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100 unusual facts about United States


A More Perfect Constitution

Allow men and women not born in the United States to run for president or vice president after having been a citizen for 20 years.

The twenty-three proposals run the gamut from changing the length of the U.S. President's term in office and the number and terms of Supreme Court justices to altering the structure of Congress, modifying the Electoral College, and introducing universal national service.

He argues that a constitutional convention is overdue and is something that Founding Fathers would have wanted.

A. W. Kuchler

Kuchler, August William Wilhelm (Germany-United States 1907-1999) is an American geographer and naturalist who is noted for developing a plant association system in widespread use in the USA.

Acting on AIDS

Since its inception in August 2004, Acting on AIDS has grown to approximately 190 campus chapters around the United States.

Adrenaline Family Entertainment

The company originally had plans to expand by building a portfolio of regional amusement and water parks across the United States.

Albert L. Myer

General Nelson A. Miles had been installed by the President of the United States as the first American military governor of the Island, and Francisco Porrata Doria had been elected mayor by the people of Ponce as was the custom for many decades under the old Spanish system.

Alberta Schenck Adams

Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams (June 1, 1928 – July 6, 2009) was a teenage civil rights activist in the struggle for equality by the indigenous peoples in the United States Territory of Alaska.

Alberton School

Alberton School is a three-story brick school located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997.

Allison Island

Allison Island is an island within the city of Miami Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

Alvin Simon

Alvin Simon (1928-Feb 23, 2010 in Mount Washington, California) was an American restaurateur who played a leading role in the development and revitalization of Pasadena, California in the 1980s.

Ambassador Motorcycles

Founded by Irish motorcycle racer and 1920’s Brooklands star Kaye Don in 1946 as “U.S. Concessionaires Ltd.”, the company was started to import American cars.

Amelia Stone Quinton

Amelia Stone Quinton (July 31, 1833 – June 23, 1926) was an American social activist and advocate for Native American rights.

American Educational Research Association

The American Educational Research Association, or AERA, was founded in 1916 as a professional organization representing educational researchers in the United States and around the world.

André Lefebvre de La Boulaye

His son, François Lefebvre de la Boulaye, was the French Ambassador to both Brazil (1968-72) and Japan (1972-75), and his grandson, Stanislas Lefebvre de Laboulaye, is the French Ambassador to the Holy See, and was formerly the French Ambassador to both the United States and Russia.

Army Intelligence

In the United States, Army Intelligence is usually referred to as Military Intelligence (see main article: Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)).

Avis Hope Eckelberry

Avis Anne Hope Eckelberry (1956 – July 14, 2012) was an American film editor of The Flinstones and Cobb.

BacillaFilla

BacillaFilla was developed by a group of students at Newcastle University in 2010, as part of an international science competition in the United States.

Barbital

Barbital (as known in the United States) or barbitone (as known elsewhere), marketed under the brand names Veronal for the pure acid and Medinal for the sodium salt, was the first commercially available barbiturate.

Bayan, Kuwait

Bayan also houses several international embassies, including that of the United States of America, Belgium, and Thailand.

Benjamin Clemens

His Works during his life were exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art regularly as well as all over the world including Paris, Rome, Brussels and the United States.

Big Media

Big Media is a term sometimes applied to the predominant Media organisations in the United States.

Cindy Duehring

Cindy Duehring (August 10, 1962 – June 29, 1999) was an American activist and researcher.

Clifford Clinton

During the next ten years, 6.5 million pounds of MPF were distributed to relief agencies in 129 countries, including the United States.

Commuter worker

The United States Congress has not authorized commuting, but the Supreme Court ruled in the 1970s that the immigration process can be used by Mexicans to obtain jobs in the United States while maintaining residences in Mexico.

Crown Point Community School Corporation

Crown Point Community School Corporation is a public school district based in Lake County, IN, United States

Daniel L. Ritchie Center

The Daniel L. Ritchie Center is the home of athletics for the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, United States.

Dictionary of American Biography

No biographies of living people were done, and some period of residence in the United States was required.

Eagle Academy

Eagle Academy is the name of several schools in the United States and other countries.

Election Defense Alliance

It was established as a national coordinating body to promote and support citizen activism at the local and state level to restore integrity and public accountability to the electoral processes of the United States.

First2Ten

The points system and disallowed holds structure blends folkstyle wrestling and freestyle wrestling—the two most popular forms of wrestling in the United States by participation.

Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America

In this book Walid Phares presents his analysis of the Jihadist movement and the strategies it employs in its war against America and Western governments.

Gay Republicans

Gay Republicans are LGBT members and supporters of the Republican Party in the United States.

