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Tamara Tichonova Tamara Ivanovna Tichonova () (born June 13, 1964 in the village of Kovalyovo, Kezsky District, Udmurt ASSR) is a former Soviet Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1992. She represented the USSR at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she won three medals with golds in the 20 km and the 4 x 5 km relay, and a silver in the 5 km.
Tamara Tunie Tamara Tunie (born March 14, 1959 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania) is an African American actress, best known for her work as lawyer Jessica Griffin McKechnie Harris on the soap opera As the World Turns. She played the role originally from 1986 to 1995, and again since 1999.
Tamara Volskaya Tamara Volskaya is a performing musician whose principal instrument is the domra. She is a Merited Artist of Russia, a Laureate of the USSR competition, and a Professor at the Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory of Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Tamara Yerofeeva Tamara Yerofeeva Russian: Томара Ерофеева Tomara Erofeeva (born 4 July, 1982 in Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Rhythmic Gymnast. Originally she performed in the group discipline but, changed to individual.
Tamarack Camps Tamarack Camps is a Jewish summer camp organization run by the Fresh Air Society in Bloomfield Hills, MI. The Fresh Air Society began in Michigan in 1902, and recently celebrated its 100 year anniversary in the summer of 2002.
Tamarack Larch Tamarack Larch, or Tamarack or American Larch (Larix laricina) is a species of larch native to northern North America, mainly in Canada, from eastern Yukon and Inuvik, Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland, and also south into the northeastern United States from Minnesota to West Virginia; there is also a disjunct population in central Alaska. The name Tamarack is the Algonquian Native American name for the species.
Tamarack Resort Tamarack Resort is a new four-season destination resort in the Payette River mountains of west central Idaho. It is located on the west shore of Lake Cascade (Cascade Reservoir), southwest of Donnelly in Valley County, about 90 miles north of Boise.
Tamarack Review The Tamarack Review was a Canadian literary magazine, published from 1956 to 1982. Established and edited by Robert Weaver, other figures associated with the magazine's editorial staff included Anne Wilkinson, William Toye and John Robert Colombo.
Tamarack, Best of West Virginia The Tamarack is a tourist destination located at the Beckley service area of the West Virginia Turnpike that features a red peaked roof and landscaped grounds that draw over 500,000 visitors annually The Best of West Virginia. Tamarack.
Tamaraikulam Tamaraikulam is a village in India near Kanyakumari. On the advent of Ayyavazhi and the Swamithoppepathi, the administrative unit was divided and part of it north to Swamithope is called North Tamaraikulam and south as South Tamaraikulam.
Tamaranian From DC Comics: A Tamaranian (also spelled "Tamaranean") is an inhabitant of Tamaran, the fictional planet placed in the Vega system, approximately 26 light-years from Earth. Notable DCU Tamaranians include Starfire (real name Koriand'r), her (deceased) parents King Myand'r and Queen Luand'r, her sister Komand'r (also known as Blackfire), her brother Ryand'r, her first husband Karras, and her second husband Ph'yzzon.
Tamaraw The Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis; previously Anoa mindorensis), Tamarao or Mindoro Dwarf Buffalo is a bovine endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. It is believed, however, to have once also thrived on the greater island of Luzon.
Tamariba Club Tamariba Club is a rugby union club in Tokyo, so-called because it is located near the Tama River (Tamagawa). It has been in existence since 2000, and has also been the top club side in Japan for most of that time.
Tamaricaceae Tamaricaceae is a flowering plant family containing four genera. In the past, the family was classified in the Violales under the Cronquist system; modern classifications (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group) place them in the Caryophyllales.
Tamarix articulata Tamarix articulata, also called farash (Hindi: फराश), is a moderate sized tree with feathery foliage and an erect stem usually attaining a height of 40 feet to 50 feet and girth of 5 to 6 feet. It grows faster than any other species in the arid tract.
Tamas (movie) Tamas (Translation - Darkness) (1987) is a controversial and highly acclaimed TV series/movie directed by Govind Nihalani based on novel of same name by Bhisham Sahni about a Sikh family migrating to India at the time of Partition of India.
