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Nose cone design Given the problem of the aerodynamic design of the nose cone section of any vehicle meant to travel through a compressible fluid medium (such as a rocket or aircraft), the main problem at hand is the determination of the nose cone geometrical shape. For many applications, such a task requires the definition of solid of revolution shape that experiences minimal resistance to rapid motion through a such a fluid medium, which consists of elastic particles.
Nose fetishism Nose fetishism (nose fetish or nasophilia) is a paraphilia in which an individual is sexually aroused by the sight, touch, or often the erotic sucking of human noses. Less common, but of interest, are those who are aroused by having their nose stroked, felt and sucked.
Nose grease Nose grease (also nose oil) is grease removed from the surface of the human nose. The pores of the lateral creases of the exterior of the nose create and store more oil and grease than pores elsewhere on the human body, forming a readily available source of small quantities of grease or oil.
Nose guard Nose guard, or NT, is a defensive position in American football. In five-lineman situations, such as a goal-line formation, the nose guard is the innermost lineman, flanked on either side by a defensive tackle.
Nose Hill Park Nose Hill Park, one of the largest municipal parks in Canada and North America, is located in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is a natural environment park, commonly regarded as a retreat from city life and a place to enjoy nature.
Nose piercing Nose piercing is the piercing of the skin or cartilage which forms any part of the nose, normally for the purpose of wearing jewelry; among the different varieties of nose piercings, the nostril piercing is the most common. Nose piercing is one of the most common varieties of piercing after earlobe piercing.
Nose ring (animals) A nose ring is the stainless steel or brass ring installed in the septum of a bull of the bovine species. Bulls are powerful and dangerous animals which, if uncontrolled, can kill or severely injure their handlers.
Nosebleed section The phrase nosebleed section is applied tongue-in-cheek to those seats of a public arena, usually an athletic stadium or gymnasium, that are highest and, usually, farthest from the desired activity. A common reference to having seats at the upper tiers of a stadium is "sitting in the nosebleed section" or "nosebleed seats.
Noseclip A noseclip is a small bent piece of wire covered in rubber worn by some swimmers (primarily synchronized swimmers). It is designed to clasp the nostrils closed to prevent water from getting in or air from escaping during activities such as synchronized swimming.
Nosepass are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Nosepass in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Nosferatu (album) Nosferatu was the 1979 album produced by the Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell's musical collaboration with Robert Williams, who was a drummer in Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. The album cover features a still from F.
Nosferatu (World of Darkness) The Nosferatu are a fictional clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages and Vampire: The Requiem books and role-playing games. They are uniformly hideous as a result of the flaw in their vampiric bloodline, though each individual's physical monstrosity is unique.
Nosferatu in Venice Nosferatu a Venezia, also known as Vampires in Venice, is an Italian horror film released in 1988 and directed by Augusto Caminito, starring Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer and Donald Pleasence. Director-producer Caminito intended to produce a legitimate sequel to Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre, with Klaus Kinski reprising his role, but the actor refused to shave his head and don his make-up again, so the two films appear to be wholly unrelated.
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens ("Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror" in German) is a German Expressionist film shot in 1921 by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, and released in 1922. He had wanted to film a version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, but his studio was unable to obtain the rights to the story.
Noshahr Noshahr (also written Nowshahr, Noushahr and نوشهر in Persian) is a port city in the province of Mazandaran in northern Iran. It is known for its humid climate and immense natural beauty, and is therefore an attractive destination for domestic tourism.
Noshir Gowadia Noshir Sheriarji Gowadia is a former design engineer at Northrop Corporation. He was involved in the creation of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and has been accused of selling classified military information about the B-2 Spirit to foreign governments, including the People's Republic of China, Israel, Germany, and Switzerland.
Nosler The name Nosler applies to a number of companies that manufacture of ammunition and handloading components, specializing in high performance hollow point and soft point hunting bullets. The company was founded in the late 1940s by John Nosler, a hunter who started developing his own lathe turned bullets for hunting and later started to sell the bullets commercially.
