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Push Over Push Over is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on March 3, 1999, it is played for a four-digit prize worth more than $3,000; a five-digit version is sometimes played when the grand prize is a car.
Push poll A push poll is a political campaign technique in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll. Push polls are generally viewed as a form of negative campaigning.
Push processing Push processing is a term from photography, referring to a development technique that increases the speed of the film being processed. Push processing is the opposite of pull processing, which is a similar technique designed to decrease the speed of the processed film.
Push Pin Studios In 1954, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, Reyonld Ruffins and Edward Sorel, founded the Push Pin Studios. For 20 years Glaser and Chwast directed Push Pin, while it became a guiding reference in the world of graphic design.
Push Singh Pushpinder Singh (1972 - February 28, 2006) was a postdoctoral artificial intelligence researcher at MIT who specialized in commonsense reasoning. He was slated to begin a professorship at the MIT Media Lab in 2007 following a further postdoctoral position in industry.
Push technology Push technology, also called server push or webcasting, describes an Internet-based content delivery system where information is delivered from a central server to a client computer based upon a predefined set of request parameters outlined by the client computer. A client computer such as a desktop home user would subscribe to various information topics provided by a content provider and as that content is created by the content provider, such information is "pushed" or delivered across the Internet to the desktop home user and displayed on that user's computer.
Push the Talking Trash Can Push the Talking Trash Can is a radio controlled robot which makes occasional rounds throughout Tomorrowland inside the Magic Kingdom theme park at Disney World, Orlando, Florida USA and more recently at Disneyland theme park, Anaheim, California USA.
Push to talk Push-to-Talk (PTT), also known as "Press-to-Transmit", is a method of conversing on half-duplex communication lines, including two-way radio, using a momentary button to switch from voice reception mode to transmit mode.
Push Upstairs Push Upstairs is an Underworld track which appears on the album Beaucoup Fish and was also released as a single. In business, to "push upstairs" means to promote someone either unwillingly or with an ulterior motive.
Push-IMAP The Push-IMAP protocol (P-IMAP or Push extensions for the IMAP protocol) is based on IMAPv4 Rev1 (RFC 3501), but contains additional enhancements for optimization in a mobile setting. It was developed by Oracle and other partners, and submitted as input to Lemonade Profile IETF Working Group.
Push-pull connector A push-pull connector is a type of cable interconnect that provides a strong locking mechanism that is only released by squeezing the connector body, preventing accidental disconnects. The connector is round, with coaxial or multiple pin connector arrangements.
Push-pull olefin A push-pull olefin is a type of olefin characterized by an electron-withdrawing substituent on one side of the double bond and an electron-donating substituent on the other side. This makes the pi bond very polarized.
Push-pull output A push-pull output is a type of electronic circuit that can drive either a positive or a negative current into a load. Push-pull outputs are present in TTL and CMOS digital logic circuits and in some types of amplifier, and are usually realized as a complementary pair of transistors, one supplying or sinking current from the load to ground or a negative power supply, and the other supplying or sourcing current to the load from a positive power supply.
Push-pull technology Push-pull technology is a strategy for controlling agricultural pests by using repellent plants and trap plants. In the case of maize infested by stemborers and striga, grasses planted around the perimeter of the crop attract and trap the pests, whereas other plants planted between the rows of maize repel the pests.
Push-pull train Push-pull is a mode of operation for locomotive-hauled trains. A push-pull train has a locomotive at one end of the train and a vehicle (DVT in the UK, cab car in the US) equipped with a second control cab at the other end, allowing the train to be driven from either end.
Push-Pull strategy The business terms push and pull originated in the marketing and advertising world, but are also applicable in the world of electronic content and supply chain management. The push/pull relationship is that between a product or piece of information and who is moving it.
Push, Nevada Push, Nevada was an American mystery television series set in the fictional town of Push, Nevada. It premiered on September 17, 2002 on the ABC network, and ran for 7 episodes before it became one of the first shows to be cancelled during the Fall 2002 season.
