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Olfactory mucosa The olfactory mucosa is an organ made up of the olfactory epithelium and the mucosa, or mucus secreting glands, behind the epithelium. The mucus protects the olfactory epithelium and allows odors to dissolve so that they can be detected by olfactory receptor neurons.
Olfactory Reference Syndrome Olfactory Reference Syndrome (ORS) describes the psychiatric condition of being excessively concerned with ones body odor. This disorder can be accompanied by shame, embarrassment, significant distress, avoidance behavior and social isolation.
Olga Arsenievna Oleinik Olga Arsenievna Oleinik (July 2, 1925 in Kiev, Ukraine – October 13, 2001, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet mathematician who conducted pioneering work on the theory of partial differential equations, and the theory of strongly inhomogeneous elastic media. She was a student of Ivan Petrovsky.
Olga Berggolts Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts (also Berggoltz or Bergholz) (, — November 13, 1975) was a Soviet poet. She is most famous for her work on the Leningrad radio during the city's blockade, when she became the symbol of city's strength and determination.
Olga Bicherova Olga Anatolyevna Bicherova (Russian: Ольга Анатольевна Бичерова) (born October 26, 1967 or October 26 1966 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet gymnast, who won women's all around gold medal at the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Olga Blinder Olga Blinder is a Paraguayan artist (1921- ), painter, sculptor, and educator. She started the “New Art” group in Paraguay, has established several educational institutions, and currently heads the Paraguayan Art Institute and the Superior Arts School(ISA).
Olga Bondarenko Olga Petrovna Bondarenko () (born 2 June 1960) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. She trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Volgograd and represented the Soviet Union internationally.
Olga Borodina Olga Borodina is a leading mezzo-soprano, known for her roles in Russian operas at her home company, the Mariinsky Theatre, and for her international performing and recording career in a varied repertoire. Borodina made her debut in Samson and Delilah at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Placido Domingo.
Olga Broumas Olga Broumas (born 1949), is the author of 7 books of poetry, collected in RAVE: 1975-1999, and 4 books of translations of the Greek Nobel Laureate poet Odysseas Elytis, collected in EROS, EROS, EROS, as well as a CD recording of parts of the above, called Olga Broumas: A Reader's Companion. She is also known for the innovative practice of co-authoring poetry collections.
Olga Bryzgina Olga Arkad'evna Bryzgina (maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; ) (born June 30, 1963 in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented USSR (until 1991) and later Ukraine. She trained at Dynamo in Voroshilovgrad.
Olga da Polga Olga da Polga is a fictional character and heroine of Michael Bond's The Tales of Olga da Polga (ISBN 0-19-275130-1) series. Unlike his more famous character Paddington Bear, Olga (a guinea pig) is a teller of tall tales in the style of Baron Munchhausen.
Olga Fyodorova Olga Fyodorova (born July 14, 1983 in Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Russian sprinter who mainly competes in the 100 metres. Her greatest success has come in relay races, where she has Olympic silver medal to her name.
Olga Humphrey Olga Humphrey is a New York-born playwright, screenwriter and television writer. Her work has appeared throughout the United States: at Sacramento's B-Street Theater, New Georges and New Directions in New York, the Alleyway Theater in Buffalo, Boston Theater Works (where her play "Veronika Vavoom, Volcanologist" was the first original play to be produced by the theater), the Perishable Theater in Rhode Island, and Moving Arts in Los Angeles, where her one-act "Svetlana's New Flame" was named of the best one-acts in the theater's ten-year history.
Olga Chernyavskaya Olga Chernyavskaya, née Davydova, then Burova (born September 17, 1963 in Irbit) is a Russian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships. Her best Olympic performance is 5th place in 1992, and she even competed in 2004 at the age of 41.
Olga Kameneva Olga Davidovna Kameneva (Russian: Ольга Давыдовна Каменева, 1881 - September 11, 1941) (née Bronstein [Бронштейн], sometimes translated as Olga Kamenev) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician. Her influence was mostly derived from the fact that she was Leon Trotsky's sister and Lev Kamenev's first wife.
Olga Kapeliuk Prof. Olga Kapeliuk, who is professor emeritus of linguistics and African studies, was cited as being among the most important Israeli linguists and researchers of Semitic languages, especially of Ethiopian languages and modern Aramaic dialects.
Olga Kern Olga Kern (born April 23, 1975) is a Russian classical pianist. She was born into a family of musicians with ties to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, and began studying piano with Evgeny Timakin at the Central Music School of Moscow when she was five.
