Longest bridge may refer to List of longest bridges in the world List of longest suspension bridges List of largest cable stayed bridges List of longest cantilever bridges List of the largest arch bridges See also List of longest tunnels Disambig ... more details
The Longest Day could refer to D day The Longest Day book The Longest Day book , published in 1959 by Cornelius Ryan The Longest Day film The Longest Day film , a 1962 war film based on Ryan s book The Longest Day game The Longest Day game , a 1980 wargame by Avalon Hill The Longest Day song The Longest Day song , a 2006 song by Iron Maiden The Longest Day race , a 24 hour sports and touring car endurance race The Longest Day Land of the Lost The Longest Day Land of the Lost , an episode of the 1974 series Land of the Lost Longest Day , a Doctor Who novel Midsummer , the longest day of the year the one with the most daylight disambig da Den L ngste Dag nl The Longest Day sv Den l ngsta dagen ... more details
The Longest Yard may refer to The Longest Yard 1974 film The Longest Yard 1974 film , starring Burt Reynolds Mean Machine film Mean Machine , a 2001 soccer association football film adaptation starring Vinnie Jones The Longest Yard 2005 film The Longest Yard 2005 film , remake of the 1974 film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock The Longest Yard soundtrack , soundtrack for the 2005 remake. The Tackle , the play that ended Super Bowl XXXIV one yard short of the goal line disamb Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages da The Longest Yard de The Longest Yard fr The Longest Yard nl The Longest Yard ru The Longest Yard sv The Longest Yard ... more details
The longest night of the year occurs at the Winter solstice . Longest Night or Nite may also refer to The Longest Night film The Longest Night , a 1972 television movie starring David Janssen and James Farentino The Longest Night , a 1986 episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses The Longest Night Angel novel The Longest Night , a novel based on the television series Angel UNIT The Longest Night , an audio drama The Longest Night in Shanghai , a 2007 Chinese Japanese film The Longest Nite , a 1997 Hong Kong film See also Night disambiguation disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2007 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Longest Line Type EP Artist NOFX Cover NOFX The Longest Line cover.jpg Released May 1, 1992 Recorded 1992 Genre Punk rock Length 13 50 Label Fat Wreck Chords Producer Reviews Allmusic Rating 4 5 Allmusic class album id r176965 pure url yes link Last album The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This br 1987 This album The Longest Line br 1992 Next album Liza and Louise br 1992 The Longest Line is a 12 EP by punk rock band NOFX , released in 1992. The first 200 copies of this record were printed on dark blue vinyl, some on grey vinyl, and all others on black vinyl. It was repressed in 2007 with 1,082 copies on Peruvian white vinyl. This coloured version sold out within a day. The band denied all suggestion that the title referred to cocaine . The pop punk band Blink 182 Blink later Blink 182 covered The Longest Line on their demo tape Blink 182 discography Demo albums Flyswatter . All five songs were later released on The Longest EP . Track listing The Death of John Smith 3 51 The Longest Line 2 04 Stranded 2 09 Remnants 2 58 Kill All the White Man 2 48 Personnel Aaron Abeyta El Hefe Guitar, Trumpet and Vocals on Kill All The White Man and The Death of John Smith Eric Melvin Guitar Fat Mike Bass, Lead Vocals Erik Sandin Drums NOFX DEFAULTSORT Longest Line Category NOFX albums Category 1992 EPs it The Longest Line nl The Longest Line ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Longest Year Type ep Artist Katatonia Cover Released March 15, 2010 Recorded Genre Alternative metal , gothic rock Length Label Peaceville Records ref name Blabbermouth http www.roadrunnerrecords.com blabbermouth.net news.aspx?mode Article&newsitemID 135375 Katatonia To Release The Longest Day EP blabbermouth.net. 2010 02 18. Retrieved on 2010 02 24. ref Producer Reviews Last album Night is the New Day br 2009 This album The Longest Year br 2010 Next album The Longest Year is an EP by the Sweden Swedish band Katatonia . Sold Heart is the only track on this EP to be previously unreleased. ref name Blabbermouth The videos for The Longest Year and Day & then the Shade were directed by Charlie Granberg and Lasse Hoile , respectively. ref name Underground http www.metalunderground.com news details.cfm?newsid 53178 Katatonia To Release New EP The Longest Year metalunderground.com. 2010 02 18. Retrieved on 2010 02 24. ref The cuts of Day & Then the Shade and Idle Blood are remixed versions of songs that previously appeared on their full length album preceding this release, Night is the New Day . ref name Underground Track listing ref http www.bravewords.com news 132718 Katatonia The Longest Year EP Details Revealed bravewords.com. 2010 02 18. Retrieved on 2010 02 24. ref The Longest Year Sold Heart Day & Then the Shade Frank Default remix Idle Blood Linje 14 The Longest Year video Day and Then the Shade video References reflist Katatonia DEFAULTSORT Longest Year, The Category 2010 EPs Category Katatonia EPs ... more details
