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The Complex Rock Tour Live The Complex Rock Tour Live is a live DVD by Blue Man Group in support of their album, The Complex. It features almost all of the songs off of that album as well as one ("Drumbone") from their older one, Audio, and a cover of The Who song "Baba O'Riley".
The Complexity of Songs "The Complexity of Songs" was an article published by Donald Knuth, an example of an in-joke in computer science, namely, in computational complexity theory. The article capitalizes on the tendency of popular songs to evolve from long and content-rich ballads to highly repetitive texts with little or no meaningful content.
The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions The Comprehensive Compilation of the Names of the Prophet's Companions (Arabic: Al-Istiab fi ma'rifat al-Ashab) is a book written by the prominent Sunni Islamic scholar Ibn Abd-al-Barr, a book prominently used as a reference in Islamic literature, the Ilm ar-Rijalhttp://en.fgulen.
The Computer Connection The Computer Connection is a novel by science fiction author Alfred Bester. Originally published as a serial in Analog Science Fiction (November, December 1974, January 1975, under the title The Indian Giver), it appeared in book form in 1975.
The Computer Contradictionary The Computer Contradictionary by Stan Kelly-Bootle is a so-called "laxicon" of computer industry terms. It is an excellent example of "cynical lexicography" in the tradition of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary.
The Computer is Personal Again The Computer Is Personal Again is HP's PSG new campaign that was brought up in May 2006. Two months after its creation, Dell followed up with its own campaign entitled "Purely You," which seems to piggyback off the HP idea.
The Computer Journal The Computer Journal is a journal published by the Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Computer Society. It contains peer-reviewed articles and other contributions on computer science and information systems.
The Computer Programme The Computer Programme was a TV series originally broadcast by the BBC (on BBC2) in 1982. The idea behind the series was to introduce people to computers and show them what they were capable of — as a result of this the BBC wanted to use their own computer, so the BBC Micro was developed as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project (more details on the inception of the BBC Micro can be found in the Wikipedia article for that microcomputer).
The Computer That Ate My Brother The Computer That Ate My Brother is perhaps the most famous Dean Marney book. Published in 1985, it is about a boy who receives a computer on his twelfth birthday, only to find it has a mind of its own, flashing lights to get attention, switching itself on and off at will, communicating using text (similar to the WOPR), etc.
The Computer That Said Steal Me The Computer That Said Steal Me (ISBN 0-590-32636-8) is a 1983 Elizabeth Levy book about a boy who wants to get a chess computer in order to compete with his friends, but feels he must steal it because his parents cannot afford it. He devises a rather ingenious means of making the theft, but after the act is consummated, he is overcome with guilt and paranoia, similar to Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment.
The Concept of Mind In his prominent work, The Concept of Mind (1949), the philosopher Gilbert Ryle described what he saw as the "fundamental mistake" made by Descartes' dualism, and underlying much of western philosophy. Ryle's work famously coined the phrase "the dogma of the ghost in the machine" to refer to Descartes' model.
The Conceptual Framework The Conceptual Framework is a linked set of agencies that assist in the critical analysis of Art. They can be discussed as separate entities or linking to the Frames (cultural, structural, subjective, and postmodern).
The Concert for New York City The Concert for New York City was a benefit concert, featuring many famous musicians, that took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden in New York City in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Most of the attendees were families and fellow members of the New York Fire Department and New York Police Department, honoring those lost in the attacks and those who had worked in the ongoing rescue and recovery efforts in the weeks since then.
The Concerts in China The Concerts in China (French title: Les Concerts en Chine) is a live album by Jean Michel Jarre, recorded in 1981 and released in 1982 on Disques Dreyfus. It was recorded during Jarre's Concerts in China tour of Autumn 1981, which consisted of five Peking and Shanghai concerts in China; this was the first time a Western pop artist performed in China after the Cultural Revolution.
The Concise History of Humanity or Chronicles The Concise History of Humanity or Chronicles (Arabic: 'Tarikhu 'l-mukhtasar fi Akhbari 'l-basha'), or Tarikh Abul Fida, is a history book authored by Abul Fida Ismail Ibn Hamwi in 1315 and continued by the author to 1329.
