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Vicente Huidobro Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández (January 10, 1893 – January 2, 1948) was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He was an exponent of the artistic movement called Creacionismo ("Creationism"), which held that a poet should bring life to the things he or she writes about, rather than just describe them.
Vicente Leñero Vicente Leñero (born June 9, 1933 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican novelist, journalist, and dramatist. He has written numerous books, stories, and plays, including a theatrical adaptation of Oscar Lewis's The Children of Sanchez.
Vicente Liem de la Paz Vicente Liem de la Paz (1732 – November 7, 1773) was a Tonkinese (present day Vietnam) Dominican friar venerated as a saint and martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. He was born at Tra-lu, Tonkin in 1732 to Antonio and Mónica Daeon de la Cruz, members of the Tonkinese nobility.
Vicente Lombardo Toledano Vicente Lombardo Toledano (July 16, 1894 – November 16, 1968) was one of the foremost Mexican labor leaders of the 20th century. He founded the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), the national labor federation most closely associated with the ruling party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), for most of the last sixty-five years of that century.
Vicente MartĂ­n y Soler Vicente MartĂ­n y Soler (May 2, 1754 - January 30, 1806) was a Valencian composer of opera and ballet. Although relatively obscure today, in his own day he was compared favorably with his contemporary, Mozart, as a composer of opera buffa.
Vicente Masip Vicente Joanes Masip (or Juanes or Macip) (1506 - 21 December 1579), head of the Valencian school of painters, and often called "the Spanish Raphael," was born at La Font de la Figuera in the province of Valencia. He is said to have studied his art for some time in Rome, with which school his affinities are closest, but he greater part of his professional life was spent in the city of Valencia, where most of the extant examples of his work are now to be found.
Vicente MejĂ­a Colindres Vicente MejĂ­a Colindres (1878-1966) was President of Honduras between September 16 and October 5, 1919; and again between February 1 1929 and February 1 1933. A successful beginning to his presidency was dampened by the effects of the 1929 economic depression.
Vicente Miera Vicente Miera Campos (born May 10, 1940 in Santander, Cantabria) is a former football manager from Spain, who guided the national team to the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He worked for clubs like Real Oviedo, Sporting Gijon, Atlético Madrid, and Español.
Vicente Padilla Vicente Padilla (born September 27, 1977 in Chinandega, Nicaragua) is a professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers. He has also played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and, most notably, the Philadelphia Phillies.
Vicente Palacios Vicente Palacios (born July 19, 1963 in Manlio Fabio Altamirano, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico) was a Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1987-88 and 1990-92), St. Louis Cardinals (1994-95) and San Diego Padres (2000).
Vicente PernĂ­a Vicente Alberto PernĂ­a (born April 25, 1949 in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province), known as El Tano (the Neapolitan), is a former Argentine professional football (soccer) player. He then went on to a second career as a car racing driver.
Vicente Rodríguez (boxer) Vicente Rodríguez Royán (born July 20, 1954) is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped (lost on points, 2:3) in the third round of the flyweight division (– 51 kg) division by North Korea's Ung Jo-Jong.
Vicente Romo Vicente Romo Navarro (born April 12, 1943 in Santa RosalĂ­a, Baja California Sur, Mexico) is a former right handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1968 through 1982, Romo played for the Cleveland Indians (1968-69), Boston Red Sox (1969-70), Chicago White Sox (1971-72), San Diego Padres (1973-74) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1982).
Vicenzino Manipulations Vicenzino Manipulations are a series of manipulations to both the elbow and the ankle/foot to cure Tennis Elbow and over-pronation at the ankle respectively. As with most manipulations (as opposed to mobilisations) the techniques involve hard thrusts at the end of range, which aim to correct biomechanical faults, ease pain, and restore range of motion utilizing the benefits of joint cavitation.
Viceregal throne (Ireland) The Viceregal throne is the former throne of the Viceroy of Ireland (the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland). A set of thrones, one for the Viceroy and one for his wife, the Vicereine, were used on state occasions in Dublin Castle.
