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9 unusual facts about USA


CZ-USA

CZ firearms have been available through normal channels in the US since 1991, through such importers/distributors as Bauska, Action Arms, Magnum Research.

Harlan County

Harlan County, USA, a documentary film about mineworkers in the Kentucky county and their fight to organize a trade union

Hazel Dickens

She appeared in the documentary Harlan County, USA and also contributed four songs to the soundtrack of the same film.

L21

USA-193, an American military spy satellite launched in 2006

United States Medical Licensing Examination

U.S. osteopathic medical school graduates are permitted to take the USMLE for medical licensure, which they can also obtain by passing the multi-part Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) professional exam.

USA-225

A Minotaur I carrier rocket was used to launch USA-225, flying from Space Launch Complex 8 of the Vandenberg Air Force Base.

USA-244

WGS-6 was procured by the Australian Defence Force for the US Air Force, in exchange for participation in the programme.

USA.gov

The site also follows requirements of the Privacy Act, the Federal Information Security Management Act, and other privacy and security requirements.

USA/USSR Joint Statement on Uniform Acceptance of Rules of International Law Governing Innocent Passage

The Joint Statement by the USA and the USSR (the superpowers of the time) was made to counteract state activity to restrict the passage of ships carrying potentially hazardous materials through states' territorial sea, culminating mainly from the Basel Convention 1989.


A Long Way to Shiloh

A Long Way to Shiloh (known in the USA as The Menorah Men so as not to be thought a Civil War novel) is a thriller by Lionel Davidson.

Acme Monaco

In 1989 a second manufacturing facility was opened in Presque Isle, Maine, USA.

Adrian Adlam

Adlam has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, the USA and Japan.

All Hands Together

Recorded in Tennessee, USA, it was a gospel-inflected, adult contemporary-styled charity single and her tribute to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, with the proceeds of the single going to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Arthur Frederick Dicks

This new direction saw him working as a set and costume designer in England, USA and Africa, spending some time in Nairobi.

Casco Bay High School

Casco Bay High School is a public Expeditionary Learning school in Portland, Maine, USA.

Cephus cinctus

It is known as a chronic pest in Northern Great Plains of the USA and also an important pest of wheat in the Canadian Prairies.

Christopher Asher

Asher has coached professional athletes Derek Knight (top-5 USA ranked 110mHH), Sergio Santos (1st round MLB pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks), Reuben Droughns (NFL-Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants) and Trevor Ariza (NBA- New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, L.A. Lakers).

Comedy Review

Articles: The Fast Show; British sitcoms remade in the USA; A to Z of comedy songs; 20 Forgotten Sitcoms.

DeWayne Lewis

He helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2011 IFAF World Championship in Austria and was selected as an All-World defensive back and received the award as the Best Defensive Back at the World Championship.

E. V. Gordon

1927 An Introduction to Old Norse, Revised edition 1956, revised by A.R. Taylor; Reprinted 1981, Oxford University Press, USA; 2nd edition

El Prado

El Prado, New Mexico, an unincorporated suburb of Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, USA

Elna

Elna, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, USA

European Society for Trauma and Dissociation

The idea of establishing a European society for trauma and dissociation was first conceived by ESTD's past presidents Eli Somer and Remy Aquarone during their service on the board of directors of the USA-based International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) with the vision of developing the ISSTD as a United Nations-like organisation composed of continental, regional and national societies.

Fred Alexander

He competed in the USA Davis Cup team in 1908 which lost the final against Australia at the Albert Ground, Melbourne.

Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh

He has participated in major exhibitions all over the world and his works are displayed in private and public collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, USA.

Global Country of World Peace

From 2004 to 2010 the GCWP owned the American Bank Note Company Building in New York City, USA which it called The Financial Capital of the GCWP.

Hellenic Naval Academy

Finally, officers ranked Lieutenant Junior Grade and Lieutenant, may be educated abroad (in Europe or in the USA) in schools such as NPS, MIT, the University of Michigan etc., thus becoming further specialized in fields such as electronics, weapon systems, computers, operation research, marine architecture etc.

Henk van den Breemen

The “Gang of five”, as they were called when the pamphlet was presented in Washington DC (January 2008), consisted of General (ret.) John Shalikashvili (USA), General (ret.) Dr. Klaus Naumann (Germany), Admiral (ret.) Jacques Lanxade and Field Marshal the Lord Inge (UK).

Igor Klyuchnikov

He gained his 50th cap in Russia's World Cup opener against USA on 15 September 2011.

Jason Varitek

His Lake Brantley High School baseball team won the Florida State Championship his senior year in 1990 and was named the number one high school baseball team in the nation by a USA Today poll.

Jean-Philippe Lamoureux

His sisters Jocelyne and Monique, both born 1989 (twins), both won silver medals with Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and are currently both forwards with the women's NCAA team at the University of North Dakota.

Jesse Nilsson

Nilsson was cast as Eric Singer, one of the central characters in the Disney TV movie Model Behavior, which was released on 12 March 2000 in the USA.

