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The CIVIL warS the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is downThe eccentric typography of the title is explained by Wilson as a wish to emphasise both the CIVIL nature of the war and the plurality of it. The subtitle is taken from A tree is best measured when it is down - - and so it is with people.
The Clairvoyant The Clairvoyant (also known as The Evil Mind) is a 1934 film made in the UK, starring Claude Rains and Fay Wray, and directed by Maurice Elvey. Rains plays Maximus ("King of the Mind Readers"), a man trying to make some money by posing as a psychic with the help of his wife, Renee (Wray).
The Clancy Brothers The Clancy Brothers were an Irish folk music singing group, most popular in the 1960s, who are often credited with popularizing Irish traditional music in the United States. The brothers were Pat, Tom, and Liam.
The Clangers The Clangers is a British stop motion animated children's television series made by Smallfilms, the company set up by Oliver Postgate (writer and narrator) and Peter Firmin (modelmaker, animator and illustrator). Music (which was often significant in the stories, as well as being theme and incidental music) was by Vernon Elliot.
The Clapper The Clapper is a gadget that uses a sound-activated switch sensitive to hand clapping, to turn off and on any two appliances that are plugged into it depending on the number of times you clap. The Clapper works with any American standard electrical outlet.
The Clare Voyants The Clare Voyants are an acoustic Irish folk/rock group based in Phoenix Arizona. The current members are Shay Veno (guitar/vocals), Jane Hilton (fiddle/vocals), Billy Brett (mandolin/vocals) and Pat Hershey (acoustic bass).
The Claremont Decision In the mid 1990s, the city of Claremont, New Hampshire started a process against the state of New Hampshire by which poorer communities ended up claiming resources, mostly monies, from richer communities within the state. The richer communities were mostly outraged at their forced contributions.
The Clark Sisters The Clark Sisters are an American gospel vocal group consisting of four sisters: Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Jacky Clark Chisholm, Dorinda Clark Cole, and Karen Clark Sheard. A fifth member, Denise Clark Bradford, no longer performs with the group.
The Clarkson School's Bridging Year The Clarkson School's Bridging Year is a unique "bridging year" between high school and college for students who are ready to enter college early, offered by The Clarkson School (a special division of Clarkson University). Every year 50 to 80 11th grade students are accepted to The Clarkson School, where they work towards a GED and take college classes.
The Clash (album) The Clash is the first album-length recording released by the English punk band The Clash. It was released in two different versions, both of which are still in print: the original version in 1977 and the revised U.
The Class (Erich Segal novel) The Class is Erich Segal's 6th novel, his best-loved work , that came up in the year 1985. “The Class” is the Harvard class of 1954 and in particular, refers to five members of this class namely Andrew Eliot, Jason Gilbert, Theodore Lambros, Daniel Rossi and George Keller.
The Class of 1959 Chapel The Class of 1959 Chapel is a non-denominational chapel located on the campus of Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by Moshe Safdie in 1992, as part of a master plan to complement the existing 1927 campus architecture by McKim, Mead and White that would allow for Business School expansion along the Charles River.
The Class Riot The Class Riot is a Canadian Punk Rock Group from Toronto, that was formed by Andy Dunlop and Ryan Conway in April of 2003. Their first record was independently released and was titled "Fun Times", and according to original member, Andy, was intended for demo purposes only.
The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection, is a collection made by Marvel Comics and Eaglemoss Publications, through which you can collect magazines about and figurines of the Marvel characters. Subscribers receive three other pieces of memorabilia and also special issues throughout the year.
The Classical Language of Architecture The 1965 compilation of six radio programmes by Sir John Summerson, The Classical Language of Architecture is a 60-some page discussion of the origins of classical architecture and their movements through Antiquity, Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Neoclassical, and Georgian periods. A discussion of the rules and the resulting elements in classical terms of the Orders, architectural harmony of design, and so on.
The Classics of Style A combination of textbook and reference guide, The Classics of Style (ISBN 0978728203, ISBN 9780978728205) is a style guide to English language arts published by The American Academic Press. The book teaches the essential elements of English style, from the work of some of America's most famous writers.
