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The Tyra Banks Show The Tyra Banks Show is an American daytime talk show hosted by former supermodel and current America's Next Top Model star Tyra Banks. It premiered on September 12, 2005 and is performed in front of a live audience at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.
The Tyrones The Tyrones were a popular Philadelphia rock and roll group of the 50s run by Tyrone DeNittis and featuring George Lesser that recorded a number of hit songs including "Blast Off" and "I'm Shook" and appeared singing "Blast Off" in the film Let's Rock. Sponsored in part by Bill Haley, the Tyrones recorded a number of Haley/Comets-written songs.
The ultimate, ultimate challenge The Ultimate, Ultimate Challenge is a reality television program, currently in production, in which ten contestants go head-to-head on an undisclosed Caribbean beach location. Almost all details surrounding the program have been kept confidential.
The U.S. and the Bolshevik Revolution The Bolshevik Revolution was the key event that pitted the United States and the Soviet Union against each other for the next seventy years. It was the foundation for a face off between the two nations that would emerge as the world's superpowers.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and the Quran Oath Controversy of the 110th United States Congress Because of his part in the Quran Oath Controversy of the 110th United States Congress, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for media pundit Dennis Prager to no longer serve on the council overseeing the taxpayer funded U.S.
The Ugly American (album) The Ugly American is the eighth album by American Music Club singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel. The second of two covers albums released in 2002 (along with Music for Courage and Confidence), it was released in 2002 on Thirsty Ear Recordings and features Greek interpretations of American Music Club songs.
The Ugly Little Boy The Ugly Little Boy is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the September 1958 issue of Galaxy Magazine under the title "Lastborn", and was reprinted under its current title in the collection Nine Tomorrows in 1959.
The Ugly One with the Jewels The Ugly One with the Jewels (full title: The Ugly One with the Jewels and Other Stories: A Reading from Stories From the Nerve Bible) is the title of a primarily spoken word album released by Laurie Anderson on Warner Bros. in 1995.
The Uchoten Hotel (also known as Suite Dreams and Wow-Choten Hotel) is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, and follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight.
The UK Kid Thomas Jones is a British professional wrestler best known by his ring name, The UK Kid. Jones also works behind the scenes for the Varsity Pro Wrestling promotion, working as a booker as well as a head trainer in its training school.
The UKA Press UKA Press is an independent small press publisher based in the United Kingdom.Since its launch in January 2004, it has published a variety of poetry, full length novels, short story collections and non-fiction titles and received reviews in national newspapers, including one by Jon Courtenay Grimwood The Guardian] (Article: Right to Choose.
The Ulstein Group The Ulstein Group builds and designs vessels with a strong focus on innovative technological solutions and methods. In the past year, the Ulstein Group has gained a lot of attention due to the innovative bow solution, the ULSTEIN X-BOW®.
The Ultimate Destroyer The Ultimate Destroyer is the second full-length album and fourth release from aggro thrash metal band Lair of the Minotaur. It was released on April 4, 2006 under Southern Lord Records, and was released on CD and LP.
The Ultimate DJ Sample Box This is an album made for DJ's, disc 1 is by Paul Oakenfold and disc 2 is by Norman Cook. On disc 1, tracks 1-14 are also in Paul Oakenfold's Bust a Groove (Paul Oakenfold album) and Sampladelica: The Roots of Paul Oakenfold albums.
The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter is a reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition, originating from United States, and produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In a format similar to the TV series Survivor and Big Brother, professional MMA fighters that have yet to be featured by major MMA promotions are situated in a house outside of Las Vegas, Nevada and compete against each other for the title of Ultimate Fighter, winning a six-figure, multi-fight contract with the UFC.
The Ultimate Fighter 1 The debut season of The Ultimate Fighter (later designated The Ultimate Fighter 1) premiered on January 18, 2005. Sixteen mixed martial arts fighters (eight Light Heavyweights weighing from 186 to 205 lbs and eight Middleweights weighing from 171 to 185 lbs) were invited to participate in the show where they would reside together and train in two separate teams coached by UFC Light Heavyweight fighters Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.
The Ultimate Fighter 5 The Ultimate Fighter 5 is the fifth season of the reality television and mixed martial arts series The Ultimate Fighter. As with the show's usual format, sixteen prospective Ultimate Fighting Championship prospects are secluded in a house near Las Vegas, Nevada and will train together while participating in a single-elimination tournament, with the winner winning a six-figure UFC contract.
The Ultimate Foe The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from November 29 to December 6, 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, comprising the whole of the 23rd season.
The Ultimate Great Moth The Ultimate Great Moth, known in Japan as The Ultimate Appearance - Great Moth (Japanese: 究極完全態 ă‚°ă¬ăĽăă»ă˘ă‚ą KyĹ«kyoku kanzentai GurÄ“to Mosu), is episode 5 of the second Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series (titled Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Ultimate Haunted House Gahan Wilson's The Ultimate Haunted House is a computer adventure game published by Byron Preiss Multimedia and directed by Judson Rosebush. The game is designed by Walt Freitag and Barbara Lanza and published in 1994.
The Ultimate Christmas Present The Ultimate Christmas Present is a Disney Channel Original Movie about two teen girls, Allie Thompson (Hallee Hirsh) and Samantha Kwan (Brenda Song) who find a weather machine and make it snow in Los Angeles. At first the snow was fun for everybody who it affected, but eventually the snowstorm gets so large that it spreads to San Francisco and Allie's dad gets snowed in and might not make it home in time for Christmas.
The Ultimate Internship The Ultimate Internship is the trademarked name for Drexel University's cooperative education program, usually referred to as "co-op". Drexel's internship program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation, having thousands of students out on co-op at any one time.
The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection is a DVD produced by World Wrestling Entertainment looking back on the career of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, beginning with his feud with Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1983 and ending at his match for the World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H in 2003.
The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown is the 16th episode in the VeggieTales animated series and the third Silly Song compilation. The premise was to count down the Top Ten Silly Songs as decided by the show's viewers.
The Ultimate Solution The Ultimate Solution is an 1973 alternative history by Eric Norden, describing a world resulting from a total Nazi and Imperial Japanese victory in World War II and partition of the world between them, and is noted for its particularly grim tone even in this by-definition-grim sub-genre.
