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There he impressed a record executive who "didn't know who he was, but knew he was somebody",
What happened from there?
M.C.Hammer had received several offers from major record labels before (which he initially declined due to his personal success),
What label did he choose?
Capitol Records executive, Hammer agreed to sign a record deal soon after.
What year was that?
Lewis wrote several influential books accessible to the general public:
What where the books titles?
The Arabs in History (1950), The Middle East and the West (1964), and The Middle East (1995).
How were these book do?
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the interest in Lewis's work surged,
Did any thing influence him?
He is a pioneer of the social and economic history of the Middle East and is famous for his extensive research
What was his research on?
He began his research career with the study of medieval Arab, especially Syrian, history.
Did he meet any criticism?
1937-1938,
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The Legion was excluded from political coalitions by nominally fascist King Carol,
Why did the king exclude them?
The government alliance, unified as the National Christian Party, gave itself a blue-shirted paramilitary corps that borrowed heavily from the Legion
What was the Legion?
Legion started competing with the authorities by adopting corporatism.
How was the public affected by this?
Codreanu and the two leaders did not get along, and the Legion started competing with the authorities by adopting corporatism.
What was the reason they didn't get along?
after the latter claimed that a Romanian-run commerce could prove a solution to what he deemed the "Jewish Question
What was the jewish questions?
The government alliance, unified as the National Christian Party, gave itself a blue-shirted paramilitary corps that borrowed heavily from the Legion --
How did the alliance affect them?
and initiated an official campaign of persecution of Jews, attempting to win back the interest the public had in the Iron Guard.
What was the Iron Guard?
Codreanu felt he had to amend the purpose of the movement after more than two years of stagnation: he and the leadership of the movement started touring rural regions,
Was he with other people?
Bessarabia signalled the outlawing of the party by Premier Gheorghe Mironescu and Minister of the Interior Ion Mihalache
What was the result of the outlaw?
Codreanu was acquitted in late February.
What form of rebellion he made?
He quickly became noted for exposing corruption of ministers and other politicians on a case-by-case basis
Was he supported by any other member?
it is likely that the new Vaida-Voevod cabinet gave tacit support to the Group in subsequent partial elections.
Did they won in the election?
The Legion had won five seats in all, which was its first important electoral gain.
Was Corneliu referred as a captain?
striking feature of Bobet the man rather than rider was his ambition to behave like a Hollywood matinee idol,
Did his personality create any problems?
The British professional Brian Robinson called Bobet "a private man and a little moody" and said he would sulk if things went wrong.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Bobet was driven by personal hygiene and refused to accept his first yellow jersey because it had not been made with the pure wool
Did they give him a new jersey?
Goddet had to get Sofil to produce another jersey overnight, its logo still visible but artificial fabric absent.
Why did he want the jersey to be made of pure wool?
Bobet's concern with hygiene and clothing was accentuated by frequent problems with saddle sores.
Did he do anything else strange with personal hygiene?
Louis Bobet was born one of three children above his father's baker's shop
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
His father gave him a bicycle when he was two and after six months he could ride it 6 km.
What led to him being able to ride the bicycle at such an early age?
Bobet's first race was a 30 km event when he was 13.
Was that race successful?
He came second in a sprint finish.
Did he have any more successful races?
He raced in his local area and won four events for unlicensed riders in 1941.
Did he win any more events after that?
He was mostly raised by his single mother
where is he from
Des Moines, Iowa.
What is his mothers name
"hole in the ground with buildings around it".
what is his given name
Corey Todd Taylor
What is his best fact
Taylor, along with his mother and sister, lived at one point in an "old dilapidated farmhouse"
What state did he grow up in
Des Moines, Iowa.
Was his father around
his single mother
How many siblings
Taylor, along with his mother and sister,
When did he start playing music
She took legal custody of him so that he could continue going to school, and she helped him buy musical equipment.
Who took legal custody of him
Taylor's first gig with Slipknot was on August 22, 1997,
What was their first album?
Slipknot,
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
included in the 2006 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
What was their second album?