Olga Kharitidi Olga Kharitidi is a Siberian psychiatrist who emigrated to Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is the author of Entering the Circle, a New Age themed memoir about her shamanic experiences in the Altai Mountains; as well as The Master of Lucid Dreams, about her similar experiences in Samarkand.
Olga Khokhlova Olga Khokhlova, , (June 17, 1891, Nezhin, Russian Empire, now Ukraine – February 11, 1954, Cannes, France) was a dancer, but is better known as the first wife of Pablo Picasso, with whom she had a son, Paulo.
Olga Knipper Olga Leonardovna Knipper (; in Glazov — 22 March 1959 in Moscow) was among the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre, when the latter was formed by Konstantin Stanislavsky in 1898. She was the first to play Arkadina in The Seagull (1898), Masha in The Three Sisters, and Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard (1904).
Olga Konstantinovna of Russia Olga Konstantinovna of Russia later Queen Olga of Greece (in Russian Великая Княжна Ольга Константиновна in Greek Βασίλισσα Όλγα της Ελλάδος) (3 September 1851 - 18 June 1926), was the queen consort of King George I of Greece and briefly in 1920, Regent of Greece.
Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut (Belarusian: Вольга Валянцінаўна Корбут, Vol'ha Valyantsinawna Korbut; Russian: Ольга Валентиновна Корбут) (b. May 16, 1955 in Hrodna), also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is an American, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, where she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.
Olga Kosakiewicz Olga Kosakiewicz was a student of Simone de Beauvoir who infamously joined the circle of de Beauvoir Jean-Paul Sartre in the autumn of 1935 when she was only 18. She and her sister Wanda Kosakiewicz are fused together to make one central character in de Beauvoir's first novel L'Invitée (She Came to Stay, 1943, Gallimard), which was dedicated to Olga (where her name appears as Kosakievicz in the Norton translation).
Olga Kypriotou Olga Kypriotou (Greek: Όλγα Κυπριώτου) is a model and beauty pageant contestant. At the Miss Star Hellas 2004 pageant, she won the B Star Hellas title, (Greek: Β Σταρ Ελλάς), where she went on to be representing Greece at the Miss International 2004 in Beijing, China, where she showed a strong standing in the event, taken home the 2nd runner up and winning the Miss Photogenic award.
Olga Lopes-Seale Dame Olga Lopes-Seale (born December 26, 1918) is a Guyanese-Barbadian social and community worker, broadcaster and singer. Born in Guyana she worked as a broadcaster for Radio Demerara (where she was affectionately known as "Auntie Olga")'Auntie Olga' still going strong in Barbados Guyana Chronicle, March 12, 2001 before migrating to Barbados with her Barbadian husband Dick Seale.
Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova, maiden name Danilova, 1 November 1879 — 26 March 1952, was a Russian actress and writer. Her popularity was also helped by her beauty, as she was the winner of Russian beauty contest in 1906.
Olga Mostepanova Olga Vasilyevna Mostepanova (Russian: Ольга Васильевна Мостепанова) (born January 3, Moscow, Russia) is a retired prominent Soviet gymnast. Her birth year has been variously reported as 1968 or 1969, but Mostepanova herself has stated that she was actually born in 1970.
Olga of Kiev Saint Olga (, also called Olga Prekrasa (Ольга Прекраса), or Olga the Beauty, Old Norse: Helga; died July 11, 969, Kiev) was a Pskov woman of Varangian extraction who married the future Igor of Kiev, arguably in 903. The Primary Chronicle gives 879 as her date of birth, which is rather unlikely, given the fact that her only son was probably born some 65 years after that date.
Olga Orozco Olga Orozco (1920-1999) (real name Olga NoemĂ­ Gugliotta) was an Argentine poet born in Toay, La Pampa. She spent her childhood in BahĂ­a Blanca until she was 16 years old and she moved to Buenos Aires with her parents where she initiated her career as a writer.
Olga Rozanova Olga Vladimirovna Rosanova (also spelled Rozanova) (Ольга Владимировна Розанова) (1886-7 November, 1918, Moscow) was a Russian avant-garde artist in the styles of Suprematist, Neo-Primitivist, and Cubo-Futurist.
Olga San Juan Olga San Juan (born March 16, 1927) is a Brooklyn-born dancer and comedian of Puerto Rican extraction who was active in films primarily in the 1940s. She was married to late actor Edmond O'Brien in 1948, divorcing him in 1976, with whom she had three children, including Maria O'Brien and Brendan O'Brien, both of whom became actors.
