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5 unusual facts about bills


Bills

The Bills were a youth subculture active in Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the late 1950s, basing much of their image and outlook on the cowboys of American Western movies.

Bills.com

Bills.com provides consumers with information and interactive tools dealing with personal finance topics, including credit cards, insurance, debt relief assistance, mortgage loans, student loans and other personal loans.

Farrah Franklin

In 1999, Franklin was hired to be an extra in the music video for Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills".

Sporty Thievz

In an attempt to capitalize, Sporty Thievz also released a rebutal to Destiny's Child's hits "Bills, Bills, Bills" (written by the same songwriter as "No Scrubs", Kandi Burruss) and "Independent Women".

Terry McMillan

The novel’s themes are resonated in a number of successful R&B Projects such as TLC’s No Scrubs and Destiny’s Child’s Bills, Bills, Bills.


2014 Buffalo Bills season

:Note: The Bills will play one regular season home game at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as part of the Bills Toronto Series.

Australasian Figbird

The other orioles in its range, the Brown and Olive-backed Orioles, are superficially similar, but have entirely red bills when adult.

Belgian Chamber of Translators and Interpreters

On July 3, 2013, for the first time in its history, the Chamber was invited to the Belgian Justice Commission of the Chamber of Representatives to participate in its recommendations on the three bills being discussed on the status of sworn translators and interpreters, which should be resolved by October 2013 at the latest.

Bettino Craxi

Some of the students waved 1,000-lire bills, singing Bettino, take these too! to the tune of Guantanamera.

Bruce DeHaven

DeHaven was made the scapegoat and fired by the organization, but his reputation remained strong because A) the Bills were perceived to have over-reacted in relation to his 13 years of superb coaching and B) it was discovered that DeHaven had specifically had his coverage unit prepare for exactly the play that Tennessee ran, and also for the threat that Kevin Dyson presented, only to watch the players blow their assignments as Dyson scored a historic season-killing TD.

The Bills lost to the Tennessee Titans in a game called the Music City Miracle, where Tennessee executed one of the most famous plays in NFL history on a kickoff return/cross-field lateral called "Home Run Throwback" to score a game-winning touchdown with seconds left in the 4th quarter.

Buckinghamshire Railway

The first two bills were for the establishment of the Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway and the Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway to construct lines from Bletchley to Oxford via Winslow and Bicester, and another from a point near Claydon House to Brackley and Buckingham.

Chapter VIII of the Constitution of Australia

The Constitutional Commission which was established by the Hawke government in 1985 recommended in its final report in 1988 that Section 128 be altered to allow the parliaments of the states to initiate referendums by passing bills containing a proposed change.

CKTB

In that year, CKTB dropped Bills coverage, while the Sabres rights were revoked as Entercom Communications, owners of WGR in Buffalo and WROC in Rochester, New York, gained exclusive rights to the team's games.

Clean Energy Bank

These two bills received bipartisan support and have been endorsed by the US Chamber of Commerce, Google.org and the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA).

Clean Water Protection Act

It was introduced by Frank Pallone and Chris Shays in the 110th Congress, and almost identical bills had been introduced in previous years.

Community Exchange System

While money typically takes the form of a national currency such as dollar bills or euro coins, there have been other types of currencies ranging from simple IOU notes––in which one person declares a debt to a second person in a written document––to more sophisticated programs such as airline miles in which points are accumulated in a side-system as a result of purchases.

Das Fürlines

They reformed in 1996 to perform a few benefit concerts to raise money for lead singer Wendy Wild's medical bills.

Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act

In the 110th United States Congress (Jan 2007 to Jan 2009, both houses Democratic), the Senate bill was S. 367, and the House bills were HR 1910 and HR 1992.

Dewan Rakyat

All bills must usually be passed by both the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara (the Senate), before they are given Royal Assent by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Monarch).

Dusty Zeigler

That was the final one in Marv Levy's term as head coach (6-10 won-lost record), replaced the following year by his defensive coordinator, Wade Phillips, who guided the Bills to playoff berths in 1998 and 1999.

Eastern Michigan University Department of Special Education

In 1923, the Michigan State Legislature passed bills that gave school districts state funds if they included and established special schools for handicapped students: those of cognitive impairment, those of the deaf, those who were crippled or those who were visually impaired.

Fiddlehead fern

The Canadian village of Tide Head, New Brunswick, bills itself as the "Fiddlehead Capital of the World."

Gerry P. Little

During his 19 years as Chief of Staff for State Senator Leonard T. Connors Jr., Assemblyman Christopher J. Connors and former Assemblyman Jeffrey Moran, Freeholder Little worked closely with 9th District legislators on numerous bills.

Good Deeds

At the same time, on an impoverished side of town, Lindsey Wakefield (Thandie Newton), a single mother and cleaning woman for The Deeds Corporation, finds out that she will be evicted from her home if she doesn’t pay her bills soon.

Hashem Aghajari

According to Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, a "leading Iranian newspaper editor and confidant of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami" interviewed by Newsweek magazine, the arrest and stiff sentence were an attempt to distract attention from two bills to increase the power of president and curb the hard-liner conservatives' supervisory power which reformist President Khatami had introduced into Parliament.

