Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Invasion of the Body Snatchers Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 science fiction/horror film which tells the story of ordinary small town people whose bodies are taken over by aliens. It stars Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan and Carolyn Jones. The aliens emerge from plantlike pods, and grow into perfect physical duplications of their human victims, who themselves die and are discarded. The "pod people" are indistinguishable from normal people, except for their utter lack of emotion. Once a pod person is fully grown and integrated into society, he works secretly to spread more pods, so that more people will be taken over. The film is frequently cited as an indictment of the hysteria of McCarthyism during the early stages of.
Invasion - Invasion Invasion is a military action that directly threatens the autonomy of a nation or teritory. Invasion is often opposed by native resistance. Invasions may also be conducted to change the leadership of a nation of territory. This sort of invasion may be perceived by one side as an act of usurpation, while the other may perceive it as an act of liberation. List of invasions in Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and allies 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq 1983 invasion of Grenada by the United States and allied Caribbean nations 1981 invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union 1961 failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban allies of the United States, particularly its CIA 1944 invasion of.
Invasion of the Waikato - Invasion of the Waikato The Invasion of the Waikato was an armed conflict during the Maori Wars fought in the North Island of New Zealand from July 1863 to April 1864 between the Colonial Government and a federation of Maori tribes known as the King Movement. The outcome was the retreat of the Kingites into the rugged interior of the Island and the confiscation of about three million acres of Maori land. It also left a legacy of bitterness which was only partly assuaged when in the 1990s the New Zealand Government paid the Tainui people $NZ 171 000 000 by way of reparation and offered them a full apology for their predecessors' actions. (See Treaty of Waitangi) The First Taranaki War ended in an uneasy.
Invasion of Canada (1775) - Invasion of Canada (1775) The Invasion of Canada in 1775-1776 was the first, and perhaps the only major initiative by the Americans during the Revolutionary War. After some early success, the British and Canadian forces totally defeated the invasion. The revolution never again seriously threatened Canada, although the United States did make a second attempt (the Invasion of Canada (1812)) during the War of 1812. Background The conflict phase of the American Revolution had started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord in the spring of 1775. After that the British Army was bottled up in the Siege of Boston, royal governors were being forced to leave the other colonies, and the American Congress had created the Continental Army. Congress sought a way to seize the.
Invasion of Canada - Invasion of Canada The Invasion of Canada may refer to several events in history. The British and French colonial empires contested Canada through several wars. King George's War The French and Indian War The United States invaded Canada in two wars. The American Revolutionary War - see Invasion of Canada (1775). The War of 1812 - see Invasion of Canada (1812) The United States also kept a contingency plan, known as War Plan Red, to invade Canada up until the 1930's in the unlikely event of war with the United Kingdom. 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.
Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Invasion of the Dinosaurs Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974) is a serial in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor and Elisabeth Sladen as his companion Sarah Jane Smith. The Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find that it has been evacuated, due to the mysterious appearance of dinosaurs. It turns out that the dinosaurs are being brought to London via time machine in order to further a plan to revert London to a pre-technological level. Doctor Who, the Television Companion quotes a contemporary review that rather unkindly describes the dinosaur special effects thusly: "After escaping they [the Doctor and Sarah] came up against the first dinosaur and, oh dear, shades of Basil Brush! A glove puppet nervously.
Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers - Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers Invasion of the Booty Snatchers is Parlet's second LP for Casablanca in 1977, and saw the exit of Mallia Franklin (she recorded 3 songs) and the entrance of Janice Evans(she recorded the last 2 songs). It was produced by George Clinton & Ron Dunbar. The first single "Ridin' High" went to Number 49 on black charts. "No Rump to Bump, Don't Ever Stop, Booty Snatchers, You're Leaving & Huff and Puff" rounded out the rest of the LP. Album was re-released in Japan on Polystar in 1992 on CD. 2003 German re-release on Universal..