Olga Savialova Olga Savialova (Zavialova) (), née Korneeva (born August 24, 1972) is a Russiann cross country skier who has competed since 1993. She won four medals at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (30 km) and three bronzes (5 km + 5 km double pursuit, 15 km, and 4 x 5 km).
Olga Shishigina Olga Shishigina (born December 23, 1968 in Almaty) is a retired Kazakhstani athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many on regional and continental level.
Olga Schoberová Olga Schoberová born March 15, 1943 in Prague, Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate (now Czech Republic), Czech-American actress, often compared with Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress. Acted in 22 Czech, German, Italian and American movies.
Olga Spesivtseva Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva (July 18, 1895—September 16, 1991) was a Russian ballerina whose brilliant stage career spanned from 1913 to 1939. She is widely considered to have been one of the outstanding classical ballerinas of the 20th century.
Olga Tokarczuk Olga Tokarczuk (born 29 January 1962 in SulechĂłw near Zielona GĂłra, Poland) is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful Polish writers of her generation, particularly noted for the hallmark mythical tone of her writing.
Olga's Kitchen Olga’s Kitchen is a chain of Greek-based family restaurants located primarily in the Midwestern United States, named after the founder, Olga Loizon. There are currently twenty-seven restaurants with twenty-four in Michigan, one in Ohio, and two in Illinois.
Olgierd Zienkiewicz Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz (born 18 May 1921 in Caterham, England) is one of the early pioneers of the finite element method and the first to realize its general potential for solution of problems outside the area of solid mechanics. The idea behind finite elements design is to develop tools based in computational mechanics schemes that can be useful to designers, not just for researcher.
Oli Frey Oli Frey (real name Oliver Frey) worked as a magazine illustrator and comic-strip artist in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Switzerland in 1948, his family moved to Britain when he was young, then moved back to Switzerland a few years later.
Olidammara In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Olidammara is the god of Music, Revels, Wine, Rogues, Humor, and Tricks. He is often called the Laughing Rogue.
Oliemolen The Oliemolen (literally Oilmill) is a 16th century Watermill located at the foot of a steep hill, in the Aambos, Heerlen in the Netherlands. The name already tells us much about its function, extracting oil, but this was not always the case, it first function as a volmolen (a mill to press wool)website.
Olier Mordrel Olier Mordrel (Breton language version of Olivier Mordrelle; 1901—1985, was born and died in Paris, France) was a Breton nationalist and fascist politician, also known as an architect, essayist, short story writer, and translator. The father of André Chelain (born Tristan Mordrelle), Mordrel wrote some of his works under the pen names Jean de La Bénelais, J.
Olifant (instrument) Olifant (an alternate spelling of the word elephant) was the name became applied in the Middle Ages to ivory hunting horns made from elephants' tusks. One of the most famous olifants belonged to the Frankish legendary knight Roland, starring of the Song of Roland.
Olifant Mk 1B The Olifant Mk 1B main battle tank was developed and produced by the Olifant Manufacturing Company, OMC Engineering PTY Ltd, based in South Africa. Development of the Olifant started in 1976 and first entered service with the South African Armoured Corps in the late 1970s.
Oligarchy Oligarchy (Greek , OligarkhĂ­a) is a form of government where political power effectively rests with a small, elite segment of society (whether distinguished by wealth, family or military prowess). The word oligarchy is from the Greek words for "few" ( Ăłligon) and "rule" ( arkho).
Oligarquia "La oligarquia" (Oligarchy) is the name given by Peronism to Argentina's wealthy landed aristocracy, which was the dominant class in Argentine politics prior to the ascent of president Hipolito Yrigoyen in 1916. Among the charges levelled by Peronism and the left against this class was that they showed little interest in expanding beyond farming, allowing foreign companies (mainly British) to erect the Argentine railway system, as well most industrial facilities and public utilities.
Oligocene The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period that extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly uncertain.
Oligoclase Oligoclase is a rock-forming mineral belonging to the plagioclase feldspars. In chemical composition and in its crystallographic and physical characters it is intermediate between albite (NaAlSi3O8) and anorthite (CaAl2Si2O8).
Oligoclonal band Oligoclonal bands are bands of immunoglobulins that are seen when a patient's blood plasma or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is analyzed by protein electrophoresis, a method of analyzing the composition of fluids. For the CSF analysis, a patient has a lumbar puncture performed, which removes some of their cerebrospinal fluid.
