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The Hole is a small neighborhood in New York City on the border between Brooklyn and Queens. It is a low-lying area, with a ground level that is 30 feet (9.1 m) lower than the surrounding area. [2] [3] The area is run-down, and suffers from frequent flooding. [4]
The Star of Adam is an oval-shaped blue star sapphire, currently the largest star sapphire in the world. It weighs 1,404.49 carats (280.898 g; 9.9084 oz). Prior to its discovery in 2015, the Black Star of Queensland, weighing 733 carats (146.6 g), was the largest star sapphire gem in the world.
Project Sapphire was a successful 1994 covert operation of the United States government in cooperation with the Kazakhstan government to reduce the threat of nuclear proliferation by removing nuclear material from Kazakhstan as part of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which was authorized by the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991.
USS Sapphire (SP-710) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Sapphire was built as a small, private, wooden- hulled steam yacht of the same name in 1900 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island. On 8 June 1917, her owner, Jeremiah Milbank of New York City, enrolled her in the Naval Coast ...
177 (story until 140, then class book) ISBN. 978-0-679-76675-9. Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996 [1], the novel was made into the 2009 film Precious, which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards .
History. The school was Initially built on Merle Avenue, but moved to its current location on Skillman Avenue in 1955 and expanded to its current size in 1962. The school features some of the best, and highest paid teachers on Long Island. The school's mascot is the Sailor and teams compete countywide in a variety of sports.
Angry black woman. The angry black woman stereotype is a racial stereotype of Black American women as pugnacious, poorly mannered, and aggressive. [1] Among stereotypes of groups within the United States, the angry black woman stereotype is less studied by researchers than the Mammy and Jezebel archetypes. [2] [3]
History. Arriva Sapphire logo used 2013–17. Arriva Sapphire logo used in 2017. In February 2013, Arriva UK Bus announced that it would launch a Luxury service under the Sapphire brand for its bus services in the United Kingdom. [1] It is similar to the Stagecoach Gold brand launched by Stagecoach Group in 2007.