Iowa,
How did it fair?
number one on the UK Albums Chart, as well as number three on the Billboard 200.
Did they h ave a 3rd album?
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses),
Did they have any notable hits?
Purity
Where did that rannk?
number one
What album was it from?
Slipknot,
Any other hits?
All Hope Is Gone
from what album?
Owen served in the Ordnance Commission to supply the Union army;
what year
1863,
when did it come to an end
on March 16, 1863, he was appointed to the Freedman's Inquiry Commission.
what else did he do in the political field
In 1862 Owen wrote a series of open letters to U.S. government officials,
what were these letters about
to encourage them to support general emancipation.
did this work?
1843 to 1847
Where was he a congressman?
the U.S.
What did he do during his time in congress?
Owen introduced and helped to secure passage of the bill that founded the Smithsonian Institution
What else did he do?
Owen was chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals during the Twenty-eighth Congress.
Is there anything else notable during this part of his careeR?
While serving as a member of Congress, Owen introduced and helped to secure passage of the bill that founded the Smithsonian Institution in 1846.
How long was he a congressman?
Green Day's
What work did she do with Green Day?
God Bless
Was God Bless an album or a song?
In early 2009, Carlisle was on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars, paired with Jonathan Roberts.
Did she tour at all during this period?
she co-founded The Go-Go's (originally named the Misfits), with friends
what year did the go-gos reunite?
Nothing, helmed by Trent Reznor, signed Meat Beat Manifesto and in 1996 the double album Subliminal Sandwich was released.
Was the album successful?
While this album represented MBM's major-label debut, it failed to achieve the critical and commercial successes of previous releases.
Did they release more music?
After Subliminal Sandwich, Dangers put together an album called Original Fire that collected various studio rarities, B-sides, and fan favorites from the early years of MBM,
Was this music successful?
Also in 1996, the group contributed to the AIDS benefit album Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip produced by the Red Hot Organization.
Who else appeared on that album?
In 1997 Dangers recruited drummer Lynn Farmer and multi-instrumentalist John Wilson (
Did they record any music with them?
Dangers and Stephens had formed the English pop group Perennial Divide in 1986 with Paul Freeguard
Did they release any albums?
They left Perennial Divide in 1988 to record a full Meat Beat album.
Was Meat Beat successful?
The tapes of what would have been the debut MBM album were claimed to have been destroyed in a studio fire before it could be released
How did they recover from the fire?
Jack Dangers confirmed the story of the fire in a 2010 interview. The pair then recorded the LP Storm The Studio,
What else did the band do in the early years?
In 1991, they performed at The Limelight in Manhattan.
Did they have any other live performances?
In 1972, Verlaine joined Hell in New York and formed the Neon Boys.
Where they on the Television?
In 1974, the band added a second guitarist, Richard Lloyd, and changed their name to Television.
Did they then change their name again to the Heartbreakers?
In May 1975, the three of them formed the Heartbreakers (not to be confused with Tom Petty's band,
Did they release an album as The Heartbreaker's?
Four Heartbreakers demo tracks, recorded while Hell was still in the band, were later released on that band's L.A.M.F. Definitive Edition reissue.
Did he ever win any awards as part of any of the groups?
Hell parted ways with Television after a dispute over creative control.
What year did he leave Television?
In early 1975,
What year were the Heartbreakers formed?
Richard Lester Meyers grew up in Lexington, Kentucky
Where did he go to school?
Hell never finished high school, instead moving to New York City to make his way as a poet.
Was he interested in music as a young child?
Before he was 21, his own poems were published in numerous periodicals,
Where were the poems published?
Rolling Stone to the New Directions Annuals.
Who were his parents?
His father, a secular Jew, was an experimental psychologist,
Was his mother in his life?
his mother, who came from Methodists of Welsh and English ancestry.
What was the title of one of his poems?
Meredith attracted favorable attention, especially for playing George in a 1939 adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
was Mice and Men successful?
The Story of G.I. Joe
what was his role in GI Joe?
war correspondent Ernie Pyle
How successful was that one?