Nosocomial infection Nosocomial infections are those which are a result of treatment in a hospital or hospital-like setting, but secondary to the patient's original condition. Infections are considered nosocomial if they first appear 48 hours or more after hospital admission or within 30 days after discharge.
Nosode A nosode is a homeopathic preparation made from a disease or pathological product. Substances such as fecal, urinary, respiratory discharges, as well as tissue and blood products are used in the fabrication of nosodes.
Noson Lawen (film) Noson Lawen was a Welsh language film made in 1949. It was based on the story by Sam Jones, directed by Marc Lloyd and starred Meredydd Evans, Ieuan Rhys Williams, Nellie Hodgkins and Robert Roberts as the main roles respectively.
Nosoträsh Nosoträsh is a Spanish pop music band formed in Gijon in 1994. Along with releasing records on the influential Elefant Records in Spain, Nosoträsh will release a single in 2007 in the United States on Hugpatch.
Nosotros Somos Dios 'Nosotros Somos Dios' is a play by Mexican playwright Wilberto CantĂłn. Published in 1962 and written in Spanish, it portrays the troubles of the Alvarez family during the turbulent time of the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
Nossa Senhora da Luz (Maio) Nossa Senhora da Luz (formerly Porto InglĂŞs or Porto InglĂŞz) is a parish in the the island of Maio in southeastern Cape Verde. The seat of the parish is Vila do Maio and includes the entire island and municipality.
Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir) Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel is the Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva, which is located in Beis Yisroel, Jerusalem, Israel. He is the son-in-law of Rabbi Beinish Finkel, who was the son of Rabbi Eliezer Yehudah Finkel.
Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka) Nosson Zvi (Nota Hirsh) Finkel (1849-1927), was born in Lithuania and died in the British Mandate of Palestine. He was an influential leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka Yeshiva, in the town of Slabodka (a suburb of Kaunas).
Nostell Miners Welfare F.C. Nostell Miners Welfare are a football club based in Nostell, near Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, England. For the 2006-07 season, they are members of the Northern Counties East Football League Division One having joined from the West Yorkshire League.
Nostell Priory Nostell Priory is a Palladian house located in Nostell, not far from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Built on the site of a medieval priory for the Winn family from 1733 onwards, Nostell Priory is today a National Trust propery.
Nostlagia drag racing started in the early 1990s when a few old top fuel racers pulled their top fuel front motored dragsters out of their barns and decided to fire them up and run them down the old dragstrip. I'm sure glad they did because it got a lot of people hooked.
Nostoc Nostoc is a genus of fresh water cyanobacteria that forms spherical colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath. When on the ground, a Nostoc colony is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, which was once thought to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star jelly.
Nostocaceae The Nostocaceae is a family of cyanobacteria that forms filament-shaped colonies enclosed in mucus or a gelatinous sheath. Some genera in this family are found primarily in fresh water (such as Nostoc), while others are found primarily in salt water (such as Nodularia).
Nostoi The Nostoi (Greek: Νόστοι; also known as Nosti in Latin; English: Returns;) is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature. It was one of the Epic Cycle, that is, the "Trojan" cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse.
Nostra Aetate Nostra Aetate is the Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions of the Second Vatican Council. Passed by a vote of 2,221 to 88 of the assembled bishops, this declaration was promulgated on October 28, 1965, by Pope Paul VI.
Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore or Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza Navona. The church is also known as San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, St James of the Spaniards.
Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia (Our Lady of Guadalupe and St Philip Martyr in Via Aurelia), national church of Mexico in Rome. Built 1960 and established as a titular church by Pope John Paul II in 1991, with Juan JesĂşs Cardinal Posadas Ocampo as the first titular priest (1991-1993).
Nostradamus Ate My Hamster Nostradamus Ate My Hamster is a fantasy novel by British author Robert Rankin. The book is written in a diffinitive style in which several seemingly unconnected and nonsensequal events come together to make perfect clarity at the end these include time travel and an attempted alien invasion vaguely orchestrated by Hitler - you have a Rankin classic.
Nostradamus in popular culture The prophecies of the sixteenth century author Nostradamus have become a ubiquitous part of the popular culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. As well as being the subject of hundreds of books (both fiction and non-fiction), Nostradamus' life has been depicted in several films, and his life and prophecies continue to be a subject of media interest.
