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6th Marine Division on Okinawa

It also informs the audience that Okinawa is an actual part of the Japanese homeland, only a few hundred miles south of Kyushu.

After Capitalism: Economic Democracy in Action

" Charles Eisenstein, author of Sacred Economics, wrote, "A broad ecological, social, political and spiritual awareness informs this vision of a new economic future.

American nationalism

Rutgers University professor, for instance, argues that as a nation defined by a creed and sense of mission, Americans tend to equate their interests with those of humanity, which in turn informs their global posture.

Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity

In the Batcave, Batman informs Superman that the man behind The Purge is Ra's Al Ghul, an eco-terrorist.

Beware the Fish

Elmer Drimsdale comes up with a new machine that mimics a broadcasting system, with a lens and microphone pointed at a labeled diagram of a Pacific king salmon, but he informs the hopeful two that it won't broadcast further than the room.

Bjarkamál

The nyktomakhi is of about the same length as Bjarkamál, and containing the same elements: The Trojan horse/the smuggling of Swedish weapons; Danes/Trojans are sound asleep when Swedes/Greeks attack them; plus the climax: The godess Venus informs Æneas that it is the will of the gods themselves (that is, Jupiter, Juno, Minerva and Neptune) that Troy shall fall, and so he can honourably flee.

Budhagupta

The Damodarpur copper-plate inscription informs us that Pundravardhana bhukti (the present-day North Bengal) was ruled by his two viceroys (Uparika Mahararaja) Brahmadatta and Jayadatta.

Cassian of Imola

In the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, protagonist Ignatius Reilly informs one of his professors that "St. Cassian of Imola was stabbed to death by his students with their styli." (Grove Press edition, p. 128).

Christoph Scheiner

One of Scheiner’s letters to Leopold from 1626 informs the Archduke that Galilei is not to hear of Scheiner’s work concerning the sunspots.

Coney Island Polar Bear Club

In the episode Kramer informs Jerry that he has joined the club, claiming it to be 'invigorating'.

Dining cryptographers problem

The waiter informs them that the meal has been paid by someone, who could be one of the cryptographers or the National Security Agency (NSA).

Epicrates of Ambracia

Two plays of Epicrates, Emporos (Merchant) and Antilais (Against Lais), are mentioned by Suidas (s. «.), and are quoted by Athenaeus (xiv. p. 655, f., xiii. pp. 570, b., 605, e.), who also quotes his Amazones (x. p. 422, f.) and Dyspratos (Hard to Sell) (vi. p. 262, d.), and informs us that in the latter play Epicrates copied some things from the Dyspratos of Antiphanes.

Friend zone

The 2005 film Just Friends main character, played by Ryan Reynolds, reunited after ten years with his friend played by Amy Smart, who informs him that she loves him "like a brother", essentially dashing any hopes of him having her as a girlfriend.

Godzilla vs. Mothra

They keep the earth's natural order in balance, and informs them the egg belongs to Mothra.

Halaesa

The city was of Siculian origin, and its foundation is related by Diodorus, who informs us that in 403 BCE the inhabitants of Herbita (a Siculian city), having concluded peace with Dionysius I of Syracuse, their ruler or chief magistrate Archonides determined to quit the city and found a new colony, which he settled partly with citizens of Herbita, and partly with mercenaries and other strangers who collected around him through enmity towards Dionysius.

Hana Yori Dango Final

After some investigation, Tsukasa's secretary Nishida (David Itō) informs him that the thief may be in Las Vegas.

Hard to Kill

Driving home and unaware of another pair of cops listening in, Mason informs first his partner then his friend Lt. O'Malley (Coffin) that he has evidence of corruption, and will be bringing the tape to them soon.

Iceni

Allen informs readers that this was how Prasutagus had come to gain full control over the Iceni (Allen 2).

Internet refrigerator

The 2000 film The 6th Day, features an internet refrigerator which informs Arnold Schwarzenegger that the milk is over and asks him to confirm a new order.

Jackie Jormp-Jomp

Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) informs Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) that her unlicensed Janis Joplin biopic is hard to sell due to test audiences not liking it.

John Mildenhall

A letter from Ajmer dated 20 September 1614 informs the British East India Company that an Englishman named Richard Steele arrived at Aleppo along with another Englishman Richard Newman in pursuit of one John Midnall who had tried to flee with the Company's provisions to India but was overtaken and captured at Tombaz and taken back to Isfahan.

Justice League Heroes

In the Watchtower, Batman informs the others that if a danger like this should happen again, they would be there.

Lammbock

They visit a head shop and meet Achim who informs them that he knows how to get rid of aphids and hands them a tub full of Aphidoletes aphidimyza.

