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Prix du Cadran The Prix du Cadran is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 4,000 metres (approximately 2 miles 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October.
Prix du Conseil de Paris The Prix du Conseil de Paris is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in October.
Prix du Gros Chene The Prix du Gros ChĂŞne is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,000 metres (approximately 5 furlongs) at Chantilly Racecourse in late May / early June.
Prix du Jockey Club The Prix du Jockey Club is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Chantilly Racecourse in early June.
Prix du Moulin de Longchamp The Prix du Moulin de Longchamp is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse in early September. It was first run in 1957.
Prix du Québec The Prix du Québec are awards given by the Government of Quebec to individuals for cultural and scientific achievements. Founded in 1977, the government annually awards six awards in the cultural field and five in the scientific field.
Prix Daniel Wildenstein The Prix Daniel Wildenstein is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October.
Prix Denise-Pelletier The Prix Denise-Pelletier is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals for an outstanding career in the performing arts. It is awarded to a creator, performer, stage-craftsman or person who has made a noteworthy contribution in the fields of song, music, classical singing, theatre and dance.
Prix Dollar The Prix Dollar is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,950 metres (approximately 1 mile 1Âľ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting, on the weekend of the first Sunday in October.
Prix Foy The Prix Foy is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in September.
Prix Ganay The Prix Ganay is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile and 2½ furlongs) at Longchamp racecourse in late April / early May.
Prix Gérard-Morisset The Prix Gérard-Morisset is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to preserving and explaining Québec's cultural heritage. The activities recognized for this award are research, creative work, training, production, preservation and dissemination in the areas of cultural property, archives, museology and traditional folk culture.
Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme The Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the quality and diffusion of the French language written or spoken in Québec. The activities recognized for this award are culture, communications, education, administration, research, labour, commerce and business.
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens was created in 1987 as a sort of younger sibling of the Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious prize for French language literature. The ten members of the Académie Goncourt select twelve literary works as nominees.
Prix Greffulhe The Prix Greffulhe is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in May.
Prix Guzman The Prix Guzman (Guzman Prize) was a 100,000 franc prize announced in 1900 by the French Académie des Sciences to "the person of whatever nation who will find the means within the next ten years of communicating with a star and of receiving a response." It was sponsored by Clara Gouget Guzman in honor of her son Pierre.
Prix Hocquart The Prix Hocquart is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1 mile 3 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in May.
Prix Chaudenay The Prix Chaudenay is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 3,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 7 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse on the weekend of the first Sunday in October.
Prix Jean de Chaudenay The Prix Jean de Chaudenay was a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in May.
Prix Jean Romanet The Prix Jean Romanet is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at Deauville Racecourse in August.
Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère The Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1,400 metres (approximately 7 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October.
Prix Lionel-Boulet The Prix Lionel-Boulet is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to researchers who have distinguished themselves through their inventions, their scientific and technological innovations, their leadership in scientific development, and their contribution to Québec's economic growth". It is named in honour of Lionel Boulet].
Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud The Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud is a French literary prize created in 1957, the year of writer Valery Larbaud's death, by L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud, an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is awarded to writers of books the jurists feel "that Larbaud would have liked to read.
Prix Lupin The Prix Lupin was a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in May. It was last run in 2004.
Prix mondial Cino Del Duca The Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (Cino Del Duca World Prize) is a major international literary award established in 1969 in France by Simone Del Duca (1912-2004) to continue the work of her late husband, publishing magnate Cino Del Duca (1899-1967). Designed to recognize and reward an author whose work constitutes, in a scientific or literary form, a message of modern humanism, the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca currently carries a 250,000 € prize.
Prix Marcel Boussac The Prix Marcel Boussac is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for two-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October.
Prix Marie-Victorin The Prix Marie-Victorin is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to researchers in the pure and applied sciences whose work lies in fields outside biomedicine. These fields include the natural and physical sciences, engineering, and technology, and the agricultural sciences".
Prix Maurice de Nieuil The Prix Maurice de Nieuil is a Group 2 flat horse race in France currently for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,800 metres (approximately 1 mile 6 furlongs) at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse in July.
Prix Niel The Prix Niel is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in September.
Prix Noailles The Prix Noailles is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in April.
Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas The Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who are artists or craftsman in the fields of visual arts, of the trades of art, architecture and the design. It is named in honour of Paul-Émile Borduas.
Prix Renaudot The prix Renaudot (also called "prix Théophraste Renaudot") is a literary award which was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of the deliberation of the jury of the prix Goncourt.
Prix Robert Papin The Prix Robert Papin is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for two-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 1,100 metres (approximately 5½ furlongs) at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse in July.
Prix Tour-Apollo Award The Prix Tour-Apollo was an annual French award given to the best science fiction novel published in French during the preceding year. Awards were given in 1972-1990, inclusive, and usually went to a work first published in English in the US or UK.
Prix Vermeille The Prix Vermeille is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three and four-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in September.
Prix Vicomtesse Vigier The Prix Vicomtesse Vigier is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 3,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 7½ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in May.
Prix Wilder-Penfield The Prix Wilder-Penfield is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to scientists whose research aims fall within the field of biomedicine. These fields include the medical sciences, the natural sciences, and engineering".