George Reinke

George Reinke (December 27, 1914 – September 22, 2009) was the first elected County Executive of Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

Ghetto Gourmet

The Ghetto Gourmet is an underground dining experience in the United States, in which diners pay between $40 and $100 and are served a table d'hôte meal prepared by a professional chef at a non-restaurant location.

Graduate student unionization

As of 2007 there are 28 graduate student employee local unions in the United States.

Griffith Public Schools

Griffith Public Schools is a school district in Lake County, IN, United States

H2A

H-2A Visa, a temporary, nonimmigrant visa allowing foreign nationals entry into the U.S. for seasonal agricultural work.

Immigration Restriction Act

Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 (also known as the National Origins Act or the Johnston-Reed Act) in the United States

International Sportsman

The International F-17 Sportsman was a 1920s American three-seat open-cockpit biplane designed and manufactured by the International Aircraft Corporation in Long Beach California and Cincinnati, Ohio.

It Can Happen Here

Conason discusses what he sees as a trend towards authoritarianism during the administration of US President George W. Bush, focusing on manipulation of intelligence and public opinion surrounding the Iraq War, disregard of national and international law (the NSA warrantless wiretapping controversy and signing statements are used as examples), the increased mix of big business and government, and more.

Jeunes Agape

Ian (left) was the recipient of Deon's blood donor stem cells in a successful transplant procedure to treat aplastic anemia conducted by the United States National Institutes of Health.

Jewish Bakers' Voice

The Jewish Bakers' Voice (in Yiddish: Idishe Bekers Shtime) was a trade paper for Jewish bakers published from New York City, the United States.

Johnson Rocket 185

The Johnson Rocket 185 is a 1940s American two seat cabin monoplane designed by Johnson and built at Fort Worth, Texas.

Kabir Mohabbat

Mohabbat acted as a temporary extraordinary envoy of the United States to the Taliban in the negotiations for the delivery of Osama bin Laden.

Kill box

First developed by the U.S. Air Force in the late 1980s, the technique gained notoriety through its use during the first Gulf War (1991).

Kuala Lumpur al-Qaeda Summit

Before the meeting, the United States intercepted a telephone call to Yemen by al-Mihdhar concerning arrangements for the trip.

Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus

Some of the biggest importers of the bacterium are Japan, the USA, and the EU.

Little Wizards

Little Wizards is a American animated series, created by Len Janson and Chuck Menville and produced by Marvel Productions, that ran from 1987 to 1988.

Lou L. LaBrant

Lou L. LaBrant (May 28, 1888 – February 25, 1991) was an American schoolteacher and author notable for her progressive ideas on teaching English.

Magrabi Hospitals and Centers

In 1997, Magrabi Hospitals & Centers associated in partnership with AMI Saudi Arabia Limited (established in 1980 by The American Medical International Company that is one of the largest hospital management companies in the USA).

Mandalam

Based in United States and India, and give annual performances, lectures, demonstrations & workshops worldwide.

Melvin Alvah Traylor

He went on to oversee several banks around the United States and became president of the American Bankers Association in 1926 and later the first president of the First Union Trust and Savings Bank in 1928 which would go on to become Chicago's largest bank under his leadership in 1931.

Mercury Kitten

The Mercury Kitten (also known as the Aerial Kitten) was an American three-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Mercury Aircraft Inc. in the late 1920s.

Miller cycle

The Miller cycle was patented by Ralph Miller, an American engineer, US patent 2817322 dated Dec 24, 1957.

Mirror Mirror: a history of the human love affair with reflection

Mirror Mirror: A history of the human love affair with reflection is a 2003 nonfiction book written by American investigative journalist Mark Pendergrast.

MLS Defender of the Year Award

In the United States, Major League Soccer (MLS) has handed out a Defender of the Year award since its inception in 1996.

Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae

In July 2007 it was discovered that this species of Mycoplasma was responsible for the deaths of bighorn sheep in the Western United States.

National Foundation for Credit Counseling

Established in 1951, the NFCC consists of a network of 106 agencies and 850 offices in the United States.

NDRF

National Defense Reserve Fleet, consists of "mothballed" ships used to provide shipping for the United States during national emergencies.

Nibras guest house

The Nibras guest house is one of the many al Qaida guest houses, or al Qaida safe houses, or other houses that American intelligence analysts assert are part of the justifications offered for the continued extrajudicial detention of captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

He writes that Democrats such as Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY), chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, already are and will continue to be pointing out that the party made its top priority redefining rape, and otherwise focusing on social issues, rather than creating jobs.

