior to his appointment with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Norman Pearson was a freelance musician in the Los Angeles area and performed regularly with the Pacific Symphony, Joffrey Ballet, Los Angeles Music Center Opera and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Norman Pentland Norman Pentland (9 September 1912 - 28 October 1972) was a British Labour Member of Parliament for Chester-le-Street. He won the constituency in a 1956 by-election, and served until his death at the age of 60 in 1972.
Norman Pfister Norman Pfister is a minor character on the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He appears in "What's my Line, Part One" and "What's my Line, Part two" and is a member of the Order of Taraka, a group of assassins that is infamous in the underworld for its efficiency.
Norman Pirie Norman Wingate Pirie FRS (1 July 1907 - 29 March 1997)-was a British biochemist and virologist who, along with Frederick Bawden, discovered that a virus can be crystallized by isolating tobacco mosaic virus in 1936. This was an important milestone in understanding DNA and RNA.
Norman Pritchard Norman Gilbert Pritchard (alias Norman Trevor) (June 23, 1875 – October 31, 1929) was an athlete from India who went on to star in Hollywood and Broadway. He was of British descent and moved to England permanenly in 1905.
Norman Ray Thompson Norman Ray Thompson (November 11, 1913 - April 19, 1991) was a dairy husbandry professor, statistician, and computer programmer analyst. He is also remembered for his active participation in the District of Columbia Association for Computing Machinery, Toastmasters, Buick Club and choir at the Fairlington Presbyterian Church.
Norman Reid Norman Reid (born 26 December, 1890 in Cape Town, died 6 June, 1947 in Cape Town) was a South African cricketer who played one Test for South Africa in 1921, and also played first class cricket for Western Province between 1920 and 1923. He was described by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as a "brilliant" fielder, but 17 runs and two wickets in his only Test was not enough to keep his place in the team.
Norman Riley Norman Riley is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of East-Anglia in Norwich (UK). His research contributions in the field of fluid mechanics, over five decades, have included: unsteady flows with application to acoustic levitation and the loading on the submerged horizontal pontoons of tethered leg platforms; the aerodynamics of wings including leading-edge separation from slender wings and supercritical flow over multi-element wings; heat transfer and combustion including diffusion flames and detonation-wave generation; vortex ring dynamics; crystal growth, in particular the Czochralski crystal growth process.
Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was a 20th century American painter. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades.
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. General H. "Stormin' " Norman Schwarzkopf KCB (born August 22, 1934) is a retired United States Army general who, while he served as Commander-in-Chief (now known as "Combatant Commander") of U.
Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (August 28, 1895 – November 25, 1958) was the first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. He is best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case and for being the father of General H.
Norman Siegel Norman Siegel (born 1943) was the director of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), New York's leading civil rights organization, under the umbrella of the nationwide American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Siegel served as director from 1985 until 2000.
Norman Smiley Norman Smiley (born February 28, 1965 in Northampton) is a British professional wrestler currently competing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is best known for his appearances in the United States of America with World Championship Wrestling as "Screamin" Norman Smiley.
Norman Snow Norman Snow (born March 29, 1950 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Alex Rogan's rival, the evil tyrant Xur in the science fiction classic The Last Starfighter (1984).
Norman Solomon Norman Solomon (1952 - ) is a Jewish American journalist and antiwar activist from Maryland who writes frequently about media and politics. His weekly column "Media Beat" has been in national syndication since 1992.
Norman Sperling Norman Sperling is an author, editor, publisher, teacher, and telescope designer living in San Mateo, California. He received his master's degree in the history of science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC (born May 18, 1929), is a British Conservative politician, author and barrister. His surname was compounded from his father's (Stevas) and mother's (St John-O'Connor) surnames.
Norman Stillman Norman Arthur Stillman is the Schusterman-Josey Professor and Chair of Judaic History at the University of Oklahoma. He specializes on the intersection of Jewish and Islamic culture and history, and on Oriental and Sephardi Jewry, with special interest in the Jewish communities in North Africa.
Norman Tebbit Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, CH, PC (born 29 March 1931) is a British Conservative politician and former MP for Chingford, who was born in Southgate in Enfield. His wife became permanently wheelchair-bound after the Provisional IRA bombing of the 1984 Conservative party conference in Brighton.
Norman Thelwell Norman Thelwell (3 May 1923 - 7 February 2004) was an English cartoonist well-known for his humorous illustrations of ponies and horses. Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, as a promising young student from Liverpool School of Art, he soon became a contributor to the satirical magazine Punch in the 1950s, and earned many lasting devotees by illustrating Chicko in the British boys' comic Eagle.
Norman Tindale Norman Barnett Tindale (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist and entomologist. Born in Perth, his family moved to Tokyo from 1907 to 1915, where his father worked as an accountant at the Salvation Army mission in Japan.
Norman Tokar Norman Tokar (November 25, 1919 in Newark, New Jersey - April 6, 1979 in Hollywood) was a prolific director (and occasionally writer and producer) of serial television and feature films, who directed many of the early episodes of Leave it to Beaver, and found his greatest success directing over a dozen films for Walt Disney Productions, spanning the 1950s to 1970s.
Norman Treigle Norman Treigle (né Adanelle Wilfred Treigle, on 6 March, 1927; died on 16 February 1975) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the fifth and final child of a poor carpenter and his wife. Following his 1946 marriage to the former Loraine Siegel, the bass-baritone began vocal studies with the contralto Elisabeth Wood.
Norman Turnbull Norman Leslie Turnbull (born August 24, 1900 in Binscarth, Manitoba; died January 12, 1986) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1949 as a representative of the Social Credit League, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken and Stuart Garson.
Norman W. Walker Norman Wardhaugh Walker (January 4, 1886 — June 6, 1985) was an English-American businessman and pioneer in the field of vegetable juicing and nutrional health. He advocated the drinking of fresh raw vegetable and fruit juices, both to regain and to maintain one's health.
Norman Westberg Norman Westberg is a New York City guitarist and member of the now-defunct Swans. Present through almost the entirety of the band's existence, Westberg was brought on for Swans' debut album Filth (1983) and appeared on every release though 1991's White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (he also played in 1995 for The Great Annihilator).
Norman Wettenhall Foundation The Norman Wettenhall Foundation is an Australian environmental philanthropic foundation and a charitable trust with tax deductible status. It supports projects that enhance or maintain the vitality and diversity of the Australian natural living environment, with an emphasis on conserving Australia's native birds and their habitats.
Norman Whitfield Norman Jesse Whitfield (born in Harlem, New York in 1943) is an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s. He is credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, as well as one of the major instrumental figures in the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul.
Norman Whiting Norman Harry Whiting (born 2 October 1920) is a former English cricketer who played 59 first-class matches for Worcestershire in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He was born in Wollaston, which at that time lay within Worcestershire.
Norman Willis Norman David Willis (born 1933 in Ashford, Surrey) was the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the United Kingdom from 1984–1993, and President of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) 1991–1993.
Norman Wodehouse Norman Atherton Wodehouse (18 May 1887 - 4 July 1941) was a Royal Navy Vice-Admiral killed in the second World War. He married Theodosia Boyle, daughter of Commander Edward Boyle and Theodosia Ogilvie, on 22 October 1923.
Norman yoke The Norman yoke is a term that emerged in English Nationalist discourse in the mid-17th century. It was a shorthand phrase, useful for attributing the oppressive aspects of feudalism in England to the impositions of William I of England, his retainers and their descendants.
Norman Zide Norman Zide is Professor Emeritus in the Department of South Asian Languages & Civilization the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. He taught Hindi and Urdu there for four decades and also published several books and articles on the subject.