The Ultimate Superman Collection The Ultimate Superman Collection (also known as The Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition and Superman: The Ultimate Collection) is a 14-disc DVD box set of Superman films (13 Disc box set outside of the US), released on November 28, 2006 by Warner Home Video. Some On-line retailers show a new release date of February 6, 2007; however, it is unknown if this has anything to do with a re-release due to the reported problems with the set.
The Ultimate Warriors The Ultimate Warriors were a 2-vocal Powerviolence band from Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Best known for their hilarious live shows because of their crazy costumes usually portraying mexican wrestlers, as well as the amount of different voices produced by the 2 head singers.
The Ultimate, Ultimate Challenge The Ultimate, Ultimate Challenge is a reality television program, currently in production, in which ten contestants go head-to-head on an undisclosed Caribbean beach location. Almost all details surrounding the program have been kept confidential.
The Ultraman is an anime superhero series, and the first-ever animated version of the famous superhero Ultraman. The Ultraman featured in this animated 8th entry in the Ultra Series is "Ultraman Jonias" (AKA: "Ultraman Joe"), and he hails from the Planet U40 (as opposed to the Land of Light in Nebula M78, where Ultra-beings usually came from).
The Ummah The Ummah is a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla) of the Detroit based group Slum Village. Occasional members include Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo.
The Un-Americans The Un-Americans (originally known as The Anti-Americans) were a heel professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment who were active throughout mid-2002. The stable was comprised of anti-American Canadian and British wrestlers.
The Un-Scripted Theater Company The Un-Scripted Theater Company is an improv theater company based out of San Francisco, California. Unlike most improv troupes, The Un-Scripted Theater Company does not perform just one kind of improv format, but rather 4 to 7 runs of uniquely different improv formats each year.
The Una The Una was the first feminist periodical that was owned, written, and edited entirely by women. Launched in Providence, Rhode Island by Paulina Wright Davis in February 1853, it eventually relocated to Boston, where it continued to be published until October 1855.
The Unadulterated Cat The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe, is a book written to promote what Pratchett terms the 'Real Cat', a cat who urinates in the flowerbeds, rips up the furniture, and eats frogs, mice and sundry other small animals. The opposite of the Real Cat is the 'Fizzy Keg Cat', a well-behaved and bland kind, as seen on cat food advertisements.
The Unband The Unband is a hard rock band composed of drummer Eugene Ferrari, lead singer and guitarist Matthew Pierce, and Mike Ruffino (bass, guitars, vocals, keyboards). Their music paraphrases punk, glam, 80's heavy metal, and 1970's rock and roll, with notably disencumbered song structures characterized by a lyrical content mainly organized around "partying", "rocking" and related matters.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Czech language: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytĂ) is a novel written by Milan Kundera in 1982 and first published in 1984 in France. Set in 1968 Prague, the novel details the circumstances of life for artists and intellectuals in Czechoslovakia in the wake of the Prague Spring and the subsequent invasion by the USSR.
The Unbookables The Unbookables is a collective of comedians specialising in progressive, often political comedy and satire, with current events and people in the news frequently sent up in the material. Their comedy can often be described as offensive, nihilistic and profane, traits which The Unbookables' members pride themselves on.
The Unbroadcastable Radio Show The Unbroadcastable Radio Show is a monthly live comedy show performed at the Comedy Store, Manchester. The show takes the format of the recording of a radio show, featuring topical comedy written up to (and occasionally during) the day of performance.
The Unbroken Cycle The Unbroken Cycle (解连环) is a TV drama series produced by MediaCorp (Media Corporation of Singapore), starring Singapore actors Fann Wong and Thomas Ong. A television adaptation of a mystery novel by Singaporean novelist Wu Weicai about the fate of two star-crossed lovers over three lifetimes in pre-war (1920s), post-war (1950s) and modern Singapore, this 1996 drama serial won Fann Wong her first regional nomination as Best Actress at the Asian Television Awards.
The Uncanny (Freud) The Uncanny (Ger. Das Unheimliche) is a Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, often being uncomfortably strange To be canny, the root of the word, is to be knowing [http://dictionary.
The Uncertain Path The Uncertain Path by Jude Watson is the sixth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The Uncle Al Show The Uncle Al Show was a children's television program originating in Cincinnati. The show enjoyed a remarkable 35-year run (1950–1985) on WCPO Television, making it the longest running local children's show in American TV history.
The Uncomfortable Dead The Uncomfortable Dead or "Inconvenient Dead") (orig. Spanish Muertos incĂłmodos) is a Mexican novel written in conjunction by guerrilla spokesman Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and Mexico City crime writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II.
The Uncounted Enemy The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception was a television programme aired by CBS on January 23, 1982. It asserted that intelligence officers under the command of General William Westmoreland had manipulated intelligence estimates in 1967, to show far fewer Communist personnel in South Vietnam than were actually there, in order to create an impression that the Vietnam War was being won.
The Undead The Undead is a punk band formed in 1980 in New Milford, New Jersey by Bobby Steele on vocals and guitar, Chris Natz on bass, and Patrick Blanck on drums. Bobby had just been fired from his previous band The Misfits when forming The Undead.
The Undead (film) The Undead is a 1957 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, and Val Dufour. It follows the story of prostitute Diana Love (Duncan) who is put into a hypnotic trance by psychic Quintis (Dufour), thus causing her to regress back to a previous life as Helene, a woman from the Middle Ages who is to die at dawn under suspicion of being a witch.
The Under 17 Car Club The Under 17 Car Club, as its name suggests, is a club where youngsters under the age of 17 can drive motor vehicles. It was started in 1976 by author Sandy Barrie who realised there was no opportunity for youngsters under seventeen to drive cars.
The Under Cover Sessions The Under Cover Sessions is the name of Ill Niño's 5 track EP which was released on November 7, 2006 via Cement Shoes Records. It is their first release on the label, after departing Roadrunner Records in June of 2006.
The Under Dog and Other Stories The Under Dog and Other Stories is an American collection of Hercule Poirot short stories and contains works from the early day's of Agatha Christie's career. All were published in British magazines between 1923 and 1926.