Viceroy A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and French roi, meaning king.
Viceroy butterfly The Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is a North American butterfly with a range from the Northwest Territories along the eastern edges of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada mountains. Its wings feature an orange and black pattern, giving it the resemblance of a small Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
Viceroy of Norway The Viceroy of Norway (Visekonge in Norwegian) was the appointed head of the Norwegian Government in the absence of the King. His role was essentially that of the Governor-general, which has led to confusion as to who filled which office.
Viceroy of Zhili The Viceroy of Zhili (直隸總督/直隶总督), fully referred to as the Governor General of Zhili and surrounding areas; Overseeing Military Affairs, Food Production; Manager of Waterways; Director of Civil Affairs (總督直隸等處地方，提督軍務、糧餉、管理河道兼巡撫事), was one of eight viceroys of the Qing Dynasty in China.
Viceroy's Commissioned Officer A Viceroy's Commissioned Officer (VCO) was a senior Indian member of the British Indian Army. VCOs held appointments approximately equivalent to Warrant Officers in the British Army, but held a commission issued by the Viceroy.
Viceroy, South Carolina Viceroy is a fictional city created in 1997 by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Jackson Guice as an occasional backdrop for the adventures of the superhero comic book series Resurrection Man published by DC Comics.
Viceroyalty of Brazil The Portuguese Viceroyalty of Brazil encompassed not even the majority of current Brazil. It was restricted to its current South, Center-West and Southeastern regions, mainly as a result of expansionism from the Capitania de SĂŁo Vicente, the current state of SĂŁo Paulo, which then sought to alleviate its poverty by penetrating the hinterlands in search of Indian slaves and precious metals and stones.
Viceroyalty of New Granada The Viceroyalty of New Granada (Spanish: Virreinato de la Nueva Granada) was the name given in 1717 to a Spanish colonial jurisdiction in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia. Before the nineteenth century independence struggles, the Viceroyalty of New Granada existed as a political and administrative entity which also extended to include oversight over local authorities in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, as well as small parts of Brazil, Central America, Peru and the Guianas.
Viceroyalty of Peru Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del PerĂş) was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish-ruled South America, governed from the capital of Lima. The Viceroyalty of Peru became the richest and most powerful Spanish Viceroyalty in America from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Created in 1776, the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was the last and most shortlived viceroyalty created by Spain. (The Spanish name, Virreinato del Río de la Plata, translates literally to Viceroyalty of the River of Silver, although some sources conventionally call the viceroyalty Viceroyalty of the River Plate; see the Encyclopædia Britannica entry.
Vicia Vicia is a large genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. One species, Vicia faba, commonly known as Broad Bean or fava bean is cultivated for human consumption, while a number of other species Vicia sativa, Vicia ervilia, Vicia articulata Hornem.
Vicia faba Vicia faba, the broad bean, fava bean, faba bean, horse bean, field bean or tic bean is a species of bean (Fabaceae) native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere. Although usually classified in the same genus Vicia as the vetches, some botanists treat it in a separate monotypic genus as Faba sativa Moench.
Vicinal (logology) A vicinal is a logological term for a word where all its letters have "alphabetic neighbors". For instance, if a word has an "O" in it, to be a vicinal it must also have an "N" and/or a "P".
Vicinal tramway The Vicinal or Buurtspoorweg were a system of narrow gauge tramways or local railways in Belgium, which covered the whole country and had a greater route length than the mainline railway system. They were 1 m (3 ft 3 in) gauge and the system included electrified city lines as well as rural lines using steam locomotives and railcars; half of the system was electrified.
Vicious Circle (comics) The Vicious Circle is a team of villainous mutants, cyborgs, monsters, assassins, and magicians that serves as the primary opponents for the superheroes in Erik Larsen's comic-book titles. The group has a varying line-up, sometimes consisting of five-to-six members and sometimes having a staggeringly huge membership.
Vicious Circle (group) Vicious Circle are an underground hip hop group from Wolverhampton, consisting of rappers 10Shott and Size8. They were signed to Wolftown Recordings in the late 1990s after label co-founder Tricksta found them rapping and beatboxing in the high-rise flats where he lived.