Oligodendrocyte precursor cell Oligodendrocyte precursor cells in nervous tissue cells precede oligodendrocytes. The principle function of oligodendrocytes is to provide support to axons and to produce the Myelin sheath, which insulates axons.
Oligodynamic effect The oligodynamic effect (Greek oligos = few, dynamis = force) was discovered in 1893 by the Swiss KW Nägeli as a toxic effect of metal-ions on living cells, algae, moulds, spores, fungi, virus, prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, even in relatively low concentrations. This antimicrobial effect is shown by ions of:
Oligokyphus Oligokyphus was an advanced herbivorous cynodont of the late Triassic to late Jurassic periods. Originally considered to be an early mammal, it is now classified as a non-mammalian therapsid because Oligokyphus does not have the mammalian jaw attachments and it retains a vestigial joint between the quadrate bone and the squamosal bone in the skull.
Oligolecty The term oligolecty is used in pollination ecology to refer to bees that exhibit a narrow, specialized preference for pollen sources, typically to a singel genus of flowering plants. The preference may occasionally extend to multiple genera within a single plant family, or be as narrow as a single plant species.
Oligomer In chemistry, an oligomer consists of a finite number of monomer units (ολιγος, or oligos, is Greek for "a few"), in contrast to a polymer which, at least in principle, consists of an unbounded number of monomers.
Oligomorphic code An oligomorphic engine is generally used by a computer virus to generate a decryptor for itself in a way comparable to a simple polymorphic engine. It does this by randomly selecting each piece of the decryptor from several predefined alternatives.
Oligopeptide An oligopeptide (oligo-, "few") consists of a small number of amino acids linked together, as opposed to a polypeptide (poly-, "many"). Precise size range is generally up to the individual, but oligopeptides are generally accepted to be from 3 to 40 component amino acids in length.
Oligopolistic reaction An oligopolistic reaction is a concept from economics introduced by Frederick T. Knickerbocker (Oligopolistic Reaction and Multinational Enterprise, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1973) to explain why firms follow rivals into foreign markets.
Oligopsony An oligopsony is a market form in which the number of buyers is small while the number of sellers in theory could be large. This typically happens in market for inputs where a small number of firms are competing to obtain factors of production.
Oligosynthetic language Oligosynthetic (from the Greek , meaning "few, little") is a hypothetical designation for a language using an extremely small array of morphemes, perhaps numbering only in the hundreds, which combine synthetically to form statements. The chief difference between a polysynthetic and an oligosynthetic language is the total number of morphemes, which for the latter would be much smaller.
Oligotrich The oligotrichs are a group of ciliate protozoa, included among the spirotrichs. They have prominent oral cilia, which are arranged as a collar and lapel, in contrast to the choreotrichs where they form a complete circle.
Olimp - 21 Vek Olimp — 21 Vek (literally "Olympus — 21st century") is a football stadium in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It is the home ground of FC Rostov, and in 1958–1970 it was also the home ground of SKA Rostov-on-Don.
Olimpia Milano Olimpia Milano is an Italian basketball team, based in Milan, Italy, founded in 1936 by Milan businessman Adolfo Bogoncelli. Its colors are red and white, and the team is sometimes referred as "Scarpette Rosse" (Red Shoes) because team officials imported from the United States red Converse All-Star shoes for players.
Olimpiada Ivanova Olimpiada Ivanova (Олимпиада Иванова in Russian, born August 26, 1970 in Munsjuty, Chuvashia) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in race walking. She has 4 medals from the major events.
Olimpiysky National Sports Complex The Olimpiysky National Sports Complex (also known as Olympic Stadium, Republican Stadium or Central Stadium; ) is a multi-use sports facility in Kiev, Ukraine, located on the slopes of city's central Cherepanov Hill. Its stadium is the premiere sports venue of Ukraine and one of the world's largest.
Olin Clyde Robison Olin Clyde Robison (born 1936) served as the thirteenth president of Middlebury College, 1975-1990native of Anacoco, Louisiana], Robison studied at Baylor University and Southwestern Theological Seminary, and received a D. Phil.
Olin Corp. The Olin Corporation () is a major manufacturer of copper alloys (through subsidiary Olin Brass), ammunition (through the Winchester Ammunition), and chlorine and sodium hydroxide (Olin Chlor-Alkali Products). Based in Clayton, Missouri, it traces its history to two companies, both founded in 1892: Franklin W.
