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David W. Ballard

The territory was still reeling from the mismanagement of Ballard's predecessor, Caleb Lyon, deeply divided over the controversial decision to move the capital from Lewiston to Boise, and nearly broke because former territorial secretary Horace C. Gilson had embezzled most of the territory's funds while serving as acting governor between Lyon and Ballard's administrations.


Alexander Brattell

Other important influences on Brattell’s work include the English proto-surrealist Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956), writers J. G. Ballard (1930–2009) and William S. Burroughs (1914–1997).

American Legion Memorial Stadium

The stadium continues to play a large role in Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school football to this day as it hosts big ticket match-ups such as Butler v. Independence and Charlotte Latin v. Charlotte Country Day.

Blade element theory

Blade element theory (BET) is a mathematical process originally designed by William Froude (1878), David W. Taylor (1893) and Stefan Drzewiecki to determine the behavior of propellers.

Burcham

David W. Burcham (b. 1951), President of Loyola Marymount University

David Alexander

David W. Alexander (1812–1887), Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

David Atkinson

David W. Atkinson (born 1948), Canadian academic and President of Grant MacEwan University

David Rivkin

David W. Rivkin (born 1955), Litigation Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

David W. Ball

David Wadsworth Ball (born September 12, 1949) is an American author whose novels include Empires of Sand (1999), China Run (2002) and Ironfire (2004).

David W. Burcham

He graduated first in his class from Loyola Law School, and clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice Byron White (1986–87) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for Chief Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert (1984–86).

David W. Doyle

In retirement Doyle became an energy consultant with the United States Department of Energy and also an author.

In 1963 he became Station Chief at Dakar, Senegal, where he remained until 1967, then was with the CIA's Soviet Bloc Division until a posting to Brussels (1969-1971) and then to the Africa Division.

David W. Dyer Federal Building and United States Courthouse

The first envisioned using imported marble and bronze, while the second was to use aluminum and a local coralline limestone, a lithified coral quarried at Windley Key near Key Largo and called Keystone.

David W. Lesch

In 2004 David Lesch began having regular contact with personal friend Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and has since consulted with US government officials in their attempts to improve relations between the US and Syria.

David W. Márquez

On March 31, 2005, Governor Frank Murkowski appointed Márquez as Attorney General for the State of Alaska.

--The Alaska Court System database lists a "David W. Marquez" with a birthdate of September 5, 1945, though it's hard to say whether or not it's the same individual.--> is an American lawyer and politician, and the former attorney general of the state of Alaska.

David W. Ogden

But it was also praised and supported by important groups and figures in both parties, including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the National Sheriff's Association, the National District Attorneys Association, Larry Thompson, Jamie S. Gorelick, Seth Waxman, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

David W. Richards

In one of Richards' stories that received worldwide attention, he claimed that just months before the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft was having to rewrite "up to 60% of Vista's code".

David W. Tandy

Tandy has served as the Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division, Inc. and ran the law firm of Tandy & Associates.

Councilman Tandy has held this position since 2005, when the Louisville Metro Council selected him to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Willie Bright.

David Warren Tandy is an American Democratic Party politician in Louisville, Kentucky, who represents Louisville Metro's District 4.

Dictabelt evidence relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy

Belin, David W., Final Disclosure: The Full Truth About the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1988, Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-684-18976-5.

Donald E. Ballard

Sent to Vietnam, Ballard served as a corpsman in the Quang Tri province with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (Mike 3/4) of the 3rd Marine Division.

East Mecklenburg High School

Local rivals of East Mecklenburg include Butler High School, Providence High School and Myers Park High School.

François Frenkiel

He came to the States in 1947 and was associated successively with Cornell University, the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and, from 1960 until his retirement, with the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center.

Gideon Stargrave

The character is based on J. G. Ballard's "The Day of Forever" and Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius, which led to accusations of plagiarism from Moorcock.

Honolulu Fire Department

Doyle, David W., Rescue in Paradise: Oahu's Beaches and their Guardians (Island Heritage, 2001)

James Ballard

James F. Ballard (1851–1931), American entrepreneur and art collector

Le'Shai Maston

Maston graduated from David W. Carter High School of Dallas in 1989 and was a member of the Carter 1988 Texas state championship football team.

Leonty Ramensky

This was long before Correspondence analysis was first used (1952), the now classic applications of ordination to plant communities by J. Roger Bray and John T. Curtis and David W. Goodall and the theoretical foundations of gradient analysis was developed by Whittaker and others (1970s onwards).

Lyman Wight

In 1837, David W. Patten accused him of teaching false doctrine, for which he was tried before the high council in Far West.

Oxtoby

David W. Oxtoby, the ninth and current president of Pomona College

Paul 'Des' Ballard

After a change in the show's format, he presented a new Sunday morning slot called Roadhog where he would take a Volkswagen Camper Van, decorated with ears and orange spots, on the road to viewers homes and schools.

Philip Best

In 1998 Best published his doctoral thesis at Durham University entitled "Apocalypticism in the Fiction of William S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard and Thomas Pynchon" and later received a doctorate in English literature.

Rapetosaurus

The species epithet, krausei, is named after the team leader of the expedition, David W. Krause.

RE/Search

The first issue had photographs by Ruby Ray and articles on Factrix, The Slits, conspiracies (written by Jay Kinney), Young Marble Giants, Boyd Rice's Non, Cabaret Voltaire, Sun Ra, flashcards, Japan, J. G. Ballard, Julio Cortázar, rhythm & noise, Soldier of Fortune Magazine, Throbbing Gristle, nuclear disaster, Situationism, Octavio Paz, and punk prostitutes.

Red Star, Winter Orbit

Science fiction critic Takayuki Tatsumi regards the story as a descriptive account of "the failure of the dream of space exploration", reminiscent of J.G. Ballard's "inner space/outer space" motif.

Solveig Nordlund

She also directed short films and documentaries about writers, such as Marguerite Duras, J.G. Ballard and António Lobo Antunes.

The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 2

The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 2 is a short-story collection by J. G. Ballard, published in 2006.

The History of the Runestaff

Yet other gods from the "tragic millennium" are based on 20th Century British Prime Ministers (Chirshil, the Howling God (Winston Churchill) and Aral Vilsn, the Roaring God (Harold Wilson), Supreme God) or writers: Bjrin Adass, the Singing God (Brian Aldiss); Jeajee Blad, the Groaning God (J. G. Ballard); Jh'Im Slas, the Weeping God (James Sallis).

The LifeSkills Center for Leadership

Founded in 2001 by 'Famous' David W. Anderson and his family, the LifeSkills Center for Leadership began its work of providing leadership and personal development programming to at-risk and underprivileged Native youth.

The Ocean and the Sun

The title of the seventh track, The Heraldic Beak of the Manufacturer's Medallion, is taken from J. G. Ballard's Crash.

The Voices of Time

The Voices of Time (collection), a collection of science fiction short stories by J. G. Ballard

Tokyo Sogensha

It and its spin-off Sōgen SF Bunko since 1991, are Japan's oldest existing sci-fi bunkobon label, publishing over 600 books until April 2013 including the works of Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, J. G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Lois McMaster Bujold, Vernor Vinge, James P. Hogan, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert Charles Wilson, and Greg Egan.

Washington Navy Yard

In 1898, David W. Taylor developed a ship model testing basin, which was used by the Navy and private shipbuilders to test the effect of water on new hull designs.

Wizardry 8

David W. Bradley had been the chief designer of Wizardry VI and Wizardy VII, but he was not involved in the design of this game.


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