Tamas (philosophy) In Hinduism and Buddhism, Tamas, or tamo-guna, is the lower of the three gunas. It is a force which promotes one or more of the following: (1) darkness, (2) death, (3) destruction, (4) ignorance, (5) sloth, (6) resistance.
Tamaskan Dog The Tamaskan is a new rare breed of dog that originates from Mid Finland. It was produced by crossing Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes and German Shepherds with the aim of producing an intelligent working dogs with a wolf like look.
Tamassos Tamassos (Greek: ΤαμαĎĎĎŚĎ‚) is an ancient city-state of great archaeological significance in the central vicinity of Cyprus, located approximately 21 kilometeres south-west of the capital city of Nicosia.
Tamaudun is a mausoleum in the Ryūkyūs, built for Ryūkyūan royalty in 1501 by King Sho Shin, the third King of the second Sho dynasty. The three compartments of the mausoleum are laid out from east to west, with kings and queens in the eastern compartment and the princes and rest of the royal family in the western compartment.
Tamaulipas Crow The Tamaulipas Crow (Corvus imparatus) is a relatively small (34-38 cm in length) and sleek looking crow with very glossy plumage which is very soft and silky looking. The bill is quite slender and black, as are the legs and feet.
Tamavua Laucala Urban (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji) Tamavua Laucala Fijian Urban Communal is an electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 are reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, are elected by universal suffrage).
Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum The Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum (Spanish: Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo), located on Paseo de la Reforma, in Mexico City, Mexico, was opened in 1981 as a repository for the collection that Rufino Tamayo and his wife Olga, acquired during their lifetimes and ultimately gifted to the nation.
Tamaz Gamkrelidze Tamaz (Thomas) Valerianovich Gamkrelidze (also transcribed Gamqrelidze) (born October 23, 1929) is a distinguished Georgian linguist, orientalist and public benefactor, Academician (since 1974) and President (since February, 2005) of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Director of the Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies of GAS (since 1973), Dr.Sci.
Tamazgha Tamazgha is a recent Tamazight neologism for the area more often known as the Maghreb or North Africa, covering the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Niger River, from Siwa Oasis to the Atlantic Ocean. The main inhabited areas are northern Libya and the Atlas Mountains chain from Tunisia to Western Sahara.
Tamazula River The Tamazula River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, that connects with the Humaya River in the city of Culiacán to form the Culiacán River. The source of the water is the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains.
Tamás Deutsch Tamás Deutsch (born December 4, 1969 in Budapest) is a former backstroke swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He won a bronze medal over 200 m at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships.
Tamás Molnár Tamás Molnar (born August 2, 1975 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1998, and made his debut for the national team in 1997.
Tamás Sipos Tamás Sipos (15 December 1931 - 20 June 2002) was a Hungarian author and noted sports commentator. His book of biographical fiction, Dohánybarna selyemmellény (1984), is based on his travails during the Nazi occupation of Hungary, during which he was imprisoned in a work camp and narrowly escaped death.
Tamás Waliczky Tamás Waliczky, born in 1959, Budapest, Hungary, works as a media artist. He started out by creating cartoon films (1968-83), and parallel with this activity he worked as painter, illustrator and photographer.
Tamba Province Tamba (丹波国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan that included both the central part of modern Kyoto Prefecture and the east-central part of Hyogo Prefecture. Tamba bordered on Harima, Omi, Settsu, Tajima, Tango, Wakasa, and Yamashiro Provinces.
Tambaba Tambaba is an official nudist beach in Brazil. It means that, while elsewhere in Brazil people are generally prohibited to be naked in public places, in Tambaba you must be nude in the family area (the main part of the beach).
Tambaram Sanatorium Tambaram Sanatorium is a railway station on the Chennai Beach - Tambaram section of the Chennai suburban railway. It was originally a part of Tambaram, but later developed as a separate town due to the railway station and the TB Sanatorium located there.
