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The International (golf) The International (officially rendered in capitals as The INTERNATIONAL) is a golf tournament in the United States PGA Tour held annually (currently in early August) at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado, where the tournament has been played since its inception. It has the unique distinction of being one of two PGA Tour events not conducted at traditional stroke play, and is the only tournament to use the Modified Stableford scoring system (the only other exception from stroke play is the Accenture Match Play Championship).
The International Association of Project and Program Management The International Association of Project and Program Management (IAPPM), formed in 2003 through the active volunteers and established as a global project management professional organization and Association providing knowledge and useful content back to project managers and program managers. IAPPM is the publisher of the CPPMBoK, currently in first draft format.
The International Cat Association The International Cat Association, more commonly known as TICA, is the world's largest genetic cat registry in North America. The organization has an extensive genetic registry for purebred and household pet cats and is one of the world's largest sanctioning bodies for cat shows.
The International Criminal Court and the 2003 invasion of Iraq In March 2003, the United States and its allies, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland invaded Iraq. The UK, Australia, and Poland are all state parties to the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court (ICC) and therefore their nationals are liable to prosecution by the court for the violation of any relevant international criminal laws.
The International Federation of Film Archives The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) was founded in Paris in 1938. The Federation brings together motion picture archives from across the world whose purpose it is to ensure the preservation of films as a cultural heritage and as historical documents.
The International Indian The International Indian is a UAE-based magazine catering to the sizeable Non Resident Indian (NRI) population in the Gulf countries. Published from Dubai, the magazine is read in the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
The International Jew The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem is a four volume set of books originally published and distributed in the early 1920's by Henry Ford, an American industrialist, automobile developer and manufacturer. It consisted of a collection of articles serialized in The Dearborn Independent, a newspaper owned by Ford.
The International Lawyer The International Lawyer is the official quarterly publication of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law and Practice. The ABA published the inaugural issue in 1966 and SMU has been the proud home of this prestigious journal since 1986.
The International League of Dermatological Societies The International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS) is a non-governmental organization affiliated with the World Health Organization. It was founded in 1935, but because of World War II no congresses were held until 1952.
The International Molinological Society The International Molinological Society (TIMS) has been active since 1965 and is the only organization dedicated to Mills on a worldwide scale. It brings together more than six hundred members, mostly from Europe and the USA.
The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (or THINCS) is a group of scientists, physicians, and other academicians from around the world who oppose the lipid hypothesis. THINCS was founded in January 2003 and its founding and current spokesman is Dr Uffe Ravnskov.
The International Paleopsychology Project An international scientific group founded in 1997 by multi-disciplinarian Howard Bloom to "trace the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10(-32) second of the Big Bang to the present."
The International Pharmacopoeia The aim of The International Pharmacopoeia (IntPh), which is issued by the World Health Organization as a recommendation, is to achieve a wide global uniformity of quality specifications for selected pharmaceutical products, excipients, and dosage forms.
The International Rule The International Rule was created for the measuring and rating of yachts. Prior to the ratification in 1907, countries raced yachts under the own rules and any international competition was always subject to various forms of handicapping.
The International Rule sailing The International Rule was created for the measuring and rating of yachts. Prior 1907, countries raced yachts under their own national or local rules and any international competition was always subject to various forms of handicapping.
The International School The International School is an independent elementary school in Portland, Oregon, that provides language-immersion education in three tracks: Japanese, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. More than 300 students in pre-Kthrough fifth grade follow an American curriculum in a foreign language, acquiring linguistic and cultural fluency by graduation.
The International Society of Pharmacovigilance The International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), previously the European Society of Pharmacovigilance(ESOP), is an international non-profit scientific organisation, which aims to foster Pharmacovigilance both scientifically and educationally, and enhance all aspects of the safe and proper use of medicines, in all countries.
The Internationale The Internationale (L'Internationale in French) is the most famous socialist (and anarchist, communist and social democratic) song and one of the most widely recognized songs in the world. The original French words were written in 1870 by Eugène Pottier (1816–1887, later a member of the Paris Commune) and were originally intended to be sung to the tune of La Marseillaise.
