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AFI
AFI is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: AFI (band) (A Fire Inside), an American bandThe Armed Forces of IndiaThe American Film InstituteThe Australian Film InstituteThe Australian Foresight Institute, part of the Swinburne University of TechnologyThe American ..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers
100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies is a list of the most inspiring movies as determined by the American Film Institute. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series, which has been compiling lists of the greatest movies of all time in various categories since 1998. It was unveil..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains is a list of the 50 greatest American movie heroes and villains chosen by American Film Institute in June of 2003. It is part of the AFI 100 Years... series. There was an accompanying CBS special that discussed the list presented by Arnold Schwarzenegger. I..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 comedy movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 14, 2000. # Some Like It Hot (1959) # Tootsie (1982) # [[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and ..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies is a list of the top 100 movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute in 1998. The American Film Institute polled more than 1,500 artists and leaders from the film industry to compile the list. It i..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes is a list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. The American Film Institute revealed the list in 2005 in a 3-hour television program on CBS. The program was hosted by actor Pierce Brosnan and had commentary from m..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions is a list of the top 100 love stories in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11, 2002 in a CBS special hosted by Candice Bergen. # Casablanca (1942) # Gone with the Wind (1939) # West Side..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs is a list of the top 100 songs in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute June 22, 2004 in a CBS special hosted by John Travolta, who appeared in two films honored by the list, Saturday Night Fever and Gr..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars is a list of the top 50 stars of American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 16 1999. The list was revealed on a CBS special hosted by Shirley Temple Black. Men # Humphrey Bogart # Cary Grant # Jam..
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills is a list of the top 100 thrilling movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 12, 2001 during a CBS special hosted by Harrison Ford, who starred in four of the films on the list, Raiders ..
AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores is a list of the top 25 film scores in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute in 2005. [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]] (1977) - John WilliamsGone with the Wind (1939) - Max SteinerLawrence of Ara..
AFI/Heckle Split
AFI/Heckle Split was released in late 1995 on Wingnut Records. Tracks "Aspirin Free" - 02:40"Advances In Modern Technology" - 01:30 ..
Afidnes
Seal Flag Map Map not yetavailable --> Statistics Prefecture: Attica Metropolitan Area: Athens Location:Latitude:Longitude: 38.201 (38°12'7") N lat. 23.8315 (23°49'57") E long. Area:-Total-Water-Rank 34.6 km² Dwellings: Population: (1991) - Total - D..
Afif
Afif (Arabic: عفيف) is a town in central Saudi Arabia, in the Najd region. It is located at around [23°55′0″N, 42°55′60″E]. Saudi Arabian City List of main Saudi Arabian cities |`Afif | `Ar`ar | Abha | Abqaiq | Al Bahah | Buraidah | Ad Dammam | Dhahran | Ad Dir`iyah |..
Afife
Afife is a parish located on the portuguese municipality of Viana do Castelo. On the 2001 census, Afife had a total population of 1,677. The total area is 11.08 km² which gives a population density of 151.26 inhabitants/km². ..
Afif abad garden
Afif-abad garden is a museum complex in Shiraz, Iran, built in the Qajar era. Image:Sarbaz afif abad.jpg|A relief of a Qajar soldier on one of the walls of the mansion. Image:Afif abad.jpg|View of the garden and mansion. Image:Kakh-e-afif abad shiraz.jpg|Closeup view of the mansion in the garden..
Afif Abdul Wahab
Dr. Afif Abdul Wahab Sr. (d. 2003) was born and raised in El Mina, Lebanon. After receiving his Medical Doctorate from the American University of Beirut, he opened up a hospital in his hometown of El-Mina for a short period before moving to Saudi Arabia in 1940. Dr. Abdul Wahab opened up the first A..
Afif Ayyub
Afif Ayyub (alternative spellings: Afif Ayoub, Afif Ayyoub) (born August 31, 1953), a career diplomat, is the current Ambassador of Lebanon to the Sultanate of Oman. He has been in this position since September 2003. He previously served in several diplomatic missions including Doha, Qatar; Dubai, ..
