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Feyenoord Rotterdam
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De Kuip, Dutch for The Tub, and is one of the major European stadiums. It has 50,000 seats and has hosted a record of 9 UEFA Cup finals. It is located in the district Feijenoord in the south of Rotterdam. There are two other professional football teams from Rotterdam, namely Sparta and Excelsior. Together with Ajax and PSV, Feyenoord belongs to the top clubs of the Netherlands. Dutch trophies: League winner: 1924, 1928, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1984, 1993, 1999. Cup winner: 1930, 1935, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995. Supercup: 1991, 1999. International trophies: European cup: 1970. UEFA cup: 1974, 2002. World cup: 1970. Famous Feyenoord players: Erik de Ruyter Willem van Hanegem Giovanni van Bronckhorst Ruud Gullit Pierre van Hooijdonk Ove Kindvall
Greater Toronto Area
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portions of Durham Region and Halton Region for census purposes, but all areas combined are generally thought of being part of the GTA. Municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area: Municipality Population Region Association Town of Ajax 76,000 Durham GTAAM, CMA Town of Aurora 40,000 York GTAAM, CMA City of Barrie 104,000 Simcoe County Unofficial Town of Bradford-West Gwillimbury 22,000 Simcoe County CMA City of Brampton 352,000 Peel GTAAM, CMA Township of Brock 12,000 Durham GTAAM City of Burlington 151,000 Halton GTAAM Town of Caledon 51,000 Peel GTAAM, CMA Municipality of Clarington 70,000 Durham GTAAM Town of East Gwillimbury 21,000 York GTAAM, CMA Town of Georgina 39,000 York GTAAM, CMA Town of Halton Hills 48,000 Halton GTAAM, CMA Town of Innisfil 29,000 Simcoe County Unofficial Township of King 19,000 York GTAAM, CMA
Greek literature
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The Bacchae Alcestis Electra Iphigenia at Aulis Plato: The Apology The Republic Phaedrus Sophocles: The three Theban plays: Antigone Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus Ajax Electra Philoctetes The Trachiniae Xenophon: Socrates' Defence Memoirs of Socrates The Dinner-party The Estate-manager History Thucydides Herodotus see also Early Helladic, Middle Helladic, Late Helladic, Hellenic civilization, Hellenistic civilization, literature.
GO Transit
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some of the improvements being planned, or in the process of completion: Construction of the Mount Pleasant Station on the Georgetown line (Highway 7 and Creditview Road) and construction of the East Gwillimbury GO Centre (combined train and bus facility), both slated to be completed in 2004 Expanding the Highway 407 bus service to York University Increasing available parking spaces at Richmond Hill, Milliken, Streetsville, Whitby, Guildwood, and Mimico stations Larger-scale infrastructure improvements are also being planned, including: Rail-to-rail grade separations where the Bradford and Stouffville lines cross CN's east-west freight line, to allow for increased service, and at the "West Toronto diamond," to take the CN tracks under the CP tracks so that more trains can run more reliably Increased track capacity on the Georgetown line's busy section between Brampton
Goofy
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directed by Ben Sharpsteen , first released on March 16, 1935, was the first of the classic "Mickey, Donald, and Goofy" comedy shorts. Those films had the trio trying to co-operate in performing a certain assignment given to them. Early on they became separated from each other. Then the short's focuse started alternating between each of them facing the problems at hand, each in their own way and distinct style of comedy. By the end of the short the three would be reunited to share the fruits of their efforts, failure more often than success. Clock Cleaners, first released on October 15, 1937, and Lonesome Ghosts, first released on December 24, 1937, are usually considered the highlights of this series and animated classics. The later short has the trio as members
George MacDonald Fraser
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include: Quarted Safe Out Here, a memoir of the author's experiences as an infantryman in the Border Regiment in India and Burma during World War II The Steel Bonnets, a history of the Border Reavers of the Anglo-Scottish Border. The Hollywood History of the World: From One Million Years B.C. to Apocalypse Now, an overview and critique of several more or less historical films made by American and British companies The Pyrates Black Ajax Candlemass Road Light's on at Signpost (2002), a memoir of the author's days writing in Hollywood He wrote the screenplays for: "The Three Musketeers" "The Four Musketeers" "Octopussy"
Georgette Heyer
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when she started setting her novels in Regency England, a period which she made uniquely her own. Novels from this period include The Unknown Ajax, Frederica, and The Black Sheep. She did a tremendous amount of research on this period, but glossed over the bleaker realities of life when she wrote. She also wrote mysteries set contemporaneously in England between World War I and World War II which are classic country house murder mysteries. (See also whodunit.)