Norberto Longo

Norberto Longo (February 15, 1942 - April 19, 2003) was a Spanish-language sportscaster in the United States.

North Dakota Royal Rangers

The ministry currently at this time is thriving in North Dakota, Midwestern region of the United States, along the Canadian border.

Numerican Nation: A Self Portrait

The story is a mainly autobiographical work and commentary on U.S. politics.

Operation Sand Flea

Operation Sand Flea was a series of training exercises for the December 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States.

Osbat al-Nour

Osbat al-Nour is said to be an offshoot of a larger Osbat al-Ansar, which is on the United States' list of terrorist organizations because of its alleged links to Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda.

Parallels of Infinite Torture

Parallels of Infinite Torture is the fourth studio album by American death metal band Disgorge.

Parks P-2

The Parks P-2 , powered by a 150 hp Axelson-Floco B engine was a biplane designed and built at the Parks Air College in the United States circa 1929.

Pope John XXIII High School

Pope John XXIII High School is the name of several high schools in the United States.

Rena Golden

Rena Golden (30 March 1961 – 20 March 2013) was an Indian born American journalist working for CNN and the Weather Channel.

Republican period

# Any of several periods in the United States where the Republican Party controlled the federal government, or within individual US states or local governments when Republicans controlled those governments.

Ridgewood Park, Dallas

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

Royal Flying Corps Canada

Training was provided both by the Curtiss Aviation School at Long Branch near Toronto (land plane training) and Hanlan's Point on Toronto Island (for flying boat training), and in the United States.

Sampson Simson

Sampson Simson (born 1780, died 1857) was an American philanthropist most remembered as "the father of Mount Sinai Hospital" and as benefactor, posthumously, to the North American Relief Society for Indigent Jews in Jerusalem, Palestine.

Sidor Belarsky

Sidor Belarsky, born Isidor Livshitz (February 12, 1898 – June 7, 1975), was a Ukrainian-American singer born to a Jewish family in Kryzhopol, Ukraine.

Silver Mount Cemetery

Silver Mount Cemetery is located at 918 Victory Boulevard on Staten Island, New York, United States.

Single-issue politics

Single-issue politics may express itself through the formation of a single-issue party, an approach that tends to be more successful in parliamentary systems based on proportional representation than in rigid two-party systems (like that of the United States).

Sydney Taylor

Sydney Taylor (October 30, 1904 – February 12, 1978) was an American author.

Taliban guest house

American counter-terrorism officials express concern over both Taliban guest houses and Taliban safe houses.

Talking Right

Nunberg argues that the problem runs much deeper, in that the entire political discourse in the United States today has been shaped heavily by conservatives.

Telegram messenger

In the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and other countries around the world, a telegram messenger, more often known as a telegram delivery boy or simply a telegram boy was a young male employed to deliver telegrams, usually on bicycle.

The Committee of 200

The Committee of 200's more than 450 members represent over 100 industries in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada and Latin America and its members generate more than $200 billion in annual revenues.

The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall

Bremmer's J Curve describes the relationship between a country's openness and its stability; focusing on the notion that while many countries are stable because they are open (the United States, France, Japan), others are stable because they are closed (North Korea, Cuba, Iraq under Saddam Hussein).

The Law that Never Was

Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, an amendment proposed by Congress must be ratified by three-fourths of the states to become part of the Constitution.

The New Jackals

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, the book was republished with a new epilogue, which warns the West remains vulnerable to further attacks, possibly from biological and nuclear weapons of mass destruction.

The Right Nation

The Right Nation (ISBN 1-59420-020-3) is a book published in 2004 which charts the rise of the Republican Party in the United States since Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964.

Third Way

In the United States, "Third Way" adherents embrace fiscal conservatism to a greater extent than traditional social liberals, and advocate some replacement of welfare with workfare, and sometimes have a stronger preference for market solutions to traditional problems (as in pollution markets), while rejecting pure laissez-faire economics and other libertarian positions.

Thomas Heyward, Jr.

(July 28, 1746 – March 6, 1809) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina.

Too Cool to Conga!

Too Cool to Conga! is the thirteenth studio album released by the American musical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts.

Tymnet

Tymnet was also connected to dozens of other public networks in the United States and internationally via X.25/X.75 gateways.

U.S. Cellular Center

There are two arenas in the United States with the name U.S. Cellular Center.

Unholy Wars

The book presents a systematic account of U.S. policies and alliances, during the period 1979-89 vis-à-vis the Middle East, the flaws and the lacunae inherent in US handling of the affairs, and their contribution into the emergence of a form of terrorism which continues to affect several regions of the World.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs

The Subcommittee on African Affairs is responsible for United States relations with countries in Africa, with the exception of countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco, which are under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs

The Subcommittee on European Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the countries on the continent of Europe, except the states of Central Asia that are within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs.