Infobox short story See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Longest Voyage author Poul Anderson genre Science fiction publisher Analog Science Fiction and Fact release date 1960 The Longest Voyage is a science fiction short story by Poul Anderson . It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1961. Plot summary On a distant world the age of exploration is beginning. A party of daring explorers attempts to circumnavigate their world. In unknown waters they encounter an island civilization which claims to have a prophet who fell from the stars. Sources, references, external links, quotations isfdb title id 5356 title The Longest Voyage Hugo Award Best Short Story 1961 1980 DEFAULTSORT Longest Voyage, The Category 1960 short stories Category Short stories by Poul Anderson Category Hugo Award for Best Short Story winning works Category Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact sf story stub ... more details
Infobox film name The Longest Week alt image The Longest Week FilmPoster.jpeg caption director Peter Glanz producer ubl Uday Chopra http www.imdb.com name nm0035465 Neda Armian writer Peter Glanz story ubl Peter Glanz Juan Iglesias starring ubl Olivia Wilde Jason Bateman Billy Crudup music cinematography editing studio distributor released runtime country Film US language English budget 15 million gross The Longest Week is an upcoming romance films romantic comedy film , written and directed by Peter Glanz. The film stars Olivia Wilde, Jason Bateman and Billy Crudup in the lead roles, the film is being produced by Uday Chopra, along with http www.imdb.com name nm0035465 Neda Armian . ref cite news title Yash Raj Films ventures into Hollywood url http www.hindustantimes.com Entertainment Bollywood Yash Raj Films ventures into Hollywood Article1 772860.aspx accessdate 23 November 2011 newspaper Hindustan Times date 23 November 2011 ref Cast Olivia Wilde Jason Bateman Billy Crudup References Reflist External links IMDb title 2064968 The Longest Week http thelongestweek.com Official site DEFAULTSORT Longest Week Category 2010s romantic comedy films Category Upcoming films ... more details
about the annual day of longest daylight from dawn to dusk Solstice the annual day of 25 hours from midnight to midnight Daylight Saving Time For the book, movie and game related to D Day , see The Longest Day . Doctorwhobook title Longest Day series Eighth Doctor Adventures number 9 featuring Eighth Doctor br Sam Jones Doctor Who Sam cover Longest Day.jpg writer Michael Collier author Michael Collier publisher BBC Books isbn ISBN 0 563 40581 3 pages date March 1998 preceding Option Lock following Legacy of the Daleks Longest Day is an original novel written by Michael Collier author Michael Collier and based on the long running United Kingdom British science fiction on television science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam Jones Doctor Who Sam . DWspinoff Blurb Its surface ravaged by colliding time fields, the planet Hirath is a patchwork of habitable areas separated by impenetrable zones of wild temporal fluctuation. The planet s unique biosphere is being exploited by an uncaring company happy to rent out temporally isolated chunks of the planet to the highest bidder no questions asked. But the controlling computer seems to be malfunctioning, and the viability of the whole planet hangs in the balance along with countless thousands of lives. Arriving at Hirath s control base, the Doctor and Sam are soon separated and trapped on the dying planet. While Sam becomes the focus of attention in a barren penal settlement, the Doctor discovers the secret of Hirath s unique condition just as a race of hideous bloodthirsty alien creatures arrive ... links Doctor Who RG id whobbc09 title Longest Day http members.lycos.co.uk cloisterlibrary long.htm The Cloister Library Longest Day TardisLibrary id 180 isfdb title id 378291 title Longest Day Reviews OG review id bbc8 9 title Longest Day DWRG id long title Longest Day http www.whoniverse.org reviews ED09.php The Whoniverse s review on Longest Day Category Eighth Doctor Adventures Category 1998 ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Longest EP Type compilation Artist NOFX Cover NOFX The Longest EP cover.jpg Alt Released August 17, 2010 Recorded 1987 2009 Genre Punk rock Length 1 05 26 Label Fat Wreck Chords Producer Various Last album