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Christine is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King,published in 1983. It tells the story of a car apparently possessed by malevolent supernatural forces. In April 2013,PS Publishing released Christine in a limited 30th Anniversary Edition.
The 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the eleventh season of the Craftsman Truck Series,the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. Ted Musgrave of Ultra Motorsports was crowned the season's champion.
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Charles Cecil Dennis Jr was a Liberian political figure who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under President William Tolbert from 1973 until the 1980 Liberian coup d'état led by Samuel Doe. Along with 11 other current and former members of the Liberian government,he was tried by a military tribunal and executed by firing squad ten days after the coup.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Blue Earth County,Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Blue Earth County,Minnesota,United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below,may be seen in an online map.
The IEEE Dennis J. Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications is an award presented for outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fields of radar technologies and their applications. This award can be presented to an individual or group of up to three people.
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The Nashville Student Movement was an organization that challenged racial segregation in Nashville,Tennessee,during the Civil Rights Movement. It was created during workshops in nonviolence taught by James Lawson at the Clark Memorial United Methodist Church. The students from this organization initiated the Nashville sit-ins in 1960. They were regarded as the most disciplined and effective of the student movement participants during 1960. The Nashville Student Movement was key in establishing leadership in the Freedom Riders.
David J. Dennis is a civil rights activist whose involvement began in the early 1960s. Dennis grew up in the segregated area of Omega,Louisiana. He worked as co-director of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO),as director of Mississippi's Congress of Racial Equality (CORE),and as one of the organizers of the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964. Dennis worked closely with both Bob Moses and Medgar Evers as well as with members of SNCC,the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. His first involvement in the Civil Rights Movement was at a Woolworth sit-in organized by CORE and he went on to become a Freedom Rider in 1961. Since 1989,Dennis has put his activism toward the Algebra Project,a nonprofit organization run by Bob Moses that aims to improve mathematics education for minority children. Dennis also speaks publicly about his experiences in the movement through an organization called Dave Dennis Connections.
Dennis Cliff Smith Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended North Carolina State University for one season of college basketball and earned second-team all-conference honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a freshman as well as ACC Freshman of the Year.
La Conga Nights is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Jay Dratler,Harry Clork and Paul Gerard Smith. The film stars Hugh Herbert,Dennis O'Keefe,Constance Moore,Ferike Boros,Eddie Quillan and Armida. The film was released on May 31,1940,by Universal Pictures.
The 1952 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1952. Incumbent Democrat Dennis J. Roberts defeated Republican nominee Raoul Archambault Jr. with 52.62% of the vote.
Rolland F. Tipsword was an American lawyer,judge,and politician.
Tipsword is a surname. It could refer to:
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- ↑ "Dennis Tipsword Jr". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
