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80's Groove 80's Groove is a term used to describe soul and rhythm and blues music popular in nightclubs in the United Kingdom in the early to mid-1980s, after the demise of disco but before the emergence of house music. Another term used is 80's Soul.
80-20 Initiative The 80-20 Initiative is an Asian American political organisation that seeks to form an Asian American voting bloc affecting the United States presidential election. It derives its name from its goal of uniting 80% of Asian American voters in supporting one presidential candidate.
80-Page Giant 80-Page Giant was the name used for a series of comic books published by DC Comics beginning in 1964. The series was named for its unusually high page count (32 pages being the norm for American monthly comics at this time).
801 T.T.S. Airbats is a manga by Shimizu Toshimitsu which was later adapted into a seven episode anime series, produced by Studio Fantasia and Victor Entertainment. The series was released in Japan as a series of OAV episodes between 1994 and 1996, and was licensed for English language distribution by ADV Films.
808 State 808 State are an English dance outfit formed in 1988 in Radcliffe, Bury in Greater Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of acid house, they were formed by Graham Massey, Martin Price and Gerald Simpson (later to record as A Guy Called Gerald) and released their debut Newbuild in 1988.
80th United States Congress The 80th United States Congress was nicknamed the "Do Nothing Congress" by President Harry Truman. The Congress was controlled by the Republican party and opposed many of the bills passed during the Franklin Roosevelt administration.
81st Street–Museum of Natural History (IND Eighth Avenue Line) 81st Street-Museum of Natural History is a local station with four tracks and two side platforms. However, in this area, the local tracks are stacked, northbound above southbound, and the express tracks are stacked in the same order to the east of them, so both platforms are on the west side, one above the other.
8217 Dominikhašek 8217 Dominikhašek is a main-belt asteroid named by its discoverers, Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová of the Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), in 2003. It is the namesake of NHL goaltender, Dominik Hašek, and it was named in his honour for winning the gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
8250 series The 8250 series of integrated circuits, originally manufactured by the National Semiconductor Corporation, are Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) chips commonly used in PCs and related equipment such as printers or modems.
826 Michigan 826 Michigan is a nonprofit organization (located in Ann Arbor, Michigan) dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
826 National 826 National is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing at six locations across the country. The chapters include 826 Valencia in San Francisco, 826NYC in Brooklyn, NY, 826LA in Los Angeles, CA, 826CHI in Chicago, 826 Seattle and 826 Michigan in Ann Arbor.
826 Seattle 826 Seattle is a nonprofit organization (located in Seattle, Washington) dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. It is a regional chapter of the 826 National organization, founded by authors Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida.
826 Valencia 826 Valencia is the name and address of a nonprofit writing workshop and tutoring center in San Francisco whose aim is to help students ages 8-18 "with their writing skills, in the realm of creative writing, expository writing, or English as a second language." It was founded by Bay Area writer Dave Eggers (author of the autobiography A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and the novels You Shall Know Our Velocity and What is the What) and is run by a small regular staff along with hundreds of volunteers and professionals.
826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit organization located in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Services are structured around the belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
826LA 826LA is a nonprofit organization (located in Venice Beach, California) dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Services are structured around the belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
826NYC 826NYC is a nonprofit organization (located in Park Slope, Brooklyn) dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Services are structured around the belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
82ASK 82ASK is an independent short message service operated by Re5ult that provides answers to any question texted through to it within the shortest time possible. The company claims to be able to answer most questions within five minutes and the service is available on all UK phones, anywhere in the world.
82nd Airborne Division (United States) The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was constituted in the National Army as the 82nd Division on March 5, 1917, and was organized on March 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Since members of the division came from all 48 states, the unit was given the nickname “All-Americans.
83 Gangster Crips The 83 Gangster Crips (pronounced Eight-Tray Gangster Crips) are one of LA's most well known Crip Gangs. ETG's were strongly involved in the 1992 Los Angeles riots and were seen wearing "Locs" (sun glasses), black bandanas, and white T-shirts.
836 Naval Air Squadron 836 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. Formed in March 1943 to provide personnel and aircraft for the MAC ships, 836 was based at Maydown in Northern Ireland, not far from Lough Foyle, and commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Ransford Slater.
8379 Straczynski 8379 Straczynski (provisional designation 1992 SW10) is an asteroid discovered on September 27, 1992 at the Kitt Peak National Observatory by the Spacewatch project. It was named in honour of famed sci-fi scribe, J.