The Undercover Economist The Undercover Economist (ISBN 0-19-518977-9) is a book by Tim Harford published in 2006 by Oxford University Press. Book provides introductory information on principles of economics, including but not limited to demand-supply interactions, market failures, externalities, globalization, international trade, comparative advantage.
The Underdog EP The Underdog EP is a Yellowcard EP that was released in 2002. Although publicized very little, it tried new styles in Yellowcard's music, making the transition between One for the Kids and Ocean Avenue and was overall well-accepted by fans.
The Underdog/El Subestimado The Underdog/El Subestimado is a Rap/Hip-Hop album released by Tego Calderón on August 29, 2006. The first single of the album was titled "Los Maté" ("I Killed Them"), which has garnered much air-play on the radio.
The Underground (concert venue) The Underground is a Christian concert venue, operating in the Greater Cincinnati area of Forest Park, Ohio. It is located at 1140 Smiley Avenue, just on the other side of Interstate 275 from Cincinnati Mills Mall.
The Underground (UND) The Underground ("UND") was a very early "crew" of New York City graffiti artists based in Central Park and on Manhattan's Upper West Side during the early to mid-1970s, when street writers first began using subway trains as moving art galleries.
The Underground Railroad Records The Underground Railroad Records chronicle the stories and methods of some 649 slaves who escaped to freedom via the Underground Railroad. William Still, known as the father of the Underground Railroad, used his detailed documents regarding those he escaped in the Underground Railroad Records.
The Underland Chronicles The Underland Chronicles is a five-part series of children’s books written by Suzanne Collins between 2003 and 2006. It tells the story of an eleven year old boy named Gregor and his adventures in a land hidden under New York City.
The Underminer The Underminer is a fictional villain in The Incredibles saga who looks like a human mole. His cameo at the end of The Incredibles created a cliffhanger leading in to his appearance in The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer video game.
The Underpants The Underpants is the most recent adaptation of the 1910 German farce Die Hosen by playwright Carl Sternheim. The adaptation was written by Steve Martin and ran at New York City's Off-Broadway theater Classic Stage Company.
The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo was a series of five minute cartoons produced in Canada in the mid-1970's. They told the story of Captain Mark Nemo and his young assistants, Christine and Robbie, in their nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus.
The Undertakers The Undertakers were a British rock group, contemporaries of the Beatles and a leading group in the Merseybeat music scene of the early 1960s. Their best known line-up was Jackie Lomax (lead vocals, bass), Chris Huston (lead guitar, vocals), Geoff Nugent (rhythm guitar, vocals), Brian Jones (saxophone, vocals), and Bugs Pemberton (drums).
The Undertow Orchestra The Undertow Orchestra is an indie rock "supergroup" established by Undertow Music. The band exists only as a touring ensemble and is comprised of David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion and Headphones), Mark Eitzel (of American Music Club), Will Johnson (of Centro-Matic), and Vic Chesnutt.
The Undiscovered "The Undiscovered" is a story by William Sanders that won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. It concerns William Shakespeare living among the Cherokee and trying to produce a version of Hamlet for them.
The Undisputed Truth The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. Joe Harris served as main lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce, formerly of The Delicates, on additional leads and background vocals.
The Undisputed Truth (Brother Ali album) The Undisputed Truth is the second full-length studio album by rapper Brother Ali, currently scheduled to be released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on April 10, 2007. The album is produced entirely by ANT off Atmosphere.
The Uneasy Case for Copyright "The Uneasy Case for Copyright: A Study of Copyright in Books, Photocopies, and Computer Programs" was an article in the Harvard Law Review by United States Supreme Court Justice-to-be Stephen Breyer in 1970, while he was still a legal academic.
The Unforgiven (song) "The Unforgiven" is one of the slower songs on the self-titled album, Metallica (also known as the Black Album). It also has a sequel, in the form of "The Unforgiven II", from the album ReLoad.
The Unforgiven II "The Unforgiven II" is a song performed by Metallica. It was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett, and appears in the album ReLoad, as a sort of sequel to "The Unforgiven" (which appears on Metallica).
The Ungame The Ungame (created in 1972 by TaliCor) is a non-competitive learning game of conversation that "fosters listening skills as well as self-expression." Players progress along the playing board as they answer questions such as "What are the four most important things in your life," and "what do you think life will be like in 100 years?
The Ungoverned The Ungoverned is a 1985 science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge, set between his novels The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime. It was first published in his collection True Names and Other Dangers and later published in the omnibus Across Realtime.
The Unholy Alliance (tour) The Unholy Alliance is an annual heavy metal tour of Europe and North America, with the tag-line "Preaching to the Perverted". The tour is headlined by the thrash metal band Slayer, and featured Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed, Lamb of God, Mastodon and In Flames in its last edition.
The Unholy Three (Magic Trio) The Unholy Three are a magic cabaret trio comprised of magicians David Lovering (drummer of the Pixies), Rob Zabrecky (former songwriter/singer/bassist of Possum Dixon) and Fitzgerald (creator of the cable television hit O'Brien's People). The trio formed in 2003 at the Magic Castle in Hollywood by presenting a quickly paced provocative Dada-esque combination of wizardry, mentalism and off-beat humor.
The Unholy Trinity The Unholy Trinity is seen by some in Christian eschatology as the exact opposite of The Holy Trinity that represents God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit. The Unholy Trinity represents Satan, the Anti-Christ, and the False Prophet.
The Unholy War The Unholy War is a PlayStation game developed by Toys For Bob for Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive in 1998. It is a fighting game in which characters fight in a 3D environment using mêlée and projectile attacks.
The Unimportance of Being Oscar The Unimportance of Being Oscar is a 1968 memoir by writer/pianist/actor Oscar Levant. The book is known for Oscar's laconic witticisms, such as "everyone in Hollywood is gay, except Gabby Hayes — and that's because he is a transvestite.
The Union (political coalition) The Union (Italian: L'Unione) is an Italian centre-left political party coalition. It is led by Romano Prodi, the current (due to 2006 elections) prime minister of Italy and former president of the European Commission.