Cokie the Clown br 2009 This album The Longest EP br 2010 Next album NOFX The Spits br 2010 The Longest EP is a compilation album by the United States American punk rock band NOFX , which was released on August 17, 2010. ref name punknews cite web last Paul first Aubin title More details on upcoming NOFX collection work Punknews.org date June 21, 2010 url http www.punknews.org article 38758 accessdate June 22, 2010 ref Despite the title, it is not actually an EP it is a compilation of songs from 1987 to 2009, plus rarities, out of print stuff and previously unreleased outtakes. ref name punknews The Longest EP has been referred to as a sequel ... Reveal Details for The Longest EP work Alternative Press date June 22, 2010 url http altpress.com news nofxnewep.htm accessdate June 22, 2010 ref Upon release of The Longest EP , the other EP s by NOFX will go out of print. ref name alternative press ref cite web title NOFX The Longest EP Set for August ... 9Cthe longest ep E2 80 9D set for august release accessdate June 22, 2010 ref The artwork and design for the album was done by the same dude that illustrated the cover of The Longest Line . ref name ... all writing NOFX all lyrics all music title1 The Death of John Smith extra1 The Longest Line 1992 length1 3 51 title2 The Longest Line extra2 The Longest Line 1992 length2 2 04 title3 Stranded extra3 The Longest Line 1992 length3 2 09 title4 Remnants extra4 The Longest Line 1992 length4 2 58 title5 Kill All the White Man extra5 The Longest Line 1992 length5 2 48 title6 I Wanna Be an Alcoholic extra6 ... 25 30 small References Reflist NOFX DEFAULTSORT Longest EP, The Category NOFX albums Category 2010 ... it The Longest EP nl The Longest EP ... more details
John Isbell Longest April 24, 1860 ? was a teacher, farmer and Democratic Party United States Democratic legislator from Troy, Mississippi Troy , Mississippi . Longest was born on April 24, 1860, in Lee County, Mississippi Lee County , the son of Ruffin Longest and Sarah Louis Thompson Longest. His paternal ancestors came from Virginia his great grandfather, James Longest, served in the American Revolution ary War the maternal line was Ulster Scots people Scotch Irish , and settled in Alabama . He was educated in the local state school public school s, and graduated from Iuka Normal Institute in 1889, with an Master of Arts postgraduate A.M. degree. He taught school for ten years. On September 5. 1893 he married Leah Thompson daughter of James Thomas and Carrie Thompson in her home town of Houlka, Mississippi . Her family came from South Carolina . In 1899 he became a farmer in Pontotoc County, Mississippi Pontotoc County . Legislative service He served as a member of the State Legislature in 1900 1902, and was again elected November 5, 1907, as a Democrat. Personal life Longest was a Baptist and a Freemason . ref Rowland, Dunbar. The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi , Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, 1908 v. 2, p. 1075 ref References reflist The contents of this article include substantial content from The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi , published in 1908, a work which is now in the public domain Persondata NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1860 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category 1860 births Category American farmers Category American schoolteachers Category Baptists from the United States Category Iuka Normal alumni Category Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Category People from Pontotoc County, Mississippi Mississippi politician stub ... more details
Infobox Film name The Longest Nite image LongestNitePoster.jpg image size caption Film Poster director Patrick Yau producer Johnnie To br Wai Ka Fai writer Szeto Kam Yuen br Yau Nai Hoi narrator starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai br Lau Ching Wan music Raymond Wong Ying Wah Raymond Wong cinematography Ko Chiu Lam editing Chan Chi Wai distributor Film City Co. Ltd. Hong Kong released January 1, Hong Kong films of 1998 1998 Hong Kong runtime country Cinema of Hong Kong Hong Kong language Yue Chinese Cantonese budget gross Hong Kong dollar HK 9,562,090.00 preceded by followed by The Longest Nite zh t , Literal Title Dark Flowers , a slang for an underworld contracted assassin is a Cinema of Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong films of 1998 1998 neo film noir noir Hong Kong action cinema action film directed by Patrick Yau Expect the Unexpected film Expect the Unexpected . The film was produced by Johnnie To and Wai Ka Fai along with their production company , Milkyway Image . Synopsis While a gang war is developing in Macau between two heads of Triad society Triads , corrupt cop Sam Tony Leung Chiu Wai takes on a gunman in a restaurant where bald Tony Lau Ching