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The American College of the Immaculate Conception The American College of the Immaculate Conception, or the American College at Louvain, is a Roman Catholic seminary in Leuven, Belgium. The College's current rector is Very Reverend Kevin Codd, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane.
The American Crisis The American Crisis was a series of pamphlets published in London from 1776–1783 during the American Revolution by revolutionary author Thomas Paine. It decried British actions and Loyalists, offering support to the Patriot cause.
The American Diary of a Japanese Girl The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is the first English novel published in the United States by a person of Japanese ancestry. Acquired for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Monthly Magazine by editor Ellery Sedgwick in 1901, it appeared in two excerpted installments in November and December of that year with illustrations by Genjiro Yeto.
The American Empire Project The American Empire Project is a project, offered by Metropolitan Books, that is dedicated to the subject of American militarism. It was developed by Tom Engelhardt and Steve Fraser, and features books by authors such as Noam Chomsky, Peter Irons, and Chalmers Johnson.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (AHD) is an American dictionary of the English language published by Boston publisher Houghton-Mifflin, the first edition of which appeared in 1969. Its creation was spurred by the controversy over the Webster's Third New International Dictionary.
The American Ireland Fund The American Ireland Fund is an organization that raises funds for the support of peace and reconciliation, community development, education, arts and culture in Ireland. Since it's founding it has raised more than US $250 million.
The American Jewess The American Jewess (1895-1899) described itself as "the only magazine in the world devoted to the interests of Jewish women." It was the first English-language periodical targeted to American Jewish women, covering an evocative range of topics that ranged from women's place in the synagogue to whether women should ride bicycles.
The American Monomyth The American Monomyth is a 1977 book by Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence arguing for the existence and cultural importance of an 'American Monomyth', a variation on the classical monomyth as proposed by Joseph Campbell.
The American Museum of the Miniature Arts The American Museum of the Miniature Arts is a non-profit museum in Dallas, Texas (USA) that focuses on miniature art. Most of the museum's collection is currently on display in the Sharp Gallery at the Hall of State at Fair Park.
The American Musicians Network The American Musicians Network (The AMN) is a network of professional musicians created in 2006 by Scott Kagawa to support the Democratic Party. The AMN provides high quality music for campaign events all across the country.
The American Muslim The American Muslim (sometimes called TAM) began as a quarterly print journal, in print from 1989 to 1995. Founded by Editor Sheila Musaji, The American Muslim featured original art, Islamic calligraphy, diverse articles and prose.
The American Party The American Party is a conservative party in the United States. Originally called the American Independent Party, it was renamed in 1969 by representatives from 37 states In 1972]the American Party split from the [[American Independent Party].
The American Prisoner The American Prisoner is a novel written by Eden Phillpotts, adapted into a film in 1929. The story concerns an English woman who lives at Fox Tor farm, and an American captured during the American Revolutionary War and held at the prison at Princetown on Dartmoor.
The American Revolution (band) The American Revolution are an indie rock band formed in 2004 by Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo, and Craig Morris of Ideal Free Distribution. Though the song "Subscriptions to Magazines" has been relased on the internet, the band has yet to publicly release an album.
The American Revolutionary War as inspiration for Science Fiction A recurring theme in science fiction (especially in the writings of American writers) is a rebellion of colonists against tyranny in various science fiction environments (mainly in space, but also on the sea bottom) and their eventual achievement of independence, similar to the American Revolutionary War.
The American Scene The American Scene is a book of travel writing by Henry James about his trip through the United States in 1904-1905. Ten of the fourteen chapters of the book were published in the North American Review, Harper's and The Fortnightly Review in 1905 and 1906.
The American Screenwriters Association The American Screenwriters Association™ (ASA) is the world's leading professional association organized for educational purposes, including the promotion and encouragement of the art and craft of screenwriting.
The American Scholar The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837 to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was invited to speak as a result of his ground breaking work Nature, published a year earlier in which he established a new way for America's historically-young society to look at the world.
The American Scholar (magazine) The American ScholarThe American Scholar is the literary quarterly of the Phi Beta Kappa society. The journal has won two American Society of Magazine Editor Awards, in 1999 for an essay by Clara Claiborne Park and in 2000 for general excellence among titles with circulations under 100,000.