The Unique Thelonious Monk The Unique Thelonious Monk is a 1956 album from Thelonious Monk, his second for Riverside Records and is made up of old standards as was Riverside's initial plan in order to broaden consumer interest. Though comprised solely of standards, The Unique Thelonious Monk contains strong performances from both Thelonious and his early band members, Art Blakey and Oscar Pettiford.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte The Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte is the primary church for Unitarian Universalists in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. It is the area's largest and most comprehensive Unitarian Universalist church, though quite a few more Unitarian Universalist churches can naturally be found in the Charlotte area.
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve was a monarchy consisting of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve. It came into being when the Portuguese king John VI moved to its colony Brazil during the war with Napoleonic France in 1808.
The United States Steel Hour The United States Steel Hour was an American television series that aired from 1953 to 1955 on ABC, and from 1955 to 1963 on CBS. Like its radio predecessor named Theatre Guild on the Air, which was also sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation at various times on CBS, ABC, and NBC Radio from 1943 - 1953, it was a live dramatic anthology program, airing episodes in a theatrical format.
The Units The Units were an early punk rock/New Wave/Synthpunk band founded in San Francisco in 1978 and existing until 1984. Primary members were Scott Ryser and Rachel Webber, but other members included (in no particular order) Randy Dunagan, Tim Ennis, Jay Darrah, Lori Lorenzo, Ron Lantz, Amy Weiss, Richard Driskill, Lx Rudis, Seth Miller, Jon Parker, David Allen Jr.
The Universal The Universal (previously known as A Tractor and Islands) is a free third person online multiplayer game that combines a space-trading game similar to Elite with a range of persistent worlds, hosted and run by players of the game. It also includes lots of references to monkeys, chimps, and whiskey for no apparent reason.
The Universal (song) "The Universal" is a song by British band Blur and is featured on their fourth studio album, The Great Escape. It was released 13 November 1995 as the second single from that album, charting at #5 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).
The Universal Event The Universal Event was the name given to the massive earthquake (and tsunami) with an epicenter at or near the island of Crete, which affected the whole of the Mediterranean Sea, on the morning of July 21, 365 A.D.
The Universe in a Nutshell The Universe in a Nutshell is one of Stephen Hawking's latest books on theoretical physics. It explains to a general audience various matters relating to the Lucasian professor's work, such as Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and P-branes (part of superstring theory in quantum mechanics).
The University Center The University Center is a partnership between the North Harris Montgomery Community College District (NHMCCD) and six Texas universities. It is located in The Woodlands, Texas, on the same campus as Montgomery College.
The University Match (cricket) The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club. Since 2001, in most of their fixtures Oxford have appeared as the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Oxford UCCE, incorporating Oxford Brookes University), and Cambridge have appeared as the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Cambridge UCCE, incorporating Anglia Ruskin University), but this does not apply to the University Match.
The University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players The University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players (also called Contempo, CCP, or Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago) is an American ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. It was founded in Chicago in 1964 by the American composer Ralph Shapey.
The University of Nottingham Hillwalking and Rambling Society The University of Nottingham Rambling Society (abbreviated Ramsoc) is a hillwalking club that organises weekly trips for its members. Taking over fifty students walking every Sunday in the Peak District, Ramsoc has become one of the largest outdoor societies in the University with an annual membership of over 350.
The University of Pennsylvania Band The University of Pennsylvania Band or the Penn Band is one of the largest marching bands in the Ivy League and is amongst the most active band programs in the country. The organization is a part of the Department of Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania; like most of the other 49 performing arts groups on the Penn Campus, the Penn Band has no affiliation with any academic department and is sponsored by the Vice Provost’s Office for Undergraduate Life.
The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Founded in 1862, the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club is one of the oldest continually running Glee Clubs in the United States. The Club draws its singing members from the undergraduate and graduate men of the University of Pennsylvania; men and women from the Penn community are also called upon to fill roles in the pit band and technical staff when the Club is involved with theatrical productions.
The University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (often referred to as Southern Miss) is a four-year public university located primarily in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. With an enrollment of about 16,050 students, The University of Southern Mississippi is currently the second largest university in the state.
The University of the Philippines Concert Chorus The University of the Philippines Concert Chorus, also known as the UPCC, is one of the major cultural groups based in the University of the Philippines-Diliman and one of the earliest choirs in the Philippines.
The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA), is one of the performing cultural groups based in the University of the Philippines-Diliman (UP-Diliman) in Quezon City, the Philippines. UPSA is the State University's official performing group for choreographed music and has performed music from different styles: classical music, international songs, spirituals, ethnic, Broadway, pop, jazz, gospel, inspirational songs and rock.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was created by the UT System Board of Regents and supported by the Texas Legislature in 1972. Located in the world renowned Texas Medical Center, the school is primarily a graduate education university focusing on the health sciences.
The University of Texas Longhorn Band The University of Texas Longhorn Band, also known as the Showband of the Southwest or LHB, is the marching band of The University of Texas at Austin. The Longhorn Band was founded in 1900 by a distinguished professor of chemistry, Dr.
The University of Texas National Championship 2005 The University of Texas National Championship 2005 is a painting by Opie Otterstad. It was commissioned in 2006 by The University of Texas at Austin to commemorate the 2005 Texas Longhorn football team who won the 2005 NCAA Division I-A national football championship in college football.
The University of Tokyo Library The University of Tokyo Library consists of the General Library, which provides service for all students and researchers affiliated with the university, Komaba Library, which supports the studies of the first two years of undergraduate education, Kashiwa Library, which functions as the back number center for natural science materials, as well as more than 60 faculty/institution libraries in various academic fields. The library has the largest collection in Japan, holding a total of over 8,000,000 books.
The University Observer The University Observer is a broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout campus of University College Dublin bi-weekly It was launched in the early 1990s by University College Dublin Students' Union. It has generally regarded as Ireland's best student paper over the past five or so years, and it has been recognised both by national media and international media awards.
The University Register The University Register (UR) is the campus newspaper of the University of Minnesota, Morris, and is published weekly during the academic year. The paper is entirely student-run, operating out of the basement of the Multi-Ethnic Resource Center and distributes over 1,200 copies to the campus every Thursday.
The University Transition Program The University Transition Program is an early-entrance-to-university program located on the University of British Columbia campus, commonly referred to as The Transition Program or just Trans. The premise of the program is to compact five years of high school education into two years.
