April 1906 cover story of New York Worlds Sunday magazine written by William Beebe, advertising the Bronx Zoo's diversity of birdsIn December 1903, in an effort to avert another bout of Beebe's throat ailment, Hornaday sent him on an expedition to Mexico which would last until the following April.

Ra-Ra Zoo's last full show to date ' Cabinet of Curiosities ' toured in 1993 / 4 and like their first show was in the London International Mime Festival ( in 1994 ), the last show of that tour was at the Liverpool Everyman also in 1994.

In November 2004, Tinkerbelle, San Francisco Zoo's last Asian elephant, was moved to a sanctuary ( PAWS-Performing Animal Welfare Society ) in the Sierra.

On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to the Reds ( in last place in the NL Central at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn.

The party had roughly 10-15 % support across Italy, having its stongholds in Central and Southern Italy ( Lazio 18. 6 %, Umbria 15. 2 %, Marche 14. 3 %, Abruzzo 14. 3 %, Puglia 13. 2 %, Sardinia 12. 9 %, Tuscany 12. 6 % and Campania 12. 6 % in the last general election ), scoring badly in Lombardy ( 10. 2 %) and Sicily ( 10. 9 %), while competing in the North-East ( Friuli-Venezia Giulia 15. 5 % and Veneto 11. 3 %).

Governor John Volpe interceded in the 1950s to send the last section of the Central Artery underground, through the Dewey Square Tunnel ; while traffic moved somewhat better, the other problems remained.

After the ending of the war, all refugees were repatriated to Sudan ; the last of the 9, 700 remaining in Central African Republic were evacuated in April 2007.

In 2006, bottom fell out as the Cubs finished 66 – 96, last in the NL Central.

In the early morning of December 10, 1949, Communist troops laid siege to Chengdu, the last KMT controlled city in mainland China, where Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo directed the defense at the Chengdu Central Military Academy.

The use of same word castas, and a method of stratifying people based on " breed, race, caste " was common in colonial Spain, throughout South America and Central America, within the last 500 years.

The meetings of the Central Committee and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union were postponed to the last possible moment because of Andropov's health.

In Central America, two-thirds of lowland tropical forests have been turned into pasture since 1950 and 40 % of all the rainforests have been lost in the last 40 years.

The said ruler's nation logically becomes an " Empire ", despite having no additional territory or hegemony such as Central African Empire or the Korean Empire proclaimed in 1897 when Korea, far from gaining new territory, was on the verge of being annexed by the Empire of Japan, the last to use the name officially.

Amongst the last of these empires of the 20th century were the Central African Empire, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Manchukuo, the German Empire, and Korea.

The first full-length feature produced under the BFI's new scheme was Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo's Winstanley ( 1975 ), while others included Moon Over the Alley ( 1975 ), Requiem for a Village ( 1975 ), the openly avant-garde Central Bazaar ( 1973 ), Pressure ( 1975 ) and A Private Enterprise ( 1974 ) -- the last two being, respectively, the first British Black and Asian features.

Central banks, such as the Federal Reserve System banks in the United States and Bank of England in the United Kingdom, are strong players in public finance, acting as lenders of last resort as well as strong influences on monetary and credit conditions in the economy.

This Nicaragua-assisted invasion by Honduran exiles strongly displeased the United States government, which concluded that Zelaya wanted to dominate the entire Central American region, and the government dispatched marines to Puerto Cortes to protect the banana trade ; US naval units were also sent to Honduras and were able to successfully defend Bonilla's last defense position at Amapala in the Gulfo de Fonseca.

In Stalin's last year of life, one of his last major foreign policy initiatives was the 1952 Stalin Note for German reunification and Superpower disengagement from Central Europe, but Britain, France, and the United States viewed this with suspicion and rejected the offer.

After a mediocre year where the Twins played. 500 baseball for most of the season, the team won 17 of their last 21 games to tie the Detroit Tigers for the lead in the Central Division.

Until the release of official data in 1989, the 1963 edition of the North Korea Central Yearbook was the last official publication to disclose population figures.

But for the last 25 years, status of the " Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee " has been very much controversial, as Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman always use to refuse the " Witnesses " ( Shahadats ) from other sects.

By the end of 1989, the last hardline members of the party's Central Committee had either resigned or been pushed out, followed in 1990 by 95 % of the SED's 2. 3 million members.

Recently extinct species include the last examples of gomphotheres in Central and South America, the American mastodon of family Mammutidae in North America, numerous stegodonts once found in Asia, the last of the mammoths, and several island species of dwarf elephants.

The rupee traded at an average 19. 97 per euro by noon in the capital Victoria, compared with 11. 3421 last week, according to Caroline Abel, head of monetary analysis and statistics at the Central Bank of Seychelles.

