Lake Burley Griffin
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George McGovern
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George Washington Carver
Carver's reputation is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts , soybeans and sweet potatoes , which also aided nutrition for farm families. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops both as a source of their own food and as a source
Teach the Controversy
The scientific community and science education organizations have replied that there is no scientific controversy regarding the validity of evolution and that the controversy exists solely in terms of religion and politics. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] A federal court, along with the majority of scientific
The Secret Policeman's Balls
The shows have yielded movies, TV specials, home-videos, albums and books that have been distributed worldwide and had a considerable international impact. The Secret Policeman's Ball shows and their spin-offs are credited by many prominent entertainers with having galvanised them to become
Zapata Corporation
The company traces its origins to Zapata Oil , founded in 1953 by future- U.S. President George H. W. Bush , along with his business partners John Overbey, Hugh Liedtke, Bill Liedtke , and Thomas J. Devine . Bush and Thomas J. Devine were oil-wildcatting associates. [ 1 ] Their joint activities
APL (programming language)
APL has a combination of unique and relatively uncommon features that appeal to programmers and make it a productive programming language: [ 8 ] It is concise, using symbols rather than words and applying functions to entire arrays without using explicit loops. It is solution focused, emphasizing
Atom Egoyan
Trinity College at the University of Toronto . It was at Trinity College that Egoyan came into contact with Harold Nahabedian, the Armenian-Canadian Anglican Chaplain of Trinity College. In interviews Egoyan credited Nahabedian for introducing him to the language and history of his ethnic
Mike Myers (actor)
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Jorge Hank Rhon
Jorge Hank Rhon studied at the Alexander Von Humboldt German College and Industrial Engineering at the Universidad Anáhuac in the State of Mexico . In 1980 he founded the Grupo Taos , a company that operates pet stores and amusement parks of which he is the President of the Board and General