Priya Paul Priya Paul, currently the Chairperson of Appeejay Park Hotels, is a prominent woman entrepreneur of India. Her contributions to industry and commerce, particularly in the field of Hospitality Industry have been repeatedly recognized and she has received several awards and citations, including the following:
Priya Ramrakha Priya Ramrakha was a Kenyan photojournalist and one of the first Africans to be given a contract by Life and Time Magazines. One of East Africa's first indigenous photojournalists, Ramrakha covered independence movements in his native Kenya as well as post-independence movements across Africa.
Priyadarshini Mattoo Priyadarshini Mattoo (July 23, 1973-January 23, 1996) was a 22 year old law student when she was found raped and murdered at her house in New Delhi on January 23, 1996. On October 17, 2006, the Delhi High Court found Santosh Kumar Singh guilty on both counts of rape and murder and on October 30, the same year awarded him capital punishment.
Priyamudan The 1998 Tamil movie starring Vijay and Kausalya is a story on an anti-hero subject, where the hero is of hyper-possessive nature and tries to achieve whatever he desires by any means. The movie was an interesting one, in the fact that, a superhero at his height acting as an anti-hero was unusual in Tamil cinema.
Priyanka Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (born January 12, 1972), a member of the Nehru-Gandhi political family, is the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of Indian Prime Ministers. She was born in Delhi to leader of the Congress Party of India and the President of the Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi.
Priz class The Priz class (Project 1855) is a type of Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) operated by the government of Russia. There are known to be at least five vessels of the class, several of which were involved in the failed rescue attempt when the Kursk sank on 12 August 2000.
Prize (law) Prize is a term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, and vessels captured as a result of armed conflict. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and its cargo.
Prize Bond A Prize Bond is a non-interest bearing security issued on behalf of the Minister for Finance of the Republic of Ireland by the Prize Bond Company Limited. Funds raised are used to offset government borrowing and are refundable to the bond-owner, on demand.
Prize court A prize court is a court (or even a single individual, such as an ambassador or consul) authorized to consider whether or not a ship has been lawfully captured or seized in time of war or under the terms of the seizing ship's letters of marque and reprisal. A prize court may order the sale or destruction of the seized ship, and the distribution of any proceeds to the captain and crew of the seizing ship.
Prize of war A prize of war is generally military items from a war or battle, typically at sea, that the winning side can claim after they have either defeated the enemy or after the enemy has surrendered. This term was used nearly exclusively in terms of claiming a ship at sea, during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Prize philanthropy Prize philanthropy is a term used to define individuals and foundations that provide the financial support to create and run inducement prize competitions. Inducement prize competitions have been gaining popularity because of the leverage they provide to find solutions in specific areas of discovery.
Prize Playing A Prize Playing (abbreviated Prizing) is a test of martial skill that originated in Renaissance England with the London-based Corporation of Masters of the Noble Science of Defence. It involves several dozen bouts against continually refreshing opponents, with little or no rest in between.
Prizes (novel) Prizes is a 1995 novel by Erich Segal. It tells stories of three principal characters: Adam Coopersmith (a genius immnuologist), Isabel Da Costa (a child prodigy who goes to win the Nobel prize in physics) and Sandy Raven (a cell biologist who is very bitter after he is betrayed).
Prizma The Prizma Color system was a technique of color motion picture photography, first invented in 1913 by William Van Doren Kelley. Initially, it was a two-color additive system, similar to its predecessor, Kinemacolor.
Prizren District The Prizren District (Albanian: Distrikti i Prizrenit, Serbian: Prizrenski okrug or ПризренŃки окрŃĐł ) was a district in Kosovo between 1990 and 1999. It was located in the southern part of Kosovo.
Prizzi's Honor Prizzi's Honor is a 1985 comedy film which tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. It stars Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, William Hickey, Anjelica Huston, Lawrence Tierney and CCH Pounder.
Prlwytzkofsky Prlwytzkofsky is a fictional written variant of the Dutch language, based on the idiolect of the Polish-German Professor Zbigniew Prlwytzkofsky (sometimes spelled Prlwytzkofski), as featured in the Tom Puss (Tom Poes in Dutch) and Oliver B. Bumble (Olivier B.
Prnjavor Prnjavor (Cyrillic]: Прњавор) is a town and municipality in northwest of [[Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality is near the town of Banja Luka which is the de facto capital of Republika Srpska.
Pro Arena Trucks Pro Arena Truck racing is a branch off the Off Road racing tree. Also known as Tough Trucks, or Tuff Trucks, Pro Arena Truck racing is modified trucks (sometimes stock trucks for fun) going around a set course filled with different jumps, bumps and turns.
Pro Archia Poeta Pro Archia Poeta is Marcus Tullius Cicero's oration in the defense of Archias Licinius, a poet accused of not being a Roman citizen. This accusation is believed to have been a political move against Lucullus through Archias.
Pro bono publico Pro bono publico (often shortened to pro bono) is a phrase derived from Latin meaning "for the public good". It is used to designate legal or other professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment, as a public service.