Lethal Vows

On return, Ellen informs Dr Farris and Lorraine that she found out she had Selenium poisoning due to ingesting pure selenium (which is also found in some health supplements).

Living Dead in Dallas

In the meantime, Bill Compton, Sookie's vampire boyfriend, informs her that they have been summoned by Eric Northman.

Lola Glaudini

In the 2006 film Invincible, she had a brief role as the first wife of Vince Papale, played by Mark Wahlberg, where she is seen berating Papale's career failures and informs him of divorce.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling

The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) is a multi-day mathematics competition held annually in USA, during the first or second weekend in February, since 1985 by COMAP and sponsored by SIAM, the NSA, and INFORMS.

Michel Balinski

In 1965 he won the Frederick W. Lanchester Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) for his survey paper on integer programming.

Moon 44

The others return safely to Earth, where Stone informs the Galactic Mining Chairman (Roscoe Lee Browne) that Lee was bribed by Pyrite to redirect the mining shuttles to a planet in the Outer Zone.

Not Cancer

Thirteen interrupts a college class to confirm the math instructor, Apple, had a corneal transplant five years ago, then informs her that four other people who received a transplant from the same donor died.

Phased plasma gun

In Aliens, another film by James Cameron, a "phased plasma pulse rifle" is a weapon that the excitable Private William Hudson (Played by Bill Paxton), jokingly informs Ripley is part of the Marines arsenal (along with knives and sharp sticks).

Private Plane

He informs them of their fate, which entails teaching home economics to young German girls in a convent outside Heidelberg, which he thinks will be a fate worse than death to a British soldier; Blackadder feigns sorrow, but he is, of course, overjoyed.

Raj Goel

Caring about causes such as technology, privacy, and security, Goel informs people about issues from the technical sides including growing one’s practice using Linked-In, informing adults and children about social media, and describing the digital handling and analysis to professional societies.

Roman Umbria

The main source for the regions is the Historia Naturalis of Pliny the Elder, who informs his readers he is basing the geography of Italy on the discriptio Italiae, "division of Italy," made by Augustus.

Shadows in Bronze

Falco finally tracks down Gordianus at the Temple of Hera at Cape Colonna and informs him of the death of his brother.

Sophie Cohen

During a Passover Seder visit, the family's negative views about her change as she informs them that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Soul of the Fire

Dalton Campbell sees them off with his apologies and informs Richard that Campbell, Chanboor, and both of their wives have become stricken with an "unfortunate", incurable venereal disease and have doomed themselves to a slow, agonizing demise.

Spider-Man: Friend or Foe

Meanwhile, Spider-Man is rescued by Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D., who informs him that the meteor which brought the Venom symbiote to Earth had broken up in the Earth's atmosphere and five more pieces had landed in numerous locations across the globe.

Swedish general election, 2006, computer infringement affair

March 15 2006 - Niki Westerberg, press secretary of the Liberal Party, informs party secretary Johan Jakobsson that she thinks Per Jodenius has access to the Social Democrats' intranet.

Tempest Feud

They also meet Orgamon, one of Mika's Nikto bodyguards, who informs them that the Hutt can be found north of the city, in a place called Temple Valley.

The Abstinence

Later, talk show host David Letterman informs Jerry his appearance has been canceled because he bombed at the middle school assembly.

The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

In the BBC radio adaptation starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson, because of his change of attitude towards fame (acquired while traveling in Tibet during his "death"), Holmes at the beginning informs Watson that "there must be no more stories", but that Watson should continue to keep notes on their cases so as to stockpile them for possible future publication.

The Ferguson Rifle

The outfit informs him that the land was bought under the Louisiana Purchase.

The Price of Rendova

The film begins with an introduction by Robert Patterson, Under-Secretary of War, who informs the audience that the taking of the islands brings the military "that much closer to Japan" reminds them to keep up war production.

The Solitaire Man

Suave cat burglar Oliver Lane (Herbert Marshall), fashioned the "Solitaire Man" in the newspapers after seven years of eluding Scotland Yard, proposes marriage to his lovely accomplice Helen (Elizabeth Allan) and informs her he has bought a country house in Devonshire to which they can all retire.

To Mars and Providence

informs him that he was taken into the Martian cylinder, before being rescued by a Brown University librarian named Armitage.

Vader's Quest

Thurlow Harris, a captured Rebel pilot who barely escaped the Death Star battle, informs him of the pilot's identity—Vader's son, Luke Skywalker—and Vader sets up a plan for catching him, which eventually fails.

World Sanskrit Conference

#An IASS newsletter informs that the proceedings of the Leiden Conference in several volumes (Brill, Leiden, 1990–92); the Proceedings of the Helsinki and Edinburgh Conferences are in the process of publication by Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi.


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