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Surprising the Finns on the ground, the Soviets shoot down three Gloster Gladiators as they try to get airborne and shoot down two more Gladiators and a Fokker D. XXI in an ensuring dogfight, losing only one I-16 in exchange.
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Three new specials were announced to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary with the first special ' Surprising guests ' airing on 25 December 2011.
Baron Munchausen is a character from The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( or Baron Münchhausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels ) by Rudolf Erich Raspe — a collection of tall tales published in 1785, based on the German adventurer Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen.
* Charles Gildon-The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Mr. D — DeF --, of London, Hosier ( satire on Defoe )
When she was released she became a household servant for publisher Robert S. Kirby who included her tale in his book Wonderful Museum, and ( following her death on 4 February 1808 ) in The Life and Surprising Adventures of Mary Anne Talbot ( 1809 ).
Surprising interest in the vehicle and an influx of revenue provided from the Cayenne helped Porsche decide to produce the car, and development started on a road-legal version that would be produced in small numbers at Porsche's new manufacturing facility in Leipzig.
Surprising effects are achieved by an endless variety of plots and plays on words.
On October 14, 2008, Dr. G released her first book, How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner.
Surprising to some critics, Hasan identifies herself as a Republican, often using her punditry to provide insight into Republican policies and their effect on the Muslim World.
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Surprising her age-altered friends, she caused Klarion to back down by threatening to kill Teekl.
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And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe.
Surprising even company executives, it became a market leader with 26 % of all microcomputers sold in 1983, in second place to the much less-expensive Commodore 64 and three times the Apple II's share.
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Surprising many, they managed to get 22 parliamentary seats, which they used to form a minority government with Democratic Party of Serbia ( DSS ) and G17 Plus party.
Surprising the Americans, they soon overran the poorly prepared perimeter.
Surprising everyone they achieved this, however in 2011 it was discovered that the clubs General Manager Yang Yifeng paid several Shanghai International players a sub-total of 12 million Yuans to throw the game.
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* Samuel Bellamy is the main subject of two non-fiction books, " The Pirate Prince " and " Expedition Whydah ," by explorer Barry Clifpraised, and a non-fiction book, " The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down ," by Colin Woodard, published by Harvest Book / Harcourt, Orlando FL, 2007.
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Surprising political experts, he finished ahead of various established politicians, such as the then-governor of Rio de Janeiro ( Leonel Brizola ), the former governor of São Paulo ( Orestes Quércia ), and the then-governor of Santa Catarina ( Esperidião Amin ), with more than 1. 5 million votes.
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In The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America ’ s Wealthy ( 1996 ) Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko reviewed the traditional definition of conspicuous consumption, wherein the examination of the style of life of rich Americans indicated that most tended to economic frugality and practiced a modest standard of living.
Surprising many of his fans, Selleck unexpectedly played the role of General Dwight D. Eisenhower in A & E's 2004 made-for-TV movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day.
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The term is often attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe's story The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, where the main character pulls himself out of a swamp by his hair ( specifically, his pigtail ), but the Baron does not, in fact, pull himself out by his bootstraps.
* Robert Mack ( 2008 ) The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend.
See The Surprising Virtues of Treating Trade Secrets as IP Rights, 61 Stan.
See The Surprising Virtues of Treating Trade Secrets as IP Rights, 61 Stan.
Surprising was " the granite permanence " of the shows at the top of the ratings.
* Rudolf Erich Raspe ( 1736 – 1794 ), a University of Kassel librarian who fled to England after embezzling significant funds from Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and wrote ( or compiled ) The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen.
Surprising his doctors, White lived five years longer than predicted but died in April 1990, one month prior to his high school graduation.
* The Surprising History of Egypt ( USA, 2002 ) a. k. a. The Hidden History of Egypt ( UK, 2003 ) – directed by Phil Grabsky
* The Surprising History of Rome ( USA, 2002 ) a. k. a. The Hidden History of Rome ( UK, 2003 ) – directed by Phil Grabsky
The syndrome name derives from Baron Münchhausen ( Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, 1720 – 1797 ), a German nobleman, who purportedly told many fantastic and impossible stories about himself, which Rudolf Raspe later published as The Surprising Adventures of Baron Münchhausen.
Surprising to some historians, the immigration went smoothly since no powerful confederacy of any tribes was established.
It was intended to be the last part of his stories, according to the original title-page of its first edition but a third part, Serious Reflections During the Life & Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, With His Vision of the Angelic World, was added later ; it is a mostly forgotten series of moral essays with Crusoe's name attached to give interest.
Surprising the Shu forces, he quickly captured Chengdu and re-annexed that area back into Jin.
:“ Reviewers found it ‘ Surprising in its simplicity ’... the acting seemed nine days ’ wonder-no one talked of anything but Lillian ’ s smile, Lillian turned like a tormented animal in a trap, of Barthelmess ’ convincing restraint.