Pro Beach Soccer Tour The Pro Beach Soccer Tour (PBST) are international events in the sport of beach soccer. First started in 1996 the PBST is an international exhibition tour in beach soccer allowing teams to practice in beach soccer as well as to allow spectators to see the sport.
Pro Bono Radio (Queen's University) The Pro Bono Radio show at Queen's University was a project initiated by the 2005-2006 Pro Bono Coordinators in conjunction with CFRC radio. The Queen's University program is the second of its kind in Canada, the first being established by the law school at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia.
Pro Caelio Pro Caelio is one of the most famous surviving speeches by the Roman orator, Cicero. It is Cicero's defence, delivered on April 4, 56 BC, of Marcus Caelius Rufus on a number of obscure charges, including sedition, theft, the murder of the Alexandrian diplomat Dio, and the purchasing and use of poison against Clodia.
Pro Cantione Antiqua The Pro Cantione Antiqua of London were founded in the 1960s by Tenor James Griffett, Counter-tenor Paul Esswood, and conductor/producer Mark Brown. From an early stage they were closely associated with conductor and musicologist Bruno Turner.
Pro Cricket Pro Cricket was a professional cricket league in the United States. It was operated by American Pro Cricket LLC (APC), a private company independent of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA).
Pro Evolution Soccer Pro Evolution Soccer (known in Japan and the Americas as Winning Eleven and known in most non English-speaking Europe as PES) is a football video game series developed by Konami (KCET). It is very popular in Europe, due to the realistic and playable gameplay.
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (also known as Winning Eleven 9) is the fifth installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football video game series. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were released on October 21 2005 with the PC version released a week later on the 28th.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is an annual National Football League pre-season exhibition game that is held the weekend of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies. The game is played at Fawcett Stadium, which is located next door to the Hall of Fame building in Canton, Ohio.
Pro Football Weekly Pro Football Weekly (sometimes shortened to PFW) is a popular American sports magazine, founded in 1967, that covers the National Football League. It is owned by Pro Football Weekly LLC and headquartered in Riverwoods, Illinois.
Pro hac vice Pro hac vice, Latin for "for this occasion" or "for this event," (literally, "for this turn") is a legal term usually referring to a lawyer who has not been admitted to practice in a certain jurisdiction, but has been allowed to participate in a particular case in that jurisdiction.
Pro Hart Kevin Charles "Pro" Hart, MBE (May 30 1928 – March 28, 2006), born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, was considered the father of the Australian Outback painting movement and his works are widely admired for capturing the true spirit of the outback. He was nicknamed "Professor" (hence "Pro") during his younger days, when he was known as an inventor.
Pro Loco In Italy, Pro Loco (the term is both singular and plural) are grass-roots organizations that seek to promote some particular place, almost always a town and its immediate area; pro loco is a Latin phrase that may be roughly translated "in favor of the place". Usually the town is a full-fledged comune, but not always: frazioni and other small places with a high level of civic pride may have their own Pro Loco.
Pro Milone The Pro Tito Annio Milone ad judicem oratio (Pro Milone) is a speech made by Marcus Tullius Cicero on behalf of his friend Titus Annius Milo, who was accused of murdering his political enemy Publius Clodius Pulcher on the Via Appia, written and delivered by Cicero on the 7th April, 52 BC.
Pro Moves Soccer Pro Moves Soccer is a Mega Drive/Genesis soccer game that features international level soccer matchups and customizable options that makes a game anywhere from a length of a sandlot game to the length of an actual FIFA soccer match. As long as they can remember the lengthy passwords, players can also make their own soccer teams.
Pro Mujer Pro Mujer (meaning, in Spanish, Pro Woman) is an organization aimed at improving the life conditions in Latin America, primarily though Microcredit programs. According to their website, their mission is to provide Latin America’s poorest women with the means to build livelihoods for themselves and futures for their families through micro-lending, business training, and healthcare support
Pro Patria Union The Pro Patria Union (Estonian: Isamaaliit, meaning literally "Fatherland Union") was a conservative political party in Estonia. On April 4, 2006, representatives of the Pro Patria Union and the representatives of Res Publica decided to merge the two parties.
Pro Pinball Pro Pinball is a series of four pinball computer games developed by Cunning Developments and produced by Empire Interactive, released between 1996 and 2000. The four games of the series are: The Web, Timeshock!
Pro Pinball: Big Race USA Big Race USA is a 1998 pinball computer game developed by Cunning Development and published by Empire Interactive. It is the third game in the Pro Pinball series, and is themed around travelling around the USA in a car.
Pro Pinball: The Web Pro Pinball: The Web is the first in a series of four pinball computer games developed by Cunning Development and produced by Empire Interactive, released between 1996 and 2000. The four games of the series are: The Web, Timeshock!
Pro se Pro se is a Latin adjective meaning "for self", that is applied to someone who represents himself (or herself) without a lawyer in a court proceeding, whether as a defendant or a plaintiff and whether the matter is civil or criminal.
Pro se clerk A pro se clerk is a clerk of the court, employed by the court and found in the courthouse. This clerk assists people appearing pro se (without lawyers) to participate in legal actions by providing forms which need to be filled out and explaining some basic rules.
