Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 - Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 (August the 25th, 1983) is a chamber opera by Juan Maria Solare, composed in (1992/1993). The opera [37'30" in length] is in one Act and fifteen scenes, after the homonymous tale by Jorge Luis Borges. Libretto by Javier Adúriz. Dramatis Personae: Old Borges (Bass), Young Borges (Tenor), Speaker (Baritone/Tenor), Owner of the Hotel (Baritone/Bass). Instrumentalists: Flute, Tenor Saxophon, String Quartet, Piano, one percussionist (Suspended Cymbal, 2 Anvils, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, 5 Temple blocks, 3 Tomtoms, Tenor Drum), six-part Mixed Choir..
Kansas (band) - to be a smash hit and a constant presence on the burgeoning AOR radio format, as was the followup Point of Know Return (1977). After a few more albums, Kansas began to fall apart in the early 1980s. Hope and Livgren became born-again Christians and Walsh formed a new band, replaced by John Elefante. In spite of a successful 1982 album called Vinyl Confessions, the group split in 1983, only to reform in 1986 with the album Power. The 1990s saw a string of barely noticed releases, and Kansas has continued to tour sporadically, but the band has never been able to regain any mass popularity or critical notice..
Kazumi Watanabe - (1978) Kylyn (1979) To Chi Ka (1980) Dogatana (1981) Mobo, Vol. 1 (1982) Mobo, Vol. 2 (1983) Mobo Club (1983) Mobo Splash (1985) Good Time For Love (1986) Spice Of Life (1987) Spice Of Life II (1988) Kilowatt (1989) Pandora (1992).
KANU - was formed in 1966, led by Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, a former vice president and Luo elder. The KPU was banned and its leader detained after political unrest related to Kenyatta's visit to Nyanza Province. No new opposition parties were formed after 1969, and KANU became the sole political party. At Kenyatta's death in August 1978, Vice President Daniel arap Moi became interim President. On October 14, Moi became President formally after he was elected head of KANU and designated its sole nominee. In June 1982, the National Assembly amended the constitution, making Kenya officially a one-party state, and parliamentary elections were held in September 1983. The 1988 elections reinforced the one-party system. However, in December 1991, parliament repealed the one-party section of the constitution. By early 1992, several new parties had.
Karl Pearson - his death. He also founded the journal Annals of Eugenics (now Annals of Human Genetics) in 1925. Pearson's thinking underpins many of the `classical' statistical methods which are in common use today. Some of his main contributions are: Linear regression and correlation. Pearson was instrumental in the development of this theory. One of his classic data sets involves the regression of sons' height upon that of their fathers'. Pearson built a 3-dimensional model of this data set (which remains in the care of the Statistical Science Department) to illustrate the ideas. The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient is named after him. Classification of distributions. Pearson's work on classifying probability distributions forms the basis for a lot of modern statistical theory; in particular, the exponential family of distributions underlies the theory of generalized.
Kaboom! - was originally sold, anyone who scored above 3,000 points could send Activision a picture of their screen and receive membership in the Activision Bucket Brigade and also receive a Bucket Brigade patch. The game was very successful, selling over one million cartridges by 1983..
Kathleen Turner - Globe awards, both for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, in Romancing the Stone (1984) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). In addition to the television work listed below, she also has appeared as a guest on Friends, King of the Hill (voice), The Simpsons (voice), and Saturday Night Live, which she hosted twice. Filmography The Doctors (1978-79; TV series) Body Heat (1981) The Man With Two Brains (1983) Romancing the Stone(1984) Crimes of Passion (1984) Prizzi's Honor (1985) The Jewel of the Nile (1985) GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986; voice only) Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Julia and Julia (1987) Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1988; TV special; voice only) Switching Channels (1988) Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988; TV special) The Accidental.
Kamal Kharrazi - receiving his master's degree in education at the University of Tehran, e spent a year (1975-1976) as teaching fellow at the University of Houston,where he received a doctorate in education (1976) before returning to Iran. He has been a Professor of Management and Educational Psychology at Tehran University since 1983. Dr. Kharrazi was a founding member of the Islamic Research Institute in London. During the first months after the Ayatollah Khomeini's coup (11 March 1979), Kharrazi served as the Vice President of Iranian National Television (March to August 1979) for the new Islamic state. He then served as Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs (August 1979 to March 1980) and as Managing Director of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (August 1979 to July 1981). From July.