Jordan Alan

He has shot TV commercials for clients including 1-800-DENTIST, 1-800-USA-EYES, Invisalign and LA Sight Laser Center.

Jorge Arteaga

Jorge begun racing in the USA in 2010, acting as an ambassador for NASCAR's D4D (Drive for Diversity Program) and working in Revolution Racing alongside with drivers such as Mackena Bell and Sergio Peña.

Joseph Putzer

Joseph Putzer (4 March, 1836, Rodeneck, County of Tyrol, Austrian Empire - 15 May, 1904, Ilchester, Maryland, USA) was an Austrian Redemptorist theologian and canonist.

LG Rumor 2

Colours exclusive to the USA include red, plus a purple version for the Kansas State University.

Lonely Are the Brave

The Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA gave the film a "Golden Reel Award" for "Best Sound Editing" (Waldon O. Watson, Frank H. Wilkinson, James R. Alexander, James Curtis, Arthur B. Smith), in a tie with Mutiny on the Bounty.

Mecca2Medina

They have worked with many new artists including with The Blind Alphabets and Mohammed Yahya, Missundastood of the USA, Poetic Pilgrimage, Pearls of Islam, Masika Feesibillah and Muslim Bilal.

Mia Dyson

The following year (2006), Mia toured the USA and Canada, joined Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention on stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and supported Ani Di Franco in New York's Central Park.

Michelle Loughery

She has been instrumental in beginning world class mural projects in Cuba, Missouri, USA; Vernon, British Columbia and continues to work in the Country Music Capital of Canada, Merritt, British Columbia.

Model-driven engineering

Marco Brambilla, Jordi Cabot, Manuel Wimmer, Model Driven Software Engineering in Practice, foreword by Richard Soley (OMG Chairman), Morgan & Claypool, USA, 2012, Synthesis Lectures on Software Engineering #1.

Molinology

Cultural and scientific interest in molinology is maintained by The International Molinological Society (TIMS), a non-profit organisation which brings together more than six hundred members, mostly from Europe and the USA.

National Civilian Community Corps

AmeriCorps (which includes the NCCC program) is a USA federally funded "network of more than 3,000 non-profit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations." AmeriCorps has met with sharp criticisms from fiscal conservatives who accused it of being a "boondoggle", most notably by libertarian James Bovard in a Fox News article that covered proposals to cut funding for the program.

Neil Galanter

Neil Galanter is an American pianist in Los Angeles, California, who is a leading specialist in researching and performing the works of Iberian/Spanish, Catalan, Belgian, and other European composers including Mompou, Montsalvatge, Granados, Albeniz, Mompou, Blancafort, Espla, and Poot.

Oksana Antonenko

Antonenko holds degrees from Moscow State University in Political Economy and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (USA) MPP in International Affairs and Security.

Post Regiment

Their final album, Tragiedia wg Post Regiment ("Tragedy According To Post Regiment") was released in 1998 on Profane Existence records in the USA and Skuld releases in Europe.

Ramiro Villapadierna

Exceptionally he toured the USA for a series on the American society, between the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush eras.

Raymond L. Brett

He held a number of Visiting Professorships: University of Rochester, USA, 1958–1959; Kiel University, University of Osnabrück, 1977; University of Baroda, Jadavpur University, 1978; University of Ottawa, 1981.

Richmond–San Rafael Bridge

The Richmond–San Rafael Bridge (officially, the John F. McCarthy Memorial Bridge) is the northernmost of the east–west crossings of the San Francisco Bay in California, USA, connecting Richmond on the east to San Rafael on the west end.

Ridgewood Park, Dallas

Ridgewood Park is a neighborhood in east Dallas Texas (USA).

Rock pocket mouse

In 2003, scientists sampled DNA from both light- and dark-coloured rock pocket mice from areas in Pinacate Peaks, Mexico and New Mexico, USA.

Smokies

Great Smoky Mountains - a major mountain range in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains, USA

Srilekha Parthasarathy

She also has a fan club "No One Noticed Srilekha" in Portland, Oregon, USA, the first for a Tamil singer in Oregon.

Stippled studfish

The Stippled studfish (Fundulus bifax) is a small freshwater fish which is endemic to the Tallapoosa River system in Georgia and Alabama, USA; and Sofkahatchee Creek (lower Coosa River system) in Alabama.

Sylvia Hatchell

Despite having four players averaging double-digit scoring, including Wendy Palmer at almost 19 points per game, the USA had some close matches.

Telco

Telco Systems, a telecommunications systems manufacturer based in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA

USA Women's World University Games Team

The fourth game, against Hungary was closer, but led by Carol Blazejowski's 31 points, the USA won by ten points.

Volker Ignaz Schmidt

Since 1995 he has studied composition privately with Franklin Cox (University of Maryland, USA), Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp (Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer) (University of Hertfordshire, England).

World Chess Championship 1907

Emanuel Lasker had virtually retired after retaining the Chess World Championship in 1897, in part due to his doctoral studies in mathematics, but defended his title against Frank J. Marshall from January 26 to April 6, 1907, in the USA, games being played in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago and Memphis.