Wan is eating. After Sam goes to another mobster s restaurant where an informant is tortured, he finds a headless corpse in his apartment. Then a nightclub owner is murdered, and Sam moves fast to find the killer in an effort to prevent the gang war from escalating. However, he gets a full dose of action after he pins the crime on Tony. Cast Tony Leung Chiu Wai Lau Ching Wan Maggie Shiu Mark Cheng Lam Suet Trivia Lau Ching Wan shaved his head bald for the film at a press conference announcement for the film. Soundtrack The Chase ... External links imdb title 0168043 The Longest Nite MilkywayImage CinemaofHongKong DEFAULTSORT Longest Nite, The Category Hong Kong films Longest Nite Category 1997 films Longest Nite Category Cantonese ... stub fr The Longest Nite th 1 1 zh ... more details
Infobox film name image The Longest Hunt.jpg image size caption director Bruno Corbucci writer starring music Vasili Kojucharov cinematography editing producer distributor released runtime awards country language budget Spara, Gringo, spara internationally released as The Longest Hunt and Shoot, Gringo... Shoot is a List of Italian films of 1968 1968 Cinema of Italy Italian spaghetti western directed by Bruno Corbucci . It is the first and only western by Bruno Corbucci. ref name sed The title song Rainbow... vorrei... vorrei is performed by Little Tony singer Little Tony . ref name sed cite book last Marco Giusti title Dizionario del western all italiana publisher Mondadori, 2007 isbn 88 04 57277 9 ref Cast Brian Kelly actor Brian Kelly Stark Keenan Wynn Major Charlie Doneghan Erika Blanc Jocelyn Folco Lulli Don Hernando Gutierrez Fabrizio Moroni Fidel Linda Sini Dona Sol Gutierrez Ignazio Leone Doctor Krista Nell Sheila Luca Sportelli References Reflist External links IMDb title 0066396 DEFAULTSORT Longest Hunt Category 1968 films Category Italian films Category Spaghetti Westerns 1960s Italy film stub de Im Staub der Sonne it Spara, Gringo, spara ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules ... of being ranked among the world s longest words technical scientific terms can run to hundreds of thousands of characters in length. Place names may not be accepted on lists of longest words despite their length. Longest word candidates may be judged by their acceptance in major dictionaries ... Records , and by the frequency of their use in ordinary language. Bulgarian The longest word in Bulgarian ... in English. Czech Traditionally, the word nejneobhospoda ov vateln j mu is considered as the longest ... letters, is the longest Danish word that has been used in an official context. It means Period ... of Constantinople, is often mentioned as the longest non compound word. Citation needed date April ... Records as the longest Dutch language Dutch word. ref cite web url http www.francesfarmersrevenge.com ... accessdate 7 March 2009 ref The longest word in the authoritative Van Dale Dutch ... longest words that are 40 letters long vervoerdersaansprakelijkheidsverzekering , carriers ... , conformity assessment procedures English Main Longest word in English The longest technical word in English is the scientific name for the protein titin , at 189,819 ... words, for its sheer length it is often included in longest word lists. The 45 letter word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest English word that appears in a major dictionary ... accessdate 7 March 2009 ref Originally coined to become a candidate for the longest word in English ... http www.bbc.co.uk dna h2g2 A24833397 title BBC h2g2 Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis The Longest ... 1964 film. wiktionary antidisestablishmentarianism Antidisestablishmentarianism , at 28 letters, is the longest ... valueless, or the habit of doing so , is the longest non technical, coined word in the English language. Citation needed date April 2011 Esperanto The longest official Esperanto roots ... more details
refimprove date January 2009 Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name The Longest Time Cover TheLongestTime.jpg Artist Billy Joel Album An Innocent Man B side Christie Lee Released April 1984 Format 12 , Compact disc CD Recorded 1983 Genre Doo wop , a Capella Length 3 40 Label Columbia Records Columbia Writer Billy Joel Producer Phil Ramone Certification Last single An Innocent Man song An Innocent Man br 1983 This single The Longest Time br 1984 Next single Leave a Tender Moment Alone br 1984 Misc The Longest Time is a doo wop single music single by Billy Joel . The song was released as a single in 1984 as the fourth single from the album An Innocent Man . It reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Billboard magazine Billboard s Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Adult Contemporary chart. ref cite book title Top Adult Contemporary 1961 2001 last Whitburn first