Ugo Foscolo
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Milanese poet soon gave place to a feeling of bitter enmity. Still hoping that his country would be freed by Napoleon, he served as a volunteer in the French army, took part in the battle of the Trebbia and the siege of Genoa, was wounded and made prisoner. When released he returned to Milan, and there gave the last touches to his Ortis, published a translation of and commentary upon Callimachus, commenced a version of the Iliad, and began his translation of Sterne’s Sentimental Journey. The result of a memorandum prepared for Lyons, where, along with other Italian delegates, he was to have laid before Napoleon the state of Italy, only proved that the views cherished by him for his country were too bold to be even submitted to the dictator
UEFA Cup
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- Liverpool 5-4 Alavés 2000 - Galatasaray (4-1 pens) 0-0 Arsenal 1999 - Parma 3-0 Marseille 1998 - Lazio 0-3 Internazionale 1997 - Schalke 04 (0-1) (4-1 pens) 1-0 Internazionale 1996 - Bayern München (3-1) 2-0 Bordeaux 1995 - Parma (1-1) 1-0 Juventus 1994 - Salzburg 0-1 Internazionale (0-1) 1993 - Borussia Dortmund 1-3 Juventus (0-3) 1992 - Torino 2-2 Ajax (0-0) 1991 - Internazionale (0-1) 2-0 AS Roma 1990 - Juventus (0-0) 3-1 Fiorentina 1989 - Napoli (3-3) 2-1 Stuttgart 1988 - Espanyol (0-3) (2-3 pens) 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen 1987 - Göteborg (1-1) 1-0 Dundee United 1986 - Real Madrid (0-2) 5-1 Köln 1985 - Videoton 0-3 Real Madrid (1-0) 1984 - Anderlecht (1-1) (3-4 pens) 1-1 Tottenham 1983 - Anderlecht (1-1) 1-0 Benfica 1982 - Göteborg (3-0) 1-0 Hamburg
Hooliganism
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now known as 'football hooliganism' originated in England in the early 1960s, and has been linked with the televising of matches (and of pitch-invasions, riots etc.) and with the 'reclaiming' of the game by the working classes. In other European countries, similar patterns of behaviour emerged about 10 years later, in the early 1970s. The Belgian Heysel Stadium disaster was a consequence of the attempt to separate two groups of hooligans. In 1997 in Beverwijk in The Netherlands an Ajax supporter was killed during a riot between Feyenoord and Ajax supporters. \'
HMS King George V
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870, though this increased substantially by 1916 to 1,110, and had a length of 597 feet. She took part in the infamous Battle of Jutland, being the lead 'ship of the 1st Division of the 2nd Battle Squadron. Her sister-ships were Centurion, Audacious and Ajax. Audacious was sunk by a mine off Northern Ireland, the rest survived WW1, until decommissioned by 1924. King George V herself was decommissioned in 1919, used as a training ship between 1923-26 and scrapped in 1926 . HMS King George V (1939-1958) The second HMS King George V was the name-ship of a class of battleships that included such iconic names as Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Anson and Howe. She had a relatively week armament in comparison to other warships of the Royal Navy
HMNZS Achilles
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30 June 1978. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Achilles started patrolling the west coast of South America looking for German merchant ships, but by 22nd October she had arrived at the Falkland Islands, where she was assigned to the South American Division under Commodore Harwood and allocated to Force G (HMS Exeter and HMS Cumberland). In the early morning of 13th December a force of Achilles, HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter detected smoke on the horizon, which was confirmed to be a pocket battleship, thought to be the Admiral Scheer, at 0616. A fierce battle ensued, at a range of approximately 20,000 yards/metres. Achilles took some damage, her captain, W.E. Parry RN being injured, but fortunately only four crew members were killed in the battle, compared to 36
HMS Exeter