Pro set In American football, the pro set, T formation, or splitback formation is a traditional formation, commonly a "base" set used by professional and amateur teams. In pro set formations, the running backs are lined up side-by-side instead of one in front of the other as in traditional I-formation sets.
Pro Stock Pro Stock Drag Racing is a class of drag racing featuring 'Factory Hot-Rods'. The class can be known as all motor, as there are very strict rules governing the modifications allowed to the engines, and the types of bodies used.
Pro Stock Bike Pro Stock Bike, or sometimes Pro Stock Motorcycle is a drag racing class that is the two-wheeled equivalent of Pro Stock. It has been a feature of NHRA drag racing since the 1980s when it was added to the professional class structure and has since spread around the globe.
Pro tempore Pro tempore or pro tem is a Latin phrase which best translates to "for the time being" in English. This phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a locum tenens (placeholder) in the absence of a superior, such as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
Pro theme Pro Theme is the GUI style reserved for Apple high end video, music and image editing products, such as Final Cut Pro HD, Soundtrack Pro and Aperture. Apple uses four GUI styles: Aqua, Brushed Metal, Unified and Pro.
Pro Tools Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) by Digidesign for music production and digital audio editing. It is widely used by professionals in music production, post production, TV and film scoring, and serves as a de facto standard in those industries.
Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering) The Pro Tour (or PT) is the highest form of competitive play for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. It is a series of high payout tournaments held throughout the world and run by the Wizards of the Coast "Organized Play" section of the DCI, culminating in the Magic World Championships at the end of each season.
Pro Tour Qualifier A Pro Tour Qualifier (PTQ) is a Magic: The Gathering tournament in which the winner receives an invitation to participate in the next Pro Tour. Many of these tournaments are held around the world prior to the specific Pro Tour to which they offer invitations.
Pro Wrestling (Sega Master System) Pro Wrestling (Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released for the Sega Master System by Sega. An early wrestling game, the title had several features that were quite unique for its time - including usable weapons and a basic face/heel system.
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Group (Purofesshonaru-resuringu Fujiwara-Gumi, ă—ăă•ă‚§ăă‚·ă§ăŠă«ă¬ă‚ąăŞăłă‚°č—¤ĺŽźçµ„) was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Japan, operating from 1991 to 1995. It was formed by Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki after the collapse of the Japanese UWF.
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created and is operated by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar.
Pro Wrestling USA Pro Wrestling USA was a Professional wrestling promotion in the United States of America in the mid 1980s. It was an attempt to unify various federations, including Jim Crockett Promotions, the AWA, and other members of the NWA
Pro-am Theatre Although fringe, repertory, revue, etc may be regarded as Pro-am Theatre, this particular type of pro-am involves both professionals and amateurs being cast in various parts in a production-rather than having the amateurs on the sidelines (as in extra work).
Pro-ana The term Pro-ana is a conjunction of the roots pro, which means "in support of" and a shortened form of the term "anorexia nervosa". The term refers to a group that is in support of anorexia.
Pro-Administration Party (United States) Pro-Administration "Party" is a term used by historians to describe the supporters of the policies of George Washington's administration — especially Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's financial policies — prior to the formation of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican Parties; it is also sometimes used to describe the supporters of the administration who didn't join the Federalist Party after its formation. This was not an actual political party; rather, this is used as a catch-all for a variety of diverse political factions.
Pro-Am Community Theatre Although repertory, revue, extra work, fringe theatre and others may be regarded as Pro-am Theatre, the Pro-Am Community Theatre is part of that type of theatre which involves both paid professionals and unpaid amateurs with either having the chance of principle roles.
Pro-Am Poker Equalizer The Pro-Am Poker Equalizer is a televised poker tournament in which professional poker players play Texas hold 'em against celebrities which began airing on ESPN in January 2007. In order to "equalize" the playing field, the celebrities start the tournament with 50% more chips than the professionals.
Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Newark The Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Newark is a former (or proto-) cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It was the mother church of the Archdiocese of Newark and was the seat of its prelate bishop until the completion of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Clifton Ave.
Pro-democracy camp "Pro-democracy camp" (民主派) is a frequently used jargon by the media and academics to refer to the politicians and social activists in Hong Kong who advocate faster pace of democratisation and implementation of universal and equal suffrage. On issues of political and constitutional development it is often in opposition to the Government, nevertheless in terms of political spectrum members of the camp represent a very broad base, from those representing working class interests to the middle class and professionals.
Pro-drop language A pro-drop language (from "pronoun-dropping") is a language where pronouns can be omitted when they are in some sense pragmatically inferable (the precise conditions vary from language to language, and can be quite intricate). The phenomenon of "pronoun-dropping" is also commonly referred to in linguistics as zero or null anaphora.
Pro-Euro Conservative Party The Pro-Euro Conservative Party was set up by John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly, members of the European Parliament who had been deselected by the UK Conservative Party and believed that the Conservative Party was too eurosceptic. They stood in the 1999 European Parliament Elections, in which they achieved 1.
Prix du Conseil de Paris The Prix du Conseil de Paris is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in October.
