In the 20th century, socialists and communists used the word reactionary to describe their enemies. In Marxist thinking, a reactionary is someone who supports causes like feudalism, capitalism, fascism, nationalism, or any other cause opposed to social reform and revolution.
Reactionary politics is still influential in politics. There are many people and political parties who have opinions that can be seen as reactionary because they want to go back to the old ways. For example, Donald Trump can be considered a reactionary politician.
Martin Lambie-Nairn
Martin John Lambie-Nairn (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer and animator. He was the founder of Lambie-Nairn. He was known for creating the original Channel 4 logo. He was born in Croydon.
Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020, aged 75.
Lambie-Nairn also animating the title sequence for British comedy TV series "Mind Your Language".
Lambie-Nairn held an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Lincoln, and was a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Northampton.
Grey hat
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Football League Third Division North
The Third Division North was the 3rd division of the English football league system between 1921 to 1958. It ran along with the Third Division South, with clubs being either elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to either league based on their geographical location. Some clubs in the English Midlands shuffled between the Third Division North and the Third Division South based on the composition of the two leagues.
Its final season was the 1957–58 season. After that season, the North and South sections were merged to form the Third Division and the Fourth Division.
Humoresque (movie)
Humoresque is a 1946 American romantic drama movie directed by Jean Negulesco and is the second adaption of the 1919 short story of the same name by Fannie Hurst. It stars Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, Joan Chandler, Peggy Knudsen, Paul Cavanagh and was distributed by Warner Bros.. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1947.
Leg before wicket
Leg before wicket (LBW) is one way a batsman can get out in cricket. There must be an appeal to the umpire at the bowler's end, and he makes the decision.
LBW happens when the ball touches a batsman's body before it touches the bat or a hand/glove holding the bat, and the ball would otherwise have hit the wicket.
Leg before wicket first appeared in the laws of cricket in 1774, as batsmen began to use their pads to prevent the ball hitting their wicket.
The definition of leg before wicket (lbw) is currently Law 36 in the Laws of Cricket, written by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Before a batter can be dismissed lbw, the fielding team must appeal to the umpire. If the bowler delivers a no-ball — an illegal delivery — the batter cannot be out lbw under any circumstances.
Otherwise, for the batter to be adjudged lbw, the ball, if it bounces, must hit the pitch in line with or on the off side of the wickets. For a right-handed batsman, the off side is the right-hand side of the pitch when viewed from his perspective. For a left-handed batsman, the off side is the left-hand side. Then the ball must strike part of the batsman's body without first touching his/her bat, In the Laws of Cricket, the batsman's bat is considered to include the hand or hands holding it. in line with the wickets and have been going on to hit the stumps.
The batter may also be out lbw if, having made no attempt to hit the ball with their bat, they are struck outside the line of off stump by a ball that would have hit the wickets. The umpire must assume that the ball would have continued on the same trajectory after striking the batter, even if it would have bounced before hitting the stumps.
Sometimes video replay and other technologies are used to decide if a batter is out LBW. For example, heat-tracking ("Hot Spot") can visually show when the ball has hit the bat or part of the batter's body, audio-tracking ("Snickometer") can show if there is a slight sound from the impact of the ball, and advanced simulations ("Hawkeye") can predict where the ball would have gone after impact with the batter's body if the batter had not been there.
Pramod Sawant
Pramod Pandurang Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician. He is the current Chief Minister of Goa.
Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He is an Ayurveda Medical practitioner by profession.
He was serving as the speaker of the Goa assembly before being sworn in as Chief Minister. After the death of the sitting chief minister Manohar Parrikar, he became chief minister of Goa.
Jean Graetz
Jean Graetz (born Jean Ellis; December 24, 1929 – December 16, 2020) was an American civil rights activist. She and her clergyman husband Robert Graetz were well known white supporters of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. Graetz was born in East Springfield, Pennsylvania.
Graetz died of lung cancer in Montgomery, Alabama on December 16, 2020 at the age of 90.
Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
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Lyle Hanson
Lyle L. Hanson (May 11, 1935 – December 23, 2020) was an American politician and educator. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Hanson was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 12th district from 1979 to 2013. Hanson was born in Sargent County, North Dakota.
Hanson died on December 23, 2020 in Jamestown, North Dakota, aged 85.
Forman, North Dakota
Forman is a city in Sargent County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Sargent County. About 504 people lived here at the 2010 census.
Geoff Stephens
Geoffrey Stephens (1 October 1934 – 24 December 2020) was an English songwriter and record producer. His single "Winchester Cathedral" won him the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording. He was born in London. Other best known singles were "Sorry Suzanne", "Daughter of Darkness" and "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me".
Stephens died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 86.
Tomás Irribarra
Tomás Edison Irribarra de la Torre (19 May 1935 – 25 December 2020) was a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Radical Party of Chile. Irribarra was born in Quirihue, Chile. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1969 to 1973 and Mayor of Quirihue from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2008 to 2012.
Irribarra died on 25 December 2020 in Quirihue at the age of 85.
Quirihue
Quirihue () is a Chilean city in Quirihue, Itata Province, Ñuble Region.
It is about 72 kilometers northwest of Chillán and 410 km southwest of Santiago.
Progressive bulbar palsy
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Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez
Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez (16 October 1962 – 27 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In 2014, he became a member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies representing Tlaxcala. He was born in Chiautempan, Tlaxcala.
Domínguez Ordoñez died during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico on 27 December 2020 at the age of 58.
Roberto Junguito
Roberto Junguito Bonnet (1943 – 27 December 2020) was a Colombian politician. He was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 1983 to 1984 and Minister of Finance and Public Credit from 1984 to 1985 and again from 2002 to 2003. He was born in Bogotá.