Nostrand Avenue Line (surface) The Nostrand Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mostly along Nostrand Avenue, as well as northbound on New York Avenue and Bedford Avenue (as part of a one-way pair), between Sheepshead Bay and Williamsburg. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B44 bus, operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority out of the Flatbush Bus Depot.
Nostratic languages The Nostratic languages are a hypothetical language superfamily to which, some linguists think, a large number of language families of Europe, Asia, and Africa may belong – that is, they think all those language families have descended from a common ancestor, the so-called Proto-Nostratic language.
Nostril A nostril (or nares) is one of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they bifurcate to the external opening. In birds and mammals they contain branched bones or cartilages called turbinates whose function is to warm air on inhalation and remove moisture on exhalation.
Nostromo SpeedPad n52 The Belkin Nostromo SpeedPad n52 is a USB computer gaming peripheral designed for gamers by Belkin. It is likely it is named after the fictional starship Nostromo from the 1979 film Alien, which was in turn named after the 1904 novel Nostromo.
Nosturi Nosturi (Finnish for "crane") is a culture and music hall and a nightclub in the Punavuori district of Helsinki, Finland. It is owned by the Association of Live Music (Elävän musiikin yhdistys, ELMU).
Nosy Mangabe Nosy Mangabe is a small island reserve located in Antongil Bay about 2 km offshore from the town of Maroantsetra in eastern Madagascar. 520ha in size, it is accessible by small boat and is part of the larger Masoala National Park complex.
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less was Jeffrey Archer's first novel, first published in 1974. It was said to have been inspired by Archer's real-life experience of bankruptcy, and is regarded by many to be his best novel to date.
Not A Cornfield Not A Cornfield was a 2005 art project that transformed a 32 acre industrial brownfield in the historic center of Los Angeles into a cornfield for one agricultural cycle. The project took place north of Chinatown.
Not About Love "Not About Love" is a song written by American singer Fiona Apple and produced by Mike Elizondo and Brian Kehew for her third album Extraordinary Machine (2005). It was released as the album's third single in January 2006 (see 2006 in music).
Not Another Completely Heuristic Operating System Not Another Completely Heuristic Operating System, or NACHOS, is instructional software for teaching undergraduate, and potentially graduate level operating systems courses. It was developed at the University of California, Berkeley, designed by Thomas Anderson, and is used by numerous schools.
Not Another Teen Movie Not Another Teen Movie is a film released in 2001 by Sony Pictures. It is a parody of the teen movies and other cinematic portrayals of adolescence which have accumulated in Hollywood over the last few decades.
Not Ashamed Not Ashamed is the fourth album by the Christian rock/pop band Newsboys, released in 1992. This was the Newsboys' first hit album, with the title track, "I'm Not Ashamed" becoming a hit on Christian radio.
Not Back to School Camp Not Back To School Camp is a summer camp created by Grace Llewellyn, the author of The Teenage Liberation Handbook. Llewellyn founded the camp in 1996 to provide a place for homeschoolers and unschoolers aged thirteen through eighteen to meet and hang out.
Not Breathing Not Breathing is the creative vehicle of one Dave Wright, maker of experimental electronic music and instruments. Beginning in the late 80s with a series of self-distributed cassettes, Not Breathing’s career now encompasses six full-length CD releases, several vinyl releases, over forty compilation appearances, one 8-track release, and six US tours more than 300 live performances.
Not Dark Yet "Not Dark Yet" is a song by singer-songwriter, Bob Dylan, released on his 1997 album, Time Out of Mind. Not complex lyrically like the majority of Dylan's catalogue it instead states a simple message.
Not Dead Fred "Not Dead" Fred is a fictional character in the Broadway musical Spamalot, and the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In the film, however he is unnamed, and only credited as "Dead Body That Claims It Isn't".
Not Drowning, Waving Not Drowning, Waving were a musical group formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1983 (though they first performed as a group in 1984) by David Bridie and John Phillips. Their music combined elements of rock, ambient music and world music; their lyrics dealt with characteristically Australian topic: word-pictures of landscapes and people, the seasons, and some political issues (such as Indonesia's invasion of East Timor).