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2007 UCF Knights football team

With their Conference USA championship, UCF got an automatic berth at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee on December 29, 2007.

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).

Angolan War of Independence

The USA granted the company Aero Associates, from Tucson, Arizona, the permission to sell seven Douglas B-26 Invader bombers to Portugal in early 1965, despite Portugal's concerns about their support for the Marxists from Cuba and the USSR.

Biotecnol

Dr de Noronha Pissarra has worked at numerous institutions, including King's College, London, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and the Centre for Biotechnology of the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby.

Christina Stead

Stead also became involved with the writer, broker and Marxist political economist William J. Blake (formerly Wilhelm Blech), with whom she travelled to Spain (leaving at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War) and to the USA.

Christoffel Nortje

Professor Nortje has spoken extensively in Maxillofacial Radiology scientific meetings in Hungary, Italy, USA, Brazil, Abu Dhabi, Lebanon, Bangkok, Thailand, China, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum

The Devils Rope Barbed Wire Museum is a museum located in McLean, Texas, USA.

Eaton Canyon

Eaton Canyon is a major canyon beginning at the Eaton Saddle near Mount Markham and San Gabriel Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest, USA.

Fenella Woolgar

Her early years were spent in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA before the family returned to the UK in 1976.

Giacomo Bulgarelli

He finished his career with a brief spell in 1975 with the Hartford Bicentennials in the USA.

Harold M. Westergaard

Harold Malcolm Westergaard (9 October 1888 Copenhagen, Denmark – 22 June 1950 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA).

Hugo Peretti

In 1957, they bought into Roulette Records where they both wrote songs for various artists such as Valerie Carr and produced major hits for Jimmie Rodgers including "Honeycomb" (Billboard # 1) and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (Billboard # 3), and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" and "Secretly".

James Robinson Johnston

In 1908, Johnston suggested creating a preparatory agricultural and industrial school, along the lines of the Tuskegee School in the USA for young blacks.

Jayaque

These churches are sponsored by the Lutheran Church of Penzberg, Bavaria, Germany as well as through relationships with churches in the Greater Milwaukee Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in southeast Wisconsin, USA.

Jessica Schultz

For the 2006 U.S. World Team Trials in March, Schultz was named skip, or captain, of Team USA (the team's regular skip, Cassie Johnson, did not play in the tournament), and the team finished fourth under her direction.

Josh A. Moore

Played for legendary coach Bob Hurley at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey for three seasons, where he won a USA Today high school basketball national championship in 1996 and was a two time New Jersey boy's basketball All State selection.

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

KSAU-HS has a number of licensing agreements to develop its academic programs with prestigious universities worldwide: University of Sydney (Australia); University of Liverpool (UK); South Alabama University (USA); Flinders University (Australia); Arkansas University (USA), Thomas Jefferson University (USA) University of Maryland (USA), Maastricht University (Netherlands), The University of Oklahoma (USA) and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (USA).

Live: Bad Kitty Board Mix

Live: Bad Kitty Board Mix is a 2006 live album by Sophie B. Hawkins recorded at The Triple Door (Seattle, USA) and The Basement (Sydney, Australia).

Matt Jansen

As a result, Blackburn decided it best for him take another break from football and sent him to visit a sports psychiatrist in the USA.

Matthew Zook

His work as an economic geographer contributed to a greater understanding of the expansion and impact of WalMart in USA (History of Walmart.

Maury Povich

In 1998 the show was taken over by Studios USA (then a division of USA Networks, later renamed Universal Television after being sold to Vivendi Universal; and NBC Universal Television after VU Entertainment was sold to NBC owner General Electric).

Mindy Duncan

Two other Miss Oregon Teen USA titleholders, Bridgette Wilson (1990) and Tami Farrell (2003), have since also won the Miss Teen USA crown.

National Astronomical Observatory of China

The reformation of management strucuture imitated to National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) of USA and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ).

Patti Russo

Patti's television credits include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, The View, Entertainment Tonight, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Qcheck, Huckabee, Lopez Tonight, The USA Music Challenge, Top Of The Pops, Brit Awards, American Music Awards, Party in the Park- Hyde Park UK, Prince's Trust- UK, Pres.

Rob Kling

Rob Kling, PhD (born August 1944, died 15 May 2003 - age 58) was a North American professor of Information Systems and Information science at the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University, USA.

Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon

The SunTrust Rock 'n' Roll USA Marathon, formerly known as the National Marathon, is an annual marathon and half marathon held in Washington, D.C. It was established in 2006 as an annual event.

Sandtown

Sandtown, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Southampton Township, New Jersey, USA

Talat Ahmad

Talat Ahmad was recommended for the position by a search committee headed by former member of Planning Commission, Prof. Abid Hussain, former Indian Ambassador to USA, and comprising Professor G. K. Chadha, CEO, South Asian University and former Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Prof. Seyed E. Hasnain, an eminent Scientist and former Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad.

Touro University

Touro University California, a medical, pharmacy and physician assistant's school in Vallejo, California, USA.

Yuet Wai Kan

He did his medical training at Queen Mary Hospital, then went to USA for further study.