In the fall of 1878, the `` Popular Telegraph Line '' was established between Manchester and Factory Point by the owners, Paul W. Orvis, Henry Gray, J. N. Hard, and Clark J. Wait.

The style is characterized by specific rhythms and of Qacidate ( Popular poems ) in Arabic dialect that are long poems from the Algerian heritage.

Angola changed from a one-party Marxist-Leninist system ruled by the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ), in place since independence in 1975, to a multiparty democracy based on a new constitution adopted in 1992.

Colonel Zerbo also encountered resistance from trade unions and was overthrown two years later on November 7, 1982, by Major Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo and the Council of Popular Salvation ( CSP ).

Popular culture has attributed these disappearances to the paranormal or activity by extraterrestrial beings.

In June 2012, the Cypriot government announced it would need € of foreign aid to support the Cyprus Popular Bank, and this was followed by Fitch down-grading Cypus's credit rating to junk status.

... a closer look cyberpunk authors reveals that they nearly always portray future societies in which governments have become wimpy and pathetic ... Popular science fiction tales by Gibson, Williams, Cadigan and others do depict Orwellian accumulations of power in the next century, but nearly always clutched in the secretive hands of a wealthy or corporate elite.

* The Invention of False Medieval Authorities as a Literary Device in Popular Fiction by Gwendolyn A. Morgan.

At one point in the earliest 1940s, approximately half of all the pulp sf and fantasy magazines in the U. S. were being edited by Futurians: Frederik Pohl at the Popular Publications offshoot Fictioneers, Inc. ( Astonishing Stories and Super-Science Stories ); Robert Lowndes at Columbia Publications, most notably with Science Fiction and Future Fiction ( though through the decade to come, Lowndes's responsibilities would expand to other types of fiction magazine in the chain ), and Donald Wollheim at the very marginal Albing Publications with the short-lived, micro-budgeted Cosmic Stories and Stirring Science Stories ( Wollheim soon moved on to Avon Books ; Doë " Leslie Perri " Baumgardt also worked on a romance fiction title for Albing ).

According to Popular Mechanics, " The common sponge was used in ancient Greece as a gas mask ..." An early type of rudimentary gas mask was invented in the 9th century by the Banu Musa brothers in Baghdad, Iraq.

* Worst Performance by a Popular Singer: Tony Bennett in The Oscar

Popular bases for these are not limited to large sedans, but also minivans and even pickup trucks by companies like Nissan and Toyota.

In 1996, the centre-right Partido Popular government came to power, led by José María Aznar.

joined the smaller Popular Orthodox Rally in a grand coalition, pledging their parliamentary support for a government of national unity headed by former European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos.

He took over the premiership later in the year and turned his back on the Popular Party by announcing his engagement to the daughter of the Progressive Party leader, Shefqet Verlaci.

John Brand's Popular Antiquities ( 1859 ) describes a custom in Kent of ' going a hodening ' at Christmas, going round the houses in procession and singing carols, accompanied by a sort of hobby-horse.

The second Gershwin Prize for Popular Song was awarded to Stevie Wonder by U. S. President Barack Obama on February 25, 2009.

* 1997 – Partido Popular ( Spain ) member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.

* 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.

* Back by Popular Demand ( 1988, Mercury )

The Kansas – Nebraska Act of 1854 () created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory.

* Turning a Locomotive into a Stationary Engine, Popular Science monthly, February 1919, page 72, Scanned by Google Books: http :// books. google. com / books? id = 7igDAAAAMBAJ & pg = PA72

Popular procedural-markup systems usually include programming constructs, so macros or subroutines can be defined and invoked by name.

The new armed forces were formed by integrating those soldiers of the former Popular Forces for the Liberation of Mozambique ( FPLM ) and the rebels Mozambican National Resistance RENAMO who wished to stay in uniform.

By the 1970s, the idea that the game had been created solely by Charles Darrow had become popular folklore: it was printed in the game's instructions and even in the 1974 book The Monopoly Book: Strategy and Tactics of the World's Most Popular Game by Maxine Brady.

The Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ) challenged the task force's report and committed to validating the current status in all international forums, including the United Nations.

For decades, magazines such as Popular Mechanics and Mechanix Illustrated offered a way for readers to keep current on useful practical skills and techniques.

Richard L. Carrion Rexach ( born November 26, 1952 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) is the current Chairman and CEO of Popular, Inc., parent company of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Banco Popular North America and E-Loan.

It was during this time that the company divided itself into three main subsidiary companies: Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, with David Chafey, Jr. as its current president ; Banco Popular North America, with Roberto Herencia as the current president ; and Evertec, with Felix Villamil as its current president.

Banco Popular also released its new ad campaign: " En Mi Banco Se Puede " (" In my bank it's possible "), along with a series of aggressive ads targeting non-customers, consumers that have left the bank, or current customers who are starting to consider leaving the bank.

* National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an initiative to circumvent the current U. S. Electoral College system and elect the candidate with the most votes nationwide

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement is the current heir of Gaullism.

The current Gaullist party is the Union for a Popular Movement.

* Popular Alliance ( Spain ), predecessor of the current conservative party Partido Popular

Popular perception has native businessmen and consumers preferring to introduce new businesses and franchises into the city instead of patronising similar establishments located just outside of San Juan's current or historical territorial boundaries.

The current mayor of Aguas Buenas is Luis Arroyo Chiqués, of the Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ).

The current mayor of Añasco is Jorge Estéves Martínez, of the Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ).

The current mayor of Comerío is José A. Santiago, of the Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ).

Popular Socialism ( Danish: Folkesocialisme ) is a distinct Scandinavian socialist current.

In 1994, as host of the Seven Network current affairs program Real Life he won the Logie Award for Most Popular Current Affairs Program.

Popular female artistes include Daduhi, Liandingpuii, Zoramchhani, Spi and Mami Varte among the current generation and Vanhlupuii, Vanlalruati and C. Luri among the more senior artistes.