Vicious Rumors Vicious Rumors is an American power metal band founded in 1979 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The brainchild of Geoff Thorpe, the band has been active on the metal scene since its inception in 1979.
Vickers 6-Ton The Vickers 6-Ton Tank or Vickers Mark E was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. It was not purchased by the British Army, but was picked up by a large number of foreign armed forces and was copied almost exactly by the Soviets as the T-26.
Vickers A1E1 Independent The Independent A1E1 was a multi-turreted tank designed by the British armaments manufacturer Vickers during the Interwar period. Although only ever reaching the prototype stage, it influenced many other tank designs.
Vickers hardness test The Vickers hardness test was developed in the early 1920s as an alternative method to measure the hardness of materials. Reasons why it is easier to use than other hardness tests is that calculations are not dependent on the size of the indenter, and also that the indenter can be used for all materials irrespective of hardness.
Vickers K machine gun The Vickers K gun known as the Vickers Gas Operated (VGO) in British service, was a rapid firing machine gun developed for use by observers in aircraft. The high rate of fire was needed for the short window of opportunity when the observer would be able to fire at an attacking aircraft.
Vickers plc Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers Armstrong Limited after the privatisation of three of its four operating groups; aviation (as a 50% share since 1960 of British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in 1977), shipbuilding (Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group in 1977) and steel.
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, Ltd (VSEL) was a shipbuilding company based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria in northwest England that built warships and armaments. The company was historically the Naval Construction Works of Vickers-Armstrong and has a proud heritage of building large naval warships and armaments.
Vickers Vildebeest The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent were two very large 2- to 3-seat single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers and used as a light bomber, torpedo bomber and in the army cooperation roles. Designed against RAF specification 24/25, the Vildebeest was first flown in 1928, and entered production in 1931.
Vickers Vimy The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft of the post-World War I era. Designed by Reginald Kirshaw Pierson to be capable of attacking targets in Germany, and produced by the Vickers Company in Leighton Buzzard, it first flew on 30 November 1917.
Vickers Viscount The Viscount was a medium-range turboprop airliner introduced in 1953 by Vickers-Armstrong, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world. It would go on to be one of the most successful of the first-generation post-war transports, with 445 being built over the life of the production line.
Vickers Wellesley The Vickers Wellesley was a British 1930s light bomber built by Vickers Armstrong for the Royal Air Force. While it was obsolete by the start of the Second World War, and unsuited to the European air war, from 1940 to 1942.
Vickers-Armstrongs Limited Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927. The majority of the company was nationalised in the 1960s and 1970s, with the remainder being divested as Vickers plc in 1977.
Vickerstown Vickerstown is an area located on the Isle of Walney, near to the mainland town of Barrow-in-Furness, England. Albeit not part of mainland Cumbria, Vickerstown is still regarded as part of the town of Barrow-in-Furness.
Vickery Place, Dallas, Texas Vickery Place is a neighborhood in north Dallas, Texas (USA), bounded on the north by Goodwin Avenue, on the west by North Central Expressway (US 75) and Henderson, on the south by Belmont, and on the east by Greenville Avenue.
Vickery Turner Vickery Turner (born April 3, 1945 in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey - died April 4, 2006) was a British actress, writer and director. She started out on stage and her first breakthrough role was in the first production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie opposite Vanessa Redgrave.
Vickey Dixon Victoria ("Vickey") Dixon (born August 5, 1959) is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988.
Vicki Vicki is a fictional character played by Maureen O'Brien in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. An orphan from the 25th century, she was a companion of the First Doctor and a regular in the programme in Seasons 2 and 3 in 1965.
Vicki Archer Vicki Archer presented 'Mellow Magic' between 7 - 10pm weeknights on the Magic 1152 network until September 1995 when she took maternity leave. She returned in early 2006 to host the Sunday night 'Magic At The Movies'show until October of that year.