Invasion of Afghanistan - Invasion of Afghanistan Which invasion do you mean? Afghanistan has been invaded many times, and in fact its boundaries and legitimate government have almost always been in dispute. Between the Mughal rulers of South Asia, the Russian Tsars and later Communist government, British Empire and now America and the Western Coalition, everyone seems interested in this territory. The first generally recognized invasion of Afghanistan was made by Alexander the Great in 330 BC as part of his string of conquests. Among the cities conquered was Herat. Afghanistan was invaded from the west by the Arabs under the Abbasid Dynasty, causing the conversion of most of its inhabitants to Islam. Later, Afghanistan was invaded twice from the north and east by the Mongols (once by Genghis Khan,.
Vespasian - Crete and Cyrene, Vespasian rose to be aedile and praetor, having meanwhile married Flavia Domitilla, the daughter of an equestrian, by whom he had two sons, Titus and Domitian, afterwards emperors, and one daughter Domitilla. Both his wife and daughter died before he held a magistracy. Having already served in Germany, he participated in the Roman invasion of Britain under the Emperor Claudius, where he distinguished himself in command of the Legio II Augusta under Aulus Plautius. He reduced Vectis or the Isle of Wight and penetrated to the borders of Somerset, England. In 51 he was for a brief space consul; in 63 he went as governor to Africa, where, according to Tacitus (ii.97), his rule was "infamous and odious"; according to Suetonius (Vesp. 4), "upright and, highly honourable." He.
Kavadh I of Persia - 531), crowned by the nobles in place who was deposition and blinding of his uncle Balash. At this time the empire was utterly disorganized by the invasion of the Ephthalites or White Huns from the east. After one of their victories against Peroz, Kavadh had been a hostage among them during two years, pending the payment of a heavy ransom. In 484 Peroz had been defeated and slain with his whole army. Balash was not able to restore the royal authority. The hopes of the magnates and high priests that Kavadh would suit their purpose were soon disappointed. Kavadh gave his support to the communistic sect founded by Mazdak, son of Bamdad, who demanded that the rich should divide their wives and their wealth with the poor. His intention evidently was,.
Katyn Massacre - a short distance from Smolensk. Many Poles had become prisoners of war following the invasion and defeat of Poland by the Nazis and the Soviet Union in September 1939. In 1943 the Wehrmacht discovered the mass grave of over 4000 Polish officers in the forest near Katyn and accused the Soviets of having massacred them. The Allies were aware that the Nazis had found a mass grave, as the discovery transpired, via radio transmissions intercepted and decrypted by Bletchley Park. The Soviet government denied the German charges and asserted that the Poles, war prisoners, had been captured and executed by invading German units in 1941. In 1944, having retaken the Katyn area, the Soviets exhumed the bodies again. That same year, President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt assigned Captain.
Kara-Khanid Khanate - to forcing conversions from Islam to Buddhism, the dominant religion of the ruling Kara-Khitans. The elite Kara-Khitans and their Naiman soldiers, on an interesting note, are very often Nestorian Christians, as suggested by the Syriac names of the Gur-Khans(Emperors), who at the same time had confucian titles and patronized Buddhist establishments. Kushluk's Naimans were perhaps heavily Nestorian Christian. The reason for force conversions into Buddhism was perhaps due to the underdevelopment of Nestorian institutions, making it unsuitable on sedentary domination. The "Christian" Kara-Khitan yoke on the Muslim Kara-Khanids also gave rise to the myth of Prestor John, who was supposed to vanquish the menace of Islamadom to the wishes of European Christendom. Kushlug, a sworn foe of Genghis Khan, was crushed by the advancing Mongol army along with his Kara-Khitan military.
Katherine Young - University in Beijing (then Peking). She married Paul T.J. Young, and raised four daughters in China while staying one step ahead of the Japanese invasion of 1937. After the war ended, the family lived in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and eventually immigrated to California in 1958, finally settling in Palo Alto where she resides today. She served as president of the Lytton Garden Rose Club until 1998, when she decided she needed a break. Needing something else to do, she made the fateful decision to take a 12-week-long computer class offered at her retirement home. By the end of these sessions, she was logging on, and the centenarian decided to become an activist for the cause of encouraging seniors to use the Net. A Pew Internet & American Life Project study.