The Internationale (album) The Internationale is a 1990 EP by Billy Bragg. Originally released on Bragg's short-lived record label, Utility Records, it is a deliberately political album, consisting mainly of cover versions and rewrites of left-wing protest songs.
The Internecine Project The Internecine Project is a 1974 film written by Mort W. Elkind, Barry Levinson and Jonathan Lynn and directed by Ken Hughes which tells about a former secret agent, Robert Elliot being promoted to a government advisor.
The Internet Adapter The Internet Adapter (TIA) was software created by Cyberspace Development to allow SLIP (and later PPP) connections over a shell account. Shell accounts normally only allow the use of command line or text-based software, but by logging in to a shell account and starting the TIA daemon, a user could then run standard GUI software such as Netscape Navigator on their computer.
The Internet Party The Internet party is a name used by non-traditional political party in the United States that has had its home base on the Internet since July 4, 2000. It is a grassroots organization with the expressed purpose of reforming government to have less regulation and stronger liberties.
The Internet Pilot to Physics TIPTOP was a web site operated in collaboration between Kenneth Bodin-Holmlund at UmeĂĄ University, Mikko Karttunen at McGill University and Guenther Nowotny at the Technical University of Vienna during 1994-1998, and it was originally derived from Physics Around the World (PAW) that was initiated by Karttunen at McGill University.
The Internet Review of Science Fiction The Internet Review of Science Fiction (often given as IROSF) is an American Webzine devoted to science fiction criticism. Since it was first published in 2004, it has been a forum for the serious exploration of the literature of the fantastic, and has published intelligent articles, essays, interviews, reviews, and criticism that illuminate the most interesting and important work in the genres of science fiction and fantasy.
The Interpretation of Dreams The Interpretation of Dreams is a book by Sigmund Freud, the first edition of which was first published in German in November 1899 as Die Traumdeutung (though post-dated as 1900 by the publisher). The publication inaugurated the theory of Freudian dream analysis, which Freud believed was the "royal road to the unconscious".
The Interview The Interview is a 1998 Australian film directed by Craig Monahan. Hugo Weaving stars as Eddie Fleming, a quiet, friendly, self-described 'nobody' who is dragged from his home and interrogated by a senior detective (Tony Martin) about a stolen vehicle.
The Intruders The Intruders were a Philadelphia Soul musical act, most popular during the 1960s and the 1970s. Formed around 1960, the group originally consisted of Sam "Little Sonny" Brown, Eugene "Bird" Daughtry, Phillip "Phil" Terry and Robert "Big Sonny" Edwards.
The Invaders The Invaders was a ABC science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that ran in the United States for a season and a half between 1967 and 1968. Roy Thinnes starred as architect David Vincent, who learned of an alien invasion underway and thereafter travelled from place to place, trying to foil the aliens' plots and warn Earth of the danger.
The Invasion (film) The Invasion (originally titled Invasion, then changed to The Visiting before being changed once more to The Invasion) is a 2007 film currently in post-production starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. It is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.
The Invasion (professional wrestling) The InVasion was a professional wrestling storyline in the World Wrestling Federation that began shortly after the WWF's purchase of World Championship Wrestling. It involved the WCW wrestlers "invading" WWF TV in an attempt to "take over" the WWF.
The Invasion of Time The Invasion of Time is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from February 4 to March 11, 1978. This serial features the final appearance of Louise Jameson as the companion Leela.
The Invention of Morel The Invention of Morel (sometimes translated as Morel's Invention) is a 1940 novel by Argentine fiction writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. Arguably his most famous work, it's a classic example of Latin American Science Fiction.
The Investigator The Investigator (1954) was a radio play written by Reuben Ship and first broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on May 30 of that year. It lampooned the US House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) and Senator Joseph McCarthy.
The Invincibles (football) "The Invincibles", in English football (soccer), has been either used to refer to the Preston North End team of the 1888-89 season, or the Arsenal team of the 2003-04 season. In both cases, the teams won the top division of English football unbeaten, the only two times this has occurred in English football history.
The Invincibles (rugby union) The Invincibles was a nickname given to the 1924-25 New Zealand rugby union team which toured the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada. The team was captained by Cliff Porter, and numbered among its top players George Nepia and brothers Cyril and Maurice Brownlie.