Joel authorlink Joel Whitburn year 2002 publisher Record Research page 127 ref Overseas, the song went to number twenty five on the UK Singles Chart . In the summer of 1983, when the album was released, oldies station WCBS FM opted to play The Longest Time in regular rotation along with the first single Tell Her About It . At that time WCBS FM mixed in some new songs with the oldies. The song got very favorable reviews and the public wanted The Longest Time to be the follow up single. Citation needed date October 2009 But instead, that fall Uptown Girl was released as the second single. Late in November, The Longest Time was again passed over for the title song from the album, An Innocent Man song An Innocent Man . The Longest Time was finally released in early 1984. The song features Joel on lead vocals and all backing vocals. Joel recorded 14 different background ... References Reflist External links YouTube id a XgQhMPeEQ title The Longest Time Music Video 1984 VEVO channel Billy Joel The Overtones DEFAULTSORT Longest Time Category 1984 singles Category Billy Joel ... more details
Other uses Longest night disambiguation Infobox Only Fools and Horses Title The Longest Night image Image Only Fools The Longest Night.jpg 250 px Series 5 writer John Sullivan writer John Sullivan director Mandie Fletcher producer Ray Butt length 28 08 DVD Airdate 14 September, 1986 Audience 16.7 million Cast The Longest Night is an episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses . It was the third episode of series 5, and was first screened on 14 September, 1986. In the episode the Trotters are accused of shoplifting at a local supermarket and taken up to the manager s office. Whilst there they are held hostage by an armed robber. Synopsis During their weekly shopping trip at their local supermarket, Del Boy , Rodney Trotter Rodney , and Uncle Albert Albert are called up to the manager Mr. Peterson s office after being wrongly accused of shoplifting. But then, a young 20 year old man enters the supermarket and tries to steal some food, but Tom Clark, the head security officer, catches him in the act and takes him up to the manager s office. But the young man turns the tables by pointing a handgun at everyone in the room, including the Trotters. It seems that the young man s goal is to steal a vast sum of money from the supermarket s safe, but unfortunately, he comes up short when the safe has a time lock that won t open again until tomorrow morning, and that he has a faulty watch earlier sold to him by Del . Throughout the night, the Trotters try to keep themselves from boredom, such as Albert doing exercise. The thief brags to the Trotters that the police have nicknamed him The Shadow because he is as fast and quiet in a manner very similar to that of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The next morning, with only half an hour to go until the safe s time lock reopens, Del and Albert ... comedy onlyfools series5 longest.shtml The Longest Night Navbox Only Fools and Horses episodes Category 1986 television episodes DEFAULTSORT Longest Night, The Category Only Fools and Horses episodes ... more details
about the computer game the book by E. M. Forster The Longest Journey novel Cleanup date November 2007 plot date July 2011 Infobox VG title The Longest Journey image Image longest.jpg 256px North American ... The Longest Journey Den lengste reisen is a Point and click game point and click adventure ... 2006 12 14 author Greg Kasavin date 2006 04 18 publisher GameSpot quote The Longest Journey introduced ... The Longest Journey review accessdate 2006 12 14 author Sean Molloy date 2004 02 23 publisher GamePro .... A sequel , Dreamfall The Longest Journey , was released on April 20, 2006. In October 2011, it was announced that The Longest Journey was being ported to iOS , with the article mainly focusing on the iPhone . ref http www.videogamer.com pc dreamfall news the longest journey coming to iphone.html ... as well. Story Background Main Universe of The Longest Journey The game takes place in the parallel universes of Universe of The Longest Journey Arcadia Arcadia a world of magic gaming magic , and Universe of The Longest Journey Stark Stark a world of science and technology. The protagonist, April Ryan ... is growing thin, causing chaos on both sides. April also learns that she is a Universe of The Longest ... List of characters in The Longest Journey series The story begins in Stark, where April is sleeping .... It is possible this is a reference to the sequel, Dreamfall . Soundtrack Infobox Album Name The Longest ... Length 77 10 CD version Label Funcom The Longest Journey is a soundtrack album to the video ... Credits length25 3 26 title26 The Longest Journey Suite length26 12 05 title27 Dragon length27 5 ... 7 34 note36 Same track as the one named Unicorn on the CD. Reception VG Reviews title The Longest Journey AdvGamers 4.5 5 ref name advgamers review cite web last Bronstring first Marek title The Longest ... title The Longest Journey for PC Review publisher GameSpot url http www.gamespot.com pc adventure ... name gamespy review cite web last Schembri first Tamara title The Longest Journey publisher GameSpy ... more details