The American School in London The American School in London is an international K-12 school in St John's Wood, London, England. Established in 1951 by Princeton graduate Stephen Eckard, it is the oldest American school in the city and the only non-profit American school in England.
The American School In England TASIS England, also known as "The American School in England", is one of five American schools located in and around London. It was founded in 1976 in the village of Thorpe, Surrey, south west of London.
The American School In Switzerland The American School In Switzerland (TASIS) is a private boarding high school that receives students from many different nations and provides them with a Western based education. Located in Montagnola, a small town above Lugano, Switzerland, it has a current student body of roughly 300 pupils.
The American Society for Cell Biology The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote and develop the field of cell biology. Founded in 1960, the society currently has grown to serve more than 11,000 members.
The American Sportsman The American Sportsman was a television series on ABC which presented filmed highlights of hunting and/or fishing trips involving the program's hosts and celebrities. It was typically presented on Sunday afternoons, frequently following coverage of live sporting events.
The American Standards The American Standards is a 2007 film written and directed Joe Wehinger. It has an all-star cast led by Golden Globe winner James Brolin, Tia Mowry, Emmy nominee Corin Nemec and Golden Globe nominee Joanna Cassidy.
The American View The American View is a weekly, hour-long (Sun: 3–4 PM ET on Radio America), nationally syndicated paleo-conservative radio show hosted by Constitution Party 2004 presidential candidate Michael Peroutka and co-host "Recovering Republican" John Lofton. Its thesis claims that there is an American View of law and government outlined in the US Declaration of Independence:
The American Voter The American Voter, published in 1960, is a seminal study of voting behavior in the United States, authored by Angus Campbell, Philip Converse, Warren Miller, and Donald Stokes, colleagues at the University of Michigan. Among its controversial conclusions, based on one of the first comprehensive studies of election survey data (what eventually became the National Election Studies), is that most voters cast their ballots primarily on the basis of partisan identification (which is often simply inherited from their parents), and that independent voters are actually the least involved in and attentive to politics.
The American Weekly The American Weekly was a United States magazine published by the Hearst Corporation from November 1, 1896 until 1966. It served as a Sunday newspaper supplement which published many sensationalist stories, resulting in it having been compared to the National Enquirer.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation The American-Scandinavian Foundation, (ASF) is an American non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The Foundation's headquarters, Scandinavia House, is located at 58 Park Avenue, New York City.
The Americana Folk Festival The Americana Folk Festival (AFF) is a grassroots art and music event held at Montgomery Bell State Park in Burns, TN (right outside Nashville.) The event focuses on folk music as it relates to various genres, particularly jazz, Americana, blues, and rock.
The Americanization of Emily The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 American motion picture drama/comedy by Paddy Chayefsky, loosely adapted for the screen from the novel by William Bradford Huie. Set during World War II in 1944 in London during the weeks leading up to D-Day, it was filmed in black-and-white, starred James Garner and Julie Andrews and was directed by Arthur Hiller.
The Americans (commentary) "The Americans" is a legendary commentary by Canadian broadcaster Gordon Sinclair. Originally written for a regular broadcast on CFRB radio in Toronto on June 5, 1973, it became a media and public phenomenon, replayed several times a day by some United States radio stations, released as a hit audio recording in several forms, credited by Ronald Reagan for giving comfort to the United States when it needed a friend, and widely rediscovered and redisseminated as the United States faced new crises in the 2000s.
The Amityville Horror (2005 film) The Amityville Horror is a 2005 horror film directed by Andrew Douglas for United Artists and Dimension Films. It is a remake of the original 1979 film version of The Amityville Horror, which was based on Jay Anson's 1977 novel of the same name.
The Amory Wars The Amory Wars, originally called the Bag On Line Adventures, is a series of comic books written by Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez and published by Evil Ink Comics. The storyline used in The Amory Wars is also the focus of the band's music, each album released by the band representing a corresponding chapter in the five part science fiction concept originally narrated by Sanchez's lyrics.
