Kong Le - Kong Le On August 9, 1960 the then-unknown Captain Kong Le led the Second Paratroop Battalion in a virtually bloodless coup d'état that overthrew the right wing government of Laos. In taking over Vientiane, the paratroopers had unwittingly chosen a moment when the entire cabinet was in Louang Phrabang conferring with King Sri Savang Vatthana. They informed their compatriots and the outside world by broadcasting their communiqués on the radio. In a rally at the city football stadium on August 11, Kong Le expanded on his goals: end the fighting in Laos, stem corruption, and establish a policy of peace and neutrality. Recalling the experience of the first coalition when the country was temporarily at peace, Kong Le asked for the nomination of Souvanna Phouma as.
Institute Le Rosey - Institute Le Rosey Institute Le Rosey - Private Swiss School, established in 1880 Institute Le Rosey is the oldest private school in Switzerland and one of the most exclusive private education institutions in the world. It offers studies in either French or English to the students (ages 7 through 18) who come from some of the world's wealthiest families in dozens of different countries. Attendees of this school generally guard their privacy. Le Rosey is believed to be the only school in the world to run two campuses. In spring and autumn, classes are held in the facilities near the village of Rolle in the Vaud canton, located between Lausanne and Geneva. For the winter term, the entire student body moves to Gstaad in the Bern canton,.
Table of Chinese monarchs - or Da Yu大禹 da4 yu3 Qi啟 qi3 Tai Kang太康 tai4 kang1 Zhong Kang仲康 zhong4 kang1 Xiang相 xiang4 Shao Kang少康 shao4 kang1 or Xia Shao Kang夏少康 xia4 shao4 kang1 Zhu杼 zhu4 Huai槐 huai2 Mang芒 mang2 Xie泄 xie4 Bu Jiang不降 bu4 jiang4 Jiong扃 jiong1 Jin廑 ( Putonghua: jin3 or Guoyu: jin4 ) Kong Jia孔甲 kong3 jia3 Gao皋 gao1 Fa發 fa1 Jie桀 jie2 or Xia Jie夏桀 xia4 jie2 or Luu Gui履癸 luu3 gui3 Shang Dynasty Sovereigns of Shang Dynasty Posthumous Names ( Shi Hao 諡號) Convention: posthumous name Note: 1) all dates are approximate until the Duumvirate when first accurate dating of Chinese history began. Refer to Zhou dynasty for more info. 2) Personal names of most of the Shang sovereigns were unknown. The following names were most likely posthumous owing to frequent appearances.
Le Meridien Cyberport Hotel - Le Meridien Cyberport Hotel The London-based hotel chain, Le Meridien, was awarded a 10-year management contract for the only hotel to be built at Cyberport. Le Meridien Cyberport will be a 5-star, 13-storey, 173-room complex that publicises large plasma screen televisions, broadband, and luxury showers as features of its technology theme. The hotel was due for completion in September 2003, then December 2003. Completion is now planned for March 2004. The hotel group has plans to expand into mainland China, South Korea and Taiwan. See also: List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong.
List of people by name: Li - Li List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z La - Lb - Lc - Ld - Le - Lf - Lg - Lh - Li - Lj - Lk - Ll - Lm - Ln - Lo - Lp - Lq - Lr - Ls - Lt - Lu - Lv - Lw - Lx - Ly - Lz Li Ao, Taiwanese writer Li Er, Chinese philosopher during Zhou Dynasty Li Hongzhang, (1823-1901) Li Hou Zhu, (931-978), poet Li, Jet, (born 1963),.
List of books by title: N - of books in alphabetical order by title: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z The Naive and Sentimental Lover - John le Carré (1971) Naked Came the Stranger - Penelope Ashe (1969) The Naked Face - Sidney Sheldon (1970) Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs (1959) The Naked Sun - Isaac Asimov (1957) The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco (1980) Nancy Drew series - Mildred Benson et al. as Carolyn Keene, children's mystery Narcissus and Goldman - Hermann Hesse (1930) The National Dream - Pierre.
List of books by title: T - - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Note: Titles that begin with The should be listed under the next word in the title. Tai-Pan - James Clavell (1966), set in Hong Kong, around 1840. The Tailor of Panama - John le Carré (1996) Take Back Your Government: A Practical Handbook for the Private Citizen - Robert A. Heinlein (1992) The Tale of the Body Thief - Anne Rice (1992) A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (1859) The Talented Mr. Ripley - Patricia Highsmith (1955) Tales from Firozsha Baag - Rohinton.