The Condemned The Condemned is a thriller film directed and written by Scott Wiper, and starring Stone Cold Steve Austin along with Vinnie Jones. The fights are co-ordinated by Richard Norton, who also stunt doubles for Jones on some scenes.
The Cone Gatherers The Cone Gatherers, by Robin Jenkins and published in 1955, is a powerful examination of good and evil. The novel is set during World War II and on a large Scottish estate where two brothers, Calum and Neil, are employed as cone-gatherers, harvesting pine cones.
The Conet Project The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations is a four-CD set of recordings of numbers stations, mysterious shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin believed to be operated by government agencies to communicate with spies "in the field". The collection was released by England's Irdial-Discs record label in 1997, based on the work of number station enthusiast Akin Fernandez.
The Confederation Handbook The Confederation Handbook: The Essential Companion Guide to the Night's Dawn Trilogy: The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist, and The Naked God (ISBN 0-333-78588-6, Tor Books, 2000) is a book written by Peter F. Hamilton documenting the universe of The Night's Dawn Trilogy (and the associated short story book A Second Chance at Eden) in a non-fiction style.
The Conference Board The Conference Board is a non-profit global business organization composed of business executives that hosts conferences, conducts business management research, and produces a number of economic statistics, including the Consumer Confidence Index, CEO Confidence index, the Help Wanted index, and indexes of leading indicators, coincident indicators, and lagging indicators. A similar but separate organization exists in Canada, Conference Board of Canada.
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley The Confessions of Aleister Crowley : An Autohagiography, by Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), is a book written in six parts. It is subtitled "An Autohagiography" which refers to the autobiography of a Saint.
The Confessions Tour (album) The Confessions Tour is Madonna's second live album. Recorded during her highly successful 2006 Confessions Tour, the album was a bonus to the DVD release of Madonna's Confessions Tour - Live from London special, directed by Jonas Ă…kerlund.
The Confidence-Man The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer and author of Moby-Dick. Published on April 1, 1857 (presumably the exact day of the novel's setting), The Confidence-Man was Melville's tenth major work in eleven years.
The Confidential Agent The Confidential Agent is a 1939 thriller novel by British author Graham Greene. Set at the time of the Spanish Civil War, a Spanish patriot sails for England to secure a coal contract with Lord Benditch that will greatly assist the loyalist cause.
The Conformist The Conformist (Il conformista) is a novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1951), which details the life and desire for normality of a government official during Italy's fascist period. It is also known for the 1970 film adaptation by Bernardo Bertolucci.
The Confusions of Young Törless The Confusions of Young Törless (German original title: Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß), the title of the novel is sometimes translated as Young Törless or Young Torless, is the literary debut of the Austrian novelist and essayist Robert Musil, first published in 1906.
The Congos The Congos were the reggae duo "Ashanti" Roy Johnson tenor, and Cedric Myton falsetto, both born in 1947. Specialising in roots reggae, with rastafari/spiritual lyrics, they recorded the classic Heart of The Congos in 1977, produced by Lee Perry at The Black Ark Studio, with the Congos augmented by illustrious backing singers such as Gregory Isaacs and The Heptones.
The Congressional Trinity The Congressional Trinity, run by the prestigious High Trinity, was created on April 27, 2006, and has swelled in power since. Through numerous struggles, its members have remained united, and has defeated its worst and most formidable enemies.
The Conchologist's First Book The Conchologist's First Book (1839) is a book issued in 1839, 1840, and 1845 under Edgar Allan Poe's name. However, it was primarily based on an earlier book Manual of Conchology by naturalist Thomas Wyatt, who hired Poe to write a slightly revised and less expensive edition.
The Connaught Rangers The Connaught Rangers ("the Devil's Own") was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 from the men of Connacht by John Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricard. Their service in the Crimean War was recognised by the presentation to the City of Galway of a pair of guns in memoriam, which until recently remained on prominent display on the city's main square, and now are displayed outside City Hall.
The Connecticut Business Hall Of Fame Connecticut Business Hall Of Fame -- Established in 2005, the Connecticut Business Hall Of Famewas created as a statewide organization to feature the accomplishments of companies and business leaders and to promote future business activities in the state.
The Connection The Connection was a radio call-in program from WBUR that ran from 1994 to 2005. Originally hosted by Christopher Lydon (1994–2001), and (after a series of short-term fill-in hosts) followed by Dick Gordon (2001–2005), it was syndicated to as many as 66 public radio stations in the United States.
