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Dirk-Ulrich Mende

Dirk-Ulrich Mende (born 1957) is a German SPD politician and Lord Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of the town of Celle in North Germany.

Horace Dimick

The stock on hand of these gentlemen consists of every thing embraced in the paraphernalia of the sportsman- Guns, Pistols, Colt's Revolvers, Rifles, Bowie Knives, Dirks, Revolvers of different patterns, Fishing Tackle in the greatest abundance, Game Bags, etc


Aerdenhout

Dirk van den Broek - Businessman and founder of the Samenwerkende Dirk van den Broek Bedrijven.

Air Transat Flight 236

Captain Robert Piché, 48, an experienced glider pilot, and First Officer Dirk de Jager, 28, flew the plane to a successful emergency landing in the Azores, saving all 306 people (293 passengers and 13 crew) on board.

Bouts

Aelbrecht Bouts (c. 1452-1549), An early Netherlandish painter, son of Dirk

Dick Schoenaker

Dirk "Dick" Hendricus Schoenaker (born November 30, 1952 in Ede, Gelderland) is a retired football midfielder from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, wearing the number three jersey.

Dirk Baberowski

Dirk Baberowski is one of the most successful professional Magic: The Gathering players.

Dirk Becker

Dirk Becker (born 4 May 1966 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician and member of the SPD.

Dirk dance

The Highland Dirk Dance resembles a combative dance similar to those of Indonesian Pentjak Silat, which has the performer executing knife techniques combined with wrestling style kicks, trips and sweeps.

Dirk Fock

Dirk Fock (born 19 June 1858 in Wijk bij Duurstede – died 17 October 1941 in The Hague) was a Dutch politician, Governor of Suriname (1908–1911), President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (1917–1921) and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921–1926).

Dirk Hoogendam

Dirk Hoogendam, a.k.a. Dieter Hohendamm, alias The Boxer (May 18, 1922, Vlaardingen - August 8, 2003 in Ringgau, Germany), was a Dutch war criminal.

Dirk Kreimer

Dirk Kreimer (born 1960) is a German physicist who pioneered the Hopf-algebraic approach to quantum field theory with Alain Connes and other co-authors.

Dirk Meinhertz Hahn

Captain Dirk Meinhertz Hahn (born Westerland, Sylt) was probably best known as the captain of the ship Zebra that he captained to South Australia where the town of Hahndorf was named after him.

Dirk Pitt, Jr.

In Treasure of Khan, Dirk helps rescue his sister after she is kidnapped on a research mission.

Like his father, Dirk is a lifelong classic car enthusiast, instantly recognizing a Duesenberg in his father's collection when they first meet.

Dirk ter Haar

Dirk ter Haar (Dr., B.Sc., M.Sc., MA, D.Sc., FRSE) studied physics at Leiden University, was research fellow of Niels Bohr in Copenhagen, and received his Ph.D. in Leiden from Hendrik Kramers for a dissertation on the origin of the solar system.

Dirk W. Mosig

Yōzan Dirk W. Mosig (born 1943) is a psychologist, historian, literary critic and ordained Zen monk noted for his critical work on H. P. Lovecraft.

Doxa S.A.

The hero of the Dirk Pitt book series by author Clive Cussler wears an Orange faced Doxa watch and also in the movie Sahara an orange faced Doxa is worn by Dirk Pitt.

Eckhard D. Falkenberg

In 1982 Falkenberg moved with Sjir Nijssen and Dirk Vermeir to the University of Queensland, where Falkenberg became Senior lecturer in Computer Science and Nijssen became Full Professor.

Glenn Barden

Their output includes Bravo series I Predict a Riot and Virgin One's Rageh Omaar's Crime Invasion as well as the documentary The Real Dirk Diggler about the seventies porn star John Holmes.

InkStop

On October 4, 2009, a class action suit was filed in Ohio Northern District Court against InkStop as well as Dirk and Dawn Kettlewell for unpaid wages and benefits.

Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs

Among ICCA's Board members are Professor Dirk Matten (Schulich School of Business, York University of Canada), Professor Steiner (Hunter College, City University, New York) and Professor Jeremy Rifkin (Founder and President, The Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington).

Joanie Spina

Her clients in this role have included Mark Kalin & Jinger, Princess Tenko, Tim Kole, Melinda Saxe, Jeff Hobson, Juliana Chen, The Spencers, Dirk Arthur, and Lawrence & Priscilla.

Joyce Murray

In 1977 Murray married Dirk Brinkman with whom she co-founded a group of reforestation companies and raised three children; Baba Brinkman, Erik Brinkman, and Dawn Brinkman.

Liberty Savage

In March 2011, media entertainment website Digital Spy reported that Liberty's brothers, Will (James Atherton) and Dodger (Danny Mac) and father Dirk (David Kennedy), would be introduced.

On her arrival her on-screen family was introduced, her two brothers, Dodger (Danny Mac) and Will (James Atherton) and her father Dirk (David Kennedy).

Pieter-Dirk Uys

The Pieter–Dirk Uys Story, a 2007 documentary by Julian Shaw

Robert Dirk

Following his release from the Wildcatters in 2005, Dirk remained in Beaumont, Texas to take a job as the director of the Montagne Center, the home venue of the athletic squads for Lamar University.

Rudi Gunn

He joined NUMA at the same time as Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino, becoming deputy director of NUMA's oceanographic projects, making him second in command under Admiral James Sandecker.

Seymour Goes to Hollywood

It transpires that the studio's boss, Dirk E. Findlemeyer the second, has taken a vacation to Miami.

Sgian-dubh

A portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of Colonel Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry hangs in the National Gallery of Scotland; it shows hanging from his belt on his right hand side a Highland Scottish dirk, and visible at the top of his right stocking what appears to be a nested set of two sgian-dubhs.

South Sound Speedway

Notable drivers to have raced at South Sound Speedway include, from the K&N Pro Series, Rick Carelli, Ron Eaton, Ron Hornaday, Jr., Robert Sprague, Dirk Stephens, Angela Cope, and Amber Cope.

Speed sailing

The WSSRC Nautical Mile record for kitesurfing was originally set in Walvis Bay, Namibia in 2005 by Dirk Hanel (GER) at 35.44 kts, and broken again in 2006 by Rob Munro (GB) at Walvis Bay, 35.65 kts.

Spokes Canterbury

Other people who have served on the Executive at various times include Axel Wilke, Nigel Rushton, Dirk de Lu, Robin Delamore, Fiona Whero, Andrew Macbeth, and John Lieswyn.

Sydney Underground Film Festival

In 2007, the festival screened over 100 films, including a range of diverse and original films from Sydney filmmakers and filmmakers such as David Lynch, Martha Colburn, David Firth, Virgil Widrich, Bill Morrison, Abigail Child, Albie Thoms, David Perry, Paul Winkler and Dirk De Bruyn.

TeleKommando

TeleKommando Scherz is actually formed by Nacho Durán (Oviedo, Spain), Mariana Rillo (Bahía Blanca, Argentina), George Queiroz (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Dirk Böll (Essen, Germany), Alessandra Cestac (São Paulo, Brazil) and Camilla Ribas (Sao Paulo, Brazil), working with video, design, photography, programming, vjing, djing, performance and urban intervention.

UK Indie Chart

The first weekly independent chart was published on 19 January 1980, with Spizzenergi's "Where's Captain Kirk" topping the singles chart, and Adam and the Ants' Dirk Wears White Sox topping the album chart.

Valet Girls

These three girls get a job parking cars for a big movie star named Dirk Zebra (Jack DeLeon) who throws regular house parties so that he and his fellow actor Lindsey Brawnsworth (Jon Sharp) and a record producer, Alvin Sunday (Michael Karm) can attract and seduce aspiring starlets.

Vector Capital

William Ziff's sons Dirk, Robert, and Daniel manage the family's investments through Ziff Brothers Investments.

Verhofstadt

Guy Verhofstadt, former Prime Minister of Belgium (1999-2008), brother of Dirk


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