Prix du Gros Chene The Prix du Gros ChĂŞne is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,000 metres (approximately 5 furlongs) at Chantilly Racecourse in late May / early June.
Prix du Jockey Club The Prix du Jockey Club is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Chantilly Racecourse in early June.
Prix du Moulin de Longchamp The Prix du Moulin de Longchamp is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse in early September. It was first run in 1957.
Prix du Québec The Prix du Québec are awards given by the Government of Quebec to individuals for cultural and scientific achievements. Founded in 1977, the government annually awards six awards in the cultural field and five in the scientific field.
Prix Daniel Wildenstein The Prix Daniel Wildenstein is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October.
Prix Denise-Pelletier The Prix Denise-Pelletier is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals for an outstanding career in the performing arts. It is awarded to a creator, performer, stage-craftsman or person who has made a noteworthy contribution in the fields of song, music, classical singing, theatre and dance.
Prix Dollar The Prix Dollar is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,950 metres (approximately 1 mile 1Âľ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting, on the weekend of the first Sunday in October.
Prix Foy The Prix Foy is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in September.
Prix Ganay The Prix Ganay is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile and 2½ furlongs) at Longchamp racecourse in late April / early May.
Prix Gérard-Morisset The Prix Gérard-Morisset is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to preserving and explaining Québec's cultural heritage. The activities recognized for this award are research, creative work, training, production, preservation and dissemination in the areas of cultural property, archives, museology and traditional folk culture.
Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme The Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the quality and diffusion of the French language written or spoken in Québec. The activities recognized for this award are culture, communications, education, administration, research, labour, commerce and business.
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens was created in 1987 as a sort of younger sibling of the Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious prize for French language literature. The ten members of the Académie Goncourt select twelve literary works as nominees.
Prix Greffulhe The Prix Greffulhe is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in May.
Prix Guzman The Prix Guzman (Guzman Prize) was a 100,000 franc prize announced in 1900 by the French Académie des Sciences to "the person of whatever nation who will find the means within the next ten years of communicating with a star and of receiving a response." It was sponsored by Clara Gouget Guzman in honor of her son Pierre.
Prix Hocquart The Prix Hocquart is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,200 metres (approximately 1 mile 3 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in May.
Prix Chaudenay The Prix Chaudenay is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds run over a distance of 3,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 7 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse on the weekend of the first Sunday in October.
Prix Jean de Chaudenay The Prix Jean de Chaudenay was a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in May.
Prix Jean Romanet The Prix Jean Romanet is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at Deauville Racecourse in August.
Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère The Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1,400 metres (approximately 7 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October.
Prix Lionel-Boulet The Prix Lionel-Boulet is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to researchers who have distinguished themselves through their inventions, their scientific and technological innovations, their leadership in scientific development, and their contribution to Québec's economic growth". It is named in honour of Lionel Boulet].
Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud The Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud is a French literary prize created in 1957, the year of writer Valery Larbaud's death, by L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud, an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is awarded to writers of books the jurists feel "that Larbaud would have liked to read.
Prix Lupin The Prix Lupin was a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in May. It was last run in 2004.
Prix mondial Cino Del Duca The Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (Cino Del Duca World Prize) is a major international literary award established in 1969 in France by Simone Del Duca (1912-2004) to continue the work of her late husband, publishing magnate Cino Del Duca (1899-1967). Designed to recognize and reward an author whose work constitutes, in a scientific or literary form, a message of modern humanism, the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca currently carries a 250,000 € prize.
Prix Marcel Boussac The Prix Marcel Boussac is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for two-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October.
Prix Marie-Victorin The Prix Marie-Victorin is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to researchers in the pure and applied sciences whose work lies in fields outside biomedicine. These fields include the natural and physical sciences, engineering, and technology, and the agricultural sciences".
Prix Maurice de Nieuil The Prix Maurice de Nieuil is a Group 2 flat horse race in France currently for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,800 metres (approximately 1 mile 6 furlongs) at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse in July.
Prix Niel The Prix Niel is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in September.
Prix Noailles The Prix Noailles is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in April.
Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas The Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who are artists or craftsman in the fields of visual arts, of the trades of art, architecture and the design. It is named in honour of Paul-Émile Borduas.
Prix Renaudot The prix Renaudot (also called "prix Théophraste Renaudot") is a literary award which was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of the deliberation of the jury of the prix Goncourt.
Prix Robert Papin The Prix Robert Papin is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for two-year-old thoroughbreds (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 1,100 metres (approximately 5½ furlongs) at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse in July.
Prix Tour-Apollo Award The Prix Tour-Apollo was an annual French award given to the best science fiction novel published in French during the preceding year. Awards were given in 1972-1990, inclusive, and usually went to a work first published in English in the US or UK.
Prix Vermeille The Prix Vermeille is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three and four-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in September.
Prix Vicomtesse Vigier The Prix Vicomtesse Vigier is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 3,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 7½ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in May.
Prix Wilder-Penfield The Prix Wilder-Penfield is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, which "goes to scientists whose research aims fall within the field of biomedicine. These fields include the medical sciences, the natural sciences, and engineering".