83rd Regiment of Foot The 83rd Regiment of Foot (also called the Royal Glasgow Volunteers) was a British infantry regiment that served in the American Revolutionary War. It was created in 1778 and disbanded in 1783, shortly after the war ended.
84 Charing Cross Road 84 Charing Cross Road is a 1970 book by Helene Hanff about the twenty-year correspondence between herself and Frank Doel of Marks & Company, antiquarian booksellers located at the title address in London, England.
845 (vacuum tube) The 845 power triode is a radio transmitting vacuum tube which can also be used as an audio amplifier and modulation tube. Typically, the plate is machined from solid graphite in order to accommodate extremely high current dissipation (up to 100 watts) and voltage.
847 Naval Air Squadron 847 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It operates the Westland Lynx AH7 helicopter and provides armed reconnaissance and light assault support to 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines.
848 Naval Air Squadron 848 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It operates the Westland Sea King HC4 helicopter and provides advanced flying training to pilots for the other squadrons in the Commando Helicopter Force.
849 Naval Air Squadron 849 Naval Air Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm formed on 1 August 1943 at the Rhode Island Quonset Point Naval Air Station with Avenger Is. It returned to the UK and provided anti-surface vessel and anti-submarine patrols during the D-Day operations.
84C MoPic 84C MoPic is a 1989 American film written and directed by Patrick Sheane Duncan depicting a fictional Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol in Vietnam. Told in the form of a documentary, the cameraman ("MoPic") is filming the mission of the LRRPs to capture the "lessons learned" during the war for the Army.
84th Regiment of Foot (East India Company) The 84th Regiment of Foot (East India Company) was a British regiment raised for service in India with the British East India Company . It would eventually become the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment .
84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) The 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) began as a regiment of the "Provincial Establishment" (military units made up of Colonial citizens of the British Empire, raised during the American Revolution. While it wore the Scottish Highland uniform and was known as a Highland Regiment, it consisted of no more than 25% Scottish membership, the rest made up of the other nationalities present in the English Colonies during the American Revolution.
850th Space Communications Squadron The 850th Space Communications Squadron (850 SCS) was a component of the 50th Network Operations Group, 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The squadron was activated 1 December 1997 as the 850th Communications Squadron and redesignated the 850th Space Communications Squadron on 1 October 2002.
851 RC(Air)CS, Prince Edward 851 Prince Edward RC(Air)CS is a chapter of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets located in Prince Edward County, Ontario, locally to Picton, Ontario. It was founded in 1977 as a means to attract youth involvement into the community.
853-5937 "853-5937" was the fourth UK single and the second US single released from Squeeze's seventh album, Babylon and On. While the track did not chart in England, it managed to reach number 32 on the US Hot 100 charts.
8539 (novel) 8539 is a poo done by Romanian sociologist and writer Alfred Bulai about a man who stumbles upon the fact that he is destined to live out a special purpose. The novel discusses predestination of the individual as well as the harsh realities of life during the Communist era.
85mm M39 The 85mm M39 was one of the most prolific and widespread Soviet antiaircraft guns, and many were used all the way into the 1970s. It was a very "clean" design, with few excess frills at a time when RADAR and power control were appearing.
85th Infantry Division (United States) The 85th Infantry Division also known as Custer Division was named after the famous cavalry commander George Armstrong Custer. The Division was composed of the 337th, 338th, and 339th infantry regiments serving in both World Wars.
85th Street (Manhattan) 85th Street is a Westbound-running street between East End Avenue and Riverside Drive in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. 85th Street provides access to the 85th/86th Street Transverse which runs east-west through Central Park heading between the Upper East Side and Upper West Side
860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments 860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of glass-and-steel apartment towers on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The 26 floor, 254 ft (82 m) tall towers were designed by the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and dubbed the "Glass House" apartments.
863 Program The 863 program is a program funded and administered by the government of the People's Republic of China intended to stimulate the development of advanced technologies in a wide range of fields for the purpose of rendering China independent of financial obligations for foreign technologies.
868 Towers Offices and Hotel 868 Towers Offices and Hotel is a 331 metre tall skyscraper, whose construction is pending at Haikou, China. At 86 storeys, 868 Towers Offices and Hotel is planned to be used as office and residential building with a restaurant and an observation deck.
