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11Mason Henry Gang — 1864 1865, a bandit gang that posed as Confederate partisan rangers but acted as outlaws, committing robberies, thefts and murders in the southern San Joaquin Valley, Santa Cruz County, Monterey County, Santa Clara County, and in counties of… …
12Comics vocabulary — consists of many different techniques and images which a comic book artist employs in order to convey a narrative within the medium of comics. This vocabulary forms a language variously identified as sequential art, graphic storytelling,… …
13Battle of Flamborough Head — The Battle of Flamborough Head, between a small squadron led by John Paul Jones and two British convoy escorts, is one of the best known, but least understood, naval actions in history. What follows is an attempt to present a balanced view of the …
14naval warfare — Military operations conducted on, under, or over the sea and waged against other seagoing vessels or targets on land or in the air. The earliest naval attacks were raids by the armed men of a tribe or town using fishing boats or merchant ships.… …
15Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre — • This massacre of which Protestants were the victims occurred in Paris on 24 August, 1572 (the feast of St. Bartholomew), and in the provinces of France during the ensuing weeks, and it has been the subject of knotty historical disputes Catholic …
16Barjack — The nihongo|Barjack|バージャック|Bājakku|also written as 馬借 is a fictional, conventional military force depicted in the Battle Angel Alita manga. Founded and led by the charismatic Den, their objective is to destroy Tiphares and with it, the Factory… …
17Hungerford — For other uses, see: Hungerford (disambiguation) Coordinates: 51°24′52″N 1°30′53″W / 51.4144°N 1.5146°W / 51.4144; 1.5146 …
18attention — attentional, adj. n. /euh ten sheuhn/; interj. /euh ten shun /, n. 1. the act or faculty of attending, esp. by directing the mind to an object. 2. Psychol. a. a concentration of the mind on a single object or thought, esp. one preferentially… …
19USS Enterprise (1799) — The third USS Enterprise , a schooner, was built by Henry Spencer at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1799, and placed under the command of Lieutenant John Shaw. This ship was overhauled and rebuilt several times, effectively changing from a twelve gun… …
20Know Your Place — Infobox The Wire episode caption = episode name = Know Your Place episode no = 46 epigraph = Might as well dump em, get another. Proposition Joe teleplay = Kia Corthron story = Ed Burns and Kia Corthron writer = director = Alex Zakrzewski guest… …