The Amp The Amp was a satellite television channel, showing music videos, owned by British Sky Broadcasting, and operated on their behalf by Chart Show Channels. It was operated as part of a trio, with Scuzz and Flaunt as its sister stations.
The Amps The Amps are an indie-rock band from Dayton, Ohio. Formed by Kim Deal in 1995 after The Breeders went on hiatus, they first began touring as "Tammy and the Amps" (a name inspired by friend Robert Pollard) but it was later shortened to "The Amps.
The Amsterdam Dungeon The Amsterdam Dungeon follows a similar format to the London Dungeon, York Dungeon, Edinburgh Dungeon and Hamburg Dungeon which are owned and operated by the UK based Merlin entertainments corporation and attempts to show history through an interactive adventure. Live actors, a ride, shows and special effects simulate historical dark and bleak times.
The Anachronisms The Anachronisms are a Canadian outsider music group, formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1981. Their music is in part an examination of the nature of music and in part a reaction to what the group's members see as an excessive emphasis on musicianship in contemporary popular music.
The Analysis of Beauty The Analysis of Beauty, is a book written by William Hogarth (18th century English painter, satyrist, and writer) and published in 1753 describes Hogarth's attempt at formulating theories of visual beauty and grace in a manner accessible to the common man of his day.
The Analyst The Analyst, subtitled A DISCOURSE Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician, is a book published by George Berkeley in 1734. The "infidel mathematician" is believed to have been Edmond Halley or Sir Isaac Newton.
The Anarchical Society The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics is a 1977 book by Hedley Bull and a founding text of the English School of international relations theory. The title refers to the assumption of anarchy in the international system (posited primarily by realists) and argues for the existence of an international society.
The Anarchy The Anarchy is the preferred name in English history which pertains to the period of civil war and unsettled government, often known as The Nineteen Year Winter that occurred during the reign (1135–1154) of King Stephen of England. Stephen was a favourite nephew of King Henry I of England (reigned 1100–1135), whose only legitimate son died in 1120 in the "White Ship" disaster.
The Anatomy of Melancholy The Anatomy of Melancholy (Full title The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Several Cures of it. In Three Maine Partitions with their several Sections, Members, and Subsections.
The Anatomy of Peace The Anatomy of Peace was a famous book by Emery Reves which expressed the world federalist sentiments shared by Albert Einstein and many others in the late 1940s, in the period immediately following World War II.
The Anatomy of Revolution The Anatomy of Revolution is a book by Crane Brinton in which he outlined uniformities in four revolutions: the English Revoloution of the 1640s, the American, the French, and the 1917 Russian Revolution. Usually the revolution shifted in a cycle from the Old Order to a moderate regime to a radical regime, after which came a Thermidorian reaction.
The Ancestor Cell The Ancestor Cell is a novel by Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole, based on the science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz Kreiner, Compassion and Romana III, and features the last appearance of Faction Paradox in the Eighth Doctor Adventures.
The Ancient The Ancient is a horror movie that was shot as part of the first annual Texas Indie Meet, held in Gainesville, Texas September 10 - 12 2004. The movie was shot in three days with five different crews handling certain shots, and utilizing over 100 cast members.
The Ancient Future The Ancient Future by Traci Harding is a 3 book triad, and has been extremely successful in Australia where it was published, and overseas as well. It is centered around a girl called Tory Alexander, who when travelling to her aunt's house in England, is taken back in time.
The Ancient One The man named The Ancient One (Kaos), mentor to the Ronin Warriors, is a powerful mystic who was once also a warrior. He always wears a straw hat which hides his face and usually carries a shakujo, a staff with ring-shaped chimes set atop it.
The Andantes The Andantes were a prolific female session singing group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Comprised of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, the group sang background vocals on over ten thousand Motown recordings, including songs by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, and many others.
The Anderson School The Anderson School, PS 334, is a New York City K-8 public school that uses a gifted pedagogy to teach NYS curricula to students selected from the city’s five boroughs who have met a criteria for intellectual giftedness. High-octane academics (sometimes tailored, if necessary, to the extent possible) in the early grades are components of the approach — which includes accelerating math beginning in kindergarten.