86open In computing, 86open was a project to form consensus on a common binary file format for Unix and Unix-like operating systems on the common PC compatible x86 architecture, so as to encourage software developers to port to the architecture.
86S Produced by North China Industries ( NORINCO) and imported by China Sports ( Their Import/Marketing arm in the USA ), the Type 86S Bullpup operates the same way as other AK/AKM type rifles with a few exceptions. Many major parts interchange with the standard Kalashnikov rifle, either the AK or the AKM.
86th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) 86th Street is a station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Served at all times by the train, it is located at 86th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and serves the 86th Street shopping area for Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton.
86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) 86th Street is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 86th Street, it is served by the and trains (all times), and the train (all times except late nights).
87-mm light field gun M1877 87-mm light field gun M1877 () was a field gun utilized in Russo-Japanese War, World War I, Russian Civil War and a number of interwar period armed conflicts with participants from the former Russian Empire. The gun was initially developed by Krupp, but was also produced in the Russian Empire.
88 equal temperament In music, 88 equal temperament is the scale derived by dividing the octave into 88 equally large steps. It is compatible with both meantone temperament and 22 equal temperament, using two different approximations to the perfect fifth (one of 51 steps and one of 52 steps).
88open The 88open Consortium was an industry standards group set up by Motorola in 1988 to standardize Unix systems on their Motorola 88000 RISC processor systems. The effort was largely a failure, at least in terms of attracting attention to the 88000 platform, and the group folded as soon as Motorola turned their attention to the PowerPC.
88th Infantry Division (United States) The 88th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It was unique in that it was the first Army of the United States division to be created "from scratch" after the implementation of the draft in 1940.
89th Infantry Division (United States) The 89th Infantry Division was an infantry unit of the United States Army that was activated for service in World War I and World War II. Know as the "Rolling W" they have not been active since 1945.
8½ Souvenirs 8½ Souvenirs was a popular swing jazz band active from approximately 1993 to 2000 and based in Austin, Texas. The band was instrumental in that city's 1990s swing dance scene centered at the Continental Club.
8B/10B encoding In telecommunications, 8B/10B is a line code that maps 8-bit symbols to 10-bit symbols to achieve DC-balance and bounded disparity, and yet provide enough state changes to allow reasonable clock recovery. This means that there are just as many "1"s as "0"s in a string of two symbols, and that there are not too many "1"s or "0"s in a row.
8BITMIME 8BITMIME (RFC 1652) is an SMTP extension standardized in 1994 that facilitates the exchange of e-mail messages containing octets outside the seven-bit ASCII range. Prior to the availability of 8BITMIME implementations, mail user agents employed several techniques to cope with the seven-bit limitation, including binary to text encodings and UTF-7.
8GCBC Scout The 8GCBC Scout is a two-seat fixed conventional gear general aviation airplane which entered production in the United States in 1974. Designed for personal and commercial use, it is commonly found in utility roles such as bush flying—thanks to its short take off and landing (STOL) ability—as well as agriculture, pipeline patrol, and glider and banner towing.
8ing/Raizing 8ing/Raizing (also called Eighting/Raizing, Raizing, Eighting or 8ing) is a Japanese video game company mainly known for its shoot-'em-ups, but they have also ventured in the fighting genre with the Bloody Roar (AKA Beastorizer) series, the Bleach: Heat the Soul series (based on the anime and manga Bleach) and the Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen series (based on the anime and manga Naruto).
8KCAB Decathlon The 8KCAB Decathlon and Super Decathlon are two-seat fixed conventional gear light airplanes designed for flight training and personal use and capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses (+6/-5 g loads). The Decathlon entered production in the United States in 1970 as a more powerful and stronger complement to the Citabria line of aircraft.
8mm (film) 8mm is a 1999 mystery/thriller film, directed by Joel Schumacher about a private investigator (Nicholas Cage) who is hired to research the authenticity of an alleged snuff movie found in the vault of a recently deceased millionaire, which takes him to some sleazy environments.
8SVX 8SVX is a subformat of the Interchange File Format. The subformat is for 8-bit sampled sounds, supports both mono and stereo streams as well as loops; commonly used as a basic audio sample format on Amiga computers for many years.
8th Canadian Parliament The 8th Canadian Parliament was in session from August 19, 1896 until October 9, 1900. The membership was set by the 1896 federal election on June 23, 1896, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1900 election.
