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Thailand at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Vanessa Vanakorn known as Vanessa-Mae, a classical violinist whose father is from Thailand also attempted to qualify and compete for the country.


A Home Too Far

It is based on a novel by Bo Yang, which is based on the true story of Republic of China Army's 93rd Division taking refuge in Santikhiri (Mae Salong) on northern border between Myanmar and Thailand.

Alda Lara

Paulo de Carvalho, a famed Portuguese singer, who has had a strong artistic career, recorded "Preludio/Mãe Negra", a beautiful poem written by Alda Lara.

Alma Delfina

In the 1980s acted in soap operas like Guadalupe (1984), Vanessa (1982) with Lucía Méndez, Chispita (1993), Vivir un poco (1985) with Angelica Aragón and Marionetas (1987).

Ban Chang

Ban Chang, Chiang Mai, a tambon (subdistrict) of Mae Taeng District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.

Best of Vanessa Paradis

The album also contains Vanessa's rendition of I Love Paris that was used in advertisements for Aéroports de Paris.

Call to Glory

During its production run, the show came to focus more on the loneliness experienced by wife Vanessa Sarnac (Cindy Pickett) while stationed on base and what she and the family would do to spend time in productive pursuits while enduring the Antelope Valley's then more noticeable isolation from civilization.

Dan Humphrey

Dan joins Blair, Vanessa and Georgina at New York University and instantly fits in among its many aspiring writers.

Dina Eastwood

In 2012, she played the role of Vanessa Reeve in The Forger alongside her stepson, Scott Eastwood, and Josh Hutcherson.

Don Kaeo

Don Kaeo, Mae Rim, a tambon (subdistrict) of Mae Rim District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Emily Alyn Lind

Emily Alyn Lind (born May 6, 2002) is an American actress best known as Vanessa in the Hallmark movie November Christmas and as Emma in All My Children.

Eugene Bridges

His father, Otheneil Bridges, performed as a blues guitarist under the name "Hideaway Slim", and his mother was a relative of Anna Mae Bullock, better known as Tina Turner.

Freddie Mac

On May 23, 2006, the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regulator, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, issued the results of a 27 month long investigation.

George Fitzmaurice

Rumors of other Fitzmaurice films in Gosfilmofond include 1920s Idols of Clay (with Mae Murray) and Three Live Ghosts with Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson Cyril Chadwick and Edmund Goulding.

Gretchen Franklin

Clutching a Yorkshire Terrier dog in one hand and a glass of Guinness in the other, she was the life and soul of the party; Julia saw that there was much comic mileage to be gained from such a character, and as a result Ethel Mae Skinner was born.

Hiroden Streetcar Route 7

Hiroden Streetcar route #7 "Yokogawa Station - Hiroden-honsha-mae Route" runs between Yokogawa Station and Hiroden-honsha-mae Station.

Icon: Best of Vanessa Carlton

Icon: Best of Vanessa Carlton is the first compilation album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Vanessa Carlton, released on January 4, 2011 by Universal Music Enterprises and is part of a series of similar Icon albums released by the label.

Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism

The board of directors consists of Camilla Andersson (chair), Anders Hjemdahl, Professor Kristian Gerner, Walburga Habsburg Douglas MP, and Mae Liz Orrego Wennick.

Kitasato-Daigaku-mae Station

Kitasato-Daigaku-mae Station was opened on April 1, 1984 to serve the nearby Towada campus of Kitasato University.

Knocks Me Off My Feet

In a scene from the movie Beauty Shop, Joe (Djimon Hounsou) is playing "Knocks Me Off My Feet" on the piano, capturing the attention of Gina (Queen Latifah) and her piano prodigy daughter Vanessa (Paige Hurd) from Gina's salon beneath Joe's apartment.

Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station

Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station (京都市役所前駅 Kyōto shiyakusho-mae eki) is a stop on the Tozai Line of Kyoto Municipal Subway in Kyoto, Japan.

Loose Shoes and Tight Pussy

#"I Remember Mama" (Shirley Caesar, Michael Mathis, Bernard Sterling, Dottie Sterling, Ann Price, Mae Newton) – 3:46

Mae Carden

In 1949 Mae Carden closed her school in New York and with close associates, Dorothea Freyfogle and May Crissey, organized Mae Carden, Inc.

Mae Chaem District

Thailand's highest mountain, 2.565 meter (8,415 ft) high Doi Inthanon, in the Thanon Thong Chai Range, is located in Mae Chaem district.

Mae Chan District

Doi Nang Non (ดอยนางนอน), "sleeping woman mountain", is an unusual land feature located in Mae Chan district on the western side of the highway between Chiang Rai and Mae Sai.

