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9 unusual facts about straight


Bravura Solutions

Bravura Solutions is a global supplier of superannuation / pension, life insurance, investment, private wealth & portfolio administration, transfer agency and financial STP messaging software applications, as well as business and strategic consulting services.

Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic

The event was first run in 1973 and was won by Ian "Zeke" Agars from Adelaide driving a Straight-six Holden powered car to victory in the 40 lap final.

I9

Straight-nine engine, a straight engine with nine cylinders, usually diesel engines used for ship propulsion

Prince R380

In 1964, Prince had entered their new S54 Skyline GTs in the second Japanese Grand Prix, hoping to prove the performance potential of the car's new G-7 Straight-6.

Straight-acting

Sex advice columnist Dan Savage commented on the popularity of the term "straight-acting" in gay personal ads, criticizing both the practice and the idea that a man seeking a gay relationship through a gay personal ad is acting straight.

Straight-Jacket

Things turn sour for the film idol when a fellow actor, Freddie Stevens (Jack Plotnick) (famous in the film for portraying "Captain Astro" in a succession of Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon-type serial films), decides to steal the lead in Ben-Hur from Guy by taking a picture of Guy exiting a gay bar.

However, Guy's carefully managed façade collapses when he comes up for the lead in S.R.O. studio's version of Ben-Hur.

Straight-through processing

Historically, STP solutions were needed to help financial markets firms move to one-day trade settlement of equity transactions, as well as to meet the global demand resulting from the explosive growth of online trading.

The Man Behind the Curtain

They had also worked together in other works, such as the 2004 film Straight-Jacket.


2011 Malawian Air Fouling Legislation

Even though flatulence was not the target of the bill, when responding to a journalist who inquired about the ban on flatulence in January 2011 on Capital Radio Malawi's popular Straight Talk program, George Chaponda, Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, agreed that the legislation can essentially be interpreted as a banning farting in public places and makes it an official criminal offence.

2012–13 Coppa Italia Serie D

Coppa Italia Serie D (Italian for Serie D Italian Cup) is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie D in Italian football.

A308 road

The largely straight road from Hampton Court was surfaced and tolled in the 1780s by the Hampton and Staines Turnpike Trust.

Andorra Davis Cup team

In the next match, Andorra's second winningest player in its history, Joan Jimenez-Herrara, fared better but still bowed out in straight sets, to Konstantinos Economidis 4-6, 4-6, 3-6.

Art Foley

With seconds remaining in the final and Wexford gone into a two point lead, the ball broke to Christy Ring and he headed straight for goal with the Wexford back line in pursuit.

Bea Bielik

In the first round she defeated world number 148 Renata Voráčová of the Czech Republic in straight sets, 6-4 6-4, but the major upset came in the 2nd round, when she defeated comfortably Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn, who was a top 30 player at the time, 6-4 6-2.

Bifocals

Computer monitors are generally placed directly in front of users and can lead to muscle fatigue due to the unusual straight and constant movement of the head.

Canal de Bourbourg

In the village of Brouckerque, coming from Dunkerque, the canal can either turn right on its path to the Aa at Bourbourg, or continue straight to join the Canal de la Colme near the village of Lynck and continue on to the Aa River at Watten.

Canzo

This pieve or confederation of communes (comprehending the near villages of Caslino, Castelmarte, Proserpio, Eupilio, Longone, some frazioni of the current commune of Erba, and having Canzo as capital) from 784 to Martesana zone (the region straight north to Milan roughly corresponding to Brianza historical and cultural region).

Cretan lyra

The soundboard is also carved with a shallower arch and is usually made of straight-grained softwood; traditionally made of the aged wooden beams of buildings (katrani) and, ideally the 300-year-old wooden beams from Venetian ruins.

David Krummenacker

He was the first person to win the title 3 straight years since Johnny Gray accomplished the feat from 1985 to 1987.

David Montgomery

David C. Montgomery (died 1917), American comedic actor, straight man half of the pair Montgomery & Stone, with Fred Stone

Differential heat treatment

In Japan, from the legendary time of the famous smith Amakuni, hamons were originally straight and parallel to the edge, but by the twelfth century AD, smiths such as Shintogo Kunimitsu began producing hamons with very irregular shapes, which provided both mechanical and decorative benefits.

DivX, Inc.

In March 2008, DivX, Inc. announced that Moscow State University ranked MainConcept's H.264 codec first for the second straight year in its annual H.264-codec comparison.

Duke's Company

The company also acted many translations and adaptations of French and other foreign plays; their 1662 production of Sir Samuel Tuke's The Adventures of Five Hours, a version of Calderón's comedy Los Empeños de Seis Horas, ran for thirteen straight performances and was the first great hit of Restoration drama.

Ex-tangential quadrilateral

Daniel Pedoe named it the most elementary theorem in Euclidean geometry since it only concerns straight lines and distances.

Gang Green

It was also covered by The Meatmen on their album Pope on a Rope, and also by No Fun at All on their releases No Straight Angles (US edition), EP's Going Steady, and Master Celebrations.

Great Mosque of Mahdiya

There are some similarities between the straight-arris design of the groin vaults that cover the western portico and the groin vaults at Cluny, Autun, Monte Cassino and Sant'Angelo in Formis which could be due to Burgundian influence.

Hammer Klavier Trio

The Hammer Klavier Trio (HKT) has been founded in 2002 and their music has been described as “Straight-Ahead Jazz, somewhere between Monk and The Bad Plus.

Helen Aitchison

In 1913 she won the singles title at World Covered Court Championship in Stockholm, defeating Kate Gillou in the final in straight sets.