Olin Raschig process The Olin Raschig process is an industrial process used to produce hydrazine and developed by the Olin Corporation. Sodium hypochlorite solution is mixed with ammonia at 5 °C to form chloramine and sodium hydroxide, which is then rapidly added to anhydrous ammonia under pressure and heated to 130 °C to generate hydrazine, water and sodium chloride (waste product).
Olin's Covered Bridge Olin's Bridge, or Olin Bridge, is a covered bridge that carries Dewey Road over the Ashtabula River in Plymouth Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The bridge, one of currently 15 drivable bridges in the county, is a single span Town truss design, and is currently the only bridge in the county named for a family.
Olinda Creek When Europeans first entered this area of southern Australia, they moved up the valley of the Olinda Creek (then called Running Creek because it was a perennial stream). The formal naming process began with the survey of Lilydale township by John Hardy in 1859-60.
Olinger, Pennsylvania Olinger, Pennsylvania is a fictional rural town in the southeastern part of the state that serves as the setting for several short stories and one novel (The Centaur) by American writer John Updike. It is based on Updike’s boyhood town of Shillington, Pennsylvania.
Olingo Olingos are small procyonids who comprise the genus Bassaricyon, native to the rainforests of Central and South America from Nicaragua to Peru. They are arboreal and nocturnal, and live at elevations from sea level to 2,000 m.
Olinto De Pretto Olinto De Pretto (1857 - 1921) was an Italian industrialist from Schio, Vicenza. According to University of Perugia historian of mathematics Umberto Bartocci, Pretto published the famous formula E=mc² two years before Albert Einstein on June 16 1903 in a paper titled "Ipotesi dell’etere nella vita dell’universo" (Hypothesis of the Essence of the Universe).
Oliphant-Walker House The Oliphant-Walker House is a historic home in the Hyde Park Historic District in Austin, Texas. It is also a part of the Shadow Lawn Historic District, a subdivision within the Hyde Park neighborhood established by Hyde Park founder Monroe Shipe.
Olistostrome Olistostrome is a sedimentary deposit composed of a chaotic mass of heterogeneous material, such as blocks and mud, that accumulates as a semifluid body by submarine gravity siliding or slumping the unconsolidated sediments. It is a mapable stratigraphic unit, but lacks true bedding but is intercalated amongst normal bedding sequences, as in the Tertiary basin of central Sicily.
Olivaceous Cormorant The Olivaceous Cormorant or Mexican Cormorant, Phalacrocorax olivaceus is a medium-sized member of the cormorant family found in tropical and near tropical regions of North and Central America, from the south-central United States (chiefly Texas and Louisiana) south to Nicaragua. It can be found both at coasts and inland.
Olivaceous Warbler The Olivaceous Warbler, Hippolais pallida, is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais . As a result of modern taxonomic developments, it is now usually considered to be two species, Western Olivaceous Warbler, Hippolais opaca, and
Olivaceous Woodcreeper The Olivaceous Woodcreeper is a passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico through tropical Central and South America to northern Argentina, and also on Tobago. It is the only member of the genus Sittasomus, but the taxon includes several vocally and morphologically distinct froms, so this species may be split in the future.
Olivar-Asselin Award The Olivar-Asselin Award (in French: Prix Olivar-Asselin) is a literary award created in 1957. It is given by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal (SSJBM) to a Quebec journalist having distinguished himself or herself in the field of journalism.
Olive The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its use as a major agricultural product in preclassical Greece led to its wide distribution throughout the southern Mediterranean.
Olive (band) Olive were a trip hop group from Northern England, active during the latter half of the 1990s. The founding membership consisted of producer, instrumentalist and songwriter Tim Kellett, producer and keyboard programmer Robin Taylor-Firth, and singer Ruth-Ann Boyle.
Olive branch Olive branch is a colloquial term referring to a concession or a gesture of peace, as well as a peace symbol. Deriving from its origins in Ancient Greece as a symbol of peace and prosperity, the olive branch is used throughout many western cultures to convey the idea of peace.
Olive Baboon The Olive Baboon (Papio anubis), also called the Anubis Baboon, is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Its name comes from the Egyptian god Anubis, which was often represented with dog head and resembled the dog-like muzzle of the baboon.
Olive Diefenbaker Olive Evangeline Freeman Palmer Diefenbaker (born 1902 in Roland, Manitoba; died December 22, 1976) was the second wife of John George Diefenbaker, the 13th Prime Minister of Canada. (John Diefenbaker's first wife, Edna Brower Diefenbaker, died in 1950.