The Clay People The Clay People are an Industrial Rock band based in Albany, New York. Singer-programmer Daniel Neet has been the only constant member throughout the band's history, leading the group as its sound has evolved to incorporate gothic, industrial and metal influences.
The Clayhanger Family The Clayhanger Family is a series of novels by Arnold Bennett, published between 1910 to 1918. Though the series is commonly referred to as a "trilogy", it is actually longer than three books, not unlike the later Earthsea and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogies.
The Clean The Clean were an influential first-wave punk band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band settled down to the well-known line-up with bassist Robert Scott.
The Clear Word The Clear Word (originally published in March 1994 as the Clear Word Bible) is a paraphrased version and Bible commentary initially published by the Southern College Press of Southern Adventist University. It is now published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association, which is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Clearing The Clearing is a 2004 drama / thriller film, and is a directorial debut by Pieter Jan Brugge, an Academy Award nominated producer. The film is loosely based on the real-life kidnapping of Gerrit Jan Heijn that took place in the Netherlands in 1987.
The Client The Client (1994) is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham, set mostly in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana. It reflects the negative influence of TV and media over young children, mixed with various legal elements and suspense.
The Clifford Ball The Clifford Ball was the first of seven weekend-long festivals hosted by the rock band Phish. The event took place on August 16 and 17, 1996, on the site of a former Air Force base in the upstate town of Plattsburgh, New York, about one hour west from Phish's home base of Burlington, Vermont.
The Climate Group The Climate Group is an independent, non-profit organization with 17 (as of August 2006) full-time staff and a network of associates based in the US, Europe and Australia. It's aim is to act as a catalyst to amplify the work of pioneering companies and governments who are leading the way on addressing global warming.
The Clinic The Clinic, a Chilean satirical/investigative newspaper, was founded by Patricio Fernández Chadwick in November 1998. The name was inspired by the fact that Pinochet was first incarcerated in Britain inside a private clinic called The Clinic.
The Clink The Clink was a notorious prison in Southwark, England which functioned from the 12th century until 1780 either deriving its name from, or bestowing it on, the local manor, the Clink Liberty. The manor and prison were owned by the Bishop of Winchester and situated next to his residence at Winchester Palace.
The Clint Boon Experience The Clint Boon Experience also known as CBX are an alternative rock band formed by Clint Boon after Inspiral Carpets disbanded in the mid 1990's. They released two albums The Compact Guide to Pop Music and Space Travel & Life in Transition on independent lable Artful Records.
The Clipshow Wherein Dante and Randal are Locked in the Freezer and Remember Some of the Great Moments in Their Lives The Clipshow Wherein Dante and Randal Are Locked In The Freezer And Remember Some Of The Greatest Moments Of Their Lives is the second episode of Clerks: The Animated Series, both in production and airdate. It was also the last episode aired on ABC.
The Clitheroe Kid The Clitheroe Kid was a long-running BBC radio comedy show featuring diminutive comedian Jimmy Clitheroe in the role of a cheeky schoolboy who lived with his family at 33 Lilac Avenue. Jimmy's best friend was Ossie, alias Oswald Higginbottom, a character who was only heard of secondhand and didn't actually appear.
The Clock The Clock is a fictional masked crime-fighter published during the Golden Age of Comic Books. According to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the Clock was the first masked hero to appear in American comic books.
The Clock (film) The Clock is a 1945 film that starred Judy Garland and Robert Walker and was directed by Garland's future husband Vincente Minnelli. This was the first motion picture made by Garland in which she did not sing as well as her first dramatic role.
The Clocks (novel) The Clocks (published in 1963) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The novel is notable for the fact that Poirot never visits any of the crime scenes or speaks to any of the witnesses or suspects, since he is challenged to prove his oft-made boast that a crime can be solved by the exercise of the intellect alone.
The Cloister and the Hearth The Cloister and The Hearth (1861) is a novel by the English author Charles Reade. Set in the 15th century, it relates the story revolving about the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries.
The Cloisters The Cloisters is the branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to the art and architecture of the European middle ages. The Cloisters is located in New York City, specifically Fort Tryon Park near the northern tip of Manhattan island on a hill overlooking the Hudson River.