Jason Kendall

Kendall attended and played at Torrance High School in California, where he tied a national high school record by hitting safely in 43 straight games.

John Tonelli

On May 24, 1980, Tonelli had the assist on Bob Nystrom's overtime Stanley Cup-winning goal against the Philadelphia Flyers, giving the Islanders their first of four straight Cups.

Justin Wilcox

After that loss Wilcox won three straight fights over David Douglas, Pride veteran Daisuke Nakamura and The Ultimate Fighter 13 alumni Shamar Bailey.

Karl Gotch

On December 6, 1971, he teamed with Rene Goulet to win the WWWF World Tag Team Championship from the inaugural champions, Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler, in two straight falls of a best-two-out-of-three-falls match in Madison Square Garden.

Kevin R. Wilson

Indiana athletic director Fred Glass announced the dismissal of Bill Lynch and the rest of the coaching staff on November 28, 2010, following a third straight season with only one conference victory.

Kurt von Wessely

In 1901 and 1903 he reached the singles final at the Austrian Championship, played in Prague but on both occasions lost in straight sets to Major Ritchie.

Leksands IF

The managers Thomas Kempe and Thomas Jonsson were sacked following three straight defeats in the beginning of the Kvalserien.

Lesbian Herstory Archives

Its "Straight to Hell: Twenty Years of Dyke Action Machine!" exhibit explores the history of the Dyke Action Machine! and "Keepin' On" exhibit features African American lesbians.

Loni Hancock

Serving as mayor for two terms, she balanced seven straight city budgets, forged a historic agreement between the city and the University of California, began the revitalization of downtown Berkeley, led efforts to secure additional open space and launched a Bio-Tech Academy at Berkeley High School (in partnership with Bayer).

Manitoba Provincial Road 275

Although the highway is extremely straight, it does cross some hilly terrain and offers views of the Swan River Valley.

Mary S. Lovell

Her book on Markham, Straight on Till Morning, researched and written in under a year, after weeks of interviews with the subject in Nairobi, became an immediate international bestseller when it was published in 1987 and was twelve weeks on the New York Times Best Seller lists.

N46

BMW N46, a 2004 straight-4 automobile piston engine family

Nissan 300ZX

The newer Z-car had a drag coefficient of 0.30 and was powered by Japan's first mass-produced V6 engine instead of an I6.

Northampton Cathedral

Albert Herbert was the architect and he oversaw the original east end being replaced by a straight east end as well as the transepts and a crossing tower being built.

Northcott Theatre

Actors who spent time in the Northcott company in their earlier careers include Polly James, Lesley Joseph, John Nettles, Robert Lindsay, Brian Protheroe, Bob Peck, Geraldine James, Caroline John, Celia Imrie, Nick Brimble and Imelda Staunton; and Nicholas Hytner professionally directed his first straight dramas here.

Operation Save America

At South Rowan High School, near Charlotte, North Carolina, when a Gay-Straight Alliance was forming at that school, Operation Save America arranged to have some 700 people to show up at the school board meeting and get the board to ban the club from the school.

Patrizio Oliva

From October 1980 to August 1981, Oliva won thirteen straight fights before he fought for his first title belt, the Italian light welterweight title against Giuseppe Russi on 4 November 1981 in Ischia.

Pegaso Troner

Built at its Barajas plant, the Troner featured the all-new Cabtec cab developed jointly with DAF Trucks, Pegaso's own 12 litre straight six engine, and 16 speed ZF gearbox.

Peter Tom Willis

During his successful senior year in 1989 (his first and only season as the starting quarterback), he led the team to 10 straight victories, including an impressive 41-17 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Fiesta Bowl.

Petey Sessoms

Sessoms and teammate Odell Hodge, who was a two-time CAA Player of the Year himself, guided Old Dominion to three straight regular season conference championships (1993–95) as well as two CAA Men's Basketball Tournament championships (1992 and 1995).

Places for Breathing

"A Gift," "Seven," and "Straight Jacket Labels" served as the band's first three demos produced by Tommy Henriksen and Jeff Tilson.

Polynomial signal processing

Polynomial systems maybe interpreted as conceptually straight forward extensions of linear systems to the non-linear case.

Promise to Promise

The "Straight Run" version was included on Mizuki's third compilation album Fiore II.

Richard Clutterbuck

On retirement in 1972 he became Dr Clutterbuck, and marched straight into the post of lecturer in political conflict at Exeter University.

Ronnie Brown

He was placed on injured reserve for the second straight season after suffering a foot injury in week nine of the 2009 season.

Sajama

Sajama Lines, straight paths etched into the ground by the indigenous people living near Nevado Sajama

South Island Limited

A stretch of fairly straight track across the Canterbury Plains near Rakaia acquired the nickname of "the racetrack" in New Zealand railway jargon due to the high speeds late-running South Island Limiteds would achieve.

Straight Skirt

Radio Events of the Day - Dallas Morning News, March 27, 1958 - Section: Part 2, Page: 7
"Pierce Allman, host of his own recorded show will feature Gene Summers and His Rebels ("Straight Skirts") on the Thursday broadcast beginning at 9:05 PM on WFAA-570." -Source: Dallas Public Library

Tamale Airport

The Airport has already received some international flights from South Africa, Tunisia and Angola during the CAN 2008 African Cup of nations, and it is hoped that with the addition of more facilities it would now be in the position to fly pilgrims from the north straight to Mecca, Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj.

Welwyn

In Graham Robb's book "The Ancient Paths" there is a suggestion that Welwyn lay on a late-Celtic highway running in the direction of the summer solstice angle straight from Bury St Edmunds to Salisbury via the Catuvellauni headquarters outside modern-day St Albans.


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