Priya Paul Priya Paul, currently the Chairperson of Appeejay Park Hotels, is a prominent woman entrepreneur of India. Her contributions to industry and commerce, particularly in the field of Hospitality Industry have been repeatedly recognized and she has received several awards and citations, including the following:
Priya Ramrakha Priya Ramrakha was a Kenyan photojournalist and one of the first Africans to be given a contract by Life and Time Magazines. One of East Africa's first indigenous photojournalists, Ramrakha covered independence movements in his native Kenya as well as post-independence movements across Africa.
Priyadarshini Mattoo Priyadarshini Mattoo (July 23, 1973-January 23, 1996) was a 22 year old law student when she was found raped and murdered at her house in New Delhi on January 23, 1996. On October 17, 2006, the Delhi High Court found Santosh Kumar Singh guilty on both counts of rape and murder and on October 30, the same year awarded him capital punishment.
Priyamudan The 1998 Tamil movie starring Vijay and Kausalya is a story on an anti-hero subject, where the hero is of hyper-possessive nature and tries to achieve whatever he desires by any means. The movie was an interesting one, in the fact that, a superhero at his height acting as an anti-hero was unusual in Tamil cinema.
Priyanka Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (born January 12, 1972), a member of the Nehru-Gandhi political family, is the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of Indian Prime Ministers. She was born in Delhi to leader of the Congress Party of India and the President of the Indian National Congress, Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi.
Priz class The Priz class (Project 1855) is a type of Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) operated by the government of Russia. There are known to be at least five vessels of the class, several of which were involved in the failed rescue attempt when the Kursk sank on 12 August 2000.
Prize (law) Prize is a term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, and vessels captured as a result of armed conflict. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and its cargo.
Prize Bond A Prize Bond is a non-interest bearing security issued on behalf of the Minister for Finance of the Republic of Ireland by the Prize Bond Company Limited. Funds raised are used to offset government borrowing and are refundable to the bond-owner, on demand.
Prize court A prize court is a court (or even a single individual, such as an ambassador or consul) authorized to consider whether or not a ship has been lawfully captured or seized in time of war or under the terms of the seizing ship's letters of marque and reprisal. A prize court may order the sale or destruction of the seized ship, and the distribution of any proceeds to the captain and crew of the seizing ship.
Prize of war A prize of war is generally military items from a war or battle, typically at sea, that the winning side can claim after they have either defeated the enemy or after the enemy has surrendered. This term was used nearly exclusively in terms of claiming a ship at sea, during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Prize philanthropy Prize philanthropy is a term used to define individuals and foundations that provide the financial support to create and run inducement prize competitions. Inducement prize competitions have been gaining popularity because of the leverage they provide to find solutions in specific areas of discovery.
Prize Playing A Prize Playing (abbreviated Prizing) is a test of martial skill that originated in Renaissance England with the London-based Corporation of Masters of the Noble Science of Defence. It involves several dozen bouts against continually refreshing opponents, with little or no rest in between.
Prizes (novel) Prizes is a 1995 novel by Erich Segal. It tells stories of three principal characters: Adam Coopersmith (a genius immnuologist), Isabel Da Costa (a child prodigy who goes to win the Nobel prize in physics) and Sandy Raven (a cell biologist who is very bitter after he is betrayed).
Prizma The Prizma Color system was a technique of color motion picture photography, first invented in 1913 by William Van Doren Kelley. Initially, it was a two-color additive system, similar to its predecessor, Kinemacolor.
Prizren District The Prizren District (Albanian: Distrikti i Prizrenit, Serbian: Prizrenski okrug or ПризренŃки окрŃĐł ) was a district in Kosovo between 1990 and 1999. It was located in the southern part of Kosovo.
Prizzi's Honor Prizzi's Honor is a 1985 comedy film which tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. It stars Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, William Hickey, Anjelica Huston, Lawrence Tierney and CCH Pounder.
Prlwytzkofsky Prlwytzkofsky is a fictional written variant of the Dutch language, based on the idiolect of the Polish-German Professor Zbigniew Prlwytzkofsky (sometimes spelled Prlwytzkofski), as featured in the Tom Puss (Tom Poes in Dutch) and Oliver B. Bumble (Olivier B.
Prnjavor Prnjavor (Cyrillic]: Прњавор) is a town and municipality in northwest of [[Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality is near the town of Banja Luka which is the de facto capital of Republika Srpska.
Pro Arena Trucks Pro Arena Truck racing is a branch off the Off Road racing tree. Also known as Tough Trucks, or Tuff Trucks, Pro Arena Truck racing is modified trucks (sometimes stock trucks for fun) going around a set course filled with different jumps, bumps and turns.
Pro Archia Poeta Pro Archia Poeta is Marcus Tullius Cicero's oration in the defense of Archias Licinius, a poet accused of not being a Roman citizen. This accusation is believed to have been a political move against Lucullus through Archias.
Pro bono publico Pro bono publico (often shortened to pro bono) is a phrase derived from Latin meaning "for the public good". It is used to designate legal or other professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment, as a public service.