The Clone The Clone is the pseudonym of the man who is likely the most well-known phone phreak in Canada, since the late 90's. He appeared on the Canadian phone phreaking scene in 1998, and since then has become well-known in many underground, telecommunications-related circles.
The Clones of Bruce Lee The Clones of Bruce Lee is one of the most notorious Bruceploitation films. It gathers together several of the Lee clones who sprang up after Bruce Lee's death (including Bruce Le and Dragon Lee), and ties it all together with an insane plot.
The Closed Circle (novel) The Closed Circle, by Jonathan Coe, was published in 2004, and is the sequel to The Rotters' Club. We re-encounter the main characters from The Rotters' Club - Benjamin Trotter, Doug Anderton and Philip Chase, and also become better-accquanited with some of the more minor characters, most notably Paul Trotter, Benjamin's younger brother, and Claire Newman, an old school friend of the boys.
The Closing of the American Mind The Closing of the American Mind, by Allan Bloom (published 1987 ISBN 5-551-86868-0), describes "how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students." He especially targets the "openness" of Relativism as leading paradoxically to the great "closing" referenced in the book's title.
The Cloud Minders "The Cloud Minders" is a third season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, and was broadcast on February 28, 1969. It is episode #76, production #74, written by Margaret Armen, based on a story by David Gerrold and Oliver Crawford, and directed by Jud Taylor.
The Cloud of Unknowing The Cloud of Unknowing is a practical spiritual guidebook thought to have been written in the 14th century by an anonymous English monk who counsels a young student to seek God not through knowledge but through love.
The Clouds The Clouds (Νεφέλαι) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes lampooning the sophists and the intellectual trends of late fifth-century Athens. Although it took last place in the comic festival Aristophanes entered it in, it is one of his most famous works because it offers a highly unusual portrayal of Socrates.
The Clouds (band) There were four bands named The Clouds, but the original and first operated in the late 60's, and recorded several albums on Island Records, Chrysalis, and London Deram. A CD was also released on BGO Records in 1996.
The Clouds of Saturn The Clouds of Saturn is a science fiction novel written by Michael McCollum and published in 1998. The Clouds of Saturn is set in the future in which the future Earth becomes uninhabitable due to excessive solar activity and the population needs to be relocated to floating cities in the atmosphere of Saturn to survive.
The Clown Crew The Clown Crew (formed 2005 in Buffalo, New York, USA) is an improvisational comedy team. The group's leader, Dodo the Clown and members Toodles, HoHo the SoSo Clown, Drama Clown, Bobo the Clown, Ex-Girlfriend the Clown, all formerly solo performers under different monikers, joined forces shortly after the 2004 New York Underground Comedy Festival.
The Clown Murders The Clown Murders is a 1976 horror film directed by Martyn Burke. It was one of the earliest films in which John Candy appears and it is quite ironic seeing that Candy is mainly remembered for his comedic roles.
The Club (Australian reality show) The Club was a short-lived Australian reality television show about an Australian rules football sporting side called the Hammerheads which featured on the Seven Network in 2002. It was seen as a way for Seven to stay involved in football after losing the broadcast rights to the Australian Football League after the 2001 season.
The Club (play) The Club is a satirical play by Australian playwright David Williamson, that follows the fortunes of a football club over the course of a season. It explores the clashes between "human loyalty versus materialistic gain".
The ClueFinders The ClueFinders are a group of fictional preteen detectives whose exploits are featured in The Learning Company's ClueFinders Series of educational software. The members are Joni Savage, Santiago Rivera, Owen Lam, and Leslie Clark.
The ClueFinders 3rd Grade Adventures: The Mystery of Mathra The ClueFinders 3rd Grade Adventures: The Mystery of Mathra is a computer game in The Learning Company's ClueFinders series where the ClueFinders save the Numerian rainforest and Dr. Horace Pythagoras from a mysterious monster called Mathra.
The ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures: The Puzzle of Pyramids The ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures: The Puzzle of the Pyramid is a computer game in The Learning Company's ClueFinders series, where the ClueFinders embark on an Egyptian adventure to save the world from the forces of chaos.
