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
Seymour Hersh
His work first gained worldwide recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War , for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting . His 2004 reports on the US military 's mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison
Australian rock
In the mid 1950s American rockabilly and rock and roll music was taken up by local musicians and it soon caught on with Australian teens, through movies, records and from 1956, television. EMI had dominated the Australasian record market since the end of WWII, and they made British music
Campus radio
Campus radio stations are generally licensed and regulated by national governments, and so have very different characteristics from one country to the next. One commonality between many radio stations regardless of their physical location is a willingness — or, in some countries, even a licensing
Lake Burley Griffin
Griffin designed the lake with many geometric motifs, so that the axes of his design lined up with natural geographical landmarks in the area. However, government authorities changed his original plans and no substantial work was completed before he left Australia in 1920. His scheme remained
George McGovern
McGovern grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota , where he was a renowned debater. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Forces upon the country's entry into World War II and as a B-24 Liberator pilot flew 35 missions over German-occupied Europe . Among the medals awarded him was a Distinguished
Zhou Enlai
A skilled and able diplomat, Zhou served as the Chinese foreign minister from 1949 to 1958. Advocating peaceful coexistence with the West after the stalemated Korean War , he participated in the 1954 Geneva Conference and helped orchestrate Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China . He helped
Frederic Remington
Remington was born in Canton, New York in 1861 to Seth Pierre Remington [ 1 ] (1830–1880) and Clara Bascomb Sackrider, [ 2 ] whose paternal family owned hardware stores and emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine in the early 18th century. [ 3 ] Remington’s father was a colonel in the Civil
Max Robinson
left WMAQ in 1985. [ edit ] Personal life Max Robinson was married three times. Two ended in divorce , one in annulment. His first marriage was to Eleanor Booker and they had three children: Mark, Maureen and Michael. His final marriage was to Beverly Hamilton, with whom he had another son
WFAN
WFAN pioneered, and is sometimes referred to as one of the most successful examples of, the sports radio format . Over the years, WFAN has been the broadcast home to several big names in the world of radio, including the sports-talk team of Mike and the Mad Dog ( Mike Francesa and Chris