Tambaraparani River Tambaraparani River, in the past called Tambaraparani, originates on the eastern slopes of Western Ghats in Tirunelveli District of the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. The origins of this river and its tributaries are the high mountain peaks at an altitude of about 2,000 m above sea level.
Tambellup, Western Australia The townsite of Tambellup is located in Western Australia's Great Southern Agricultural region, 317 km south-east of Perth on the Great Southern Highway where it crosses the Gordon River. It is 23 km south of Broomehill.
Tamblot Tamblot was a babaylan or native priest from Bohol, Philippines who led the Tamblot Uprising in 1621 to 1622 during the Spanish era. He opposed the new religion spread by the Spaniards and fought against the subsequent conversion of the Boholanos to the Catholic faith.
Tambo, Queensland Tambo is a town located in central western Queensland, Australia, on the banks of the Barcoo River. Tambo is approximately 100 kilometres southeast of the town of Blackall via the Landsborough Highway, and approximately 930 kilometres north west of the state capital, Brisbane.
Tambogrande Tambogrande is a small town in the Piura Province of the Piura Region in northwestern Peru that is most famous for successfully opposing a mining development in the area. With a population of 19,017 (1999 estimate), it is the main town in the Tambo Grande District.
Tambora (band) Tambora was an American rock band from Wisconsin, led by Jeff Schroedl (guitar and backing vocals), Scott Schroedl (drums), David Prohaska (bass and backing vocals), Steve Medland (guitar), and Greg Garrison (lead vocals). Their main influences reflected the hard rock landscape of the late 80’s and included Van Halen, AC/DC, Pat Travers, Racer X, Living Colour, Aerosmith, and Def Leppard.
Tambos In any Inca way, the traveler can have the safety from which to a prudential distance he will find a tambo (in Quechuan: tampu, "inn"). They were constructed according to the rest and supplying of the walkers.
Tambour desk A tambour desk is a desk with desktop-based drawers and pigeonholes, in a way resembling a bit that of a bureau a gradin. The small drawers and nooks are covered, when required, by reeded or slatted shutters which usually retract in the two sides, left and right.
Tambour lace Tambour lace refers to a family of lace made by stretching a fine net over a frame (the eponymous Tambour, from the French for drum) and creating a chain stitch using a fine hook to reach through the net and draw the working thread through the net.
Tambourin A tambourin is a piece of music in imitation of a drum, coming from the French word "tambourin" meaning an old type of drum. They are usually in a lively duple meter and were often used as dances in the 18th-century.
Tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a single drumhead mounted on a ring with pairs of small metal jingles. Most tambourines used in western popular music today consist only of the ring and jingles, with no drum head.
Tambov Rebellion The Tambov Rebellion of 1919–1921 was a large peasant rebellion against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. It was with participation with a former SR, Alexander Antonov, and therefore in Soviet history it was wrongly named the Antonovschina (ĐнтоĚновщина) by Vladimir Lenin.
Tambukan Lake Tambukan Lake () is a lake with bitter-salt water on Northern Caucasus in Stavropol Krai (about 33% surface) and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (about 66% surface) of Russia, located eight kilometers from Pyatigorsk.
Tamburello (corner) Tamburello is the name of a notoriously difficult curve (too narrow and very fast, so if the cars have something go wrong, not a lot of space nor time to get out of it) at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari racing circuit near the Italian town of Imola, which became renown after the death of famous Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna who crashed head-on into the concrete barrier after exiting the curve at high speed on May 1, 1994.
Tamburitza The tamburitza [] (tamburica; diminutive of tambura) is a popular instrument in the folk music of Croatia (especially Slavonia) and Serbia (especially Vojvodina). It is a string instrument similar to the mandolin that is plucked.
Tame Bridge Parkway railway station Tame Bridge Parkway is a railway station in the north of the borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands, England, close to the boundary with Walsall. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Central Trains.
Tame Silver Fox Tame Silver Foxes are the results of nearly 50 years of experiments in Russia to domesticate the Silver Fox. Notably, the foxes did not only become more tame, but more dog-like as well: the new foxes lost their distinctive musky "fox smell", became more friendly with humans, put their ears down (like dogs), wagged their tails when happy and began to vocalize and bark like domesticated dogs.