United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce

The United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce was a special committee of the United States Senate which existed from 1950 to 1951 and which investigated organized crime which crossed state borders in the United States.

Verboten!

Because American soldiers are verboten (forbidden) to fraternize with German women, he resigns from the Army and goes to work in the Food Office of the Military Government.

Video game content rating system

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings, enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines, and ensures responsible online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in Canada and the United States.

Wholesale District

Wholesale District may refer to some city districts in the United States

Willie Musarurwa

Musarurwa died at the age of 62, while having lunch with Ambassador Steven Rhodes of the United States.


1999 IGA SuperThrift Classic

The 1999 IGA SuperThrift Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States that was part of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour.

Abilene Network

The name Abilene was chosen because of the project's resemblance, in ambition and scope, to the railhead in Abilene, Kansas, which in the 1860s represented the frontier of the United States for the nation's railroad infrastructure.

American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine

American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine is the second studio album by American rock band band The Donnas, released in 1998 (See 1998 in music) on Lookout!.

Byrne Piven

Byrne Piven (September 24, 1929 – February 18, 2002) was an influential American stage actor, director, and co-founder of the Playwrights Theatre Club, a forerunner of The Second City.

Caston

Samuel Lincoln became the great-great-great-great-grandfather of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

David Francey

His 2004 album, The Waking Hour, is a collaboration with traditional country artists Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin, and includes some of his darker material, including "Wishing Well" about the execution of Timothy McVeigh, and "Fourth of July", a political commentary on the post-September 11 United States.

DZRJ-FM

On October 15, 2010, HP Philippines, a unit of United States-based information technology firm Hewlett-Packard Company, have entered an agreement with RJ 100.3 FM as part of radio commercials.

Edwin H. Whitehead

Edwin H. "Ed" Whitehead (February 26, 1925 - May 20, 2007) was a lawyer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a former Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, and an early supporter of John F. Kennedy for the American presidency in a state which three times supported Richard M. Nixon.

Eunice Rosen

Eunice Marya Rosen (born September 6, 1930) is an American bridge player.

Frederick Lucian Hosmer

Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929) was an American Unitarian minister who served congregations in Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, and California and who wrote many significant hymns.

George H. Utter

Utter was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911, until his death from liver cancer in Westerly, Rhode Island, November 3, 1912.

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Harry and Walter Go to New York is a 1976 American period comedy film written by John Byrum and Robert Kaufman, directed by Mark Rydell, and starring James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning and Lesley Ann Warren.

Heritage Park Aquatic Center

Heritage Park Aquatic Center is an aquatics venue located in Irvine, California, United States.

I. German/Dutch Corps

Due to its role as a NATO High Readiness Forces Headquarters, soldiers from other NATO member states, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom amongst others, are also stationed at Münster.

Joel Casique

He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in Venezuela, the United States, and Aruba; he has also participated in national and international fairs, including the sixteenth and seventeenth Ferias Iberoamericanas de Arte (FIA) in Caracas; the 2007 Latin American Art Fair in Miami; and the 2006 Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá (ARTBO) in Bogotá, Colombia.

John C. McKenzie

Mckenzie was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1925).

John W. Langley

Langley was elected in March 4, 1907 as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses where he became known as "Pork Barrel John." He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses).

Jonathan Winter

Jonathan Winter (born August 18, 1971 in Masterton) is a member of the Ngai Tahu Maori tribe and a former backstroke swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, for his native country.

Joshua Kadison

It peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard charts, and Filipino actor/singer Jericho Rosales recorded and released a version of it on his own 2009 album Change. Painted Desert Serenade went platinum in the US and Germany, and went multi-platinum in Australia and New Zealand.

Leo T. McCarthy

McCarthy was first elected to statewide office to the first of three consecutive four-year terms as lieutenant governor of California in 1982, at the same time that Republican George Deukmejian was elected governor.

Loïs Lane

The group is known in the United States as Lois L, because the group was named after Lois Lane, the girlfriend of Superman.

MacGillivray's Warbler

MacGillivray's Warblers are migratory and spend their summers in temporate forests located in the western United States, and in boreal forests of west Canada.

Margaret Vanderhye

She was the Democratic nominee in the 2007 Virginia general election to fill the seat held by retiring incumbent Republican Vince Callahan, defeating Republican businessman Dave Hunt in the general election on November 6, 2007.