Pushback A pushback is a technique where an aircraft is pushed backwards away from an airport gate, where there is usually no room for a large aircraft to turn around. Pushbacks are carried out by special, low-profile vehicles called pushback tractors or tugs.
Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize honours the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Little magazine and small book press editors are invited annually to nominate work they've published.
Pusher configuration An aircraft constructed with a pusher configuration has the engine mounted with the propeller facing backwards such that the aircraft is "pushed" through the air, as opposed to the tractor configuration in which the aircraft is "pulled" through the air.
Pusher trailer Pusher trailers are gasoline or diesel fueled trailers with a traditional internal combustion engine and transmission which can be hitched up to Battery electric vehicles and run from the cockpit to give the vehicle increased range. The trailer provides ground traction through the wheels to push the trailer forward, and by default, the electric vehicle as well.
Pushchino Pushchino () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated 120 km south of Moscow, on the right side of the Oka River. As it can be confused with other towns with similar names, it is informally called Pushchino-at-Oka.
Pushing Buttons Pushing Buttons was Grinspoon's second EP. It had a heavier sound than their earlier work with a metal inspired rerecording of 'More Than You Are' (previously recorded for the Green Album), and the songs 'Black Friday' and 'Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck.
Pushing the Senses Pushing the Senses is British band Feeder's fifth studio album, released January 31, 2005 (see 2005 in music). Grant Nicholas, Feeder's lead singer described this album as more of an extension to their previous album "Comfort in Sound", than a new album of its own right.
Pushkar Pushkar is a town in the state of Rajasthan in India. It is situated 14 Km from Ajmer and is one of the five sacred dhams, pilgrimage sites for devout Hindus; it is often called "Tirth Raj" (the king of pilgrimage sites).
Pushkar Fair The Pushkar Fair, or Pushkar ka Mela, is the world's largest camel fair held in the holy town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, India. The Pushkar fair is indubitably the world's largest camel fair (and indeed, world's largest cattle fair in general).
Pushkar Shah Pushkar Shah is a Nepalese peace and democracy activist and adventurer with a goal of riding around the world on a bicycle on a 390,000 kilometre trek that would take 11 years. For his 100th country, came to Egypt.
Pushkaram Pushkaram is a festival in India which occurs in any particular year with respect to one of twelve important rivers; the river for each year's festival is based on which zodiacal sign Jupiter is in at that time. The table to the right shows the association between rivers and signs.
Pushkin Prize The Pushkin Prize was established in 1881 by Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatest Russian poets Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). The prize was awarded to Russian who achieved the highest standard of literary excellence.
Pushkin Square Pushkin Square in Moscow, historically known as Strastnaya Square and renamed for Alexander Pushkin in 1937, is located at the junction of the Boulevard Ring and the Tverskaya Street. It is not only one of the busiest city squares in Moscow, but also one of the busiest in the world.
Pushkin Street, Yekaterinburg Pushkin Street , (Улица Пушкина in russian), is a street in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. The street starts near the Church on the Blood to the north, and ends at the Gogol Street to the south.
Pushkinskaya Pushkinskaya () is a station on Moscow Metro's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Opened on December 17, 1975, along with Kuznetskiy Most as the segment which linked the Zhdanovskaya and Krasnopresnenskaya Lines into one.
Pushlet A pushlet is a technique where data is pushed by server-side Java objects to a client browser containing HTML pages. By using this technique the client doesn't need Java applets or other plug-ins to retrieve the data from the server.
Pushout A pushout is a student counseled or forced out of a school prior to graduation. Children are often pushed out of an educational institutions because their presence in the school creates difficulty in meeting some goal of the school.
Pushover EP The Pushover EP is an EP/Mini-Album from Australian singer-songwriter Lisa Miller. It was released in Australia in 2004 and features five live performances from the artist's Australian tour in support of Neil Young in 2003.
Pushpa Vimana Pushpa Vimana - Pushpa(flower)+ Vimana(flight) - 'A flight of flowers' is a mythical flight found in Ayyavazhi mythology. Akilattirattu Ammanai the religious book of Ayyavazhi says that the pushpa Vimana was send to carry Ayya Vaikundar to Vaikundam.