The Tyrones The Tyrones were a popular Philadelphia rock and roll group of the 50s run by Tyrone DeNittis and featuring George Lesser that recorded a number of hit songs including "Blast Off" and "I'm Shook" and appeared singing "Blast Off" in the film Let's Rock. Sponsored in part by Bill Haley, the Tyrones recorded a number of Haley/Comets-written songs.
The ultimate, ultimate challenge The Ultimate, Ultimate Challenge is a reality television program, currently in production, in which ten contestants go head-to-head on an undisclosed Caribbean beach location. Almost all details surrounding the program have been kept confidential.
The U.S. and the Bolshevik Revolution The Bolshevik Revolution was the key event that pitted the United States and the Soviet Union against each other for the next seventy years. It was the foundation for a face off between the two nations that would emerge as the world's superpowers.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and the Quran Oath Controversy of the 110th United States Congress Because of his part in the Quran Oath Controversy of the 110th United States Congress, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for media pundit Dennis Prager to no longer serve on the council overseeing the taxpayer funded U.S.
The Ugly American (album) The Ugly American is the eighth album by American Music Club singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel. The second of two covers albums released in 2002 (along with Music for Courage and Confidence), it was released in 2002 on Thirsty Ear Recordings and features Greek interpretations of American Music Club songs.
The Ugly Little Boy The Ugly Little Boy is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the September 1958 issue of Galaxy Magazine under the title "Lastborn", and was reprinted under its current title in the collection Nine Tomorrows in 1959.
The Ugly One with the Jewels The Ugly One with the Jewels (full title: The Ugly One with the Jewels and Other Stories: A Reading from Stories From the Nerve Bible) is the title of a primarily spoken word album released by Laurie Anderson on Warner Bros. in 1995.
The Uchoten Hotel (also known as Suite Dreams and Wow-Choten Hotel) is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, and follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight.
The UK Kid Thomas Jones is a British professional wrestler best known by his ring name, The UK Kid. Jones also works behind the scenes for the Varsity Pro Wrestling promotion, working as a booker as well as a head trainer in its training school.
The UKA Press UKA Press is an independent small press publisher based in the United Kingdom.Since its launch in January 2004, it has published a variety of poetry, full length novels, short story collections and non-fiction titles and received reviews in national newspapers, including one by Jon Courtenay Grimwood The Guardian] (Article: Right to Choose.
The Ulstein Group The Ulstein Group builds and designs vessels with a strong focus on innovative technological solutions and methods. In the past year, the Ulstein Group has gained a lot of attention due to the innovative bow solution, the ULSTEIN X-BOW®.
The Ultimate Destroyer The Ultimate Destroyer is the second full-length album and fourth release from aggro thrash metal band Lair of the Minotaur. It was released on April 4, 2006 under Southern Lord Records, and was released on CD and LP.
The Ultimate DJ Sample Box This is an album made for DJ's, disc 1 is by Paul Oakenfold and disc 2 is by Norman Cook. On disc 1, tracks 1-14 are also in Paul Oakenfold's Bust a Groove (Paul Oakenfold album) and Sampladelica: The Roots of Paul Oakenfold albums.
The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter is a reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition, originating from United States, and produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In a format similar to the TV series Survivor and Big Brother, professional MMA fighters that have yet to be featured by major MMA promotions are situated in a house outside of Las Vegas, Nevada and compete against each other for the title of Ultimate Fighter, winning a six-figure, multi-fight contract with the UFC.
The Ultimate Fighter 1 The debut season of The Ultimate Fighter (later designated The Ultimate Fighter 1) premiered on January 18, 2005. Sixteen mixed martial arts fighters (eight Light Heavyweights weighing from 186 to 205 lbs and eight Middleweights weighing from 171 to 185 lbs) were invited to participate in the show where they would reside together and train in two separate teams coached by UFC Light Heavyweight fighters Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.
The Ultimate Fighter 5 The Ultimate Fighter 5 is the fifth season of the reality television and mixed martial arts series The Ultimate Fighter. As with the show's usual format, sixteen prospective Ultimate Fighting Championship prospects are secluded in a house near Las Vegas, Nevada and will train together while participating in a single-elimination tournament, with the winner winning a six-figure UFC contract.
The Ultimate Foe The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from November 29 to December 6, 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, comprising the whole of the 23rd season.
The Ultimate Great Moth The Ultimate Great Moth, known in Japan as The Ultimate Appearance - Great Moth (Japanese: 究極完全態 ă‚°ă¬ăĽăă»ă˘ă‚ą KyĹ«kyoku kanzentai GurÄ“to Mosu), is episode 5 of the second Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series (titled Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Ultimate Haunted House Gahan Wilson's The Ultimate Haunted House is a computer adventure game published by Byron Preiss Multimedia and directed by Judson Rosebush. The game is designed by Walt Freitag and Barbara Lanza and published in 1994.
The Ultimate Christmas Present The Ultimate Christmas Present is a Disney Channel Original Movie about two teen girls, Allie Thompson (Hallee Hirsh) and Samantha Kwan (Brenda Song) who find a weather machine and make it snow in Los Angeles. At first the snow was fun for everybody who it affected, but eventually the snowstorm gets so large that it spreads to San Francisco and Allie's dad gets snowed in and might not make it home in time for Christmas.
The Ultimate Internship The Ultimate Internship is the trademarked name for Drexel University's cooperative education program, usually referred to as "co-op". Drexel's internship program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation, having thousands of students out on co-op at any one time.
The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection is a DVD produced by World Wrestling Entertainment looking back on the career of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, beginning with his feud with Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1983 and ending at his match for the World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H in 2003.
The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown is the 16th episode in the VeggieTales animated series and the third Silly Song compilation. The premise was to count down the Top Ten Silly Songs as decided by the show's viewers.
The Ultimate Solution The Ultimate Solution is an 1973 alternative history by Eric Norden, describing a world resulting from a total Nazi and Imperial Japanese victory in World War II and partition of the world between them, and is noted for its particularly grim tone even in this by-definition-grim sub-genre.
The Ultimate Superman Collection The Ultimate Superman Collection (also known as The Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition and Superman: The Ultimate Collection) is a 14-disc DVD box set of Superman films (13 Disc box set outside of the US), released on November 28, 2006 by Warner Home Video. Some On-line retailers show a new release date of February 6, 2007; however, it is unknown if this has anything to do with a re-release due to the reported problems with the set.