Norman's Cay Norman's Cay is a Bahamian island that served as the headquarters for Carlos Lehder drug-smuggling operation from 1978 to around 1982. As part of the MedellĂ­n Cartel, he used it as a base for smuggling cocaine into the United States.
Norman's Crossing, Texas Norman's Crossing is an unincorporated farming community in Williamson County, Texas, USA. The community is located on Brushy Creek between Hutto and Rice's Crossing, near the intersection of FM 3349 and FM 1660, and about 25 miles northeast of Austin.
Normanby River The Normanby River is a major river in northern Queensland, located on the edge of the Wet Tropics and flowing in a generally north-northwestward direction through seasonally flooded savanna grassland to Princess Charlotte Bay about 150 kilometres from Cooktown.
Normanby, Middlesbrough Normanby is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Greater Middlesbrough conurbation but is not within the borough of Middlesbrough itself.
Normand Baron Normand Baron born December 15, 1957 in Verdun, Quebec is a retired professional ice hockey player who spent time with the Montreal Canadiens and St Louis Blues of the NHL. He was also, for a time, a professional bodybuilder.
Normandale Community College Normandale Community College is an urban, two-year college located in Bloomington, Minnesota, serving primarily the communities of the southwestern metropolitan region of the Twin Cities. Established in 1968 as Normandale Junior College with an initial enrollment of 1,358 students, today Normandale annually enrolls more than 10,000 students.
Normandale, Ontario Normandale is a quaint fishing town in southwestern Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada that is famous for its perch and black bass. Commerce is extremely limited and agriculture plays a smaller role than in other parts of Norfolk County.
Normandin, Quebec Normandin is a city located on the west side of Lac Saint-Jean in Quebec, Canada. It has a population of 3,000 and is the administrative center of Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality which includes the towns of Albanel, Saint-Thomas-Didyme, St-Edmond-les-plaines and Girardville.
Normandite Normandite is a brittle orange brown sorosilicate mineral discovered in 1997 by Charles Normand (1963-), of Montreal. Normandite occurs in Khibiny, Kola, Russia; in Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec and Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Normandy Normandy (in French: Normandie, and in Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region in northern France. Upper Normandy (Haute-Normandie) consists of the French départements of Seine-Maritime and Eure, and Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie) of the départements of Orne, Calvados, and Manche.
Normandy High School Normandy High School, established in 1968, is a part of the Parma City School District which encompasses the three communities of Parma, Parma Heights, and Seven Hills, located on the southwest boundary of Cleveland, Ohio. The estimated population of the school district is 121,668 with a public school population of 12,851 students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Normandy Park, Medina, Ohio Normandy Park is a residential community located in Montville Township in Medina, Ohio. It is made up of houses on the west side of the property and condominiums and apartments (Mallard's Crossing) on the east.
Normanhurst Boys High School Normanhurst Boys High School is a selective, non-denominational, high school for boys located in Normanhurst, a northern suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the top selective schools in N.
Normans The Normans (adapted from the name "Northmen" or "Norsemen") were a people who colonized Normandy, conquered England, and played a major political, military and cultural role in the northern and Mediterranean parts of medieval Europe for centuries. Their most famous achievement was the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Normanton by-election, 1933 A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Normanton on 8 May 1933. The seat had become vacant on the death of the Labour Member of Parliament Frederick Hall, who had held the seat since a previous by-election in 1905.
Normanton by-election, 1947 A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Normanton on 11 February 1947. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament Tom Smith had resigned, take up the post of Labour Director of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board.
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency) Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Normanton, Queensland Normanton () is a small cattle town in the north of the state of Queensland, Australia, just south of the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the Norman River. The town's population is 1447, over half of whom are indigenous Australians (2001 census).
Normative economics Normative economics is the branch of economics that incorporates value judgments about what the economy should be like or what particular policy actions should be recommended to achieve a desirable goal. Normative economics looks at the desirability of certain aspects of the economy.
Normative ethics Normative ethics is the branch of the philosophical study of ethics concerned with classifying actions as right and wrong, as opposed to descriptive ethics. Normative ethics regards ethics as a set of norms related to actions.