Afif Safieh
Afif Safieh (born 4 May 1950) is a Palestinian diplomat. He is currently Ambassador to the United States, after serving fifteen years as Palestine's Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Safieh was born in Jerusalem in 1950. As a child, he attended school in Jerusalem's College Des Frères. In 1972, ..
Afigya-Sekyere District
Afigya-Sekyere District Region Ashanti Region District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Ben Abankwa Capital Agona Area 770 km² Population (2002) 117,653 ISO 3166 GH-AH-AF The Afigya-Sekyere District is a district of Ghana in the Ashanti Region. It is nearly all tropical fores..
Afik
This article is about the Israeli kibbutz. For the English acronym, see AFAIK. Afik Founded 1972 Founded by Region Golan Heights Industries Agriculture, light industry, hospitality Affiliation Website [http://www.megoafek.co.il/] Afik (Hebrew: אפיק) is an Israeli kib..
Afikim (kibbutz)
Afikim is an Israeli kibbutz located in the Jordan Valley within three kilometers of the Sea of Galilee. It was founded in 1932 on a tract of land belonging to Kibbutz Degania Bet. SAE Afikim, a dairy equipment company, and Afikim Electric Mobilizers are two of the many companies based in Afikim. Yi..
Afikoman
Afikoman (Hebrew language: אפיקומן, based on Greek, epikomen or epikomion, meaning "that which comes after" or "dessert") is a piece of matzo which is hidden at the start of the Passover Seder and is eaten at the end of the festive meal. After the afikoman is eaten, one may not consume any ot..
Afikpo
Afikpo is the second largest town in Ebonyi State of Nigeria. Until recently it was the home Local Government Area of the late Eze (DR) Akanu Ibiam, who hails from the village of Unwana. Dr Ibiam was one of the first Igbo medical doctors and the former Governor of Eastern region. The town had an e..
Afilias
Afilias Limited is the operator of the .info and .org generic top-level domains (gTLD), and a provider of domain name registry services for several countries around the world, including AG (Antigua and Barbuda), GI (Gibraltar), HN (Honduras), IN (India), LA (Laos), SC (the Seychelles), and VC (St. V..
Afinsa
Afinsa is the world's third largest collectibles company, after Sotheby's and Christie's, and with its controlling stake in Escala Group operates in many European cities, the USA and Asia. Founded in 1980 by Albertino de Figueiredo, a Portuguese national living in Spain, the group is headquartered i..
AFIS
AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information ServiceAmerican Forces Information ServiceAutomated Fingerprint Identification System ..
Afitti
Afitti is an ethnic group in Shamal Kurdufan in Sudan. Afitti is a language of less than 10,000 speakers. It belongs to the Nilo-Saharan languages. Nyimang is a related language. Afitti live in the Nuba Hills. Most members of this group are Muslims. ..
AFI (album)
AFI is an eponymous retrospective album, released on November 2, 2004 with 15-tracks taken from the band's time on the Nitro Records label during between 1995 and 2001. The band did not sanction the release of this album. Track listing "The Lost Souls" (AFI, Havok) - 2:42, taken from The Art of D..
AFI (band)
The New AFI logo as of April 11th AFI (A Fire Inside) is an alternative rock band from Ukiah, California, United States. AFI was formed in 1991 by Davey Havok (vocals), Mark Stopholese (guitar), Vic Chalker (bass) and Adam Carson (drums) in Ukiah, California as a four-piece hardcore punk out..
AFI 100 Years... series
The American Film Institute, celebrating the 100th anniversary of film, created several top 100 lists covering movies in American cinema. The series are: 1998: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies1999: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs2001: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills2002:..
AFI Conservatory
Established 1969 Founder NEA School type Private Conservatory Dean Robert Mandel Location Los Angeles, Ca. Enrollment 220 graduate Faculty 107 Campus Urban, 340 acres Website [afi.com] American Film Institute Campus. Founded in 1969, AFI Conservatory is a division of the ..
AFI Life Achievement Award
The AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute on February 26, 1973 to honor a single individual for his or her lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television. The Trustees initially specified that ..
AFI Silver
The AFI Silver is a three-screen movie theater complex in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, just north of Washington, DC. It plays both art-house and mainstream movies. It is run by the American Film Institute. The AFI Silver is the result of a restoration project for the original Silver Theatre in..
