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unusual facts about Troubles



'Imran ibn Shahin

War between the two sides resumed in the summer 971, when 'Izz al-Daula's vizier Abu'l-Fadl suggested carrying out an attack against the Batihah in an effort to plunder the robber-state and relieve the Buyids' financial troubles.

1994–95 Belarusian First League

Santanas Samokhvalovichi, who finished 8th, withdrew to the amateur level after the season due to financial troubles.

Alain Masudi

On 26/06/2008 he decided to join Daniel Jammer's Maccabi Netanya after having troubles with officials from Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Arnaut Daniel

According to one vida, Daniel was born of a noble family at the castle of Ribérac in Périgord; however, the scant contemporary sources point to him being a jester with pernicious economic troubles.

Battle of Dakar

Gloire was slowed by mechanical troubles and was intercepted by Australia which ordered it to sail for Casablanca.

Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color

Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color (ISBN 0814103774) is a book by Washington State University Regents Professor (English) Victor Villanueva speaking of the troubles of assimilation due to his Puerto Rican heritage.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Quebec Premier Jean Charest came under heavy fire when the $39.8 billion loss was revealed, with some accusing him of calling the 2008 snap election prior to the Caisse's troubles becoming public.

Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball

Barring any unforeseen troubles, this would mark a return to Ottawa for the first time since the Ottawa Rapidz played in 2008.

Cappagh

At least 10 people in and around Cappagh lost their lives during the Troubles, according to CAIN website.

Cinnamomum mercadoi

In 1668, the Jesuit Ignatio Francisco Alzina reported that eating it aided digestion and since then, it has been employed to treat digestive troubles.

Council of Troubles

Despite the fact that they were members of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and claimed the privilege to be tried by their peers, Philip denied this claim, and they were tried and convicted by the Council of Troubles.

CrashBurn

It starred Catherine McClements and Aaron Blabey as Rosie and Ben Harfield, a couple whose marriage troubles send them to a counsellor.

Crisis at the Castle

The series chronicled the financial troubles at British castles Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire, Burton Court, Herefordshire and Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire.

Croatian Latin literature

Among Gradius' best-known poems is "Prejasne Venetian Republic", which explored the troubles faced by his native city ("De laudibus Serenissimae Reipublicae Venetae et Patriae cladibus drought Carmen", 1675) in 315 hexameters, providing a striking description of the 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake.

Curtiss Model H

With Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander John Cyril Porte as Chief Test Pilot, development and testing of the two prototypes proceeded rapidly, despite the inevitable surprises and teething troubles inherent in new engines, hull and fuselage.

Dan Man

Dan Man memorialized the events of that night in a song called "Albert Street", which sympathized with the rioters and blamed sitting Prime Minister Said Musa and the ruling People's United Party for the troubles of City residents.

Donald Lee Barnett

These troubles reached their culmination in 1988 with several lawsuits brought against Barnett and others in the church's leadership alleging sexual improprieties related to the practice of "connections," including church policy condoning French kissing of children.

Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue

With much internal troubles, Ashina Duobi was unable to aid Liang, and later in 628, with Emperor Taizong's brother-in-law Chai Shao (柴紹) sieging Liang's capital Shuofang (朔方, in modern Yulin, Shaanxi), Liang Shidu's cousin Liang Luoren (梁洛仁) assassinated Liang Shidu and surrendered, ending the final rival claim to Emperor Taizong's for China's imperial throne.

Ex Box Boys

The band was previously known as The Xbox Boys, until the band ran into legal troubles with Microsoft.

Foreign relations of South Africa during apartheid

In 1969, though, the ANC held the inaugural National Consultative Conference in Morogoro, Tanzania, where it ironed out its troubles and anxieties.

Gate Theatre Studio

Productions, several of which transferred to the West End following censorship troubles with the Lord Chamberlain, included Oscar Wilde's Salome (1931), Laurence Houseman's Victoria Regina (1935), Elsie Schauffler's Parnell (1936), Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour (1936), John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (1939) and Reginald Beckwith's Boys in Brown (1940).

George Nyandoro

On 25 January 1959 he was present at the famous forest meeting in Limbe, generally regarded as the precursor of the troubles that broke out shortly afterwards in Nyasaland (now Malawi).

Gunārs Ulmanis

His popularity was partly also connected with his last name Ulmanis (the same as former Latvian president Kārlis Ulmanis) which also brought him troubles with the Soviet authorities.

Harold Grimwade

In response to a strike by men of the 3rd Division Artillery in December, Grimwade resumed command and listened sympathetically to their troubles, attempted to rectify what he could, and promised to pass the rest on to an equally sympathetic corps commander, Lieutenant General Hobbs.

Hyperpilosity

Various examples of the troubles resulting are told; the cast of the latest Tarzan movie, for instance, is reduced to frequent all-over shaving to be able to continue filming.