The Andrew Oldham Orchestra The Andrew Oldham Orchestra is a side project fronted by Andrew Loog Oldham, the original manager of the Rolling Stones. The Orchestra released four studio albums, East Meets West, 16 Hip Hits, Lionel Bart's Maggie May, and Rolling Stones Songbook.
The Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters were a close harmony singing group, consisting of sisters LaVerne Andrews (contralto; July 6, 1911-May 8, 1967), Maxene Anglyn Andrews (high harmony; January 3, 1916-October 21, 1995) and Patty (a.k.
The Andromeda Nebula The Andromeda Nebula is a 1967 Russian Science fiction film starring Sergei Stolyarov and directed by Yevgeni Sherstobitov. The film was originally intended to to be the first episode of a series of films however the remaining parts were never made.
The Andromeda Strain The Andromeda Strain is a techno-thriller novel, by author Michael Crichton, about a team of scientists investigating a deadly disease of extraterrestrial origin which causes rapid, fatal clotting of the blood. This novel established Crichton as a best-selling author.
The Andromeda Strain (film) The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 science-fiction film, based on the novel published in 1969 by Michael Crichton about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly disease of extraterrestrial origin which causes rapid, fatal clotting of the blood. The film was directed by Robert Wise and starred Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne.
The Andy Dick Show The Andy Dick Show was a television program on MTV created by comedian Andy Dick; it lasted two seasons from 2001-2003. This low-budget program is considered to be the successor to The Ben Stiller Show, which Dick starred in.
The Andy Williams Show The Andy Williams Show was a television variety show which ran from 1957 to 1971 (alternating during the summer of 1970 with Andy Williams Presents Ray Stevens), and a short-lived run in syndication, beginning in the fall of 1976. It was hosted by singer Andy Williams, with a number of regular performers, including, from time to time:
The Angel The Angel is a Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1843. It was part of Andersen's seventh volume of fairy tales Eventyr, fortalte for Børn (Fairy tales, Told for Children) as Engelen.
The Angel in the House The Angel in the House is a poem by Coventry Patmore, first published in 1854 and revised up until 1862. Although largely ignored upon publication, it became enormously popular during the nineteenth century and its influence continued well into the twentieth.
The Angel Makers of Nagyrév "The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" were a group of women living in the village of Nagyrév, Hungary who between 1914 and 1929 poisoned to death an estimated 300 people. They were supplied arsenic and encouraged to use it for the purpose by a midwife or "wise woman" named Julius Fazekas (Julia Fazekas) and her accomplice Susi Olah (Susanna Olah).
The Angel Network The Angel Network is dedicated to inspiring people to make a difference in the lives of others. It grants awards such as the Use your Life Awards, Kids can Free the Children and various scholarships to individuals and organizations.
The Angel's Command The Angel's Command is a novel by Brian Jacques, author of the popular children's series Redwall, and the sequel to Castaways of the Flying Dutchman. It follows the adventures of an immortal boy and his dog as they face pirates and other dangers from the high seas to the mountains.
The Angel, Islington The Angel was originally an inn near a toll gate on the Great North Road (at what is now the corner of Islington High Street and Pentonville Road), but now refers to this part of Islington in London. The corner itself is actually in Finsbury which was a separate borough until 1965 when the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Islington to form the London Borough of Islington.
The Angels of Light The Angels of Light is a rock group that formed in 1997 by singer Michael Gira after he disbanded Swans, the group he'd founded in 1982. The band has marked a distinctly different style for Gira since he left Swans, most noticeably being musically more melodic and less brutal than his previous efforts, though no less emotionally draining.
The Angie Pepper Band The Angie Pepper Band was a band formed in Sydney, Australia, which centralised around the artist Angie Pepper. Angie Pepper first came to notice as vocalist for the post punk independent Sydney band the Passengers, who produced one single ("Face With No Name") on the Phantom label.
The Angriest Angel "The Angriest Angel" is the sixteenth episode in the first season of Space: Above and Beyond, and the second of two parts, following Never No More. It originally aired in North America on February 11, 1996.