Kalimpong - the city from 1706 until 1865 when it was ceded to British India in the Treaty of Sinchula. Dzongkha (the main language of Bhutan) can still occasionally be heard on the streets of Kalimpong, although the majority of its residents are Nepali-speakers. Many Tibetans also escaped to Kalimpong after fleeing the Communist Chinese invasion of Tibet. Other suggested etymologies for the name Kalimpong have included: from "ridge where we play" in Lepcha (cf. Lepcha, My Vanishing Tribe, A.R. Foning, ASIN: 8120706854) from "hillock assembly" in Lepcha (cf. The Unknown and Untold Reality about the Lepchas, K.P. Tamsang) from the fibrous kaulim plant found in abundance in the region from kali bong ("black spur") in the 'language of the local hill people' Several significant monasteries are found within walking distance of the.
Kaluga - for Napoleon in the fall of 1812. But General Kutuzov repelled Napoleon's advances in this direction and forced the retreating French army onto the old Smolensk road, previously devastated by the French during their invasion of Russia. Kaluga is known for its most famous resident, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a rocket science pioneer who worked here as a school teacher. There is a Tsiolkovskiy Museum in Kaluga dedicated to his theoretical achievements and their practical implementations for modern space research..
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick - gave an asylum in his duchy to the comte de Lille (Louis XVIII) the revolutionary government made no protest. Indeed, earlier in this year (1792) be had been offered supreme command of the French army. As the king of Prussia took the field with Brunswick's army, the duke felt bound as a soldier to treat his wishes as actual orders. The result of Brunswick's cautious advance on Paris was the cannonade of Valmy followed by the retreat of the allies. The following campaign of 1793 showed him perhaps at his best as a careful and exact general; even the fiery Hoche, with the nation in arms behind him, failed to make any impression on the veteran leader of the allies. But difficulties and disagreements at headquarters multiplied, and when Brunswick found.
KDM Sælen (S323) - towed from Copenhagen to Aarhus. On 17 December, she was raised by the German floating crane Roland and taken to Aarhus for repair. On 10 August 1993, diving approval was issued and the boat was recommissioned. Sælen served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq from May 2002 until June 2003. To speed her return to her homeport of Frederikshavn after 385 days of deployment in the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, she was transported on board the heavy-lift ship Grietje. "Sælen" means "seal" in English..
Kent - Kent), although its name derives from one of the Celtic tribes of Britain, the Cantiaci. As the closest part of England to the continent of Europe, it has frequently been the focal point for invasion attempts, and is traditionally the major embarkation point for overseas travel. Because of its agricultural influence, extensive orchards and hop-gardens, Kent is sometimes known as the 'Garden of England'. Some addresses ending in 'Kent' are administered as part of London; these places lie within the Boroughs of Bexley or Bromley. (In the UK, postal addresses sometimes reflect the patterns of efficient or traditional mail distribution rather than patterns of municipal or county government. Kent is traditionally regarded as a picturesque rural county, but there is a Kent coalfield which was extensively mined in the past. There.
Veracruz (state) - Xalapa. With 6.9 million inhabitants, the state of Veracruz is the third most populous in the nation, after the Federal District and the state of México. On the coastal plains and throughout most of the state, the climate is hot and humid. On the foothills of the mountains, the climate is cool and humid. The climate only becomes cold in the mountain regions, where it also rains copiously. From June to October, Veracruz is affected by cyclones. Its official name is Veracruz-Llave, as the name was changed from simply Veracruz in honor of General Ignacio de la Llave, who died in 1863 during the French invasion of Mexico. Important Cities Coatepec: A colonial city in the heart of coffee country. Tlacotalpan: A river port and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Veracruz: The.
Kellogg-Briand Pact - Four states added their support before it was proclaimed - Poland (in March), Belgium (in March), France (in March), and Japan (in April). It was proclaimed to go into effect on July 24, 1929. Sixty-two nations ultimately signed up to the pact. The pact never made any real contribution to international peace and quickly proved to be meaningless, especially after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. The pact enabled the creation of the notion of crime against peace -- for committing this crime, the Nuremberg Tribunal sentenced a number of persons responsible for starting World War II (see: Nuremberg Trials).''' The interdiction of aggressive war was confirmed and broadened by the United Nations Charter, which states in article 2 paragraph 3 that.
