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unusual facts about anticipation


Carly Simon: Live from Martha's Vineyard

It featured Simon and a live band performing the majority of her Coming Around Again album as well as her classic hits such as "Anticipation", "You're So Vain", and "Nobody Does It Better".


152 mm siege gun M1910

A licence agreement had been signed in 1907 between Schneider and Putilov for the production of a number of Schneider designs including the 152mm gun in anticipation of the final decision.

4eva N a Day

The mixtape was released in anticipation of K.R.I.T.'s debut studio album Live from the Underground (2012).

ADD SUV

Also, with so much anticipation around "ADD SUV" the song debuted at number one on The Hype Machine.

African Democracy Forum

Democrats in Africa founded the ADF in October 2000 in anticipation of the Second Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy.

Andrew Davenport

In 1992, Davenport was filmed dancing on a Soho roof for a short film ‘Joy’ by Mehdi Norowzian, a performance that inspired the Anticipation Guinness advertisement.

At last she moves

The city had been decorated in anticipation of celebration of the first Proclamation Day, and one of the highlights was a large banner draped across the front of Edward Keane's store, which read "AT LAST SHE MOVES".

Brite Futures

After much anticipation, Brite Futures' rerelease of Glistening Pleasure, entitled Glistening Pleasure 2.0 (referring to Justin Bieber's My World 2.0,) is up for sale on Amazon and iTunes as of July 15, 2010, making both albums have an exact two-year gap between their release dates.

Caesarism

Benjamin Disraeli was also famously accused of Caesarism in March of 1878 when, in In anticipation of war with Russia, he mobilised British reserves and called Indian troops to Malta.

Carl Culmann

Continuing his mathematical studies, in particular under L. C. Schnürlein, in 1847 Culmann transferred to Munich so that he could improve his English in anticipation of a study tour to the United Kingdom and the United States.

CFLZ-FM

On September 20, 2013, at Noon, after playing "This Is What It Feels Like" by Armin van Buuren, CFLZ shifted its brand to the current 2Day FM 105.1/101.1, and began simulcasting on sister station CJED-FM, who dropped their adult hits format the previous day for a Christmas music stunt in anticipation of a new format.

Dj Boston

Also in anticipation of the soccer match between "BATE" (Belarus) and "Valencia" (Spain) the band posted on the internet supporting video "BATE Got The Power!".

Empire Supporters Club

The club was founded in 1995 by members of the New York City Firm (NYCF), a supporters group for the short-lived A-League New York Centaurs, in anticipation of a Major League Soccer franchise starting play in the New York/New Jersey metro area.

First Command Financial Planning

In anticipation of an SEC ruling requiring that all firms whose primary business is financial planning must become a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), First Command filed with the SEC to become one in the spring of 2005.

Frank H. Netter M.D. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac Medical School is one of about a dozen new medical schools established in anticipation of increased demand for medical professionals following the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the aging of the baby boomer generation.

Franz Schreiber

When Kampfgruppe (Battle Group) Schreiber, which consisted of elements of the 12th SS Gebirgsjäger Regiment attached to the 361st Volksgrenadier Division, infiltrated through the US VI Corps line and seized Wingen-sur-Moder in anticipation of armored reinforcement from Army Group G.

Fredriksholm Fortress

At the fortress Fredriksholm stayed nearly a hundred Greenland dogs in anticipation of getting on board the Amundsen's ship Fram.

Gillespie Dam

In anticipation of the formation of the United States Highway System in 1926, the Highway Department commissioned the construction of a steel truss bridge just downstream from the dam.

HMS Helmuth

On 2 November, during the leadup to the Battle of Tanga, Helmuth was tasked with sweeping the harbour for mines in anticipation of the British landing, though ultimately none were found.

June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms

On the evening of Sunday 10 June, approximately 4,000 residents in riverside communities of central Maitland, South Maitland and Lorn were forced to evacuate their homes in anticipation that the Hunter River would breach its levee system.

Kimeru

Anticipation rose for the single when Kimeru announced the PV for Timeless would feature some of his old castmates from Tenimyu: Sota Aoyama (Sadaharu Inui), Eiji Takigawa (Kunimitsu Tezuka), and Naoya Gomoto (Kaoru Kaidoh).

Maaman Magal

There was a high anticipation for this movie since the previous combination where Sathyaraj, Meena and Guru Dhanapal were associated with in the movie Thai Maaman went very well and was a super hit at the box office.