The Ultimate Warriors The Ultimate Warriors were a 2-vocal Powerviolence band from Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Best known for their hilarious live shows because of their crazy costumes usually portraying mexican wrestlers, as well as the amount of different voices produced by the 2 head singers.
The Ultimate, Ultimate Challenge The Ultimate, Ultimate Challenge is a reality television program, currently in production, in which ten contestants go head-to-head on an undisclosed Caribbean beach location. Almost all details surrounding the program have been kept confidential.
The Ultraman is an anime superhero series, and the first-ever animated version of the famous superhero Ultraman. The Ultraman featured in this animated 8th entry in the Ultra Series is "Ultraman Jonias" (AKA: "Ultraman Joe"), and he hails from the Planet U40 (as opposed to the Land of Light in Nebula M78, where Ultra-beings usually came from).
The Ummah The Ummah is a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the late Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla) of the Detroit based group Slum Village. Occasional members include Raphael Saadiq, and D'Angelo.
The Un-Americans The Un-Americans (originally known as The Anti-Americans) were a heel professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment who were active throughout mid-2002. The stable was comprised of anti-American Canadian and British wrestlers.
The Un-Scripted Theater Company The Un-Scripted Theater Company is an improv theater company based out of San Francisco, California. Unlike most improv troupes, The Un-Scripted Theater Company does not perform just one kind of improv format, but rather 4 to 7 runs of uniquely different improv formats each year.
The Una The Una was the first feminist periodical that was owned, written, and edited entirely by women. Launched in Providence, Rhode Island by Paulina Wright Davis in February 1853, it eventually relocated to Boston, where it continued to be published until October 1855.
The Unadulterated Cat The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe, is a book written to promote what Pratchett terms the 'Real Cat', a cat who urinates in the flowerbeds, rips up the furniture, and eats frogs, mice and sundry other small animals. The opposite of the Real Cat is the 'Fizzy Keg Cat', a well-behaved and bland kind, as seen on cat food advertisements.
The Unband The Unband is a hard rock band composed of drummer Eugene Ferrari, lead singer and guitarist Matthew Pierce, and Mike Ruffino (bass, guitars, vocals, keyboards). Their music paraphrases punk, glam, 80's heavy metal, and 1970's rock and roll, with notably disencumbered song structures characterized by a lyrical content mainly organized around "partying", "rocking" and related matters.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Czech language: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytĂ) is a novel written by Milan Kundera in 1982 and first published in 1984 in France. Set in 1968 Prague, the novel details the circumstances of life for artists and intellectuals in Czechoslovakia in the wake of the Prague Spring and the subsequent invasion by the USSR.
The Unbookables The Unbookables is a collective of comedians specialising in progressive, often political comedy and satire, with current events and people in the news frequently sent up in the material. Their comedy can often be described as offensive, nihilistic and profane, traits which The Unbookables' members pride themselves on.
The Unbroadcastable Radio Show The Unbroadcastable Radio Show is a monthly live comedy show performed at the Comedy Store, Manchester. The show takes the format of the recording of a radio show, featuring topical comedy written up to (and occasionally during) the day of performance.
The Unbroken Cycle The Unbroken Cycle (解连环) is a TV drama series produced by MediaCorp (Media Corporation of Singapore), starring Singapore actors Fann Wong and Thomas Ong. A television adaptation of a mystery novel by Singaporean novelist Wu Weicai about the fate of two star-crossed lovers over three lifetimes in pre-war (1920s), post-war (1950s) and modern Singapore, this 1996 drama serial won Fann Wong her first regional nomination as Best Actress at the Asian Television Awards.
The Uncanny (Freud) The Uncanny (Ger. Das Unheimliche) is a Freudian concept of an instance where something can be familiar, yet foreign at the same time, often being uncomfortably strange To be canny, the root of the word, is to be knowing [http://dictionary.
The Uncertain Path The Uncertain Path by Jude Watson is the sixth in a series of young reader novels called Jedi Apprentice. The series explores the adventures of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi prior to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The Uncle Al Show The Uncle Al Show was a children's television program originating in Cincinnati. The show enjoyed a remarkable 35-year run (1950–1985) on WCPO Television, making it the longest running local children's show in American TV history.
The Uncomfortable Dead The Uncomfortable Dead or "Inconvenient Dead") (orig. Spanish Muertos incĂłmodos) is a Mexican novel written in conjunction by guerrilla spokesman Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and Mexico City crime writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II.
The Uncounted Enemy The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception was a television programme aired by CBS on January 23, 1982. It asserted that intelligence officers under the command of General William Westmoreland had manipulated intelligence estimates in 1967, to show far fewer Communist personnel in South Vietnam than were actually there, in order to create an impression that the Vietnam War was being won.
The Undead The Undead is a punk band formed in 1980 in New Milford, New Jersey by Bobby Steele on vocals and guitar, Chris Natz on bass, and Patrick Blanck on drums. Bobby had just been fired from his previous band The Misfits when forming The Undead.
The Undead (film) The Undead is a 1957 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, and Val Dufour. It follows the story of prostitute Diana Love (Duncan) who is put into a hypnotic trance by psychic Quintis (Dufour), thus causing her to regress back to a previous life as Helene, a woman from the Middle Ages who is to die at dawn under suspicion of being a witch.
The Under 17 Car Club The Under 17 Car Club, as its name suggests, is a club where youngsters under the age of 17 can drive motor vehicles. It was started in 1976 by author Sandy Barrie who realised there was no opportunity for youngsters under seventeen to drive cars.
The Under Cover Sessions The Under Cover Sessions is the name of Ill Niño's 5 track EP which was released on November 7, 2006 via Cement Shoes Records. It is their first release on the label, after departing Roadrunner Records in June of 2006.
The Under Dog and Other Stories The Under Dog and Other Stories is an American collection of Hercule Poirot short stories and contains works from the early day's of Agatha Christie's career. All were published in British magazines between 1923 and 1926.
The Undercover Economist The Undercover Economist (ISBN 0-19-518977-9) is a book by Tim Harford published in 2006 by Oxford University Press. Book provides introductory information on principles of economics, including but not limited to demand-supply interactions, market failures, externalities, globalization, international trade, comparative advantage.
