Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull is an English rock singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single "As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the British Invasion in the United States.
The Mowag Piranha is a family of armoured fighting vehicles designed by the Swiss company Mowag.
Hallermann–Streiff syndrome is a congenital disorder that affects growth,cranial development,hair-growth,and dental development. There are fewer than 200 people with the syndrome worldwide. One notable organization that is supporting people with Hallermann–Streiff syndrome is the Germany-based "Schattenkinder e.V".
Marianne Deborah Williamson is an American author,speaker,and politician. She began her professional career as spiritual leader of the Church of Today,a Unity Church in Warren,Michigan. Williamson has written several self-help books,including A Return to Love:Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles in 1992,which became a New York Times Best Seller. She was launched into prominence by Oprah Winfrey,being a frequent guest on her daytime talk show and becoming known as her "spiritual advisor".
Philippe Pierre Streiff was a French racing driver. He participated in 55 Formula One Grands Prix,debuting on 21 October 1984. He achieved one podium,and scored a total of 11 championship points.
Lausanne Hockey Club is an ice hockey team based in the city of Lausanne,Switzerland,which competes in the National League (NL). During the 2004–05 NHL lockout,the HC Lausanne signed National Hockey League players Martin St. Louis and Andy Roach.
Gillet is a Belgian automobile manufacturer,started in 1992 by former racing driver Tony Gillet. The company produces the Vertigo sports coupé,an ultra-lightweight (990 kg) 'bespoke' and hand-built sportscar. The slogan of the company is "Supercar and work of art Pure Pleasure!". The first Vertigo was powered by a Ford Cosworth 2.0-litre 4-in-line,later evolutions are powered by more powerful engines:the 3.0-litre Alfa Romeo V6 engine and the 4.2-litre Ferrari/Maserati V8 in the Vertigo .5.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide,Inc. is an American transportation company that includes third-party logistics (3PL). The company offers freight transportation,transportation management,brokerage and warehousing. It offers truckload,less than truckload,air freight,intermodal,and ocean transportation.
Rösli Streiff was a Swiss alpine skier and world champion.
The Tyrrell DG016 was a Formula One racing car designed by Maurice Philippe and Brian Lisles and raced by Tyrrell Racing in the 1987 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was powered by a customer Cosworth DFZ engine and driven by Jonathan Palmer and Philippe Streiff. The "DG" in the car's name was a reference to the team's major sponsor,Data General.
The JH23 was a Formula One car built and raced by the AGS team for the 1988 Formula One season. It was powered by the Ford Cosworth DFZ engine. A single car was entered,driven by experienced Frenchman Philippe Streiff.
The Freitag Homestead is a historic farm begun in 1848 in the town of Washington,Green County,Wisconsin. It is also the site of the first Swiss cheese factory in Wisconsin. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Stimmhorn was a Swiss band playing experimental ethno-music.
Ernst Sieber was a Swiss pastor,social activist and politician who served one term as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Evangelical People's Party. Sieber was one of the most popular and best known personalities associated with the Swiss Reformed Church. He was ordained in the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich.
Les Reines Prochaines are a collectively organised pop band and performance group based in Basel,Switzerland. Their highly lyrical songs are rooted in various genres,including tango,folk,and classical music.
Marianne Eigenheer was a Swiss artist. She was active both as an academic and as a working artist who displayed works in Europe,Australia,and the United States. Her work was done mostly on small and large canvasses,including some wall drawings. She resided in Basel and London.
Male expendability,the relative expendability argument,or the expendable male hypothesis is the idea that the lives of human males are of less concern to a population than those of human females because they are less necessary for population replacement. Anthropologists have used the concept of male expendibility in their research since the 1970s to study such things as polygyny,matrilinearity,and division of labor by gender role.
Tampereen Ilves Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga,the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. They are the representative women's team of the multi-sport club Ilves,based in Tampere,Pirkanmaa,and their home arena is the Tesoman jäähalli in Tampere's Tesoma district. They are the only team to have iced a team every season since the establishment of the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982. The team ranks second on the list of most Aurora Borealis Cup wins,with ten,and has claimed the most Finnish Championship medals in league history,with ten gold,twelve silver,and six bronze for 28 total medals.
Daniel "Danny" Streiff is a former Swiss curler. He played second position on the Swiss rink that won the 1986 European Curling Championship.
Sky Switzerland is a Swiss media company based in Neuchâtel,which supplies over-the-top pay television and video on demand accessible through the Internet in Switzerland.
