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In March 2008, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) and Rep. Pete Stark (D-California) introduced a slightly different companion bill in the House of Representatives.

Alfred Brehm

He continued his studies there until September 1846, when he left for Dresden in order to study architecture; however, he stopped after two semesters because Johann Wilhelm von Müller, a well-known ornithologist, was looking for a companion for an African expedition.

Ardeshir Zahedi

In the mid-1970s, Zahedi became known as a companion of the American movie star Elizabeth Taylor, with the two being dubbed "the hottest couple" in Washington D.C., according to the writer Barbara Howar.

Artie P. Hatzes

His achievements have included discovering the extrasolar planets Pollux b, Epsilon Eridani b and HD 13189 companion.

Authorship of Luke–Acts

According to Bart D. Ehrman, the "we" passages are written by someone falsely claiming to have been a travelling companion of Paul, in order to present the untrue idea that the author had firsthand knowledge of Paul's views and activities, and Acts of the Apostles is thereby shown to be a forgery.

Barry Reckord

After living most of his adult life in Britain, mostly with his companion Diana Athill, in the last few years of his life he returned to Jamaica, where he died.

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

Hilary Goldstein of IGN Comics said that The Man Who Laughs "lacks the smooth pacing and adept dialogue of Moore's The Killing Joke, but this is a worthy companion to the classic Joker tale."

Blackwell Companion to Philosophy

The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy is a reference work in Philosophy, edited by Nicholas Bunnin and E. P. Tsui-James, and published by Blackwell Publishers Ltd in 1996.

Boquillas del Carmen

Country music star Robert Earl Keen was known to have frequented Boquillas and released an album in 1994 entitled Gringo Honeymoon whose title track is said to be about a day he and a female companion visited the village.

Celia en el mundo

Eventually, she befriends a young French girl named Paulette who becomes her constant companion throughout many adventures and misadventures.

Charles Gilman Norris

The Oxford Companion to American Literature notes that Norris' novels dealt with "such problems as modern education, women in business, hereditary and environmental influences, big business, ethics and birth control." He also published three plays: The Rout of the Philistines (with Nino Marcelli, 1922), A Gest of Robin Hood (with Robert C. Newell, 1929), and Ivanhoe: A Grove Play 1936.

Charles R. Pellegrino

One of his recent books (co-authored with Simcha Jacobovici) is The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History (2007), a companion book to the Discovery Channel documentary on the same subject created in part by film director James Cameron.

Cigar etiquette

Cigar Aficionado's book Cigar Companion suggests two sets of rules: one when among non-smokers, and another when among cigar smokers.

Cocoa Krispies

Simmo also starred in an advert for the company in 1986 alongside a female companion who only appeared once named "Heapo", a cartoon Hippopotamus.

Cricothyrotomy

On Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Sully, the white man raised by Indians who is her lover and companion, performs the procedure on one of Dr. Quinn's boys using a bird's feather (the base where it is hollow).

Cubert

The village is named after the Welsh missionary St Cubert who, as a companion of St Carantoc, brought the Christian faith to this part of Cornwall, and to whom the church is dedicated.

Derick Thomson

He is the author of numerous books including An Introduction to Gaelic Poetry, The Companion to Gaelic Poetry, European Poetry in Gaelic, and collections of Gaelic poetry, including his collected poems Creachadh na Clàrsaich (Plundering of the Harp/clarsach) which shared the Scottish Book of the Year Award in 1983.

Dick Harrison

The Swedish TV channel TV4 has made a companion television series for which Harrison is the historical consultant and co-host along with Martin Timell.

Emmanuel Levinas

Simon Critchley and Robert Bernasconi (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Levinas (2002).

Fidel Villarroel

He is also known as the most-prolific saint-maker in the Philippines for his Positio Super Introductione Causae, or historical research, that he made for the beatification and canonization of Lorenzo Ruiz and fifteen other companion-martyrs.

From the Vault

View from the Vault, a four-part series of live DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead

Gonzalo Gil

For the 2010–11 season, Gil was loaned along fellow River Plate companion Matías Díaz to Chilean Primera División side Ñublense.

Guy A. Sautter

John Arlott (Hrsg.): The Oxford companion to sports & games. Oxford University Press, London 1975

House of Telcontar

During the War of the Ring, Peregrin Took, a companion of Aragorn's in The Fellowship of the Ring, became a member of the elite Citadel Guard at Minas Tirith, capital of Gondor.

