Oh-the-pain-of-it, that convention of Russian ballet whereby the girls convey the idea that they are all the daughters of impoverished Grand Dukes driven to the stage out of filial piety, is totally absent from the Kirov.

Many people, however, became members of the French Resistance, and they are the allegorical equivalents of the voluntary sanitary teams in the novel, such as Tarrou, Rambert, and Grand, who fight back against the unspeakable evil ( the Nazi occupiers ).

Taylor's GA and x14 series and Martin's 000-xxx series are well-known examples of the Grand Auditorium style.

Similarly, in Avery Corman's book The Old Neighborhood ( 1980 ), an upper-middle class white protagonist returns to his birth neighborhood ( Fordham Road and the Grand Concourse ), and learns that even though the folks are poor, Hispanic and African-American, they are good people.

Downriver of Grand Coulee, each dam's reservoir is closely regulated by the Bonneville Power Administration ( BPA ), the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and various Washington public utility districts to ensure flow, flood control, and power generation objectives are met.

Five of the districts are located on the main island, Grand Cayman.

In contemporary times, both King Juan Carlos of Spain and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg are members of this family, both through the Bourbon branch of the dynasty.

Bays are as follows from the northern tip of the island in a clockwise direction: Agoucha Bay, Autrou Bay, Sandwich Bay, Grand Baptiste Bay, Petit Bapitiste Bay, La Taille Bay, Rough Bay, Marigot Bay, Walker's Rest Bay, Sophia Bay, Londonderry Bay, Mango Hole Bay, Middle Bay, Panto Hole Bay, Petite Soufriere Bay, Soufriere Bay, Woodbridge Bay, Pringles Bay, Prince Rupert Bay, Douglas Bay, Toucari Bay, Marceau Bay.

Rockstar North, most famously known for creating the Grand Theft Auto series, are based in Edinburgh.

Each year, most of the trackside fencing, pedestrian overpasses, grandstands and other motorsport infrastructure are erected approximately a month prior to the Grand Prix weekend and removed within 6 weeks after the event.

That year's race was the first Grand Prix where grid positions were decided, as they are now, by practice time rather than the established method of balloting.

The Labour Charter of 1927, promulgated by the Grand Council of Fascism, stated in article 7: " The corporative State considers private initiative, in the field of production, as the most efficient and useful instrument of the Nation ", then continued in article 9: " State intervention in economic production may take place only where private initiative is lacking or is insufficient, or when are at stakes the political interest of the State.

There are a few crater lakes, the largest of which is Grand Etang.

There are seven of these steps, so at the top the Grand Gallery is only wide.

A Grand Unified Theory, ( GUT ), is a model in particle physics in which at high energy, the three gauge interactions of the Standard Model which define the electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions, are merged into one single interaction characterized by one larger gauge symmetry and thus one unified coupling constant.

Models that do not unify all interactions using one simple Lie group as the gauge symmetry, but do so using semisimple groups, can exhibit similar properties and are sometimes referred to as Grand Unified Theories as well.

Grand Unification is reminiscent of the unification of electric and magnetic forces by Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism in the 19th century, but its physical implications and mathematical structure are qualitatively different.

His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture – such as " La donna è mobile " from Rigoletto, " Va, pensiero " ( The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves ) from Nabucco, " Libiamo ne ' lieti calici " ( The Drinking Song ) from La traviata and the " Grand March " from Aida.

" Several of the later operas are similarly set in foreign or fictional locales, including The Gondoliers, Utopia Limited, and The Grand Duke.

In the Raphael Rooms in the Vatican Palace, allegories and historical scenes are mixed together, and the Raphael Cartoons show scenes from the Gospels, all in the Grand Manner that from the High Renaissance became associated with, and often expected in, history painting.

* Grand River-Jackson County and Hillsdale County are the starting point of Michigan's longest river.