Messerschmitt Me 321

In spring 1942, the remaining Me 321s were withdrawn from service in Russia in anticipation of the planned Operation Herkules, the invasion of Malta, in which a fleet of the gliders hauled by He 111Zs were to be used.

Nilai Komuter station

For the former, tents and additional ticket counters are usually prepared in anticipation of an increased influx of passengers during the Malaysian leg of the Formula One tournament.

October 2013 Burma bombings

These incidents had become rarer in recent years, and security had been heightened in anticipation of 2013 Southeast Asian Games.

ORF eins

In anticipation of the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, the ORF launched its new channel ORF eins HD.

Proactive law

Thus, the proactive law approach challenges the traditional backwards and failure oriented approach to law by acting in anticipation of legal disputes, taking control of potential problems, providing solutions, and self-initiation, instead of reacting to failures and shortcomings.

Rathausball-Tänze

The first is not so consequential as it marked Strauss incorporation of many snatches of his famous The Blue Danube waltz op. 314 resulting in the entire Coda (tail-piece) being dominated with anticipation of the waltz proper as is Strauss incorporation of Haydn's Austrian hymn Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser into various sections of the Coda.

Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano

The weigh-in took place at the Trafford Centre in Manchester and there was a lot of anticipation about Hatton's Ring Entrance.

RIM-113

The designation XRIM-113A, indicating an experimental ship-launched interceptor missile, was allocated to the SIRCS project in May 1976, and contracts were awarded to three separate teams of contractors - RCA/Martin-Marietta, McDonnell Douglas/Sperry, and Raytheon/Lockheed/Univac - for initial studies of the SIRCS missile concept, in anticipation of a competitive evaluation.

Robert Savage

Confidence was so high even a press release was being written up in anticipation of an announcement until then Chairman Jim Robinson inexplicably changed his mind.

Rockin' Back Inside My Heart

It was featured prominently in the long-anticipated Twin Peaks episode in which the killer of Laura Palmer was finally revealed after a year of anxious, media-driven anticipation.

Savoia-Marchetti SM.85

In June 1940, 96° Gruppo Tuffatori was relocated to Pantelleria, a small island off Sicily, in anticipation of attacks on Malta and the British Mediterranean fleet.

Scouting in Maryland

This was done in anticipation of the bicentennial commemoration at Fort McHenry in 2014 of the battle which inspired Francis Scott Key to write his inspirational poem which later became our national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation

In 1939, the old shipyard in Commencement Bay, Tacoma was revived by Todd and Kaiser Shipbuilding together with the aid of some $15 million in capital provided by the US Navy, for the production of vessels in anticipation of possible US entry into World War II.

Sidiclei de Souza

He is also famous in 2channel by the phrase "Too bad, Sidiclei is there", an allegory of his great skill of defending, especially anticipation.

SS Cardena

As if in anticipation of the indignities of her later groundings and collisions, the Cardena’s well-earned moment of glory came in the summer of 1927, when she freed the CNR liner SS Prince Rupert from the clutches of Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows, a treacherous, three-mile tidal surge lying in Discovery Passage between Vancouver Island and Quadra Island.

St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow

There is Holy Communion at Christmas (which Wodrow calls Yule) and Easter with, in 1713, an altar being set up in anticipation (perhaps an indication that Communion was infrequent).

Taj Mahal

In 1942, the government erected a scaffolding in anticipation of an air attack by German Luftwaffe and later by Japanese Air Force.

The Black Crown

With anticipation for their third full-length after the release of No Time to Bleed, Suicide Silence prepared recording for The Black Crown on a course of several months starting from the beginning of 2010 with writing ideas and plans before their arrival to the studio for recording in 2011.

Todd General Store

Established in 1914, The Todd General Store (originally Cook Brothers General Store) was built by Walter and Monroe Cook in anticipation of the arrival of the Norfolk and Western "Virginia Creeper" railroad.

Unshelved

They finally got together over their mutual anticipation for Serenity following Revenge of the Sith.

Wakefield Europort

It opened in 1996 in anticipation of increased international railfreight due to the construction of the Channel Tunnel.

Wheat Chiefs

The Wheat Chiefs received a seven-figure recording contract offer from Mercury Records, but rejected this in anticipation of a better deal, which they never received.


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