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was burned as unseaworthy in 1784. HMS Exeter (1928-1942) The best known is the fourth HMS Exeter, a York class heavy cruiser that saw important action in World War II. She was built by Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon. Laid down on 1 August 1928, she was launched on 18 July 1929 and completed on 27 July 1931. At the outbreak of the Second World War, she formed part of the South American Division with HMS Cumberland. Together with the light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles she engaged the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939, which action resulted in the Graf Spee 's scuttling several days later. Severely damaged in the battle, Exeter made for Port Stanley in the Falkland
HMS Vanguard
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1835 at Pembroke Dock. She saw little action in her career, but one moment of controversy stands out of her record. On the night of January 30, 1838, Vanguard was at Malta under the command of Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes. The ship's First Lieutenant, C.M.M. Wright, ordered the Assistant Surgeon, Robert Thomas Charles Scott, to stomach-pump a drunken seaman. Scott expressed the medical opinion that a stomach-pump should not be administered. Wright ordered him to give it anyway as a punishment and reminded Scott that it was an order he had received. A short while later Wright ordered Scott to do the same to another seaman. The next morning Scott reported the matter to Commander Baldwin Wake Walker who reported Scott to the Captain for disrespect and disobedience of a lawful
Vulgar Display of Power
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Be Driven" (Pantera) - 4:39 "Hollow" (Pantera) - 5:45 Personnel Pantera - Arranger, Producer Terry Date - Producer, Engineer, Mixing Vinnie Paul - Drums, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Howie Weinberg - Mastering Philip Anselmo - Vocals Diamond Darrell - Guitar Bob Defrin - Art Direction Larry Freemantle - Design Brad Guice - Photography Aaron "Ajax" Maclarin - Engineer Rex "Rocker" Brown - Bass Grady Champion - Guitar
Hendrikje van Andel
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although she has almost lost her sense of hearing and her eyesight. She is a big fan of the soccer club Ajax Amsterdam. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it.
Helen
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decided to hold onto her until she was old enough to marry. Pirithous chose Persephone. They left Helen with Theseus' mother, Aethra and travelled to the underworld, domain of Persephone and her husband, Hades. Hades pretended to offer them hospitality and set a feast; as soon as the pair sat down, snakes coiled around their feet and held them there. When it was time for Helen to marry, many Greek kings and princes came to seek her hand or sent emissaries to do so on their behalf. Among the contenders were Odysseus, Menestheus, Ajax the Great, Patroclus and Idomeneus, but the favourite was Menelaus who did not come in person but was represented by his brother Agamemnon, both of whom were in exile, having fled Thyestes. All but Odysseus brought many
Hector
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a proverb to patriotic Greeks. Through him we can see glimpses of what life might have been like in more peaceful times. The scene where he bid a final fairwell to his wife Andromache and his infant son is one of the more moving scenes in the Iliad. During the Trojan War, Hector killed Protesilaus and was wounded by Ajax. In the portion of the war described in the Iliad, he fights with many of the Greek warriors and usually (but not always) succeeds in killing or wounding his opponent. Nonetheless, Hector's fate is never in doubt. Achilles, raging over the death of Patroclus, kills him and drags his body around the walls of Troy. Ultimately, with the assistance of the god Hermes, Priam convinces Achilles to permit him to bury
Hans Langsdorff
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command of the Graf Spee in October 1938. On 21 August 1939 the Graf Spee left port with orders to raid enemy commercial shipping in the South Atlantic following the outbreak of the Second World War. For the first three weeks of the war the ship hid in the open ocean east of Brazil while the German government determined how serious Britain was about the war. On 20th September, Graf Spee was released to carry out its orders. Over the next ten weeks, Langsdorff and the Graf Spee were extremely successful, stopping and sinking nine British merchant ships, totalling over 50,000 tons, while avoiding killing anyone. However Langsdorff's luck ran out on the morning of 13 December when his lookouts reported sighting a British cruiser and two destroyers. It was only