dablink For the song The Longest Winter by Pedro the Lion, see It s Hard to Find a Friend Image Longestwinter.jpg thumb right Book Cover The Longest Winter The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II s Most Decorated Platoon is a non fiction book written by Alex Kershaw and published in 2004 by Da Capo Press . It became a New York Times bestseller. It tells the story of the eighteen men of an intelligence platoon under the command by Lieutenant Lyle Bouck . Placed in a front line position, the soldiers fought fiercely outside the village of Battle of Lanzerath Ridge Lansareth to prevent the German advance on the morning of the Battle of the Bulge . Platoon s actions main Battle of Lanzerath ridge Lyle Bouck The ISTAR Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon from the 394th Infantry Regiment United States 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Division was the most decorated platoon of World War II for action on the first morning of the Battle of the Bulge defending a key road in the vicinity of the Losheim Gap . Led by 20 year old Lieutenant Lyle Bouck Lyle Bouck Jr. , the unit of 18 men held off an entire German battalion of over 600 men during a 20 hour long fight, inflicting between 400 and 500 casualties on the Germans. The platoon seriously disrupted the entire German Sixth Panzer Army s schedule of attack along the northern edge of the offensive. At 1630 on 16 December, about 50 German paratroopers finally flanked the platoon and captured the remaining 15 soldiers. Two who had been sent on foot to regimental headquarters to seek reinforcements were captured, and a third was killed. ref name della cite web url http www.fas.org irp agency army mipb 1996 1 delagius.htm title The Heroic Stand of an Intelligence Platoon last Della Giustina first Captain ... s most decorated of World War II . References reflist Bibliography cite book title The Longest ... Interview with Alex Kershaw at the Pritzker Military Library DEFAULTSORT Longest Winter, The Category ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Longest Memory author Fred D Aguiar cover artist Harriet V.S Thorne country Great Britain language English language English genre Novel publisher Vintage Books pub date 1994 media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages isbn The Longest Memory is a short fiction novel only 137 pages long by British writer Fred D Aguiar . The story takes place on a Virginian plantation, in the period before the American Civil War Between 1790 and 1810 . The book is told through many different people and in different forms. It begins in first person, with Whitechapel, the oldest and most respected slave on the plantation, recounting the sorrows of his life. From there on in each chapter is narrated by a different character, sometimes speaking through verse, via diary entry or in second person . Most of the chapters are narrated by characters central to the story, however chapter 11 is purely made up of fictitious editorials from the local newspaper known as the Virginian. Plot A young slave, Chapel, falls in love with the daughter of the plantation owner. He attempts to run away and join his lover in the north. However his father, Whitechapel, betrays his whereabouts, fearing that his son will die if he is not captured and returned home to the plantation. Chapel is captured and brought back to the plantation where he is whipped by Sanders Junior, the overseer. Chapel catches a fever after the whipping and dies, due to his weak state. Everybody blames Whitechapel for Chapel s death. Mr. Whitechapel, the owner of the plantation was away from the plantation that day, and was unaware of the occurrences taking place. He had given specific instructions to hold the slave until he returned, which were not carried out ... direct connections with the events of the story. Awards The Longest Memory was the winner of the 1994 ... 9780099462217 DEFAULTSORT Longest Memory, The Category 1994 novels Category British novels Category ... more details
