Major movements within American conservatism include support for tradition, law-and-order, Christianity, anti-communism, and a defense of " Western civilization from the challenges of modernist culture and totalitarian governments.

Major air combat during the war in the Pacific began with the entry of the Western Allies following Japan's attack against Pearl Harbor.

Various Governors-General had previously served as governors of an Australian state or colony: Lord Hopetoun ( Victoria 1889 – 95 ); Lord Tennyson ( South Australia 1899 – 1902 ); Lord Gowrie ( South Australia 1928 – 34 ; and New South Wales 1935 – 36 ); Major General Michael Jeffery ( Western Australia 1993 – 2000 ); Quentin Bryce ( Queensland 2003 – 08 ).

Major trans-shipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and cannabis and transit point for South American cocaine destined for Western Europe ; limited producer of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamines and methamphetamines

For the 1997 Major League Soccer season, their record was 21 – 11 ; they won the Western Conference regular season championship.

Wimsey served on the Western Front from 1914 to 1918, reaching the rank of Major in the Rifle Brigade.

The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League.

Major crimes of a Federal nature is covered by the U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Major General Thomas Hardwicke ’ s 1821 presentation of an article titled " Description of a new Genus of the Class Mammalia, from the Himalaya Chain of Hills Between Nepaul and the Snowy Mountains " at the Linnean Society in London is usually regarded as the moment the red panda became a bona fide species in Western science.

Enfranchised in, the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League.

The Rangers franchise are currently a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A. L.

In November 1942, Major General Patton commanded the Western Task Force of the U. S. Army, which landed on the coast of Vichy French-held Morocco in Operation Torch for the North African Campaign.

They were a member of the independent Western Baseball League, and were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball team.

They played in the independent Western Baseball League and were not associated with any Major League Baseball team.

They played in the independent Western Baseball League, and were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball team.

The team operated in the independent Western Baseball League and was not associated with any Major League Baseball team.

The team is a member of the Western Major Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the prairie provinces of Canada.

The Rascals began play in 1999 in the Western Division of the Frontier League under manager Jack Clark, pitching coach Greg Mathews, and first-base coach Dick Schofield Jr., all previous Major League Baseball players.

He also founded the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League ( now known as the Western Hockey League ( WHL )).

The Western Task Force ( aimed at Casablanca ) comprised American units, with Major General George Patton in command and Rear Admiral Henry K. Hewitt heading the naval operations.

Director Sam Peckinpah considered My Darling Clementine his favorite Western, and paid homage to it in several of his Westerns, including Major Dundee ( 1965 ) and The Wild Bunch ( 1969 ).

In the NLL, the shot clock runs while a team that is killing a penalty has possession of the ball ; this is not the case in all box lacrosse leagues ( e. g. Major Series Lacrosse, Western Lacrosse Association ).

Major themes in Natsume's works include ordinary people fighting against economic hardship, the conflict between duty and desire ( a traditional Japanese theme ; see giri ), loyalty and group mentality versus freedom and individuality, personal isolation and estrangement, the rapid industrialization of Japan and its social consequences, contempt of Japan's aping of Western culture, and a pessimistic view of human nature.

* Yosef Ben-Jochannan, author: African Origins of Major " Western Religions "; Black Man of the Nile and His Family ; Africa: Mother of Western Civilization ; New Dimensions in African History ; The Myth of Exodus and Genesis and the Exclusion of Their African Origins ; Africa: Mother of Western Civilization ; Abu Simbel to Ghizeh: A Guide Book and Manual

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Major theorists include Barry Barnes, David Bloor, Sal Restivo, Randall Collins, Gaston Bachelard, Harry Collins, Paul Feyerabend, Steve Fuller, Thomas Kuhn, Martin Kusch, Bruno Latour, Mike Mulkay, Derek J. de Solla Price, Lucy Suchman and Anselm Strauss.

The Americans lost forty-four men, among them Major Joseph Morris of Morgan's regiment, an officer who was regarded with high esteem and affection, not only by his commander, but by Washington and Lafayette as well.

It was Baker, working through Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder and Major Hugh S. ( `` Old Ironpants '' ) Johnson, who arranged for a secret printing by the million of selective service blanks -- again before the Act was passed -- until corridors in the Government Printing Office were full and the basement of the Washington Post Office was stacked to the ceiling.

Take the case of Major Marcus A. Reno, who survived the Battle of The Little Big Horn in 1876.

Major Japanese companies usually have Nyushashiki ( entry ceremony for companies ) for new employees those who newly hired after their graduation from schools, on this day.

` Alexander Mackenzie `, the Royal Military College of Canada March for bagpipes, was composed in his honour by Pipe Major Don M. Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985.

In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as ex ante substitutes, whether they actually play or not, although, in Major League Baseball, the application of this statistic does not extend to consecutive games played streaks.

In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series ( NLCS ) is a round in the postseason that determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to Major League Baseball's championship, the World Series, facing the winner of the American League Championship Series.

Other authors who used the name were Major John Bernard Arbuthnot MVO, the column's founder, and William Hartston, the current author of its revived form.

After the Globes closure, it was reestablished as a society news column in the Daily Express from 1917 onwards, initially written by social correspondent Major John Arbuthnot who invented the name " Beachcomber ".

George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).

* Major characters like Commissioner Loeb, Detective Flass and Carmine ' The Roman ' Falcone who are featured prominently in Batman Begins.

After receiving the Austrian letter, Serbia arrested Major Voja Tankosić ( a member of the Black Hand committee who had been pointed out by the assassins ) but then promptly released him and returned him to his unit.

He ultimately chose the former when a deal between the city, Hamilton County, and Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds ( who were seeking a replacement for the obsolete Crosley Field ) was struck that resulted in an agreement to build a multipurpose stadium which could host both baseball and football games.

Young compiled 511 wins, which is most in Major League history and 94 ahead of Walter Johnson who is second on the list.

Category: Major League Baseball pitchers who have pitched a perfect game

Reformers were led by Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts, who favored modification ( but ultimately voted for the defense authorization bill with the gay ban language ), and Barry Goldwater, a former Republican Senator and a retired Major General, who argued on behalf of allowing service by open gays and lesbians.

The first recorded Diprotodon remains were discovered in a cave near Wellington in New South Wales in the early 1830s by Major Thomas Mitchell who sent them to England for study by Sir Richard Owen.

Beatty's other brothers were Charles Harold Longfield ( 1870 – 1917 ) who served with distinction in the South Africa wars before dying from complications after losing an arm in Flanders, Richard George ( 1882 – 1915 ) who died on active service in India, William Vandeleur Schruder ( 1873 – 1935 ) who became an army Major and Newmarket horse trainer, and one sister Kathleen Roma ( 1875 –).

Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X-15 test pilot Robert M. White, who both received the DSM as U. S. Air Force majors ; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis ; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an Army colonel ; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel ( later Air Force Brigadier General ); Col. Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines ; Col. ( later Major General ) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War ; and Maj. Maude C. Davison, who led the " Angels of Bataan and Corregidor " during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System.