Tame Tupou Tame Tupou, also known as Gary Tupou (born October 22, 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos club in the National Rugby League competition, he has also represented the New Zealand International side on one occasion. His usual position of choice is on the wing.
Tameer Microfinance Bank Limited Tameer Microfinance Bank Limited was established in Karachi, Pakistan during September 2005. The bank's head quarters are on Shahrah-e-Faisal and its 18 branches are located in impoverished urban areas Karachi, Hyderabad and Lahore.
Tameichi Hara Tameichi Hara (原 為一 Hara Tameichi 1900—1980) was an Imperial Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War and the author of the IJN manual on torpedo attack techniques, famous for his high skill (particularly in torpedo warfare and night fighting). A Samurai descendant, Hara graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy at Etajima in 1921.
Tameka Jacobs Tameka Jacobs (born 1979 in French Camp, California) is an American fashion model, spokesmodel, dancer, radio news reporter and actress. She is currently Case # 21 on the hit US television game show Deal or No Deal.
Tamela Mann Tamela J. Mann (born in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress and gospel singer, best known for her role as "Cora" in Tyler Perry's plays including I Can Do Bad By Myself, Madea's Family Reunion, Madea's Class Reunion, and Meet the Browns.
Tamer Hosny Tamer Hosny (Arabic: تامر Řسني; born Tamer Hosni Abbas in Cairo, on August 16, 1977) is an Egyptian singer, actor and composer. He was initially featured on Free Mix mixtapes from Free Music, an Egyptian music production company.
Tamerlano Tamerlano ('Tamerlane') (HWV 18) is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian text by Nicola Francesco Haym adapted from Agostin Piovene's Tamerlano together with another libretto entitled Bajazet after Nicholas Pradon's Tamerlan, ou La Mort de Bajazet.
Tameside General Hospital Tameside General Hospital is an NHS hospital situated in Ashton-under-Lyne. Run by Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust, it serves the surrounding area of Tameside in Greater Manchester, and the town of Glossop in Derbyshire.
Tametsi Tametsi is the legislation of the Catholic Church which was in force until Easter 1908 concerning clandestine marriage. It was named, as is used, for the first word of the document that contained it, Chapter 1, Session 24 of the Council of Trent.
Tamgaly Tamgaly is a petroglyph site in the Semirechye of Kazakhstan, some 20 km downstream from the Kapchagay Reservoir on the Ili River in the Anrakhai mountains. The name Tamgaly in Kazakh means painted or marked place.
Tamgha A tamgha, or tamga (Modern Turkish: damga) is an abstract seal or device used by Eurasian nomadic peoples and by cultures influenced by them. The tamga was normally the emblem of a particular tribe, clan or family.
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Tamgha-i-Imtiaz or Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, which translates as the medal of excellence, is an honour given by the Government of Pakistan to both the military and civilians. It is awarded for distinguished merit in the fields of literature, arts, sports, medicine, or science for civilians.
Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research Tami Steinmetz Center For Peace Research is an academic research institution of Tel Aviv University which surveys public opinion regarding the peace process, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Tamiami Canal The Tamiami Canal or C-4 Canal, is located in southern Florida in the United States. It flows in a west to east direction from the western part of the state in the Everglades past the Miami International Airport to a salinity control center near the Miami River.
Tamiel Tâmîêl (Aramaic: Unknown, Greek: Ταμιήλ) was the 5th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels that are mentioned in an ancient work called the Book of Enoch. The name means "perfection of God" (the combination of tamiym and 'God') but Tamiel is also called Kasdeja or Kasyade(meaning "observer of the hands") in Enoch chapter 69.
Tamien Station Tamien Station is a intermodal passenger transportation station that serves the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail system, the Caltrain commuter rail line, two bus routes, and Amtrak. The station has two distinct elevated rail platforms - one for Caltrain, the other for light rail.