Kajagoogoo - was produced by Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes, reaching number one in the U.K. in 1983. Originally a four piece pop group they were called Art Nouveau and released a track called "The Fear Machine". The single sold a few hundred copies locally but never came to much more. But then Nick Beggs came up with an idea. 'Lets change our name!' he said. Eventually the band renamed themselves to Kajagoogoo. They coined this name from a baby's first word... GagaGooGoo! And a with a little bit of alteration it became Kajagoogoo. Kajagoogoo was composed of Limahl (vocals), Nick Beggs (bass), Steve Askew (guitar), Jez Strode and Stuart Neale. The band advertised for a front man and soon Limahl was on board. The band fired Limahl in 1984 and renamed themselves Kaja..
Kaypro Computer - offering a Z80-based CP/M-compatible portable in 1982 for $1,795. By 1983, Kaypro was the fifth largest computer manufacturer in the world. Kaypro was originally a division of Non-Linear Systems, founded by Andy Kay, the inventor of the digital voltmeter, in 1952. The Kaypro II, released in 1982, was the first all-metal portable computer, competing successfully with the Osborne 1, shipping more than 10,000 units a month in 1983. Kaypro continued to manufacture a variety of CP/M-compatible systems throughout the 1980s, incorporating features such as higher-density floppy drives and hard drives, and as MS-DOS gained popularity, produced a number of IBM-compatible systems running that operating system as well. However, Kaypro had difficulty continuing its early success, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 1990. In June 1992, Kaypro filed for Chapter.
Kalevi Sorsa - Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983 and 1983-1987. He was also longtime leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. Before a meteoric rise to the top of Finnish politics Kalevi Sorsa worked as publishing editor, with his greatest "claim to fame" being to turn down the first novel of Kalle Päätalo, which turned out to be one of the greatest Finnish bestsellers of all time. Sorsa was brought in from this relative obscurity by Rafael Paasio to assume the influential post of party secretary without much previous experience of politics. One of the most strongwilled but also thinskinned public figures, Sorsa had numerous bitter relations with other politicians and the whole of the media, which he lambasted by coining a pejorative epithet "infokratia". The fact that he.
Kathryn Bigelow - on the biker movie The Loveless (1982), she co-wrote and directed Near Dark (1987). After some other work Bigelow's star was definitely in the ascendant with the movie Strange Days (1995). Besides being a director, Bigelow has also modelled for a Gap ad as well as acted in Born in Flames (1983). Her TV credits include episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street (1997-1998), the post-Twin Peaks TV series Wild Palms (1993) and several others. She also directed the music video for the New Order song "Touched by the Hand of God". Bigelow was married to fellow director James Cameron from 1989 - 1991. Her latest feature films have been The Weight of Water (2000) and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Filmography: K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) The Weight of Water (2000) Strange.
Kamal Hassan - freedom-fighter, a classical dancer, a blind violinist, a dwarf clown and even a mentally challenged man. He is the winner of several Indian awards for acting. He has also received the best actor award at the Asian Film festivals held in 1983 and 1985 for Saagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam, respectively. He also ventured into film direction with Hey Ram, a film depicting the conflict between the revolutionaries and non-violonists during the Indian Independence movement. His unfinished projects include Sandiyar and Maruda Naayagam. He is also a self-professed Rationalist, Atheist, Activist, and a follower of Periyar..
Vectrex - Bradley Company. It was released in late 1982, and it died in 1984 after the video game crash of 1983. Unlike other video game consoles that connected to TV's to display raster graphics, the Vectrex included its own monitor which displayed vector graphics. It also had screen overlays that would cut down on flickering and also add some color and static images. At the time many of the most popular arcade games used vector displays, and GCE was looking to set themselves apart from the pack by selling high-quality versions of games like Asteroids, Space Wars, and Armor Attack. Technical specifications CPU : Motorola 68A09 @ 1.6MHz CRT : Samsung 240RB40 B&W Vector RAM: 1KB×4-bit 2114 (two) ROM: 8KB×8-bit 2363 Sound: General Instrument AY-3-8912 List of game titles 3D Crazy Coaster 3D Minestorm.
