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t. e. In the United States Senate, a hold is a parliamentary procedure permitted by the Standing Rules of the United States Senate which allows one or more Senators to prevent a motion to proceed with consideration of a certain manner from reaching a vote on the Senate floor, as no motion may be brought for consideration on the Senate floor ...
Griffiths was a prolific poet who published widely in Britain and the United States. In later years he lived in Seaham, County Durham, and ran Amra Press, which published his poetry and books of local studies. Griffiths' books of poetry from other publishers include A Tract Against The Giants (Coach House Press, Toronto, 1984), Rousseau and the ...
Kansas City Packers (1914–1915) St. Louis Browns (1917) William Jennings "Duke" Kenworthy (July 4, 1886 – September 21, 1950) was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, two of which— 1914 and 1915 —were spent as the starting second baseman for the Kansas City Packers of the short ...
75 Dollar Bill is a musical duo formed in New York City in 2012. Its members are Che Chen ( guitar ), formerly of True Primes , and Rick Brown ( drums ), formerly of V-Effect and Curlew . [1] Sasha Frere-Jones described their music as displaying "a certain kind of formal fullness and technical freedom," which he said has helped introduce jazz ...
Bill O'Brien (American football) William James O'Brien [1] (born October 23, 1969), nicknamed " the Teapot ", [2] is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Boston College. Previously, he was the head coach of the Houston Texans from 2014 to 2020, and at Penn State from 2012 to 2013. Prior to Boston College, O'Brien was ...
The Proud Boys is an exclusively male North American far-right, neo-fascist militant organization that promotes and engages in political violence. [1] [14] [15] The group's leaders have been convicted of violently opposing the United States government, including the constitutionally prescribed transfer of presidential power. [16]
The Alliance. The Daleks ( / ˈdɑːlɛks / ⓘ DAH-leks) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of extremely xenophobic [1] [2] mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. They were conceived by writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 Doctor Who serial The Daleks, in casings designed ...
e. The Read the Bills Act ( RTBA) is proposed legislation intended to require the United States Congress to read the legislation that it passes. It was originally written in 2006 [1] by Downsize DC, a non-profit organization focused on decreasing the size of the federal government. The proposed act is a response to the passing of bills that are ...