Not even wrong A scientific concept is said to be not even wrong if it is not falsifiable in the Popperian sense, or if it is not well-enough formed to be used to make specific predictions about the physical world. The phrase was coined by the early quantum physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who was known for his colorful objections to incorrect or sloppy thinking.
Not for Sale Not for Sale is Kardinal Offishall's fourth album, and his first as a member of Akon's Konvict Muzik label. The Toronto-based rapper's album will feature established artists such as Lil Wayne, De La Soul, Clipse, Rihanna and Stat Quo.
Not Fade Away (song) "Not Fade Away" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and performed by Holly; the song's rhythm pattern is one of the classic examples of the Bo Diddley beat. Cricket's drummer Jerry Allison pounded out the beat on a cardboard box.
Not Final Not Final is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in the October 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, and included in the 1972 collection The Early Asimov. It is a prequel to "Victory Unintentional", although not a robot story, and one of the few stories by Asimov to postulate non-human intelligences in the Solar system.
Not For Tourists Not For Tourists (abbreviated NFT) is a series of guides to major cities (thus far, all American ones). Unlike guide books (such as the guides put out by Time Out, Frommer's, and Lonely Planet), NFT guides are designed for people who live in or commute to cities, rather than people who are visiting on vacation.
Not Forgotten Not Forgotten was the first single released under the Leftfield name, however Paul Daley was not involved in the song's creation. The song was written by Neil Barnes and released only on 12" in 1991 on the Outer Rhythm record label, published by Rhythm King Music
Not From Space Not From Space (2003) was a radio play broadcast on XM Satellite Radio which satirized the real world with fictional news reports, commercials and talk shows. It was the first national broadcast to be recorded exclusively through the Internet with each voice actor using MP3 compression technology to record lines from their own homes.
Not in my name Not in my name is a simple yet powerful statement that says the person making the statement is not going to be complicit in something by non-action and is going to do something to prove it (though not actively to prevent it).
Not in Our Classrooms Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design is Wrong for Our Schools is a 2006 book edited by Eugenie Scott and Glenn Branch of the National Center for Science Education, which explains why intelligent design and other forms of creationism should not be taught in science classes in America's public schools, for both pedadogical and legal reasons.
Not I Not I is a twenty-minute dramatic monologue written in 1972 (March 20 to April 1) by Samuel Beckett, translated as Pas Moi; premiere at the “Samuel Beckett Festival” by the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, New York (22 November 1972), directed by Alan Schneider, with Jessica Tandy (Mouth) and Henderson Forsythe (Auditor).
Not Invented Here Not Invented Here (NIH) is a pejorative term used to describe a persistent sociological, corporate or institutional culture that avoids using existing products, research or knowledge because of its different origins. While the etymology is perhaps apocryphal, the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) is said either to be the direct inspiration for the term, as a play on its acronym or as an organization subject to this attitude.
Not Necessarily the News Not Necessarily the News was a satirical sketch comedy series that ran on HBO from 1983 to 1990. It featured sketches, parody news items, commercial parodies, and humorous bits made from overdubbing or editing actual news footage.
Not Now "Not Now" is a song written by Blink-182 during the recording for their untitled album. An article with Rolling Stone in 2003 states Tom was upset that this song didn't make it on the untitled album but the song appears on the UK release of the untitled album and is included on their greatest hits album.
Not of This Earth (1957 film) Not Of This Earth was a 67-minute, 1957, American, black-and-white science fiction film co-written by Charles B. Griffith and Mark Hanna and produced and directed by Roger Corman via Los Altos Productions, on contract for distribution by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.
Not One Less Not One Less () is a 1999 drama movie by Chinese director Zhang Yimou. It centers on a 13 year old school teacher, Wei Minzhi (played by Wei Minzhi), in the Chinese countryside who is placed in charge of the school after the previous teacher leaves.
Not One Single Fucking Hit Discography Not One Single Fucking Hit Discography is a collection of 4 albums put out by the Crust/Hardcore Punk band Aus-Rotten. Although this is billed as a discography, there are two albums that follow this piece of work.