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
for which film?
Rocky V
What was his role in Rocky V?
In 1929, he became a member of Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre company in New York City.
Did he star in any major productions?
He garnered critical acclaim in the 1935 Broadway revival of The Barretts of Wimpole Street starring Katharine Cornell.
Which production was he most successful at in theatre?
A distinguished theatre director, he won a Tony Award nomination for his 1974 Broadway staging of Ulysses in Nighttown,
Did he have anymore Tony nominations in his lifetime?
Meredith also shared a Special Tony Award with James Thurber for their collaboration on A Thurber Carnival (1960).
What else did he take part in?
). In the late seventies, he directed Fionnula Flanagan's one-woman multi-role play "James Joyce's Women," which toured for several years.
Is there any other interesting facts about him in theatre?
His early life and theatre work were the subject of a New Yorker profile.
Did he ever leave New York?
September 12, 1967,
where was he born?
Washington, D.C.
is there any information about his parents?
the son of software engineer Mary Louise (nee Davis) and economist Luis Szekely.
when did he start comedy?
Upon moving from Mexico to suburban Boston, C.K. wanted to become a writer and comedian,
what was his first job as a comedian?
C.K. starred in a half-hour HBO special as part of the stand-up series One Night Stand.
Was the performance successful?
HBO canceled the series after its first season.
Who is Lucky Louie?
C.K. starred in and wrote Lucky Louie, a sitcom he created.
When did the sitcom air?
In March 2008, he recorded a second hour-long special, Chewed Up,
Who was he married to?
Alix
What year did they divorce?
divorced in 2008,
What happened before their divorce?
Chewed Up, which premiered on Showtime Network on October 4, 2008, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy or Variety Special.
Was he on any other tv shows?
His employer was Jerome H. Remick and Company, a Detroit-based publishing firm with a branch office on New York City's Tin Pan Alley, and he earned $15 a week.
What did he do in that company
"song plugger
what is plugger
His first published song was "When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em, You Don't Want 'Em" in 1916 when Gershwin was only 17 years old.
Did he do broadway shows
The two collaborated on the Broadway musicals Piccadilly to Broadway (1920) and For Goodness' Sake (1922),
where they popular
Daly was a frequent arranger, orchestrator and conductor of Gershwin's music, and Gershwin periodically turned to him for musical advice.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
His birth certificate identifies him as Jacob Gershwine, with the surname pronounced 'Gersh-vin' in the Russian and Yiddish immigrant community.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
He was named after his grandfather,
Does he have any other known linage?
He was named after his grandfather, a one time Russian army mechanic.
can you tell me more about his yiddish ancestors?
In September, further details about the album were released, including its name, Wonderland, and
Were there any hit songs from the album Wonderland?
"Adiemus", "Barcarolle", "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" and "Blow The Wind Southerly", but noted that on tracks including "Close To You",
Were these songs popular among the public?
album failed to perform as well as Faryl; it entered the British album charts at number 56 for the week ending 12 December before dropping to number 92 the
Did it ever come back to the charts?
Kevin Thornton left the group in October 1998 to pursue the ministry.
Any other important happenings during the solo years?
Sam Watters pursued a career as a record producer,
What happened after that?
Mark Calderon worked with artists such as Stevie Brock, whose 2002 remake of "All 4 Love" reached number 1 on the Disney charts;
What else did they work on during this time?
In 2001, Bryan Abrams released a solo album entitled Welcome to Me.
Any other notable work or tours during this time?
On August 22, 2000, Giant Records released the compilation album The Best of Color Me Badd.
What are some interesting facts about this time period?
He operates Kevin Thornton Ministries in Texas. In 2008, he released a solo album, Conversions, blending contemporary hip-hop/rap with gospel and soul music.
What did they do next?
Watters is a member of the production/songwriting team The Runaways,
Any controversies or disagreement?
he co-starred on the VH1 reality TV series Mission: Man Band, which also included former boy band members Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees,
What did they do after that?
Abrams co-wrote and recorded an appearance on the Insane Clown Posse song "Truth Dare",
Did he write anything else during this time?