Karl Carstens - Germany. May 23, 1979: elected as the fifth President of the Federal Republic of Germany July 1, 1983: after a "konstruktives Mißtrauensvotum" Carstens decides the breakup of the Lower House of German Parliament and arranges new elections May 23, 1984: Richard von Weizsäcker becomes the elected successor of Karl Carstens Preceded by: Walter Scheel Presidents of Germany Succeeded by: Richard von Weizsäcker This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Kai Winding - Winding (May 18, 1922-May 6, 1983) was a popular trombonist and jazz composer. He is well known for playing and recording with J.J. Johnson. Winding was born in Aarhaus, Denmark. In 1934 his family emigrated to the United States. His career as a professional trombonist began in 1940 with Shorty Allen's band. Subsequently, he played with Sonny Dunham and Alvino Rey, until he entered the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. After the war, Winding joined Benny Goodman's band, and later moved on to Stan Kenton's orchestra. In 1950, at the urging of producer Ozzie Cadena, he joined forces with J.J. Johnson to produce a highly successful series of trombone duet recordings. Winding died of a brain tumor in New York in 1983..
Karleen Bradford - Sound, Ontario. Works: The Other Elizabeth - 1982 Wrong Again Robby - 1983 I Wish There Were Unicorns - 1983 The Stone in the Meadow - 1983 The Nine Days Queen - 1986 Windward Island - 1989 There Will be Wolves - 1992 Thirteenth Child - 1994 Animal Heroes - 1995 Write Now! - 1996 Shadows on a Sword - 1996 More Animal Heroes - 1996 Dragonfire - 1997 The Haunting at Cliff House - 1998 Lionheart's Scribe - 1999 Whisperings of Magic - 2001 With Nothing but Our Courage - 2002.
Katherine Paterson - her books feature difficult themes such as death of a loved one, the stresses of foster care, exploitation of workers, and slavery. Katherine Paterson lives in Vermont. Juvenile and Young Adult Novels: Sign of the Chrysanthemum, 1973. Of Nightingales That Weep, 1974. The Master Puppeteer, 1976. Bridge to Terabithia, 1977. The Great Gilly Hopkins, 1978. Jacob Have I Loved, 1980. Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom, 1983. Come Sing, Jimmy Jo, 1985. Park's Quest, 1988. Lyddie, 1991. Flip-Flop Girl, 1994. Jip, His Story, 1996. Preacher’s Boy, 1999. The Same Stuff as Stars, 2002 Picture Books: The King’s Equal, 1992. The Angel and the Donkey, 1996. Celia and the Sweet, Sweet Water, 1998. Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, 1990. The Wide-Awake Princess, 2000. Translations: The Crane Wife by Sumiko Yagawa, 1981. The Tongue-Cut.
Kapil Dev - captain for India. He led India to its only World Cup victory in 1983. In addition he held the record for the most test match wickets, breaking Richard Hadlee's record. He was one of the four great all-rounders in the world in the 80's along with Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee, and Imran Khan. As a bowler Kapil was notable for a graceful action and a potent outswinger and was India's main strike bowler especially in the first half of his career. As a batsman he was a natural striker of the ball and often helped India when in trouble most famously on route to the World Cup finals at Lord's when he smashed an unbeaten 175 against Zimbabwe helping India recover from a tenuous 5/17. He played 131 test matches and.
Kathy Stinson - in Rockwood, Ontario. Works: Red is Best - 1982 Big or Little - 1983 Mon and Dad Don;t Live Toghether Anymore - 1984 Those Green Things - 1985 The Bare Naked Book - 1986 Seven Clues in Pebble Creek - 1987 Teddy Rabbit - 1988 The Dressed Up Book - 1990 Who is Sleeping in Aunty's Bed? - 1991 Steven's Baseball Mitt - 1992 Fish House Secrets - 1992 The Fabulous Ball Book - 1993 Writing Your Best Picture Book Ever - 1994 The Great Pebble Creek Bike Race - 1994 One Year Commencing - 1997 King of the Castle - 2000 Marie-Claire: Dark Spring - 2001 Marie Claire: A Season of Sorrow - 2002 Becoming Ruby - 2003 See also: List of Canadian writers.