Pushrod engine A pushrod engine or I-head engine is a type of piston engine that places the camshaft in the cylinder block (usually beside and slightly above the crankshaft in a straight engine or directly above the crankshaft in the V of a V engine) and uses pushrods or rods to actuate rocker arms above the cylinder head to actuate the valves. Lifters or tappets reside in the engine block between the camshaft and pushrods.
Pusillanimity Pusillanimity (from the ecclesiastical Latin pusillanimis, a translation of the Greek olugopsukhos), from pusillus ‘very small’ + animus ‘mind,’ + -ous) is the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential. It's antithesis is magnanimity, as defined by Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics.
Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure Puss 'n Boots: Pero's Great Adventure is a video game released in 1990 by Electro Brain for the NES. In Japan, the game was released as Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko: Sekai Isshuu 80 Nichi Dai Bouken (長靴をはいた猫 世界一周８０日大冒険).
Puss 'n' Boots (Sparky comics) Puss 'n' Boots were a character pair, cat and dog (billed, oddly enough, as "They Fight Like Cat And Dog") in the Sparky comic, in issue number 1 in 1972. Obviously inspired by Tom and Jerry and other madcap American cartoons, and drawn by John Geering of Bananaman fame, the occasional script was written by present Dandy editor Morris Heggie.
Puss Gets the Boot Puss Gets the Boot is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on February 10, 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Rudolph Ising and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley.
Puss in Boots (Cui) Puss in Boots (Кот в сапогах in Cyrillic; Kot v sapogakh in transliteration) is a short opera-fairytale for children in three acts, four tableaux, composed by César Cui in 1913. The libretto was written by Marina Stanislavovna Pol'.
Puss in Boots (fairy tale) "Puss in Boots" is a European fairy tale, best known in the version collected by Charles Perrault in 1697 his Contes de ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose Tales) as "The Master Cat".Charles Perrault,"The Master Cat" The tale of a cat helping an impoverished master attain wealth through its trickery is known in hundreds of variants.
Puss in Boots (Shrek) Puss in Boots is a character from Shrek 2, voiced in English and Spanish by Antonio Banderas. Apparently, the cat is considered the obvious choice for assassinating Shrek, who is an ogre, because Puss has killed a notorious ogre before.
Puss in the Corner Puss in the Corner is a solitaire card game which is played with a deck of 52 playing cards. It is similar to another solitaire game Sir Tommy, but with modifications and with the waste piles placed at the corners of the foundations, hence the name.
Puss/Oh, the Guilt 'Puss/Oh, The Guilt' is a split-single from the American rock bands The Jesus Lizard and Nirvana. It was released in February 1993, and includes the songs "Burnt Puss (Ella Coleman Remix)," by the Jesus Lizard, and "Oh, The Guilt," by Nirvana.
Put It On Me The song "Put It On Me" is a collaboration between Timbaland and The Hives on the album Timbaland Presents Shock Value. The Hives have recorded vocals and guitar for the song, which will be on Timbaland's forthcoming album.
Put My Dream on This Planet Put My Dream on This Planet is the twenty-ninth album by Jandek, and his only new release of 2000 (note that there were numerous reissues of the oldest material). The first of three (so far) "spoken word/a capella" albums, it is Corwood Industries #0767.
Put On Your Drinking Cap Put On Your Drinking Cap is a independent record label based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada that was founded in late 2004. Put On Your Drinking Cap is a federation of like-minded musicians that pool their talents and resources to increase exposure and success in the quickly changing independent music industry.
Put Out More Flags Put Out More Flags, the sixth novel by Evelyn Waugh, was first published by Chapman and Hall in 1942. The novel is set during the first year of the Second World War, and follows the wartime activities of characters introduced in Waugh's earlier satirical novels Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies and Black Mischief.
Put the Needle on It "Put the Needle on It" is a pop–dance song written by Dannii Minogue, Henrik Korpi, Mathias Johansson and Karen Poole for Minogue's fourth album Neon Nights (2003). The song was produced by Korpi & Blackcell and received a positive reception from music critics.