Afşin
Afşin is a district of Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey. Kahramanmaraş | Afşin | Andırın | Çağlayancerit | Ekinözü | Elbistan | Göksun | Nurhak | Pazarcık | Türkoğlu | ..
AF INET
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } In computer networking, programmers using Berkeley s..
A Fictional Guide to Scotland
A Fictional Guide to Scotland is a collection of short stories and one poem from 17 writers who were either Scottish by birth or lived in Scotland at the time of submission. The pieces which made it into the book were selected through an anonymous submissions process with an OpenInk editor and gues..
A Fighting Man of Mars
A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Metropolitan, 1931 A Fighting Man of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the seventh of his famous Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it on February 28, 1929, and the finished story was first published in Blue Book Magazin..
A Figure in Hiding
A Figure In Hiding is Volume 16 in the original Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset And Dunlap. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The Hardy Boys foil the fake eye surgery "Eye Syndicate" of quack Dr. Grafton. Revision: The Hardy Boys smash the "..
A Film for XX
A Film for XX is the first video clip collection by Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on September 15, 1999 as a VHS. Track Listing poker faceYOUTrustFor My Dear...Depend on youA Song for XX (TV-SPOT VERSION)POWDER SNOW (TV-SPOT VERSION)ayu-mi-x (TV-SPOT)Boys & Girls External links [Ayumi Hamas..
A Final Hit - The Greatest Hits
A Final Hit is the greatest hits album from Leftfield. The CD contains a bonus DVD with music videos of seven of the album tracks. Track listing Disc 1 (CD) "Release The Pressure" with Earl Sixteen – 3:58"Afro Left" with Djum Djum – 7:33"Song of Life" – 7:00"Original" – 4:08"Storm 3000" ..
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance is the third book by Rohinton Mistry. Set in Mumbai, India between 1975 and 1977 during the turmoil of The Emergency, a period of expanded government power and crackdowns on civil liberties, this book is about four characters—Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash and t..
A Fine Dark Line (Novel)
A Fine Dark Line is a 2002 novel written by Joe R. Lansdale. The story is set in Dewmont, Texas in 1958. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The story is told through the eyes of Stanley Mitchell, a thirteen year-old boy, the younger of two child..
A Fine Day to Exit
A Fine Day to Exit is an album by the British rock band Anathema. It was released on the 9th of October of 2001 through Music For Nations. Track listing "Pressure" – 6:44"Release" – 5:47"Looking Outside Inside" – 6:23"Leave No Trace" – 4:46"Underworld" – 4:09"Barriers" – 5:53"Panic" ..
A Fine Madness
A Fine Madness (1966) is a motion picture that tells the story of Samson Shillitoe, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women. It stars Sean Connery (in the midst of his James Bond roles) and Joanne Woodward. It was dfirected by Irvin Kershner. Synopsis Samson, a poet who lives with Rhoda – a w..
A Fine Mess
A Fine Mess is a 1986 film by Blake Edwards. Blake Edwards The Pink Panther The Pink Panther (1963) | A Shot in the Dark (1964) | The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) | The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) | Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) | Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) | Curse of ..
A Fine Night for Dying
A Fine Night for Dying is a 1969 novel by Jack Higgins originally published under the pseudonyms Martin J Fallon). Set on the high seas, it is a new adventure for super-spy Paul Chavasse. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The nets of a local fishing bo..
A Fine Romance
"A Fine Romance" can refer to: A Fine Romance, a British television situation comedy series"A Fine Romance," a popular song This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link ..
A Fine Romance (song)
"A Fine Romance" is a popular song. The music was written by Jerome Kern, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was published in 1936. The song was written for the musical film, Swing Time. ..
A Fine Romance (television series)
A Fine Romance is a British situation comedy starring husband-and-wife team Judi Dench and Michael Williams. Dench's sister was played by Susan Penhaligon. It was produced by London Weekend Television and written by Bob Larbey. It was first broadcast on 8 November 1981. It lasted for 26 episodes ove..
A Firesign Chat with Papoon
A Firesign Chat with Papoon is a promo album redorded by Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman and released under the name of The Firesign Theatre on Columbia Records. It was released in 1972 and includes material that was recorded during the 1972 United States presidential election. Contents 1 ..