History of Laos - the country and conferred limited autonomy on Laos following elections for a constituent assembly. Amidst the first Indochina war between France and the communist movement in Vietnam, Prince Souphanouvong formed the Pathet Lao (Land of Laos) resistance organization committed to the communist struggle against colonialism. Laos was not granted full sovereignty until the French defeat by the Vietnamese and the subsequent Geneva peace conference in 1954. Elections were held in 1955, and the first coalition government, led by Prince Souvanna Phouma, was formed in 1957. The coalition government collapsed in 1958, amidst increased polarization of the political process. Rightist forces took over the government. In 1960, Kong Le, a paratroop captain, seized Vientiane in a coup and demanded formation of a neutralist government to end the fighting. The neutralist government, once.
Gao Xingjian - in Gao Xingjians play "the wild ones" (1985). - Bochum: Brockmeyer, 1988. - [ Includes the text in the original Chinese and in German ] Hard man, Sascha, and/or NO (1992): a drama of Gao Xingjian . - Bochum: Project publishing house, 1999. Literature Trees on the Mountain: at Anthology OF new Chinese Writing /OD. by Stephen C Soong and John min Ford. - Hong Kong: The Chinese U.P., copilot 1984. Gao Xingjian, le moderniste // La Chine aujourd'hui NO 41, septembre 1986. Basting, Monica, Yeren: Tradition and avant-garde in Gao Xingjians play "the wild ones" . - Bochum: Brockmeyer, 1988. Lodén, Torbjoern, World Literature with Chinese Characteristics: On A Novel by Gao Xingjian // Stockholm journal OF East Asian Studies 4, 1993. Lee, Gregory B., Chinese Writing and of exiles.
Fictional country - Babar's Kingdom Beninia of John Brunner: Stand on Zanzibar Calia in Modesty Blaise episode The Jericho Caper Country of the Blind of H. G. Wells Dinotopia Ecotopia of Ernest Callenbach Elbonia from the comic strip Dilbert Erewhon of Samuel Butler Fanelia from the anime Escaflowne Florin of William Goldman's The Princess Bride Freedonia Freiland of Theodor Hertzka Gondor of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Gormenghast Castle of Mervyn Peake Grand Fenwick (pronounced 'fennick' Graustark Guilder of William Goldman's The Princess Bride Herland of Charlotte Perkins Gilman Lancre, mountain kingdom of Terry Pratchett's Discworld Latveria of Marvel Universe Lyonesse Maple White Land, land of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World Mardi archipelago of Herman Melville's Mardi and a voyage thither Moominland of Tove Jansson Mordor, mountain-girt land of.
USS America (CV-66) - in the Mideast and to aid in the evacuation of American dependents from the area if necessary. However, the first word that reached America and the Department of Defense in Washington gave no indication as to the identity of the attackers. America's flight deck came alive. In a matter of minutes, F-4B Phantom interceptors were in the air to ward off any possible attack against task force units. At the same time, bombs and rockets moved from the magazines deep within the ship to the flight deck. Four Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack bombers were loaded and launched together with fighter cover. As the planes sped towards Liberty's position, however word was received from Tel Aviv that the attackers had been Israeli and that the attack had been made in error. The.
December 2002 - of New Mexico makes history by becoming the first woman to participate in a NCAA division 1 football game, missing a kick for her team during the Las Vegas Bowl game. December 24, 2002 A number of US Muslim groups have initiated a class action lawsuit against the US Attorney General, John Ashcroft and the US immigration services over the arrest and detention of large numbers (believed to be in the hundreds) of Muslim men. A bomb believed planted by a Muslim separatist organisation killed 13 people, including a town mayor, and wounded 12 in a Christmas Eve attack in the southern Philippines town of Datu Piang. Iran's state radio reported quoted a statement by airport officials, saying that pilot "carelessness" caused a plane carrying Ukrainian and Russian aerospace scientists to.
Dalida - fulfillment, including traveling to Nepal to study the Hindu religion. On May 3, 1987 she died as a result of an overdose of sleeping pills leaving behind a suicide note that said: "Life has become unbearable ... forgive me." Dalida is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France, her gilded life-size statue one of the most outstanding of the many sculpted works in the famous cemetery. In 1997, the angle of the rues Girardon and Abreuvoir in Paris were inaugurated as "Place Dalida." Some of her movies: Joseph and his brothers - with Omar Sharif The mask of Toutankhamon A glass and a cigarette Stranger in paradise Rapt au deuxième bureau Parlez moi d'amour - (1960) Ménage à l'Italienne - (1964) L'inconnue de Hong Kong - with Serge Gainsbourg The.
