Sierra County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,988. Its county seat is Truth or Consequences.
Taos, New Mexico
Taos is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It was founded by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón in 1795. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,716.
Taos is the county seat of Taos County.
Taos County, New Mexico
Taos County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,937. Its county seat is Taos.
Estancia, New Mexico
Estancia is a town in Torrance County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 1,655. It is the county seat of Torrance County.
Torrance County, New Mexico
Torrance County is a county located in the center of the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,383. The county seat is Estancia.
Clayton, New Mexico
Clayton is a town and county seat of Union County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,980.
Union County, New Mexico
Union County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,549, making it the fourth-least populous county in New Mexico. Its county seat is Clayton. The county was formed in 1894.
White Rock, New Mexico
White Rock is a place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States. It is one of two population centers in the county known as census-designated places (CDPs); the other is Los Alamos (the county seat). The population was 6,045 at the 2000 census.
Teruyuki Okazaki
Teruyuki Okazaki (岡崎 照幸, June 22, 1931 – April 21, 2020) was a tenth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate. He was the founder and chief instructor of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF). Along with Gichin Funakoshi and Masatoshi Nakayama, Okazaki helped found the Japan Karate Association's instructor training program. He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Okazaki died on April 21, 2020 of COVID-19 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 88.
Masatoshi Nakayama
Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He helped create the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in 1949, and wrote many textbooks on karate.
For almost 40 years, until his death in 1987, Nakayama worked to spread Shotokan karate around the world. He was the first master in Shotokan history to attain the rank of 9th "dan" while alive.
Nakayama died on April 15, 1987 in Tokyo, aged 74.
Murphy's Romance
Murphy's Romance is a 1985 American romantic comedy movie directed by Martin Ritt and is based on the 1980 novella by Max Schott. It stars James Garner, Sally Field, Corey Haim, Brian Kerwin, Carole King, Anna Levine. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and was nominated for two Oscars.
Central nervous system disease
Central nervous system diseases, also known as central nervous system disorders, are a group of neurological disorders that affect the structure or function of the brain or spinal cord. They form the central nervous system (CNS).
The Fan (1981 movie)
The Fan is a 1981 American slasher fan directed by Edward Bianchi and based on the novel of the same name by Bob Randall. It stars Lauren Bacall, James Garner, Maureen Stapleton, Michael Biehn, Hector Elizondo, Griffin Dunne, Dana Delany and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China now based in Taiwan. It is one of the five branches () of government. The parliament of the republic includes all three of the National Assembly (now abolished), the Legislative Yuan, and the Control Yuan.
Legislators are elected to office through the following ways:
Liu Ping-wei
Liu Ping-wei (; 30 November 1952 – 21 April 2020) was a Taiwanese politician. He was first elected to the Taiwan Provincial Assembly in 1981 until 1998. Liu was speaker of the provincial assembly between 1994 and 1998. For a single term, he was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002. Liu was born in Banqiao, Taipei County.
Liu died of oral cancer in Banqiao on 21 April 2020, aged 67.
Jacques Rosny
Jacques Rosny (25 March 1939 – 18 April 2020) was a French actor and comedian. He was born in Tarbes, France. In 1973, he bought Théâtre de l'Athénée. His best known roles were in "The Tenant", "Catherine & Co." and "L.627". In 1985, he won the Prix du Brigadier.
Rosny died on 18 April 2020 of COVID-19 in Nogent-sur-Marne, France, aged 81.
Eio Sakata
Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth
William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ, DL (born 19 October 1938), generally known as Bill Morris, is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003. He was the first black leader of a major British trade union. Morris became a member of the House of Lords in 2006. He is a member of the Labour Party.
The Beyond
The Beyond is a 1981 Italian horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci, and starring Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale. It is the second of the Fulci's trilogy of "Gates of Hell" trilogy.
Marguerite Higgins
Marguerite Higgins Hall (September 3, 1920January 3, 1966) was an American reporter and war correspondent. She was born in Hong Kong. Higgins reported on events during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. She wanted equal access for female war correspondents.
She had a long career with the "New York Herald Tribune" (1942–1963), and later became a columnist for "Newsday" (1963–1965). She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence.
Hall died on January 3, 1966 of leishmaniasis in Washington, D.C. at the age of 45.
Peter Arnett
Peter Gregg Arnett, ONZM (born 13 November 1934) is a New Zealand-born American journalist. He is known for his coverage of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. He was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his work in Vietnam from 1962 to 1965. He worked for the Associated Press.
Kaku Takagawa
, also known as , was one of the greatest professional Go player of the 20th century. He has the honorary Honinbo (本因坊) title.
John Pilger
John Richard Pilger (; born 9 October 1939) is an Australian journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker.
Pilger is a strong critic of American, Australian, and British foreign policy. He is against imperialist and colonialist agenda.
He first drew international attention for his reports on the Cambodian genocide.
His career as a documentary film maker began with "The Quiet Mutiny" (1970). Other works include "" (1979), about the aftermath of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, and "" (1993).
Pilger worked at the "Daily Mirror" from 1963 to 1986, and wrote a regular column for the "New Statesman" magazine from 1991 to 2014.
Pilger won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award in 1967 and 1979.
Robert Elegant
Robert Sampson Elegant (born March 7, 1928) is a British-American author and journalist. He was born in New York City. He spent many years in Asia as a journalist. He covered both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars.
Frances FitzGerald
Frances FitzGerald (born October 21, 1940) is an American journalist and historian. She is known for her written work "" (1972), which is about the Vietnam War. It won the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, and National Book Award. She was born in New York City.
Michael Herr
Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent. He was known as the author of "Dispatches" (1977). He was a correspondent for "Esquire magazine" (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War.
Volunteers (movie)
Volunteers is a 1985 American comedy movie directed by Nicholas Meyer and starred Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Gedde Watanabe, Allan Arbus. It was distributed by TriStar Pictures.
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