The Conqueror The Conqueror was a 1956 film produced by Howard Hughes and starring John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. Other performers included Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Pedro Armendáriz and Chief Tahachee.
The Conqueror Worm "The Conqueror Worm" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe about human mortality and the inevitability of death. It was first published separately in Graham's Magazine in 1843, but quickly became associated with Poe's short story Ligeia after Poe added the poem to a revised publication of the story in 1845.
The Conqueror Worms The Conqueror Worms (alternate title Earthworm Gods) is a post-appocalyptic themed horror novel written by author Brian Keene. "Earthworm Gods" was a 9,000 word short story that simultaneously was printed in 4x4 and No Rest For The Wicked.
The Conquest of Bread The Conquest of Bread (French: La Conquête du Pain) is a book by the anarchist communist Peter Kropotkin. Originally written in French, it first appeared as a series of articles in the anarchist journals Le Révolté and La Revolté (which were both edited by Kropotkin).
The Conquest of New Spain The Conquest of New Spain (Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España) is the first person conquistador narrative of Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 or 1493 - 1581), a 16th century soldier, settler and conqueror who served with Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Juan de Grijalva and Hernán Cortés in Mexico and Yucatan, and saw and participated in the fall of Moctezuma II and with him the end of the great Aztec empire.
The Conquest of Space The Conquest of Space is a 1949 speculative science book illustrated by Chesley Bonestell and written by Willy Ley. The book contains a portfolio of paintings by Bonestell depicting the possible future exploration of the solar system with explanatory text by Ley.
The Conscious Daughters The Conscious Daughters is a female rap duo out of Northern California's Bay Area ushered in the gangsta bitch era of female rappers following the Bosses lead, Special One & CMG were signed to controversial militant rapper Paris's record label Scarface Records, where they released their debut Ear to the Street in 1993, following in 1996 with their sophomore effort Gamers.
The Consequences of Love The Consequences of Love (original Italian title: Le conseguenze dell'amore) is a film made in 2004 by the Neapolitan director Paolo Sorrentino. It is a psychological thriller which tells the story of a lonely and secretive Italian businessman living in a Swiss hotel.
The Consort of Musicke The Consort of Musicke is a British early music group, founded in 1969 by lutenist Anthony Rooley, who is the ensemble's Artistic Director. Members of the group are well known artists such as sopranos Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb, alto Mary Nichols, tenors Paul Agnew, Andrew King and Joseph Cornwell, and bass Simon Grant.
The Consortium on Financing Higher Education COFHE is an acronym for The Consortium on Financing Higher Education. It is a collection of thirty-one colleges and universities to cooperate and support each other on mostly financial issues, although the consortium often works together on academic issues.
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron, Marshall of France is a Jacobean tragedy by George Chapman, a two-part play or double play first performed and published in 1608. The two plays that comprise the larger work, The Conspiracy of Byron and The Tragedy of Byron, can also be described as "contemporary history;" they form the second and third installments in a series of dramas that Chapman wrote on French politics and history in his time, from Bussy D'Ambois through The Tragedy of Chabot, Admiral of France.
The Conspiracy of Beards The Conspiracy of Beards, based in San Francisco, California, are a 30-member a cappella male choir performing exclusively the songs of Leonard Cohen. Inspired by late artist Peter Kadyk and directed by Daryl Henline, the group performs gritty, uplifting renditions of Cohen's songs.
The Constant Gardener (film) The Constant Gardener is a film based on the novel of the same title by John le Carré, Directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God) and produced by Simon Channing-Williams (Secrets and Lies and Vera Drake), It tells the story of Justin Quayle, who finds his wife murdered and seeks to uncover the reasons behind her death. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, and was released on August 31, 2005.
The Constant Nymph The Constant Nymph is a novel by Margaret Kennedy which tells the story of a teenaged girl who falls in love with a family friend who eventually marries her cousin. The two girls show mutual jealousy over their common love for the man.
The Constitution is not a suicide pact "The Constitution is not a suicide pact" is a rhetorical phrase in American political and legal discourse. The phrase expresses the belief that constitutional restrictions on governmental power must give way to urgent practical needs.
