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Brothers (Dickson)

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"Brothers" is a science fiction short story by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published in Astounding: The John W Campbell Memorial Anthology. The story is part of the incomplete Dorsai cycle.SynopsisThe story is set in the city of Blauvain, capital of the planet...

Brown priest

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A brown priest is a Catholic priest who was a member or public supporter of the Nazi Party. During those years there were about 27.000 diocesan and more than 15.000 religious priests in Germany. According to Spicer, "I have made every attempt to find and identify brown priests. O...

Brownism

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Brownism is the political philosophy of Gordon Brown, who is the leader of the Labour Party and successor to Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Proponents of Brownism are referred to as Brownites.Like Tony Blair (and Peter Mandelson), Brown was one of the princip...

Brownshirt tactics

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The term brownshirt tactics refers to the usage of fear, terror, and images thereof to make people vote for a specific party, notably the populist demagoguery party that promises to be tough on terror, while in reality being the one clandestinely instilling the fear in the first ...

Bruce Allen Berg

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Bruce Allen Berg (April 22 1950 - August 7 1971) was a United States Army Special Forces soldier and a recipient of the United States military's Silver Star—for his actions during the Vietnam War as Recon Team (RT) member and leader in the covert Studies and Observations Gr...

Bruce Blakeman

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Bruce A. Blakeman is a politician from New York City. Blakeman was a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Appointed by New York Governor George E. Pataki in June 2001, his term expired on July 1, 2008. Blakeman was a candidate for...

Bruce C. Bordner

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Bruce C. Bordner, Ph. D. is a political scientist, government relations professional, and professor. He is currently lecturing at Chapman University, California State University, Fullerton, and University of California, Riverside. Bordner has previously instructed courses at Mt. ...

Brudney family

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Early history The Brudney family is a prominent Welsh-American family, well known for their contributions to the American academic, political and legal systems. The family, which traces its origins back to 17th century Wales and Bavaria is respected by scholars for its history of...

Bruin democrats

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The Bruin Democrats is a political organization active on the University of California, Los Angeles campus, and a member of the Young Democrats of America, the College Democrats of America, and the greater . History The club was founded in the tumultuous 1960s by then-students at...

Brungaria

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Brungaria is a fictitious dictatorship, in the Tom Swift Jr. book series. Brungaria is loosely modeled on the Soviet Union, although it is never stated as a socialist country. What is known about Brungaria, is that it is highly advanced in the realm of science and technology. Man...

Bruno Colmant

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Bruno Colmant (born 24 July 1961), is a Belgian lecturer at the university, an economist, a tax expert and a financial advisor.Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, he also advises governments and business leaders in the field of economics. He ...

Brussels So White movement

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The Brussels So White (or #BrusselsSoWhite) movement is an informal movement denouncing the lack of racial diversity in the European Union institutions in Brussels.OriginThe hashtag BrusselsSoWhite first appeared in an article by Politico in 2017 written by Ryan Heath. The articl...

Bruyere Suit

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Bruyére Suit is a women's fashion design which consists of an unlined jacket and a blouse made of crinkly crépe, with a cowl neckline. The fashion element was imported from Paris, France and introduced in the United States in early 1933.Design characteristicsAdditional features o...

Bryan Berghoef

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Bryan Berghoef is an American politician, pastor and author who was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan for the Second District. He is also a pastor of the Holland United Church of Christ, a UCC churc...

Bryan Bush (politician)

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Bryan Edward Bush Jr. (April 14, 1934 - December 4, 2010), was the first Republican of the 20th century to hold the position of district attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.Elected in 1984, Bush took office in 1985 and resigned in 1990 after pleading guilty to a misdem...

BSides

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BSides is a framework for organizing and holding security conferences. The concept began in the US in 2009 with Mike Dahn, Jack Daniel, and some others because the CFP for Black Hat Vegas or DEF CON was oversubscribed and those unable to present decided to hold their own conferen...

BTR–EMS–AKG Janakeeya Vedi

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BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedhi (BTR-EMS-AKG People's Forum) was a political group in the South Indian state of Kerala, a splinter group of . The group was led by expelled CITU-leader V.B. Cheriyan (CITU is the trade union of CPI(M)). Whether the movement was to be classified as a pa...

Bubba Effect

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The "Bubba Effect" is a worst-case scenario described by United States Army (Ret.) Command Sgt. Major Tim Strong during a discussion December 22, 2009 on the Glenn Beck Program.Strong explained that in times of widespread civil unrest, a possible scenario might be a general break...

Bubby Lyons

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Edward Paul "Bubby" Lyons (born June 16, 1929, in Houma, Louisiana) was chosen by the city council of Mandeville, Louisiana, on October 17, 2009, to serve for five months as interim mayor.Lyons has formerly held several public offices including mayor of Houma, president of Terreb...

Bucher aircraft tractor

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The Bucher aircraft tractor is an aircraft tow vehicle built for the Swiss Air Force by the military vehicle division of Bucher-Guyer AG. Following a restructuring of this division it was sold to Mowag which is now responsible for support.The Bucher tug is very compact as it is d...

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