The Longest Summer Simplified Chinese , Traditional Chinese lit The Flurry of Fireworks last year is Hong Kong independent director Fruit Chan s second feature in the 1997 trilogy , first released in 1998. The first film in the trilogy is Made in Hong Kong . The movie details the problem faced by a group of disaffected Hong Kong ex soldiers of the British Army, just before and after the Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong 1997 handover by the People s Republic of China . Story Ga Yin Tony Ho Wah Chiu , a former sergeant in the British Army, is discharged from his post following the imminent handover of Hong Kong to the People s Republic of China in July 1997. He joins his younger brother Ga Suen Sam Lee actor Sam Lee to work for the underworld , as a chauffeur to a Triad underground society Triad leader. Owing to the financial difficulties faced by his former army mates, he decides to mastermind a bank robbery with his brother and his four army pals. But on the day they are robbing the bank, they realize another gang is working on the same plans too. Awards The film received eight nominations at the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards 18th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards , but won none. These are Nomination Best Picture Nomination Best Director Fruit Chan Gor Nomination Best Supporting Actor Sam Lee Chan Sam Nomination Best Screenplay Fruit Chan Gor Nomination Best New Artist Tony Ho Wah Chiu Nomination Best New Artist Jo Koo Nomination Best Original Score Lam Wah Cheun, Bat Kwok Chi Nomination Best Original Song Hui Nin Yin Fa Dut Bit Dor , performed by Andy Lau Tak Wah The film is also one of the ten recommended films of the 5th Annual Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards . External links imdb title id 0189660 name Hui nin yin fa dak bit doh http www.lovehkfilm.com reviews longest summer.htm Review of The Longest Summer at lovehkfilm.com http www.hkcinemagic.com ... DEFAULTSORT Longest Summer Category 1998 films Category Hong Kong films HK film stub ... more details
including the longest passenger train the 31 coacher Gomti express is sent to loop line. Indian ... is to get the whole train in one frame. Soviet Union The longest and heaviest freight train ran on February ... ref http www.recordholders.org en news news024.html Re Longest freight train in the U.S. ref General ... Kijfhoek Breda Run on 19 February 1989, as a test and publicity stunt what would become the longest ... Channel 2009 List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways Longest train journeys passenger ... Longest Trains Category Trains ... more details
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The longest word in the Spanish language has been debated over for a long time, as is the case with the longest word in English . The adverb superextraordinar simamente extremely superextraordinarily IPA es supe ekst aor ina isima mente at 27 letters, is often considered to be the longest in the Spanish language. ref name about http spanish.about.com od writtenspanish a longest word.htm What Is The Longest Word in Spanish? ref ref cite book last Blitzer first Robert title Introductory Algebra for College Students publisher Prentice Hall date 1997 location Upper Saddle River, N.J. pages 220 url http books.google.com books?id qD8DhNRsXRQC&q 22Longest Word in Spanish 22&dq 22Longest Word in Spanish 22&client firefox a&pgis 1 isbn 9780132757454 ref However, the status of this word has been challenged for lack of popular use. The 24 letter word electroencefalografistas electroencephalographists has been cited as the longest Spanish word in actual use. ref name about The 23 letter words esternocleidomastoideo sternocleidomastoid and anticonstitucionalmente are two of the longest words in the Spanish language, though the latter was removed from the Real Academia Espa ola s dictionary in 2005. See also Longest word in English Longest word in Turkish Longest words References reflist Category Spanish words and phrases Category Superlatives Language stub ... more details
The longest fence in the world can refer to The Dingo Fence of south east Australia, convert 5614 km mi 0 abbr on finished in 1885 The Rabbit proof fence of Western Australia , convert 3253 km mi 0 abbr on , completed in 1907 described in The longest fence in the world a book by F.H. Broomhall Category Disambiguation pages ... more details
Infobox film name The Captive The Longest Drive 2 image image size caption director Lee H. Katzin writer narrator starring Joaquin Garay III music cinematography editing studio distributor released 1976 runtime 80 minutes country Film US language English budget gross preceded by followed by The Captive The Longest Drive 2 is a 1976 film directed by Lee H. Katzin . It stars Joaquin Garay III and Tim Matheson . ref http allmovie.com work the captive the longest drive ii 124309 ref Cast Joaquin Garay III as Son Tim Matheson as Quinton Bodeen Kurt Russell as Morgan Two Persons Bodeen References reflist External links imdb title id 0299641 title The Captive The Longest Drive 2 Lee H. Katzin DEFAULTSORT Captive The Longest Drive 2 Category 1976 films Category Films directed by Lee H. Katzin ... more details
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