Normative principle of worship The Normative Principle of Worship is a Christian theological principle that teaches that worship in the Church can include those elements that are not prohibited by Scripture. The most common traditions utilizing this are Anglican and Lutheran.
Normative science A normative science is a form of inquiry, typically involving a community of inquiry and its accumulated body of provisional knowledge, that seeks to discover useful ways of achieving recognized aims, ends, goals, objectives, or purposes.
Normative statement In economics, a normative statement expresses a judgment about whether a situation is desirable or undesirable. "The world would be a better place if the moon were made of green cheese" is a normative statement because it expresses a judgment about what ought to be.
Normed vector space In mathematics, with 2- or 3-dimensional vectors with real-valued entries, the idea of the "length" of a vector is intuitive and can easily be extended to any real vector space Rn. It turns out that the following properties of "vector length" are the crucial ones.
Normen Europäischer Modelleisenbahnen Normen Europäischer Modelleisenbahnen (NEM), or European Standards for Modelling, are the standards for rail transport modelling valid for constructing models of European railways, issued by the MOROP, the European federation of national model railway associations. North American railway model manufacturers generally follow NMRA standards instead.
Normes de CastellĂł Normes OrtogrĂ fiques de CastellĂł (CastellĂł Orthographic Norms), also simply known as Normes de CastellĂł or Normes del 32 after the city (CastellĂł de la Plana) and year (1932) when they were signed, are an elementary orthographic guidelines which follow Pompeu Fabra's Catalan language norms for its Valencian variety. They were signed by the most important cultural institutions of the Land of Valencia.
Normie Osborn Normie Osborn is the grandson of Norman Osborn and the son of Harry Osborn, the first and second Green Goblin, respectively. As Harry Osborn and Peter Parker were best friends, he is also Spider-Man's godchild.
Normie Rowe Normie Rowe was the first and biggest solo star of Australian pop in the Sixties. A strong singer and a natural performer, his bright, edgy tenor voice was showcased in well-chosen material, much of which was produced by the legendary Pat Aulton, house producer for the Spin and Festival labels.
Normie Smith Norman "Normie" Smith (born March 18, 1908 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 1988) was a Vezina-winning goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings. Smith shut-out the Montreal Maroons in the NHL's longest game, a 176-minute, 30-second affair, on way to a Stanley Cup championship in 1936.
Normlessness Emile Durkheim described anomie which is state of relative normlessness or a state in which norms have been eroded. A norm is an expectation of how people will behave, and it takes the form of a rule that is socially rather than formally enforced.
Norms of reaction In ecology and genetics, a norm of reaction describes the pattern of phenotypic expression of a single genotype across a range of environments. One use of norms of reaction is in describing how different species—especially related species—respond to varying environments.
Norn Iron Norn Iron is an informal and affectionate local nickname for Northern Ireland, derived from the pronunciation of the words "Northern Ireland" in an exaggerated Ulster accent (particularly one from the Greater Belfast area). The phrase is seen as a light-hearted politically neutral way to refer to the country, based as it is on a commonly shared regional accent.
Norn language Norn is an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken on Shetland and Orkney, off the north coast of mainland Scotland, and in Caithness. After the islands were returned to Scotland by Norway in the 15th century, its use was discouraged by the Scottish government and the Church of Scotland (the national church), and it was gradually replaced by Scots over time.
Norna-Gests þáttr Norna-Gests þáttr or the Story of Norna-Gest is a legendary saga about the Norse hero Norna-Gest. The story is inserted into the Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason in the Flatey Book and contains several poems from the Poetic Edda.
NorNed NorNed is the designation of a 580 kilometre long HVDC submarine link between Feda in Norway and the seaport of Eemshaven in the Netherlands, which will interconnect both coutries' electricity grids. Budgeted at 550 million euro, the NorNed cable is planned as bipolar HVDC link with a voltage of 450kV and a transmission rate of at least 700 megawatts.