Mae Clarke

Mae Clarke (August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992) was an American actress most noted for playing Dr. Frankenstein's bride, chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, and for having a grapefruit smashed into her face by James Cagney in The Public Enemy -- both films released in 1931.

Mary B. Moser

Daughter of Robert and Vila Mae Beck, Mary Margaret was born on October 12, 1924 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.

Mary MacPherran

Born prematurely in a suburb of Denver, Colorado, Mary MacPherran grew up scrawny and short-statured, inspiring a popular girl at school, Vanessa Ashwood, to nickname her "Skeeter" (a slang word for mosquito).

Mike Fink Keel Boats

The Bertha Mae was put up on Disney's eBay Auction Site and was sold for $15,000 to Richard Kraft, and was later featured in a scene from Kraft's documentary Finding Kraftland.

Mr. Mysterious

The first episode of Hey Hey It's Saturday in 2010 featured Vanessa Amorosi, performing her latest single "Mr. Mysterious".

National Housing Act

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, a United States law which created Ginnie Mae out of Fannie Mae

November Christmas

The farmer goes to town and mentions it to Tammy, a young waitress (Elizabeth McLaughlin) at the local restaurant whom Vanessa had befriended.

Olga Wilhelmine Munding

On February 3, 2012, Munding in association with the Jessie Mae Hemphill Foundation organized the “Hill Country Blues Celebration” in Como, Mississippi to celebrate the “Repatriation of Como, Mississippi Recordings, Photographs and Videos from the Alan Lomax Collection” and the loan of the Hill Country Blues Photography Collection from the Jessie Mae Hemphill (JMH) Foundation to the Emily Jones Pointer Library.

Pa Daet

Pa Daet, Mae Suai a subdistrict of Mae Suai district, Chiang Rai province

Pang Mapha District

Neighboring districts are (from southeast clockwise) Pai, Mueang Mae Hong Son of Mae Hong Son Province and Shan State of Myanmar.

Sasha Valentine

After making friends with Vanessa White and Frankie Sandford in the toilets, Frankie & Vanessa later invite her on tour, which she immediately accepts.

Shaira Mae dela Cruz

Shaira Mae (born May 3, 1995 in the Philippines) is a Filipino actress and model.He started his acting career when he auditioned for Artista Academy.

The Blackout Pact

They went on to tour with such bands as Fight Paris, Drowningman, The Lawrence Arms, The Fall of Troy, Folly, The Draft, Rise Against, The Number 12 Looks Like You, Yellowcard, Heavy Heavy Low Low, Silverstein, Mae and more.

The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket

Gloria Swanson - Farina, Elvira's Daughter (as Gloria Mae Swanson)

The Garling Report

In November 2005, an Australian teenager named Vanessa Anderson died at Royal North Shore Hospital following a golfing accident.

They Killed Sister Dorothy

The film traces the reasons of the murder of Dayton, Ohio, native Dorothy Mae Stang, a 73-year-old nun of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur order who fought for the preservation of the Amazon Rainforest in the Brazilian state of Pará.

This is Alice

Phyllis Coates played her mother, Clarissa Mae Holliday, and Alice's father Chet was played by Tommy Farrell.

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Vanessa Bell Calloway (born March 20, 1957) is an American actress who has appeared in a number of films, including Biker Boyz, Love Don't Cost a Thing, What's Love Got to Do with It, Coming to America, and Cheaper by the Dozen.

Vanessa Campbell

Vanessa Campbell (June 24, 1953 - August 25, 2002) was a cabaret, blues, jazz and rock singer and actress who appeared in a national tour of "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" and Law & Order.

Vanessa Gold

Concurrent to their romance, which was extended to span Lucker's increased tenure, Vanessa separates from her husband Harry (Linal Haft), and reveals that he is not the father of her teenage daughter Jodie (Kylie Babbington).

Vanessa Jarman

In 2011, Vanessa was announced as the official Canadian Spokesperson for Rimmel London.

Vanessa Mdee

Vanessa Mdee was born on June 7, 1988, and grew up in the Arusha, a small town in the Northern region of Tanzania.

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Vanessa: Her Love Story is a 1935 American drama film directed by William K. Howard of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Robert Montgomery, Helen Hayes and May Robson.

Vincent Gregory

They live in Southfield and have six adult children, Lawrence, Troi, Vanessa, Vincent II (Deceased), Cortney, and Kristen.

Without Reservations

The film was adapted by Andrew Solt from the novel Thanks, God! I'll Take It From Here by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston.


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