The Constitution Unit The Constitution Unit is a UK based think tank that specialises in constitutional affairs and comparative constitutional studies. Founded in 1995 by Robert Hazell CBE (who remains Director of the Unit), it is now based within the Department of Political Science at University College London.
The Constitutional Protection Movement The Constituional Protection Movement was a series of movements led by Sun Yat-sen to resist the Beiyang Government between 1917 to 1922, in which Sun re-established another government in Guangzhou as a result. It was known as the Third Revolution in Kuomintang textbook.
The Constitutional Walking Tour The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia takes visitors on a walking journey through America's Most Historic Square Mile, the birthplace of our nation – “Where Every Day is Independence Day.” Located in Center City Philadelphia, The Constitutional includes many sites within the Independence National Historical Park area, which is home to the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.
The Consumer Council of Norway The Consumer Council of Norway (Norwegian: ForbrukerrĂĄdet) is a Norwegian independent consumer protection organisation. Its objectives are to work to increase consumer influence in society, to contribute to consumer-friendly developments, and to promote measures that strengthen the position of consumers.
The Consumer Goods The Consumer Goods are a Canadian indie rock/pop band hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Composed of members from Winnipeg's local music scene, including The Poets, The Horribly Awfuls, The Honeybuckets, and Paper Moon, the group has garnered attention on local and national college radio charts.
The Contact The Contact (접속, Cheob-sok) is a 1997 Korean romantic film directed by Chang Yoon-Hyun. Starring Han Suk-gyu and Jeon Do-yeon, it was the second biggest-grossing Korean film of 1997, and was awarded the Grand Bell Award for best picture.
The Contemporary Ballad Book The Contemporary Ballad Book was a 1974 Joan Baez compilation Vanguard put together, following the success of the Joan Baez Ballad Book. Unlike Ballad Book, however, this one focused on singer-songwriter material, rathter than traditional folk of the first collection.
The Contemporary Singers The Contemporary Singers were an amateur chamber choir based in Sydney, Australia, dedicated exclusively to the choral music of the 20th century. The group was formed in late 1986 by visiting Canadian composer David Colwell, and directed from mid 1987 until around 1999 by Antony Walker and Elliott Gyger.
The Contender (book) The Contender is an unreleased book by Darren Shan. According to Darren, the first draft was written in 2003, but then when The Demonata became such a large project, Darren did not have time to work on it anymore.
The Contender (TV series) The Contender is a reality television series that follows a group of boxers as they compete with one another in an elimination-style competition, while their lives and relationships with each other and their families are depicted. Produced by Mark Burnett, the show is hosted by Sugar Ray Leonard, who shared hosting duties in the first season with actor Sylvester Stallone.
The Contender 2 The Contender 2 was a reality television show based on the sport of boxing, but with an element of the (welterweight) competitor's lives and relationships with each other within the show's living quarters, based in Pasadena, California. Filmed in January and February of 2006retrieved 7 September], [[2006], the show began airing on July 18, 2006.
The Context Group The Context Group is a working group of international biblical scholars who promote research into the Bible using social-scientific methods such as anthropology and sociology. Its webpage defines the group succinctly as "A Project on the Bible in its Socio-Cultural Context".
The Continent Lashes Back series The Continent Lashes Back series is actually a sub-series of compilation albums of garage rock and psychedelic rock within the Pebbles series that covers 10 of the 28 volumes of LP's. Unlike the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series — which has its own volume numbers — the 10 volumes in this series are interspersed among the later volumes of the Pebbles series itself.
The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens is a 1953 collection of stories by science fiction and fantasy author L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Twayne Publishers, and in paperback by Signet Books in 1971.
The Continental (song) The Continental is a song written by Con Conrad with lyrics by Herb Magidson and was introduced by Ginger Rogers in the 1934 film The Gay Divorcee. The Continental won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song to be awarded.
The Continental Op The Continental Op is a fictional character created by Dashiell Hammett. A private investigator employed as an operative of the Continental Detective Agency's San Francisco office, he never gives his name and so is known only by his job description.
The Continua Health Alliance The Continua Health Alliance is an open industry group of technology, healthcare and fitness companies that will establish an ecosystem of connected personal health products and services, making it possible for patients, caregivers and healthcare providers to more proactively address ongoing healthcare needs.
