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Lily Mazahery

In her most recent book, "One Can Make A Difference: Original stories by the Dalai Lama, Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Dennis Kucinich, Russel Simmons, Brigitte Bardot and Dozens of Other Extraordinary Indiv.iduals" PETA founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk, included a chapter on Mazahery's work on behalf of Iranian women who were persecuted based on their gender, including some who had been sentenced to execution by stoning on charges of adultery.

Luis Valdivieso Montano

Luis Miguel Valdivieso Montano became the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Peru in the United States on February 17, 2009, after being Minister of Economy and Finance Peru from mid – 2008 until January 2009.


Afghanistan National Olympic Committee

The first ever Afghanistan National Olympic Committee Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) was held on Monday, September 28, 2009, at 11 am at Kabul Serena Hotel, as per the statutes approved by the Afghan NOC General Assembly and the IOC.

Allegra McEvedy

During a spell in the USA, facilitated by being awarded a special visa as ‘an alien with extraordinary ability in the culinary arts’, McEvedy worked at Rubicon and Jardinière in San Francisco, and ran the kitchen at Robert De Niro’s New York restaurant Tribeca Grill (regularly doing 500 covers a night).

Benjamin Bounkoulou

At an extraordinary general assembly of the UR, held in Nkayi on 18 December 2006, Bounkoulou was unanimously re-elected as President of the UR.

Blow Your Mind

"Blow Ya Mind", a 2007 song by Styles P from the album Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman)

Bram Gay

He has also done some extraordinary work for Brass bands in the UK, not least arranging the entire score of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and Beethoven's 3rd symphony for brass band, as well as frequently conducting bands in Wales and Sweden (Gothenburg).

Brisbane Bears

Then, in 1995, the club reached the finals after an extraordinary late-season recovery.

Circus Animals

Critic Toby Creswell described Circus Animals as, "a really extraordinary piece of work, as though John Steinbeck, Henry Lawson, Manning Clarke and Jerry Lee Lewis formed a band."

Claud A. Jones Award

The award is named in memory of Medal of Honor recipient Admiral Claud Ashton Jones for "extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession" as a result of his courageous actions in 1916 while serving as engineer on USS Memphis (CA-10) when she was wrecked in the harbor of Santo Domingo by an unexpected tidal wave.

Creative real estate investing

Buyers, however, should not use all of their savings for the down payment, thus depriving themselves of any reserve to fall back on if extraordinary expenses arise or income falls in the future.

Diran Noubar

In 2009, Diran followed Portuguese ex-F1 and current WTCC driver Tiago Monteiro around the world for a whole year, shooting an extraordinary movie titled "Tiago Monteiro, The Man In Every Shot".

Dorothea Holt Redmond

Marty Sklar described how "Her watercolor sketches were extraordinary place-making".

Exceptional circumstances

The term has also been used to refer to other extraordinary circumstances which might result in a person acting in a manner not ordinarily accepted as common practice, such as the circumstances described by Dr. Muhammad Hedayetullah in relation to the Islamic prayer, salat.

Faroese language conflict

--That's not a summary. The claim is not found in the main text, nor is its veracity obvious from it.-->, the gradual supersession of Danish by the Faroese language resulted less from the political activity of the Sjálvstyri than as a result of the extraordinary achievements of the Bible translator Jákup Dahl and Faroese writers such as J.H.O. Djurhuus, Hans Andrias Djurhuus, Heðin Brú, and Jóannes Patursson.

Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park

Author Charlie Carlson claims to have spoken with a supposed St. Augustine-based secret society claiming to be the protectors of the Fountain of Youth, which has granted them extraordinary longevity.

Get Him Back

On February 26, 2005 radio DJ Andrew Harms at 107.7 The End in Seattle began playing previously unheard tracks from a bootleg copy of Extraordinary Machine, and before long, poor quality copies of "Not about Love", "Get Him Back" and "Used to Love Him" were circulating on the internet.

Gianni Bettini

He made of extraordinary recordings of an elderly Pope Leo XIII in 1903, Mark Twain and President Benjamin Harrison.

Hunter of Worlds

Translator and poet Burton Raffel wrote in an essay "C.J. Cherryh's Fiction" that he was impressed that Hunter of Worlds "explores not only multiple-levels of species relationships, but species differences of an extraordinary nature".

Ivan Horbachevsky

In 1883 he was appointed extraordinary professor and in 1884 ordinary professor at the University of Prague by the Emperor.

Jesse of Georgia

He was recognised in his lifetime as a holy man, a great pastor and missionary with extraordinary zeal for the preaching of the Gospel.

Joe Rogan Questions Everything

The series follows entertainer and standup artist Joe Rogan and co-host Duncan Trussell as they look into paranormal and extraordinary mystery subjects like Bigfoot, psychic ability and UFOs.

Kenneth H. Shubin Stein

In 2011, Crutches 4 Kids was officially honored at New York Yankees stadium by New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia and Starter for its extraordinary efforts providing crutches to impoverished and disabled children around the world.

Kiran Shamsher Rana

He took on duties outside of Nepal later in life, appointed to a six-year term as a member of Rajya Sabha in 1963 and later serving as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nepal to the Court of St. James's from 1973 to 1977.

