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Alcohol belts of Europe

The famous prints Beer Street and Gin Lane (1751) by William Hogarth, helped to lobby for what became the "Gin Act" of 1751 which taxed and regulated gin.

Andy Selway

In late 2007, Selway played the drums for the Seattle rock band, DragStrip Riot and Japanese Pop Star Ayumi Hamasaki in her songs Talkin' 2 Myself and Decision.

Ash Ketchum

His name is derived from the Japanese name (as the letters 'ash' are included in 'Satoshi') and his English motto, "Gotta Catch 'Em All". Ash's dream is to become a Pokémon Master. He is loosely based on Red, the protagonist from the Generation I games Pokémon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow, as well as the Generation III games Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen versions.

Battle of Tornio

Later on 6 October 1944 first small squadron from Finnish Navy consisting of gunboats Hämeenmaa and Uusimaa and patrol boats VMV 15 and VMV 16 arrived to the location to both provide anti-aircraft fire and to suppress German battery located at Laivaniemi within firing distance from the port which had kept harassing the Finnish effort to unload their transports.

Carole Boston Weatherford

In response to the controversy, Jynx's in-game sprites were given a purple skin color in the American versions of Pokémon Gold and Silver, released in late 2000.

CGR 0-4-0ST 1874

In an Uitenhage centenary publication the first three construction locomotives on the Midland System are described as two engines named "Pioneer" and "Little Bess" that each weighed 14 tons, and a third engine named "Mliss" after "one of Bret Harte's charming heroines", that was imported about the same time and that weighed only eight tons.

Charmander

Created by Ken Sugimori, Charmander first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.

Charmander was one of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

Clovis E. Byers

I Corps headquarters remained at Rockhampton, Queensland in the training role until March 1944, when it moved to Goodenough Island, where it prepared and staged for Drowzee

It later appeared in several sequels, including Pokémon Gold and Silver, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the Red and Blue remakes Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Ekans and Arbok

Created by Ken Sugimori, Ekans and Arbok first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.

Ekans and Arbok were two of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

English Racing Automobiles

Two Siamese princes, Chula Chakrabongse and Bira Birabongse, whose trio of ERAs became famous as "Hanuman", "Romulus" and "Remus", ran their own team, operating from The White Mouse Garage.

Epimerox

The substances are prepared via a Knoevenagel condensation of a thiohydantoin–phenylalanine imine with different aldehydes, which yields a mixture of E and Z isomers.

Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro'' and ''Don Giovanni''

Later, in the summer of 1912, after the unsuccessful premiere of his Wagnerian-length opera Die Brautwahl in mid-April and a concert tour through Italy in May, Busoni decided to stay home alone in Berlin to work, while his wife Gerda was in Switzerland on holiday.

In 1991 the Scottish pianist and writer Kenneth Hamilton was the first to publish the results of such a comparison.

Feline leukemia virus

Merial produces a recombinant vaccine consisting of canarypox virus carrying FeLV gag and env genes (sold as PUREVAX FeLV in the USA and Eurifel FeLV in Europe).

Francisco Javier de Viana

He served as writer and reporter on the four-year voyage of the ships Descubierta and Atrevida, captained by Alejandro Malaspina.

Geneviève Guitel

She is mostly remembered for her introduction of the terms échelle longue and échelle courte ("long scale" and "short scale" respectively) to refer to two of the main numbering systems used around the world.

Ghosts of the Abyss

With the help of two small, purpose-built remotely-operated vehicles, nicknamed "Jake" and "Elwood", the audience too can see inside the Titanic and with the help of CGI, audiences can view the ship's original appearance superimposed on the deep-dive images.

Golbaengi muchim

It is made with Neverita didyma (a sea snail), dried shredded squid or dried Alaska pollack, vegetables such as sliced cucumber, and shredded scallions, and mixed with a hot and spicy sauce.

Gondophares

In his study of Behaim's globe, E. G. Ravenstein noted: “Egtisilla, or Eyrisculla or Egrisilla: the letters “r” and “t” in the script on the globe look similar, is referred to in John of Hildesheim’s version of the ‘Three Kings’ as an island where St. Thomas lies buried”.

Hypno

Hypno first appears in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and later in its remakes Pokémon Yellow and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Katrina Legarda

She is presently a Professor in the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines teaching Medical Jurisprudence and also a Professor in the College of Law of the Pamantasan Ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), and Lyceum of the Philippines University-makati (LPU) teaching Persons and Family Relations and Legal Writing.

Latias and Latios

Created by Ken Sugimori, Latios and Latias first appeared as central characters in the film Pokémon Heroes, and later appeared in the video games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, also appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.

Latios and Latias first appear in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire respectively, after completing the Pokémon League.

Lucario

Created by Ken Sugimori, Lucario first appeared as a central character in the film Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, and later appeared in the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and subsequent sequels, also appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.

Me and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas and Mr. Jonas

Miley and Lilly dress up as male rockers "Milo" and "Otis," go back to the recording studios, and play their own version of "We Got the Party" in front of the Jonas Brothers.

MediaBrowser

The first two browsers to be released were for the (then upcoming) Pokémon Gold and Silver video games and Mario Tennis.

Oddish, Gloom, and Vileplume

Oddish, Gloom, and Vileplume are three of 150 different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

Paul Reiche III

Reiche's credits as developer include Isle of Dread, Slave Pits of the Undercity and Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords, and The Ghost Tower of Inverness, and he also contributed to Gary Gygax's Legion of Gold for Gamma World.

Ponyta and Rapidash

Ponyta and Rapidash were two of several different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.

Created by Ken Sugimori, they first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.

Red and Blue

Pokémon Red and Blue, role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy

Ringing Bell

It is Sanrio's first anime film to have a dark plot, only two other films produced by the company, The Ideon: A Contact and The Ideon: Be Invoked also follow suit.

Slowpoke and Slowbro

Slowpoke and Slowbro first appear in Pokémon Red and Blue and later in their remakes Pokémon Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen.

Socket FM2

Socket FM2 is a CPU socket used by AMD's desktop Trinity and Richland APUs to connect to the motherboard as well as Athlon X2 and Athlon X4 processors based on them.

Steelix

Created by Ken Sugimori, Steelix first appeared in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.

Swiss Socialist Federation

FSS had two press organs, Le Travail and Le Droit du Peuple.

Traditional English pronunciation of Latin

A variety of possible realizations are available for open, semi-open, and semi-closed initial unstressed syllables, including (for e and i) long, short, and reduced variants.

Voice chat

Also, Nintendo released a Nintendo DS headset for voice chat alongside the release of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

William Sotheby

He then published a few dramas and books of poems, which had limited success; his reputation rests upon his translations of the Oberon of Christoph Martin Wieland, the Georgics of Virgil, and the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer.


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