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was founded around 1966 in Long Beach, California
Who were the founding members of the band?
singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and singer-songwriter guitarist Bruce Kunkel
What was the genre or style of music they chose to play?
started as a jug band and adopted the burgeoning southern California folk rock musical style,
What album did they release during this period?
Browne was in the band for only a few months before he left to concentrate on a solo career as a singer-songwriter.
DId they experience any other significant changes in the band during this period?
He was replaced by John McEuen on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and steel guitar.
Did the band ever receive a record deal?
The group was inactive for a 6-month period after Paint Your Wagon, then reformed with Jimmy Ibbotson replacing Chris Darrow.
What was the name of a song they wrote?
a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles",
What happened to them in 1971?
the band recorded and released Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy, issued in 1970.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
During July 1974, the band was among the headline acts at the Ozark Music Festival at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri.
What other bands played at Ozark Music Festival?
The band also toured Japan twice
What else can you tell me about this time period for the band?
Quagmire is going on a cross-country tour in which he plans to have sex with a different woman in every state of America,
Does Peter do something interesting?
Peter buys a TiVo.
Why does Peter want a TiVo?
While watching it, Stewie spots a man in San Francisco on the news that has the same face and hairstyle as him.
What is Stewie's response to this?
Stewie then believes that he may be his true father.
What does Stewie decide to to about this?
Brian and Stewie hitch a ride in his RV.
Does Brian have any interesting comments?
Stewie breaks down crying and nearly decides to give up until Brian encourages him to keep going.
What does Stewie do next?
The two manage to get a rental car and arrive in San Francisco.
Do they find the man who was on TV?
When Stewie is revived by Lois, he believes it is a sign for him to be a good boy.
How did Lois revive him?
As a last resort he tries to kill him by rigging a lifeguard chair with dynamite and luring Brad beneath it with marzipan; however, Stewie's detonator malfunctions,
Why was Stewie trying to kill Brad?
Stewie meets Brad, a child about his age who is the "Star Swimmer." In jealousy, Stewie does everything he can to steal Brad's glory.
What does he try to do to steal Brad's glory?
As a last resort he tries to kill him by rigging a lifeguard chair with dynamite and luring Brad beneath it with marzipan;
Did anyone else get hurt during the dynamite incident?
In 1998 director Paul Street created a commercial for the Ford Puma.
What was the result of this?
Footage was shot in modern-day San Francisco, set to the theme music from Bullitt.
Did he do any other commercials?
In 2005, Ford used his likeness again,
What for?
a commercial for the 2005 Mustang.
Did he appear in any other commercials?
The blue-tinted sunglasses (Persol 714) worn by McQueen in the 1968 movie The Thomas Crown Affair sold
What price did the sunglasses sell for?
at a Bonhams & Butterfields auction in Los Angeles for $70,200 in 2006.
What other memorabilia of McQueen's has sold?
One of his motorcycles, a 1937 Crocker, sold for a world-record price
What price did it sell for?
a world-record price of $276,500 at the same auction.
What other memorabilia of McQueen's has sold?
Cooper's twenty-year friendship with Ernest Hemingway began at Sun Valley in October 1940.
what was their friendship like?
The two shared a passion for the outdoors, and for years they hunted duck and pheasant, and skied together
What other qualities did their friendship have?
Valley. Both men admired the work of Rudyard Kipling--Cooper kept a copy of the poem "If
Why did they like him?
Coop never fought, he never got mad, he never told anybody off that I know of; everybody that worked with him liked him."
what did Hemmiway and Cooper have in common?
Hemingway believed his character matched his screen persona, once telling a friend,
What interests did Cooper have?
sports, outdoor activities, and dinner parties with his family and friends from the film industry,
What type of outdoor activities did he enjoy?
Knowing that other actors were using the name "Frank Cooper",
What is silent films?
Cooper also found work in a variety of non-Western films,
What are the films did he makes
The Eagle (1925), as a Roman guard in Ben-Hur (
Was the film successful?
The Johnstown Flood (
Did he received any awards?