The Contract (EP) The Contract is a four track EP from Long Island hardcore punk band, Crime In Stereo. It was released in July, 2005 on Blackout Records and was their final recording for the label before a move to Nitro Records.
The Contractions The Contractions is an early-Eighties all-female punk power trio based in San Francisco. The band consists of Mary Kelley on guitar and vocals, Debbie Hopkins on drums and vocals, and Kathy Peck on bass and vocals.
The Contrast (band) The Contrastare a guitar power pop] band based in [[Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. They were formed in 1999 by David Reid and have since released four albums on the New York based label Rainbow Quartz.
The Contrast (play) The Contrast, written in 1787 by Royall Tyler, is an American play in the tradition of many British plays of the Restoration. It is most notably based on Sheridan's The School for Scandal, a British comedy of manners.
The Control of Nature (book) The Control of Nature is a 1989 book by John McPhee that chronicles three attempts (with varying success) to control natural processes. The residents of Heimaey, Iceland saved their harbor by spraying water on the volcanic lava flow threatening to close it off.
The Convenient Marriage The Convenient Marriage is a Georgian romance novel by Georgette Heyer. Horatia Winwood, a stammering girl barely out of the schoolroom, takes the place of her beautiful older sister in entering into a marriage of convenience with the wealthy Earl of Rule.
The Conventioneers The Conventioneers is the most popular program currently on Bite TV, and can be viewed on YouTube. The show entails Hosts Jason Agnew, and Matt Chin as each week (Or every other) they go to a Convention that's in town.
The Conversation with the Man Called Al-Mu'tasim The Conversation with the Man Called Al-Mu'tasim: A Game of Shifting Mirrors is a non-existent novel supposedly by an Indian writer named Mir Bahadur Ali, referenced in the story The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim by Jorge Luis Borges (title in Spanish: El acercamiento a Almotásim). Borges's short story takes the form of a commentary on the fictional work, describing Conversation as a rewriting of the earlier book The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim.
The Conversion of Saint Paul (Caravaggio) The Conversion of Saint Paul (or Conversion of Saul), by the Italian painter Caravaggio, is housed in the Odescalchi Balbi Collection of Rome. It is one of at least two paintings by Caravaggio of the same subject.
The Cook The Cook is a 1918 silent film staring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The movie is a slapstick comedy and focuses on goings-on at a high-end restaurant with Arbuckle as the Cook and Keaton as the Waiter.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (punctuated onscreen as The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover) is a 1989 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the titular roles. Tim Roth plays a comical sidekick named Mitchell.
The Cool The Cool is the sophomore album from Lupe Fiasco. It is due out in Autumn 2007, and may possibly contain a guest appearance from the remaining members of Pink Floyd, Clipse, Pharrell, Kanye West & Teriyaki Boyz.
The Cool Mikado The Cool Mikado is a British musical film made in 1962, directed by Michael Winner, and produced by Harold Baim, with music arranged by Martin Slavin and John Barry. It starred Frankie Howerd, Lionel Blair and Stubby Kaye.
The Cool Wall (Top Gear) The Cool Wall is a recurring segment on the BBC2 motoring programme Top Gear, in which Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond decide which cars are cool, and which aren't, by placing photographs of them onto various sections of a large board. The categories are Sub Zero, Cool, Uncool , and Seriously Uncool and the DB9 section, and a vehicle's placement has nothing to do with how good or bad a car it is.
The Cool World The Cool World is a 1964 film which tells the story of life in the African-American ghetto in the early 60s. It stars Hampton Clanton, Yolanda RodrĂ­guez, Bostic Felton, Gary Bolling, Carl Lee and Clarence Williams III.
The Cooperettes The Cooperettes started out on Brunswick Records in 1966 with "Goodbye School," "Don't Trust Him" and "Everything's Wrong." However they were best known for their song "Shing-A-Ling.
The Cootees The Cootees, most often considered to be a side project of MxPx, is a punk rock band consisting of two members from MxPx, one member from Ninety Pound Wuss, and one member from Slick Shoes. They only created one album, entitled "Let's Play House", which was released in 1997.
The Cope The Cope, or the Templecrone Agricultural Co-operative Society, is a co-operative retail chain indigenous to The Rosses area of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1906, it has a number of normal supermarkets as well as a full department store, a builders merchants and an agricultural division.