8th Cavalry Regiment (United States) The 8th Cavalry Regiment was constituited July 28, 1866 and organized as a regiment on September 21, 1866 at Camp Reynolds, Angel Island, California. Enlisted personnel were composed chiefly of men enlisted on the Pacific Coast, and included many of the class styled "Forty-niners"; men who had worked months or years in the mines and were typical specimens of the roving order of citizens.
8th Connecticut Regiment The 8th Connecticut Regiment also known as 17th Continental Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 at Danbury, Connecticut. The regiment would see action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth.
8th Daytime Emmy Awards The 8th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1981 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1980). The eighth awards did not include the cameo category from the previous year, so only five awards were given, like in previous years.
8th Division (Australia) The 8th Division of the Australian Army was formed to serve in World War II, as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force, who were in turn, part of the Allies of World War II. The 8th Division was raised from regular army units and new, all-volunteer infantry brigades, from July 1940 onwards.
8th Edition (Magic: The Gathering) Eighth Edition (8th Edition) or Core Set was the standard base set for the collectible trading card game, Magic: The Gathering from its release in 2003 until 9th Edition's release in 2005. Its expansion symbol is the number 8 with 3 cards behind it.
8th millennium BC In the 8th millennium BC, agriculture becomes widely practiced in the Fertile Crescent and Anatolia. Pottery becomes widespread (with independent development in Central America) and animal husbandry (pastoralism) spreads to Africa and Eurasia.
8th millennium BC in North American history The 8th millennium BC in North American history provides a time line of events occurring within the present political boundaries of United States (including territories) from 8000 BC through 7001 BC in the Gregorian calendar. Although this time line segment may include some European or other world events that profoundly influenced later American life, it focuses on developments within Native American (and Polynesian) communities.
8th Massachusetts Regiment The 8th Massachusetts Regiment also known as 16th Continental Regiment was raised on April 23, 1775 under Colonel Sargent at Cambridge, Massachusetts. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Bunker Hill, New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton and the Battle of Saratoga.
8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry The 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. Among its early leaders were Morgan Lewis Smith and Giles Alexander Smith, who both later became generals.
8th Ohio Infantry The 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 8th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping repulse Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg.
8th Pennsylvania Regiment The 8th Pennsylvania Regiment was raised January 4, 1776 at Kittanning, Pennsylvania for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Sullivan Expedition.
8th Session of the Serbian Communist Party The 8th Session of the Serbian Communist Party took place on 22 September 1987. This session proved to be a turning point in Serbian politics, as it marked the rise of Slobodan Milošević as a key force in Serbian politics.
8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer The SS Division Florian Geyer was a Waffen-SS cavalry division, named after Florian Geyer (1490-1525), that saw action on the Eastern Front in areas such as Briansk and Vjasma, amongst others. It also saw action in the Balkans, and finally in Budapest, Hungary where it was destroyed by the Red Army.
8th Street (HBLR station) 8th Street is a station currently under construction on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Avenue C and East 8th Street in Bayonne, New Jersey. It will be the new southern terminus for the route traveling northbound, end-to-end, towards Tonnelle Avenue.
8th Street (Manhattan) Eighth Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan that runs from Sixth Avenue to Third Avenue, and Avenue B to Avenue D; it switches from west to east at Fifth Avenue. Between Third Avenue and Avenue A, the position in the grid that would be occupied by Eighth Street is known as St.
8th Street Crosstown Line The 8th Street Crosstown Line is a public transit line in Manhattan, New York City, United States, running mostly along 8th Street, 9th Street, 10th Street, and Christopher Street through the West Village, Greenwich Village, and East Village. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the M8 bus, operated by the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority out of the Michael J.
8th United States Congress The Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1803 to March 3 1805, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
8th United States Congress - Membership Changes The Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1803 to March 3 1805, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
8th United States Congress - Political Parties The Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1803 to March 3 1805, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
8th United States Congress - State Delegations The Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1803 to March 3 1805, during the last two years of the first administration of U.
8th Vermont Infantry The 8th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry (or 8th VVI) was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in both major theaters, first in Louisiana and then in Virginia, from February 1862 to June 1865.
8th Virginia Regiment The 8th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776 at Suffolk Court House, Virginia for service with the Continental Army under the command of Peter Muhlenberg. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth.