The allegation was nevertheless used in a Diet Mountain Dew ad from 2008 as part of the drink's " Surprising Facts " ad campaign.
* We're Sorry This Is Late ... We Really Meant To Post It Sooner: Research Into Procrastination Shows Surprising Findings ; Gregory Harris ; ScienceDaily. com ; Jan. 10, 2007 ( their source )
* The Surprising History of Copyright and The Promise of a Post-Copyright World by Karl Fogel of QuestionCopyright. org.
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* The Surprising Adventures Of Baron Munchausen Terence Blacker ( Rushton illustrations only ) ( Hodder Stoughton, 1989 )
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During these wars the Finns suffered 90, 000 casualties and inflicted severe casualties on the Russians ( 120, 000 dead in the Winter War and 200, 000 in the Continuation War ) compared to other nations such as Poland.
Finland's declaration of independence on 6 December 1917-though supported by most Finns and soon recognized by the Russian Bolshevist Council of People's Commissars-occurred in the context of the worsening power struggle, and therefore failed to either unite or pacify the nation.
Although actual combat didn't spread to Finland until 1918, the war between Germany and Russia had a major impact on the Finns from its beginning in 1914.
The more severe program of Russification, called " the second period of oppression 1908 – 1917 " by the Finns, was halted on 15 March 1917 by the removal of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II.
The food supply of the country depended on cereals produced in southern mainland Russia, while the Finns had specialized in milk and butter production.
The disintegration of Russia offered the Finns a historic opportunity to gain independence, but after the October Revolution, the positions of the conservatives and the Social Democrats on the sovereignty issue had become reversed.
White troops in the Viipuri area tried to capture the trains ; 50-60 Finns, Red and White, died in the " Battle of the Rahja Trains " in the Karelian Isthmus on 27 January 1918.
The German army did not alter its military plans concerning Finland after the peace treaty with the Bolsheviks because the Civil War of the Finns had opened an easy access with low costs to Fennoscandia, and because troops of a British Naval squadron had invaded the harbour of Murmansk on the northwestern coast of Russia by the Arctic Ocean on 9 March 1918.
Although the experience of the Spanish Civil War received more publicity, the more sophisticated petroleum warfare tactics of the Finns were not lost on British commanders.
In 1171, Alexander became the first pope to address the situation of the Church in Finland, with Finns allegedly harassing priests and only relying on God in time of war.
Very few Finns have ever got their face on a Markka note during their lifetime, and Kekkonen the last to do so.
Memory of the early Finnish settlement lived on in place names near the Delaware River such as Finland ( Marcus Hook ), Torne, Lapland, Finns Point and Mullica.
Until the early 1980s the arrival of Finnic peoples, the ancestors of the Estonians, Finns, and Livonians, on the shores of the Baltic sea was associated with the Comb Ceramic Culture.
After unsuccessfully attempting to force territorial and other concessions on the Finns, the Soviet Union invaded Finland in November 1939 during the Winter War, intending to establish a communist puppet government in Finland.
In the 1960s, the competitions manager of BMC, Stuart Turner, hired a series of brave and gifted young Finns, skills honed on their country's highly competitive gravel or snow rallies, and the modern professional driver was born.
On 1 November 1905, during the general strike, the famous Red Declaration was proclaimed on the Keskustori, the central square of Tampere, subsequently leading to universal suffrage in Finland and the Tsar of Russia granting larger freedoms to Finns.
The death penalty was widely used during and after the Finnish Civil War ; some 9, 700 Finns and an unknown number of Russian volunteers on the Red side were executed during the war or in its aftermath.
By the time of the American Civil War, European immigrants bypassed the East Coast of the United States to settle directly in the interior: German immigrants to Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Missouri ; Irish immigrants to port cities on the Great Lakes, especially Chicago ; Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians to Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas ; and Finns to Upper Michigan and northern / central Minnesota.
Municipalities of Finland with Swedish as an official language in blue: White: unilingually Finnish municipalities Light blue: bilingual municipalities with a Finnish majority Bright blue: bilingual municipalities with a Swedish majority Dark blue: unilingually ( 92-94 %) Swedish municipalities More than 17, 000 Swedish-speaking Finns live in officially monolingual Finnish municipalities, and are thus not represented on the map.
In November 1939, shortly after the outbreak of hostilities between Germany, Britain and France, the Soviet Union staged the shelling of the Russian village of Mainila, which it blamed on the Finns.
Suomussalmi was taken with little resistance on December 7 ( only two incomplete companies of covering forces led a holding action between the border and Suomussalmi ), but the Finns destroyed the village before this, to deny the Soviets shelter, and withdrew to the opposite shore of lakes Niskanselkä and Haukiperä.
Reinforced with two new regiments ( JR 64 and JR 65 ), the Finns again attacked on December 27.
If the Soviet Union had captured the city of Oulu, the Finns would have had to defend the country on two fronts and an important rail link to Sweden would have been severed.
He went on: " The Finns don't even know what Parma ham is.
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