Pro Beach Soccer Tour The Pro Beach Soccer Tour (PBST) are international events in the sport of beach soccer. First started in 1996 the PBST is an international exhibition tour in beach soccer allowing teams to practice in beach soccer as well as to allow spectators to see the sport.
Pro Bono Radio (Queen's University) The Pro Bono Radio show at Queen's University was a project initiated by the 2005-2006 Pro Bono Coordinators in conjunction with CFRC radio. The Queen's University program is the second of its kind in Canada, the first being established by the law school at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia.
Pro Caelio Pro Caelio is one of the most famous surviving speeches by the Roman orator, Cicero. It is Cicero's defence, delivered on April 4, 56 BC, of Marcus Caelius Rufus on a number of obscure charges, including sedition, theft, the murder of the Alexandrian diplomat Dio, and the purchasing and use of poison against Clodia.
Pro Cantione Antiqua The Pro Cantione Antiqua of London were founded in the 1960s by Tenor James Griffett, Counter-tenor Paul Esswood, and conductor/producer Mark Brown. From an early stage they were closely associated with conductor and musicologist Bruno Turner.
Pro Cricket Pro Cricket was a professional cricket league in the United States. It was operated by American Pro Cricket LLC (APC), a private company independent of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA).
Pro Evolution Soccer Pro Evolution Soccer (known in Japan and the Americas as Winning Eleven and known in most non English-speaking Europe as PES) is a football video game series developed by Konami (KCET). It is very popular in Europe, due to the realistic and playable gameplay.
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (also known as Winning Eleven 9) is the fifth installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football video game series. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were released on October 21 2005 with the PC version released a week later on the 28th.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game The Pro Football Hall of Fame Game is an annual National Football League pre-season exhibition game that is held the weekend of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's induction ceremonies. The game is played at Fawcett Stadium, which is located next door to the Hall of Fame building in Canton, Ohio.
Pro Football Weekly Pro Football Weekly (sometimes shortened to PFW) is a popular American sports magazine, founded in 1967, that covers the National Football League. It is owned by Pro Football Weekly LLC and headquartered in Riverwoods, Illinois.
Pro hac vice Pro hac vice, Latin for "for this occasion" or "for this event," (literally, "for this turn") is a legal term usually referring to a lawyer who has not been admitted to practice in a certain jurisdiction, but has been allowed to participate in a particular case in that jurisdiction.
Pro Hart Kevin Charles "Pro" Hart, MBE (May 30 1928 – March 28, 2006), born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, was considered the father of the Australian Outback painting movement and his works are widely admired for capturing the true spirit of the outback. He was nicknamed "Professor" (hence "Pro") during his younger days, when he was known as an inventor.
Pro Loco In Italy, Pro Loco (the term is both singular and plural) are grass-roots organizations that seek to promote some particular place, almost always a town and its immediate area; pro loco is a Latin phrase that may be roughly translated "in favor of the place". Usually the town is a full-fledged comune, but not always: frazioni and other small places with a high level of civic pride may have their own Pro Loco.
Pro Milone The Pro Tito Annio Milone ad judicem oratio (Pro Milone) is a speech made by Marcus Tullius Cicero on behalf of his friend Titus Annius Milo, who was accused of murdering his political enemy Publius Clodius Pulcher on the Via Appia, written and delivered by Cicero on the 7th April, 52 BC.
Pro Moves Soccer Pro Moves Soccer is a Mega Drive/Genesis soccer game that features international level soccer matchups and customizable options that makes a game anywhere from a length of a sandlot game to the length of an actual FIFA soccer match. As long as they can remember the lengthy passwords, players can also make their own soccer teams.
Pro Mujer Pro Mujer (meaning, in Spanish, Pro Woman) is an organization aimed at improving the life conditions in Latin America, primarily though Microcredit programs. According to their website, their mission is to provide Latin America’s poorest women with the means to build livelihoods for themselves and futures for their families through micro-lending, business training, and healthcare support
Pro Patria Union The Pro Patria Union (Estonian: Isamaaliit, meaning literally "Fatherland Union") was a conservative political party in Estonia. On April 4, 2006, representatives of the Pro Patria Union and the representatives of Res Publica decided to merge the two parties.
Pro Pinball Pro Pinball is a series of four pinball computer games developed by Cunning Developments and produced by Empire Interactive, released between 1996 and 2000. The four games of the series are: The Web, Timeshock!
Pro Pinball: Big Race USA Big Race USA is a 1998 pinball computer game developed by Cunning Development and published by Empire Interactive. It is the third game in the Pro Pinball series, and is themed around travelling around the USA in a car.
Pro Pinball: The Web Pro Pinball: The Web is the first in a series of four pinball computer games developed by Cunning Development and produced by Empire Interactive, released between 1996 and 2000. The four games of the series are: The Web, Timeshock!
Pro se Pro se is a Latin adjective meaning "for self", that is applied to someone who represents himself (or herself) without a lawyer in a court proceeding, whether as a defendant or a plaintiff and whether the matter is civil or criminal.
Pro se clerk A pro se clerk is a clerk of the court, employed by the court and found in the courthouse. This clerk assists people appearing pro se (without lawyers) to participate in legal actions by providing forms which need to be filled out and explaining some basic rules.