There are several varieties commonly available, including White Vienna, Purple Vienna, Grand Duke, Gigante ( also known as " Superschmelz "), Purple Danube, and White Danube.

Comprehensive bus services linking the towns and villages of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are controlled by the RGTR ( Régime général des transports routiers ) under the Ministry of Transport.

The Grand Duke and the Chief of Defence are the only generals, with colonels as Deputy Chief of Defence and head of the Military Training Centre.

After dropping out of high school, he followed his brother Richard to France, where he performed with Le Grand Magic Circus, an avant-garde musical theater group.

Brown performed the song in the film at Apollo Creed's final fight, shot in the Ziegfeld Room at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and was credited in the film as " The Godfather of Soul.

In 1966 the Grand Ducal Guard was disbanded and its taskings transferred to and performed by the Artillery Battalion.

" The Byrds further outraged the Opry establishment by breaking with accepted protocol when they performed Parsons ' song " Hickory Wind " instead of the Merle Haggard song " Life in Prison ", as had been announced by Tompall Glaser. Grand Ole Opry House

However, their 500 cc Grand Prix bike was less competitive, and their MotoGP effort, dubbed the RS3 Cube, was technically advanced but difficult to ride and performed poorly in the championship.

He also appeared on Hayloft Frolic where he performed two songs, sometimes including " Talking Blues " as done by Robert Lunn on the Grand Ole Opry.

Turin, 1744 – 5 ), a setting of Psalm viii, c1753 – 7, and a '‘ Grand choeur '’ performed in Vienna, 18 March 1762

In 2006 the City of East Grand Rapids performed a $ 3 million refurbishing of Wealthy Street with new paving, lighting and decorative features.

It was first performed in Weimar at the Grossherzogliches ( Grand Ducal ) Theater ( now the Staatskapelle Weimar ) on 2 December 1877 in a German translation.

* Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, performed by the NBC Symphony, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

* Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, performed by the New York Philharmonic ( with John Corigliano, Sr. as the violin soloist ) conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

* Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti.

The play was subsequently taken on tour and performed at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool in July 1939, and the Prince's Theatre in Manchester in October 1939.

At the US Open, Graf defeated Sabatini in a three-set final to win the Calendar Year Grand Slam, a feat previously performed by only two other women, Maureen Connolly Brinker in 1953 and Margaret Court in 1970.

In Australia on October 2, 2010, Richie performed at the AFL Grand Final Replay in the Pre-game entertainment to a sell out crowd and also post match at AAMI Park.

* " The Loco-Motion ", a 1960s hit song, originally performed by Little Eva and its accompanying dance and covered by Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 and again by Kylie Minogue in 1987.

The Lotus 43 performed poorly at the opening South African Grand Prix, so Clark used an old Lotus 33 at the following Monaco Grand Prix, retiring with suspension failure.

Her first operatic performance in Canada came on 13 February 1883 in Toronto, at the Grand Opera House where she performed in Lucia di Lammermoor.

In 1789, he descended the Grand River ( now called the Mackenzie River ) to the Arctic Ocean, and in 1793 he went overland from Peace River to the Pacific Ocean Further explorations were performed by David Thompson, starting in 1797, and later by Simon Fraser.

Several previous foreign statesmen and diplomats who have performed service for, or on behalf of, the United Kingdom have been given the designations of Knight Commander or Knights Grand Cross of the Order.

Medam 8th is popular for Grand padayani ( Vellya Padeni ) when all " kolams " under padayani will be performed by experts, and large number of people interested, from all over the country as well as a few foreigners who are regular visitors every year will come to see the magnificent performances, apart from many prominent cultural and social leaders.

‘ The Grand Old Duke of York ’ ( also sung as The Noble Duke of York ) is an English children's nursery rhyme, often performed as an action song.

When the tour reached its first two-day break, Chisholm performed an acoustic solo set at The Mint in Los Angeles on 6 December, another in The Grand Ballroom in New York and a third solo performance in Toronto, Canada.