The Underdog EP The Underdog EP is a Yellowcard EP that was released in 2002. Although publicized very little, it tried new styles in Yellowcard's music, making the transition between One for the Kids and Ocean Avenue and was overall well-accepted by fans.
The Underdog/El Subestimado The Underdog/El Subestimado is a Rap/Hip-Hop album released by Tego Calderón on August 29, 2006. The first single of the album was titled "Los Maté" ("I Killed Them"), which has garnered much air-play on the radio.
The Underground (concert venue) The Underground is a Christian concert venue, operating in the Greater Cincinnati area of Forest Park, Ohio. It is located at 1140 Smiley Avenue, just on the other side of Interstate 275 from Cincinnati Mills Mall.
The Underground (UND) The Underground ("UND") was a very early "crew" of New York City graffiti artists based in Central Park and on Manhattan's Upper West Side during the early to mid-1970s, when street writers first began using subway trains as moving art galleries.
The Underground Railroad Records The Underground Railroad Records chronicle the stories and methods of some 649 slaves who escaped to freedom via the Underground Railroad. William Still, known as the father of the Underground Railroad, used his detailed documents regarding those he escaped in the Underground Railroad Records.
The Underland Chronicles The Underland Chronicles is a five-part series of children’s books written by Suzanne Collins between 2003 and 2006. It tells the story of an eleven year old boy named Gregor and his adventures in a land hidden under New York City.
The Underminer The Underminer is a fictional villain in The Incredibles saga who looks like a human mole. His cameo at the end of The Incredibles created a cliffhanger leading in to his appearance in The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer video game.
The Underpants The Underpants is the most recent adaptation of the 1910 German farce Die Hosen by playwright Carl Sternheim. The adaptation was written by Steve Martin and ran at New York City's Off-Broadway theater Classic Stage Company.
The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo was a series of five minute cartoons produced in Canada in the mid-1970's. They told the story of Captain Mark Nemo and his young assistants, Christine and Robbie, in their nuclear powered submarine, the Nautilus.
The Undertakers The Undertakers were a British rock group, contemporaries of the Beatles and a leading group in the Merseybeat music scene of the early 1960s. Their best known line-up was Jackie Lomax (lead vocals, bass), Chris Huston (lead guitar, vocals), Geoff Nugent (rhythm guitar, vocals), Brian Jones (saxophone, vocals), and Bugs Pemberton (drums).
The Undertow Orchestra The Undertow Orchestra is an indie rock "supergroup" established by Undertow Music. The band exists only as a touring ensemble and is comprised of David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion and Headphones), Mark Eitzel (of American Music Club), Will Johnson (of Centro-Matic), and Vic Chesnutt.
The Undiscovered "The Undiscovered" is a story by William Sanders that won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. It concerns William Shakespeare living among the Cherokee and trying to produce a version of Hamlet for them.
The Undisputed Truth The Undisputed Truth was a 1970s Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. Joe Harris served as main lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce, formerly of The Delicates, on additional leads and background vocals.
The Undisputed Truth (Brother Ali album) The Undisputed Truth is the second full-length studio album by rapper Brother Ali, currently scheduled to be released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on April 10, 2007. The album is produced entirely by ANT off Atmosphere.
The Uneasy Case for Copyright "The Uneasy Case for Copyright: A Study of Copyright in Books, Photocopies, and Computer Programs" was an article in the Harvard Law Review by United States Supreme Court Justice-to-be Stephen Breyer in 1970, while he was still a legal academic.
The Unforgiven (song) "The Unforgiven" is one of the slower songs on the self-titled album, Metallica (also known as the Black Album). It also has a sequel, in the form of "The Unforgiven II", from the album ReLoad.
The Unforgiven II "The Unforgiven II" is a song performed by Metallica. It was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett, and appears in the album ReLoad, as a sort of sequel to "The Unforgiven" (which appears on Metallica).
The Ungame The Ungame (created in 1972 by TaliCor) is a non-competitive learning game of conversation that "fosters listening skills as well as self-expression." Players progress along the playing board as they answer questions such as "What are the four most important things in your life," and "what do you think life will be like in 100 years?
The Ungoverned The Ungoverned is a 1985 science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge, set between his novels The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime. It was first published in his collection True Names and Other Dangers and later published in the omnibus Across Realtime.
The Unholy Alliance (tour) The Unholy Alliance is an annual heavy metal tour of Europe and North America, with the tag-line "Preaching to the Perverted". The tour is headlined by the thrash metal band Slayer, and featured Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed, Lamb of God, Mastodon and In Flames in its last edition.
The Unholy Three (Magic Trio) The Unholy Three are a magic cabaret trio comprised of magicians David Lovering (drummer of the Pixies), Rob Zabrecky (former songwriter/singer/bassist of Possum Dixon) and Fitzgerald (creator of the cable television hit O'Brien's People). The trio formed in 2003 at the Magic Castle in Hollywood by presenting a quickly paced provocative Dada-esque combination of wizardry, mentalism and off-beat humor.
The Unholy Trinity The Unholy Trinity is seen by some in Christian eschatology as the exact opposite of The Holy Trinity that represents God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit. The Unholy Trinity represents Satan, the Anti-Christ, and the False Prophet.
The Unholy War The Unholy War is a PlayStation game developed by Toys For Bob for Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive in 1998. It is a fighting game in which characters fight in a 3D environment using mêlée and projectile attacks.
The Unimportance of Being Oscar The Unimportance of Being Oscar is a 1968 memoir by writer/pianist/actor Oscar Levant. The book is known for Oscar's laconic witticisms, such as "everyone in Hollywood is gay, except Gabby Hayes — and that's because he is a transvestite.
The Union (political coalition) The Union (Italian: L'Unione) is an Italian centre-left political party coalition. It is led by Romano Prodi, the current (due to 2006 elections) prime minister of Italy and former president of the European Commission.