Vicki Aspinall Vicky Aspinall was the violinist in the English punk rock band The Raincoats. She was a founder, in 1992 of Fresh Records, a leading UK Indie dance pop label with 18 UK Top 40 hits and 23 Club chart No1's to date.
Vicki Cardwell Vicki Cardwell (born 21 April, 1955) is a retired squash player from Australia, who was born as Vicki Hoffman. During her career, she won the World Open in 1983, and captured the British Open title four consecutive times in 1980-83.
Vicki Fowler Vicki Fowler was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She was played by Emma Herry from 1986 to 1988, then by Samantha Leigh Martin from 1988 to 1995, but Scarlett Johnson is the most recent actress to play her, from 2003 to 2004.
Vicki Frederick Vicki Frederick (born 1954 in Georgia, USA) is an American Television and film actress who has starred in a number of popular TV shows such as Murder She Wrote in 1990, and Mork and Mindy and Happy Days in 1979.
Vicki Gabereau Vicki Frances Gabereau (born 1946) is a Canadian radio and television personality. Most recently she hosted an eponymously titled afternoon talk show on CTV Television Network, which wrapped up production on April 8th, 2005.
Vicki Goetze Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (born October 17, 1972 in Mishicot, Wisconsin) is an American golfing champion. Living in Hull, Georgia, she was voted "Player of the Year" from 1988 to 1990 by the American Junior Golf Association.
Vicki Hyde Vicki Hyde (née Vicki Spong) is a New Zealand science writer and editor, and chair-entity of the New Zealand Skeptics. She is co-owner with her husband Peter of a New Zealand-based software and web development company, Webcentre Ltd.
Vicki Nelson-Dunbar Vicki Nelson-Dunbar (born September 25 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career she won one top-level singles title (at SĂŁo Paulo in 1986), and reached the fourth round of the US Open in 1982.
Vicki Randle Vicki Randle (born December 11, 1954) in San Francisco, CA is a singer, multi-instrumentalist (primarily acoustic guitar and percussion) and composer, most well known as as the only female member of The Tonight Show Band, starting with host Jay Leno in 1992 to present. She has recorded and/or toured with Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Lionel Richie, Kenny Loggins, Celine Dion, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Lyle Mays, and many others.
Vicki Shiran Vicki Shiran (February 28 1947 - March 15 2004) was a leader of a movement promoting Mizrahi Jews consciousness in Israel. She was an advocate of "equal rights" and played a key role in the fight for the advancement of Mizrahim, who are Jews who immigrated to Israel from the Arab World and Third World countries.
Vicki Wilson Vicki Wilson (born 11 February 1965) is an Australian netballer, renowned as the world's leading goal shooter. She became captain of the Australian Netball team in 1996, captaining the Australian team in the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Vickie Chapman Vickie Chapman is an Australian politician and lawyer, born on Kangaroo Island on June 21, 1957. One of seven children, Chapman attended Parndana Area School, and later attended Pembroke School in Adelaide following the departure of her mother at age 12.
Vickie Winans Vickie Winans (née Bowman, born October 18, 1953) is a Grammy-nominated gospel recording artist. She is the mother of R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Mario Winans and the former wife of Marvin Winans, a member of the legendary gospel group The Winans.
Vickrey auction A Vickrey auction is a type of sealed-bid auction, where bidders submit written bids without knowing the bid of the other people in the auction. The highest bidder wins, but the price paid is the second highest bid.
Vicksburg Campaign The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of battles and maneuvers in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj.
Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863. The park, in Vicksburg, Mississippi and Delta, Louisiana, also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign which preceded the battle.
Vicksburg, Mississippi Vicksburg is a city in Warren County, Mississippi. It is located 234 miles (377 km) north by west of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, and 40 miles (65 km) due west of Jackson, the state capital.
Vicky (The Fairly OddParents) Vicky (Icky with a V, as she is often referred to) is the babysitter of Timmy Turner, the central character on animated series The Fairly OddParents. She has a reputation for being very mean and making things tough for Timmy.