The Anchoress The Anchoress is a conservative leaning weblog focused on politics, current events, New York Yankees baseball, and Roman Catholic issues. The creator of this weblog operates anonymously under the same pseudonym.
The Animal Song "The Animal Song" was written for "The Other Sister" soundtrack, it also featured on Savage Garden's Affirmation album as well as their Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden. It was Savage Garden's first encounter with Walter Afanasieff - a producer well-known for his work with Mariah Carey - who would later produce the Affirmation album (and also Darren Hayes' first solo album, Spin).
The Animals The Animals were an English rock and roll band of the 1960s that was part of the British Invasion. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature song "House of the Rising Sun", the band underwent numerous personnel changes and emerged as an exponent of psychedelic rock before dissolving at the end of the decade.
The Animation Show The Animation Show is a semi-annual touring festival of animated shorts that kicked off in fall 2003, created and programmed by award-winning animators Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt. The second year of the Animation Show toured throughout 2005.
The Animator's Survival Kit The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators (ISBN 0-5712-0228-4) is a book by Award-winning animator and director Richard Williams about various aspects of animation. The book includes advice, tips, tricks, and general information on the history of animation.
The Anime Fanlistings Network The Anime Fanlistings Network is a directory of strictly anime and manga related fanlistings with over 7,000 approved fanlistings listed at their siteTopics for fanlistings can be anything from songs, items, locations, or people, but they must be featured in a manga] or [[anime (comics or animation of Japanese origin.) Comics and animation from other countries are listed at The Fanlistings Network.
The Annotated Alice The Annotated Alice is a work by Martin Gardner incorporating the text of Lewis Carroll's major tales: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass as well as the original illustrations by John Tenniel. It has extensive annotations explaining the contemporary references (including the Victorian poems that Carroll parodies), mathematical concepts, wordplay, and Victorian traditions (such as the snap-dragons) featured in the two books.
The Annual Sesame Street Cookie Baking Contest The Annual Sesame Street Cookie Baking Contest is a contest organized by the Cookie Baking Club, of Sesame Street, New York, New York. It is a key part of the premise to Cookie Monster's Storybook, a 1979 storybook by Emily Perl Kingsley.
The Anointed One (song) "The Anointed One" is a song by indie-rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists off of their album Hearts of Oak. The song is about New Jersey Republican Congressman Mike Ferguson, who was a classmate with Leo at the University of Notre Dame.
The Anschutz Corporation The Anschutz Corporation was started by Philip Anschutz in 1965 and was initially involved in oil and gas drilling. Over the years Anschutz has diversified his interests, which today include the Anschutz Entertainment Group and a controlling interest in the Regal Entertainment Group.
The Answer (band) The Answer are a hard rock and blues rock band hailing from Newcastle and Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. They have achieved moderate success with their debut album 'Rise' and are tipped for big things from many in the rock music industry.
The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything The Answer to The Ultimate Question Of Life, the Universe and Everything is a fictional solution in Douglas Adams's science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In the story, the Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is sought using the hypercomputer Deep Thought, however the computer was insufficiently powerful to provide the Ultimate Question when asked after it had produced the Answer (after a very long computation time — 7.
The Ant and the Grasshopper The Ant and the Grasshopper, also known as The Grasshopper and the Ant or The Grasshopper and the Ants, is a fable attributed to Aesop that gives a moral lesson about hard work and preparation. It concerns a grasshopper who spends the warm months singing away while the ant (or ants in some editions) works to store up food for winter.
The Ant Bully (book) The Ant Bully is a 1999 children's book drawn and written by John Nickle. It is about a young male destroyer named Lucas Nickle (also known as Peanut the Destroyer), who was the titular character in the book.
The Anthem "The Anthem" is a single by rock band Good Charlotte released in 2003 from their The Young And The Hopeless album. The song is generally seen as to be about the torment faced by fans of alternative music in high school from other "popular" kids.
The Anthology (1968-1992) The Anthology (1968-1992) is a two-CD compilation distilling the best tracks from American comedian Richard Pryor's seven albums he recorded and/or released on Warner Bros. Records or its subsidiary Reprise, and is essentially the digest version of his 2000 nine-CD box set ...
