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Remains

The Remains, a.k.a. Barry and the Remains, a 1960s rock band from Boston


Aberaeron

In Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views by Henry Gastineau, published in 1810, it states: "Near the town are some remains of an ancient fortress called Castell Cadwgan, thought to have been erected by king Cadwgan, about the year 1148."

Alison Prince

Alison Prince wrote in late 2013 that she was working on a children's book about the second phase of the English Civil War and on a biography of Richard III, whose remains had recently been dug up in a Leicester car park.

All the Women I Am

Michael McCall with the Associated Press gave it a mixed review, saying "at age 55, McEntire remains a powerhouse who tends to err by trying harder than necessary to show her range".

Back for Another Taste

"Good To The Last Drop" (Cassette single release only: B-side track "S.E.X. Rated" remains unreleased on CD to date in this version, as it is a different recording than that on the Helix B-Sides CD.

Bale Oak

The Lord of the Manor Sir Willoughby Jones ordered the tree removed and, with much local mourning, the remains taken carted to Cranmer Hall at Fakenham.

BBC Radio Leicester

This new centre is adjacent to the medieval Guildhall and Cathedral and includes many aspects of Leicester's history including Victorian tiles and an Undercroft (first revealed in 1841) with remains dating to Roman times.

Bevaix boat

The remains of the ship, and a modern reconstruction, are on display at the Laténium archeology museum.

Brian Tse

While in Sydney, he became influenced by the cartooning style of Michael Leunig, a Melburnian who was (and remains to this day) one of the most popular and critically acclaimed cartoonists in Australia.

Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral

The mausoleum also has the remains of Generals Juan Gregorio de las Heras and Tomás Guido, as well as those of the Unknown Soldier of the Independence.

Cantre'r Gwaelod

Presenter Neil Oliver visited the sands of Aberdyfi and Ynyslas, near Borth, and examined the remains of the submerged forest and Sarn Badrig which are revealed at low tide, assisted by local historians and dendrochronologists.

Carolina Rifles Armory

, Charleston, South Carolina, was a late 19th-century headquarters for a semi-private military group, but today only the façade remains, facing an annex for the Charleston Library Society.

Charles Marriott

He remains the only One-Test wonder to have taken more than seven wickets in the history of Test cricket.

Clan MacInnes

Clan MacInnes remains without a Chief, and many of the clan scattered to Appin, Craignish, Lochaber and Skye, but some of the clan continued to occupy the castle.

Clement of Ireland

Though St. Clement is no longer claimed as founder of the University of Paris, the fact remains that this remarkable Scots-Irish scholar planted the seeds of learning at Paris.

Concours international de roses nouvelles de Bagatelle

Established in 1907 by Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier, the city's Commissioner of Gardens, it was the first international competition to assess new roses and remains one of the most prestigious events in the commercial rose growers' calendar.

Craig Virgin

Additionally, Virgin remains the record-holder in Illinois Boys Cross Country, running a 13:50.6 in 1972, which has only been approached by within five seconds by Chris Derrick in 2007 (13:51.8) and Lukas Verzbicas in 2010 (13:53.8)

Dawson Massacre

These remains and the remains of the men killed in the failed Mier Expedition were reinterred in a common tomb in a cement vault on a bluff one mile south of La Grange.

Dinheirosaurus

Its remains were found in the upper section (Kimmeridgian) of the Late Jurassic strata of the Camadas de Alcobaça Formation located in central-western Portugal at Porto Dinheiro, Lourinhã.

Divorce Italian Style

Rosalia feigns to have a terrible headache and remains home while the rest of the family go out to the theatre to see the première of La Dolce Vita, a film so scandalous that no one wishes to miss it.

East Ferris

She was the oldest living person in the world for the eight months preceding her death, and remains both the oldest verified person in Canadian history and the fourth oldest verified person in the world.

Echo Bridge

There are still old mill buildings in view from the bridge, but most of the gorge remains naturally overgrown with hemlocks.

El Golâa

As shown in the photo of the village, it remains at the top of the Hill as one mosques of the village (of which there are the minaret) and a public garden.

Fa Hien Cave

The human remains from the different levels were taken to the Human Biology Laboratory at Cornell University, where they were studied by Dr Kenneth A. R. Kennedy and one of his graduate students, Joanne L. Zahorsky.

Firdous Shamim Naqvi

Naqvi also remains a Director Makro-Habib since 2005, prior to that he served as Director Business Development Makro-Habib Pakistan, Senior Director Commercial Makro-Habib Pakistan Ltd., Chief Executive Baluchistan Concrete and Blocks Ltd., Director Tractebel Power, Karachi (1994–1988), Projects controller RAPCO Roads, Abu Dhabi (1982- 1984) and office Engineer Mergentime Corporation, New Jersey (1979- 1982).