Vicky Aspinall Vicky Aspinall was the violinist in the English punk rock band The Raincoats. She was a founder, in 1992 of Fresh Records, a leading UK Indie dance pop label with 18 UK Top 40 hits and 23 Club chart No1's to date.
Vicky Austin Victoria "Vicky" Austin is one of Madeline L'Engle's most frequently-used fictional characters, appearing in eight books and referred to in at least one more. She is the main protagonist of the Austin family series of books.
Vicky Botwright Vicky Botwright (born 18 June 1977, in Manchester, United Kingdom) is an English squash player. Although she was ranked fifth in the world at the end of 2005, she is more famous for planning to appear on court in a thong bikini style outfit of sports bra and thong briefs.
Vicky Entwistle Vicky Entwistle (born 15 September 1968 in Accrington, Lancashire) is an English actress who since 1997 has played the role of "loud mouth" factory worker, Janice Battersby in ITV1's long running soap opera, Coronation Street.
Vicky Hadjivassiliou Vicky Hadjivassiliou (Greek: Βίκυ Χατζηβασιλείου), also spelling as Hadjivasiliou or Hadjivasileiou, is a Greek author, television presenter and local politician who stood for PASOK in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vicky Kaya Vicky Kaya, in Greek: Βίκυ Καγιά, born 1978 in Athens is a Greek super model/actress who is well known in the International Fashion World and has appeared on the covers of numerous international fashion magazines such Vogue, Esquire ,Madame]
Vicky Leandros Vicky Leandros (born August 23, 1952), daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou (known as Leo Leandros - composer pseudonym Mario Panas) is a Greek singer with a long international career.
Vicky Longley Vicky Longley, full name Victoria Longley (born 26th October 1988) is a British Actress. She stars as Emma Norton in the childrens comedy Genie in the House, screened in the UK on Nickelodeon, and in France on Canal J.
Vicky Swain Victoria (Vicky) Swain is an English female professional wrestler best known by her ring name Vicky Skye, often shortened to Skye. Still early in her career, at the age of 19, she is in the top ten women wrestlers in the United Kingdom.
Vicky the Viking Vicky the Viking (Wickie und die starken Männer in Germany, Chīsa na Viking Bikke in Japan, Wikki de Viking in The Netherlands, Vickie, o Viking in Portugal and Vicky el Vikingo in Spain) is an Austrian-German-Japanese cartoon series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It premiered in the German TV channel ZDF on January 31 1974.
Vico C Vico C (born Armando Lozada Cruz on September 8, 1971) is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer who is considered one of the founders of hip hop in Spanish or Latin hip hop. He was born in New York but raised in Puerto Rico.
Vicodin Vicodin (Hydrocodone or dihydrocodeinone, not to be confused with dihydrocodeine) is a pain killer most commonly seen as a white tablet with the name “Vicodin,” “Vicodin ES,” or “Vicodin HP” imprinted on one side. It shares its characteristics with many other drugs in chemistry and form; such drugs are also pain killers and may be marketed as Anexsia, Anolor DH5, Bancap HC, Dolacet, Lorcet 10/650, Lorcet HD, Lorcet Plus, Lortab, Lortab 10, Lortab 5/500, Lortab 7.
Vicryl Vicryl tm (polyglactin 910) is an absorbable, synthetic, braided suture. It is indicated for soft tissue approximation and ligation, and holds its tensile strength for approximately three to four weeks in tissue.
Victim 07+08 Victim 07+08 is a monster from the Konami Game Silent Hill 4: The Room. The monster resembles the heads of two infants with a body shrouded in long brown hair, supported by two oversized arms using the hands for feet.
Victim impact statement A victim impact statement is a written or verbal statement made as part of the judicial legal process, which allows a victim of crime the opportunity to speak during the sentencing of their attacker or at subsequent parole hearings. In some instances video taped statements are permitted.
Victim Notification System A Victim Notification System (VNS), Crime Victim Notification (CVN) or State-wide Automated Victim Notification Service (SAVNS) is a computer controlled system by which victims of federal crimes are informed about the release of or the escape of the offender(s) who perpetrated that crime.
