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* Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta — Planets that enter the solar system in Philip Gordon Wylie and Edwin Balmer's novel When Worlds Collide.
In the 1933 novel When Worlds Collide ( serialised 1932 ) by Edwin Balmer and Phillip Wylie, Earth is first devastated, and then destroyed, by " Bronson Alpha ", a gas-giant-sized rogue planet, orbited by " Bronson Beta ", an Earth-sized satellite.
Fortunately, advance warning enables several groups of survivors to escape to Bronson Beta, whose orbit maps onto that of the destroyed Earth, and is torn away from its former primary by the gravitational impact of the Bronson Alpha / Earth collision.
In the 1951 film version of the book, also called When Worlds Collide, Bronson Alpha was reimagined as a dwarf star and renamed " Bellus ", while Bronson Beta was designated " Zyra.
* When Worlds Collide ( 1933 ) ( with Edwin Balmer )-Earth is destroyed in a collision with the rogue planet Bronson Alpha, with about a year of warning enabling a small group of survivors to build a spacecraft and escape to the rogue planet's moon, Bronson Beta.
* After Worlds Collide ( 1934 ) ( with Edwin Balmer )-Continues the story of When Worlds Collide, with both exploration of Bronson Beta and conflict with other groups of survivors.
Sven Bronson, a South African astronomer, discovers that a pair of rogue planets, Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta, will soon enter the solar system.
It is believed that Bronson Beta will remain and assume a stable orbit.
Scientists led by Cole Hendron work desperately to build ships to transport enough people, animals and equipment to Bronson Beta in an attempt to save the human race.
The sequel, After Worlds Collide, follows the fate of the survivors on Bronson Beta.
Much shorter and refreshingly less florid than the original novel, this one tells the story of the survivors ' progress on their new world, Bronson Beta, after the destruction of the Earth.
Both American ships survived the voyage to the companion body, Bronson Beta, though they were separated and each unaware of any other successful arrivals.
Bronson Alpha destroys Earth and moves out into deep space again, while Bronson Beta swings into what seems to be a stable, but eccentric, orbit around the sun.

Bronson and is
The other men include hotheaded, inexperienced Chico ( Horst Buchholz ); Chris's friend Harry Luck ( Brad Dexter ) who believes Chris is seeking treasure ; the drifter Vin ( Steve McQueen ), who has gone broke after a round of gambling ; Bernardo O ' Reilly ( Charles Bronson ), a gunfighter of Irish-Mexican heritage ; cowpuncher Britt ( James Coburn ); and an on-the-run gunman Lee ( Robert Vaughn ), who is in the midst of a crisis of confidence.
Amos Bronson Alcott and Thoreau's aunt each wrote that " Thoreau " is pronounced like the word " thorough ".
The crucial first point is that the choice is hers, its quirkiness another sign of her much-prized individuality .” “ Bhaer has all the qualities Bronson Alcott lacked: warmth, intimacy, and a tender capacity for expressing his affection — the feminine attributes Alcott admired and hoped men could acquire in a rational, feminist world .”
Its county seat is Bronson, Florida.
Lake Bronson, for which the city of Lake Bronson takes its name, is man-made.
They include the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, located in Caribou Township, the burial mounds referred to as the " Lake Bronson Site " which is located in Norway & Percy Twps.
Bronson is a town in Levy County, Florida, United States.
Bronson is located at ( 29. 448784 ,-82. 636314 ).
East Bronson is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Levy County, Florida, United States.
East Bronson is located at ( 29. 453809 ,-82. 594377 ).
Bronson is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.
Bronson is located at ( 42. 409450 ,-96. 211564 ).
Bronson is a city in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
Bronson is located at ( 37. 896562 ,-95. 072520 ).
* The city of Bronson is adjacent to the west on U. S. Highway 12 which cuts through the northwest corner of the township.
Bronson is a city located in west central Branch County in the U. S. state of Michigan.
Bronson is situated on U. S. Highway 12 about southwest of Coldwater.
The city is located within Bronson Township, though it is administratively autonomous.
Bronson Township is a civil township of Branch County in the U. S. state of Michigan.
The City of Bronson is located within the township, though it is administratively autonomous.