Not Only But Always Not Only But Always is a British TV movie, originally screened on the Channel 4 network in the UK on December 30 2004. Written and directed by playwright Terry Johnson, the film tells the story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely popular duo in the UK during the 1960s and '70s.
Not Pretty Enough "Not Pretty Enough" is a country song written by Kasey Chambers, produced by Nash Chambers for Kasey's second album Barricades & Brickwalls. It was released as the album's third single in the start of 2002 (see 2002 in music) in Australia as a CD single.
Not Quite Dead Enough Not Quite Dead Enough was originally the name of a Nero Wolfe novella by Rex Stout published in American Magazine in 1942, and later the name of a novel published in 1944 containing that story and also the story Booby Trap, which was likewise separately published during the war.
Not safe for work Not safe for work, not work-safe (NWS), not school-safe (NSS), not suitable for school or work (NSSW), or not for British school kids (NFBSK) is Internet slang or shorthand. Typically, the NSFW tag is used on interactive discussion areas (such as internet forums, blogs, and community websites) to mark URLs or hyperlinks that may be sexually explicit or includes audio that contains profanity, so that the reader can avoid content that may be objectionable.
Not So Tough Now Not So Tough Now was released in July 1996 and is the follow up to Frenzal Rhomb's debut album Coughing up a Storm. This was the last album to feature Ben Costello on guitar, who was replaced by Lindsay McDougall not long after the release of this album.
Not the End of the World Not the End of the World is Christopher Brookmyre's third novel. It is also his first book which does not involve Jack Parlabane, Christopher Brookmyre's most used character, and the first set outside of Scotland, being set in Los Angeles instead.
Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain The Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain club was started by Stephen Pile in order to bring together people of notable ineptitude, so that they could share common experiences of failure. The club had a handbook Book of heroic failures, which became a best-seller.
Not Today, Thank You Not Today, Thank You is a British radio comedy featured on BBC Radio 4. It stars Harry Shearer (known for the Simpsons and Spinal Tap) as Nostrils, a man convinced that he is extremely unattractive, and Brian Hayes as Brian Hughes, an aging radio presenter who tries to broadcast his radio show from his grandmother's basement before being met by a TV producer.
Not Too Late Not Too Late is the third album by American jazz and pop singer Norah Jones, to be released by EMI in Australia on January 27 2007 and by Blue Note Records] in the [[United States on January 30 2007 (see 2007 in music). It was produced by Lee Alexander, a songwriter and bassist on Jones's previous albums (Come Away with Me and Feels like Home), and it features guest appearances by organist Larry Goldings, singer-songwriter M.
Not Too Late For Love "Not Too Late For Love" was the second single from Beverley Knight's fourth studio album, Affirmation. The single was her lowest peaking chart hit since "Sista Sista" in 1999, which also peaked it #31.
Not Too Pretty: Phthalates, Beauty Products and the FDA. In May 2002 the Environmental Working Group contracted with a major national laboratory to test 72 name-brand, off-the-shelf beauty products for the presence of phthalates, a large family of industrial chemicals linked to permanent birth defects in the male reproductive system. The laboratory found phthalates in nearly three-quarters of the products tested (52 of 72 products), including nine of 14 deodorants, all 17 fragrances tested, six of seven hair gels, four of seven mousses, 14 of 18 hair sprays, and two of nine hand and body lotions, in concentrations ranging from trace amounts to nearly three percent of the product formulation.
Not with a Bang Not with a Bang was a short-lived British television sitcom produced by London Weekend Television in 1990. It ran for seven episodes, each 30 minutes long, before being cancelled due to poor ratings and a stagnant plot.
Not Wanted on the Voyage Not Wanted on the Voyage is a novel by Canadian author Timothy Findley, which presents a reinterpretation of the Great Flood in the biblical book of Genesis. It was first published by Viking Canada in the autumn of 1984.
Not Waving but Drowning Not Waving but Drowning is a poem by Stevie Smith published in 1957. Its short, dark, humorous story concerns a man whose thrashing - whilst drowning in the sea - is mistaken for waving by people on the shore.