The Anti-Gravity Room The Anti-Gravity Room was a weekly Canadian television program of the mid- to late-1990's, spotlighting comic books and video games, and hosted by Nick Scoullar and Phil Guerrero. It was produced by YTV in Canada, and was carried in the United States on the Sci Fi channel.
The Anti-Chomsky Reader The Anti-Chomsky Reader is a collection of essays criticizing the political, economic and linguistic writings of Noam Chomsky, the MIT professor and prominent libertarian socialist intellectual. Peter Collier and David Horowitz edited the 2004 book.
The Antidote (Moonspell album) The Antidote is Moonspell's sixth full-length album, released in 2003 by Century Media. It is regarded as a return to a heavier musical style in comparison to the previous album, Darkness and Hope, although it is nonetheless quite different from all the previous albums.
The Antipope The Antipope is a comic fantasy novel by the British author Robert Rankin. It is Rankin's first novel, and the first book in the "now legendary" Brentford Trilogy (which, as of November 2006, consists of 8 novels).
The Antiquary The Antiquary (1816) is a novel by Walter Scott, in which one of the central characters in an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity. Although the eponymous character, he is not necessarily the hero, as many of the characters around him undergo far more significant journeys or change.
The Antiques Ghost Show In the spring of 2003 Derek Acorah appeared in the LIVINGtv programme The Antiques Ghost Show. In the show Derek discovers the hidden histories of people's family pasts by psychically connecting with their cherished heirlooms.
The Ants Go Marching "The Ants Go Marching One By One" is a popular children's song, sung to the tune of the American Civil War song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", itself based on the anti-war song Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye. (The Ants Go Marching was subsequently used as an effective anti-war song in the movie Antz.
The Anugita The Anugita is part of the Asvamedhikaparva a book of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. It contains Krishna's conversation with Arjuna when Krishna decided to return to Dwaraka after restoring to the Pandavas, their kingdom.
The Anxiety of Influence The Anxiety of Influence (ISBN 0-19-511221-0) is a book published in 1973 by Harold Bloom. It was the first in a series of books that advanced a new "revisionary" or antithetical approach to literary criticism.
The ANU Law Revue The ANU Law Revue was born of the political events of the 1960's and 70's. At a time when Australian seemed in complete political turmoil, where the old was making way for the new, and then the new was making way for the old again (see the article on the Whitlam Dismissal for an example), students were seeking to use whatever means of demonstration and engagement that were available to them.
The Apartment The Apartment is a 1960 film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. Wilder's follow up to the enormously popular Some Like it Hot was an equal commercial and critical hit, grossing $25 million dollars at the box office, and winning the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards.
The Ape That Got Lucky The Ape that got Lucky was a four-part radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. Written by Chris Addison and Carl Cooper, it was based around Chris Addison giving a lecture on the evolution of man from "ugly ape" into the all time "Top Species".
The Apex Tapes The Apex Tapes is a promotional interview CD sent to members of the press to promote the release of Gorillaz' debut album Gorillaz. It was released in March 2001 on the Parlophone label and contains 73 tracks, each one an answer to interview questions by the four Gorillaz members.
The Apex Theory (album) The Apex Theory is the major-label debut album from The Apex Theory. The album was released on October 9, 2001 via Dreamworks Records for promotional purposes (as the label wanted to promote the band before their full-length album, Topsy-Turvy, was released).
The Aphelion The Aphelion is an American New York based classical death metal band formed in 9/9/99 and known for its unique use of classical music theory and baroque style counter-point in combination with death or black metal style distortion, tremolo picking, and blast beats. The precursor to The Aphelion is The Dark Ritual.
The Apocalypse Element The Apocalypse Element is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It forms the second serial in the Dalek Empire arc, following on from events in The Genocide Machine.
The Apogee Foundation The Apogee Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the development of human excellence in the performing arts. It supports cultural institutions and individual artists, providing administrative, promotional and financial assistance to help the world's most talented people achieve their full potential and to showcase their achievements on the world stage.

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