Put Your Hand in the Hand "Put Your Hand in the Hand" is the gospel (music) pop (music) song composed by Canadian Gene MacLellan. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" was released as a single for the album by the Canadian band Ocean.
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See is the first single by Busta Rhymes from his second album When Disaster Strikes. It is one of the album's party songs but also carries Busta's clever rhymes and speedy delivery.
Put Your Head on My Shoulder "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. Anka's version, released as a single in 1959, became very successful, becoming a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Jet, and is the third track on their second album Shine On. It was released 18 September 2006 as the lead single from that album in the UK, peaking at #23 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music).
Put Yourself in My Place (album) Although widely accepted as the début album by Pam Tillis Put Yourself in My Place is actually second to the obscure decade-earlier Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey. That first album was not a country recording at all, so, in essence, this is her country début.
Putagán River Putagán (in mapudungun: "water stream") is a river in Linares Province, Maule Region of Chile. The Putagán is born in the foothills of the Andes and, flowing from east to west, passes south of the village of the same name.
Putative marriage A putative marriage is an apparently valid marriage, entered into in good faith on part of at least one of the partners, but is invalid because of an impediment, such as a currently valid marriage on part of one of them. Putative marriages exist in both Catholic canon law and in various civil laws, though the rules may vary.
Put–call parity In financial mathematics, put–call parity defines a relationship between the price of a call option and a put option - both with the identical strike price and expiry. To derive the put-call parity relationship, the assumption is that the options are not exercised before expiration day, which, in the case of European options is necessarily so.
Putbus Putbus is a small town on the southeastern part of the island of RĂĽgen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Germany. The town is small at 4,836 inhabitants but is a significant tourist destination with numerous seaside resorts.
Puteal Scribonianum Puteal Scribonianum or Puteal Libonis, building in the Forum at Rome, dedicated or restored by a member of the Libo family, perhaps the praetor of 204 BC, or the tribune of the people in 149 BC. In its vicinity the praetor's tribunal, removed from the comitium in the 2nd century BC, held its sittings, which led to the place becoming the haunt of litigants, money-lenders and business people.
Puteaux Group The Puteaux Group is the name applied to a group of European artists and critics associated with an offshoot of Cubism known as Orphism. The group was formed around 1911 by gathering regularly to discuss their views at the home of Jacques Villon in Puteaux, which was at that time a village in the western outskirts of Paris, France.
Puteri Gunung Ledang (film) Puteri Gunung Ledang is a 2004 Malaysian film based on a Malay legend about a princess living on top of Gunung Ledang and a Malaccan sultan's effort to court her. Produced at a cost of USD $4 million, it was the first big-budget Malaysia movie.
Puteri Gunung Ledang (musical) Puteri Gunung Ledang is a Malaysian musical that first ran at the Istana Budaya between the 10th and 24th February 2006 and had a second season at the same venue between the 6th and 21st August 2006. The musical is based on the 2004 Puteri Gunung Ledang movie and stars Tiara Jacquelina as the Gusti Putri and Stephen Rahman-Hughes as Laksamana Hang Tuah.
Puteri Saadong Putri Saadong or Mariam (1663 - 1667), was the adopted daughter of Siti Wan Kembang, the legendary Queen of Kelantan. Her full title is Tuan Putri Sa'adong binti Raja Loyor, Putri Vijaya Mala, Raja of Jembal, daughter of Raja Loyor bin Raja Sakti, Raja of Jembal.
Puthenthope Puthenthope is a coastal village situated 19 km north west of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) City in Kerala, India, 16 km from Trivandrum International Airport. The village is mostly covered with coconut palms and cashew trees.
Puthi Puthi is a book of poetic fairy tales and religious stories of rural ancient Bengal which were read by a senior ‘educated’ person while others would listen. This was used as a medium for education and constructive entertainment.