Norodom Chakraping Proloung Khmer Party A minor political party in Cambodia, it has since been dissolved by its founder, Prince Norodom Chakrapong, after its dismal showing in the 2003 National Assembly elections. The Prince has since joined the FUNCINPEC party, headed by fellow prince Norodom Ranarridh.
Norodom Sihamoni King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia (Khmer: នរោត្តម សីហមុនី; IPA: ; born 14 May 1953) is the King of Cambodia, the son of King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Previously Cambodia's ambassador to UNESCO, he was named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father, Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in the year 2004.
Norops Norops is the proposed generic name for 150 lizard species traditionally classified in the genus Anolis (family, Iguanidae). Guyer and Savage (1986) applied this name to a group that Etheridge (1959) designated the "beta anoles" on the basis of skeletal characters that distinguished them from all other anole species (i.
Noroton Heights Fire Department The Noroton Heights Fire Department is an all-volunteer fire department that serves the Town of Darien, Connecticut in south west Fairfield County and is located at 209 Noroton Avenue, Darien, CT 06820. The department is one of three in the town, each serving a specific geographic region within the town, as well as combining services when needed.
Norouz Norouz ( also spelled Nauryz, Noe-Rooz, Nawroz, Norooz, Noruz, Novruz, Noh Ruz, Nauroz, Nav-roze, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nevruz or Nowrouz) is the traditional Iranian new year holiday in Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, India, Turkey, Zanzibar, Albania, Georgia, various countries of Central Asia such as Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among the Kurds As well as being a Zoroastrian] holiday, it is also a holy day for adherents of [[Sufism as well as Bahá'í Faith It is also referred to as Eid]. For [[Isma'ilis Navroz celebrates the birthday of Ali (Ali Ibn Talib), and is also celebrated as the new year festival due to the group being of Persian origin.
NorOntair NorOntair is a defunct airline from Canada that operated its first scheduled flight October 18, 1971 and its last flight March 29, 1996. The cities served included Dash 8 service to Kapuskasing, Timmins, North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste.
Norra Botkyrka Norra Botkyrka (North Botkyrka) usually refers to the northern residential areas of Botkyrka Municipality near Stockholm in Sweden. There are four stations on the Stockholm Metro here: Norsborg, Hallunda, Alby and Fittja.
Norra Real Norra Real, "Northern Real" (gymnasium), is an upper-secondary school located in Stockholm, Sweden. The school was founded in 1890 and formerly was the site of Stockholm's public international school, which moved in 1987 to Kungsholmens Gymnasium, another Stockholm upper-secondary school located on the island of Kungsholmen.
Norrbärke Court District Norrbärke Court District, or Norrbärke tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (härad).
Norrbottens pansarbataljon Norrbottens pansarbataljon (Norrbotten Armoured Battalion), designation Pbat/I 19 or P 5, is a Swedish Army armoured battalion, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It is still in active service, and is currently garrisoned in Boden, Norrbotten as part of Norrbottens regemente.
Norrbottens regemente Norrbottens regemente (Norrbotten Regiment), designation I 19, is a Swedish Army armoured and light infantry regiment that traces its origins back to the 19th Century. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the province of Norrbotten, and it is currently garrisoned in Boden, Norrbotten.
Norrbro Norrbro (Swedish: "North Bridge") is an arch bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. It extends north from the northern front of the Stockholm Palace passing over Helgeandsholmen in front of the parliament building, Riksdagen, and from there over to Gustaf Adolfs torg.
Norrbyskär Norrbyskär is a small group of islands outside of Umeå, Sweden. From 1895 to 1952 it was the location of a steam-powered sawmill, which at one time was one of the largest of its kind in Europe, owned by the Mo och Domsjö corporation.
Norridgewock The Norridgewock were a People of the Dawn, an Eastern tribe of the United States. These people occupied an area adjacent to the Penawapskewi (or Penobscot) tribe, which was located on the western bank of what is now known as the Penobscot River in the U.