Tamika Catchings Tamika Devonne Catchings (born on July 21, 1979 in Stratford, New Jersey) is an American Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player who plays for the Indiana Fever. She is a prolific scorer close to and far from the basket, as well as a capable rebounder, ball handler and defender.
Tamika Mkandawire Tamika Mkandawire (born 28 May 1983) is a Malawi-born footballer who is the team captain of Hereford United and plays as a central defender. He holds dual Malawian and United Kingdom citizenship and has played for the England National Game XI.
Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions in Malaysia A good number of Tamil inscriptions as well as Hindu and Buddhist icons emanating from South India have been found in Southeast Asia (and even in parts of south China). On the Malay Peninsula, inscriptions have been found at Takuapa, not far from the Vishnuite statues of Khao Phra Narai in Southern Thailand.
Tamil cuisine Tamil cuisine, developed over many centuries by the Tamil people of southern India and Sri Lanka, is characterized by its aroma and flavor, achieved by a blend and combination of spices, including curry leaves, tamarind, coriander, ginger, garlic, chili, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, cumin, nutmeg, coconut, and even rosewater. Rice is an important constituent of Tamil cuisine, there are a variety of rice preparations, and food items of rice are available for all the meals of the day.
Tamil Canadian Artist Nanda Kandasamy (Geevan) is a self-taught artist whose deep desire to paint was fuelled by strong emotions and impressions associated with the violence he witnessed in a Jaffna beset by war. Expression through art was, in itself, his form of protest in a climate of silence and fear.
Tamil Copper-plate inscriptions Tamil copperplate inscriptions are mostly records of grants of villages or plots of cultivable lands to private individuals or public institutions, by the members of the various South Indian royal dynasties. The grants range in date from the 3rd century C.
Tamil diaspora The Tamil diaspora is a term used to denote people of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankan Tamil origin who have settled in many parts of the rest of India and Sri Lanka, or in other regions, particularly Malaysia, Singapore, the Middle East, Reunion, South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, French Caribbean islands, Europe, Australia and North America.
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization or TELO is a Sri Lankan Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as such until 1986, when most of its membership was killed in a conflict with the LTTE.
Tamil grammar Much of Tamil grammar is extensively described in the oldest available grammar book for Tamil, the TolkÄppiyam. Modern Tamil writing is largely based on the 13th century grammar Naṉṉūl which restated and clarified the rules of the TolkÄppiyam, with some modifications.
Tamil history from Sangam literature Sangam Literature is one of the main sources used for documenting the early history of the ancient Tamil country. The ancient Sangam poems mention numerous kings and princes, the existence of some of whom have been confirmed through archaeological evidence.
Tamil language family Tamil language family is a group of Dravidian languages closely related to Tamil language, which includes the Irula, Kaikadi, Betta Kurumba, Sholaga, and Yerukula languages. This group is a subgroup of the Tamil-Malayalam languages, which falls under a subgroup of the Tamil-Kodagu languages, which in turn is a subgroup of the Tamil-Kannada languages.
Tamil Maanila Congress The Tamil Maanila Congress was a political party in Tamil Nadu. It was started by G K Moopanar by breaking away from the Indian National Congress protesting the decision of the party high command to form an alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) came into being on June 1 1971. However, it had its genesis from establishment of an Agricultural School at Saidapet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as early as 1868 and it was later relocated at Coimbatore.
Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education, established in 1910, is under the purview of the Department of Education, Governemnt of Tamil Nadu, India. Up to and ending at the secondary (class 10) level, the following streams of education are offered: the SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) stream, the Anglo-Indian stream, the Oriental School Leaving Certificate (OSLC) stream and the Matriculation stream.
Tamil Nadu cricket team The Tamil Nadu cricket team is one of the Elite Group cricket teams of the Ranji Trophy, the top cricketing competition in India. The team finished as runners-up behind Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons establishing themselves as one of the strongest teams in the country.
Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Tamil Nadu cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress (Tamil Nadu People's Congress), is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1997 by the dissident Congress leader Vazhapadi K Ramamurthy who quit the party to float his own.