The Invincibles (Rugby League) The Australia national rugby league team have generally since 1908, barring wartime toured Great Britain, often including France every four years. This touring side (and in recent years all Australian representative sides) are known as the Kangaroos.
The Invisible (film) The Invisible is a movie starring Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Marcia Gay Harden, Callum Keith Rennie, Amber Borycki and Michelle Harrison. The film was due to be released on January 26, 2007, but the date has now been changed to April 13, 2007.
The Invisible Bankers: Everything the Insurance Industry Never Wanted You to Know Invisible Bankers: Everything the Insurance Industry Never Wanted You to Know is a 1982 book on the insurance industry. It was written by financial journalist Andrew Tobias who became famous for his earlier book The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need.
The Invisible Enemy The Invisible Enemy is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 1 to October 22, 1977. The serial introduced the Doctor's newest companion, the robot dog K-9, voiced by John Leeson.
The Invisible Girls The Invisible Girls were a rock band formed in Salford, Greater Manchester in 1978 to provide musical back drop to the recorded output of Salford punk poet John Cooper Clarke. The band was based around the nucleus of Joy Division producer Martin Hannett and keyboarist Steve Hopkins, with contributions from, amongst others, Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks and Bill Nelson.
The Invisible Man (1975 TV series) The Invisible Man, the second television series with this title, debuted in 1975 on NBC and starred David McCallum as scientist Daniel Weston. The pilot film depicts Weston working for a company called Klae Corporation, which is doing experiments in molecular disintegration and its side-effect of turning objects invisible.
The Invisible Man (2000 TV series) Bold textThe Invisible ManIMDB listing series debuted in 2000 and starred Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Mike McCafferty. Somewhat more successful than previous television series involving invisible secret agents, Ventresca played Darien Fawkes, an ex-con recruited by a low-rent spy organization and given the power of invisibility via the implantation of a special "Quicksilver gland" in his head.
The Invisible Man (album) The Invisible Man is the six solo album by American Music Club singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel, released by Matador Records in 2001. It is a more electronic effort by Eitzel, who is known for his more stark, acoustic arrangements, and was allegedly recorded on a Macintosh computer in his living room.
The Invisible Universe Foundation The Invisible Universe Foundation (IUF) is dedicated to researching and promoting the history of African Americans in speculative fiction (SF) literature, cinema and related art forms through the activities of archiving, publishing and producing media materials and presenting cultural events.
The Invisible Woman The Invisible Woman was a science fiction, comedy film that was released near the end of 1940 by Universal. It is the third film in the Invisible Man series following the successful The Invisible Man Returns film that had been released earlier in the year, but this movie was instead written as a farce that would exploit the humorous possibilities of the invisibility concept.
The Invisibles The Invisibles is a comic book series that was published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics from 1994 to 2000. It was created and written by Grant Morrison and drawn by various artists throughout its publication.
The Invitation The Invitation is the debut album from Thirteen Senses. Released 27 September 2004, it features the singles "Do No Wrong", "Into the Fire", "Thru the Glass" and "The Salt Wound Routine".
The Invitations (Seinfeld episode) "The Invitations" is the 24th and final episode of the seventh season of Seinfeld (along with the one-hundred and thirty-fourth overall episode). It originally aired on May 16, 1996, and was the most-watched episode of the series up to that point.
The Iraqi Sunni Perspective on Saddam Hussein Iraq is a divided nation whose views on the reign of Saddam Hussein vary greatly depending on the religious and tribal membership of that individual. Saddam Hussein is still viewed as the legitimate leader of Iraq in the view of the Sunni Iraqis who prospered under the rule of Saddam Hussein.
The Ireland Funds The Ireland Funds is the largest fundraising organization in the world for people of Irish ancestry and friends of Ireland dedicated to raising funds to support programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and culture, education and community development throughout the island of Ireland.
The Irish American Arts Awards The Irish American Arts Awards is a not for profit organization headquartered in New York City that seeks to recognize, encourage and celebrate contemporary visual art by those of Irish ancestry across the world, in particular by the annual award of a cash prize.