Academy Award for Best Picture - Brut Prods., Avco Embassy - Melvin Frank Cries and Whispers - Svenska Filminstitutet-Cinematograph AB Prod., New World Pictures (Swedish) - Ingmar Bergman 1974 The Godfather, Part II - Coppola Company, Paramount - Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos Chinatown - Evans, Paramount - Robert Evans The Conversation - Directors Company, Paramount - Francis Ford Coppola Lenny - Worth, United Artists - Marvin Worth The Towering Inferno - Irwin Allen, 20th Century-Fox/Warner Bros. - Irwin Allen 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Fantasy Films, United Artists - Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas Barry Lyndon - Hawk Films, Warner Bros. - Stanley Kubrick Dog Day Afternoon - Warner Bros. - Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand Jaws - Zanuck/Brown, Universal - Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown Nashville - ABC Entertainment-Weintraub-Altman, Paramount - Robert.
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - Köpenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) (Germany) - Real-Film GmbH - Gyula Trebitsch producer - Helmut Käutner director Gervaise (France) - Agnes Delahaie Productions, C. I. C. C. Films, Silver Films - Annie Dorfmann producer - René Clément director Harp of Burma (Biruma no tategoto) (ビルマの竪琴) (Japan) - Nikkatsu Corporation - Masayuki Takaki producer - Kon Ichikawa director Qivitoq (Denmark - Greenland Inuit) - Nordisk film - Erik Balling director 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (Italy) - Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau - Dino de Laurentiis producer - Federico Fellini director The Devil Came at Night (Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam) (Germany) - Divina-Film - Robert Siodmak producer and director Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas) (France) - Cinétel, Filmsonor, Rizzoli Film, S.E.C.A. - René Clair producer.
August 28 - disorder, which will be called AIDS. 1986 - Stage of siege declared in Bolivia. 1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union. 1988 - At an air show in Ramstein, West Germany, three stunt fighters collide; 70 people die. 1990 - Iraq declares Kuwait to be a province of Iraq. 1993 - A dam breaks in Qinghai, China. 223 die. 1993 - 76 die in an airplane crash in Tajikistan. 1993 - Teng Cheong elected president of Singapore 1994 - First gay pride march in Japan. 1995 - A mortar shell kills 38 people in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The NATO action against Bosnian Serbs was a reaction to this incident. 1996 - Britain's Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess.
Chinese family name - all power. Also as a consequence, many people also had the same surname as the emperor, but had no direct relation to the royal family. In writing Chinese names, Chinese family names are put before the given name, e.g. CHEUNG Kwok Wing. Hence the Western concept of first name and last name only creates confusion when used with Chinese names. In Westernized Asian countries or for those residing in the West, often a Western name is chosen, e.g. Leslie Cheung. When the Western name and Chinese name are put together, it often becomes hard to tell what the family name is. Some variants include: Cheung Kwok-wing -- China, direct Chinese translation Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing -- Hong Kong, hybrid of Western/Chinese Leslie Kwok-wing Cheung -- United States among others, use given name.
Stage name - is difficult to pronounce, spell, or remember is less likely to be hired than other performers. Many performers refer to their stage names as their 'professional names'. Famous stage names include: Jack Benny - Benjamin Kubelsky The Big Bopper - Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr Bono - Paul David Hewson David Bowie - David Jones Mel Brooks - Melvin Kaminsky George Burns - Nathan Birnbaum Michael Caine - Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jackie Chan - Chan Kong-sang (Cheng Long was a Chinese screen name) Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus Tom Cruise - Thomas Cruise Mapother IV Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch Demsky Bob Dylan (after Dylan Thomas) - Robert Allen Zimmerman Eminem - Marshall Bruce Mathers III Fatboy Slim - Quentin Cook, later Norman Cook Flea -.
P. G. Wodehouse - also a talented lyricist, who worked with Cole Porter on the musical, Anything Goes. Nicknamed 'Plum', Wodehouse was educated at Dulwich College, and then worked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank for two years, though he was never really interested in banking as a career. Having taken up writing seriously, he went to Hollywood, where he was able to earn enormous amounts as a screenwriter. He married in 1914, gaining a stepdaughter. After a failed attempt to escape from his home at Le Touquet, France, Wodehouse was taken prisoner in Germany during World War II. Encouraged by fellow prisoners to entertain with witty dialogues, he was persuaded by the Germans to make broadcasts from Berlin poking fun at his dilemma. Wartime England was in no mood for light-hearted banter, however,.
Personality rights - assign the rights to use that character. This "extended action of passing off" protects against the wrongful appropriation of a reputation, or wrongful association of goods with an image belonging to the applicant. In the Pacific Dunlop case (1989) 14 IPR 398, the Federal Court of Australia affirmed a decision which upheld an action in passing off. The plaintiff sued the defendants for a television advertisement which was easily recognizable as being a parody of a scene from the plaintiff's film "Crocodile Dundee". The Federal Court said the test was whether a significant section would be misled into believing that a commercial arrangement had been concluded between the defendants and the plaintiff under which the plaintiff agreed to the advertising. England has followed this Australian development of the law. In the.