The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: The Secret of the Living Volcano The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: The Secret of the Living Volcano is a computer game in The Learning Company's ClueFinders series, where the ClueFinders save an island's inhabitants from mysterious "breathing holes".
The ClueFinders Math Adventures The ClueFinders Math Adventures Ages 9-12: Mystery in the Himalayas is a computer game in The Learning Company's ClueFinders Series, where the ClueFinders try to recover stolen treasures in a small Himalayan village.
The ClueFinders Search and Solve Adventures The ClueFinders Search and Solve Adventures is a computer game in The Learning Company's ClueFinders series where the ClueFinders rescue the curator of the local art museum from an abandoned amusement park and uncover stolen paintings.
The Cluster The Cluster is at the very center of the Divine Order from the show Lexx, the planet from which Xev, Stan, and Kai escape in the beginning. His Divine Shadow, his Divine Predecessors, and religious leadership rule from The Cluster.
The Co-operative Group The Co-operative Group, the trading name of Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd, is a United Kingdom consumers' co-operative, one of the largest consumer-owned businesses in the world. Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited was formerly called the Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited but the name was changed in 2001 on the transfer of engagements of Co-operative Retail Services to the Co-operative Wholesale Society.
The Coach and Horses, Greek Street, Soho, London The Coach and Horses, Greek Street, Soho, London is a public house notable for its association with the columnist Jeffrey Bernard, the staff of Private Eye magazine, other journalists and as a haunt for Soho personalities. Its landlord, Norman Balon, has become famous too - in part for his self-proclaimed title of "London's rudest landlord", but also, presumably, because of his proximity to writers who document his actions and anecdotes.
The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud is a national alliance of consumers, insurers and government agencies dedicated to combating all forms of insurance fraud through legislative advocacy and consumer education. It is based in Washington, D.C. More information can be found at http://www.insurancefraud.org.
The Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC) The Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC) is comprised of over forty representative organizations, including motor carriers, railroads, ports, engineering firms, and freight corridors that have come together to improve national freight efficiency. CAGTC was established in 2001 to bring national attention to the need to significantly expand U.
The Coast (Half-Life 2) The Coast is a fictional location in the first-person shooter computer game, Half-Life 2. The coast is located in between City 17 and Nova Prospekt, and has recently come under heavy Combine control forcing many of the rebels along the coast into more condensed pockets of resistance.
The Coast Is Never Clear The Coast Is Never Clear was the third album released by indie rock band Beulah in 2001. Originally planned for release on Capricorn Records, the label was folded into Island Def Jam Records along with many of its artists including 311.
The Coast of Utopia The Coast of Utopia is a 2002 trilogy of plays by Tom Stoppard, focused on the philosophical debates in pre-revolutionary Russia between 1833 and 1866. The plays are entitled Voyage, Shipwreck, and Salvage, and the entire trilogy totals nine hours in length.
The Coast, Newark, New Jersey The Coast or Lincoln Park is a neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, bounded by Springfield/Belmont, South Broad Valley, South Ironbound and Downtown. It is bounded by Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (High Street) to the west, Kinney St.
The Coaster The Coaster is a weekly newspaper based in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The Coaster covers a number of Jersey Shore area communities in central Monmouth County, including: Asbury Park, Allenhurst, Avon, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken, Loch Arbour, Neptune, Neptune City, Oakhurst, Ocean Grove, Ocean Township, Tinton Falls, Wanamassa, and Wayside.
The Coasters The Coasters are an American rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood," their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller.
The Cobra Event The Cobra Event is a 1998 bio-thriller novel by Richard Preston describing a terror attempt on the United States by a man known only as Archimedes. Archimedes is the creator of a virus that mixes the incurable common cold with one of the world's most deadly diseases, smallpox.
The Cockettes The Cockettes were a psychedelic drag queen troupe founded by Hibiscus, aka George Harris. The first performance of the Cockettes took place on New Years Eve, 1969 (December 31, 1969) at the Palace Theatre in San Francisco.
