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Ray Charles Robinson [a] (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and composer. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray".
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has had a policy to ban full-facial coverings since 2010, while the British National Party (BNP) favoured banning it only in schools. [15] In 2014, UKIP clarified their stance, favouring only a ban at schools and places where security is a concern, [16] while the BNP are now in favour of a total ban. [17]
After seeing active service in the Second World War, enlisting in the Royal Engineers in 1941 and later being commissioned and reaching the rank of Captain, Gunter entered Parliament in the 1945 general election for the previously Conservative seat of South East Essex. He was a backbencher throughout the six-year Labour Government of Clement ...
Dounreay is the site of Dounreay Castle (now a ruin) [5] and its name derives from the Gaelic for 'fort on a mound'. [6] Dounreay was the site of the battle of Sandside Chase in 1437.
Ray-O-Vac Advertisement USA 1949. In 1906, the French Battery Company was founded in Chicago by James Bowen Ramsay (1869–1952). Its first president was German-born chemist, Alfred Landau. He had been making batteries in Europe.
In-Movies.com launched the UK's first subscription service in May 2000 at £14.99 per month for a 3 disc plan and merged with Screen Select in December 2003. In April 2006, LoveFilm merged with its major rival Video Island, which had operated ScreenSelect and other brands, [ 14 ] and in February 2008, LoveFilm acquired Amazon's DVD rental ...
Other Google services such as Google Mail and Google Maps appeared to be unaffected. [17] Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project at UC Berkeley and founder of the China Digital Times, noted that the ban in mainland China could eventually block all access to Google sites and applications if the Chinese government wanted. [17]
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. [1] [2] He is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945), which won him Best Actor at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award, and ultimately an Academy Award—the first such accolades for any Welsh actor.