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A large commemorative monument (about 25 m high), Heroes' Cross (Crucea Eroilor) lies atop nearby Caraiman Peak, at nearly 2,260 m.

Charles Cross

Charles R. Cross, rock music journalist and author based in Seattle

Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana

At the same time, some critics, including Cobain biographer Charles R. Cross, take issue with the book, claiming that Azerrad wrote the book as a fan and not as an objective observer, which put him in a position to accept myth and hyperbole as fact.

Dave Foster

According to Charles R. Cross in his 2001 Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, Cobain's final straw with Foster came after Foster was arrested for assaulting the son of the mayor of Cosmopolis, Washington, which landed him in jail for two weeks, and caused him to have his driver's license revoked, and being fined thousands of dollars in the victim's medical expenses.

Edward Cross

Edward E. Cross (1832–1863), newspaperman and Union Army general during the American Civil War

Edward E. Cross

Edward Ephraim Cross (April 22, 1832 – July 3, 1863) was a newspaperman and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Father Panik Village

The 1939 groundbreaking was attended by Congressman Albert E. Austin and Governor Wilbur L. Cross, both of whom gave speeches to mark the occasion.

Incesticide

It was widely reported in the music press that the band wanted to offer fans a higher-quality alternative, but in the book Cobain Unseen, Charles R. Cross writes that Kurt Cobain agreed to the release of this compilation because he was allowed complete control over the album's artwork.

James T. Laney

He has received medals for distinguished service from the United States and Korea, the Wilbur L. Cross Medal from Yale, the Emory medal, and the General James Van Fleet award from the Korea Society.

James U. Cross

On February 23, 1962, Cross flew Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, Chairman of the National Space Council, to Grand Turk Island, where Colonel John Glenn had splashed down after completing the Project Mercury space expedition.

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963, Johnson requested that Cross become qualified to fly a Boeing 707.

In August 2010, Cross arranged for one of the Lockheed JetStar planes formerly used to transport President Johnson from the White House to his Texas ranch to be refinished and relocated to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in honor of what would have been Johnson's 102nd birthday.

Laurance L. Cross

On May 23, 1952, for example, he spoke out on behalf of Paul Robeson’s right to appear on Bay Area stages, a position which put him at odds with San Francisco Mayor Elmer Robinson.

Murder of Julia Martha Thomas

A few days before Webster was due to be executed an appeal was submitted on her behalf to the Home Secretary, R. A. Cross.

Nirvana – A Classic Album Under Review – In Utero

Those interviewed include Nirvana's original drummer Chad Channing, Kurt Cobain's biographer Charles R. Cross, and music producer Jack Endino.

Noah W. Cross

Cross then resigned as sheriff to enter the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas.

Oliver H. Cross

Cross was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1937).

Richard Cross

Richard E. Cross, American lawyer and executive in the automotive industry

R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914), British statesman and Conservative politician

Something in the Way

This myth, propagated by Cobain, was refuted in 2001 with the publication of his biography Heavier than Heaven, written by Charles Cross, who affirmed that if Cobain really had spent nights underneath the bridge mentioned in the song, he would have been in danger of being swept away by the tide of the Wishkah River.

St Ambrose Church, Widnes

R. Assheton Cross M.P., during a service conducted by the Vicar of Farnworth on 8 October 1879.

Steve Cross

Stephen E. Cross, Executive Vice President for Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Tracy L. Cross

Coleman had adapted Erving Goffman's (1963) social stigma theory to gifted children, providing a rationale for why children may hide their abilities and present alternate identities to their peers.

Erving Goffman's (1963) social stigma theory describes stigmatizing conditions as those attributes which do not conform to the expectations of society and result in social disapproval.

University Hospital Coventry

It is part of the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, which also includes the Hospital of St. Cross that is situated in Rugby, Warwickshire.

Wilbur L. Creech

After two and one-half years as commander of Electronic Systems Division, General Creech was transferred to Washington, D.C., where he served concurrently as the assistant vice chief of staff, assistant to the Chief of Staff for Readiness and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation matters and senior U.S. Air Force member, Military Staff Committee, United Nations.

Wishkah River

According to his biographer Charles R. Cross, however, this was largely a myth created by Cobain himself.


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