The Irish Ballad "The Irish Ballad" is a song by the satirist Tom Lehrer. Lehrer's orignal version is accompanied by his piano-playing, while the Irish-music band Darby O'Gill has recorded a more "authentic" version which appears on their 2002 CD Waitin' For A Ride.
The Irish Echo The Irish Echo is a weekly newspaper based in New York City. Founded in 1928, it bills itself as "the USA's most widely read Irish-American newspaper" with a readership of 100,000 on circulation of about 60,000.
The Irish Pages IRISH PAGES; A JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY WRITING, edited by Chris Agee and Cathal Ă“ Searcaigh, is a Belfast journal combining Irish, European and international perspectives. It seeks to create a novel literary space in Northern Ireland adequate to the unfolding cultural potential of the new political dispensation.
The Irish Press The Irish Press was an Irish newspaper published by Irish Press plc between September 5 1931, on the eve of the 1931 Kilkenny v Cork All Ireland Hurling Final and 1995 with the aim of achieving a circulation of 100,000 which it accomplished quickly. It achieved a circulation of 200,000 at its best.
The Irish Republic (book) The Irish Republic is a history book written by Dorothy Macardle, first published in 1937, which covers the formation and existence of the Irish Republic, the Anglo-Irish War, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Irish Civil War, a period which covered from 1919-1923.
The Irish Rover The Irish Rover is a traditional Irish song made famous by The Dubliners and The Pogues collaboration. It is associated especially with The Pogues who play it in their fast punk influenced tone, usually closing live shows with it.
The Irish Rovers The Irish Rovers is a popular and long-running Canadian-Irish folk group created in 1963. Alternatively known as "The Beatles of Irish Rock," they took their name from the old song The Irish Rover, the story of a fabulous Irish sailing ship.
The Irish Socialist Network The Irish Socialist Network (ISN) is a democratic socialist organisation formed in 2001. It is a campaigning organisation which works actively to fight for the rights of Irish Workers and to help build a socialist Ireland.
The Iron Corporal The Iron Corporal was a fictional character appearing first as a recurring character in Charlton Comics' war comics line, and briefly in his own comic book titled The Iron Corporal. His first appearance was in Army War Heroes #38 in 1967.
The Iron Dragon's Daughter The Iron Dragon's Daughter is a 1993 novel by writer Michael Swanwick that combines fantasy and science fiction. The dark and nihilistic tale follows Jane, a changeling girl who slaves at a dragon factory, building part-magical, part-cybernetic monsters that are used as jet fighters; until she crosses paths with an old, rusted dragon named Melanchthon and escapes.
The Iron Ladies (film) The Iron Ladies (Thai: สตรีเหล็ภor Satree lek) is a Thai comedy film from the year 2000. The movie follows the true events of a men's volleyball team, comprised mainly of transvestites, transsexuals and homosexuals.
The Iron Petticoat The Iron Petticoat is a 1956 motion picture directed by Ralph Thomas, starring Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn. The original story Not for Money was written by Ben Hecht with Hepburn in mind to play Captain Vinka Kovelenko, a Russian aviatrix who lands in West Germany.
The Iron Snake The Iron Snake is an ancient tribal prophecy attributed to both the Maasai and Kĩkũyũ tribes in Kenya in which a railway is described as an iron snake. This would someday cross their land and would be a bad omen creating trouble as it went.
The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley Dedicated to the memory of the author's maternal grandmother Helen St. John Garvey, The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley was originally published in 1969 by Albondoncani Press in a limited edition printing of 226 copies.
The Irrawaddy The Irrawaddy () is a newsmagazine owned by the Irrawaddy Publishing Group (IPG). The company was founded in 1992 by expatriate Burmese citizens living in Thailand, and although unaffiliated to any political groups or the Burmese government, does have a slant toward pro-democracy movements.
The Irrelevant Show The Irrelevant Show was a half-hour sketch comedy show aired on CBC Radio One, initially broadcast Saturday afternoons during the third hour of Definitely Not the Opera starting in 2003. Early in 2004 it was given a slot of its own late Saturday mornings for a short series of nine shows, and in 2005 returned as a recurring comedy show broadcast as part of DNTO.