Ibbinet Companion

Ibbinet Companion # 1.5 is a 1998 solo album by Jimmy Ibbotson of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Kenneth Womack

In addition to his work as novelist, Womack is the author and editor of three books devoted to The Beatles, including Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four (2006; with Todd F. Davis), Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles (2007), and The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles (2009), which was named by The Independent as the 2009 Music Book of the Year.

Khawaja Nazimuddin

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1926, and was knighted in 1934 by the King-Emperor, George V, when he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE).

Luther Davis

He was the father of two daughters and was married to soap opera actress Jennifer Bassey, his companion since 1978, from 2004 until his death.

Mahmud of Terengganu

Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu : Founding Grand Master and Member Grand Companion (SSMT, 28 Feb. 1982 - 15 May 1998)

Mbaye Dieye Faye

So Mbaye Dieye Faye begun to tap the drums with his companion Youssou N'Dour well known as the "King of Mbalax" in Senegal.

Mounsi

The book draws heavily on Mounsi's growing up amidst petty crime in the red-belt suburbs and could be seen as a companion piece for films like La Haine.

New England National Scenic Trail

Co-sponsors were the Democratic representatives Richard Neal (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT); a companion bill was introduced by Senator John Kerry.

NGC 772

Halton Arp includes NGC 772 in his Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 78, where it is described as a "Spiral galaxy with a small high-surface brightness companion".

Nicola Filippo

Early supporters and patrons of Nicola Filippo’s art include a longtime friend and companion writer and producer Gerald Ayres, art historian Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, curator Lisa Lyons and film maker Agnes Varda.

Noel Castree

Castree N., D. Demeritt, D. Liverman & B. Rhoads (eds.) A Companion to Environmental Geography.

Palisades Medical Center

On September 21, 2007, actor George Clooney and a companion were taken to Palisades Medical Center for treatment after a motorcycle accident.

Perennial calendar

Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster's Perennial calendar and companion to the almanack.

Philip Sugden

In 1990, Philip and his wife were awarded grants from the Ohio Joint Projects in the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, to create a Public Television presentation and companion book based on their 1988 Cultural Arts Expedition to the Himalaya and Tibet.

Pokémon 3: The Movie

Yūji Ueda (Eric Stuart in the English adaption) as Takeshi (Brock in the English adaption), a Pokémon breeder and Ash's travelling companion.

Rufus King, Jr.

King was a Veteran companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and an hereditary companion of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

Sanford Friedman

He was a friend to many noted artists like Lee Krasner and Fritz Bultman, and for several years Friedman was the companion of the noted American poet, translator, and critic Richard Howard.

Sir William Fitzherbert, 1st Baronet

After leaving Paris they visited the major cities of Italy, including Rome and Florence, where Fitzherbert commissioned portraits of himself and his companion from Thomas Patch and Pompeo Batoni respectively.

Teaching for Change

The Zinn Education Project provides teachers with free resources to help teach a people's history including over 100 free downloadable lesson plans as a companion to Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States and other classroom resources for educators around the country.

The Center for Arts Education

The publication includes a companion DVD "A Decade of Progress" DVD Nominated for ARTS PROGRAMING AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE by Ovation (TV channel), December 13, 2007 narrated by Anna Deavere Smith and provides exclusive segments with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, then-School’s Chancellor Joel Klein, and United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten about the importance of and need for arts education in schools and the community.

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

Morgan is portrayed by Orson Welles, while Croatian actress Oja Kodar, Welles' companion for the last 24 years of his life, has the role of Katharine Johnson (1855–1924), with whom Tesla corresponded for many years, and whose husband, Robert Underwood Johnson (1853–1937) (portrayed by Croatian actor Boris Buzančić) was a poet, scholar, diplomat and Tesla's longtime friend and supporter.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

The Perky Pat and Connie Companion products were introduced in the novelette The Days of Perky Pat published in 1963.

Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!

An upbeat hard rock cover of Eddie Cochran's rockabilly "Twenty Flight Rock" follows, serving as an echo of its stylistic companion Good Rockin' Tonight which appeared on the 1973 Montrose debut.

Wave Blaster

Creative Wave Blaster, a companion MIDI-daughterboard for the Sound Blaster family of PC soundcards

Witta of Büraburg

Witta of Büraburg (also known as Albuin or Vito Albinus, a close Latin translation of his Germanic name) (born in Wessex; died 747) was one of the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries in Hesse and Thuringia in central Germany, disciple and companion of Saints Boniface and Lullus.

You Don't Like the Truth: Four Days Inside Guantanamo

According to the Montreal Gazette the film-makers, Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez, also produced a series of short YouTube videos as a companion to the feature length documentary.


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