Aluminium also causes a highly beneficial hard layer of aluminium oxide ( Al < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 3 </ sub >) to be formed on the surface that is thin, transparent and self-healing.

Philosophers of Bahrain were highly esteemed, such as the 13th century mystic, Sheikh Maitham Al Bahrani ( died in 1299 ).

His editors, Al Feldstein and Harvey Kurtzman, who also drew covers and stories, gave assignments to such prominent and highly accomplished freelance artists as Johnny Craig, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Will Elder, George Evans, Frank Frazetta, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Al Williamson, Basil Wolverton, and Wally Wood.

* Al Di Meola ( born 1954 ), a highly technical, jazz fusion guitarist, attended Bergenfield High School.

All goes well until the night of the highly anticipated World Championship match with Killer Kilduff ( Al Hill ).

On the West African coast they set up Zāwiyas on the shores of the river Niger and even established independent kingdoms such as al-Murābiṭūn or Almoravids. The Al Hakika Mizaan Mizaani Sufi Order deals with heavy internalization and meditations, their spiritual practice is called Al Qudra MizaanStates ) The Sanusi order were also highly involved in missionary work in Africa during the 19th century, spreading both Islam and a high level of literacy into Africa as far south as Lake Chad and beyond by setting up a network of zawiyas where Islam was taught.

While Skeeter appears as air-headed and clumsy, it is revealed that Skeeter is highly intelligent, later gaining the respect of geeky twin brothers Al and Moo.

He was highly trusted by Al Qaeda and was the main link between the two organisations.

* In a similar manner, although the exact process is not very well understood, highly refractory elements like Ca and Al became separated from less refractory elements like Mg and Si, and were not uniformly sampled by each asteroid.

Gallagher & Shean was a highly successful double act on vaudeville and Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of Edward Gallagher ( 1873-March 28, 1929 ) and Al Shean ( real name Albert Schoenberg ) ( May 12, 1868-August 12, 1949 ).

* 2000-U. S. presidential election, 2000 ; incumbent Texas governor George Walker Bush wins by 537 votes in Florida in a highly contested election against the incumbent Vice President Al Gore.

The second can also mean that the manner in which Al sat down was clumsy ( while it may have been highly appropriate to sit down in the first place ).

His style has been highly influential on a subsequent generation of inkers such as Al Gordon, Andy Lanning, and Scott Williams,

The show starred Al Jolson and launched him on his highly successful singing and acting career.

Future Mad Magazine cartoonist and " Fold-In " creator Al Jaffee wrote and drew most of the early issues, several of which included Mad founding editor Harvey Kurtzman's highly stylized " Hey Look!

In 2004, she directed the feature length, highly acclaimed film Control Room, a documentary about US Central Command and its relations with Al Jazeera and other news organizations that covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The article was a highly unrealistic and farcical explanation of how to build a nuclear weapon that some unwitting Al Qaida member had filed away.

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (, ‘ Abdu ’ llāh Yūsuf ‘ Azzām ; 1941 – November 24, 1989 ) was a highly influential Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian, who preached in favor of both defensive jihad and offensive jihad by Muslims to help the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet invaders and became a leader of Al Qaeda.

She is also highly intelligent, one of the few Yevonites who easily questions the Yevon religion on objective terms, and is far more accepting of Rikku's Al Bhed nature than Wakka initially was.

In July 2012, it was reported by Al Jazeera that tests carried out by the Institute of Radiation Physics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland as part of a nine-month investigation found traces of polonium, a rare, highly radioactive element, on Arafat's personal belongings.

Hi Records ' commercial peak was in the 1960s and 1970s, widely due to the innovative and highly successful work of Al Green.

Al Deppe's Restaurant, a highly popular establishment resembling Chuck E. Cheese's which had stood at the corner of Richmond Avenue and Arthur Kill Road since 1921, was forced out of business while the arguments raged.

* 1968 – The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying 10 crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

In 1916, Lardner published his first successful book, You Know Me Al, an epistolary novel written in the form of letters by " Jack Keefe ", a bush-league baseball player, to a friend back home.

Electric guitar cover versions by Al Caiola in the US and John Barry in the UK were successful on the popular charts.

However, advocates of this point of view ignore the many successful and well-adjusted Vietnam veterans who have played important roles in America since the end of the Vietnam War such as Al Gore, Fred Smith ( founder and president of Federal Express ), Colin Powell, John McCain, Craig Venter ( famed for being the first to map the human genome ), and many others.

A 1929 revival was less successful, opening on September 13, 1929, and closing one month later after only 34 performances at the Martin Beck Theatre ( today's Al Hirschfeld Theatre ).

With no successful results so far, Rear Admiral Al Calavicci ( Dean Stockwell ), Sam's long-time friend and senior officer on the program, is told by the government that they are looking to shut down the funding.

The hijacking ended after 40 days and is considered to be the only successful hijacking involving an El Al jet.

* The legendary Al Jolson records the soundtrack to " Jolson Sings Again ," the sequel to his hugely successful biopic " The Jolson Story " ( 1946 )

In 2000 he was mentioned as a possible Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States or Education Secretary for Al Gore had Gore been successful in the 2000 presidential race.

) It was the highest-grossing film of the year, became Warner Brothers ' highest-grossing film for the next 13 years, and was the most financially successful film of Al Jolson's career.

1 Squadron operated in western Iraq where it was successful in securing its area of operations, including the huge, but undefended, Al Asad air base.

Perhaps his most successful song was " I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier " ( 1915 ), with music by Al Piantadosi.

Following independence in 1971, Al Ain experienced rapid growth and investment as part of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, quickly becoming larger and more successful than Oman's Buraimi.

The city is home to the successful football club, Al Ain Club.

Al Ain City is the home of Al Ain Club, which is one of the most successful football clubs in the UAE and Asia.

DeSylva's first successful songs were those used by Al Jolson on Broadway in the 1918 + Sinbad production, which included " I'll Say She Does ".

Although several early comedies such as Next in 1969 and The Ritz in 1975 won McNally critical praise, it was not until later in his career that he would become truly successful with works such as his Off-Broadway play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and its screen adaptation with stars Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Angelou and Ailey formed a dance team, calling themselves " Al and Rita ", and performed Modern Dance at fraternal Black organizations throughout San Francisco, but never became successful.

In the 1950s and ' 60s, Sims had a long, successful partnership as co-leader of a quintet with Al Cohn, which recorded under the name " Al and Zoot ".

This was so successful that he not only returned to work on Charlie's Angels, he also appeared in the two-time Academy Award-nominated motion picture ... And Justice for All later that year as Judge Henry T. Fleming, the film's main antagonist, an evil corrupt judge who despises Al Pacino's lawyer character.

They are also one of the most successful CHL teams in terms of NHL alumni with over 140 players including Mike Richards, Dale Hunter, David Clarkson, Steve Mason, Derek Roy, Steve Downie, 2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner, 2012 Calder Trophy winner Gabriel Landeskog, and Hall of Famers Scott Stevens, Bill Barber, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson and Al MacInnis.

Other teammates of Pitino's include Al Skinner, who also went on to become a successful college coach, and baseballer Mike Flanagan, who went on to pitch in the major leagues and win the AL Cy Young Award in 1979.

He gave up the seat in 1984 to run for the Democratic nomination in the when Al Gore gave it up to make a successful run for the United States Senate.