Norrie disease Norrie disease is an inherited eye disorder that leads to blindness in male infants at birth or soon after birth. It causes abnormal development of the retina, with masses of immature retinal cells accumulating at the back of the eye.
Norrie MacLaren Norman Angus MacLaren (born 6 May 1948) is a Scottish Highlands-based television and film producer international fashion photographer, scriptwriter, artist, and environmentalist (and Highland gardener). He is the grandson of Edith Rawdon Hastings, Countess of Loudoun.
Norrie Muir Norrie Muir (1948 - ) Scottish climber and prolific first ascentionist. Member of the exclusive Creagh Dhu mountaineering club, and with Stevie Docherty and George Adam formed a group known as the “Steam Team.
Norrington Table The Norrington Table is an annual ranking that lists the colleges of the University of Oxford in order of the performance of their undergraduate students on that year's final examinations. It was created in 1962 by Sir Arthur Norrington, who was then president of Trinity College.
Norris Bradbury Norris Edwin Bradbury (May 30, 1909 - August 20, 1997) served as director of Los Alamos National Laboratory for 25 years (1945 - 1970), succeeding J. Robert Oppenheimer, who personally chose Bradbury for the position of director after working closely with him on the Manhattan Project.
Norris Castle Norris Castle was designed by James Wyatt and can be seen from the Solent standing on the north east point of East Cowes. The Castle has a galleted facade with crenellations, but all of this is for show as the Castle has no defensive fortifications.
Norris Coleman Norris J. Coleman (born September 27, 1961 in Jacksonville, Florida), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft.
Norris Forest School Arboretum The Norris Forest School Arboretum 160 acres (0.6 km²) is an arboretum located four miles (6 km) south of Hickman, Nebraska, and extends all around the grade school, middle school and high school buildings of the Norris School District.
Norris Green Norris Green is a large housing estate and council ward in Liverpool, England comprising some 1,500 dwellings, it is locally known as "Noggsy". It was built in the 1920s on land donated to the city by Lord Derby, who was at the time resident at nearby Croxteth Park Hall.
Norris Locomotive Works The Norris Locomotive Works was a steam locomotive manufacturing company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that produced about a thousand engines between 1836 and 1860. It was the dominant American locomotive producer during most of that period, and was even selling its popular 4-2-0 locomotives to European railways — those of England, France, Germany, Prussia, Austria, Belgium, Italy and Saxony — in the early 1840s.
Norris McWhirter Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE (August 12, 1925 – April 19, 2004) was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother, Ross McWhirter, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975.
Norris Poulson C. Norris Poulson (July 23, 1895 – September 25, 1982) served as mayor of Los Angeles, California from 1953 to 1961, after having been a California state assemblyman and then a member of the United States Congress for eight years.
Norris Weese Norris Lee Weese (born August 12, 1951) (died January 20, 1995) was a star quarterback for Chalmette High School and the University of Mississippi. He played two seasons for the World Football League before joining the NFL.
Norris-LaGuardia Act The Norris-LaGuardia Act (also known as the Anti-Injunction Bill) of 1932 was a United States federal law that outlawed yellow-dog contracts, or those in which a worker agreed as a condition of employment that he would not join a labor union; the common title followed from the names of the sponsors of the legislation: Republicans Senator George Norris of Nebraska and Representative Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York.
Norrish reaction The Norrish reaction in organic chemistry describes the photochemical reactions taking place with ketones and aldehydes. This type of reaction is subdivided in Norrish type I reactions and Norrish type II reactions Named Organic Reactions, 2nd Edition, Thomas Laue and Andreas Plagens, John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, England, New York, 2005.
Norristown Academy Norristown Academy is a public academy established in 1804 in Norristown Pennsylvania. Many prominent people have been educated there, including the sons of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Governor David Rittenhouse Porter, James Madison Porter, and Samuel Medary.

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