Putim prison It was a record for the Brazilian prison system: On Sunday, June 6, 1999, 345 out of 456 prisoners escaped from the maximum security Putim prison in São José dos Campos, 100 km from the city of São Paulo. "Escape" does not accurately describe what really happened since the inmates left jail through the front door unchallenged.
Putna Monastery The Putna monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Putna) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery, one of the most important cultural, religious and artistic centers established in medieval Moldavia; as with many others, it was built and dedicated by Prince Stephen the Great. Putna was founded on the lands perambulated by the Putna River (which has its source in the Obcina Mare mountains, Bukovina).
Putnam Area Rapid Transit Putnam Area Rapid Transit (PART) is the provider of bus transit in Putnam County, New York. An agency of the Putnam County government, PART came into service in the mid-1970s as a startup system in the wake of growing suburbanization of Putnam County and rising gas prices.
Putnam Avenue Line The Putnam Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mostly along Fulton Street, Putnam Avenue, and Halsey Street between downtown Brooklyn and Ridgewood, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B26 bus, operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority out of the Fresh Pond Bus Depot.
Putnam City North High School Putnam City North High School is a public high school situated in Northwest Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is one of four high schools in the Putnam City Public Schools district, and offers an education for students in grades 9 through 12.
Putnam Hall Putnam Hall is an American indie rock band formed in Orange County by Lillard (Anthony) (vocals/guitar) with Kris Wismer (drums) and Al Walters (bass) in 2002. Putnam Hall grew a following in Orange County, starting in the fall of 2002, and quickly rose, dubbed by OCNYE as the hidden jewel of the local stage.
Putnam House Putnam House (circa 1648) is a historic house located at 431 Maple Street, Danvers, Massachusetts, and the birthplace of Major General Israel Putnam. The house is now operated by the Danvers Historical Society and open by appointment.
Putnam Investments Putnam Investments, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) since 1970 (is a global money management] firm founded in [[1937 and headquartered in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. As the tenth-largest mutual fund complex in the United States, Putnam has USD 194 billion under management (as of 2005), nearly 500 institutional clients, and over 11 million shareholders and retirement plan participants.
Putnam Memorial State Park Putnam Memorial State Park is named for Major General Israel Putnam who chose the site as the winter encampment for his men during the winter of 1778-1779. The former American Revolutionary War encampment and park is located at the intersection of state routes 107 and 58 in Redding, Connecticut, in the United States of America.
Putnamville Correctional Facility The Putnamville Correctional Facility, in Indiana is a medium-security prison for men located on 4,350 acres in Putnam County, Indiana (the west-central part of the state, near US Routes 231 and 40.) It currently houses approximately 2,400 inmates.
Putney railway station Putney railway station serves Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, in south London, and is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by South West Trains.
Putnici Putnici (English translation: "Travellers") was the Bosnian and Herzegovinian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in Bosnian and French (the first time that Bosnia had not entered a song entirely in Bosnian) by Dino and BĂ©atrice.
Putoran Mountains The Putoran Mountains are a range of mountains on the nortwestern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau, in an area also known as the Putoran Plateau. The highest mountain in the range is Mount Kamen which stands 1,700m above sea level.
Putra Sampoerna Putra Sampoerna (Indonesian: Putera Sampurna) (born in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia) is a Indonesian billionaire, referred to as one of the Indonesian oligarchs. In March 2005 he was listed by Forbes Magazine as the 3rd richest Indonesian and one of the richest people in the world with an estimated fortune of $1.
Putrajaya Putrajaya is a planned city and a Federal Territory that acts as a federal government administration centre of Malaysia moved from the overcrowding and congestion of Kuala Lumpur. However, Kuala Lumpur still serves as Malaysia's national and legislative capital.
Putrajaya Independence Square Putrajaya Independence Square (Malay:Dataran Merdeka, Putrajaya) is located opposite Perdana Putra, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, which is the Prime Minister's office complex. The square is used for festivals such as Malaysian Independence Day parade.
Putrajaya Lake Putrajaya Lake is located at the centre of Putrajaya city, Malaysia. This 650ha man-made lake is designed to act as a natural cooling system for the city and also for recreation, fishing, water sports and water transport.