Life of Joseph Smith from 1834 to 1837

At and around the dedication, many extraordinary events were reported: appearances by Jesus, Moses, Elijah, Elias, and numerous angels; speaking and singing in tongues, often with translations; prophesying; and other spiritual experiences.

Liudmyla Skyrda

In 2009 Yurii Kostenko was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to China, and Skyrda has been living and working there to the present (2011).

Macario De Souza

Extraordinary images of big wave surfing, Edgerton's restrained narration, fresh interviews, archival footage and re-enactments…

Malcolm Lewis Pratt

He received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in reestablishing an advanced aid station just demolished by shell-fire in Lucy-le-Bocage 11 June 1918, and in continuing to dress and evacuate the wounded under direct and continuous shell-fire at Thiancourt 13 September.

Manicasothy Saravanamuttu

Manicasothy served as Ceylon's Commissioner in Singapore and Malaya (1950–1957), Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Indonesia (1954–1957) during which time he was involved in organising the Asian-African Conference, better known as the Bandung Conference, in 1955 and Honorary Consul-General in Bangkok (1958–61).

Montserrat Tura i Camafreita

She was Mayoress of Mollet from 30 June 1987 to 21 December 2003, a time when the city underwent an extraordinary transformation from both the urban and sociocultural point of view.

One Lucky Elephant

The film focuses on the extraordinary human-animal bond between Circus Flora founder, Ivor David Balding, and Flora an endangered African elephant, and their journey to find her a permanent home that leads them to The Elephant Sanctuary (Hohenwald).

Pavel Gintov

At the age of 6 he started his musical education at Kiev Central Music School and continued at the Moscow State Conservatory, where he was a student of the proclaimed "Godfather of the Russian piano school" Lev Naumov (custodian of the Heinrich Neuhaus methods that are credited with producing many extraordinary 20th-century Russian keyboard masters such as Gilels and Richter) and his assistant Daniil Kopylov.

Pierre-Jules Hetzel

Hetzel's fame comes mostly for his editions of the Voyages Extraordinaires ("Extraordinary Journeys") by Jules Verne.

Pope Urban II

Roger as a secular ruler seemed a reliable ally, since he was merely a vassal of his kinsman the Count of Apulia, himself a vassal of Rome, so it seemed safe at the time for Urban to give him these extraordinary powers, which were later to lead to bitter confrontations with Roger I's Hohenstaufen heirs.

Poppy Cat

An animated TV series The Extraordinary Adventures of Poppy Cat based on the Poppy Cat books, comprising 52 episodes running 11 minutes, was created by Kate Boutilier and Eryk Casemiro and produced by Coolabi Productions, and BAFTA award-winning King Rollo Films and first aired on Nick Jr. from May 2011, and on Disney Junior.

QNX

PC Magazine stated in April 1983 that QNX was "an extraordinary piece of software".

R v Wallace

In a unique act, the Church of England offered special prayers - "intercessions extraordinary" at Liverpool Cathedral.

Raymond Murray

As a Lieutenant Colonel on Saipan during World War II, General Murray was awarded his first Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism under fire, June 15, 1944, while commanding the 2nd Battalion 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division.

SACI

Many extraordinary artists have exhibited in the two SACI Galleries, from fashion designer Elio Fiorucci to Proust Armchair creator Alessandro Mendini, from Audrey Flack to Beverly Pepper.

Sandy Ratcliff

This was followed by roles in slightly less well-received films including The Final Programme and Hussy with Helen Mirren, although in 1979 she did appear in Chris Petit's extraordinary cult British road movie Radio On.

Selkirk F.C.

The same year an extraordinary request was received by the club, Melrose Football Club (later Melrose RFC), invited seven players to represent Selkirk in a new kind of game—seven-a-side rugby.

Shahidul Jahir

He was reputed for extraordinary prose style and diciton and considered a genuine founder of post-modern fiction in Bengali.

Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet

In 1853, he was named envoy extraordinary to the king of Denmark, and he acted as her majesty's representative at the conference of Copenhagen in November 1855 for the definite arrangement of the Sound dues question.

Sir Charles Wolseley, 2nd Baronet

Robert Wolseley (died 1697), Envoy-Extraordinary to the Governor General of the Spanish Netherlands, died unmarried

Stena Match Cup Sweden

One of the most popular locations among the sailors, Marstrand offers a unique combination of world class sailing and an extraordinary spectators’ arena.

Swati Kiranam

The movie is about an egoistic music teacher unable to tolerate the extraordinary talent of his prodigious young disciple.

The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai

Rather than killing her, the bullet lodges in her brain and gives her extraordinary mental powers, including the ability to understand languages of which she previously had no knowledge, arcane philosophical insight, advanced mathematical knowledge, and ESP.

The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls

This extraordinary fact is said to be the alleged cause of her ESP.

Tofig Gasimov

He was elected member of the Investigation Committee of Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet during the extraordinary session of the parliament on January 22, 1990 to investigate Black January massacre of January 20, 1990.

Verna Susannah Coleman

Coleman documented her extraordinary career following her emigration to Australia, where she became prominent at both ends of the political spectrum, moving from the Communist Party and to the far right Australia First movement.

Zachary Philip Katznelson

On 6 September 2009, Katznelson made what The Guardian characterized as "extraordinary claims" on behalf of his client Shaker Aamer.


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