USS Conway (DD/DDE-507), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for William Conway, who distinguished himself during the Civil War.. Conway was laid down 5 November 1941, launched 16 August 1942 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by the wife of Captain Frank E. Beatty, U.S.N., Naval aide to the Secretary of Navy in …

The RAIB report cited incompatibility between Class 508 (and 507) EMUs and the Liverpool Loop track as a causal factor, along with maintenance and other track design concerns. On 6 March 2007 a 508/3, forming the 0500 Tonbridge to Gatwick Airport , derailed near Crowhurst, Surrey , after hitting a fallen tree on the line.

A Bank State Branch (often referred to as "BSB") is the name used in Australia for a bank code, which is a branch identifier.The BSB is normally used in association with the account number system used by each financial institution. The structure of the BSB + account number does not permit for account numbers to be transferable between financial institutions.

In radiometry, irradiance is the radiant flux received by a surface per unit area. The SI unit of irradiance is the watt per square metre (W⋅m −2).The CGS unit erg per square centimetre per second (erg⋅cm −2 ⋅s −1) is often used in astronomy.Irradiance is often called intensity, but this term is avoided in radiometry where such usage leads to confusion with radiant intensity.

Anti-Zionism is the opposition to Zionism, the movement that sought, and ultimately succeeded in establishing a Jewish state in the region of Palestine.Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, anti-Zionism evolved into opposition to the state and its policies.. Anti-Zionism spans a range of political, social, and religious views. Prior to World War II, anti-Zionism was ...

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An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local …

La genesi della BMW 507 si snodò nel biennio 1954-56, in quel periodo, la casa dell'Elica era in difficoltà finanziarie, a causa delle scarse vendite che le berline 501 e 502 stavano ottenendo nel mercato tedesco. Il mercato delle sportive di lusso pareva offrire molti sbocchi, ma le risorse finanziarie alla BMW non erano molte e neppure le idee, basti pensare che nei primi anni di quel ...

Der BMW 507 ist ein zweisitziger Roadster von BMW.Das wie der BMW 503 von Albrecht Graf von Goertz entworfene Modell gilt als Ikone des Automobildesigns.. Das Fahrzeug lag preislich im Bereich des Mitbewerbers Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, der ab Frühjahr 1957 nicht mehr als Coupé mit Flügeltüren, sondern ausschließlich als Roadster angeboten wurde. Vom BMW 507 wurden nur …

The Z8 was produced from 2000 to 2003 and was the production variant of the 1997 Z07 concept car, which was designed by Danish Henrik Fisker at BMW's DesignworksUSA. The Z07 originally was designed as a styling exercise to celebrate the 507 roadster of the 1950s, but the overwhelming popularity of the concept spurred BMW's decision to produce a limited …