Bronson and settled
Smiths Grove was first settled by the Robey, Epperson, Bronson, McCarroll, and Smith families.
Though Bronson was more settled in the more modern facilities and regime at Ashworth, he soon got into trouble after using a sauce bottle to stab Mervin Horley, a patient who made gay advances towards him.

Bronson and by
There, next door to Peabody's book store on West Street, Bronson Alcott hosted a series based on the " Conversations " model by Margaret Fuller called " A Course on the Conversations on Man — his History, Resources, and Expectations ".
* Bronson Alcott at Alcott house, England, and Fruitlands, New England ( 1842-1844 ) ( 1908 ) by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
* Bronson Alcott: A glimpse at our vegetarian heritage, by Karen Iacobbo
This path was taken by some Transcendentalist educators, such as Amos Bronson Alcott.
Avco-Embassy Pictures, the film's financial backer, preferred either Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones to play the role of Snake Plissken to Carpenter's choice of Kurt Russell, who was trying to overcome the " lightweight " screen image conveyed by his roles in several Disney comedies.
Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May Alcott and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.
The film stars Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, and Horst Buchholz who play a group of seven American gunmen who are hired to protect a small agricultural village in Mexico from a group of marauding native bandits led by Calvera, portrayed by Eli Wallach.
Other films include The 25th Hour ( 1967 ), with Virna Lisi ; The Magus ( 1968 ), with Michael Caine and Candice Bergen, and based on the novel by John Fowles ; La Bataille de San Sebastian ( Guns for San Sebastian ) with Charles Bronson ; and The Shoes of the Fisherman, where he played a Catholic Archbishop in a Soviet Ukrainian prison who becomes Pope.
Maureen lives through, and gives her ( sometimes contradictory ) viewpoints on many events in other Heinlein stories, most notably the 1917 visit from the future by " Ted Bronson " ( in actuality Lazarus Long ), told from Long's point of view in Time Enough for Love, D. D. Harriman's space program from The Man Who Sold the Moon and the rolling roads from The Roads Must Roll.
Charles Bronson, Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood became famous by starring in Spaghetti Westerns, although they were also to provide a showcase for other noted actors such as Jason Robards, James Coburn, Klaus Kinski and Henry Fonda.
The. 475 Wildey Magnum gun, later made famous in the 1985 Charles Bronson movie Death Wish 3, was developed by Wildey J. Moore in Brookfield in the early 1970s ( the factory has since moved to Warren, Connecticut ).
In 2011, DCide will release " Well Done " a collaboration album by Action Bronson and Statik Selektah.
The role of Oliver was played by numerous child actors during the run of four years, including Gregory Bradley, James Daley, Andrew James Michel, Jon Lee and Tom Fletcher, while the Artful Dodger was played by Adam Searles, Paul Bailey and Bronson Webb.
Living in a mansion, waited on by servants, and flaunting her wealth with fashion, she's the undisputed queen of Bronson Alcott High School.
The village was platted in 1837 by Herman Bronson.
The Happy Jack Mine, located in White Canyon, San Juan County, was founded by Monticello natives Fletch Bronson and Joe Cooper.
Hatton finally began to grow after 1901 and was platted on April 30, 1901 by James Bronson.
One explanation for the criticisms and actions taken by roughly 8 % of all Lifespring graduates comes from clinical psychologist and Lifespring graduate Bronson Levin.
The underground prison was shot in real caves left by mining at Griffith Park, in the Bronson Canyon, previously used as the Batcave and in the 1930s Flash Gordon serial.
Privately funded and created in partnership with Borgess and Bronson hospitals seeded by a $ 100 million anonymous cash donation-the largest cash gift ever given to a college or university in Michigan.
Norma is bedridden with a high fever, and is accompanied by Mrs. Bronson and a doctor.

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