The Copenhagen Opera House The Copenhagen Opera House (in Danish usually called Operaen) is the national Opera house of Denmark, and among the most modern opera houses in the world. It is located on the island of Holmen in the center of Copenhagen.
The Copenhagen Post The Copenhagen Post is a weekly newspaper providing Danish news in English both nationally and internationally; it is the only English-language newspaper published in Denmark. Founded in November 1997 by San Shepherd, The Copenhagen Post has a weekly circulation of between 12,000 and 15,000.
The Copenhagen School (theology) The Copenhagen School of Biblical Studies, also known as The Minimalist School is a school of biblical exegesis emphasizing that the bible should be read and analysed primarly as a collection of narratives and not as an accurate historical account of events in the prehistory of the middle east. This means that the theologists of the Copenhagen School reads the Bible primarily as a source to the times and circumstances under which it was written.
The Copper Peacock The Copper Peacock and Other Stories is a short-story collection by British writer Ruth Rendell. The title comes from the 6th story in the collection, in which a copper bookmark in the form of a peacock is gift from a cleaner to her employer, the giving of which has significant ramifications for their relationship.
The Coral Sea The Coral Sea are a Santa Barbara, California based Art Rock band led by Rey Villalobos. Their music has a heavy orchestral influence which has led to the use of their songs on the soundtrack of US TV shows 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Sleeper Cell'.
The Corbomite Maneuver "The Corbomite Maneuver" is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, first aired November 10 1966, and repeated May 11 1967. It is episode #10, production #3, the first regular episode of Star Trek produced after the two pilots, although it was aired later in the season.
The Core The Core (2003) is a science fiction disaster film very loosely based on the novel Core by Paul Preuss. It concerns a team that has to drill to the center of the Earth and set off a series of nuclear explosions in order to restart the rotation of Earth's core.
The Corellian Trilogy The Corellian Trilogy is a trilogy of novels written by Roger Macbride Allen that are set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe galaxy. They follow Han Solo and his family as they return to Solo's homeworld, Corellia.
The Cork Soakers The Cork Soakers was a comedic bit written by the comedian Redd Foxx that was popularized on an episode of Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz, and the guest-host of that night's show, Janet Jackson. It first aired live on April 10, 2004.
The Cornell American The Cornell American is an often-controversial independent student-run conservative monthly opinion newspaper at Cornell University, originally founded in 1992. It competes for attention with the more established Cornell Review, another conservative paper founded in 1985.
The Coronation of Charlemagne The Coronation of Charlemagne is a painting by the workshop of the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. Though it is believed that Raphael did make the designs for the composition, the fresco was probably painted by Gianfrancesco Penni or Giulio Romano.
The Corporate Machine The Corporate Machine is a computer game from Stardock in which the goal is to create a corporation in one of four industries (automobiles, aircraft, computers, and soft drinks) and eventually dominate your rival companies. To win you must have a monopoly in your chosen market (getting 55% to 65% of the market depending on the amount of opponents.
The Corporation The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film and book critical of the modern-day corporation and its behavior towards society. The topics addressed include the Business Plot in 1933 when General Smedley Butler confessed his role in planning a coup against then U.
The Correspondence School The Correspondence School (Te Kura-a-Tuhi) is New Zealand's largest school, with students from early childhood to secondary level. In addition to its ordinary full-time students, it provides programmes to students at other state-owned schools where a subject is unavailable, and to adults.
The Corries The Corries were a Scottish folk group which emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. Although the group was a trio in the early days, it was as the partnership of Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne that it is best known.
The Corrs The Corrs are a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Celtic folk-rock and pop rock group from Dundalk, Republic of Ireland. The members of the band are four siblings - three sisters and one brother - from the Corr family: Sharon, Caroline, Andrea and Jim Corr.
The Corsair The Corsair was a semi-autobiographical tale about a pirate written by Lord Byron in 1814, which was extremely popular and influential in its day, selling ten thousand copies on its first day of sale. books|Corsair, The]
The Cortège The Cortège (Swedish: Cortègen), or The Chalmers Cortège (Swedish: Chalmerscortègen) is an annual carnival parade held on Walpurgis Night (April 30) by students of the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. The Cortège consists of 500 students and around 50 truck carriages, each carriage depicting—in a satirical and comic way—significant events that has taken place since the previous parade.
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