Fran Krsto Frankopan

The remains of Fran Krsto Frankopan and Petar Zrinski were buried in the Cathedral of Zagreb in 1919.

François-Charles de Velbrück

He was buried in Liège and his mausoleum escaped being destroyed during the Liège Revolution in which his remains, unlike those of his predecessors, were not thrown into a ditch.

Giovanni Passannante

In 1998, the then Italian Minister of Justice, Oliviero Diliberto, authored a decree allowing for the displacement of his remains to Savoia di Lucania, but it wasn't acted on until 2007.

Great Missenden

Missenden Abbey, founded in 1133 as an Augustinian monastery, was ruined following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the remains were incorporated into a Georgian mansion which is now a conference centre.

Halsbrücker Esse

With a height of 140m it was the highest smokestack in the world at its completion and it remains the tallest brick building in Europe (the Anaconda Smelter Stack in Montana is higher) and is a technical and industrial historical monument.

Har Gilo

Archaeological excavations in 1998 revealed the remains of two buildings and a rock-cut winepress, both dating back to the Iron age III (586-539 BCE).

History of the horse in South Asia

Horse remains from the Harappan site Surkotada (dated to 2400-1700 BC) have been identified by A.K. Sharma as Equus ferus caballus.

Houghton, Hampshire

Some of the remains of the deer park's boundary embankments (or pale) can still be seen near Black Lake Farm as you cross the valley on foot on the Clarendon Way.

Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains

It is believed that they were abducted and killed by proscribed terrorist organisations, mostly the Provisional Irish Republican Army, but to date their remains have not been located.

Jogighopa

Within the city are the remains of the five rock cut rock-cut caves, examples of Salasthambha period architecture.

John Rennie the Younger

He was responsible for the New River Ancholme Drainage Scheme in Lincolnshire, and Horkstow Bridge, which he designed to cross the river at Horkstow in 1835–6, is one of the earliest suspension bridges to survive and remains substantially as designed.

Lagrivea

The remains of Lagrivea were probably collected by Viret at the site La Grive L5 in the village of Saint-Alban-de-Roche, department of Isère, southeastern France.

Las Bovedas

Las Bóvedas (the domes) is the local name for the remains of some Roman baths near San Pedro de Alcántara in Andalucia, Southern Spain.

Liskeard and Looe Railway

The line remains open for passenger traffic, which is (2013) operated by First Great Western under the brand name "The Looe Valley Line".

Manuel Alberti

Alberti's remains were lost when the chapel was demolished to make way for an expansion of 9 de Julio Avenue.

Mocha Island

Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith of the University of Otago and José-Miguel Ramírez-Aliaga of the University of Valparaíso hope to win agreement soon with the locals of Mocha Island to begin an excavation search for Polynesian remains on the island.

Mosor

In April, 2009 speleologists discovered human remains in pits on the mountain, originally thought to be victims of the Yugoslav Partisans from World War II.

Neglinnaya River

There were four bridges across the Neglinnaya River: Voskresensky Bridge (its fragments unearthed during a 1994 excavation), three-span Kuznetsky Bridge, Troitsky Bridge and Petrovsky Bridge (the remains of the latter discovered during the reconstruction of the Maly Theatre).

North Carolina Highway 284

Its routing through the Great Smoky Mountains was demoted to Old NC 284 (Cove Creek Road) and today remains primitive road; it is thus unpaved and is maintained by the National Park Service.

Palazzo Pio

Palazzo Orsini Pio Righetti, a building erected on parts of the remains of the Theater of Pompey in Rome

Pyroraptor

The name means "Olympic fire thief", because its remains were discovered after a forest fire.

Scy-Chazelles

It also houses the remains of Robert Schuman, the "father of Europe," who died in the town in 1963.

Shane Lundgren

Lundgren flew as a captain for Air Berlin from 1982 through 1998, and remains current on the Boeing 737NG.

Thai Airways International Flight 311

The remains of the aircraft can still be seen in Langtang National Park, and have been featured in Lonely Planet guidebooks as a point of interest on the trek from Ghopte to the Tharepati Pass.

The Remains of Tom Lehrer

The Remains of Tom Lehrer is a box set containing all the songs from musical satirist Tom Lehrer's previous albums along with previously unreleased songs and his works featured in The Electric Company.

William Blackledge

Born in Craven County, North Carolina (his birthdate remains unknown), Blackledge was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from 1797 to 1799 before being elected to the 8th United States Congress in 1802.


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