The Irvine Review Foundation The Irvine Review Foundation is a non-profit educational foundation formed in September 2002 and incorporated on January 22, 2004 to fund and operate the Irvine Review student newspaper at UC Irvine. It has since founded the Irvine Conservative Student Union (ICSU) and other related projects.
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is awarded periodically at the Academy Awards ceremonies to "Creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
The Islamic Foundation The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office pamphlet, 'Muslims in Britain', created by the Muslim Council of Britain,states, “The Islamic Foundation, established in 1973] in the city of [[Leicester, is a major centre for education, training, research and publication. The Foundation seeks to build bridges between Muslims and others, while promoting the highest standards of academic research and publications”.
The Islamic Society of Central New York The Islamic Society of Central New York is a "purpose-built" Sunni mosque and Islamic community center located on Comstock Avenue in Syracuse, NY. Founded in 1981, the center serves the needs of Central New York's estimated 15,000 - 20,000 Muslims providing various services and outreach programs for the Muslim and non-Muslim community.
The Island (2005 film) The Island is a 2005 science fiction film directed by Michael Bay and starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. The film, which cost $126 million to produce, bombed at the domestic box office, earning only about $36 million.
The Island Def Jam Music Group The Island Def Jam Music Group is a record label formed in 1999, when Universal Music Group merged together its two daughters, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings to create a super label. Also incorporated into the venture was staff, roster, and back catalog of Mercury Records, which was then dismantled.
The Island of Thirty Coffins The Island of Thirty Coffins is a famous French television series in 1979. It was based on Maurice Leblanc's L'île aux trente cercueils, directed by Marcel Cravenne and stars Claude Jade as Véronique d'Hergemont, a female protagonist, who is on the run and on searching for her father and her son, involved in horrible adventures on a terrific island: The story proceeds in 1917.
The Island on Bird Street The Island on Bird Street (ISBN 0395338875) is a 1985 semi-autobiographical children's book by Israel author Uri Orlev, which tells the story of a young boy, Alex, and his struggle to survive alone in a ghetto during World War II. The author received the 1996 Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's literature, largely for this book, which was translated into numerous languages and adapted into a play and a film.
The Island School - Cape Eleuthera, The Bahamas The Island School is located on Cape Eleuthera, on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Founded by Chris and Pam Maxey in 1998 the Island school is a semster study program described as a "mind, body and spirit experience that challenges students by immersing them in the ocean and introducing them to another culture" The program is structured to present students with authentic challenges that help them grow intellectually, emotionally and physically.
The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers are an African-American music group from Cincinnati, Ohio, who hold the record for being the longest-running charted group in music history. Starting in 1954 and lasting into the new millennium, the group has spanned decades, two generations of members and music genres as diverse as gospel, doo-wop, R&B, soul, funk, rock, adult contemporary and even hip-hop.
The Israeli Network (Canada) The Israeli Network is a Canadian category 2 Hebrew language digital cable television channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group. It broadcasts programming from The Israeli Network as well as local Canadian content.
The ISI Honors Program The Honors Program is an undergraduate fellowship offered annually by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute since 1995. It is a highly selective year-long academic experience that offers fifty of the United States’ most promising undergraduates an opportunity to receive personal intellectual mentoring from elite professors committed to an honest exploration of the achievements of Western civilization.
The Italian (novel) The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents (1797) is a novel belonging to the Gothic genre and written by the English author Ann Radcliffe. The events are set in 1764, thirty- three years previous to its publication date.
The Italian Job The Italian Job is a British comedy caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. It was released in 1969 and was very popular in Britain; subsequent television showings and releases on video have established it as something of a national institution in the UK, with a cult following elsewhere.
The Italian Job: Turbo Coaster The Italian Job: Turbo Coaster is a roller coaster based on the movie The Italian Job, and is located at Kings Dominion Amusement Park in Doswell, Virginia. It is essentally the same coaster as the Italian Job: Stunt Track, found at Paramount Canada's Wonderland and Paramount's King's Island.