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2006 The Tamil Nadu state assembly election of 2006, conducted alongside a batch of state assembly elections in 2006, took place on May 8, 2006 in 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Tamil Nadu for the next five years.
Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance or Tamil Government Party (Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi or இலங்கŕŻŕ®¤ŕŻŤ தமிழரசŕŻŕ®•் கட்சி in Tamil) is a minority Sri Lankan Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.
Tamil Root Words Some Tamil scholars (Devaneya Pavanar, and others) have claimed that most of the words in Tamil have evolved from a few basic sounds that humans might have uttered during their early stages of evolution, and they are prodominantly vowel based.
Tamil script The Tamil script (or "rounded writing") is an Indic script that is used to write the Tamil language. With the use of special diacritics to represent aspirated and voiced consonants not represented in the basic script, it is also used to write Saurashtra and, by Tamils to write Sanskrit.
Tamil Snake gang The Tamil Snake gang is one of the most feared and notorious gangs in Great Britain. It is the first and foremost of all the organised tamil gangs to ever have been created, allegedly having ex-members from the Tamil Tigers who have sought asylum in the United Kingdom.
Tamil Studies Conference The Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto and the University of Windsor jointly host "Imagining Collectives: Continuities, Changes and Contestations," the second annual Tamil Studies Conference from May 31 - June 2, 2007. This conference will bring together Tamil Studies scholars from North America, Europe, South Asia, and Australasia.
Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front (in Tamil: தமிழர் ŕ®ŕ®•்கிய விடŕŻŕ®¤ŕ®˛ŕŻ ŕ®®ŕŻŕ®©ŕŻŤŕ®©ŕ®Łŕ®ż, in Sinhala: ) is a political party in Sri Lanka, which seeks autonomy for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.
Tamil-Kannada Tamil-Kannada is a slang of Tamil speaking people in a non-Tamil speaking land/state especially Karnataka. Sometimes this is also known as Shanketi language, where the Kannada words are mixed in large proportions with Tamil.
Tamilee Webb Tamilee Webb (born 1960) is a fitness guru, who is best known for her work on the Buns of Steel and Abs of Steel series of videos of the late-1980s and 1990s, as well as several infomercials. She currently is one of the fitness experts featured on FitTV, a digital channel owned by Discovery Communications.
TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (Tamil: தமிழீழ மக்கள் விடŕŻŕ®¤ŕ®˛ŕŻŕ®ŞŕŻŤŕ®ŞŕŻŕ®˛ŕ®żŕ®•ள், English: Tamileela Peoples Liberation Tigers) is a political party and paramilitary group formed in 2004 by break-away LTTE Military Head of Batticaloa district V. Muralitharan (Colonel Karuna).
Tamilla Abassova Tamilla Abassova (born 9 December, 1982 in Moscow) is a Russian international cyclist who won the silver medal in the Women's sprint event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens] and the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships in the same event].
Tamilnet TamilNet is an online news portal that provides original news and feature articles on current affairs in Sri Lanka, specifically related to the minority Sri Lankan Tamil community, the ongoing civil war and the Human rights situation in Northeastern province of Sri Lanka. The website was formed by members of the expatriate Sri Lankan Tamil community residing in the United States and publishes articles in English and German.
Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation The Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation, or TRO, was established in 1985 by the LTTE to provide relief, rehabilitation and development for the people of the North-East of Sri Lanka. During its twenty years of existence the TRO has initiated a large number of projects to benefit of the Sri Lankan Tamils.
Tamim Ansary Mir Tamim Ansary is an afghan-american author and speaker. He is the author of West of Kabul, East of New York, a book published shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives The Tamiment Library is a research library at New York University that documents radical and Left history, with strengths in the histories of communism, socialism, anarchism, the New Left, the Civil Rights Movement, and utopian experiments. The Robert F.
Tamir Goodman Tamir Goodman (born January 18, 1982), dubbed by Sports Illustrated Magazine as the "Jewish Jordan", is an Orthodox Jewish basketball player. He was released from his verbal commitment by the University of Maryland, College Park in 1999 after they could not meet his religious needs.
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