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Bybee memo
The Bybee Memo was a document prepared by the United States Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in response to a CIA request to the White House. It was submitted on August 1, 2002. The memo is known by the name of the then head of the OLC, Jay Bybee, who signed it on page 46. The ..
Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Byberry is a place name in Northeast Philadelphia that can have several references. Byberry is a neighborhood in the far northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally it was incorporated as the Township of Byberry and was the northeasternmost municipality of Philadelphia County befor..
Byberry Creek
Byberry Creek is a creek that meanders through northeastern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before joining Poquessing Creek about a mile before that stream's confluence with the Delaware River. The stream has two branches that flow through Northeast Philadelphia, Wilsons Run and Waltons Run. Waltons Run,..
Byblis
For the carnivorous plant genus, see Byblis (plant), the animal genus, see Byblis (animal), and the asteroid, see 199 Byblis. In Greek mythology, Byblis (or Bublis) was a daughter of Miletus and Tragasia. She fell in love with Caunus, her brother. She even sent him a long love letter through a se..
Byblis (plant)
Byblis is a small genus of carnivorous plants, sometimes termed the rainbow plants for the attractive appearance of their mucilage-covered leaves in bright sunshine. Native to western Australia, it is the only genus in the family Byblidaceae. Byblis species look very similar to Drosophyllum, but ..
Byblos
The ruins of the Crusader castle in Byblos. Byblos (βύβλος) is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla); Its current Arabic name is Jbeil (جبيل Ǧubayl), it's a mediterranean city in the present-day Lebanon. It is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inha..
Byblos script
Byblos syllabary (ca. 1700 BC)Proto-Canaanite script (ca. 1200 BC)redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Byblos syllabary
The Byblos syllabary is known from nine inscriptions found in Byblos, conventionally dated to between the 18th and 15th centuries BC. The script is a syllabary of modified Egyptian hieroglyphs. The inscriptions are potentially an important link between the Egyptian hieroglyphic script and the later..
Bybrua
Bybrua (town bridge) may refer to the following locations: Bybrua is a bridge in Stavanger.Bybrua is a village in Gjøvik. This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred..
Bybrua, Oppland
Bybrua is a village in the municipality of Gjøvik, Norway, a few kilometres west of Hunndalen and the city of Gjøvik. Bybrua has a population (SSB 2005) of 524. ..
Bybrua, Rogaland
Bybrua is a bridge in the city and municipality of Stavanger, in the county of Rogaland, Norway. It was Norway's first cable stayed bridge, opening in 1977. It has a height of 185 m, and a length of 1067 m. See also list of bridges in Norway. ..
By Bizarre Hands
By Bizarre Hands was the first collection of short stories written by Joe R. Lansdale, published in 1989. The collection was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for best fiction collection, and contains two stories which won Stokers. It contains: Author's Preface [one page discussing where the ..
By Brakhage
By Brakhage is the title of a DVD anthology released by the Criterion Collection in 2003. The set contains a representative selection of the works of Stan Brakhage, focusing significantly on the later part of his career. Films in the anthology Desistfilm (1954) Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959..

 


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