Putrajaya Landmark The Putrajaya Landmark is the first landmark in Putrajaya where the site of federal administrative centre was established here in 1995. It is located in Putra Perdana Park (which happens to be the highest point in Precinct 1 of Putrajaya, Malaysia).
Putrajaya Ministry of Finance Putrajaya Ministry of Finance is the imposing building complex housing the Malaysian Ministry of Finance. It is located opposite the Boulevard and Dataran Wawasan in Precinct 2 (north of the Core island) of Putrajaya.
Putranjivaceae The rosid family Putranjivaceae is composed of about 210 species of evergreen tropical trees distributed into 4 genera. Members of this family have 2-ranked coriaceous leaves, which, if fresh, typically have a radish-like or peppery taste.
Putt-Putt (game character) Putt-Putt is a fictional anthropomorphic car, and is the main character of several adventure computer games designed for children by Humongous Entertainment. Putt-Putt has his own pet dog, Pep, who is his best friend and accompanies him on all of his adventures.
Putt-Putt Fun Center Putt-Putt Fun Center is the d/b/a name of a franchisor of a chain of family amusement centers and miniature golf courses in the United States, Indonesia, Korea, and Lebanon. The chain is known primarily for it's development of it's Putt-Putt brand of miniature golf.
Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo was a Humongous Entertainment Junior Adventure for ages 3 to 8 released in 1995. It was the third adventure released by the company based on the character Putt-Putt, and featured the voice of Jason Ellefson as Putt-Putt.
Puttanna Kanagal Puttanna Kanagal was arguably the greatest Kannada film director of the 1960s and the 70s. Although majority of his films were on offbeat or taboo subjects, he endeared both to the critics and ordinary film goers alike.
Puttara Puttara (Poothara) is a word used in Malayalam language of Kerala, south India which means - platform where flowers are kept. Its a seven tired platform and located in the South-West corner of every Kalari (training place of Kalarippayattu, martial art form in Kerala).
Puttee A puttee, also spelled puttie, is the name, adapted from the Hindi patti, bandage (Skr. patta, strip of cloth), for a covering for the lower part of the leg from the ankle to the knee, consisting of a long narrow piece of cloth wound tightly and spirally round the leg, and serving both as a support and protection, worn especially by riders, and taking the place of the leather or cloth gaiter.
Putterham School Putterham School, built 1768, is a one room schoolhouse in Brookline, Massachusetts. Originally built at the juncture of Grove and Newton Streets, in 1966 the school was moved from its original site to its present location at Larz Anderson Park.
Puttershoek Puttershoek is a town in The Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, on the banks of the Oude Maas river, part of the Binnenmaas municipality, on the Hoeksche Waard island. The town (the largest one of the municipality) has a city-like character with 6.
Puttgarden Puttgarden is a ferry harbour on the German island of Fehmarn. It lies on an important route between Germany and Denmark known as the Vogelfluglinie which crosses the 18 km strait, the Fehmarnbelt, to Rødby on the island of Lolland.
Puttige Puttige (Puthige) is a small town in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district(formerly South Canara) of Karnataka state in India. The place is famous due to the Puttige matha (monastery) belonging to the group of ashta (eight) mathas founded by vaishnava saint Sri Madhwacharya of Udupi.
Putting Pants on Philip Putting Pants On Philip, is a landmark 1927 Hal Roach two-reeler in that it was the first to bill Laurel and Hardy as a comedy duo. However, the recognised Stan and Ollie characters and costumes had yet to become a more or less permanent fixture.
Putto The putto is a figure of a pudgy baby, almost always male, often naked and having wings, found especially in Italian Renaissance art. The figure derives from Ancient art but was "rediscovered" in the early Quattrocento.
Puttur, Tamil Eelam Puttur is where the first school providing free education was established in Tamil Eelam and in Sri Lanka. Hon Malzawarajar established the J/Sri Somaskanda College (யா/ஸ்றீ சோமாஸ்கந்த கல்லூரி), originally a Hindu based college in Puttur.

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