8th Weapons Squadron The 8th Weapons Squadron is one of the squadrons within the USAF Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) at Nellis Air Force Base. Its origins can be traced back to 1978, when the concept of Air Weapons Controller was added to the established concept of Fighter Weapons.
8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 8th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 8th Wisconsin had Old Abe, a bald eagle that would accompany the regiment into battle as its mascot.
8th World Wonder "8th World Wonder" is the debut single from American Idol finalist, Kimberley Locke, from her One Love album. The single debuted on the Billboard Singles Sales Chart at #1, making it the first non-Idol single to top the chart from any Idol finalist.
9 (Public Image Limited album) 9 was the seventh studio album by Public Image Limited, released in May 1989 on the Virgin Records label (see 1989 in music). Though the title may initially appear confusing, the album is in fact the ninth PiL album if their two live records are included.
9 Beet Stretch 9 Beet Stretch, by Scandinavian sound artist Leif Inge, is a massive soundscape made of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. A source recording is digitally transformed so as to have a duration of 24 hours with no distortion of pitch.
9 de Julio de Morteros 9 de Julio are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Morteros, in the CĂłrdoba Province of Argentina. They currently play in Zone E of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
9 Gorkha Rifles The 9 Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army. The regiment was one of the Gurkha regiments transferred to the Indian Army after independence as part of the tripartite agreement signed between India, Nepal and Great Britain.
9 mm Luger Parabellum The 9 mm Parabellum pistol cartridge (9 x 19 mm Luger, 9 x 19 mm NATO) was introduced in the late 1890's by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their Pistole Parabellum. It was a higher-power version of the earlier 7.
9 to 5 9 to 5 (see also: day job) is a phrase used to describe a conventional and possibly tedious job. Negatively used, it connotes a tedious or unremarkable occupation, the idea being that, because the job is so boring, the workplace shuts down outside of required hours.
9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song) "9 to 5" is the title of a hit song for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and, in her film debut, Dolly Parton. The title song was written and performed by Parton, gaining an Academy Award nomination and a Grammy Award.
9 to 5 (Lady Sovereign song) "9 to 5" is the second single from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign's debut album Public Warning, following the release of her first UK top 75 single "Random". It was her debut single for Island Records and was released on 8th August 2005.
9 to 5 (Sheena Easton song) "9 to 5", with text and lyrics by Florrie Palmer is the title of a popular song recorded by Sheena Easton in 1980, becoming her first major hit. The title of the song was changed to "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" for its North American release to avoid confusion with the Dolly Parton song of the same name: "9 to 5".
9 to 5 and Odd Jobs 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs was an album released by Dolly Parton in December 1980. A concept album about working, the album was centered around Parton's hit "9 to 5", which served as the theme song to the film of the same name (costarring Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin), and topped both the U.
9-10th & Locust (PATCO station) 9-10th & Locust is a PATCO subway station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located in the Washington Square West neighborhood of Center City, Philadelphia, near Wills Eye Hospital and Walnut Street Theatre.
9-11 (comics) After the tragic events of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the creative forces of the comic book field decided to create a series of books that would raise funds for the families of the victims. There was a series of two 9-11 comic books co-ordinated by mainstream comic book companies.
9-5-2 The card game 9-5-2 (952) is basically simplified bridge for three players, with a forced card-switching twist thrown in. 952 is a social game and not suitable for gambling since a degree of trust is required for some elements of the game.
9-Pin Protocol The 9-Pin Protocol is an RS-422 communications protocol using a 9 pin serial cable that allows a computer interface to Sony and other manufacturer's VTRs. This protocol supports both one-inch reel-to-reel video tape recorders as well as cassette video tape recorders.
9,10-Dithioanthracene 9,10-Dithioanthracene is the first molecule ever to be able to walk in a straight line by itself simply by mimicking how a human walks. It is made up of a coal-tar derivative that is linked to a pair of sulfurous organic compounds.
9.6 year cycle of lynx abundance The Canadian lynx lives in the northern parts of Canada and its population can be estimated from the records kept from the number caught each year for its fur. Records have been kept by the Hudson Bay company and Canadian Government since the 1730s.
9/11 (film) 9/11 is a documentary film about the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, in which two planes crashed into the buildings of the World Trade Center. The film was directed by Jules Naudet, Gédéon Naudet, and retired NY firefighter James Hanlon.

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