Not Without My Daughter Not Without My Daughter is a 1991 film based on the true story of American Betty Mahmoody's escape, with her young daughter, from her husband in Iran. It was filmed in USA and Israel and stars Sally Field and Alfred Molina.
Not-for-profit arts organization A not-for-profit arts organization is usually in the form of a not-for-profit corporation, association, or foundation. Such organizations are formed for the purpose of developing and promoting the work of artists in various visual and performing art forms such as film, sculpture, dance, painting, multimedia, poetry, and performance art.
Not-for-profit corporation A Not-for-profit corporation is a corporation created by statute, government or judicial authority that is not intended to provide a profit to the owners or members. A corporation that is organized to provide profits to its owners or members is a for-profit corporation.
Nota accusativi Nota accusativi (Latin for "signal of the accusative (case)") is a grammatical term meaning "denoting accusative case". It generally is applied to linguistic indicators of the accusative case, such as the use of the prefix "et" in Hebrew, for nouns in the accusative, which are indicated by use of the definite article (i.
Notable birding-related books of the 20th Century The literature relating to birding is vast, however certain books or series are regarded by the birding community as key milestones, setting standards of quality and influencing the development of birding literature, or birding itself. These works and their impact are dealt with on this page, in chronological order of publication.
Notable boxing families Notable boxing families is a list the boxing families with two or more prominent boxers. Many families have had multiple members become famous in the sport of boxing with some having had multiple world champions.
Notable CPU architectures These lists of notable CPU architectures are the results of engineering projects that attempted to gain some competitive advantage. Since there are no strict technical rules defining applicability in terms of processor design and machine relevance, usage of microprocessor architectures being assigned to any class of computer is the result of marketing strategy and pricing issues more than anything else.
Notable figures in Western films Notable figures in Western style motion pictures and/or television series, some of whom have been voted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
Notable games for speedrunning Traditionally, speedruns have been performed by members of online communities about games in general, usually through discussion forums, using strategies devised by members of such forums. When the activity became popular enough to acede subculture, the first sites dedicated to speedrunning started appearing — usually specializing in just one or a few games.
Notable glitches in the Pokémon video games Like many video games, the Pokémon series has a number of glitches resulting from unforeseen actions taken by the player (such as using the "Fly" command from odd places in-game). While many of the glitches are minor, some of them have produced effects comparable to cheat codes and gained particular notoriety.
Notable Kammavaru 'Kammavaru' or Kamma people belong to an Indian social group (caste) distributed predominantly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The community had a martial past, migrated to various regions within south India with changing fortunes and vicissitudes of history.
Notable names in anime This article attempts to list the most influential and notable names in anime. Following each name, you will find a brief listing of notable works, as well as a brief description of why the individual is considered notable.
Notable National Basketball Association games televised by CBS During its seventeen year tenure of airing National Basketball Association games, CBS Sports televised three NBA Finals between Larry Bird's Boston Celtics and Earvin "Magic" Johnson's Los Angeles Lakers, and both NBA titles won by the "Bad Boy" era Detroit Pistons. CBS aired every NBA Final occurring during the 1980s, an era considered by some to be the "golden age" of the NBA.
Notable National Basketball Association games televised by NBC In the twelve years the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) televised NBA games, the league rose to new heights in terms of ratings and popularity. Some of the NBA's most memorable games occurred during the twelve years NBC televised the league (from 1990 to 2002).
Notable New Englanders All of the following people were born in New England or spent a significant portion of their life in New England, making them a well-known figure in the region. Some of them, like Robert Frost, who was actually born in California, emigrated to New England and are now considered to be icons of the region.
Notable phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has become so popular among sci-fi and computer enthusiasts that certain phrases from it are widely recognised and often used in reference to, but outside the context of, the source material.
Notable Scottish Trials The series Notable Scottish Trials was originally published by William Hodge and Company of Edinburgh, Scotland. Each volume dealt with a single case, beginning with a scholarly introduction to provide an overview of the case, followed by a verbatim account of the trial, concluding with appendices with additional material about the case.

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