Pro set In American football, the pro set, T formation, or splitback formation is a traditional formation, commonly a "base" set used by professional and amateur teams. In pro set formations, the running backs are lined up side-by-side instead of one in front of the other as in traditional I-formation sets.
Pro Stock Pro Stock Drag Racing is a class of drag racing featuring 'Factory Hot-Rods'. The class can be known as all motor, as there are very strict rules governing the modifications allowed to the engines, and the types of bodies used.
Pro Stock Bike Pro Stock Bike, or sometimes Pro Stock Motorcycle is a drag racing class that is the two-wheeled equivalent of Pro Stock. It has been a feature of NHRA drag racing since the 1980s when it was added to the professional class structure and has since spread around the globe.
Pro tempore Pro tempore or pro tem is a Latin phrase which best translates to "for the time being" in English. This phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a locum tenens (placeholder) in the absence of a superior, such as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
Pro theme Pro Theme is the GUI style reserved for Apple high end video, music and image editing products, such as Final Cut Pro HD, Soundtrack Pro and Aperture. Apple uses four GUI styles: Aqua, Brushed Metal, Unified and Pro.
Pro Tools Pro Tools is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) by Digidesign for music production and digital audio editing. It is widely used by professionals in music production, post production, TV and film scoring, and serves as a de facto standard in those industries.
Pro Tour (Magic: The Gathering) The Pro Tour (or PT) is the highest form of competitive play for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. It is a series of high payout tournaments held throughout the world and run by the Wizards of the Coast "Organized Play" section of the DCI, culminating in the Magic World Championships at the end of each season.
Pro Tour Qualifier A Pro Tour Qualifier (PTQ) is a Magic: The Gathering tournament in which the winner receives an invitation to participate in the next Pro Tour. Many of these tournaments are held around the world prior to the specific Pro Tour to which they offer invitations.
Pro Wrestling (Sega Master System) Pro Wrestling (Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released for the Sega Master System by Sega. An early wrestling game, the title had several features that were quite unique for its time - including usable weapons and a basic face/heel system.
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Group (Purofesshonaru-resuringu Fujiwara-Gumi, ă—ăă•ă‚§ăă‚·ă§ăŠă«ă¬ă‚ąăŞăłă‚°č—¤ĺŽźçµ„) was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Japan, operating from 1991 to 1995. It was formed by Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki after the collapse of the Japanese UWF.
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created and is operated by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar.
Pro Wrestling USA Pro Wrestling USA was a Professional wrestling promotion in the United States of America in the mid 1980s. It was an attempt to unify various federations, including Jim Crockett Promotions, the AWA, and other members of the NWA
Pro-am Theatre Although fringe, repertory, revue, etc may be regarded as Pro-am Theatre, this particular type of pro-am involves both professionals and amateurs being cast in various parts in a production-rather than having the amateurs on the sidelines (as in extra work).
Pro-ana The term Pro-ana is a conjunction of the roots pro, which means "in support of" and a shortened form of the term "anorexia nervosa". The term refers to a group that is in support of anorexia.
Pro-Administration Party (United States) Pro-Administration "Party" is a term used by historians to describe the supporters of the policies of George Washington's administration — especially Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton's financial policies — prior to the formation of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican Parties; it is also sometimes used to describe the supporters of the administration who didn't join the Federalist Party after its formation. This was not an actual political party; rather, this is used as a catch-all for a variety of diverse political factions.
Pro-Am Community Theatre Although repertory, revue, extra work, fringe theatre and others may be regarded as Pro-am Theatre, the Pro-Am Community Theatre is part of that type of theatre which involves both paid professionals and unpaid amateurs with either having the chance of principle roles.
Pro-Am Poker Equalizer The Pro-Am Poker Equalizer is a televised poker tournament in which professional poker players play Texas hold 'em against celebrities which began airing on ESPN in January 2007. In order to "equalize" the playing field, the celebrities start the tournament with 50% more chips than the professionals.
Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Newark The Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Newark is a former (or proto-) cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It was the mother church of the Archdiocese of Newark and was the seat of its prelate bishop until the completion of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Clifton Ave.
Pro-democracy camp "Pro-democracy camp" (民主派) is a frequently used jargon by the media and academics to refer to the politicians and social activists in Hong Kong who advocate faster pace of democratisation and implementation of universal and equal suffrage. On issues of political and constitutional development it is often in opposition to the Government, nevertheless in terms of political spectrum members of the camp represent a very broad base, from those representing working class interests to the middle class and professionals.
Pro-drop language A pro-drop language (from "pronoun-dropping") is a language where pronouns can be omitted when they are in some sense pragmatically inferable (the precise conditions vary from language to language, and can be quite intricate). The phenomenon of "pronoun-dropping" is also commonly referred to in linguistics as zero or null anaphora.
Pro-Euro Conservative Party The Pro-Euro Conservative Party was set up by John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly, members of the European Parliament who had been deselected by the UK Conservative Party and believed that the Conservative Party was too eurosceptic. They stood in the 1999 European Parliament Elections, in which they achieved 1.
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