In March 2005, Archie Comics announced that a manga version of the title would be published, with art by Tania del Rio,
was the manga version different than the first version?
In Archie & Friends #96 (January 2006) the origin of the Pussycats was retconned.
was Josie's band in the manga version?
Josie Jones was cut from the school choir, but met Valerie Smith and the two founded the band.
were there any other band members?
They recruited Melody, whose idea it was to wear cat outfits.
did the band do well in the Manga version?
The band was not doing well at first, but Alex liked the group, though Alexandra could tell he was more interested in Josie.
who was alex?
1963
Had she been featured in Archie comics before?
A short-haired redhead, Josie is the leader and co-founder of the Pussycats.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In the cartoon series, Josie's speaking voice was performed by Janet Waldo
Was she known for other voiceover work?
(the voice of Judy Jetson
how was the band formed?
Wilson redshirted during the 2007 season at NC State.
What position did he play?
In 2008, Wilson initially split time at quarterback with senior Daniel Evans and junior Harrison Beck.
DId he win?
Thereafter, Wilson led the team to a 4-3 record in the regular season which NC State finished out on a four-game winning streak.
What did he do the next season?
In the 2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl against Rutgers, Wilson threw for 186 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 46 yards before halftime.
What other accomplishments did he having during his time there?
1954
Where was he born?
Kasimpasa neighborhood of Istanbul,
Who were his parents?
His parents are Ahmet Erdogan and Tenzile Erdogan.
Who were his siblings?
Erdogan had a brother Mustafa (b. 1958) and sister Vesile (b. 1965).
Which school he attended?
Erdogan graduated from Kasimpasa Piyale primary school in 1965, and Imam Hatip school, a religious vocational high school, in 1973.
What he did during high school?
School. He subsequently studied Business Administration at the Aksaray School of Economics and Commercial Sciences, now known as Marmara University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences--
When did he graduate?
Laver was a young boy when he left school to pursue a tennis career that lasted 24 years.
did he win any games?
he reached all three finals at Wimbledon, winning the mixed doubles title with Darlene Hard.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In February 1963, he appeared on the panel game show To Tell the Truth, where all four panelists identified him based on his knowledge of the history of tennis.
was he married?
Ken Rosewall
What other rivals did he have?
Including tournaments and one-night stands, they played over 130 matches,
Who did he play 130 matches against?
At the age of 17, Roussimoff moved to Paris and was taught professional wrestling
How long did he live in Paris?
in 1966, becoming his business manager and adviser. Roussimoff began making a name for himself wrestling in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa.
Where was he originally from?
Roussimoff was billed as "Geant Ferre", a name based on the French folk hero Grand Ferre,
Did he do anything else?
Roussimoff next moved to Montreal, Canada,
What did he do in Canada?
he became an immediate success, regularly selling out the Montreal Forum.
How long did he live in Canada?
His last U.S. television appearance was in a brief interview on World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Clash of the Champions XX special that aired on TBS on 2 September 1992.
What did he do before this appearance?
Andre returned in the winter of 1990, but it was not to the World Wrestling Federation.
Where did he return to?
Andre made an interview appearance for Herb Abrams' fledgling Universal Wrestling Federation on October 11th in Reseda, California.
What was the outcome of this interview?
World Wrestling Federation announced Andre's return as a participant in the 1991 Royal Rumble (to be held in Miami, FL two months later).
Did he do good in the Royal Rumble?
Andre was also mentioned as a participant on television but would ultimately back out due to a leg injury.
How did Andre injure his leg?
His on-air return finally came at WrestleMania VII, when he came to the aid of The Big Boss Man in his match against Mr. Perfect.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Montreal
did she win anything
four of her seven 10s on the uneven bars.
did she break record
the only means by which the judges could indicate that she had indeed received a 10.
which country did she rep in the olympic
Nicolae Ceausescu.
did she win any gold
She won gold medals for the individual all-around,
what about bronze
She also won a bronze for the floor exercise
what about siver
a silver as part of the team all-around.
did she has rival
Comaneci
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