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U Ne Win
U Ne Win , 1911-2002, Burmese soldier and political leader. He abandoned his original name, Shu Maung, in 1941 when he joined a Japanese-supported nationalist military group. Becoming commander of the Burmese Independence Army in 1943, he later turned against the Japanese. After Myanmar (known as... Read more |
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Ne Win
Ne Win Ne Win (born 1911) was a Burmese general and political leader who twice seized power from elected premier U Nu and ruled Burma (now Myanmar) as a repressive and isolationist socialist government until he resigned in 1988. Born in Prome, Burma (now Myanmar), Ne Win was named Shu Maung... Read more |
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Aerosmith
Aerosmith Rock group For the Record… Recorded Debut Album Regrouped and Got Clean Continued to Win Awards Finally Hit Number One Selected discography Sources ... Read more |
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Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza Ofra Haza (1959–2000) was Israel's leading pop music recording artist. Rising from poverty to stardom, Haza left the slums of Tel Aviv to win World Music Awards and to sing at the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. An icon in her country, the mezzo-soprano received... Read more |
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theory of games
theory of games group of mathematical theories first developed by John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. A game consists of a set of rules governing a competitive situation in which from two to n individuals or groups of individuals choose strategies designed to maximize their own winnings or... Read more |
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Jars of Clay
Jars of Clay Christian rock group The Nashville-based Christian rock band, Jars of Clay, achieved resounding success in the field of Christian alternative rock by infusing creativity with religion, music with scripture, and a distinctive musical style with traditional viewpoints. They broke... Read more |
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Mark Andrew Spitz
Mark Spitz American swimmer Mark Spitz (born 1950) is considered to have been the fastest swimmer in history. For six years, beginning in 1966, he dominated the sport, winning a world record seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, West Germany. This was the most gold medals won by... Read more |
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bridge
bridge card game derived from whist , played with 52 cards by four players in two partnerships. Basic Rules The cards in contract bridge rank from ace down to two; in bidding, suits rank spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. After all cards are dealt, so that each player holds 13 cards, the dealer... Read more |
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112
112 R&B group When four Atlanta, Georgia, high school students accepted an assignment to perform as a quartet at a school function in the 1990s, the event set the stage for their career as one of the major recording groups of the modern R&B era. The boy band, called 112, comprises... Read more |
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Lightstone Group and Prime Group Realty Trust's Continental Towers Wins...
Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE...that its Continental Towers office complex...continue to win awards...also The Lightstone Group...awarded the U.S. Environmental...story office towers of approximately...feet per tower. Above...Continental ... |