David Hofer
David Hofer is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 39th in the individual sprint and 53rd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit events.
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1992 United States Senate election in Alaska
The 1992 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 3, 1992. Candidate Votes % Republican Frank Murkowski 127,163 Democratic Tony Smith 92,065 Green Mary Jordan 20,019 Write-ins 467 Incumbent Republican United States Senator Frank Murkowski sought re-election to a third term in the United States Senate. Tony Smith, the Democratic nominee and a former Commissioner of Economic Development, won his party’s nomination
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William M. Evarts
William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818 – February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a litigator and was involved in three of the most important causes of
Nikolsky Market
Nikolsky Market, also known as Nikolskie ryady, is a commercial facility located at 62 Sadovaya Street in Saint Petersburg. The renovation of this structure has sparked significant debate. The Nikolskie ryady is an indoor market, like the Izmailovsky Gostiny Dvor, was erected in 1789.
Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly colored wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers, and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies. Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago. Kingdom:
Classic Military Vehicle
Classic Military Vehicle is a military magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom by Key Publishing. It features articles and photographs of military vehicles, armored and soft-skin, past and present, from around the world. The first editor was Pat Ware. In 2007, he handed it over to John Blackman, a well-known military vehicle photographer. It was first published in May 2001 (cover
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Ctenotus rhabdotus
The Kimberley lined ctenotus (Ctenotus rhabdotus) is a species of skink found in Northern Territory and Western Australia.
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In Pursuit of Honor
In Pursuit of Honor is a 1995 American made-for-cable Western film directed by Ken Olin. Don Johnson stars as a member of a United States Cavalry detachment refusing to slaughter its horses after being ordered to do so by General Douglas MacArthur. The movie follows the plight of the officers as they attempt to save the animals that the Army no longer needs
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Knowledge
Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, such as facts, skills, or objects. By most accounts, knowledge can be acquired in many different ways and from many sources, including but not limited to perception, reason, memory, testimony, scientific inquiry, education, and practice. The philosophical study of knowledge is called epistemology.
George Pataki
George Elmer Pataki is a former New York governor who served as the state’s 53rd governor from 1995 to 2006. Pataki, an attorney by trade, was elected mayor of his hometown of Peekskill, New York, and thereafter to the State Assembly and the State Senate. Pataki campaigned for Governor of New York in 1994, ousting