Johan Cruijff
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football philosophy known as Total Football, developed by his trainer Rinus Michels. Cruijff played successively for Ajax, FC Barcelona, Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante Union Deportiva and Feyenoord. As a player, Cruijff was known for his graceful play and his tactical insights. He has been named as one of the best football players of his day, alongside Franz Beckenbauer, and Pelé. As a Dutch international he played 48 matches, in which he scored 33 goals. Johan Cruijff trained two football clubs after his active career as a player, Ajax and Barcelona. Cruijff smoked twenty cigarettes a day, then had a heart bypass operation. In November 2003 Cruijff invoked legal procedings against the publisher Tirion Uitgevers, over its photo book Johan Cruijff de Ajacied, which used photographs by Guus de Jong.
James Shirley
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Edmund Gosse as perhaps the last great play produced by the giants of the Elizabethan age. His comedies are: Love Tricks, or the School of Complement (licensed, 1625; printed under the latter title, 1631) The Wedding (licensed, 1626; printed, 1629) The Brothers (acted, 1626; printed, 1652) The Wittie Faire One (acted, 1628; printed, 1633) The Gratefull Servant (licensed in 1629 as The Faithful Servant; printed, 1630) Changes: Or Love in a Maze (acted and printed, 1632) Hide Parke (acted, 1632; printed, 1637) The Ball (acted, 1632; printed, 1639) The Bird in a Cage (acted and printed, 1633), ironically dedicated to William Prynne The Young Admirall (licensed, 1633; printed, 1637) The Gamester (played at court, 1634; printed, 1637), executed at the command of Charles I who is said to have invented or
Konami
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Combat School, Batlantis, Flack Attack, B.A.W., Devil World, Fast Lane, City Bomber, Typhoon, Labyrinth Runner, Rack 'em Up, Boot Camp, Dark Adventure, MX 5000, Life Force(Japan only) 1988: Checkered Flag, Devastators, The Main Event, The Final Round, Ajax, Thundercross, Kitten Kaboodle, Hot Chase, Gang Busters, Konami '88, Hyper Sports Special(Japan only), Gradius II (called Vulcan Venture in Europe), Top Gun(on Nintendo's PlayChoice hardware) 1989: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Gradius III, M.I.A, Crime Fighters, S.P.Y, Cue Brick, Black Hole 1990: Aliens, Lightning Fighters, Punk Shot, Over Drive, Surprise Attack, Parodius (Japan only) 1991: TMNT 2: Turtles in Time, The Simpsons, Sunset Riders, Roller Games, Bells and Whistles, Golfing Greats, Thundercross II, Vendetta, Super Contra(on PlayChoice hardware), Twinbee 2(Japan only), Xexex(Japan only) 1992: X-Men, Lethal Enforcers, G.I. Joe, Bucky O'Hare, Hexion, Potrio 1993:
Operation Ajax
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Operation Ajax Operation Ajax was the Anglo-American plan developed in 1951 to for the covert overthrow of the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq in response to his nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, as well as general fears that he was a Communist. The leader of the operation was Kermit Roosevelt (1916-2000), a senior CIA agent, and grandson of the former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. He convinced Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to depose Mossadeq. Shah, who had previously been the only political figure in Iran who out-ranked the Prime Minister, tried to do it. But Mossadeq Rejected the Shah’s order and Shah had to leave Iran for Italy temporally. The agents of Operation Ajax thus involved returning the Shah back to power in Iran,
Ajax Cape Town
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Ajax Cape Town Ajax Cape Town are a South African soccer team based in Cape Town, and affilated with the Dutch team Ajax_Amsterdam.