Victim of Changes Victim of Changes is ex-Judas Priest singer Al Atkins' fourth release, it is named after a Judas Priest song of the same name originally found on the Sad Wings of Destiny album. The album's sleeve contains 3 pages of histoic photos and a biography outlining his days in Judas Priest.
Victim of Love (album) Victim of Love is a disco album from Elton John. Recorded at Musicland, Munich and Rusk Sound Studios, Hollywood, it was not critically or commercially well-received and is his second lowest charting album to date.
Victim of Love (song) "Victim of Love" was the third single released from Erasure's second album The Circus and the duo's sixth single overall. The song was written by band members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell and incorporates the signature Erasure sound of uptempo rhythm, analog synthesizer and a prominent acoustic guitar.
Victim of peace The expression victim of peace was a euphemism used by some of the Israeli left-wing politicians to refer to victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks in the period between the signing of September 1993 Oslo Peace Accords between Palestinians and Israel and the Al-Aqsa Intifada sparked in September 2000.
Victim of the Brain Victim of the Brain is a 1988 film by Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos, loosely based on The Mind's I, a compilation of texts and stories on the philosophy of mind and self, co-edited by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett.
Victim study A victim study ( or victimisation survey) is a survey, such as the British Crime Survey, that asks a sample of people which crimes have been committed against them over a fixed period of time and whether or not they have been reported to the police. Victim studies may be carried out at a national or local level.
Victimae Paschali Laudes Victimae Paschali Laudes is a sequence prescribed for the Roman Catholic Mass of Easter Sunday. It is usually attributed to the 11th century Wipo of Burgundy, chaplain to the German Emperor Conrad II, but has also been attributed to Notker Balbulus, Robert II of France, and Adam of St.
Victimless crime (political philosophy) A victimless crime is behavior of an individual which is forbidden by law, but which does not violate nor significantly threaten the rights of other individuals. Controversy about the applicability of the term usually surrounds the issue of whether a victim exists (some argue that "victimless" crimes affect society as a whole, thus making society a "victim").
Victimology Victimology is the study of why certain people are victims of crime and how lifestyles affect the chances that a certain person will fall victim to a crime. The field of victimology can cover a wide number of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, criminal justice, law and advocacy.
Victims' rights group A victim's rights group is a type of interest group which advocates or lobbies for legal, social or political change on behalf of victims of serious crime or injustice. Members of such groups often include family members or friends of such victims.
Victims' Rights Amendment In the United States, the Victims' Rights Amendment is a provision which has been included in some state constitutions, proposed for others, and additionally has been proposed for inclusion in the United States Constitution. Its provisions vary from state to state but are usually somewhat similar.
Victor A. McKusick Victor Almon McKusick (born October 21, 1921), internist and medical geneticist, is University Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. He is the original author and remains chief editor of Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM) and its online counterpart Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), a database of heritable diseases and genes.
Victor A. Miller Victor Andrew Miller (August 27, 1916 in Eaton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin-July 18, 1984) was Attorney General of Wisconsin from October 8, 1974, when he was appointed by Governor Patrick J. Lucey to fill a vacancy on the resignation of Robert W.
Victor Aaron Victor Aaron (September 11, 1956 – September 4, 1996) was a Native American actor of the Yaqui tribe. He was the original voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill, and was taken over from by Jonathan Joss in the show's second season after his death.
Victor Alexander Victor Alexander (born August 31, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. Alexander played five seasons in the NBA, mainly for the Warriors from 1991-1995.
Victor Althouse Victor Fredrich Althouse (born April 15, 1937 in Wadena, Saskatchewan) is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Humboldt—Lake Centre from 1980 to 1988, and Mackenzie from 1988 to 1997, in the Canadian House of Commons.
Victor Ambrus Victor Ambrus (born László Győző Ambrus, August 19, 1935, in Budapest, Hungary), is an illustrator best known for his regular appearances on the Channel 4 archaeology television series Time Team, where he visualises how the sites being excavated may have once looked. He is an Associate of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers.

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