The Cockleshell Heroes The Cockleshell Heroes is a 1955 Second World War film with Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, David Lodge and José Ferrer, who also directed. It is a fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, the true story of a Commando raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
The Cockman Family The Cockman Family is a bluegrass/gospel band from Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, United States. They have been nominated for Bluegrass Artists of the Year, Instrumentalist of the Year, and Bluegrass Band of the Year by the Country Gospel Music Association (CGMA) and for Gold Cross Bluegrass Group of the Year by the International Country Gospel Music Association, and were selected as one of "The 12 Most Creative Families in America" by American Greetings and USA Today Weekend.
The Cocoanuts The Cocoanuts (1929) was the first feature-length Marx Brothers film, produced by Paramount Pictures. The musical comedy stars the four Marx Brothers, Oscar Shaw, Mary Eaton and the person sometimes referred to as the "fifth brother", Margaret Dumont.
The Code (band) The Code are a ska-punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The band released their first full-length CD on A-F Records, which they followed up with a split with the side project Chris #2 of Anti-Flag, Whatever it Takes.
The Code Project The Code Project is a website that contains articles directed towards an audience of computer programmers. Nearly every article is accompanied by related code and examples which can be downloaded independently.
The Code Room The Code Room is a half-hour long reality game show produced by Microsoft. The show is hosted by Jessi Knapp, accompanied by an expert "MSDN Presenter" (varies between shows depending on the project).
The Codetalkers The Codetalkers is a jazz rock and roll band from Atlanta, Georgia, comprised of Bobby Lee Rodgers, (lead vocals, electric banjo, guitar, "air trombone"), Tyler Greenwell (drums, vocals) and Ted Pecchio (upright bass, vocals). The band was formed in 1999, upon the meeting of Rodgers and Hampton at a show at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta.
The Codex The Codex is a 20-episode online machinima series made by Edgeworks Entertainment and set in Bungie Studios' Halo video game universe. Along with its prequel, The Heretic, The Codex is part of the greater Codex Series.
The Cody Rivers Show The Cody Rivers Show is a sketch comedy duo based in Bellingham, Washington featuring Mike Mathieu and Andrew Connor. Originating in late 2004, they have performed at many festivals throughout The United States and Canada.
The Coffee House The Coffee House is a Singer-songwriter and Acoustic Rock radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 30 and DISH Network channel 6030. According to the Sirius site they play (among other artists) Norah Jones, David Gray, Indigo Girls, Jack Johnson, Tracy Chapman, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, and Dave Matthews.
The Coffeyville Journal The Coffeyville Journal is five-day (Tuesday through Friday, plus Sunday) daily newspaper covering the city of Coffeyville and surrounding areas of Montgomery County, Kansas. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings.
The Colbert Report The Colbert Report (pronounced ) Or Colber Repor; Colbert leaves the t sound off Report to match the pronunciation of his surname, but will often overpronounce the t in other uses of the word - most commonly as in "a Colbert Report Special Report". is an American satirical television program on Comedy Central that stars comedian Stephen Colbert, who previously became well known as a senior correspondent for The Daily Show.
The Cold (rock band) The Cold was a 'new wave' band that started in New Orleans in 1979. The members of the Cold were Barbara Menendez (vocals and keyboards), Vance DeGeneres (bass), Chris Luckette (drums), Kevin Radecker (guitar) and Bert Smith (guitar).
The Cold Crush Brothers The Cold Crush Brothers are a legendary hip hop group that formed in 1978 in the Bronx, New York, the home of hip hop, during its beginning, alongside other hip hop icons such as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force, Grand Wizard Theodore & the Fantastic Five, and DJs Baron and Breakout and The Funky Four Plus One. The group's original lineup consisted of the founder, Original DJ Tony Tone, Easy A.
The Cold Equations "The Cold Equations" is a science fiction short story by Tom Godwin, first published in Astounding Magazine in 1954. It is widely regarded as one of the most notable stories in the history of science fiction.
The Colgate Comedy Hour The Colgate Comedy Hour was an American musical variety television show that ran on the NBC network from November 1950 to December 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and light entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Abbott and Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante and Gordon MacRae.
The Collaboration The Collaboration is a dance music project created by DJ and house music producer and remixer Peter Rauhofer. Rauhofer's first release as The Collaboration was "Do It Properly," a 1999 track produced with fellow house music legend Victor Calderone, featuring Deborah Cooper on vocals.
The Collage The Collage is a student newspaper covering the Claremont Colleges, a consortium of liberal arts schools in Claremont, California. The Collage was founded by Bill Keller, the current executive editor of the New York Times, in 1967, and has won a number of journalistic awards.
The Collapse of the Third Republic The Collapse of the Third Republic, An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940 by William L. Shirer, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1969, deals with the collapse of the French Third Republic in 1940 at the outset of Hitler's Western invasion during World War II.
The Collected Books of Jack Spicer The Collected Books of Jack Spicer first appeared in 1975, ten years after the death of Jack Spicer. It was "edited & with a commentary by Robin Blaser" and published in Santa Rosa, CA by Black Sparrow Press.
The Collected Short Novels of Tim Winton The Collected Short Novels of Tim Winton is a collection of award-winning Australian author Tim Winton's early short novels. Published in 1988, it includes An Open Swimmer, That Eye, The Sky and In the Winter Dark.
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, is, as the name suggests, a collection of stories by Eudora Welty. It was published by Harvest Publishing in 1982 and demonstrates the author's ability to write from the point of view of diverse characters ranging from Aaron Burr to a deaf black servant boy, a traveling salesmen, eccentric Southern matrons, and countless others.
The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge is a collection of science fiction short stories by Vernor Vinge. The stories were first published from 1966 to 2001, and contains all Vinge's published short stories except "True Names" and "Grimm's Story".
The Collection (Cast album) The Collection is a compilation album (comprising several singles as well as b-sides) by the English band Cast, released in 2004. The release has been criticised for the notable exception of some of the band's best known tracks such as Walkaway, Sandstorm and Guiding Star.
The Collection (James album) This compilation album was released after the Indie group James separated in December 2001. It contains an unusual mix of hit singles, key album tracks, B-sides and some rarer tracks, making the release useful for collectors; So Long Marianne and Confusion appear here for the first time on any James release, Once a Friend for the first time on CD, Lazy for the first time on UK release and Coffee and Toast for the first time as anything other than a download.
The Collection 1999-2006 The Collection is the name of Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica's second compilation album, that was released on November 15, 2006. In addition to material from the band's studio albums, the CD will include new versions of the songs "My Land" and "Replica", both of which originally appeared on the group's 1999 debut, "Ecliptica".
The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies is one of the oldest (if not the oldest) bibliography collections freely accessible on the Internet. It is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science and (computational) mathematics from various sources, covering most aspects of computer science.
The Collective (Freedom City) In the Freedom City campaign setting of the comic book themed Mutants and Masterminds roleplaying game, one of the potential threats superhero characters could face is The Collective, a hive-mind of mutated cockroaches. Because it is a collective organism, the Collective can be almost impossible to eradicate, making it a recurring villain in the game.
The Collective Conscience The Collective Conscience is an innovative Seattle Area Alternative Garage Rock/Hip-Hop band with five regular members and a multitude of special guests. The Collective Conscience, also known as the "Col-Con Crew" have established themselves in the Seattle underground musical scene with raw musicianship and engaging lyrical prowess.
The Collectors The Collectors was a rock band active in the 1960s. It debuted in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1961 as a house band (the C-FUN Classics) for CFUN-AM radio, and renamed itself as "The Collectors" in 1966.
The Colleen Bawn The Colleen Bawn (also sometimes referred to as The Brides of Garryowen) is a melodramatic play written by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault. It was first performed at Miss Laura Keene's Theatre, New York, on 27 March 1860.
The College Community The College Community at Grace is a Christian community led by Pastor Bob Covolo who is supported by numerous staff. The Group is a growing percentage of the total congregation of Grace Brethren Church of Long Beach.
The College of Human Ecology at East Carolina University The College of Human Ecology at East Carolina University (CHE) mission is to educate professionals who enhance the well-being of people and communities. Through research, service, and outreach, each academic discipline strives to improve the relationship between people and their environments.
The College of Saint Rose Albany The College of Saint Rose was founded in 1920 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet as a Roman Catholic college for women. Its founders selected the name of Saint Rose to honor the first canonized saint in the Americas.

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