WebThe Tailor of Panama is a 2001 spy thriller film directed by John Boorman from a screenplay he co-wrote with John le Carré and Andrew Davies.Based on le Carré's 1996 novel of the same name, it stars Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush.Rush portrays the title character, a former convict turned tailor who is strong-armed by an amoral MI6 agent …

WebServiceMaster Brands is an American privately held company owned by Roark Capital Group that provides residential and commercial services. Its headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia, after moving there in 2020 from Memphis, Tennessee.. Brands operated by ServiceMaster include ServiceMaster Clean, ServiceMaster Restore, Merry Maids, …

WebThe Progressive Party was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.The new party was known for taking advanced positions on progressive reforms and attracting leading …

WebThe president is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces as well as all federalized United States Militia.In this capacity, the president may exercise supreme operational command and control over all military forces, and has plenary power to launch, direct and supervise military operations, order or authorize the deployment of troops, …

WebThe Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the group of United States Navy battleships which completed a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909 by order of President Theodore Roosevelt.Its mission was to make friendly courtesy visits to numerous countries while displaying new U.S. naval power to …

WebSaddam Hussein, the president-dictator of Iraq from 1979 to 2003, named as "The Leader". Muammar Gaddafi, the Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya from 1979 to 2011. Omar Torrijos, de facto dictator of Panama from 1968 to 1981, assumed the title Líder Máximo de la Revolución Panameña ("Supreme Leader of the Panamanian ...

WebJuan Carlos Varela Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [xwaŋ ˈkaɾloz βaˈɾela roˈðɾiɣes]; born 13 December 1963) is a Panamanian businessman and former politician who served as the President of Panama from 2014 to 2019.Varela was Vice President of Panama from 2009 to 2014, and Minister of Foreign Relations from July 2009 to August 2011. He was …

WebThe Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new lane of traffic allowing for a larger number of ships, and increasing the width and depth of the lanes and locks allowing larger ships to pass. The new ships, called New …

WebWhile long-term conflict between the Northern and Southern States (mainly due to moral questions caused by slavery, as well as socio-economic disparities) was the cause of the American Civil War, the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) served as casus belli for the Union. Historian David Herbert Donald (1996) concluded that …

WebMusic can be used as a tool of psychological warfare.The term "music torture" is sometimes used to describe the practice. [citation needed] While it is acknowledged by United States interrogation experts to cause discomfort, it has also been characterized as having no "long-term effects".Music and sound have been usually used as part of a combination of …

WebThe Act of Incorporation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1863, created the National Academy of Sciences and named 50 charter members. Many of the original NAS members came from the so-called " Scientific Lazzaroni ," an informal network of mostly physical scientists working in the vicinity of Cambridge, Massachusetts (c. 1850).

WebMaría Estela Martínez de Perón (La Rioja, 4 februari 1931) beter bekend als Isabel Martínez de Perón, was de derde echtgenote van de Argentijnse president Juan Perón (1895-1974). Na korte tijd first lady en vicepresident te zijn geweest, werd ze na het overlijden van Perón op 1 juli 1974 een van de eerste vrouwelijke presidenten ter wereld en de eerste van een …

WebFounded in 1925, The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was the first labor organization led by African Americans to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The BSCP gathered a membership of 18,000 passenger railway workers across Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Beginning after the American Civil War, …