Olive Dungan Olive Dungan (Olive Dungan Pullen, 1904-1997) was a composer of piano and vocal works, most notably "Eternal Life", a setting of the Prayer of Saint Francis. Other vocal works include "Be Still", "Show Me Thy Ways O Lord" and "Thy Loving Kindness".
Olive Fremstad Olive Fremstad (14 March, 1871 - 21 April, 1951) was the stage name of Anna Olivia Rundquist, a celebrated Swedish-American mezzo-soprano and soprano opera singer. She received her early education and musical training in Christiania.
Olive Grey Frost Olive Grey Frost (24 July 1816 in Bethel, Maine - 6 October 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois) is recognized as the thirty-first woman to marry LDS Church founder Joseph Smith, Jr.The Wives of Joseph Smith After Smith's death, Frost would go on to become the eighteenth plural wife of LDS Prophet Brigham Young.
Olive Higgins Prouty Olive Higgins Prouty (January 10 1882 – March 24 1974) was an American novelist, best known for her pioneering consideration of psychotherapy in Now, Voyager and her feminist melodrama Stella Dallas. The latter was used as the basis for two successful films - the 1937 version, which starred Barbara Stanwyck, was nominated for two Academy Awards - and a radio serial which was broadcast daily for 18 years, despite Prouty's legal efforts (since she had not authorized the sale of the broadcast rights, and was displeased with her characters' portrayals).
Olive Hill Primary School Olive Hill Primary School is a primary school located in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. Its current head teacher is Mrs Pam Greenhalgh, who was appointed in September 1999 after nine years of teaching at Foxyards Primary School.
Olive Lembe di Sita Olive Lembe di Sita Kabila is a Congolese woman, born on July 29th 1976 in Kailo, MN, Democratic Republic of the Congo. She was the very secretive and discreet - almost elusive - long-term (since 2000) fiancée of Congolese President Joseph Kabila.
Olive Lillian Irvine Olive Lillian Irvine (21 June, 1895 – 1 November 1969) was a Canadian teacher and politician. A Progressive Conservative, she was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 14 January 1960 on the recommendation of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, and she represented the senatorial division of Lisgar, Manitoba until her death.
Olive Oropendola The Olive Oropendola, Psarocolius yuracares, is both the largest member of the icterid (New World blackbird) family and the largest passerine in South America. It ranges from Southeastern Colombia to Northern Bolivia and and Amazonian Brazil.
Olive Risley Seward Olive Risley Seward (1841 – November 27, 1908) was the adopted daughter of Frances Adeline Seward and William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
Olive Ruskettle Olive Ruskettle is the name of the female halfling who is a sometimes companion of the Forgotten Realms fantasy setting her Alias. Her first appearance is in the novel Azure Bonds, written by Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak.
Olive Schreiner Olive Schreiner (Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner) (March 24, 1855 – December 11, 1920) was a South African writer. She was born in Wittebergen, South Africa, the ninth child of Gottlob and Rebecca Schreiner.
Olive Thrush The Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus) is one of the commonest members of the thrush family (Turdidae) in Africa. It occurs south of the Sahara discontinuously from Eritrea and Ethiopia south to Kenya, Tanzania, The Gambia, the Cape of Good Hope and west to Angola.
Olive Tree Bible Software - BibleReader Olive Tree Bible Software is a software company that produces software for biblical analysis and Bible study. The company is Headquartered in Spokane, Washington, and has offices in Portland, Oregon and New York, New York.
Olive Zakharov Alice Olive Zakharov (March 19, 1929 - March 6, 1995) was an Australian politician. Zakharov overcame a difficult personal life, including a childhood of poverty and an embittered and abusive marriage, to be elected as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate relatively late in life, in 1983.
Olive-backed Oriole The Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) is a very common medium-sized passerine bird native to northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea. The most wide-ranging of the Australasian orioles, it is noisy and conspicuous, but drab in colour.
Olive, the Other Reindeer Olive, the Other Reindeer is an animated Christmas television special, produced by Matt Groening of Simpsons fame and directed by Oscar Moore. It first aired in 1999, and was based on the 1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh and J.
OliveBSD OliveBSD is an OpenBSD LiveDistro. You can burn OliveBSD on a CD, put it in your computer and reboot: your computer will then be running the OpenBSD operating sytem, and have already running a graphical environment (using the IceWM window manager) and be able to use selected applications straight away; all without any installation.

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