The Unique Thelonious Monk The Unique Thelonious Monk is a 1956 album from Thelonious Monk, his second for Riverside Records and is made up of old standards as was Riverside's initial plan in order to broaden consumer interest. Though comprised solely of standards, The Unique Thelonious Monk contains strong performances from both Thelonious and his early band members, Art Blakey and Oscar Pettiford.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte The Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte is the primary church for Unitarian Universalists in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. It is the area's largest and most comprehensive Unitarian Universalist church, though quite a few more Unitarian Universalist churches can naturally be found in the Charlotte area.
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve was a monarchy consisting of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve. It came into being when the Portuguese king John VI moved to its colony Brazil during the war with Napoleonic France in 1808.
The United States Steel Hour The United States Steel Hour was an American television series that aired from 1953 to 1955 on ABC, and from 1955 to 1963 on CBS. Like its radio predecessor named Theatre Guild on the Air, which was also sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation at various times on CBS, ABC, and NBC Radio from 1943 - 1953, it was a live dramatic anthology program, airing episodes in a theatrical format.
The Units The Units were an early punk rock/New Wave/Synthpunk band founded in San Francisco in 1978 and existing until 1984. Primary members were Scott Ryser and Rachel Webber, but other members included (in no particular order) Randy Dunagan, Tim Ennis, Jay Darrah, Lori Lorenzo, Ron Lantz, Amy Weiss, Richard Driskill, Lx Rudis, Seth Miller, Jon Parker, David Allen Jr.
The Universal The Universal (previously known as A Tractor and Islands) is a free third person online multiplayer game that combines a space-trading game similar to Elite with a range of persistent worlds, hosted and run by players of the game. It also includes lots of references to monkeys, chimps, and whiskey for no apparent reason.
The Universal (song) "The Universal" is a song by British band Blur and is featured on their fourth studio album, The Great Escape. It was released 13 November 1995 as the second single from that album, charting at #5 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).
The Universal Event The Universal Event was the name given to the massive earthquake (and tsunami) with an epicenter at or near the island of Crete, which affected the whole of the Mediterranean Sea, on the morning of July 21, 365 A.D.
The Universe in a Nutshell The Universe in a Nutshell is one of Stephen Hawking's latest books on theoretical physics. It explains to a general audience various matters relating to the Lucasian professor's work, such as Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and P-branes (part of superstring theory in quantum mechanics).
The University Center The University Center is a partnership between the North Harris Montgomery Community College District (NHMCCD) and six Texas universities. It is located in The Woodlands, Texas, on the same campus as Montgomery College.
The University Match (cricket) The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University Cricket Club. Since 2001, in most of their fixtures Oxford have appeared as the Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Oxford UCCE, incorporating Oxford Brookes University), and Cambridge have appeared as the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence (Cambridge UCCE, incorporating Anglia Ruskin University), but this does not apply to the University Match.
The University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players The University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players (also called Contempo, CCP, or Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago) is an American ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. It was founded in Chicago in 1964 by the American composer Ralph Shapey.
The University of Nottingham Hillwalking and Rambling Society The University of Nottingham Rambling Society (abbreviated Ramsoc) is a hillwalking club that organises weekly trips for its members. Taking over fifty students walking every Sunday in the Peak District, Ramsoc has become one of the largest outdoor societies in the University with an annual membership of over 350.
The University of Pennsylvania Band The University of Pennsylvania Band or the Penn Band is one of the largest marching bands in the Ivy League and is amongst the most active band programs in the country. The organization is a part of the Department of Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania; like most of the other 49 performing arts groups on the Penn Campus, the Penn Band has no affiliation with any academic department and is sponsored by the Vice Provost’s Office for Undergraduate Life.
The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Founded in 1862, the University of Pennsylvania Glee Club is one of the oldest continually running Glee Clubs in the United States. The Club draws its singing members from the undergraduate and graduate men of the University of Pennsylvania; men and women from the Penn community are also called upon to fill roles in the pit band and technical staff when the Club is involved with theatrical productions.
The University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (often referred to as Southern Miss) is a four-year public university located primarily in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. With an enrollment of about 16,050 students, The University of Southern Mississippi is currently the second largest university in the state.
The University of the Philippines Concert Chorus The University of the Philippines Concert Chorus, also known as the UPCC, is one of the major cultural groups based in the University of the Philippines-Diliman and one of the earliest choirs in the Philippines.
The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA), is one of the performing cultural groups based in the University of the Philippines-Diliman (UP-Diliman) in Quezon City, the Philippines. UPSA is the State University's official performing group for choreographed music and has performed music from different styles: classical music, international songs, spirituals, ethnic, Broadway, pop, jazz, gospel, inspirational songs and rock.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was created by the UT System Board of Regents and supported by the Texas Legislature in 1972. Located in the world renowned Texas Medical Center, the school is primarily a graduate education university focusing on the health sciences.
The University of Texas Longhorn Band The University of Texas Longhorn Band, also known as the Showband of the Southwest or LHB, is the marching band of The University of Texas at Austin. The Longhorn Band was founded in 1900 by a distinguished professor of chemistry, Dr.
The University of Texas National Championship 2005 The University of Texas National Championship 2005 is a painting by Opie Otterstad. It was commissioned in 2006 by The University of Texas at Austin to commemorate the 2005 Texas Longhorn football team who won the 2005 NCAA Division I-A national football championship in college football.
The University of Tokyo Library The University of Tokyo Library consists of the General Library, which provides service for all students and researchers affiliated with the university, Komaba Library, which supports the studies of the first two years of undergraduate education, Kashiwa Library, which functions as the back number center for natural science materials, as well as more than 60 faculty/institution libraries in various academic fields. The library has the largest collection in Japan, holding a total of over 8,000,000 books.
The University Observer The University Observer is a broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout campus of University College Dublin bi-weekly It was launched in the early 1990s by University College Dublin Students' Union. It has generally regarded as Ireland's best student paper over the past five or so years, and it has been recognised both by national media and international media awards.
The University Register The University Register (UR) is the campus newspaper of the University of Minnesota, Morris, and is published weekly during the academic year. The paper is entirely student-run, operating out of the basement of the Multi-Ethnic Resource Center and distributes over 1,200 copies to the campus every Thursday.
The University Transition Program The University Transition Program is an early-entrance-to-university program located on the University of British Columbia campus, commonly referred to as The Transition Program or just Trans. The premise of the program is to compact five years of high school education into two years.
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