The Itchy & Scratchy Show The Itchy & Scratchy Show is a show-within-a-show of The Simpsons which appears as a segment of the fictional Krusty the Clown TV show, watched regularly by Bart and Lisa Simpson and other characters on the animated series. Itself an animated cartoon, The Itchy & Scratchy Show depicts an anthropomorphic blue mouse, Itchy (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) who mutilates an anthropomorphic black cat, Scratchy (voiced by Harry Shearer).
The IT Crowd The IT Crowd (IPA: pronounced ) is a sitcom written by Graham Linehan and produced by Ash Atalla for Channel 4. Currently, only one series of six episodes has been produced, but a second series of eight episodes has been commissioned by Channel 4The IT Crowd to Return for Second Series and is scheduled to be broadcast in Spring 2007.
The IT List The It List was a television program that aired on Canadian music TV station MuchMusic, and was hosted by Leah Miller and Matte Babel. The program discussed what's in style and what's new in North American pop culture, including celebrities, clothes, shoes, console games, music, movies, electronic gadgets and mainstream brands.
The ITV Seven The ITV Seven was an essential part of World of Sport in the United Kingdom. It started on October 4, 1969 when the programme began to show horse racing from two courses each week rather than one, under the title "They're Off".
The Ivor Novello Appreciation Bureau The Ivor Novello Appreciation Bureau is a voluntary organisation that was formed in Quedgeley, Gloucester to foster interest in and preserve the memory of the legendary Welsh Composer and actor Ivor Novello. The Honorary Administrator is Nicholas Gaze and he is assisted by Mary Falby and Chris Sansom.
The J curve as applied to medicine. In this case, the X axis measures either of two treatable symptoms (blood pressure or blood cholesterol level) while the Y axis measures the chance that a patient will develop cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is well known that high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels increase a patient's risk.
The J Curve as applied to a country's trade balance The shape of the trend of a country’s trade balance following a devaluation. A lower exchange rate initially means cheaper exports and more expensive imports, making the current account worse (a bigger deficit or smaller surplus).
The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall (Simon and Schuster: 2006) is a book by political scientist Ian Bremmer. It was named a "Book of the Year" in 2006 by the Economist magazine.
The J-K Conspiracy The J-K Conspiracy is a movie produced by Dave, Shelly, and Chainsaw, directed by Chainsaw, and released in late 2004. It stars the entire show, plus a number of celebrities (such as Bob Costas, Doug Flutie, Don Rickles, and Laura Schlessinger) and several notable listeners (including Listener Lex, Commander Butch, and Quiet-Talking James).
The Jab The Jab is a game and multimedia creator whose clients include U2, Marilyn Manson, Cypress Hill, Sony Playstation, O2, Jameson's, and Baileys. The Jab has been creating games since the seventies and works mostly with Macromedia Shockwave.
The Jabbers The Jabbers were a punk rock band fronted by the controversial singer GG Allin. Many of his most well known songs were recorded with and attributed to this band, such as "Assface" and "Gimme Some Head".
The Jackal (film) The Jackal is a 1997 suspense film starring Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Diane Venora and Sidney Poitier, directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is a remake of the 1973 movie The Day of the Jackal, even though its story has very little in common with the original movie.
The Jackpot The Jackpot is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring James Stewart. The film is mostly forgotten today, but was a successful vehicle for Stewart at the time, and featured a young Natalie Wood.
The Jackrabbit Factor: Why You Can (book) The jackrabbit factor is a term which refers to a particular philosophical success principle, based on an analogy of a dog chasing a rabbit. The term was originally coined by Leslie Householder, author of The Jackrabbit Factor: Why You Can.
The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet from Gary, Indiana. The group, active from 1962 to 1990, regularly played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, funk, and later disco.
The Jackson 5ive (TV series) The Jackson 5ive was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Rankin/Bass from 1971 to 1973, based upon the careers of the popular Motown recording group The Jackson 5. The series was animated mainly in London at the studios of Halas and Batchelor, and some animation done at Estudios Moro, Barcelona Spain.
The Jackson Twins The Jackson Twins (begun November 27, 1950, ended March 24, 1979) was an American comic strip, created by Dick Brooks and distributed by the McNaught Syndicate. Warren Sattler was also a contributing artist for many years to The Jackson Twins.
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