A Fire Inside EP
A Fire Inside is a 1999 EP released by AFI in 1998. It was the first disc AFI released that had Hunter Burgan as a permanent member. It is also the last release that Mark Stopholese played on. This EP's first two tracks are original songs by AFI. Tracks 3 and 4 are covers. 'Demonomania' was origi..
A Fire Upon the Deep
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) is a science fiction novel written by Vernor Vinge. It combines superhuman intelligences, well-developed and believable aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, Usenet, and more into an exceptional space opera. A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo A..
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea is a 1994 collection of short stories by Ursula K. Le Guin. The collection was second in the 1995 Locus Award poll in the collection category.[1995 Locus Awards]. Accessed January 23, 2006 The stories include: "The First Contact with the Gorgonids""Newton's ..
A Fishful of Dollars
"A Fishful of Dollars" is episode 6 in the 1st season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on April 27, 1999. Contents 1 Plot2 Fry's shopping spree3 Quotes4 Characters5 Future Products6 Trivia7 Bloopers Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning&#..
A Fishing Rod for my Grandpa
Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather, also rendered from Chinese as A Fishing Rod for My Grandpa, is a 2004 translation by Mabel Lee of six short stories by Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian. All of the stories were originally written between 1983 and 1990. The book was published in New York by Harpe..
A Fish Called Selma
A Fish Called Selma is an episode of The Simpsons from season seven. It guest stars Phil Hartman (as Troy McClure) and Jeff Goldblum. Contents 1 Synopsis2 Cultural references3 Trivia4 Memorable quotes5 'Planet of the Apes' The Musical6 External links Synopsis [..
A Fish Called Wanda
A Fish Called Wanda is a movie released in 1988 by MGM. It was written by John Cleese and directed by Charles Crichton. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. This film is number 27 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies. Contents 1 Plot2 Trivia3 Production4&nbs..
A Fish Dinner in Memison
A Fish Dinner in Memison is the third novel in the Zimiamvian Trilogy by Eric Rucker Eddison. A Fish Dinner in Memison is a novel centring on the characters of King Mezentius and Fiorinda; much is revealed about the links between principle characters and the separate worlds of the novel, not full..
A Fish Out of Water (Family Guy)
A Fish Out of Water is an episode of Family Guy that first aired November 19, 2001. This episode was scheduled to air on September 12, but was postponed due to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Written by Alex Borstein and Mike Henry. Guest starring Michael Chiklis, Ralph Garman, Brian Doyle-Murra..
A Fistfull of Stories (and Articles)
A collection of short work by Joe R. Lansdale, published in 1996, which contains more non-fiction work than any of the other collections, as well as short stories, some of which are exclusive to this collection. The title is a play on the title of Sergio Leone's western A Fistful of Dollars (delibe..
A Fistful of Datas (TNG episode)
A Fistful of Datas is a sixth-season episode of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]. Plot Summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. In this episode, Alexander convinces his father, Worf, to accompany him on a trip to the "ancient west" on the holodeck. W..
A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari in Italy, and officially on-screen in the United States as simply Fistful of Dollars) is a 1964 film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood. Released in the United States in 1967, it initiated the popularity of the Spaghetti western film ..
A Fistful of Dynamite
A Fistful of Dynamite is a 1971 film by Sergio Leone (original Italian title: Giù la testa; also known as Duck, You Sucker and Once Upon a Time … The Revolution). Its plot is centered on two individuals, a poor Mexican bandit (played by Rod Steiger) and an ex-IRA revolutionary (James Cobur..
A Fix with Sontarans
A Fix with Sontarans is the name of a specially written "episode" for the BBC's children's programme Jim'll Fix It, featuring the Doctor from the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast on 23 February 1985. It is not generally considered to be canonical by Doctor Who f..
Aδ fiber
Aδ fibres are thin, myelinated fibers with a fast conduction velocity, or speed of travel of a nerve signal (2 to 30 m/s) and are associated with acute pain, the sharp pain that triggers reflexes which result in the "pulling away" from the stimuli (ie: yanking hand away from hot stove). A certain p..
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