Mark Schatz

Mark Schatz (born April 23, 1955) is an American bassist, banjoist, mandolinist, and clogger who has recorded and toured with artists such as albums for artists such as Bela Fleck, Nickel Creek, Jerry Douglas, Maura O'Connell, Tony Rice, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Tim O'Brien.

Maureen Kaila Vergara

Maureen Kaila Vergara (born December 17, 1964 in San Francisco, United States) is a retired Salvadoran cycle racer who used to ride for the 800.com team.

McClellan Heights, Pennsylvania

McClellan Heights, located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, is a neighborhood adjacent to the city of York and is part of the campus of the York College of Pennsylvania.

Menow

As a two-year-old, Menow won the 1937 Champagne Stakes in September, although most attention was given to the fatal injury sustained by the favorite Skylarking.

Mexopolis

Mexopolis (also known as Mexopolis Animation Studio) is an American production company founded in 1999 by Jorge R. Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua.

Mountain Village, Colorado

Mountain Village is a Home Rule Municipality in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall

For instance, the user could bring up the total delegate counts for Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Hillary Clinton (D-NY) during the 2008 US Democratic primary race.

Museum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla

The building has been used several times as a set for films or television shows, including the 1974 American film The Wind and the Lion and the 1985 French Film Harem, where it was used as the British Embassy.

Nat Hickey

A 5'11" guard/forward, Hickey played during the 1920s through 1940s as a member of multiple professional teams, including the Cleveland Rosenblums of the American Basketball League and the Pittsburgh Raiders, Indianapolis Kautskys, and Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball League.

Norman Tate

Norman ("Norm") W. Tate (born January 2, 1942 in Oswald, West Virginia) is a retired long jumper from the United States, who set the world's best year performance in 1971 by jumping 8.23 metres on 1971-05-22 at a meet in El Paso.

Nyang’oma Kogelo

Since 2006, the village has received international attention because it is the hometown of Barack Obama, Sr., the father of current United States President Barack Obama.

Pierce M. B. Young

Returning home in early 1861, he was appointed second lieutenant in the 1st Georgia Infantry regiment, but declined that commission for the same rank in the artillery.

Pierre Bellocq

Pierre Camille Lucien Hilaire Jean Bellocq (born November 25, 1926 in Bedenac, Charente-Maritime, France) is a French-American artist and horse racing cartoonist known as "Peb".

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960

The 1960 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1960 U.S. presidential election.

Reuben D. Mussey, Jr.

(often called RD Mussey) (May 30, 1833–May 29, 1892) was a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War and a distinguished lawyer.

Rick Hurst

Richard Douglas "Rick" Hurst (born January 1, 1946) an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg's cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard and most recent The Dukes of Hazzard Reunion in 1997 and Hazzard in Hollywood in 2000.

Rogatchover Gaon

The remainder of his surviving writings appeared in the United States and Israel many years after his death; all are titled Tzofnath Paneach "decipherer of secrets", (a title given to the Biblical Joseph by Pharaoh (Genesis 41:45)).

Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota

Silver Creek is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota, United States.

Teco pottery

The American Terra Cotta Tile and Ceramic Company was founded in 1881; originally as Spring Valley Tile Works; in Terra Cotta, Illinois, between Crystal Lake, Illinois and McHenry, Illinois near Chicago by William Day Gates.

The Lakes, Minnesota

The lake and the community are located in parts of four townships in Murray County: Lake Sarah, Shetek, Murray, and Mason Townships.

Thomas Patrick Moore

Moore was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1829).

Tim Willoughby

Having left Goldman Sachs in late 2007, Willoughby was due to start work at the firm of Citi Smith Barney on 10 January 2008, but died suddenly on 9 January 2008 after suffering a heart attack on board a flight from the United States to Singapore, returning home from a family holiday in New Mexico.

United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues

This includes the general oversight responsibility for the U.S. State Department, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the U.S. Foreign Service, and public diplomacy and United States participation in the United Nations, its affiliated organizations, and other international organizations not under the jurisdiction of other subcommittees.

Wayne Sowell

Wayne Sowell was the Democratic candidate for Alabama in the United States Senate election of 2004.

William Bemister

A 58-minute version of the film was later telecast on PBS in the United States for which Bemister won the 1981 Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism on U.S. Network Television and the 1982 CINE Golden Eagle Award.

Yorkville High School

Yorkville High School, or YHS, is a public four-year high school located in Yorkville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.

Ze'ev Chafets

After the first primaries of the 2010 U.S. election season, Chafets identified Rush Limbaugh as "the brains and the spirit behind" the Republican Party's "resurgence" in the wake of the 2008 election of President Barack Obama.