Ajax Records
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Ajax Records Ajax Records has been the name of at least two different record labels. The first Ajax Records was a North American record company, active in Canada and the United States of America from 1921 through 1926. The head of Ajax Records was H. S. Berliner, son of disc record pioneer Emile Berliner. Berliner's corporate headquarters were in Quebec City, Quebec, although US issues listed the company as being based in Chicago, Illinois, where its US office was located, but apparently no recording studio. Ajax is known to have had recording studios in Montreal and New York City. The audio fidelity of Ajax discs is above average for the time. Distribution of Ajax records in the USA outside of the north-east and north-central part of
Ajax, Ontario
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Ajax, Ontario Ajax (2003 population 76,000) is a town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario, Canada. The town was first incorporated in 1941 when a Defence Industries Limited shell plant was constructed and a townsite grew around the plant. The town was named Ajax after the British light cruiser HMS Ajax. Streets in the town are named after the ship's crew. Although the plant closed when the war ended in 1945, the town survived. Today, Ajax is a suburb of Toronto and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. External Links Town of Ajax North: Pickering West: Pickering Ajax East: Whitby South: Lake Ontario
Ajax Amsterdam
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Ajax Amsterdam Ajax: Football club from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Honours 3 Famous Ajax players 4 See also 5 Exernal link History Founded on March 18, 1900. Honours Dutch championship: 1918, 1919, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1957, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002. Dutch cup: 1917, 1943, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002. European Champion Club's Cup / UEFA Champions League: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995. European Cup Winners Cup: 1987. UEFA Cup: 1987. European Supercup: 1972, 1973, 1995. World Club Cup / European-South America Cup: 1972, 1995. Stadium: Amsterdam Arena, also written in camel case: ArenA (Amsterdam southeast).
Ajax
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Ajax The name Ajax can refer to: one of two figures in Homer's Iliad: Ajax the lesser King of Locris Ajax the great King of Salamis, a legendary hero of ancient Greece; sometimes called "Telamonian Ajax" Ajax, a tragedy by Sophocles Ajax Amsterdam, the major football team of Amsterdam Ajax cleanser, a trademarked line of household cleaning products made by Colgate-Palmolive Ajax, Ontario, Canada This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
Ajax the great
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Ajax the great Ajax, or Aias (Of the earth) son of Telamon, king of Salamis, a legendary hero of ancient Greece. To distinguish him from Ajax, son of Oileus, he was called "Ajax the Great" or "Telamonian Ajax". In Homer's Iliad he is described as of great stature and colossal frame, second only to Achilles in strength and bravery, and the 'bulwark of the Achaeans'. He is not wounded in any of the battles described in the Iliad, and he is the only principal character on either side who does not receive personal assistance from any of the gods who take part in the battles. During the Trojan War, Ajax fought Hector while Achilles sulked over an argument with Agamemnon. Ajax wounded but did not kill
Ajax the lesser
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Ajax the lesser Ajax (Gr. Aias), a Greek hero, son of Oileus, king of Locris, called the "lesser" or Locrian Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax, son of Telamon. He fought on the side of the Greeks during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in the Iliad and is mentioned in the Odyssey. Homer gives a favorable description of him as a warrior. In spite of his small stature, he held his own amongst the other heroes before Troy; he was brave, next to Achilles in swiftness of foot and famous for throwing the spear. But he was boastful, arrogant and quarrelsome; like the Telamonian Ajax, he was the enemy of Odysseus, and in the end the victim of the vengeance of Athene, who
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