** Trichotomy: If two sets are given, then either they have the same cardinality, or one has a smaller cardinality than the other.

** Zorn's lemma: Every non-empty partially ordered set in which every chain ( i. e. totally ordered subset ) has an upper bound contains at least one maximal element.

** This is, on the whole, an informed and good account of the life and accomplishments of one of the greatest influences on the development of thought both Eastern and Western.

** This German publication is both one of the most comprehensive general introductions to the life and works of the philosopher and physician Avicenna ( Ibn Sīnā, d. 1037 ) and an extensive and careful survey of his contribution to the history of science.

** Tiger kidnapping, taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something

** Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation.

** The Artistic License ( the original Artistic License 1. 0, the one which is still used by Perl and CPAN )

** 8 System timers ( 2 reserved for LCD timing, one for UART )

** 1, 000, 000, 000 ( number ), one thousand million, 10 < sup > 9 </ sup >, in the short scale

** 1, 000, 000, 000, 000 ( number ), one million million, 10 < sup > 12 </ sup >, in the long scale

** Virtual console, a user interface for multiple computer consoles on one device

** Note: Marker was eventually credited as a writer for this one, apparently, he wrote the dialogue ( Film Comment ).

** Note: Marker narrated this one ( Film Comment ).

** A natural science – one that seeks to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world using empirical and scientific method.

** Shenzi, attributed to Shen Buhai ; all but one chapter is lost.

** GuineaA poster for the French colonial empire titled: " Three colours, one flag, one empire " ( 1941 )

** Storing the count of the " many " objects in a one-to-many relationship as an attribute of the " one " relation

** Stave-core-Consists of wooden slats stacked upon one another in a manner similar to a plank & batten door ( though the slats are usually thinner ) or the wooden-block hollow-core ( except that the space is entirely filled ).

** Stave-core-Consists of wooden slats stacked upon one another in a manner similar to a plank & batten door ( though the slats are usually thinner ) or the wooden-block hollow-core ( except that the space is entirely filled ).

** Series one: an introductory special on boxing day 1967, followed by 13 regular episodes of 30 minutes broadcast between 26 December 1967 to 28 March 1968, Thursdays at 17: 25.

** a linear equation has degree one,

** EDIF Questions and answers, volume one, November 1988

** That they all may be one

** a direct interaction occurs when one object is on a level exactly one higher or one lower than the other ( i. e., on a tree, the two objects have a line between them )

** OSA-II with four SS-N-2 Styx missiles-6

** Shershen class torpedo boat with four 533mm heavyweight torpedo tubes 4 or 5

** quartic equation has degree four,

** EDIF Questions and answers, volume four, November 1989

**. hack ( video game series ), a four game series for the PlayStation 2

** Translation of Saint Thomas, one of four days in the year on which Quarter Sessions sat.

** 4 quad characters ; groups of four characters displayed in a row

** RPG-16: Reloadable RPG launcher, PG-16 with ~ 300 mm RHA penetration, higher accuracy and four times the range of the RPG-7

** Corner blocks or plate blocks – compose a block of stamps from one of the four corners of the stamp sheet.

** The terrestrial region, according to Aristotle, consisted of concentric spheres of the four elements — earth, water, air, and fire.

** The Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 109 – 107 to win the National Basketball Association finals four games to two.

** Anita Bryant is famously pied by four gay rights activists during a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa.

** Harold Wilson becomes British Prime Minister after leading the Labour Party to a narrow election win over the Tory government of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, which had been in power for 13 years and had four different leaders during that time.

** Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins as the New York Yankee center fielder goes one for four against Chicago White Sox Pitcher Eddie Smith.

** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt's " Infamy " Address to a Joint Session of Congress at 12: 30 p. m. EST ( 17. 30 GMT ) and transmitted live over all four major national networks attracts the largest audience ever for an American radio broadcast, over 81 % of homes.

** A U. S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging four nuclear bombs.

** CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Backstage Wife, Our Gal Sunday, The Road of Life, and This is Nora Drake.

** The U. S. Navy's Commander Leroy Heath ( the pilot ) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe ( the bombardier / navigator ) establish a world flight-altitude record of 91, 450 feet ( 27, 874 m ), with payload, in an A-5 Vigilante twinjet bomber carrying a 1, 000 kilogram payload, and they better the previous world record by over four miles ( 6 km ).

** Shanda Sharer is tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana by four teenage girls.

** Luttif Afif and four other Palestinian terrorists

** Germany formally regains complete independence after the four post-World War II occupying powers ( France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union ) relinquish all remaining rights.

** In Northern Ireland, the four main political parties begins talks on restoring self-government.

** At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the future Grand Principality of Finland from Sweden.

** MGM's The Wizard of Oz receives its last of four December telecasts on CBS.

** Iraqi warplanes dropped mustard gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in two separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas.