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Ålesund
Ålesund kommune County Møre og Romsdal District Sunnmøre Municipality NO-1504]] Administrative centre Ålesund Mayor (2003) Arve Tonning (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²93 km²0.03 % 2004) - Percen..
Ålesund Airport, Vigra
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Ålesund Fire
--> The Ålesund Fire happened in Norwegian city Ålesund on January 23, 1904. It destroyed almost the whole city center, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era. Contents 1 The fire1.1 The initial alarm1.2 The initial response1.3 The fire exp..
Ålesund Region
Ålesund Region is a metropolitan region in the county of Møre og Romsdal in western Norway, centered on the city of Ålesund. Municipality Population Area¹ Density² Ålesund 40,001 93 430 Sula 7,342 57 129 Giske 6,578 39 169 Skodje 3,558 111 32 Ørskog 2,093 126 17 Total 5..
Ålesund University College
Ålesund University College (Høgskolen i Ålesund - Hials) is a college in Norway, with more than 1400 students and approximately 125 employees. External links [Ålesund University College] Public Universities in Norway Bergen | NTNU | Oslo | Stavanger | Tromsø | UMB Public Scie..
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Îles-de-la-Madeleine is also the French name for the Magdalen Islands. Îles-de-la-Madeleine is a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec. Formed from a part of the former Gaspe riding, Îles-de-la-Madeleine first appeared in the Quebec general election of 1897. Members Patrick ..
Îles-de-la-Madeleine (electoral district)
Îles-de-la-Madeleine was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1968. This riding was created in 1947 from Gaspé riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Bonaventure riding. See also..
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport
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Îles d'Hyères
The Îles d'Hyères (or Îles d'Or) is a group of three islands off Hyères in the Var département, in the south-east of France. The three mediterranean islands are named Porquerolles, Port-Cros, and Île du Levant. Together, they make up an area of 26 km². See also Port-Cros National Park ..
Îles des Saintes
The Îles des Saintes are a group of islands within the French Département d'outre-mer Guadeloupe. They are located about 15 km south-east of Guadeloupe at [15°50′N 61°35′W] and as such belong to the Lesser Antilles. As of 1999, they have about 3000 inhabitants on 13 km². Only the ..
Îles du Salut
The Îles du Salut (in English: Salvation Islands) are a group of small islands of volcanic origin about 11 km off the coast of French Guiana (14 km north of Kourou) in the Atlantic Ocean. There are three islands: Island Area (ha) Height (m) Île Saint-Joseph 20 30 Île du Diable 14 40 Île Ro..
Îles Laval
The Îles Laval are an island grouping in the Rivière des Prairies in southwestern Quebec. Located southwest of Île Bizard between the Island of Montreal and Île Jésus, they include Île Bigras, Île Pariseau, Île Verte and Île Ronde. Formerly an independent municipality ..
Îles Sous le Vent
Îles Sous-le-Vent is the French name for: (litteral equivalent) the Caribbean Leeward Islandsthe French Society Islands in the South Sea redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Îles Tuamotu-Gambier
The Îles Tuamotu-Gambier (French: Îles Tuamotu-Gambier or Archipels des Tuamotu et des Gambier or Archipel des Tuamotu-Gambier or Tuamotu-Gambier or officially subdivision administrative des (Îles) Tuamotu-Gambier) geographically consist of the Tuamotus and the Gambier Islands which are geographi..
Île Saint-Honorat
The Île Saint-Honorat is the second largest of the Lérins Islands, about a mile off shore from the French Riviera town of Cannes. The island is approximately 1.5 kilometers in length (East to West) and 400 meters wide. Since the fifth century, the island has been home to a community of monks. H..
Île Saint-Joseph
Île Saint-Joseph (Saint Joseph Island) is the southernmost island of the three Iles du Salut in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of French Guiana. Twenty hectares in size, it is the middle in size. During the period when the islands were used as a penal colony, the island was reserved for solitary..
Île Saint-Louis
. The Île Saint-Louis is one of two islands (the other being Île de la Cité) in the Seine river, in Paris, France. The island is named after King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis). The island is connected to the rest of Paris by bridges to both banks of the river and by the Pont Saint Louis to..
Île Saint-Paul
There is also a Saint Paul Island, Alaska and St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia. Map of St. Paul Island Île Saint-Paul, French for St. Paul Island, is a very small island in the French Southern Territories in the Indian Ocean, about 85 km (53 mi) south of its larger counterpart Île Amsterdam. Î..
Île Sainte-Marguerite
The Île Sainte-Marguerite is the largest of the Lérins Islands, about half a mile off shore from the French Riviera town of Cannes. The island is approximately 3km in length (East to West) and 900m across. The island is most famous for its fortress prison (the Fort Royal), in which the Man in..
Île Sainte-Marie
Île Sainte-Marie also known (more formally) as Nosy Boraha is an island off the east coast of Madagascar. It belongs to Toamasina Province. This touristic destination is 60 km long and less than 10 km large. Contents 1 Humpback Whales2 Pirates3 Diving4 Traditions5 Fauna..
Île Sans Fil
Île Sans Fil is a non-profit community wireless network devoted to providing free public wireless internet access to mobile users in public spaces throughout Montréal, Québec, Canada. They are using Open-source software and inexpensive off-the-shelf Wi-Fi hardware to share broadband Internet c..
L'Escala
L'Escala is a seaside town in the south of the Bay of Roses in the Costa Brava, Spain. Once a sleepy fishing village, the fishing industry has become second to tourism. The town has a festival dedicated to its famous anchovies. It is close to Empúries, one of the oldest Greek and Roman settlements ..
L'Escalade
L'Escalade, or Fête de l'Escalade (from escalade, the act of scaling defensive walls) is an annual festival held in December in Geneva, Switzerland, celebrating the defeat of the surprise attack by troops sent by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy during the night of 11–12 December 1602. Conten..
L'Escarène
L'Escarène is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes département, in southeastern France. ..
L'Esclusa
L'Esclusa (eng. "The Excluded Woman") was Luigi Pirandello's first novel. Written in 1893 with the title Marta Ajala, it was originally published in episodes in the Roman newspaper La Tribuna from the 29th of June to the 16th of August of 1901 with the definitive title L'Esclusa. It was finally re..
L'Espresso
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. L'espresso is an Italian magazine. L'espresso is published weekly and has news and blogs. There are als..
L'esprit de l'escalier
L'esprit de l'escalier thinking of the right comeback too late, lit. staircase wit. Originally a witticism of Diderot, the French encyclopedist, in his Paradoxe sur le Comédien. 'This combination of words was first used in order to describe a situation when a person offended by somebody at a part..
L'Esprit frappeur
L'Esprit frappeur (French for "ghost" or "poltergeist"), is a French publishing house, specialized in low-cost books. Before the change to euros, it used to sell its books for 10 or 20 Francs; they now cost between 2,5 euros and 5 euros. L'Esprit frappeur edits many texts more or less censored for..
L'Essentiel
Track listing   1. "Mala Vida"   2. "King Kong Five"   3. "Pas Assez De Toi"   4. "Killin' Rats"   5. "La Ventura"   6. "La Rançon Du Succès"   7. "Don't Want You No More"   8. "Madame Oscar"   9. "El Jako" 10. "Le Bruit Du Frigo" 11. "Amerika..
L'Estaque
L'Estaque is a small French fishing village just west of Marseille. Administratively, it belongs to the commune of Marseille. Many artists of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods visited or resided there or in the surrounding area. Many of them painted scenes of the village, the road le..
L'Estartit
L'Estartit is a small town on the Costa Brava, in the north-eastern coast of Spain. Nestled between the foothills of the Montgrí Massif and the Mediterranean Sea, the town is part of the borough of Torroella de Montgrí, in the Baix Empordà county, Girona province, autonomous community of Catalon..
L'estro Armonico
L'estro Armonico op.3 (approximately "the harmonic oestrus" in Italian) is a collection of twelve concertos for 1, 2 and 4 violins written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1711. It largely augmented the reputation of Vivaldi as Il Prete Rosso; (The Red Priest). The collections were mostly put together in a c..
L'esule di Granata
L'esule di Granata (The exile of Granada) is a melodramma (opera seria) in two acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The Italian libretto was by Felice Romani based on the rivalries between Zegridi and Abenceraggi in the last days of the kingdom of Granada. It is the fifth of Meyerbeer's Italian operas but ha..
L'esule di Roma
L'esule di Roma, ossia Il proscritto (The Exile from Rome, or the Proscribed Man) is a melodramma eroico, or heroic opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gilardoni wrote the Italian libretto after Luigi Marchionni's Il proscritto romano, in its turn based on Louis Charles Caigniez and ..
Leísmo
Leísmo ("using le") is a phenomenon in the Spanish language that involves using the indirect object pronoun le in place of the (standard) masculine direct object pronoun lo, especially when the direct object is animate. Leísmo with animate objects is both common and considered correct in the dial..
Leó Szilárd
Leó Szilárd (February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964) was a Hungarian-American physicist who conceived the nuclear chain reaction and worked on the Manhattan Project. He was born in Budapest and died in La Jolla, California. Contents 1 Personality2 Early Life3 Developing the ide..
LES
The abbreviation LES can refer to: Large eddy simulationLaunch Escape SystemLower East SideLower esophageal sphincterLouisiana Engineering SocietyLogistics Execution System - a SAP R/3® moduleLeave and Earnings Statement a monthly statement given to members of the US Military documenting their p..
Lesage
Lesage: Jean LesageAlain-René Lesage Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport 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 to point directly to the intended article. ..
Lesaka
Lesaka is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, in the Basque Country. External link [LESAKA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)] () ..
Lesa Ann Pedriana
Lesa Ann Pedriana (born November 24, 1962 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1984 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. External links ..
Lesa Lewis
Lesa Lewis (born March 9 1967 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a female bodybuilder from the United States. At a height of 5'10" and a contest weight around 180 lbs, Lesa is one of the largest women ever to compete in bodybuilding. Lesa earned her pro card by winning the overall title at the 1997 NPC ..
Lesbia
Lesbia is the lover to whom the Roman poet Catullus dedicates a number of poems. Nothing is known about her other than what can be deduced from Catullus's poems. The name itself suggests literary and erotic connotations, evoking as it does the Lesbos Island, where the famed poet Sappho lived. Acc..
Lesbian
Sexual orientationPart of sexology Common classifications Bisexuality Heterosexuality Homosexuality Other classifications Asexuality Autosexuality Kinsey scale Klein Sexual Orientation Grid Monosexuality Pansexuality Paraphilia Related articles Affectional orientation Biology and sexua..
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Services Center
LGBT movements  Around the world ·   · · Opposition · Violence The New York City LGBT Community Center is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population of New York City and nearby communities. Established in 1983, the Lesbian,..
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community of Brighton and Hove
Brighton has long had a large gay and lesbian community, estimated to include around 35,000 people, or 13% of the total population, slightly above the 10% that is usually taken as an average LGBT population percentage. An early recording of gays and lesbians in Brighton was in August 1822, when Geo..
Lesbian-identified
A lesbian-identified is a person who identifies in whole or in part as a lesbian. Because of the diversity of experiences of individuals who self-identify as lesbian, the term encompasses a wide range of individual life histories, as well as genders. Primarily, the term embraces those with strong ti..
Lesbianism in erotica
Depictions of lesbian sex have been relatively common in erotic art and pornography throughout history. Contents 1 Lesbian erotica in visual art2 Lesbianism in contemporary pornography3 Views about lesbianism in erotica4 See also5 References6 External links6.0.0.1..
Lesbians on Ecstasy
Lesbians On Ecstasy Lesbians On Ecstasy is an electroclash band from Montréal, Québec. The band consists of: Fruity Frankie, aka Lynne T: vocalsVeronique Mystique: bass guitarJackie "the Jackhammer": drumsBernie Bankrupt: keyboard and samples The band toured across Canada and the US with L..
Lesbians on Ecstasy (album)
Lesbians On Ecstasy is the self-titled debut album of Montréal based group Lesbians On Ecstasy. It contains 11 songs, including a live bonus track. The first single is the track "Tell Me Does She Love The Bass", a reworking of the 1988 Melissa Etheridge hit "Like the Way I Do". This record also ..
Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps
The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps (LGBAC) is a community band based in New York City. Founded on September 24, 1979 as the New York Gay Community Marching Band, LGBAC is the third oldest comunity band in the United States dedicated to serving the LGBT community. The mission of LGBAC is to provide th..
Lesbian (disambiguation)
"Lesbian" can mean: A lesbian, a female who is aesthetically, sexually, or romantically attracted to other females.An inhabitant of the Isle of Lesbos.The Lesbian Greek dialect. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referr..
Lesbian and bisexual celebrities
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Although lesbian and bisexual celebrities have worked in the movie, music, sports, and other entertainment in..
Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Foundation
The Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that builds and supports groups and individuals in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual (LGBT) communities in Ontario. Founded in 1980, the LGCA or "the Appeal" (as it ..
Lesbian Avengers
LGBT movements  Around the world ·   · · Opposition · Violence The Lesbian Avengers are an LGBT advocacy group that aims to identify and promote lesbian issues and perspectives, and to empower lesbians to become experienced and effective organizers for the purposes of..
Lesbian bed death
Lesbian bed death is a term invented by sex researcher Pepper Schwartz to describe the supposedly inevitable diminution of sexual passion in long term lesbian relationships. Schwartz's published findings indicate lesbian couples have less sexual contact than those of any other sexual orientation, in..
Lesbian bukkake
Lesbian bukkake is a lesbian group sex activity wherein a series of women take turns ejaculating on one woman. The phenomenon gained in popularity after 2004 when JM Productions released their first pornographic movie in the Lesbian Bukkake series. Because women do not generally ejaculate during o..
Lesbian Connection
Lesbian Connection is worldwide forum of news and ideas for, by, and about lesbians. Founded in 1974 and run by the Michigan-based nonprofit Elsie Publishing Institute, Lesbian Connection is notable for offering subscriptions on a sliding scale basis (asking for flexible donations based on each subs..
Lesbian feminism
Lesbian feminism is a cultural movement and critical perspective, most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s (primarily in North America and Western Europe) that questions the position of women and homosexuals in society. Key thinkers and activists are Rita Mae Brown, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Mari..
Lesbian literature
Lesbian literature includes works by lesbian authors, as well as lesbian-themed works by heterosexual authors. Even works by lesbian writers that do not deal with lesbian themes are still often considered lesbian literature. Works by heterosexual writers which treat lesbian themes only in passing, o..
Lesbian pulp fiction
Cover to 1959 lesbian pulp fiction novel "The Third Sex", by Artemis Smith. Lesbian pulp fiction refers to any mid-century pulp novel with overtly lesbian themes and content. Lesbian pulp fiction was published in the 1950s and 60s by many of the same publishing houses that other subgenres of p..
Lesbian science fiction
Lesbian science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, in which the protagonist is likely to be a lesbian. Some lesbian science fiction is targeted specifically to a lesbian audience, published by small feminist or lesbian presses such as Naiad Press (now defunct, it's authors transferred to Bel..
Lesbian Sex Mafia
The Lesbian Sex Mafia, founded in 1981, is an information and support group in New York City for lesbian, bisexual, heterosexual, and transexual women. As one of the oldest women's BDSM groups, it played an important part in the history of BDSM culture. The group's focus is to help promote fant..
Lesbian until graduation
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Lesbian vampire
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Lesbiradas
Lesbiradas is the only public lesbian rights organization in Guatemala. Lesbiradas works towards gaining human rights for lesbians, bisexual women and transgender people. It is run out of Guatemala City and currently has five central organizers. Claudia Acevedo is the co-founder and spokeswoman of ..
Lesbonax
Lesbonax, of Mytilene, Greek sophist and rhetorician, flourished in the time of Caesar Augustus. According to Photius I of Constantinople he was the author of sixteen political speeches, of which two are extant, a hortatory speech after the style of Thucydides, and a speech on the Corinthian War. I..
Lesbos
Lesbos may refer to: Lesbos Island, a large Greek island in the Aegean SeaLesbos Prefecture, the Greek prefecture that contains the islandSlang word for Lesbians. redirect [[Template:Disambig]] ..
Lesbos Island
Lesbos (Greek: Λέσβος - Lésvos see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea; its inhabitants are called Lesvioi. In Turkish is called Midilli. Lesbos is part of the Lesbos Prefecture, the third largest Greek island and the seventh..
Lesbos Prefecture
Lesbos is one of the Prefectures of Greece. It is part of the archipelagic Periphery of North Aegean. It borders the Evros Prefecture up north and the Chios Prefecture in the south. East lies Turkey's Ionian coast, while west lies the central Aegean Sea. It consists of three main islands, one bein..
Lesbro
Lesbro is a slang term for a man who socializes with homosexual women (i.e. the male counterpart of a fag hag). Synonyms are dyke tyke, dyke mike, dyke dork and rug doctor. In numerous social circles in the queer communties in and around both New York City and San Francisco, this term is gaining p..
Lesbœufs
Lesbœufs is a commune of the Somme département in northern France. The little village of Lesbouefs has one feature of interest to outsiders, the Guards cemetery. Some 16 kilometres north east of Albert, it was attacked By 'The Guards' on the September 15, 1916 and captured eight days later. The..
Lescar
Lescar is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in France. ..
Lescarbot Award
The Lescarbot Award is awarded by the federal government of Canada to people who have contributed the most to their arts community. Recipients of this award include: Judith Budovitch, Fredericton, 1991John Cutruzzola, BramptonJoan E. Harriss, Cape BretonKarl Illini, Bobcaygeon,Trudi Le Caine, Ottaw..
Lesce
Lesce is a town in the northwestern part of Slovenia, in the Upper Carniola region. Near the town there are Alpine flying center Lesce Bled and Camping Šobec. Lesce is also the home town of retired ski jumper Vinko Bogataj. ..
Lesce-Bled Airport
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a rare, inherited disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT). LNS is an X-linked recessive disease: the gene is carried by the mother and passed on to her son. LNS is present at birth in baby boys. Patients hav..
Leschenault's Leaf-toed Gecko
Leschenault's Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus leschenaultii is a species of gecko. Distribution: S India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Oman Type locality: Ceylon Its scientific name commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour. External links [EMBL reptile database]http:/..
Lesches
For the town in France, see Lesches, Seine-et-Marne. Lesches ("Lescheos the son of Aeschylinus of Pyrrha" in Pausanias x. 25. 5; also in x. 26. 4 and .8 and x. 27. 1) is a semi-legendary early Greek poet and the reputed author of the Little Iliad. According to the usually accepted tradition, he w..
Leschi
Leschi can refer to: Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe of Native AmericansThe Leschi neighborhood of Seattle, Washington 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 to..
Leschi, Seattle, Washington
Leschi Leschi is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington, named after Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe. It is bounded on the east by Lake Washington; on the south by Interstate 90, beyond which is Mount Baker; on the west by Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S., beyond which is the Cen..
Leschi Park (Seattle)
Leschi Park, 1908 Leschi Park, 2004 Leschi Park is an 18.5 acre (75,000 m²) park in the Leschi neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, named after Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe. The majority of the park is a grassy hillside that lies west of Lakeside Avenue S. and features t..
Lescout
Lescout is a village and commune in the Tarn département, southern France. ..
Lescun
LescunView of Lescun from Lhers Country      France Région Aquitaine Départment Pyrénées-Atlantiques Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie Canton Accous INSEE 64336 Postal Code 64490 MayorCurrent Term François Baye2001-2008 Intercommu..
LeSEA
LeSEA is an acronym that stands for "Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association." LeSEA Broadcasting, also known as World Harvest Television, is a American Christian television network with over forty affiliate stations in a number of U.S. markets, and on satellite overseas. History of LeSEA 1957 ..
Lesego Rampolokeng
Lesego Rampolokeng (born 1965) is a South African writer, playwright and performance poet. He was born in Soweto and has performed in many countries and with musicians such as Julian Bahula, Soulemane Toure, Louis Mhlanga and Gunther Sommer. Contents 0.1 Poetry0.2 Plays0.3 Novels0..
Leser-Trelat sign
The sign of Leser-Trelat, the explosive onset of multiple pruritic seborrheic keratoses, often with an inflammatory base, can be an ominous sign of internal malignancy. In addition to the development of new lesions, preexisting ones frequently increase in size and become symptomatic. Although most..
Leshan
Leshan (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Le-shan) is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China. Leshan is on the Southwestern fringe of the Red Basin in Southern Sichuan. Leshan is about 170 km from Chengdu. Leshan Teache..
Leshan Giant Buddha
Leshan Giant Buddha The Leshan Giant Buddha (樂山大佛/乐山大佛; pinyin: Dà Fó) is the tallest stone Buddha statue in the world. It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, ne..
Leshara, Nebraska
Leshara is a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 111 at the 2000 census. Geography Leshara is located at [41°19′48″N, 96°25′44″W] (41.330124, -96.428996)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the..
LeShaun
LeShaun is an American female rapper, who is considered to by some to be the first woman in hip hop to create songs with very sexually explicit lyrics, predating the likes of Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown. LeShaun does this with her trademark sexy voice, sharp writing skills and humor, rather than loads o..
LeShay Tomlinson
LeShay Tomlinson (aka Leshay Tomlinson, aka Leshay N. Tomlinson) is a young African-American actress best known for her role as Cathy in R. Kelly's hiphopera, Trapped in the Closet. Cathy is noteworthy as the woman whose tryst with Kelly's character sets in motion the many revelations and cliffhan..
LeShon Johnson
LeShon Johnson (born January 15, 1971 in Haskell, Oklahoma), is a former American professional football player who was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 3rd round of the 1994 NFL Draft. Johnson, a running back, played for the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals, and the New York Giants. John..
Leshop
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. LeShop.ch is the leading Swiss online shopping center. The company counts 30'000 regular customers a..
Lesia Dychko
Lesia (Ludimilla) Dychko (1939-) is a distinguished contemporary Ukrainian composer. She is perhaps most famous for the symphony Pryvitannia zhyttia (Welcoming Life). External links [Info][Encyl entry] ..
Lesiëm
Lesiëm is a German musical project created in 1999 by the producers Sven Meisel and Alex Wende. The project's music combines elements of rock, pop, electronica, new age, enigmatic and ambient music, as well as Gregorian chant and other choral music. It is frequently compared to French project Era..
Lesina
Lesina may mean: Lesina (lake), an Italian lakeLesina (commune), a town in the province of Foggia, southern ItalyThe Italian name of the Croatian island of Hvar This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this p..
Lesingham House
Lesingham House is in Surlingham, Norfolk, UK. Contents 1 Address2 History3 Notes4 External links Address Lesingham House, Covey Lane, Surlingham, Norwich NR14 7AL. History The first records we have of Lesingham House go back to Thomas Wode who died in 1588 (the same year as..
Lesion
A lesion is a non-specific term referring to abnormal tissue in the body. It can be caused by any disease process including trauma (physical, chemical, electrical), infection, neoplasm, metabolic and autoimmune. Cause and treatment Lesions can also be inflicted intentionally during surgery, for e..
Lesion beyond moiety
Lesion Beyond Moiety is a civil law term used to describe the ability of a seller of immovable property to rescend that sale if the price paid for the property is less than (usually half) of the actual value of the property at the time of the sale. ..
Lesi Korovavala
Dr. Lesi Korovavala is a Fijian civil servant, who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry for Home Affairs. He is a former senior Military officer with a doctorate in military studies, he reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and commanded UNIFIL peacekeeping troops in Lebanon. ..
Lesja
Lesja kommune County Oppland District Gudbrandsdalen Municipality NO-0512]] Administrative centre Lesja Mayor (2003) Per Dag Hole (Sp) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²2,168 km²0.70 % 2004) - Percentage&n..
Lesjaskog
Lesjaskog village in Lesja municipality in Oppland, Norway lies on lake Lesjaskogsvatnet. Lake Lesjaskogsvatnet has outlets at both ends. A dam that was constructed by the Lesja Iron Works at Lesjaverk village in the 1660s to improve transportation caused the water which normally drained only to t..
Lesjaskogsvatnet
Lesjaskogsvatnet (literally the Lesja woods lake) is a large lake which serves as the headwaters for Gudbrandsdalslågen (literally the Gudbrands valley water course). Gudbrandsdalslågen flows through the Gudbrandsdal valley bottom, ending in lake Mjøsa. The lake was dammed to serve the Lesja Ir..
Lesjaverk
Lesjaverk (Lesja Iron Works) operated from 1659 to 1812 in the municipality of Lesja, and was an important Dano-Norwegian iron works. When the forest was hewn, iron production was no longer economically viable at Lesjaverk, and the works were closed in 1812. However, there is still a train stadion ..
Lesjöfors
Lesjöfors is a town in Filipstad Municipality, in Värmland, Sweden. It had 1,247 inhabitants as of 2000. Located in the Bergslagen area, where mining and metal preparation historically was the leading industry, the town grew up around the local industry (bruk) founded there in 1642. Lesjöfors ..
Lesko
This article is about the city in Poland. For the author, see Matthew Lesko. Lesko is a town in south-eastern Poland with 6,800 inhabitants (1998), in Bieszczady mountains. Since 2002 it is the capital of the Powiat of Lesko. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Prz..
Leskovac
ЛесковацLeskovac City coat of arms Location in Serbia General Information Mayor or municipality president Gojko Velickovic Land area 1025 km² Population || 158 people/km² |- | Coordinates|| [43.00° N 21.95° E] |- | Area code|| +381 16 |- | Subd..
Leskovac Airport
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Leskov Island
''For Leskov Island on the coast of Antarctica, see Leskov Island (Antarctica) Orthographic projection centred on the South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands Leskov Island ([56°40′S 028°10′W]) is less than 1.5 km (1 mi) long, lying 48 km (30 mi) west of Visokoi Isla..
Leskov Island (Antarctica)
Leskov Island ([66°36′S 85°10′E]) is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf, rising to 185 m, 6 miles northwest of Mikhaylov Island, off the coast of Antarctica. Discovered by the Soviet expedition of 1956, who named it for Lt. A. Leskov of the sloop Vostok on the Bellingshausen..
Lesko County
Lesko County (in Polish powiat leski ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Subcarpathian Voivodship in Poland, created in 2002 from a part of Bieszczady County. Lesko County Communes Administrative division: 5 communes Baligród rural communeCisna rural communeL..
Lesla-Lar
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since May 2006. Lesla-Lar was a young blonde ..
Lesléa Newman
Lesléa Newman (born 1955, Brooklyn, New York) is an author and editor of over 26 books. She is a Jewish, feminist and self-declared femme lesbian. She has written and edited over fifty books and anthologies. She has written about such topics as being a Jew, body image and eating disorders, lesbia..
Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down as Jacqueline Payne Marone Lesley-Anne Down (born March 17 1954 in London) is a British actress. At the age of ten, Down began modeling and acting in her native Britain. She won several beauty pageants and at the age of 15, she was voted Britain's Most Beautiful Teenager. A..
Lesley Ann Warren
--> Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946), is an American stage, film and television actress. Warren was born in New York City to a Jewish family whose surname was originally "Woronoff". The 5-foot-8 inch actress began her career as a ballet dancer, training at the School of American Ballet. ..
Lesley Baker
Lesley Baker (born 20 January 1944, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedienne. She is best known for her roles as hulking husband basher Monica Ferguson in Prisoner and Angie Rebecchi in Neighbours. There is a campaign to keep Angie Rebecchi on the show on a ..
Lesley Blanch
Lesley Blanch (born London, 6 June, 1904) is an English writer, fashion editor and writer of history. Between 1937 and 1944, Blanch served as Features Editor for UK Vogue. Between 1944 and 1961, Blanch was married to the French/Lithuanian author Romain Gary, whom she ultimately divorced. Publicat..
Lesley Choyce
Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) is a prolific Canadian author of novels, non-fiction, and children's books, and poetry. Born in Riverside, New Jersey, he was educated at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and CUNY. He emigrated to Canada in 1979 and lives in East Lawrencetown, Nova ..
Lesley Douglas
Lesley Douglas is the current Controller, BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music. She was appointed Controller on October 10 2003 and began January 5 2004. External links [Biography of Lesley Douglas, courtesy of BBC Press Office] ..
Lesley Duncan
Lesley Duncan is a British singer-songwriter, most well known for her work during the 1970s. She received a lot of air-play on British radio stations such as BBC Radios 1 and 2, but never achieved great commercial success. Her songs were often about life and its problems, for example Everything Cha..
Lesley Dunlop
Lesley Dunlop (born 10 March 1956 in Newcastle) is a British actress. Daughter of the television writer Pat Dunlop she began as a child actress in the seventies featuring in a BBC version of the classic A Little Princess and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of South Riding. Her transition to..
Lesley Elliott
Lesley Anne Elliott (born September 26, 1960 in Taumarunui) is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Her former name is Going. ..
Lesley Garrett
thumb Lesley Garrett, CBE (April 10 1955 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire) is an English soprano singer and media personality.[Lesley Garrett: Doncaster's own diva], BBC website. URL accessed on 13 July, 2006. Contents 1 Music career2 Radio3 Television4 Trivia5&nb..
Lesley Gill
Lesley Gill is an author and a professor of anthropology at American University. She specializes in Latin America, especially Bolivia. She also writes about the military training that takes place at the School of the Americas. Works Peasants, Entrepreneurs, and Social Change: Frontier Development..
Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore, French EP Lesley Gore (born May 2, 1946 in New York City as Lesley Sue Goldstein) is an American singer and songwriter, one of the best known performers of the girl group era. Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey to Jewish parents, Gore was discovered as a teenager. Her first single..
Lesley Hinds
Lesley Hinds, born in Dundee, is the current (2006) Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland. A teacher by profession, she was first elected to Edinburgh District Council to represent the Telford ward in 1984, later becoming leader of the district council. In 1996 she was elected to represent the Muirh..
Lesley J. McNair
Lesley J. McNair General Lesley James McNair (May 25, 1883 – July 25, 1944) was an American Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He was born in Verndale, Minnesota, which was then a farming and mercantile community of 1,500. McNair, the son of a merchant, went o..
Lesley Joseph
Lesley Joseph (born 14 January 1946) is a British stage and television actress. Best known from her appearances in the BBC comedy Birds of a Feather from 1989 to 1997 where she appeared as Dorien Green, the next door neighbour of the main characters Sharon and Tracy. As the gossipy, sex-obsessed Do..
Lesley Judd
Lesley Judd (born 20 December 1946, London, UK) is a British actress and TV presenter, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's programme Blue Peter. Replacing Valerie Singleton in 1972, she presented alongside John Noakes and Peter Purves, a partnership that lasted until 1978 and rem..
Lesley Langley
Lesley Langley from the UK was Miss United Kingdom and Miss World in 1965. She became the third woman from her country to win the title. She attended the Royal Merchant Navy School, near Wokingham, Berkshire, (now known as Bearwood College) in the 1950's. She was married to famous Jazz organist Al..
Lesley Magnus
Lesley Magnus (born October 6, 1977 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan) is a field hockey player from Canada, who was first selected with the Senior National Team for the 2000 Test Series against the United States. The resident of Vancouver, British Columbia earned her first cap on July 10. Magnus was also se..
Lesley Mahmood
Lesley Mahmood was a politician in Liverpool, England. She was active in Militant Tendency and Liverpool politics along with her brother Roy Farrar in the 1970s and 1980s. Mahmood was prominent in the Liverpool District Labour Party's campaign for more money for the city from the government of Ma..
Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville (born 12 March 1956 in Brighton, East Sussex, England) is an actress. She began acting as a teenager, appearing in television series such as the soap opera Emmerdale Farm and King Cinder. She is perhaps best known for her acting collaborations with Mike Leigh, which began in 1980 ..
Lesley Moore
Lesley Catherine Moore (born 17 October 1986) is a Christian pop performer. She is the second oldest member of the Christian dance pop group Jump5. This native of Nashville was raised by her mother, since her Dad died when she was three. She wears a gold necklace her dad gave her before he died ever..
Lesley Murdoch
Lesley Jean Murdoch (born Lesley Shankland in 1956) is a former New Zealand cricketer. She played in six women's Test matches and twenty-five women's one-day internationals as a batsman. Murdoch captained New Zealand in three Tests against Australia, drawing two and losing one. She won eight of the ..
Lesley Murdoch (field hockey)
Lesley Murdoch (born March 18, 1956 in Christchurch) is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. ..
Lesley Nicol
Lesley Nicol (born September 5, 1973 in Invercargill, New Zealand) is a New Zealand Netball player. She is as of 2006 the most capped player in the New Zealand team.[link] Her married name is Rumball. Lesley Nicol is a doctor from Invercargill. ..
Lesley Riddoch
Dr Lesley Riddoch is a Scottish radio broadcaster and journalist. Contents 1 Early Career2 Journalism3 Radio4 TV5 Other Work6 External links Early Career Lesley Riddoch originates from Belfast but moved to Glasgow in 1973. In 1978 she attended Oxford University and ..
Lesley Scott
Lesley Scott was the then partner of Paul Erickson and contributed some ideas to his teleplay for Doctor Who in 1965. He rewarded her support by according her a full writing credit on the four-part story The Ark. She was the first woman to be credited with writing a script for the programme — and..
Lesley Sharp
Lesley Sharp (born in 1964 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a British actress. She is best known for various starring roles in British television productions, most notably Clocking Off, The Second Coming and Afterlife. Selected filmography Vera Drake (2004)The Second Coming (2003) (TV)Bob and ..
Lesley Soper
Lesley Soper is a New Zealand politician. She entered Parliament upon the retirement of Jonathan Hunt, being declared elected on 4 April 2005 and sworn in the following day. Soper is a member of the Labour Party, and was ranked 43rd on Labour's party list in the 2002 elections. She has also contest..
Lesley Stahl
Lesley R. Stahl (born December 16, 1941, in Lynn, Massachusetts) is an American television journalist. As of 2005, she has reported for CBS on 60 Minutes for almost fifteen seasons. A graduate of Wheaton College, her career received a running start from her coverage of the Watergate affair. She wen..
Lesley Turner Bowrey
Lesley Turner Bowrey (born August 16, 1942) is an Australian female tennis player. She was born in Trangie, New South Wales. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997. Grand Slam record Australian Championships*Singles finalist: 1964, 1967*Doubles champion: 1964, 1965, 19..
Lesley University
Lesley University is a university in Cambridge, Massachusetts specializing in education and art. Lesley University merged with the Art Institute of Boston in 1998. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and ..
Lesley Vainikolo
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Lesley van der Lek
Lesley van der Lek is a guitarist. Van der Lek performed various singing voices on Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street. He came to the show in the 1980s when Bill Van Dijk, one of his band members and the Dutch voice of Roosevelt Franklin, invited him. Until the 2000s, Lesley was..
Lesley Visser
Lesley Visser (born September 11, 1953 in Quincy, Massachusetts) is an American sportscaster. Visser was educated at Boston College, majoring in English. In 1974, she won a prestigious Carnegie Foundation grant which entitled her to work as a sportswriter at the highly regarded Boston Globe. I..
Lesley Waters
Lesley Waters is a British celebrity chef. She regulary appears on such cookery programmes as Ready Steady Cook, and is currently one of the featured chefs on This Morning. London born, she studied French Cuisine at Ealing College for three years, before cooking in top hotels, and winning awards in..
Lesley Whittle
Lesley Whittle was a 17-year-old girl who became the youngest and most famous victim of Donald Neilson, the notorious British murderer known as the Black Panther. In January 1975, Neilson kidnapped Lesley from the bedroom of her home in Shropshire, England, in order to acquire a £50,000 ransom fro..
Leslie
Leslie can refer to any of the following: The Leslie speaker system, named after its inventor, Donald Leslie Leslie, Fife, a small town in Scotland Places called Leslie in the United States of America:*Leslie, Arkansas*Leslie, Georgia*Leslie, Michigan Leslie is a Scottish clanThe Leslie clan is a l..
Leslie, Arkansas
Leslie is a city in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 482 at the 2000 census. Geography Leslie is located at [35°49′47″N, 92°33′28″W] (35.829662, -92.557788)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city ..
Leslie, Georgia
Leslie is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. The population was 455 at the 2000 census. Geography Leslie is located at [31°57′18″N, 84°5′13″W] (31.954900, -84.086904)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city ha..
Leslie, Michigan
Leslie is a city in Ingham County, Michigan, United States. The population was 2,044 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Points of Interest4 External links Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.4 km² (1.3 ..
Leslie, Missouri
Leslie is a village in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. The population was 87 at the 2000 census. Geography Leslie is located at [38°25′4″N, 91°13′53″W] (38.417673, -91.231378)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the v..
Leslieville
Leslieville is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada east of the Don River bounded by the Canadian National railway line to the north, Carlaw Avenue to the west, Eastern Avenue to south, and Coxwell Avenue to the east. This quiet east-end neighbourhood forms a part of the broader neighbourhoo..
Leslie '89
Cantopop album by Leslie Cheung released in 1989 by Cinepoly Records of Hong Kong. Many of his die-hard fans argue that this was and is his best album to date. It was also his supposed penultimate album before Final Encounter also released in 1989. It is also sometimes known as 侧面 or S..
Leslie (singer)
Leslie is a French R&B singer of Vietnamese and Polynesian decent, born on February 4 1985 in Le Mans, France. Discography Mes Couleurs (2005) IntroVivons Pour DemainSobri (Notre Destin)Et J'attendsNos ColèresOù Tu Veux AllerLe Temps Qui PasseEgoïstesTous Ces GensLaissez-Les RespirerSans ToiDice..
Leslie (TTC)
Leslie station's southwest entrance. Leslie is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 1209 Sheppard Avenue East at Old Leslie Street. It was opened in 2002. Nearby landmarks include East Don River, North York General Hospital, IKEA North York..
Leslie (VIVA)
Leslie is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Another name for this Vivastation is Leslie Street. It opened on September 4, 2005, on the intersection of Leslie Street and Highway 7 in Richmond Hill/Markham, Ontario. It is on the Viva Purpl..
Leslie A. Miller
Governor of Wyoming (January 2, 1933---January 2, 1939) LESLIE A. MILLER, was born in Junction City, Kansas on January 29, 1886. His family moved to Laramie, Wyoming in 1892 where he attended public schools and the University of Wyoming. Miller went from school to business taking a job with the r..
Leslie Abramson
Leslie Abramson (born c. 1944) is a famous American criminal defense attorney best known for her role in the legal defense of Lyle and Erik Menendez. In 2004, She was hired by Phil Spector, who is charged with fatally shooting actress Lana Clarkson at his suburban Alhambra mansion, replacing his fo..
Leslie Ackerman
Leslie Ackerman was born in 1956 in New Jersey. She is well known to Star Trek fans for her role as the attractive waitress in the popular [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]] 1996 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations". Early in her career, Ackerman starred in the short-lived series 1980 series Skag. One ..
Leslie Andrew
Photo by Terry Macdonald Brigadier Leslie Wilton Andrew (VC, DSO) (23 March 1897-9 January 1969) was a New Zealand soldier who served in both World War I and World War II. He was born in Manawatu, New Zealand. He was 20 years old, and a Corporal in the 2nd Bn., Wellington Infantry Regiment,..
Leslie and the Ly's
Leslie and the Ly's (sic) is a pop music band from Ames, Iowa that began as an open mike trio. Leslie and the Ly's is made up of front-woman Leslie Hall, also known as Mother Gem, DJ Dr. Laura on the turn-tables, and Klassy K on the keytar and dance. Previous band members include OBESE E on turn..
Leslie Ash
Ash in Mersey Beat. Ash in Men Behaving Badly (pre collagen implants). Leslie Ash (born 19 February 1960 in Clapham, London) is a British actress best known for playing Deborah in the situation comedy Men Behaving Badly. She started out as a model and is sister of Hot Gossip dancer Debbi..
Leslie Aulds
Leycester Doyle (Leslie) Aulds (December 28, 1920 - October 13, 1999) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox in the 1947 season. Aulds batted and threw right handed. He was born in Farmerville, Louisiana. In three games played, Aulds posted a .250 batting av..
Leslie Banks
Leslie Banks (June 9, 1890 – 21 April, 1952) was a British theatre and film actor, director and producer. Born in West Derby, England, made his acting debut in 1911 in regional vaudeville before moving to London to appear at the "Vaudeville Theatre" in 1914. He served in the British Army du..
Leslie Barringer
Leslie Barringer (1895-1968) was an English editor and fantasy author, best known for the Neustrian Cycle, three fantasy novels set around the fourteenth century in an alternate medieval France called Neustria (historically an early division of the Frankish kingdom). In addition to the Neustrian fan..
Leslie Bassett
Leslie Bassett (born January 22, 1923) is an American composer of classical music. ..
Leslie Berlin
Leslie Berlin is a visiting scholar in the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. She lives in Palo Alto, California. She is also the Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University. Her research interests include the history of the semiconductor..
Leslie Bevis
Leslie Bevis is an American character actress. She made several appearances on [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]. Other television appearances include V, Dallas, Street Hawk, Night Court, Falcon Crest, MacGyver and Murder She Wrote. She has also appeared in motion pictures such as Spaceballs, Alien Na..
Leslie Bianchini
Leslie Bianchini (born 12 February 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its January 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. She has two brothers and three sisters. Both of her brothers hold doctorates in physics and one of her sisters..
Leslie Bibb
Leslie Louise Bibb is an American actress. She was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, on November 17, 1974 and raised in Nelson County, Virginia. Her father died when she was 3. Later she and her mother, along with her three older sisters, moved to Richmond, where Leslie attended an all-girls Catholic ..
Leslie Blackwell
The Honourable Leslie Egerton Blackwell was a Canadian politician. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1943 election that brought George Drew's Ontario Progressive Conservative Party to power with a minority government. Blackwell, representing the Toronto riding of E..
Leslie Boardman
Leslie Boardman (date of birth and death unknown) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Although little is known about Boardman, he never won any Australian championships and was not among the..
Leslie Bovee
Leslie Bovee (born 1952 in Bend, Oregon, USA) is an American porn star. She is sometimes credited as Leslie Bovée. Leslie Bovee is said to be "a fine example of the 1970's liberated woman , taking control of her own sexuality without a hint of shyness or guilt , spouting a free love philosophy t..
Leslie Brent
Leslie Baruch Brent (born 5 July 1925) has been Professor Emeritus, University of London, since 1990. He is an expert on immunology and organ transplants. Education: Bunce Court School, Kent; Birmingham Central Technical College; University of Birmingham (President, Guild of Undergraduates, 1950-5..
Leslie Bricusse
Leslie Bricusse (born 29 January 1931) is a British lyricist. Although best known for his partnership with Anthony Newley, Bricusse has worked with many other composers. He was Secretary of Footlights between 1952 and 1953 and Footlights President during the following year. Contents 1 Works1..
Leslie Browne
Leslie Browne (born 1958) is an American ballet dancer and actress. She was born Leslie Brown (no "e") in New York, the daughter of Kelly Brown and Isabel Mirrow. She had two brothers and one sister; her brother Kevin is a film producer. At the age of seven she began dancing, and would be trained a..
Leslie Burgin
Dr Edward Leslie Burgin (1887-1945) was a British Liberal National politician in the 1930s. Burgin trained as a solicitor specialising in international law and served as principal and director of legal studies to the Law Society. He contested Hornsey four times and East Ham North once, without succ..
Leslie Burton
Leslie Burton was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In the men's 400 metres hurdles, Burton won his first-round heat with a time of 1:00.4 to advance to the second round. There, he won again by establishing such a lead over the hurdles that he could not be caug..
Leslie C. Peltier Award
The Leslie C. Peltier Award is an annual award given by the Astronomical League to an amateur astronomer who has contibuted observations of lasting significance. It was created in 1980 and was first awarded in 1981. The award is named in honor of Leslie Peltier, an amateur astronomer from Delphos, ..
Leslie C. Quick Jr.
Leslie C. Quick Jr. was born on January 27 1926. He graduated from Widener University and in 1974 he founded Quick & Reilly, the first New York Stock Exchange member firm to offer discounted commissions to individuals and one of the nation's leading brokerage firms, expanding the business to inclu..
Leslie Cagan
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Leslie Cannon
Leslie Cannon (1920 - 1970) was a prominent union official and served as General President from 1963 to 1970. He was a Communist activist, and trade union leader; member of Electrical Trades Union Executive Council, North Lancashire and Merseyside, 1948 - 1954. He left the Communist Party in 1956. I..
Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron /lɛsli kaʁõ/ (born July 1, 1931) is a French film actress and dancer. She was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. She was discovered by Gene Kelly while dancing with a ballet troupe. The famed dancer chose her to appear opposite him in the classic musical An American in Paris. Sh..
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph is a Muppeteer. Carrara-Rudolph began her Muppeteer career on Muppets Tonight, where she played the Pamela Anderson take-off character Spamela Hamderson in the sketch Bay of Pigs Watch. She also usually puppeteered J.P. Grosse, when the character was not speaking, and was the..
Leslie Carter
Leslie Barbara Carter (born June 6, 1986, in Tampa, Florida, USA) is the sister of Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. She signed a record deal with Dreamworks Records and began recording her debut album. This album was set for release in 2000, but it kept getting delayed because Dreamwor..
Leslie Carugati
Leslie Carugati is the original owner and designer of Carugati Handbags. She is a purse and accessory designer that started by hand stitching leather into her creations. ..
Leslie Cecil Maygar
Leslie Cecil Maygar (1872 - 1917) (VC, DSO, VD) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, for service in the Second Boer War. Contents 1 Early life2&..
Leslie Charleson
Leslie Charleson (born February 22, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American actress most famous for her work in daytime television. Career Her career began on short-lived soap A Flame in the Wind in 1964. She then moved to As the World Turns as Alice Whipple, but when she learned of the lengt..
Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris (May 12, 1907, Singapore–April 15, 1993) was a half-Chinese, half English author of primarily mystery fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint." Charteris was born Leslie Charles Bo..
Leslie Cheung
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; Cantonese IPA: [tsœŋ55 kwɔk33 wɪŋ11], Jyutping: zoeng1 kwok3 wing4; Mandarin Pinyin: Zhāng Guóróng, Wade-Giles: Chang Kuo-jung; nickname "Gor-gor" (哥哥, "Elder Broth..
Leslie Claudius
Leslie Walter Claudius (born on 25 May 1927 in Bilaspur) is a famous indian hockey player. In 1971 he was awarded the Padma Shri. ..
Leslie Cliff
Leslie Cliff (born on March 11, 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian swimmer, who competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and won two gold medals at the 1974 Commonwealth Games. She won the silver medal in the 400m individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1..
Leslie Clifford Bateman
Tan Sri Leslie Clifford Bateman (March 12, 1915 – October 26, 2005) was the last non-citizen of Malaysia to be appointed to any establishment connected to the government of Malaysia, as the Controller of Rubber Research in 1962. Bateman was a strong proponent of grading rubber, and pushed for ..
Leslie Cochran
Leslie Cochran at the Keep Austin Weird 5K. Leslie Cochran with the uShip team. Leslie Alicia Cochran (born as Al Leslie Cochran on June 24, 1951) is a vagrant cross-dresser and arguably the most locally famous street person in Austin, Texas. He is an outspoken critic of police treatme..
Leslie Coffelt
--> Leslie William Coffelt (August 15, 1910 – November 1, 1950), was an American law enforcement officer. Coffelt was a White House policeman killed by Griselio Torresola during an attempt by Puerto Rican nationalists to assassinate U.S. President Harry S. Truman while he was residing in the B..
Leslie Compton
Leslie Harry Compton (born Woodford, United Kingdom September 12, 1912 - died Hendon, London 27 December 1984) was an English footballer and cricketer. Compton spent his entire career at Arsenal, spanning 23 years, making him one of the club's longest-ever serving players. He joined the club as an ..
Leslie Comrie
Leslie John Comrie (15 August 1893 – 11 December 1950) was an astronomer and a pioneer in mechanical computation. He was born in Pukekohe (south of Auckland), New Zealand, in 1893. During World War I he saw action in France with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and lost a leg in fighting. ..
Leslie Cornelius Arends
Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895 - July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois. He was the longest-serving whip in U.S. House of Representatives history, alternately serving as Majority Whip and Minority Whip for House Republicans from 1943 to 1974. Arends was noted for his g..
Leslie County, Kentucky
Leslie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population is 12,401. Its county seat is Hyden6. The county is named for Preston H. Leslie, Governor of Kentucky 1871-75. Leslie is a prohibition or dry county. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2..
Leslie Crocker Snyder
Leslie Crocker Snyder (born 1942) is an American lawyer and former judge, most notable for her challenge of Robert Morgenthau in the Manhattan District Attorney election in 2005. Legal career Admitted to the Ohio State Bar in 1966 and the New York State Bar in 1967, Leslie Crocker Snyder has worked..
Leslie Crowther
Leslie Crowther on Wogan. Leslie Crowther (born Nottingham, 6 February 1933 - Bristol, 29 September 1996) was an English comedian. With TV experience from the 1960s, as presenter of such programmes as The Black and White Minstrel Show and long-running children's institution, Crackerjack (wi..
Leslie Dale Martin
Leslie Dale Martin (April 24, 1967 – May 10, 2002) was an American murderer. He was convicted and later executed for the rape and murder of Christina Burgin. Martin was the last person executed in the state of Louisiana. Contents 1 Crime2 Trial3 Execution4 See also5&nbs..
Leslie Dan
Leslie Lewis Dan, CM , O.Ont , MBA , LL.D , B.Sc (born November 26, 1929) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. Born in Budapest, Dan came to Canada in 1947. He survived World War II by using false identity papers. He graduated from the University of Toronto School of Pharmacy in 1954 obtai..
Leslie David Baker
Leslie David Baker(born February 19 in Chicago, Illinois) is a American film and television actor who plays Stanley Hudson on The Office. He also played a small role on That '70s Show as a janitor after a concert. He holds a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago Chicago and a M.S. in Hum..
Leslie Dayman
Leslie Dayman (born in 1938) is an Australian actor, best known for his performances on television. He starred in the crime series Homicide as Senior Detective Bill Hudson during the late 1960s. In the 1980s, he was a major cast member in the soap operas Prisoner (as Geoff Macrae) and Sons and Daug..
Leslie Deane Mavor
Air Marshal Sir Leslie Deane Mavor (1916–1991), KCB AFC OStJ FRAeS DL, a senior Royal Air Force officer. Born 1916, and educated in Aberdeen. Sir Leslie served in the RAF 1935–1973. Mavor was trained at the School of Army Co-operation, and was then posted to No 31 Squadron, which at th..
Leslie Dixon
Leslie Dixon is an American screenwriter. She has penned screenplays for such films as Outrageous Fortune and Freaky Friday. ..
Leslie Djhone
Leslie Djhone (born March 18, 1981 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is a French athlete. Competing mainly in the 400 metres event, he placed 5th at the 2003 World Championships and 7th at the 2004 Olympics. He has enjoyed some success in 4x400 metres relay. Personal bests 100 metres - 10.55 (2003)200 me..
Leslie Duncan
Leslie Duncan (born 1950), was a backing vocalist for many bands during the 1970s. His most noticeable work was with Pink Floyd, with such songs as "Time", "Us and Them" and "Brain Damage". ..
Leslie Duxbury
Leslie Duxbury (1926-2005) was a British newspaper sports writer and columnist who turned his attention to television and became a prolific writer on the top rated ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street, finally retiring from the series in 1990. ..
Leslie Dwyer
Leslie Dwyer was a television and film character actor who appeared in UK television throughout the 1970s. He was born in Catford, London, England, on August 28 1906 and died on December 29 1986. He acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. Further film roles included In Wh..
Leslie E. Robertson
Leslie E. Robertson (born 1928) is a structural engineer who has designed hundreds of buildings around the world including the World Trade Center in New York, the United States Steel Headquarters in Pittsburgh, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, Puerta de Europa in Madrid and the Continental Airl..
Leslie Earl Simon
Leslie Earl Simon was an American scientist, and the author of the book, German Research in World War II, an analysis of the conduct of research. He was Major General, Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, and former Director of the Ballistic Research Laboratories in Aberdeen, USA. This book encompass..
Leslie Easterbrook
Easterbrook as Mother Firefly in The Devil's Rejects Leslie Easterbrook (born July 29, 1949 in Los Angeles, USA) is an American actress. She was adopted by a family in rural Nebraska and raised there. Her Father later earned a PhD. and became a voice/trumpet professor at Kearney University. He..
Leslie Edgley
Leslie Edgley (born 1912) was a mystery fiction writer. Works Fear No More, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1946, 202p.*Reprinted by Ace, 1953, bound dos-a-dos with Hal Braham (as Mel Colton), Never Kill A CopThe Angry Heart, Garden City, N.Y., Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1947, 190p.*R..
Leslie Epstein
Leslie Epstein (born 1938 in Los Angeles, CA) is an American novelist. He has written nine novels including King of the Jews (1979), Pandaemonium (1997), and most recently San Remo Drive: A Novel from Memory, based on his own childhood growing up in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s. He has written a..
Leslie Erganian
Leslie Jeanne Erganian, (born in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American artist. Her work is influenced by the Surrealists and often incorporates found objects and photographic images into collage and assemblage constructions. The elements of waking dreams comprise the major themes of her work which incl..
Leslie Esdaile Banks
Leslie Esdaile Banks (born December 11) is an African American. She has written in various genres one of which is African American literature. Leslie Esdalie Banks started her career over ten years ago. She was born and raised in Philadelphia and she currently resides in University City, Philadelp..
Leslie Evershed-Martin
Leslie Evershed-Martin, OBE, KSJ (1903-1991) was a British theatre impresario, city councillor and optician. He was born in Clapham, London in 1903. He was twice Mayor of Chichester and founded the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1962. He was married with two sons and died in 1991. Publications "..
Leslie Feinberg
Leslie Feinberg (born 1949) is a transgender activist, speaker, and author. Feinberg is known to be a high ranking member of the Workers World Party and a managing editor of Workers World newspaper. Despite popular beliefs, Leslie Feinberg was not born in Buffalo, NY Feinberg's writings on LGBT hi..
Leslie Feist
Leslie Feist (born February 13, 1976) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She performs as a solo artist under the name Feist, and as a member of Broken Social Scene. Born in in Amherst, Nova Scotia, she was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Alberta. Feist got her start in music as the lea..
Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Aaron Fiedler (March 8, 1917–January 29, 2003) was an American literary critic, known for his interest in mythography and his championing of genre fiction. His work also involves application of psycholigal theories to American literature. He was in practical terms one of the early postm..
Leslie Fish
Leslie Fish is a filk musician, author, and anarchist political activist. Contents 1 Music2 Political activism3 Other activities4 Albums5 Books6 Short Stories7 Pegasus Awards8 External links Music Along with the DeHorn crew, she created the first commerci..
Leslie Fitzpatrick
Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick (born November 11, 1978 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidad and Tobago soccer player, who played midfielder for the Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Fitzpatrick came to the United States to play college soccer, and spent four years at Columbia University, where he was n..
Leslie Flint
Some of the information in this has not been [Verifiabilityverified] and might not be reliable. It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified as needed, [cite sourcesciting sources]. Leslie Flint (1911–1994) was the most famous medium of post war Britain and perhaps o..
Leslie Ford
Leslie Ford was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Leslie Fram
Leslie Fram Leslie Fram is an American disc jockey on commercial radio. Her first professional job was at WABF-AM in Fairhope, Alabama. One of the weekend shows she hosted was called "Platter Ladder". Later, Fram went to work across the bay at WABB-AM & FM in Mobile, AL, where she rose to t..
Leslie Frazier
Leslie Antonio Frazier (born April 3, 1959 in Columbus, Ohio) was a cornerback/safety in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears. He played college football at Alcorn State University. He is currently a defensive assistant for..
Leslie Frost
Leslie Miscampbell Frost, P.C., C.C., Q.C., LL.D., D.C.L. (September 20 1895 – May 4 1973) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was Premier of Ontario from 1949 to 1961. Due to his long time as premier of ontario, he gained the nickname "Mr. Ontario" Contents 1 Early years2 ..
Leslie Gap
Leslie Gap (Sedlovina Leslie \se-dlo-vi-'na 'les-li\) is an 395m high ice-covered saddle extending 2.7 km in S-N direction between Leslie Hill and Radnevo Peak in northeastern Livingston Island. The saddle separates the glacial catchments of Kaliakra Glacier to the E and Saedinenie Snowfield to the..
Leslie Gay
Leslie Hewitt Gay, born at Brighton on March 24, 1871 and died at Sidmouth, Devon, on November 1, 1949, was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Hampshire, Somerset and England. As a footballer, he played for Cambridge University, Corinthians and England. An intermittent cricketer who h..
Leslie Geary
L.E."Ted" Geary was a naval architect who grew up in Seattle, Washington. He designed and raced numerous competitive sailing vessels, and also designed commuter yachts, fishing boats, tug boats, and wooden hulled freighters. Designing and Racing Geary was born in 1885, in Atchison, Kansas, and mov..
Leslie Gelb
Leslie Howard Gelb (born March 4, 1937) is a former correspondent for The New York Times and is currently President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a member of the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica that was ..
Leslie George Norman
This article is about the Australian politician. For other people with similar names, please see Leslie Norman. Leslie George Norman (3 September 1913–5 July 1997) was an Australian politician. Norman represented Glen Iris in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for four years, and led the Li..
Leslie George Santos
Leslie George Santos, nicknamed Dousi (道士, Taoist priest) by his teammates and fans as the transliteration of his surname Santos is 山度士("Sandousi"), born July 20, 1967, was one of the best attacking midfield players in Hong Kong soccer history. He is Portuguese and British hertiage. Durin..
Leslie Glass
This article is about Leslie Glass, the model and actress. For information on mystery/romance author Leslie Glass, see Leslie Glass (author). Leslie Glass (born Leslie Fisher on October 4 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland; died August 4 2000 in Baltimore), was a model, erotic actress and animal rescuer...
Leslie Gonda
Leslie Gonda is a business man and entrepreneur and holocaust survivor who moved to South America and later moved to Los Angeles. He started ILFC, the second largest airliner leasing company in the world which pioneered the aircraft operating lease. He Donated the learning center wing of the holocau..
Leslie Grade
Leslie Grade (1916-1979) was a British agent and executive with The Grade Organisation. He was born Laszlo Winogradsky in Tokmak, Ukraine. He and his brothers Lew Grade and Bernard Delfont became three of the leading figures in theatre management. His son Michael Grade became a leading television e..
Leslie Grantham
--> Leslie Grantham (born April 30, 1947) is a British actor. Contents 1 Personal life2 EastEnders3 Internet sex scandal4 2005 onwards5 Trivia6 Selected filmography7 External links Personal life Grantham was born in Camberwell, London and enlisted in the Brit..
Leslie Graves
Leslie Marie Graves (Actress) was born on September 29 1959 in Silver City, New Mexico. She started her carieer in entertainment industry in late '60 and early '70 when she was very young (approximately at age of 10) with small roles in a Broadway play "A Cry of Players" (1968-1969) written by..
Leslie Green
Baker Street & Waterloo Railway station building at Oxford Circus showing typical glazed terra cotta façade and commercial development above Lambeth North station without commercial development above Unique tilework at Russell Square station typical of Leslie Green stations Lesli..
Leslie Greentree
Leslie Greentree is a Canadian poet. Born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Greentree now resides in Red Deer. While working previously for the Red Deer Public Library and currently for the City of Red Deer, Greentree also does freelance writing and acts as associate editor for a Central Alberta cultural..
Leslie Green (philosopher)
Leslie Green is a leading analytical philosopher of law jurisprudence. At Oxford, he completed his dissertation—which culminated in a book, The Authority of the State—under professors Charles Taylor and later Joseph Raz. A Canadian, Green teaches at Osgoode Hall Law School at York Uni..
Leslie Grossman
Leslie Erin Grossman (born 25 October 1971 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. Grossman is perhaps best known for her role as Mary Cherry on the television series Popular. She was raised in Los Angeles, and attended Crossroads School, a high school for the performing arts, where ..
Leslie Groves
Leslie Groves Leslie Richard Groves (August 17, 1896 - July 13, 1970) was a member of the United States Army who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and the primary military leader in charge of the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb during World War II. The son of a military ch..
Leslie Hairston
Leslie Hairston is alderman of the 5th ward in Chicago, IL; she was elected in 1999. Contents 1 Early Life2 Public Service3 Aldermanic Career4 External links Early Life Hairston is a Chicago native; she grew up in the Hyde Park and South Shore neighborhoods. She earned her b..
Leslie Halliwell
Leslie Robert James Halliwell (February 23, 1929 - January 29, 1989) was a British motion picture historian and encyclopedist who shaped domestic tastes through his career as a buyer for Television stations. Life Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Halliwell was captivated by the films from an early age. A..
Leslie Hall Pinder
Leslie Hall Pinder (born 1946 in Saskatchewan) is a Canadian lawyer and writer. After earning her B.A. in English literature in 1968, she worked as a court reporter while pursuing legal studies, and obtained her LL.B. in 1976. She published two novels, Under the House in 1986 and On Double Tracks..
Leslie Harrison Dam
The Leslie Harrison Dam is a water storage reservoir for the Redland Shire Council. The dam forms Tingalpa Reservior which is situated between the suburbs of Chandler and Burbank in Brisbane, Australia. To the east lies the suburb of Capalaba in the Redlands. The dam was completed in 1968 and is n..
Leslie Harvey
Leslie (Les) Harvey (brother of Alex Harvey) was a guitarist in several Scottish bands of the late 1960's and early 1970s, most notably Stone the Crows. It was while on stage with this band at Swansea University on May 2nd 1972 that he was killed, electrocuted by a live microphone. ..
Leslie Hawkins
Leslie Hawkins is an American backup vocalist, best known as a backing vocalist with Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Early career and Lynyrd Skynyrd Hawkins was a studio session singer, who worked with several bands and musicians including Wet Willie, Billy Joe Royal and members of the Classics..
Leslie Hendrix
Leslie Hendrix is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers on all four "Law & Order" series (Law & Order, [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]], [[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]] and [[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]). External link ..
Leslie Henson
Leslie Lincoln Henson (3 August 1891 - 2 December 1957) was an English comedian, actor, producer and director. Leslie Henson was born in London, England, where he was educated at Emanuel School. He was a popular music hall comedian who enjoyed a long stage career and occasionally appeared in the ci..
Leslie Heward
Leslie Heward (bord Liversedge, Yorkshire, England, 8 December 1897, died 3 May 1943) was an English composer and conductor. External links [Biography (scroll down)] |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Leslie Holdridge
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Professor Leslie Renssel..
Leslie Holdsworthy Allen
Leslie Holdsworthy Allen (1879-1964) was educated at the University of Sydney and University of Leipzig. He became the Professor of English at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and the senior lecturer of English and Latin at Canberra University College. He was appointed as the chairman of the ..
Leslie Hope
Leslie Hope Leslie Hope (born May 6, 1965 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in Canadian and American movies and television series. She graduated from St. Michael's University School at Victoria, British Columbia, in 1982. Her first movie role was in the Canadian..
Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (September 7, 1893 - February 16, 1957) was a British Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister remembered for his innovations in road transport and for being an alleged victim of anti-semitism. Contents 1 Family origins2 Political c..
Leslie Howard
There are at least two people named Leslie Howard: Leslie Howard, an Australian pianistLeslie Howard, a British actor 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 to poi..
Leslie Howard (actor)
For the Australian pianist see Leslie Howard Leslie Howard - Professor Higgins Leslie Howard (April 3, 1893 – June 1, 1943) was a British film actor. Born Leslie Howard Stainer to a Hungarian Jewish father and an English Jewish mother in Forest Hill, London, Howard's classic good looks..
Leslie Howard (musician)
Leslie Howard (born 29 April 1948) is an Australian pianist and composer. He is the first person to have recorded the entire piano works of Franz Liszt. This massive undertaking included a number of premiere recordings. Regarded as "a virtuoso in the true Romantic style with its emphasis on musi..
Leslie Howard Saunders
Leslie Howard (Les) Saunders was Mayor of Toronto from 1954 to 1955 and the last member of the Orange Order to hold the position until William Dennison. Saunders began his working career in Northern Ontario with the Ontario Northland Railway. A trade unionist, he became president of his local unio..
Leslie Howe
Leslie Howe is a Canadian musician and record producer. He has been a member of the bands One to One, Sal's Birdland and Artificial Joy Club, and produced Alanis Morissette's early pop music albums. ..
Leslie Hunter
George Leslie Hunter (7 August, 1879 - 6 December, 1931) was a Scottish painter and one of the artists of the Scottish Colourists school of painting. Hunter was born in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. His family emigrated to California when he was 13, and by the turn of the century he was making a..
Leslie Hurry
Leslie George Hurry (February 10, 1909, London - November 20, 1978) was a British artist and set designer for ballet, theatre and opera. The son of A.G. Hurry, a St John's Wood funeral director, he was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. Resisting pressure to join the family business, he..
Leslie Hutchinson
Leslie Arthur Hutchinson (Hutch) (7 March 1900 – 19 August 1969) was one of the outstanding cabaret singers of the inter-war years. Born Leslie Arthur Hutchinson in Grenada on 7 March 1900, he was a favourite singer of the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII). He came to England in 19..
Leslie Hylton
Leslie HyltonWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests First-class Matches 6 40 '''Runs scored 70 843 Batting average 11.66 18.73 100s/50s -/- -/5 Top score 19 80 Balls bowled 965 - Wickets 16 120 Bowl..
Leslie Irvin
Leslie Leroy Irvin (10 September 1895 — 9 October 1966) made the first free-fall parachute jump in 1919. Irvin was born in Los Angeles. He became a stunt-man for the fledgling Californian film industry, for which he had to perform acrobatics on trapezes from balloons and then make descents..
Leslie Isben Rogge
Leslie Isben Rogge (b. March 8, 1940 in Seattle, Washington ) is a notorious bank robber who bribed a jail guard and escaped from prison in Moscow, Idaho in September 1985. He had been convicted and sentenced to 25 years for a 1984 bank robbery in Key Largo, Florida. He was previously imprison..
Leslie J. Spaeth
Leslie J. Spaeth is a American politican of the United States Republican Party who is a member of the State Central Committee of the Ohio Republican Party. A native of Mason, Ohio, he was auditor of Warren County, Ohio from 1963 to 1987 and chairman of the Warren County Republican Party from 1988 t..
Leslie Jackson Perette
Leslie Jackson Perette Jr., known as Vinx, is musician and former athlete. Vinx attended Kansas State University on a track scholarship. In 1977, hate nearly took away Vinx’s athletic career and his life when racists burned down his house, along with the home of another black family living in his..
Leslie Jensen
Leslie Jensen (b. 1892, d. 1964) was the fifteenth Governor of South Dakota. Jensen, a Republican from Hot Springs, South Dakota, served from 1937 to 1939. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Leslie Johnson
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Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones (1886-1967), was the famous photographer, who worked for Boston Herald-Traveler newspaper for 39 years from 1917 to 1956. Jones graduated from the Farm & Trade School on Thompson Island. Although interested in photography from his school days, Jones first worked as a pattern-maker. He ..
Leslie Jordan
Official headshot for actor Leslie Jordan Leslie Allen Jordan (according to his biography born April 29, 1955) is an American actor. Hailing from Chattanooga, Tennessee and at a height of just 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m), Jordan has become an instantly recognizable face in film and television. He is..
Leslie Jordan (Australian politician)
Leslie Jordan was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Leslie Keel
Leslie Keel born Leslie Grace Keel (September 1, 1974) has worked as production designer on numerous independent films such as May, April's Showers and Dead Birds, and in the art department of many others The Rat Pack and My Father's House. She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of ac..
Leslie Keeley
Leslie Keeley (1836-1900) was an American physician, originator of the Keeley Cure. He was born in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., graduated at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1863, and later entered the federal army as a surgeon. At the close of the war he removed to Dwight, Ill., where he ..
Leslie Kenneth O'Brien
Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury GBE (February_8, 1908-November_24, 1995), was Governor of the Bank of England. He joined the bank in 1927, and rose through the ranks, becoming Chief Cashier in 1955, Deputy Governor in 1966, before serving as Governor from 1966 until 1973. O'Brien..
Leslie Kidd
Eric Leslie Kidd (1989-1984) was an English-born Irish cricketer. Leslie Kidd was born in Westminster. He played in 77 first-class matches for Middlesex (1910-1928) and also represented Ireland. External links [Cricinfo][Cricketarchive] ..
Leslie Kish
Leslie Kish (July 27, 1910 – October 7, 2000) was an American statistician of Hungarian descent. His main work is the book "Survey Sampling" (1965), where he summarized and developed the current theory of sampling and survey design. He was also a noted teacher at the University of Michigan. E..
Leslie Knighton
Leslie Knighton (fl. early 20th C.) was an English football manager. After spells as an assistant manager at Huddersfield Town and Manchester City, Knighton was appointed manager of Arsenal in 1919, shortly after the club had been promoted to the First Division. He oversaw the club for six years, ..
Leslie Kong
Leslie Kong (1933–August 9, 1971) was a Chinese Jamaican reggae record producer. Leslie Kong and his brothers (Fats and Cecil) used to run a restaurant, ice-cream parlour and records shop named Beverley's in Orange street, Kingston. In 1961, he met Jimmy Cliff singing outside of his shop; this ..
Leslie L. Byrne
Leslie Larkin Byrne (born October 27 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American politician, and was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995, representing the newly apportioned Eleventh Congressional District of Virginia. ([map]) in Northern V..
Leslie Laing
Leslie Alphonso Laing (born February 19, 1925) is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Linstead, Jamaica, Leslie Laing competed already in the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he finished sixth in 200 m and was eliminated in the heats of..
Leslie Lamport
redirect [[Template:Inappropriate tone]] Leslie Lamport Dr. Leslie Lamport (born 1941) is an American computer scientist. Lamport received a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in mathematics in 1960. He also earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Brandeis University in 1963 and..
Leslie Law
Leslie Law (born May 5, 1965, Hereford) is a British eventer, who won the individual gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. He started riding at age 10, competing with his brother, and participated in his first accredited event in 1982. By 1989, he was a widely respected competitor, and th..
Leslie Lemke
Leslie Lemke (born 1952) is an American blind autistic savant musician. Leslie Lemke was born prematurely in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1952. At birth, Leslie was diagnosed with glaucoma, cerebral palsy, and brain damage. Doctors were also forced to remove his eyes. His birth mother gave him up for a..
Leslie Low
Leslie Low is the current frontman for Singapore space rock band The Observatory. He was also involved with veteran Singapore band Humpback Oak. Background Leslie is a music composer and sound designer by profession. He graduated from the School of Film and Media Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic ..
Leslie Lyness
Leslie Lyness (born August 7, 1968 in Paoli, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her first selection came in 1990. A graduate of The Baldwin School and ..
Leslie Mah
Leslie Mah is an American musician and performer. Leslie first began performing with Anti-Scrunti Faction, a hardcore punk band based in Boulder, Colorado which she co-founded with Tracy Thomas. The group first appeared on the Flipside fanzine compilation, Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol.1 in 1984 and, ..
Leslie Mahaffy
Yearbook photo Leslie Erin Mahaffy (July 1, 1976 – June 16, 1991) was a Canadian girl who was murdered by serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. At the time of her abduction and subsequent murder in mid-June of 1991, she was a Grade 9 student at M.M. Robinson High School in Burli..
Leslie Mancia
Leslie Mancia (born c. 1987) is a contestant on Cycle 6 of America's Next Top Model from Higley, Arizona. According to her MySpace account, Mancia is a student at Arizona State University. She has also mentioned on her MySpace she revealed that her real first name was Alejandra. Mancia will be ta..
Leslie Mándoki
Leslie Mandoki was a performer for music group Dschinghis Khan and has since then gone solo performing to this day. External links [Official Website][Legends of Rock][Biographie] ..
Leslie Manigat
Leslie François Manigat (born August 13, 1930 in Port-au-Prince) was elected president of Hati (1988) by a tightly controlled military held election in January of 1988. According to the Provisional Electoral Council (Conseil Electoral Provisoire, or CEP) he won the presidential elections of Januar..
Leslie Mann
Leslie Mann (born November 11 1972 in San Francisco, California, USA) is an American actress. She has starred in movies such as George of the Jungle and Big Daddy. She is married to the writer-director, Judd Apatow. Selected Filmography Knocked Up (2007)Charlotte's Web (2006)The 40-Year-Old Virgi..
Leslie Marmon Silko
Leslie Marmon Silko (born Leslie Marmon on March 5, 1948 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a Native American writer, and one of the key figures in the second wave of what Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 1981. Content..
Leslie Marr
Leslie Marr was a Formula One driver from England. He participated in 2 grands prix, debuting on July 17, 1954. He scored 0 championship points. Complete Formula One results Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Team 1954 Conn ARG IND BEL FRA GBR DEU SWI ITA SPA Conn 1955 Conn A..
Leslie Martin
Sir John Leslie Martin KBE (Manchester, 17 August 1908 – 28 July 1999) was a British Architect. A leading advocate of the International Style Martin's most famous building is the Royal Festival Hall. Martin's work was especially influenced by Alvar Aalto. After studying at Manchester Universi..
Leslie matrix
The Leslie Matrix is a discrete and age-structured model of population growth very popular in population ecology. It was invented by and named after P. H. Leslie. The Leslie Matrix (also called the Leslie Model) is one of the best known ways to describe the growth of populations (and their projected..
Leslie McDorman
Leslie McDorman (died May 1966) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1949 as a Liberal-Progressive. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election, representing the constituency of Brandon. McDorman's wo..
Leslie McFarlane
Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. Born Charles Leslie McFarlane in Carleton Place, Ontario, he is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series using the pseudonym Fran..
Leslie Milne
Bronze medal 1984Los Angeles Field Hockey Women's Team Competition Leslie Woods Milne (born October 17, 1956 in Framingham, Massachusetts) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics ..
Leslie Mitchell
Dr. Leslie Mitchell is a leading British authority on 18th century history. Mitchell is historian and Emeritus Fellow of University College at the University of Oxford, England. He has been Dean of the college, appeared in the Univ Revue, and is editor of the University College Record, an annual ..
Leslie Moonves
Leslie Moonves (born December 23, 1948 in New York City) is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation. He is a graduate of Bucknell University. Moonves served as co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, Inc., the predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the compa..
Leslie Morris
Leslie Tim Morris (1904 - 1964) was a Welsh-Canadian politician, journalist and long time member of the Communist Party of Canada and, its front group, the Labour Progressive Party. Morris was born in the United Kingdom to a Welsh working class family. He and his family immigrated to Canada in 191..
Leslie Morrison
Leslie Morrison (born 29 December 1940), better known by his stage name Lucky Starr, is an Australian singer. He began his rock 'n' roll career in 1957 as lead singer of The Hepparays. He was a regular on Bandstand and Six O'Clock Rock, and took over from Johnny O'Keefe as host of the latter for a..
Leslie Morshead
Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie James Morshead, KBE, CMG, DSO, ED, KC (September 18, 1889 – September 26, 1959) was an Australian soldier with a distinguished career in both world wars. He is considered to rival John Monash for the appellation of "Australia's greatest general". During World War II, ..
Leslie Munro
Sir Leslie Knox Munro KCMG KCVO (26 February 1901–13 February 1974) was a New Zealand lawyer, journalist, and politician of international standing. Contents 1 Law and media2 United Nations3 National politics4 Private life5 References Law and media Munro studied at..
Leslie Newman
Leslie Newman is a screenwriter who co-wrote the first three Superman films with husband David Newman, who passed away in 2003. They had two children together. She has written cook books and in 1974 published a novel entitled ''Gathering Force. Filmography [[Superman: The Movie]] (1978)...co-sc..
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen has portrayed the character of Frank Drebin in three feature films and a television series. Leslie William Nielsen, OC (born February 11, 1926) is a Canadian actor and absurdist comedian. Although Nielsen’s acting career crossed a variety of genres in both tele..
Leslie Noble
Leslie Noble is a Canadian political strategist. She was campaign chair for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the 1995 and 1999 elections, and co-chair in 2003. She is the senior partner of Strategy Corporation, a government relations and public relations company in Toronto. She was du..
Leslie Norman
Leslie Norman may refer to: Les Norman (1911–1993), a British directorLeslie George Norman (1913–1997), an Australian politician See also Norman Leslie This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this..
Leslie Norris
George Leslie Norris (May 21, 1921, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales-April 6, 2006 in Provo, Utah) was a prize-winning Welsh poet and short story writer. Up to 1974 he earned his living as a college lecturer, teacher and headmaster. Since then he combined full-time writing with residencies at academic in..
Leslie O'Neal
Leslie O'Neal (born May 7, 1964, Little Rock, AR) is a former American Football defensive end who played for the San Diego Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs. In 1986 O'Neal was chosen as the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. He was a 6 time Pro-Bowl Player. He played college football at Oklahoma..
Leslie Orgel
Leslie Eleazer Orgel (born Jan 12 1927 in London) is a chemist. He helped developing ligand field theory, which describes chemical bonding in coordination complexes. During the 1970s, Orgel suggested reconsidering the Panspermia hypothesis, according to which the earliest forms of life on earth did..
Leslie Parrish
Leslie Parrish (born March 18, 1935) is an American actress who starred under her birth name, Marjorie Helen Parrish, until she changed it in 1959. Her two most notable roles are as lithe Daisy Mae in Li'l Abner (1959) and as the doomed Jocie Jordan in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). She has n..
Leslie Patricelli
Leslie Patricelli is the American writer of the books Blankie and Big Little. Leslie Patricelli grew up in Seattle, Washington close to Pine Lake. At college, Leslie Patricelli majored in Communications at the University of Washington. She became an advertising copywriter after college then became a..
Leslie Peltier
Leslie Copus Peltier (January 2 1900 – May 10, 1980) was an American astronomer. He was born in Delphos, Ohio. An amateur astronomer, he was a prolific discoverer of comets and also a persistent observer of variable stars and member of the AAVSO. Harlow Shapley once described him as "the worl..
Leslie Perri
Leslie Perri (died 1970) was the pen name of Doris Marie Claire "Doë" Baumgardt, an American science fiction fan, writer, and illustrator. She was a member of the Futurians, the influential science fiction fan club. Baumgardt was married to two science fiction writer, first to Frederik Pohl, late..
Leslie Phillips
See also Leslie Phillips (singer). Leslie Phillips OBE (born April 20, 1924) is a British comedy actor, born in Tottenham, London. Phillips made his first film appearances in the 1930s, but it wasn't until the 1950s that he became famous for playing amusing English stereotypes. His suave, seducti..
Leslie Pine
The late Leslie Gilbert Pine (1907-?) was a British author, lecturer, and researcher in the areas of genealogy, nobility, history, heraldry and animal welfare. Mr. Pine was editor of Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, published by Burke's Peerage Ltd, for th..
Leslie Roberts
Leslie Roberts is a well-known Canadian Journalist. History and Family Born in 1962, Leslie Roberts is a well-known TV personality, primarily from his position as the anchor for Global TV's "News Hour" at 6:00 and finishing at 7:00. This segment is preceded by Global National with Kevin Newman, ..
Leslie Sarony
Leslie Sarony (January 22, 1897 - February 12, 1985) was an English entertainer, singer and songwriter. Sarony was born in Surbiton, Surrey and died in London. He began his stage career aged 14 with the group Park Eton's Boys. In 1913 he appeared in the revue Hello Tango. In the Great War, Saro..
Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman
Leslie George Scarman, Baron Scarman, OBE, PC (29 July 1911 – 8 December 2004) was a Law Lord (retired) and a cross bench member of the British House of Lords. He was born in Streatham but grew up on the border of Sussex and Surrey. He won scholarships to Radley College and then Brasenose Co..
Leslie Schofield
[[image:bast1.jpg|thumb|Leslie Schofield as Chief Bast in [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]].]] Leslie Schofield (born in Oldham, Lancashire) is a British actor who is most famous in the UK for his role as Jeff Healy in the popular soap opera, EastEnders. His character is perhaps best remembered ..
Leslie Shemilt
Leslie Webster Shemilt (born 25 December 1919) is a Canadian chemical engineer and professor. Born in Souris, Manitoba, he received a B.A.Sc. in 1941 from the University of Toronto and a Master of Science in 1946 from the University of Manitoba. He received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Un..
Leslie speaker
The Leslie speaker is a specially constructed amplifier/loudspeaker used to create special audio effects. Named after its inventor, Donald Leslie, it is particularly associated with the Hammond organ. Separate Leslie speakers were a "must have" accessory for all Hammond owners, particularly after it..
Leslie Spit Treeo
Leslie Spit Treeo were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. The band took its name from one of their original rehearsal spaces, the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto Harbour. The band originally consisted of vocalist Laura Hubert, rhythm guitarist Pat Langner, guitarist Jack Nicholsen and mas..
Leslie Spriggs
Leslie Spriggs (22 April 1910 - 22 May 1990) was a British Labour Member of Parliament for St Helens from a 1958 by-election to 1983. Sources: Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979. This page incorporates information from [Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page] ..
Leslie Stephen
For the television producer of the (original) Outer Limits television series, see Leslie Stevens. Sir Leslie Stephen (November 28, 1832 – February 22, 1904) was an English author and critic, the father of two famous daughters, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Stephen was born at Kensington G..
Leslie Stevens
For the editor of the UKs Dictionary of National Biography and father of Virginia Woolf, see Sir Leslie Stephen. Leslie A. Stevens III (February 3, 1924 — April 24, 1998) was the creator of the cult TV series The Outer Limits (1963 — 1965) and director of the cult horror film Incubus (1..
Leslie Stott
Leslie Warren Stott (b. 8 December, 1946) has played only one one-day international for New Zealand in 1979. ..
Leslie Street
Leslie Street is a north-south route in Toronto and York Region, Ontario, Canada. It is distinctive because of its four unconnected segments. In Toronto, it begins at Lake Ontario at Tommy Thompson Park as a minor arterial road; the park's headland is also known as the "Leslie Street Spit" because ..
Leslie Street Spit
--> View along Leslie Street Spit towards Vicki Keith Point Side lane on Leslie Street Spit The Leslie Street Spit, is a man-made peninsula in Toronto, Canada, extending from the city's east end in a roughly southwesterly direction into Lake Ontario. It is about 5 km long. The offic..
Leslie Stuart
Leslie Stuart (15 March 1863–27 March 1928) was an English composer of early musical theatre, best known for the hit show Florodora (1899). Born in Southport as Thomas Augustine Barrett, whilst working as organist at Salford Cathedral, he composed 'minstrel' songs under the pseudonyms "Lester..
Leslie Swan
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Leslie Sykes
Leslie Sykes (1965—) is a television news anchor and reporter. Biography Leslie Sykes is the weekend co-anchor of the "Eyewitness News" at KABC, ABC's owned and operated television station in Los Angeles. Leslie was born in San Diego, California as the youngest of three daughters. However, ..
Leslie Taubman
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Leslie Thomas
Leslie Thomas (born March 22, 1931, in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a British author. His novels about the "Virgin Soldiers" spawned two film versions, in 1969 and 1977, whilst his Tropic of Ruislip and Dangerous Davies, The Last Detective have been adapted for television (the latter also havin..
Leslie Thomas Manser
Leslie Thomas Manser (11 May 1922 -31 May 1942) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Contents 1 Details2 Further information3 The medal4 Refe..
Leslie Thomas Starcevich
Leslie Thomas (Tom) Starcevich, born at Subiaco, Western Australia on September 5, 1918 was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Details Starcevich g..
Leslie Thompkins
A fictional character from the Batman comic books, Dr. Leslie Thompkins runs a clinic for low-lifes and drug addicts in Gotham City. Despite the fact that the majority of her patients are repeat offenders, she continues to do her job with great perseverance and determination. She first appeared in D..
Leslie Thorne
Leslie Thorne (born 23 June, 1916 Greenock, Inverclyde - died 13 July, 1993, Troon, North Ayrshire) was a Scottish Formula One driver. He participated in 1 grand prix, debuting on July 17, 1954. He scored 0 championship points. After his motor-racing career he settled down as a chartered account..
Leslie Townsend
Leslie TownsendEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak Tests First-class Matches 4 493 '''Runs scored 97 19555 Batting average 16.16 27.50 100s/50s -/- 22/102 Top score 40 233 Balls bowled 399 6..
Leslie Township, Michigan
Leslie Township is a township in Ingham County, Michigan, United States. The population was 2,327 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 90.8 km² (35.0 mi²). 90.6 km² (35.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0..
Leslie Township, Minnesota
Leslie Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 690 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.8 km² (36.2 mi²). 89.4 km² (34.5 mi²) of it is land and 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²) of it (4.67..
Leslie Turnberg, Baron Turnberg
--> The Right Honourable Leslie Arnold Turnbery, Baron Turnberg has wide experience in the medical and health services fields (research, clinical practice, administration and management). He has published four books and some 150 articles on medical and scientific research. He has Honorary Fellowsh..
Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943 in New York City) is an African American actress and singer, best known for her Tony Award-winning work in Hallelujah, Baby! Uggams first started in show business in 1950, playing the niece of Ethel Waters on the television series Beulah. She was a regular on Sing ..
Leslie Valiant
Leslie Valiant (born 28 March 1949) is a British computer scientist. He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, Imperial College London, and Warwick University where he received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1974. He started teaching at Harvard University in 1982 and is currently the T. Jeff..
Leslie Van Houten
Leslie Louise Van Houten (born August 23, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is a former member of the Charles Manson "Family" who was convicted of the murders of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca. Van Houten was described by the prosecution as an indulged child who had a happy childhood, however when she w..
Leslie Walcott
Leslie WalcottWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm offbreak Tests First-class Matches 1 12 '''Runs scored 40 555 Batting average 40.00 30.83 100s/50s -/- -/5 Top score 24 73* Balls bowled 48 - Wickets 1 16 B..
Leslie Ward
Sir Leslie Ward (November 21, 1851 – May 15, 1922), was a British portrait artist and caricaturist. The son of artists Edward Matthew Ward and Henrietta Ward, Sir Leslie drew or painted 254 portraits and appeared in 5 himself. He was regularly published by Vanity Fair, under the pseudonym ..
Leslie Watt
Les WattNew Zealand (NZ) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type - Tests First-class Matches 1 48 '''Runs scored 2 2004 Batting average 1.00 23.30 100s/50s -/- -/10 Top score 2 96 Balls bowled - - Wickets - - Bowling average - - wic..
Leslie Weatherhead
Leslie Dixon Weatherhead (1893-1976) was an English Christian theologian in the liberal Protestant tradition. Renowned as one of Britain's finest preachers in his day, Weatherhead achieved notoriety for his preaching ministry at City Temple in London and for his books The Will of God and The Christ..
Leslie West
Leslie West (Changed from Weinstein after his parents' divorce) is an American rock guitarist and singer. He was born and raised in New York City, and grew up in Manhattan. His musical career began with The Vagrants, one of the few teenage garage rock acts to come out of Manhattan itself (as opp..
Leslie White
Leslie Alvin White (19 January 1900, Salida, Colorado – 31 March 1975) was an American anthropologist known for his advocacy of theories of cultural evolution, social evolutionism and especially neoevolutionism, and his role in creating the department of anthropology at the University of Michi..
Leslie Wight
Leslie WightWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type - Tests First-class Matches 1 12 '''Runs scored 21 1,260 Batting average 21.00 66.31 100s/50s 0/0 4/6 Top score 21 262* Balls bowled 0 0 Wickets 0 0 Bowling average -..
Leslie Woodhead
Leslie Woodhead is a British documentary maker. For his National Service he served in Fife at the Joint Services School for Linguists. His films include My Life as a Spy, about his own life and Star Wars Dreams a history of the American missile defence program. External links [BBC Storyville I..
Leslie Yoxall
AlbertFriends of Bletchley Park Newsletter, Winter 2005, p. 3 Leslie Yoxall (18 May 1914 – 30 September 2005) was a British codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II. He devised a method to assist in solving Enigma messages which was dubbed Yoxallismus. Contents 1 Early life2&n..
Leslie Zebrowitz
Dr. Leslie A. Zebrowitz is a social psychologist who studies the effects of the way people look on others' attitudes towards them. Her research has shown conclusively that babyfaced individuals are viewed differently than people with more angular faces. Among the effects, babyfaced individuals are..
Lesliganj block
Lesliganj block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India. According to census (2001), the block has 14,502 households with aggregate population of 79,345. The block has 119 villages. Reference [Blocks of Palamu distrcit] ..
Lesli Brea
Lesli Guillermo Brea (Born October 12, 1973 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher, Brea is 5'11" tall, and he weighed 170 pounds during his playing career. Some records list his year of birth as 1978, but this figure w..
Lesli Kay
Lesli Kay in a promo shot for The Bold and the Beautiful Lesli Kay (born Lesli Kay Pushkin on June 13, 1965 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American actress. At age 12, she had the first individual girl's b'nai mitzvah in the state of West Virginia. Shortening her name to Lesli Kay, she mo..
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow is a small town on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland, and is also known as Abbey Green. The town has two congregations in the Church of Scotland, namely Lesmahagow Old Parish Church and Abbeygreen Church, plus churches of other denominations. The Priory, ..
Lesmahagow F.C.
Lesmahagow Football Club are a Scottish football (soccer) club, based in the town of Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire near Glasgow. Nicknamed the Gow, they were formed in 1885 and play at Craighead Park. Currently playing in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association, they wear red a..
Lesmahagow Old Parish Church
Lesmahagow Old Parish Church is a congregration of the Church of Scotland (and within the Presbytery of Lanark.) It is the largest church in the South Lanarkshire town of Lesmahagow. A Culdee settlement of Celtic monks exisited prior to the 12th Century. The church was dedicated in the name of St. ..
Lesmurdie, Western Australia
Lesmurdie is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. Its postcode is 6076. It is viewed as being a rival suburb to the neighbouring suburb of Kalamunda directly to the north. The main access to the suburb from the plains of the greater Perth Metropolitan area is..
Lesmurdie Falls National Park
Lesmurdie Falls is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 22 km east of Perth. Fact sheet Area: 0.56 km²Coordinates: [31°59′47″S, 116°01′49″E]Date of establishment: 1957Managing authorities: Department of Conservation and Land ManagementIUCN category: II See also Pro..
Lesner bridge
Lesner Bridge is a bridge in Virginia Beach. The bridge is, in essence, Shore Drive (Hwy 60), which connects the bay area to the real Virginia Beach. It goes over the Lynnhaven Inlet, an inlet off of the Chesapeake Bay. To view a live picture of the Lesner Bridge, look at [this link]. ..
Lesnes Abbey
The ruins of Lesnes Abbey Lesnes Abbey was founded by Richard de Luci, Chief Justiciar of England, in 1178. It was dedicated to St Mary and St Thomas the Martyr, and belonged to the order of the Augustinian Canons. In 1179, de Luci resigned his office and retired to the Abbey, where he died th..
Lesnewth
Lesnewth is a parish situated in Trigg Minor in Cornwall. It is bounded on the north by St Juliot, on the east by St Juliot and Davidstow, on the south by Davidstow, and on the west by Minster. This small thinly populated parish, set in farmland with only a few houses, farms and a church, is about s..
Lesnica
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Lesnica, Stará Ľubovňa
See also Lesnica Lesnica (Hungarian: Erdős, Lesnicz) is a town in the okres Stará Ľubovňa, Prešovský kraj, Slovakia. History People External links [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Municipalities of Stará Ľubovňa District Podolínec | Stará ĽubovňaČirč | Ďur..
Lesnoy
Lesnoy may refer to: Lesnoy District, Tver Oblast, a district in Tver Oblast, RussiaLesnoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a closed town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, RussiaLesnoy, Kirov Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Kirov Oblast, RussiaLesnoy, Moscow Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Moscow Oblast, RussiaLesno..
Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Lesnoy (Russian: ) is a closed town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It lies 254 km north of YekaterinburgBetween 1924 and 1991 Yekaterinburg was known as Sverdlovsk and is located at [58°38′52″N, 59°47′51″E]. Population: 53,195 (2002 Census). It lies on the banks of the Tura Ri..
Lesogorsk
Lesogorsk may refer to: Lesogorsk, Irkutsk Oblast, an urban settlement in Irkutsk Oblast, RussiaLesogorsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an urban settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pa..
Lesosibirsk
Lesosibirsk (Russian: ) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located at [58°14′9″N, 92°28′58″E]. Its population as of the 2002 Census was 65,374. Cities and towns in Krasnoyarsk Krai ..
Lesothan literature
Lesothan literature is the literature of the African kingdom of Lesotho. Notable Lesothan authors include Moroesi Akhionbare (1945– ), Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948), Mzamane Nhlapo and Mpho Matsepo Nthunya. Only a limited amount of Lesothan literature is available in the English language. Among th..
Lesotho
Lesotho (pronounced [lɛ'sutu]), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country in southern Africa. It is a land-locked country, entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. Formerly Basutoland, it is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name Lesotho roughly translates in..
Lesothosaurus
Lesothosaurus is a member of the herbivorous clade of dinosaurs, the Ornithischia. It was named by paleontologist Peter M. Galton in 1978, the name meaning "lizard from Lesotho". The genus is monotypic, meaning there is only one valid species, Lesothosaurus diagnosticus, within the genus. Lesotho..
Lesotho at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Lesotho competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich under the IOC country code LES. It was the first appearance of the African nation.                Total Lesotho 0 0 0 0 Results by event ..
Lesotho at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Lesotho competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona under the IOC country code LES. It was the fifth appearance of the tiny African nation, which made it's Olympic debut in 1972. Lesotho 0 0 0 0 Results by event ..
Lesotho at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Lesotho competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia under the IOC country code LES. It was the sixth appearance of the tiny nation from Africa, which made its debut in 1972. Lesotho 0 0 0 0 Results by event ..
Lesotho at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Lesotho competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia under the IOC country code LES. Contents 1 Medal count2 Results by event2.1  Lesotho 0 0 0 0 Results by event ..
Lesotho at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Lesotho at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the Lesotho Olympic Committee. 4 athletes from Lesotho competed in 2 sports in Athens, Greece. The 2004 games were Lesotho's 9th appearance in the Olympics. They first competed in 1972. As of the 2004 games, Lesotho has never won an Olympi..
Lesotho at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Lesotho is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials. Contents 1                 Total Lesotho 0 1 0 1 Gold Silver Moses Kopo, Box..
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
The Lesotho Congress for Democracy is a political party in Lesotho. In 1997 prime minister Ntsu Mokhehle left the Basutoland Congress Party to form with his faction the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy. The new party won the 1998 elections with 60.7% of the popular vote and 79 out of 120 seats. P..
Lesotho Congress of Democratic Unions
LECODU The Lesotho Congress of Democratic Unions (LECODU) is a national trade union center in Lesotho. It was formed in May, 2004 by the merger of some unions of the Congress of Lesotho Trade Unions and the Lesotho Federation of Democratic Unions (LFDU). Ts'eliso Ramochela, the general secretary..
Lesotho Defence Force
The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) is the army and Air Wing of Lesotho. There is no conscription in Lesotho. Of 400,457 (2005 est.) males age 18-49, the CIA [link] estimates 162,857 are fit for military service. Military expenditures: $32.3 million (2004) 2.3% (2004) of GDP. The Lesotho ..
Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona
Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona is the national anthem of Lesotho. The lyrics were written by François Coillard, a French missionary, and the music was composed by Ferdinand-Samuel Laur. It has been used as the national anthem since 1967. The lyrics are: LESŌTHŌ FATŠE LA BO NTAT'A RŌ..
Lesotho Football Association
Founded 1932 FIFA affiliation 1964 CAF affiliation 1964 PresidentSalemane Phafane CoachAntoine Hey The Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) is the governing body of football in Lesotho. It was founded in 1932, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1964. It organizes the national football le..
Lesotho Highlands Water Project
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is an ongoing water supply project with a small hydropower component, developed in partnership between the governments of Lesotho and South Africa. It comprises a system of several large dams and tunnels throughout Lesotho and South Africa. In Lesotho, it..
Lesotho loti
The loti (pl. maloti) is the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho. It is subdivided into 100 lisente (sg. sente). It is pegged to the South African rand on a 1:1 basis through the Common Monetary Area, and both are accepted as legal tender within Lesotho. The loti was first issued in 1966, albeit as..
Lesotho national football team
The Lesotho national football team, nicknamed the Likuena (Crocodiles), is the national team of Lesotho and is controlled by the Lesotho Football Association. It has never made the World Cup or the African Nations Cup.The players of the Likuena team are Thabo Khoboli, Esaiah Mosala, Moitheri Ntobo,..
Lesotho Peoples' Congress
The Lesotho Peoples' Congress is a political party in Lesotho. At the last elections for the National Assembly, 25 May 2002, the party won 5.8% of popular votes and 5 out of 120 seats. ..
Lesotho Scouts Association
redirect[[Template:Portal]] Lesotho has 371 Scouts served by the Lesotho Scouts Association. Founded in 1936, it became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1971, and is at present a boys only organization. As Lesotho is a small, mountainous country with difficult communica..
Lesotho Trade Union Congress
LTUC The Lesotho Trade Union Congress (LTUC) is a national trade union center in Lesotho. References ..
Lesotho Workers' Party
The Lesotho Workers' Party is a political party in Lesotho. At the last elections for the National Assembly, 25 may 2002, the party won 1.4 % of popular votes and 1 out of 120 seats. ..
Lesovsky
Lesovsky was a Formula One constructor (Indy 500 only) from 1950 to 1960. Formula One Indy 500 results Season Driver Grid Classification Points Note Race Report 1950 George Connor 4 8     Report 1950 Troy Ruttman 24 15     Report 1951 George Connor 21..
Lesozavodsk
Lesozavodsk (Russian: ) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River (Amur's tributary). Population: 42,200 (2005 est.); 42,185 (2002 Census); 37,000 (1972). Lesozavodsk was granted town status in 1938. Cities and towns in Primorsky Krai ..
Lesparre-Médoc
Lesparre-Médoc is a commune of the Gironde département, in France. ..
Lespedeza
Lespedeza is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the pea family Fabaceae, commonly known as Bush clover or Japanese clover. The genus is native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of eastern North America, eastern and southern Asia and Australasia. Cultivation and uses Some sp..
Lespwa
Fwon Lespwa (French: Front de l'Espoir, Front of Hope) is a Haitian political coalition headed by René Préval, who served as president from 1996 to 2001. The name "Lespwa" is the Haitian Creole form of the French l'espoir, meaning "hope". The coalition's full French name is Front de l'Espoir (Hop..
Lesra Martin
Lesra Martin is a Canadian lawyer and motivational speaker. He is known for helping to bring about the release of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. ..
Less
Less can refer to A grammatical particle English language: [[Wiktionary:less|less]] (see also: [[Wiktionary:fewer|fewer]])A suffix in English such as wireless telegraphy = radio.The band Less from the San Francisco bay area.The Unix utility less. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] ..
Lessa
Lessa is a fictional character in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series. She is the Benden Weyrwoman (leader) and rider of the Gold Dragon Ramoth. Prior to her ascenion to the Weyrwoman position, Lessa was a drudge in Ruatha Hold after Fax murdered the former Lord of Ruatha, Lessa's father..
Lessard-et-le-Chêne
Lessard-et-le-Chêne is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14140. The INSEE code is 14362. ..
Lessay
Lessay is a commune of the Manche département, in France. ..
Lesse
For the town in France, see Lesse, Moselle. 250px Lesse is a river in the Ardennes in Belgium. It is a tributary to the river Meuse. The source of the Lesse is near Libramont-Chevigny, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The Semois flows roughly in north-western direction. Near Han-sur-L..
Lessebo Municipality
This page deals with both Lessebo Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Lessebo Lessebo Municipality (Kommun) Lessebo in eastern Kronoberg County Map outlining municipalities of Sweden Coat of arms Municipal facts Seat Lessebo [] County Kronoberg County Province S..
Lessemsaurus
Lessemsaurus was a prosauropod named for world renowned palaeontologist, "Dino" Don Lessem. ..
Lesseps class land battleship
Type land battleship Length 250 meters Armament (ZAFT) 40cm dual cannon x3 vertical missile launcher x32 torpedo launcher x10 smoke/chaff/flare dispenser x34 optional side turret x4 Armament (Junk Guild) large manipulator arm x3 Mobile weapons (ZAFT) Lesseps: GAT-X102 Duel x1 G..
Lesseps class land battleship Junk Guild
Type land battleship Length 250 meters Armament (ZAFT) 40cm dual cannon x3 vertical missile launcher x32 torpedo launcher x10 smoke/chaff/flare dispenser x34 optional side turret x4 Armament (Junk Guild) large manipulator arm x3 Mobile weapons (ZAFT) Lesseps: GAT-X102 Duel x1 G..
Lesser
Lesser is a surname, and may refer to Gabriele Lesser, German journalistGeorge Lesser, American musicianJ Lesser, American electronic musicianOskar Lesser, German astronomerRika Lesser, American poetLesser, IDM Muscian See also Lessing ..
Lesser Adjutant
The Lesser Adjutant, Leptoptilos javanicus, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is resident breeder in southern Asia from India east to southern China and Java. This is a huge bird, typically 110-120 cm tall with a 210cm wingspan. Its upper bod..
Lesser Antillean Iguana
The Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima) is one of the species of the genus Iguana. Though belonging to the same genus as the Green Iguana, the Lesser Antilles Iguanas has a more blocky, shortened face than the Green Iguana and lacks the distinctive stripe pattern present along the Green..
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas form the West Indies. They are a long chain of islands, wrapped around the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea, on the western boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. The Lesser Antilles more or less coincide with the outer edge..
Lesser auricular nerve
The lesser auricular nerve originates from the cervical plexus, composed of branches of spinal nerves C2 and C3. Major nerves (also see Peripheral nervous system) Cranial nerves: I olfactory | II optic | III oculomotor | IV trochlear | V trigeminal | V1 ophthalmic (lacrimal, frontal, supr..
Lesser Bandicoot Rat
The Lesser Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota bengalensis) is a giant rat of southern Asia, not related to the true bandicoots. They can be up to 40cm long (including the tail). It is considered a pest in the cereal crops and gardens of India and Sri Lanka, and emits piglike grunts when attacking. The name ..
Lesser Bilby
The Lesser Bilby (Macrotis leucura) was a rabbit-like marsupial. Reaching the size of a young rabbit, it lived in the deserts of Central Australia. Since the 1950s, it has been extinct. The Lesser Bilby was first discovered in 1887. A carnivore, it preyed on rodents, had a nasty temperament and w..
Lesser Bird of Paradise
The Lesser Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea minor is a medium-sized maroon brown bird with yellow crown, brownish yellow upper back and dark emerald green throat. It has a pair of long tail wires and adorned with pale yellow and white ornamental flank plumes. Female is maroon with dark brown head and u..
Lesser Black-backed Gull
The Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) is a large gull which breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa. It is also a regular winter visitor to the east coast of North America, probably from the breeding population in Icelan..
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
The Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthina) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe. Like other members of its genus this species has bright orange-yellow hindwings but as the common name suggests the black sub-terminal bands are very broad and accou..
Lesser Bulldog Bat
The Lesser Bulldog Bat (Noctilio albiventris) is a bat, an insectivorous flying mammal, of the Western Hemisphere (Nearctic), ranging through Central America and northern South America. These bats are brown in color with the males being more of a red hue. They have a length of about three inche..
Lesser bushbaby
The lesser bushbabies are the common name for the strepsirrhine primates in the genus Galago. They are classified, along with the rest of the galagos and bushbabies, in the family Galagidae (sometimes called Galagonidae). Genus Galago* G. senegalensis group** Senegal Bushbaby, Galago senegalensis..
Lesser Caucasus
Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaijani: Kiçik Qafqaz Dağları, Russian: , sometimes translated as "Caucasus Minor") is one of the two main mountain ranges of Caucasus mountains, of length about 600 km. It runs parallel to the Greater Caucasus, at a distance averaging about 100 km (60 mi) south and limits t..
Lesser celandine
Lesser celandine, (Ranunculus ficaria, Ficaria verna) is a low-growing, hairless perennial plant, with fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves. According to Gilbert White, a diarist writing around 1800 in the Hampshire village of Selborne, the plants came out on February 21st, but it is more com..
Lesser Clouded Yellow
The Lesser Clouded Yellow, Colias chrysotheme is a small butterfly belonging to the Pieridae family. It favors flowered meadows, sparse forests and plains, at altitudes below 2,000 m. The female is white in hue, with a tinge of yellow-green. The male is pale yellow on the upper wing, and the edges ..
Lesser Crested Tern
The Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis or sometimes Thalasseus bengalensis) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds in subtropical coastal parts of the world mainly from the Red Sea across the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific, and Australia, with a significant population on t..
Lesser devil ray
The lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma) is an eagle ray in the genus Mobula. These rays live in shallow coastal waters and can be found singly or in large shoals. The feed on crustaceans mostly, but will sometimes feed on shoals of smaller fish. Lesser devil rays are relatively small, with a maxim..
Lesser Dwarf Lemur
The Lesser Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus medius), or Western Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur, is one of the smallest primates. It is endemic to Madagascar. Recent research (Dausmann et al, 2004) has shown that C. medius hibernates, even though in the tropical winter temperatures remain high. It is the firs..
Lesser Emperor
The Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) is an european dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. It is widespread in Southern Europe. The Lesser Emperor has green eyes and a brownish thorax, which lacks the black markings common to many other members of its family. The abdomen is greenish brown and has a..
Lesser Fatra
Lesser Fatra or (other translations:) Little Fatra, Small Fatra (Slovak: Malá Fatra) is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in northwestern central Slovakia. In the geomorphological system, it is a part of the Fatra-Tatra Area. It is situated appr. between the cities of Nitrianske ..
Lesser Fatra National Park
The Lesser Fatra National Park (Slovak: Národný park Malá Fatra) is a national park in Slovakia in the Krivánska Malá Fatra, i.e. in the northern part of the Lesser Fatra mountains. It has an area of 226.3 km² (232.62 km² for the protection zone). It was declared in 1988. Between 1967..
Lesser Fish Eagle
The Lesser Fish Eagle (Ichthyophaga humilis ) is a species of large fish eagle found in the foothills of the Himalayas. There have been some stray reports from Gujarat and Central India and in more recent times from the Kaveri river valley in southern India. The distribution in southern India is n..
Lesser Flamingo
The Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) is a species in the flamingo family of birds which occurs in Africa (principally in the Great Rift Valley), across to northwest India. It is the smallest and most numerous flamingo, probably numbering up to two million individual birds. In Africa, where ..
Lesser Florican
The Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indica) is a large bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Sypheotides. It breeds in India, and is a rare summer visitor in Nepal. It has a very small, declining population, primarily a result of loss and degradation of its dry grassland habitat. ..
Lesser Franciscans
The Lesser Franciscans are a fellowship of like-minded Christians who agree annually to follow a common rule and mission. They are not a religious order; They are instead a fellowship of faithful who believe God is calling the world in Christ to a renewal of heart and soul. [The Lesser Francis..
Lesser Frigatebird
The Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel is a species of frigatebird. It nests in Australia, among other locations. There is a single record from the Western Palearctic, from Eilat in the Gulf of Aqaba. References BirdLife International (2004). [Fregata ariel]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Thre..
Lesser Goldfinch
The Lesser or Dark-backed Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) is a very small songbird of the Americas. It ranges from the southwestern United States (near the coast, as far north as extreme southwestern Washington) to Venezuela and Peru. It migrates from the colder parts of its U.S. range. It occur..
Lesser Greenlet
The Lesser Greenlet, Hylophilus decurtatus, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds from northeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador. This is a common species of lowlands and foothills up to 1200 m altitude, where it inhabits forest canopy and edges, and the crowns of trees in..
Lesser Grey Shrike
The Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. It is similar in appearance to the Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor and the Southern Grey Shrike L. meridionalis. It breeds in southeastern Europe and into Asia. This species prefers dry open lowlands, and is p..
Lesser Grison
The Lesser Grison (Spanish: Hurón Menor; Portuguese: Furão), Galictis cuja, is an animal belonging to the ferret family Mustelidae from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay. References [Infonatura] ..
Lesser horseshoe bat
The Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Latin name Rhinolophus hipposideros), is a type of European bat related to but smaller than its cousin, the Greater Horseshoe Bat. The species gets its name from its distinctive horseshoe-shaped nose. The Lesser Horseshoe Bat is one of the world's smallest bats, weighin..
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Lesser Kestrel
The Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across southern central Asia to China. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and India. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European range. It nests colonially on bu..
Lesser Kudu
The Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) are forest antelope found in East Africa and (possibly) the southern Arabian Peninsula. Lesser Kudu stand about a metre at the shoulder and weigh 50 to 100 kilograms, males are larger than females. Lesser Kudu males are grey-brown while females are chestnut ..
Lesser Long-nosed Bat
The Lesser Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) is a medium-sized bat found in desert scrub regions of the south-western United States and Mexico. It is sometimes known as Sanborn's Long-nosed Bat or the Mexican Long-nosed Bat, though the last name is better avoided since it is also used fo..
Lesser Megalapteryx
Megalapteryx didinus, the Lesser Megalapteryx or Upland Moa was endemic to New Zealand. It was the last moa species to become extinct, vanishing around 1500. ..
Lesser Minds: The Michael Enslow Project
[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The first novel by upcoming crime fiction novelist Matthew E. Clairmont, Lesser Minds: The Michael Enslow Project has developed a cult following since its completion in August 2005. Released initially in paperback by D..
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Lesser of Two Evils (Futurama)
Lesser of Two Evils is episode 6 in season 2 of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on February 20, 2000. Contents 1 Plot2 Quotes3 Characters4 References Plot While visiting the Past-o-rama theme park, Fry runs over a robot with an uncanny resemblance to Bend..
Lesser of two evils principle
"Lesser of Two Evils" redirects here. For , see . The lesser of two evils principle, also known simply as the lesser evil, is the idea that of two bad political choices, one is less bad than the other, and should be chosen over the one that is a greater threat. Modern usage The lesser of two evil..
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Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 Coat of Arms of Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland (also "Little Poland", Polish: Małopolska, Latin: Polonia Minor) is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southernmost part of the country. Contents 1 Geography1.1&nbs..
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Małopolska Voivodship Location Administrative division General information Capital city Kraków Area 15 108 km² Population  - density 3 253 000 215 people/km² Powiats - Urban counties - Land counties 3 19 Communes..
Lesser Potoo
The Lesser Potoo or Common Potoo ( Nyctibius griseus ), is a nocturnal bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from Costa Rica to northern Argentina and northern Uruguay. This potoo is a resident breeder in open woodlands and savannah. The single lilac-spotted white egg is laid ..
Lesser Prairie Chicken
The Lesser Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, is slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the Greater Prairie Chicken. It is found primarily in the sandhills and prairies of Western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and the Llano Estacado of Texas and Eastern New Mexico, and also ..
Lesser Quemoy
Lesser Quemoy is one of the islands of the Quemoy (Kinmen) group. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of Fukien (Fujian). Geographically it is very near to Xiamen (Amoy). Administratively the island forms the Lieyu Township of the Kinmen County of the Fukien Province of the Republic of China. T..
Lesser Rann of Kutch
The Lesser Rann of Kutch is the eastern end of the Rann of Kutch. It is separate from the rest of the Rann of Kutch. ..
Lesser ritual of the pentagram
The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram (or LRP) is a magickal ritual which originated in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn but which has come to be practiced by numerous other magickal schools. It is considered by many to be a basic preliminary to any other magickal work, so much so that it was the..
Lesser Roadrunner
The Lesser Roadrunner, Geococcyx velox, is a large, long-legged member of the Cuckoo family, Cuculidae. The Lesser roadrunner resembles the Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californiana) in appearance and habit but is smaller and has a significantly shorter bill. Its breeding range is in southwester..
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Lesser Samuels
Lesser Samuels (1894 - 1980) enjoyed a 20 year career as a Hollywood scriptwriter. He is best known for back-to-back Oscar nominations for the racial drama No Way Out in 1950 and Billy Wilder's lacerating critique of tabloid journalism Ace in the Hole the following year. Samuels also wrote and s..
Lesser Sand Plover
The Lesser Sand Plover, Charadrius mongolus, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The spelling is commonly given as Lesser Sandplover, but the official British Ornithologists' Union spelling is Lesser Sand Plover. There are five races, and the large east Asian forms, C. m. mongolus and ..
Lesser Scaup
The Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) is a small diving duck. Adults are 38-45 cm long, with a blue bill and yellow eyes. Adult males have a dark head with a purple sheen, a black breast, a light back, a black tail and a white bottom. Adult females have a white band at the base of the bill and a brow..
Lesser sciatic foramen
An opening between the pelvis and the posterior thigh, the foramen is formed by the sacrotuberous ligament which runs between the sacrum and the ischial tuberosity. ..
Lesser Short-toed Lark
The Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) is a small passerine bird. It breeds in Spain, north Africa, and from Turkey eastwards across the semi-deserts of central Asia to Mongolia and China. Many populations, including the Spanish and African breeders, are sedentary, but some Asian bir..
Lesser silver water beetle
The lesser silver water beetle (Hydrochara caraboides) is a species of water scavenger beetle (family Hydrophilidae) only found in the Somerset Levels and a few locations in Cheshire in the United Kingdom. It is classified as an endangered species, protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Co..
Lesser Siren
The Lesser Siren (Siren intermedia) is a species of aquatic salamander native to the eastern United States and northern Mexico. They are referred by numerous common names, including Two-legged Eel, Dwarf Siren, and Mud Eel. The epithet intermedia denotes their intermediate size, between the Greater..
Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave Lake is a lake located in central Alberta, Canada, northwest of Edmonton. It is the second largest lake entirely within Alberta boundaries (and the largest easily accessible by vehicle), covering 1160 square km and measuring over 100 km long and 15 km at its widest point. Lesser Slave..
Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district)
Location of Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta Lesser Slave Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. External links [Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta] ..
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Lesser Spotted Eagle
The Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina) is a large bird of prey. It is about 60 cm in length and has a wingspan of 150cm. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. It has two populations. The birds that breed in central and eastern Europe winter in Africa, but there is a resident..
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. The genus is sometimes incorrectly spelt as Dendrocopus. The range of the Lesser Spotted or Barred Woodpecker is palearctic, but several subspecies are recognised. From its small size and its habit of ..
Lesser Stick-nest Rat
The Lesser Stick-Nest Rat or White-tipped Stick-nest Rat (Leporillus apicalis) lived in Southern inland Australia. It accumulated large mounds of sticks to construct its nests, which were up to three metres long and a metre high. It was easily tamed, sometimes climbing onto tables to get sugar. It..
Lesser stripetail scorpion
The lesser stripetail scorpion (Vaejovis coahuilae) is a small species of scorpion found in the southwestern United States. It is a member of the "eusthenura" group of Vaejovis (which also includes the American species Vaejovis spinigerus, Vaejovis waueri, Vaejovis globosus, Vaejovis confusus, and..
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
The Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, or Yellow-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua sulphurea, is endemic to Indonesia and East Timor. It has all-white feathers, but for long, forward-curling yellow crest. It has a loud and very raucous voice. Status This bird is critically endangered. Numbers have decline..
Lesser Sunda Islands
Map of Lesser Sunda Islands Map of Lesser Sunda Islands Satellite picture of the Lesser Sunda Islands The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make..
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
The Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift or Cayenne Swift, Panyptila cayennensis, is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Ecuador, eastern Peru and Brazil. This small swift is found in range of habitats including forest clearings, more open woodland, and cultivation. The nes..
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Lesser truth
A lesser truth is a minor philosophical underpinning of Buddhist philosophy. Though many Buddhist texts refute the validity of "lesser truths" in the greater scheme of things, they are encouraged for their social efficacy. For example, while giving charity will not ensure a positive reincarnation ..
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Lesser Ury
Lesser Ury (November 7, 1861 – October 18, 1931) was a German Impressionist painter. He was born Leo Lesser Ury in Birnbaum, the son of a baker whose death in 1872 was followed by the Ury family's move to Berlin. In 1878 Lesser left school to apprentice with a tradesman, and the next year h..
Lesser Vasa Parrot
The Lesser Vasa Parrot or Black Parrot Coracopsis nigra is one of two species of vasa parrots, the other being the Greater Vasa Parrot C. vasa. The race C. n. barklyi, of The Seychelles, is sometimes split as a separate species, the Seychelles Black Parrot. Lesser Vasa Parrots inhabit the mangrov..
Lesser water boatman
The lesser water boatman (Corixa punctata) is a water-dwelling insect of order Hemiptera. It is about 10 mm long, is found in ponds and lakes, and feeds on algae and dead plant material. It is not related to Notonecta glauca, the water boatman or back swimmer. External links [Canterbury En..
Lesser Whistling Duck
The Lesser Whistling Duck, or Indian Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna javanica, is a small whistling duck which breeds in India and southeast Asia. This is an abundant species in Asia. It is largely resident, apart from local movements, but Chinese birds winter further south. It nests in tree holes..
Lesser White-fronted Goose
The Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) is a goose closely related to the larger White-fronted Goose (A. albifrons). It breeds in northernmost Asia, but it is a scarce breeder in Europe. There is a re-introduction scheme in Fennoscandia. The Lesser White-fronted Goose winters further ..
Lesser white-toothed shrew
The lesser white-toothed shrew Crocidura suaveolens is a tiny shrew found in Europe. Its preferred habitat is woodland. A distinct subspecies is the Scilly shrew, found on the Isles of Scilly, to which it is presumed to have been introduced. Unusually for the species, the Scilly shrew forages o..
Lesser Whitethroat
The Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca, is a common and widespread Old World warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia. This small passerine bird is strongly migratory, wintering in Africa just south of the Sahara, Arabia and India. This is ..
Lesser Yellowlegs
The Lesser Yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes, is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. Adults have long yellow legs and a long thin dark bill, about the same length as the head. The body is grey brown on top and white underneath; the neck and breast are streake..
Lesser Yellownape
The Lesser Yellownape, Picus chlorolophus, is a woodpecker which is a widespread and often common breeder in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to south China and Sumatra. This is a jungle species which nests in a tree hole, laying two to four white eggs. Like other woodpeckers..
Lesser Yellow Bat
Lesser Yellow Bat (Scotophilus borbonicus) is a vesper bat found only on Madagascar and Réunion. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss. References Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). [Scotophilus borbonicus]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN ..
Lesser Yellow Underwing
The Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe. It is a common species but not as abundant as its larger relative Large Yellow Underwing. This species generally has the appearance of a "scaled-down" (wingspan 38-48 mm) version of the Lar..
Lessines
Lessines is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1 2005 Lessines had a total population of 17,679. The total area is 72.29 km² which gives a population density of 244.56 inhabitants per km². Birthplace of Rene Magritte, the famous Surrealist painter. ..
Lessing
Lessing is the surname of: Doris (May) Lessing (born 1919)Ferdinand Dietrich Lessing (born 1882), German orientalistFeodor (Franz Theodor) Yulievich Levinson-LessingGotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781)Julius LessingKarl Friedrich Lessing (Carl Friedrich Lessing) (1808 - 1880), German painterLawrenc..
Lessing-Gymnasium (Frankfurt)
The Lessing-Gymnasium is the oldest Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main. It was founded in 1519 by the city council. The first foreign language is Latin starting in 5th grade. In the 6th grade French or English is offered and in the 8th grade the student can choose between Ancient Greek and another mode..
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891-June 24, 1979) was an American businessman and collector of rare books and art. Biography Lessing J. Rosenwald was the son of Julius Rosenwald, a clothier who became part-owner and was president of Sears, Roebuck and Company from 1908-1923, and chairman from 1923-1932. ..
Lesslie, South Carolina
Lesslie is a census-designated place located in York County, South Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 2,268. Geography Lesslie is located at 34°53'20" North, 80°57'22" West (34.888865, -80.956018)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United Sta..
Lessness Heath
Lessness Heath is a district in the London Borough of Bexley. Nearest places: Abbey WoodBelvedereBexleyheathWest Heath See also: Lesnes Abbey ..
Lesson
For the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] episode, see Lessons. A lesson is a structured period of time where learning is intended to occur. It involves one or more students (also called pupils or learners in some circumstances) being taught by a teacher or instructor. A lesson may be either one..
Lessoniaceae
Lessoniaceae are a family of kelp. Taxonomy Genera are: DictyoneurumLessoniaLessoniopsisMacrocystisNereocystisPelagophycusPostelsia Distribution The distribution of Lessoniaceae includes the northeastern Pacific Ocean and southern Australian coasts. References [Systema Naturae 2000] ..
Lessons (Buffy episode)
"Lessons" is the first episode of the seventh and final season of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Contents 1 Plot synopsis1.1 Summary1.2 Expanded overview2 Writing and acting3 Production details3.1 Music4 Quotes and trivia5 Continuity5.1&nb..
Lessons (TNG episode)
Lessons is an episode of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]], the nineteenth episode of its sixth season. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Picard falls for Lt. Commander Nella Darren, a Starfleet officer in Stellar Sciences. After he suffers incredi..
Lessons for Women
Lessons for Women is a work by the Han Dynasty female intellectual Ban Zhao. It outlines the four virtues a woman must abide by, proper virtue, proper speech, proper countenance, and proper conduct. See also Book of Han ..
Lessons from a Sheep Dog
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Lessons in Violence
Lessons in Violence is a compilation album by thrash metal band Exodus. Track listing Bonded by BloodExodusChemi-KillThe Toxic WaltzA Lesson in ViolencePiranhaBrain DeadFabulous DisasterDirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC Cover)And Then There Were None ..
Lessons Learned on Leithgow St.
Lessons Learned On Leithgow, St. is the second studio album by singer Khanoda, released on December 27th, 1994 (see 1994 in music). The album is currently out of print however Khanoda gained the rights to the original masters in 1998 when compiling tracks for the US and EU versions of Klosure. ..
Lessons of Darkness
Lessons of Darkness (Lektionen in Finsternis) is a 1992 film by German director Werner Herzog. An effective companion to his earlier film Fata Morgana. Herzog again perceives the desert as a landscape with its own voice. Virtually devoid of commentary (aside from a repeat of his "Sci-Fi" impressi..
Lessons of the Masters
Lessons of the Masters is a work by George Steiner published in 2004. It is part history, part analysis of the mentor-protégé relationship. From Socrates and Jesus to Husserl, Heidegger and Arendt, not leaving out Plotinus, Augustine, Shakespeare, Dante, Marlowe, Kepler, Wittgenstein, and Simone W..
Lesson 1: Misanthropy
Lesson 1: Misanthropy is an album by Death In June, released in 1986. Track listing Side 1 Heaven StreetWe Drive EastIn the Night TimeState LaughterHoly Water Side 2 All Alone in Her NirvanaTill the Living Flesh is BurnedThe Guilty Have No PrideFieldsDeath of the West Albums by Death In June H..
Lesson of Munich
In international relations, the Lesson of Munich asserts that adversaries will interpret restraint as indicating a lack of capability or political will or both. The name refers to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany in negotiations toward the eventual Munich Agreement. Many scholars argue..
Lesson of the widow's mite
A bronze Mite, also known as a Lepton (meaning small), minted by Alexander Jannaeus, King of Judaea, 103 - 76 B.C. obverse: anchor upside-down in circle, reverse: star of eight rays. The Lesson (or Parable) of the widow's mite is a story present in the Synoptic Gospels (, ), in which Jesus is ..
Lesson plan
A lesson plan is a teacher's detailed description of the course of instruction for an individual lesson. While there is no one way to construct a correct lesson plan, most lesson plans contain some or all of these elements, typically in this order: the title of the lessonthe amount of time required ..
Lesson study
Lesson Study (or kenkyu jugyo) is a teaching improvement process that has origins in Japanese elementary education, where it is a widespread professional development practice. Working in a small group, teachers collaborate with one another, meeting to discuss learning goals, to plan an actual class..
Lessor
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lessor is the name of two places in the United States: Lessor, WisconsinLessor Township, Minnesota Lessor is also a term used in the following subjects: Leasing (rental) of property This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation]..
Lessor, Wisconsin
Lessor is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,112 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 93.6 km² (36.1 mi²). 93.0 km² (35.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (0.61%) is water...
Lessor Township, Minnesota
Lessor Township is a township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 197 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 94.3 km² (36.4 mi²). 92.2 km² (35.6 mi²) of it is land and 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²) of it (2.22..
LessTif
LessTif is a reimplementation or clone of the Motif computer programming toolkit. LessTif is developed by the Hungry Programmers. It aims to be a compatible free software replacement for Motif. As opposed to Motif, which is distributed under a proprietary license that can require the payment of roy..
Less (band)
Less is a band from the San Francisco Bay Area led by the enigmatically-monikered S. Foot. As of 2005, they have released two albums, Piano Wire Smile (2001) and Cover, Protective, Individual (2004), both on the Firecode Core label. Other members have included Brian Lang (drums) and Ben Shamash ..
Less (Unix)
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. less is a program on Unix and Unix-like systems used to view (but not change) the contents of a text file one screen at a time. It is similar..
Less Is More
Less Is More is a song by Relient K on their CD "The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek". ..
Less Talk, More Rock
Less Talk, More Rock is the second full-length album by the punk rock band Propagandhi, released in 1996. Track listing "Apparently, I'm A "P.C. Fascist" (Because I Care About Both Human And Non-Human Animals)" - 1:47"Nailing Descartes To The Wall/(Liquid) Meat Is Still Murder" - 1:04"Less Talk, ..
Less Than Hero
Less Than Hero is the fourth episode of Futurama's fourth season. It first aired on March 2, 2003. Contents 1 Plot2 Quotes2.1 Songs3 Trivia4 References Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Professor Farnsworth orders a sup..
Less Than Human
Less Than Human is the debut album by electronic artist The Juan MacLean, formerly of Six Finger Satellite. It was released on DFA Records in August 2005. The title is the name of a track from the Der Half-Machine 10" that is not included in this album. Track Listing "AD 2003" – 2:03"Shining Sk..
Less Than Jake
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Less Than Jake discography
Contents 1 Studio albums1.1 EPs and Miscellaneous Releases1.2 DVD / VHS Releases1.3 Song contributed to compilations and soundtracks for films and games Studio albums Image:Pezcore.jpg|Pezcore(1995, 2002)Drill Records / Asian Man Records Image:Loserskingsandthings.jpg|Losers,..
Less Than Perfect
Less Than Perfect is an American sitcom television program about a young female office employee (played by Sara Rue) and her co-workers that began airing on ABC on October 1, 2002. The show is directed by Skip Collector and Ted Wass, amongst others. Less Than Perfect aired for three seasons after..
Less than truckload
Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) shipping is the transportation of relatively small freight. The alternatives to LTL carriers are parcel carriers or full truckload carriers. Parcel carriers usually handle small packages and freight that can be broken down in to units less than 150 US pounds. Full truckl..
Less Than Zero
200px Less Than Zero is the first novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1985. Contents 1 Plot summary2 Literary significance & criticism3 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations3.1 Film reception4 Sequel5 External links Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler w..
Lestat (musical)
Broadway Show Lestat Theatre Palace Theater Opening night April 25 2006 Tony nominations 2 Tony awards Author(s) Music by Elton John & lyrics by Bernie Taupin Director Robert Jess Roth Leading original cast members Hugh Panaro Closing night May 28 2006 Lestat, a Br..
Lestat de Lioncourt
Tom Cruise as Lestat in the film Interview with the Vampire. Lestat de Lioncourt (pronounced les-tät with a rather French flair, according to Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle) is a fictional character appearing in several novels by Anne Rice, including The Vampire Lestat. He is a vampire an..
Lesta Studio
Lesta Studio was founded in 1991 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It consists of two main departments: - video department (2D and 3D animation, film and video advertising, special effects production) and - game department (game graphing, game project designing and outsourcing). Its staff counts mo..
Leste
A hot, dry, easterly wind of the Madeira and Canary Islands. Source: http://ggweather.com/winds.html ..
Lester
Lester is the name of some places in the United States: Lester, AlabamaLester, IowaLester, West VirginiaLester, SingaporeLester is also the common pronunciation for Leicester in the United Kingdom. Lester B. Pearson was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada Adrian Lester is a British actorJon Lest..
Lester, Alabama
Lester is a town in Limestone County, Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 107. Geography Lester is located at [34°59′3″N, 87°8′52″W] (34.984304, -87.147909)[Geographic references#1GR1]. A..
Lester, Iowa
Lester is a city in Lyon County, Iowa, United States. The population was 251 at the 2000 census. Geography Lester is located at [43°26′15″N, 96°19′60″W] (43.437475, -96.333322)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a ..
Lester, Washington
Lester was a small town near Stampede Pass, just south of Snoqualmie Pass in King County, started sometime in the 1880s along the Northern Pacific Railway (now the BNSF Railway ). It is one of the few ghost towns in the U.S. state of Washington. History states that the town was originally a loggin..
Lester, West Virginia
Lester is a town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 322 at the 2000 census. Geography Lester is located at [37°44′5″N, 81°18′4″W] (37.734740, -81.300985)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the t..
Lesterville
Lesterville, MissouriLesterville, South Dakota 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 to point directly to the intended article. ..
Lesterville, Missouri
Lesterville, Missouri is an unincorporated community in southeast Missouri. It is located in Reynolds County on Missouri State Highways 21, 49, and 72 near the Black River. It is known as a popular tourist destination due to its scenic location and beautiful river. On December 14, 2005, approxim..
Lesterville, South Dakota
Lesterville is a town in Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 158 at the 2000 census. Geography Lesterville is located at [43°2′19″N, 97°35′32″W] (43.038725, -97.592225)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bur..
Lester & Orpen Dennys
Lester & Orpen Dennys was a Canadian book publishing company. The company launched in 1973 as Lester & Orpen, and changed its name in 1979 after Canadian publisher Louise Dennys joined the company. Writers who published with the company included June Callwood, Morley Torgov, P. K. Page, Anne Collin..
Lester Allan Pelton
Lester Allan Pelton (1829 - March 14, 1908), was an American inventor who created the impulse water turbine. He was born in Vermilion, Ohio in 1850 and immigrated to California during the gold rush. Pelton made his living as a carpenter and a millwright. The Pelton wheel introduced an entirely ne..
Lester Allen
Lester Allen (17 November 1891 - 6 November 1949) was a screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director. Selected Filmography Love That BruteMa and Pa KettleThat Lady in ErmineCrime on Their HandsThe PirateFun on a WeekendThe Dark MirrorThe Dolly SistersThe Great FlamarionKlondike Kate..
Lester Archambeau
[] at NFL.com Lester Archambeau (born June 27, 1967 in Montville Township, New Jersey) was a Defensive End in the National Football League. ..
Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, CC, OM, OBE, MA, LL.D. (April 23, 1897 – December 27, 1972) was a Canadian statesman, diplomat and politician who was made a Nobel Laureate in 1957. He served as the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, during which p..
Lester B. Pearson Award
Lester B. Pearson Award on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Lester B. Pearson Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's outstanding player in the regular season, as judged by members of the NHL Players Association (NHLPA). The award is named in honour of Lester B. Pearso..
Lester B. Pearson Building
The Lester B. Pearson Building is the headquarters of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Affairs Canada). It is located at 125 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Ontario, and was built between 1968 and 1973. It is named after Lester B. Pearson, former external affairs minister, Nobel Peace P..
Lester B. Pearson College
The Lester B. Pearson United World College logo Aerial View of Lester B. Pearson College Lester B. Pearson College, United World College of the Pacific is one of the ten United World Colleges around the world. It is named after the late Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson, winn..
Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute
Lester B. Pearson C.I (LBP) is a public high school in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; which teaches grades 9 through 12. LBP is currently located at 150 Tapscott Road. It is located across Malvern Town Center and easily acessible by TTC busses. LBP is a school with a multicultural group of student..
Lester B. Pearson High School
Lester B. Pearson High School can refer to: Lester B. Pearson High School (Calgary), in Calgary, AlbertaLester B. Pearson High School (Burlington), in Burlington, OntarioLester B. Pearson High School (Montreal North), in Montreal North, QuebecLester B. Pearson Catholic High School, in Ottawa, Ontari..
Lester B. Pearson High School (Burlington)
Lester B. Pearson High School is a high school located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, administered by the Halton Regional School Board. Founded in 1977, the school is named after the former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. The school has just over 800 students enrolled from local communities. An..
Lester B. Pearson High School (Calgary)
Lester B. Pearson High School is a high school located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, administered by the Calgary Board of Education. The school, founded in 1993, was named after the former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B Pearson. The school has over 1500 students. Contents 1 Programs2..
Lester Bangs
Leslie Conway Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician. A very influential, if not founding, voice in rock music criticism, Bangs died in New York City, overdosing (through drug interaction) after treating a cold with Darvon and Valium. H..
Lester Bird
Lester Bryant Bird (born February 21, 1938, New York City) was Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and a well-known athlete. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party from 1971 to 1993, then became Prime Minister when his father, Vere Bird, the previous Prime Minister, resigned..
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie in the mid-1990s. Lester Bowie (11 October 1941–8 November 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Born in Frederick, Maryland, Bowie grew up in St Louis, Missouri. At the age of five h..
Lester Brickman
Lester Brickman is a professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of the Yeshiva University and a widely-regarded legal scholar. Professor Brickman is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. He holds a juris doctor degree from the University of Florida and an LLM degree from Yale Law School..
Lester Burry
Lester L. Burry (1898 – 1977) born Safe Harbour, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. He was ordained a United Church minister in 1924. National Convention Delegate for Labrador 1946-8. President of the Newfoundland Conference of the United Church 1959-60. Burry was pro-Confederation. With h..
Lester B Pearson United World College of the Pacific
One of the ten United World Colleges in the world, Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific is located in Victoria, British Columbia, in Canada. With 200 students representing from over 88 different countries, a quarter of the students are from different parts of Canada. All students ..
Lester C. Hunt
thumb Lester Callaway Hunt (July 8, 1892–June 19, 1954) was a Democratic politician and dentist from the U.S. state of Wyoming. He served as governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954. Hunt was born in Isab..
Lester Cole
--> Lester Cole (June 19, 1904 - August 15, 1985) was an American screenwriter. Born in New York City, Lester Cole began his career as an actor but soon turned to screenwriting. His first work was "If I had a Million." In 1933, he joined with John Howard Lawson and Samuel Ornitz to establish the W..
Lester Conner
Lester Allen Conner (born September 17, 1959, in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player, who played for numerous NBA teams. He played the point guard position. After two seasons playing for junior colleges, Conner played collegiately at Oregon State University under l..
Lester Cooldaras
The Character Lester Cooldaras (レスター・クールダラス) is from the dating sim game series, Galaxy Angel. The first officer of the Elsior, Lester spends most of his time either making sure that Takuto is doing his job as a commander, or trying to find Takuto as he goes off on one of his..
Lester Crawford
Dr. Lester M Crawford Dr. Lester M. Crawford (born 1939) is a former Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On February 15, 2005, Dr. Crawford was nominated by President George W. Bush to head the FDA, pending U.S. Senate confirmation. The Senate Health Committee ..
Lester Crown
Lester Crown (born 1926) is the son of Chicago financier Henry Crown (d. 1990), who created Material Service with two brothers in 1919, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959. Lester controls family holdings, including large stakes in Maytag, Bank One and pro basketball's Chicago Bulls. He is a ..
Lester Cuneo
Lester H. Cuneo (October 25, 1888 - November 1, 1926) was an American stage and silent film actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he began acting in live theatre while still in his teens then embarked on a film career in 1912 with the Chicago-based Selig Polyscope Company then joined Essanay Studio..
Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey (Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey) (June 2 1915 - May 10 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. According to Lawrence Watt-Evans, his birth name was actually Leonard Stamm. Judy Lynn and Lester Del Rey at Minicon 8 in 1974 Contents 1 Career2 Name3&nbs..
Lester Dent
Lester Dent (b. October 12,1904 in La Plata, Missouri - d. March 11,1959 in La Plata, Missouri) was a prolific pulp fiction author of numerous stories, best known as the main author of the series of stories about the superhuman scientist and adventurer, Doc Savage. The stories were credited to the..
Lester Ellis
Lester Ellis (b. Blackpool, England, 15 March 1965), lives in Melbourne, Australia. Was world boxing champion in the WBF Welterweight division 1993, IBO Light Welterweight (aka Super Lightweight) division in 1994, IBO Lightweight division in 1995. He attempted suicide on 27 May 2006 by attempting ..
Lester Flatt
Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was one of the pioneers of bluegrass music. A singer and guitarist, he first came to prominence as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s. In 1948 he started a band with fellow Monroe alumnus Earl Scruggs, and for the next twenty y..
Lester Frank Ward
Lester Frank Ward Lester F. Ward (June 18, 1841 in Joliet, Illinois - April 18, 1913 in Washington, D.C.), American botanist and paleontologist and sociologist, first president of the American Sociological Association. Lester Ward believed that science should work for the improvement of the ..
Lester G. Telser
Lester G. Telser (born in 1931) is an American economist and Professor Emeritus in Economics and the College of the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago where he is a member of the faculty sinces 1958. His works include research on the Theory of the core; Fed..
Lester Germer
Lester Halbert Germer (1896 – 1971) was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson-Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the electron microscope. He also studied thermionics, erosion of metals, and contact ..
Lester Green
For Lester Green, known as Beetlejuice, see Beetlejuice (entertainer). Lester Green was a nonexistent farmer, supposedly living in Prospect, Connecticut in the 1930s. He was a creation of newspaperman C. Louis Mortison. Mortison wrote columns about Lester Green for the Waterbury Republican and Am..
Lester Grinspoon
Lester Grinspoon. Lester Grinspoon is Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the author of several drug-related books, including Marijuana Reconsidered, Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered, and Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine. The first two were published during t..
Lester Harrison
Lester "Les" Harrison (August 20, 1904-December 23, 1997) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and team owner and is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Upon his graduation from East High School in Rochester, New York, in 1923, Harrison began playing, coaching, and organizing..
Lester Hayes
Lester Hayes was a professional American football player for the National Football League Oakland/LA Raiders. Hayes was commonly referred to as "Lester the Molester" and "the Judge." He was known for his "bump and run" coverage style, and for using Stickum™ before it was banned in a rule bearing..
Lester Hogan
Dr. Clarence Lester "Les" Hogan (born 19xx) is a pioneer in microwave and semiconductor technology. — He grew up as brother of three sisters in Great Falls, Montana, where his father worked for the Great Northern Railroad. After graduating from Montana State University with a degree in chemica..
Lester Holt
Lester Holt, wearing a red apron, cooking on Weekend Today. Lester Holt (born March 8, 1959) is co-anchor of Weekend Today television show on NBC in the United States. He became co-anchor of Weekend Today in 2003. Until late 2005, Holt also anchored a 2-hour daily newscast on MSNBC. He joine..
Lester Horton
Lester Horton (1906 – 1953) was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Choosing to work in California (three thousand miles away from the center of modern dance - New York City), Horton developed his own approach that incorporated diverse elements including Native American dances an..
Lester J. Dickinson
Lester Jesse Dickinson (October 29, 1873 - June 4, 1968) was a United States Representative and Senator from Iowa. Born in Derby, Iowa, he attended the public schools and graduated from Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) in 1898, and from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City..
Lester King
Lester KingWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests First-class Matches 2 62 '''Runs scored 41 1,404 Batting average 10.25 20.64 100s/50s -/- -/6 Top score 20 89 Balls bowled 476 - Wickets 9 142 Bowli..
Lester Kinsolving
Charles Lester Kinsolving (born 1927 in New York City) is a political talk radio host, currently heard on WCBM in Baltimore, Maryland. He is better known, however, as a White House correspondent for WorldNetDaily — the only member of the White House press corps to also host a talk radio show. His ..
Lester Lefton
Dr. Lester Lefton is the current President of Kent State University. He has 34 years of experience in higher education, having served for 25 years at a public institution and 9 at private institutions. During his career, he has been a psychology professor, dean and provost, as well as author of an ..
Lester Maddox
thumb Lester Garfield Maddox (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American Democratic Party politician who was governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. He initially came to prominence as a staunch segregationist but, like many Southern Democrats, he moderated his pos..
Lester Melrose
Lester Melrose (December 14, 1891 - April, 1968) was one of the first producers of blues records. He was a partner in his brother's record store in Chicago in 1923 when he met Jelly Roll Morton. Within a short time, he had sold his share of the store and become an A & R man, the old name for a r..
Lester Mondale
The Reverend Robert Lester Mondale (1904-August 19, 2003) was an American Unitarian minister and humanist. He was the only person to sign each of the three Humanist Manifestos of 1933, 1973 and 2003. Biography Lester Mondale was the son of a Methodist minister but converted to Unitarianism. His y..
Lester Patrick
Lester Patrick Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick (December 30, 1883 – June 1, 1960) born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada. He was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (Western Hockey League afte..
Lester Patrick Trophy
The Lester Patrick Trophy has been has presented by the National Hockey League since 1966 to honour a recipient's contribution to hockey in the United States. The trophy is named after Lester Patrick (1883-1960), player and long time coach of the New York Rangers who was a developer of the game of..
Lester Petrie
Mayor of Honolulu Lester Petrie, on the right, was the first in line at Liberty House department store on June 29, 1942 to purchase a war bond to kickoff Retailers for Victory Week. Lester Petrie was the former Mayor of Honolulu who took control over Honolulu, Hawai'i after the city was attac..
Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott (born 5 November 1935) is a retired English jockey, considered to be the best of his generation and one of the greatest flat jockeys of all time. Piggott won his first race in 1948, aged 12 years, on a horse called The Chase at Haydock Park. A teenage sensation, he rode his fir..
Lester Prairie, Minnesota
Lester Prairie is a city in McLeod County, Minnesota, along the South Fork of the Crow River. The population was 1,377 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, t..
Lester Quitzau
Lester Quitzau (born September 21, 1964 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian folk and blues guitarist. In addition to his own albums, he also collaborates in the roots trio Tri-Continental with Bill Bourne and Madagascar Slim, and in a touring and recording partnership with folk-pop singer Mae Moor..
Lester R. Brown
'Lester Russell Brown''' (born 1934) is an environmental analyst who has written several books on global environmental issues. He is the founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute which is a nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C. Though he has written over twenty books, he is ..
Lester R. Rice-Wray
Lester R. Rice-Wray was the second person to represent the sixth district of the Los Angeles City Council under the 1925 charter. He served in 1927. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Lester River
The Lester River, is a short tributary of Lake Superior, about 15 mi (24 km) long, in northeastern Minnesota in the United States. It drains an area of 58 sq mi (150 sq km). Course The Lester River flows for its entire length in southern St. Louis County. It rises in Gnesen Township and flows g..
Lester Rodney
Lester Rodney (b. April 17, 1911) was an American journalist, who helped break down the color barrier in baseball. He was born in Manhattan, New York, the third of four children of Isabel Cotton and Max Rodney. The Rodneys moved from the Bronx to Brooklyn when Lester was 6, where his lifelong lo..
Lester Roloff
Lester Leo Roloff (born June 28, 1914 - Dawson, Texas of German descent, died November 2, 1982) was a fundamentalist Baptist preacher, storyteller, and author. Roloff is known for: The youth homes he established for juvenile delinquents and the strict discipline practiced there, which many critic..
Lester Schwab Katz and Dwyer
Lester Schwab Katz and Dwyer is a New York law firm established in 1974. It is located at 120 Broadway, New York, New York. In an American Lawyer survey, LSK&D was selected as one of the top firms in the country. It was the only defense firm in New York City to receive this recognition. In additi..
Lester Siler
Lester Eugene Siler, a convicted drug dealer, was beaten and tortured by Campbell County, Tennessee police during an interrogation at his home, during which officers attempted to coerce Siler to sign a consent form giving them permission to search his home without a warrant. On July 8, 2004, poli..
Lester Sill
Lester Sill was an American record label executive, best remembered as Phil Spector's partner in Philles Records (the name came from the first parts of their names, Phil and Les), and also as the head of both Colpix Records and the later Colgems Records. ..
Lester Solus
The Lester Solus was an English automobile built in Shepherd's Bush, London only in 1913. A single-seat cyclecar, it ran on an 8 hp JAP or Precision V-twin engine with friction drive and belts to the rear wheels. Reference David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. ..
Lester Speight
Lester "Rasta" Speight is a former college football player turned professional wrestler turned actor. Speight achieved significant recognition for his portrayal of [[Terry Tate: Office Linebacker]] in a series of Reebok commercials that first debuted during the 2003 Superbowl. Speight's path to ..
Lester Square
Lester Square (born April 17 1954) is a British guitarist, was in the original incarnation of Adam and the Ants. He left the band in 1978, and has spent most of the time since then playing guitar with Monochrome Set. Lester Square is also the common pronunciation for Leicester Square in London, UK..
Lester Sterling
Lester Sterling, aka Mr Verstile is a Jamaican trumpet and sax player. A founding member of The Skatalites, he is commonly overshadowed by well-known band members such as Tommy McCook, Jackie Mittoo or Don Drummond. Lester is today still playing with the Skatalites, one of the current original mem..
Lester Sumrall
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Lester Sumrall (1913-1996) was an ordained minister most famous for forming the LeSEA broadcast network. Biogr..
Lester the Unlikely
Lester the Unlikely is an adventure game for the Super Nintendo. It was released in January 1994. Premise The slightly nerdy protaganist, Lester, is walking downtown reading a comic book when he decides to go to sleep on a pallet. The pallet is loaded onto a ship, which then shipwrecks and leav..
Lester Thurow
Lester Carl Thurow is a former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of numerous bestsellers on mainstream economics. Thurow was born on May 7, 1938, in Livingston Montana. He got his B.A. in political economy from Williams College in 1960, where he was Phi Beta Kappa as a junior, ..
Lester Tourville
Admiral Lester Tourville is a fictional character in the Honorverse. Tourville, a senior officer of the People's Navy, appears to be incautious and aggressive—what the books describe as a cowboy mentality. He smokes cigars to accentuate the effect. However, he is actually a tactical genius,..
Lester W. Weber
redirect[[Template:Portal]]Lester William Weber (1948-1969) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam in February 1969. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early years1.2 Marine Corps service1.2.1 Vietnam War1.2.2 Medals2 ..
Lester Wire
Lester Farnsworth Wire, (September 3, 1887-April 14, 1958) is credited with the invention of the traffic light as early as 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah. ..
Lester Young
Lester Young Lester Willis Young, nicknamed "Prez" (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He is remembered as one of the finest of the players on his instrument and for much of the hipster ethos which came to be attached to jazz. Cont..
Lestidae
Lestidae is a rather small family of cosmopolitan, large-sized, slender damselflies. They are of the order of the dragonflies (Odonata) and are commonly known as "Spreadwings." They are unique in the Odonata order in that they have the ability to fold their wings, unlike dragonflies. The pterost..
Lestijärvi
Lestijärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 973 (2003) and covers an area of 559.26 km² of which 77.50 km² is water. The population density is 1.7 inhabitants per km..
Lestko
Lestko (also Lestek, Leszek) is the second legendary duke of Poland, and son of Siemowit, born circa 930–940. Though proof of his actual existence is unclear, if he did exist, he must have been an influential person, because the tribes that lived in what is now Poland were known as "Lestkowici..
LESTLE
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Lestock, Saskatchewan
Lestock is a small village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its population at the time of the 2001 census was 226. The village was named after John Lestock Reid, a surveyor.[link] ..
Lestovka
Lestovka or vervitsa (Russian: ) is a special type of prayer rope sometimes referred as prayer beads made of leather used by Russian Old Believers, currently in use by Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church. Russian Old Believers use special prayer rope made of leather, called lestovka (from Slavic..
Lest Darkness Fall
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp, Galaxy Publishing Co., Inc., 1949 Lest Darkness Fall is an alternate history science fiction novel written in 1939 by author L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published as a short story in Unknown no. 10, December 1939. It was published as a complete no..
Lest We Forget
The phrase Lest We Forget was popularised in 1887, by Rudyard Kipling; it formed the refrain of his poem Recessional, a warning about the perils of hubris and the inevitable decline of imperial power. The burden of the poem was a spiritual one. The history of western Christendom shows a recurrent ..
Lest We Forget (album)
Lest We Forget: The Best of is a best of compilation album by Marilyn Manson. A new song was recorded to promote the album, a cover of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus." The album was released at the end of September 2004. The inside booklet contains previous photo-shoots and several new pictures t..
Lest We Remember
Lest We Remember is a short story written by Isaac Asimov. It appeared first in The Winds of Change and Other Stories in 1982 and was also included in his book Robot Dreams. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. John Heath is a "dead average" man working fo..
Lesueur's Frog
The Lesueur's Frog, (Litoria lesueuri) is a species of ground-dwelling tree frog native to south-eastern Australia, from Sydney, New South Wales to eastern Victoria. Physical description This is a moderately large sized frog, females of this species reach 70 mm, males only reach about 45 mm. It ..
Lesueur National Park
Lesueur is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 211 km north of Perth. Fact sheet Area: 270 km²Coordinates: [30°08′04″S, 115°06′02″E]Date of establishment: 1992Managing authorities: Department of Conservation and Land ManagementIUCN category: II See also Protected ..
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka (Лариса Петрівна Косач-Квітка, February 23, 1871 – August 1, 1913) better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka (Леся Українка), was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the fo..
Leszczyc Coat of Arms
Leszczyc Battle cry: - Details Alternative names Brożek, Bróg, Laska, Laski Earliest mention 14th century Towns none Families - Leszczyc - is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Contents..
Leszczyński
Leszczyński family coat of arms: Wieniawa. Leszczyński, plural: Leszczyńscy is the surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) family. Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Leszczyńska is the same form for a female family member. Contents 1 History2 Coat of Arms ..
Leszek
Leszek was the name of several Polish dukes: LestkoLeszek of Masovia (ca 1162-1186)Leszek I the White (1186/1187-1227)Leszek II the Black (1241-1288) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may..
Leszek, Duke of Masovia
Leszek of Masovia (ca 1162-1186) was Duke of Masovia and Kuyavia between 1173 and 1186. He was the son of Bolesław IV the Curly and his second wife. He died childless, willing his lands to Casimir II of Poland. ..
Leszek Balcerowicz
Leszek Balcerowicz (pronounced: [['lεʃεk balʦε'rɔviʧ]]) (born January 19, 1947) is an economist from Poland and Chairman of the National Bank of Poland. He is famous for implementing the Polish economic transformation program, commonly known as shock therapy in the 1990s...
Leszek Dobrzyński
Leszek Dobrzyński (born June 05, 1967 in Szczecin) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7136 votes in 41 Szczecin district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 External links [Leszek Dobrzyński - p..
Leszek Długosz
Leszek Długosz (born 18 June 1941 in Zaklików) is a Polish actor, poet, writer and composer. For many years he has been a member of cabaret "Piwnica pod Baranami", one of the most famous caberets during the times of People's Republic of Poland. Leszek Długosz studied at the Jagiellonian Universi..
Leszek II the Black
Leszek Czarny Leszek II the Black (Polish: Leszek II Czarny) ruled 1279-1288. See also History of Poland (966-1385) Monarchs of Poland Piast: Lestko | Siemomysł | Mieszko I | Bolesław I the Brave | Mieszko II Lambert | Bezprym | Mieszko II Lambert | Casimir I the Restorer | Bolesła..
Leszek I the White
Drawing by Jan Matejko. Leszek I the White (Polish: Leszek Biały; c.1186 – 1227) was Prince of Sandomierz and (from 1202 or 1206) of Kraków. In 1205 he defeated the Ruthenian army of Prince Roman the Great at the Battle of Zawichost in Lesser Poland. In 1227, during a diet of Polish..
Leszek Korzeniowski
Leszek Korzeniowski (born January 01, 1955 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7798 votes in 21 Opole district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list. He was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 Extern..
Leszek Kołakowski
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Leszek Miller
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Leszek Moczulski
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Leszek Możdżer
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Leszek Murzyn
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Leszek Pękalski
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Leszek Samborski
Leszek Samborski (born 19 May 1955 in Dębica) - is a Polish politician, a former member of Unia Polityki Realnej (now Citizens Platform) and Sejm (June 2004 - 2005). ..
Leszek Sułek
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Leszi
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Leszno
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Leszno County
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Leszno Kartuskie (PKP station)
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Leszno Voivodship
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Leszynski naming convention
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Les "Lector" Smith
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Les Abymes
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Les Afful
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Les Aiglons
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Les Allen
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Les Allues
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Les Amants de Montparnasse
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Les Ames
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Les amitiés particulières
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Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon
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Les Anciens d'AEGEE-Europe
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Les Andelys
> Statistics Région: Haute-Normandie (Lower Normandy) Département: Eure Arrondissement: Les Andelys (seat) Canton: Les Andelys (seat) Area: 40.62 km² Population: 9,047 (1999) Population density: 222.4/km² ElevationLowest:centrehighest: 7 m23 m161 m Postal code:..
Les Anderson
Les Anderson holds the record for catching the largest king salmon. It weighed 97 lb 4 oz (44.1 kg) and was caught in Soldotna, Alaska on the Kenai River on May 17, 1985. ..
Les and Alan
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Les Angles
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Les Années Barclay : 1956-1970
Track listing (\"L'essentiel\" version) Disc 1 (1956-1960) MadonaBambinoLa plus belle du mondeBuenas noches mi amorHistoire d'un amourGondolierLe jour ou la pluie viendraDans le bleu du ciel bleuJe parsLes GitansCome prima (Tu me donnes)Guitare et tambourinCiao, ciao BambinaLove in Portofino (A S..
Les Années Disco
Track listing Besame mucho (Embrasse-moi)Confidences sur la fréquenceJ'attendraiKalimba de lunaMonday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danserLes feuilles mortesGénération 78Rio do BrasilAmor amor (Amour c'est tout dire)Femme est la nuitVa, va vaFemmeGigi in ParadiscoAmericanaDarla dirladadaCa me fait r..
Les Années Orlando : 1970-1997
Contents 1 Track listing (\"L'essentiel\" version)1.1 Disc 1 (L'amour et moi)1.2 Disc 2 (Laissez-moi danser)1.3 Disc 2 (Laissez-moi danser, 2nd version) Track listing (\"L'essentiel\" version) Disc 1 (L'amour et moi) Il venait d'avoir 18 ansParle plus bas (Le Parrain)Pour t..
Les Apaches
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Les Archanges de Vinéa
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Les Arcs
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Les Arsures
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Les Arts Florissants
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Les Aspin
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Les Associés
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Les AuCoin
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Les Augrès Manor
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Les Autels-Saint-Bazile
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Les Authieux-Papion
Les Authieux-Papion is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Its postal code is 14140. The INSEE code is 14031. ..
Les Authieux-sur-Calonne
Les Authieux-sur-Calonne is a commune of the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région in France. Postal code: 14130INSEE code: 14032Population: 250Area: 10.2 km²Average altitude: 136 mCanton: Blangy-le-Château ..
Les Automatistes
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Les aventures de M. Colin-Tampon
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Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
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Les Aventures de Virulysse
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Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
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Les Babacools
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Les Baer
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Les Baguettes Imperiales
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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
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Les Barker
Les Barker (born January 30 1947) is an English poet. He is most well known for his comedic poetry and parodies of popular songs, however he has also produced some very serious thought-provoking written work. Originally from Manchester he trained in accountancy before his talent for the written wo..
Les Barley
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Les Bartley
Les Bartley (1954 – May 15, 2005) was a renowned Lacrosse coach. He led the Buffalo Bandits to all 3 of their championships in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL), and won 4 more championships with the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Bartley became the assistant coach of t..
Les Basques Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Les Battersby-Brown
Lesley (Les) Battersby-Brown (formerly Battersby) is a fictional character on ITV’s soap opera Coronation Street, played by Bruce Jones. He is known as a typical English beer-swigging slob, but has had many comical storylines and is generally liked by the public. Contents 1 Info2 Les ..
Les Baux de Provence
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Les Baux de Provence AOC
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Les Baxter
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Les Belles-soeurs
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Les Benjamin
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Les Bidochons
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Les Bijoux
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Les bijoux indiscrets
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Les Bingaman
[] at NFL.com Les Bingaman (born February 3, 1926 in McKenzie, Tennessee) was a defensive lineman in the NFL. Bingaman played seven seasons with the Detroit Lions, starting in 1948. He earned trips to the Pro Bowl in 1951 and 1953. ..
Les Binks
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Les Blank
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Les Bois
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Les Bolstad Golf Course
Les Bolstad Golf Course is a golf course owned by the U of Minnesota. ..
Les Bonbons
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Les bons débarras
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Les Bons Villers
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Les Boréades
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Les Borges Blanques
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Les Bougon
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Les Boulter
Family Affairs character Les Boulter Played by Howard Saddler Duration 2003-2005 Date of Birth Marital Status Separated Occupation Former Corner Cafe owner Family Denise, Brendan, Kelly, Wayne, Susie Lester (Les) Boulter was a fictional character in UK soap opera Fami..
Les Bourgeois
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Les Boys
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Les Braves de Valleyfield
The Les Braves de Valleyfield are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, Canada. They are a part of the Quebec AAA Junior Hockey League. Ligue de Hockey Junior AAA Quebec ..
Les Breuleux
Les Breuleux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes of the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. External links ..
Les Brown
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Les Brownlee
Les Brownlee served as the Acting Secretary of the Army from 10 May 2003 until his resignation effective 2 December 2004. Brownlee became the 27th Under Secretary of the Army on November 14 2001, following his nomination by President George W. Bush and confirmation by the United States Senate. F..
Les Brown (bandleader)
Les Brown Sr. (March 14, 1912 – January 24, 2001) and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the big band era of the late 1930s and now performs under the direction of his son Les Brown, Jr. 'Les Brown and the Band of Renown' brought Doris Day into prominence with their recording of Sent..
Les Brown (motivational speaker)
Les Brown, born 1945 in Liberty City, Florida, is a motivational speaker and author. He won the Council of Peers Award of Excellence from the National Speakers Association in 1987, its highest honor. Toastmasters international also recognized him as one of the World's Top Five Speakers for 1992. He ..
Les Bulles
Les Bulles is a small village in Belgium, part of the municipality of Chiny in the Gaume region. The village is located in the valley of the Semois river at the angle with its affluent the Vierre river. Historical information about Les Bulles is available from the 13th century and relating about i..
Les Burgraves
Les Burgraves is a play by Victor Hugo. It takes place along the Rhine and features the return of Emperor Barbarossa. ..
Les cabinets de physique : la vie de société au 18e siècle
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Les Cain
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Les Carabiniers
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Les caractères de La Bruyère
Les caractères de La Bruyère film by Eric Rohmer 1965 / 22' ..
Les Catalans
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Les Cayes
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Les Cents tours de Centour
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Les Chadwick
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Les Champs Magnétiques
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Les Chants de Maldoror
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Les Chapelles
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Les Charbonnières
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Les Charles
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Les Charlots
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Les Charmettes
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Les Châtiments
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Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Les Chevaliers de St-Jean
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Les Chevaliers du ciel
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Les Chiens
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Les Chisnall
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Les Choristes
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Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Les Cinq Doigts
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Les Claypool
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Les Clées
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Les Cobras de La Plaine
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Les Cobras de Terrebonne
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Les Colocs
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Les Condors de Kahnawake
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Les Contamines-Montjoie
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Les contes d'Hoffmann
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Les Costello
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Les Cougars du Collège Champlain
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Les Cousins Branchaud
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Les Cousins Dangereux
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Les Cowboys Fringants
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Les Crane
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Les Cullayes
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Les Cunningham Award
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Les Cyniques
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Les D. Bartlett
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Les dames du Bois de Boulogne
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Les Daniels
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Les Darcy
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Les Dawson
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Les Dégonflés
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Les Démocrates
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
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Les Dennis
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Les Deux Alpes
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Les deux journées
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Les Deux Magots
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Les Deux Rives
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Les Diaboliques
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Les Diaboliques (film)
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Les Diamants
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Les Dirouilles
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Les Disques du Crepuscule
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Les Dragons de Saint-Hyacinthe
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Les Dudek
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Les Dudek (album)
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Les Earnest
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Les Échos
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Les Éditions de Minuit
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Les Emmerson
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Les enfants du Pirée (album)
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Les Enfants Terribles
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Les Enfers
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Les Epesses
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Les Épousailles
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Les Escoumins, Quebec
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Les Espagnols sur Mer
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Les Essards
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Les Essarts
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Les Essarts, Forbes family estate
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Les Essarts, Vendée
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Les Êtres de Feu
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Les Exilés de Kifa
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Les Favell
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Les Ferdinand
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Les Filles du Botaniste
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Les Fleur
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Les Fleurs du mal
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Les Fourmis
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Les Franqueses del Vallès
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Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent
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Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
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Les géants de Mu
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Les Genevez
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Les Gentlemen
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Les Gets
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Les Gilbert
Keyboard player Les Gilbert (born January 10, 1946 in Melbourne, Australia) was a founding member of the '60s band, the Wild Cherries and appeared on the band's early recordings, which together with the band's four singles for the Festival label have been picked up for a compilation album by Half a ..
Les Gitans (album)
Track listing Les GitansAïe! mon cœurInconnu mon amourJe parsAdieu monsieur mon amourRendez-vous au LavandouDans le bleu du ciel bleu (Nel blu dipinto di blu - Volare)Timide sérénadeDieu seulMarchande de fruits Singles 1958 Dans le bleu du ciel bleu (Nel blu dipinto di blu - Volare) / Dieu se..
Les Gobelins (Paris Metro)
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Les Gock
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Les goddams
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Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
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Les Granges Brûlées
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Les Gray
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Les Grosses Têtes
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