Hull Arena

It was previously used to hold such events in April 1997, March 1998 and June 1998 with boxers including Paul Ingle, Clinton Woods, Howard Eastman and Scott Harrison taking part in bills at the arena.

Hybrid bill

Examples of hybrid bills have been those to construct the Channel Tunnel, the Dartford-Thurrock crossing (also known as the Dartford Crossing), the London Passenger Transport Board and Crossrail.

Ince and Mayhew

The firm was prominent enough to be commissioned to vet Dominique Daguerre's bills for furnishing Carlton House, 1783–89, but none of their production for the Prince of Wales nor the royal family has been identified.

Inchcolm

An inventory of 8 January 1548 lists the English armaments on the island as; one culverin; one demi-culverin; 3 iron sakers; a brass saker; 2 iron falcons; 3 brass falcons; 4 fowlers; 2 port pieces; 14 bases; 90 arquebuses, 2 chests of bows; 50 pikes; and 40 bills.

Jason Peters

After the 2006 season, Sports Illustrated 's Paul Zimmerman debated selecting Peters to his All-Pro team. "I was rooting for the Bills' Jason Peters, whom I would have loved to pick, but he isn't there yet. Very athletic, but not enough of a roughneck."

John Graunt

His book Natural and Political Observations Made upon the Bills of Mortality (1662 Old Style or 1663 New Style) used analysis of the mortality rolls in early modern London as Charles II and other officials attempted to create a system to warn of the onset and spread of bubonic plague in the city.

John Means

His musical sensibilities caught the attention of some of the popular musicians of the day, and he was soon performing on the same bills as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Los Lobos, and other straight musical acts.

Joseph Jekyll

As a Member of Parliament Jekyll helped draft many bills, and was key in convincing the government to investigate the collapse of the South Sea Company in 1720.

Justin Alfond

On November 21, 2013, Alfond voted against allowing a bill submitted by Rep. Diane Russell (D-Portland) which would have legalized, taxed, and regulated the use of marijuana in the state, to proceed to debate during the second session of the 126th Legislature, which typically only addresses a limited number of bills.

Lazy Sunday

The lyrics involve subjects that are "anything but hardcore," such as eating cupcakes from the Magnolia Bakery, searching for travel directions on MapQuest and buying tickets with $10 bills.

Leon Ray Livingston

Due to this, Livingston was known to travel with a scrapbook of his journeys (which include a personalized note from President William Howard Taft and an autograph from Theodore Roosevelt), copies of his books, and always two $50 bills.

Morrison I. Swift

In 1911 he submitted bills to the General Court of Massachusetts on subjects as varied as the control of pine forests and regulation of prostitution.

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

During the 113th United States Congress, four separate bills titled the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 were introduced.

National Popular Vote

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a series of electoral reform bills enacted or considered by U.S. state legislatures

Parliamentary Consultation Committee

It is established by Article 82 of the Belgian Constitution and its main task is to resolve certain disputes with regard to legislative procedure and the time limits within which the Senate can evoke and examine certain bills.

Perfetti Van Melle

Perfetti Van Melle bills itself as the third largest confectionery manufacturer in the world after Kraft Foods (owners of Cadbury) and Mars, Incorporated (owners of Wrigley).

Robert Deeble

Robert has toured throughout the US and New Zealand and has shared bills with such artists as: Low (band), Ida (band), Songs:Ohia, Pedro The Lion, Sam Phillips and Over the Rhine.

Russ Brandon

Brandon is only the third person to serve as President of the Bills, after Wilson and Tom Donahoe.

Sansad Ratna Award

Delhi based NGO PRS Legislative Research closely monitors the performance of all the Members of Parliament and releases the data of their individual performances in the areas of: participation of debates, raising questions, introduction of Private Members Bills and attendance at the end of every session.

Shark Conservation Act

Tom Coburn of Oklahoma objected, claiming that it and four other wildlife-related bills were "special interest" legislation that would cost too much money.

Southern Compromise

Compromise of 1850, package of five bills regarding slavery in new territories, designed to avoid secession or civil war

Third Amendment to the United States Constitution

In the 1st United States Congress, following the state legislatures' request, James Madison proposed twenty constitutional amendments based on state bills of rights and English sources such as the Bill of Rights 1689; one of these was a prohibition against quartering troops in private homes.

United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola

In 1912, even though Coca-Cola had won the case, two bills were introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives to amend the Pure Food and Drug Act, adding caffeine to the list of "habit-forming" and "deleterious" substances, which must be listed on a product's label.

Vic Firth

Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company bills itself as the world's largest manufacturer of drum sticks and mallets, which are made in Newport, Maine.

Wamsutter, Wyoming

The town, which bills itself as "The Gateway to the Red Desert" is located along Interstate 80 between Rawlins and Rock Springs, on the easternmost border of Sweetwater County.

Willis McGahee

Following the 2006 season, after McGahee had made disparaging remarks about the city of Buffalo—including an implication that the Bills should move to Toronto—the Bills traded him to the Baltimore Ravens.


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