J. G. Farrell

Charles Sturridge scripted a film version of Troubles made for British television in 1988 and directed by Christopher Morahan.

Jude Burkhauser

While living in Scotland, Burkhauser enjoyed visiting the eco-village community at Findhorn in Moray which was a retreat from the troubles she encountered in Glasgow.

Kamloops Indian Band

Nicola was the presiding chief at Kamloops, and also jointly Grand Chief of the Okanagan people, during the Fraser Canyon War and the associated troubles of the Okanagan Trail, and was made a magistrate enforcing British law by Governor James Douglas.

Kenny And The Kasuals

The band broke up after management troubles led to a failure to sign with United Artists.

Leonid Nikolaev

As Nikolaev's troubles grew, he became steadily more obsessed with the idea of "striking a blow." On October 15, 1934, he was arrested by the NKVD, allegedly for loitering around the Smolny Institute, where Sergei Kirov, the popular administrator of the Leningrad district, had his offices.

Lower Manhattan

As reflected in popular culture, "downtown" in Manhattan has historically represented a place where one could "forget all your troubles, forget all your cares, and go Downtown," as the lyrics of Petula Clark's 1964 hit "Downtown" celebrate.

Marsha's Scheme of Diamonds

Meanwhile, Robin wakes up in the Batcave, telling Batman that their troubles with Marsha all center around their Bat-Diamond.

McAnespie

Aidan McAnespie (1965–1988), Irish Catholic killed during The Troubles

Namantar Andolan

Troubles were largely absent from the other two districts of Beed and Osmanabad, and the spill of problems into rural areas generally was patchy.

Nizam al-Mulk

Nizam al-Mulk is also widely known for his voluminous treatise on kingship titled Siyasatnama (The Book of Government) which was written after Malik Shah had requested that his ministers produce books on government, administration and the troubles facing the nation.

Obudu Plateau

Although the ranch has been through troubles since, it has very recently been rehabilitated to its former glory by the Protea South African Hotel chain.

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles is a 1932 Laurel and Hardy film directed by George Marshall and Raymond McCarey, named after the World War I song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and smile, smile, smile." It is the team's second feature-length picture.

Pope Innocent VII

These troubles furnished him with a pretext, of which he was not unwilling to avail himself, for postponing the meeting, which was being urged by King Charles VI of France, theologians at the University of Paris, such as Pierre d'Ailly and Jean Gerson, and Rupert III, King of the Germans, as the only means of healing the Schism which had prevailed so long.

Prada gender discrimination case

Prada H.R. Manager then, told her she was creating trouble by voicing these complaints about company policy, making up a story, bothering people’s work and because of these troubles, she was getting demoted and transferred from senior executive to salesperson.

Requetés

From the start there were serious troubles, between the Carlists, especially their then political head Manuel Fal Condé, and the military government.

Samuel Godin

Because of the recent troubles with English whalers around Spitsbergen the plan came up to catch whales in the Atlantic, near the North river.

Star of the Family

Adding to his troubles are: his wife runs off with a bellhop; his 17-year-old son (Michael Dudikoff) has more muscles than brains; and his crew at the firehouse are "strange" (Leo Feldman (Todd Susman) tells his mother he is a doctor instead of a fireman, Frank Rosetti (George Deloy) has only sex on the brain and Max Hernandez (Danny Mora), a Hispanic, speaks fractured English).

The Troubles in Claudy

The 13 people killed there in the Troubles are equivalent to one percent of the village's 2001 population; in comparison, the death rate in Belfast was equivalent to just over half a percent of the city's 2001 population, and that in Derry a quarter of a percent.

The Work, pt. 1

"The Work, pt. 1" was originally released as a downloadable single via Napster, during the height of its legal troubles.

Trey Atwood

His ex-girlfriend Jess later re-appeared, begging Ryan to help her with some boyfriend troubles and told Ryan that Trey was working as a Blackjack Dealer.

Trinity Shoal Light

As a result of the weather troubles, the Lighthouse Board decided that a tower was no longer needed on the shoal, and called off construction.

UFC 12

After being removed from many pay per view carriers, and with mounting pressure from politicians such as Senator John McCain, the UFC had continuing troubles finding a venue, and a state, that would host UFC 12.

Waiting for the Hearse

Musicardi's octogenarian widow, Ana María de los Dolores Buscaroli, called Mamá Cora by everybody (Antonio Gasalla), has four children: Antonio (Luis Brandoni), Sergio (Juan Manuel Tenuta), Emilia (Lidia Catalano) and Jorge Musicardi (Julio De Grazia) with whom she lives and goes through financial troubles.

Weekly Arizonian

Little is known of the paper’s continued troubles, but Turner quit within a month and in his farewell issue advertised a pair of Pocket Derringers, apparently standard armament for editors in those days.

Wes Santee

Santee's track career, including his rivalry with Bannister and Landy and his troubles with the AAU, is chronicled in Neal Bascomb's 2004 book The Perfect Mile.


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