The Vikings, coached by Bud Grant, won the NFC Central for the eighth time in the last nine seasons with an 11 – 2 – 1 record, and advanced to their fourth Super Bowl in eight years.

The Steelers won the AFC Central with a 12 – 4 regular season record, and advanced to their second consecutive Super Bowl and their fourth appearance in the last six seasons.

The route has to be changed, which will require it to go through Rock Ridge, a frontier town where everyone has the last name of " Johnson " ( including a " Howard Johnson ", a " Dr. Samuel Johnson ", a " Van Johnson " and an " Olson N. Johnson ").

The last colony of Great Auks lived on Geirfuglasker ( the " Great Auk Rock ") off Iceland.

The last active mine in the Dartmoor area was Great Rock Mine, which shut down in 1969.

Before he made this change, however, he set to work on his last major project as active partner: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

At the 2008 Download Festival Kid Rock was meant to appear between Seether and Disturbed on the Main Stage but pulled out at the last minute.

The album produced only one, and at this time the last, Billboard Hot 100 single, " Love Is a Rock " at # 66.

In fact, it is believed that the Rock of Gibraltar may have been one of the last outposts of Neanderthal habitation in the world, with evidence of their presence there dating to as recently as only 24, 000 years ago.

During production, the Clangers grew in size from the first to the last episode, to allow Firmin to use an Action man model figure in " The Rock Collector.

The concert was originally released in VHS form ( usually in two tape releases worldwide ), but due to time limitations, the last two songs by Extreme, the first two of Def Leppard, and the song of Spinal Tap " The Majesty of Rock " were deleted ( along with Robert Plant's " Innuendo ") in the original release.

At Kanyakumari, the Swami meditated on the " last bit of Indian rock ", famously known later as the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, for three days.

The last names " Flintstone " and " Rubble ", as well as other common Bedrock surnames such as " Shale " and " Quartz ", are in line with these puns, as are the names of Bedrock's celebrities: " Gary Granite " ( Cary Grant ), " Stony Curtis " ( Tony Curtis ), " Ed Sulleyrock / Sulleystone " ( Ed Sullivan ), " Rock Pile / Quarry / Hudstone " ( Rock Hudson ), " Ann-Margrock " ( Ann-Margret ), " Jimmy Darrock " ( James Darren ), " Alvin Brickrock " ( Alfred Hitchcock ), " Perry Masonry / Masonite " ( Perry Mason as played by Raymond Burr ), " Mick Jadestone and The Rolling Boulders " ( Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones ), " Eppy Brianstone " ( Brian Epstein ) and " The Beau Brummelstones " ( The Beau Brummels ).

During the March tour, Haley recorded several tracks in London for his next album with Sonet, completing the work that summer at Muscle Shoals in Alabama ; released later in the year, the resulting album Everyone Can Rock & Roll was the last release of new recordings by Bill Haley before his death.

It was also the last time he performed in Europe and the last time most fans saw him perform " Rock Around the Clock ".

Don Juan was the leader, then Lou Rock, then Roski, then Indio was the last member of the group.

On 10 March 2003, the Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performed " Roxanne ", " Message In a Bottle ", and " Every Breath You Take " live, as a group ( the last song was performed alongside Steven Tyler, Gwen Stefani, and John Mayer ).

The Police also headlined the last night of the 2008 Isle of Wight Festival on 15 June 2008 ,< ref > in addition to headlining the Sunday night at Hard Rock Calling ( previously called Hyde Park Calling ) on 29 June.

Ace Merrill later appears in the last King novel set in Castle Rock, Needful Things, as Mr. Gaunt's employee.

His last film, the big budget production A Farewell to Arms ( 1957 ) starring Jones and Rock Hudson, was ill received.

It was not until the Dome of the Rock was built between 687 and 691 that the last remnants of the Temple were taken down.

After seven years of his last match at the Garden The Rock made his in-ring return at Survivor Series.

The eponymous Jeremiah is a semi-loner who has spent the last 15 years travelling back and forth across the United States, seeking out a living and looking for a place called " Valhalla Sector ," ( the remains of Raven Rock ) which his father — a viral researcher — had mentioned to Jeremiah as a possible refuge shortly before disappearing into the chaos of " the Big Death.

In response both to televangelist Jimmy Swaggart's June 1987 book Religious Rock ' N ' Roll: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, which had criticized the music of Norman and other Christian rock artists, and Swaggart's February 1988 admission of adultery with a prostitute, Norman wrote the song " Selah ", which had its last verse censored by Benson, which was: " My songs are spiritual fornication ,/ that's what this television preacher said ./ I guess he knows a lot about fornication ,/ I heard he wrote some sermons in a prostitute's bed.

The last regular mule drawn tram line in the United States was in Sulphur Rock, closing down in 1926.