WebShort Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Shorts was founded in 1908 in London, and was the first company in the world to make production aeroplanes. It was particularly notable for its flying boat designs manufactured into the 1950s.. In 1943, Shorts was nationalised and later …

WebThe Hanson Brothers are fictional characters in the 1977 movie Slap Shot.The characters are based on the Carlson brothers, who were actual hockey players. The movie, which stars Paul Newman, was written by Nancy Dowd.The story was based in part upon the experiences of her brother, Ned Dowd (who appears in the film as notorious hockey …

WebShort Attention Span Theater (often abbreviated to SAST) is an American clip show in which the hosts presented short segments of stand-up comedy acts and scenes from films airing on HBO and Cinemax.It aired from 1989 until 1994. SAST premiered on the Comedy Channel in November 1989; it was one of the channel's initial programs. Because the …

WebIn part due to the actions of the Hunt Brothers (Nelson Bunker Hunt, William Herbert Hunt, and Lamar Hunt), the price for silver Good Delivery Bars jumped from about $6 per troy ounce to a record high of $49.45 per troy ounce on January 18, 1980, representing an increase of 724%.The highest price of physical silver is hard to determine, but based on …

WebPlot. In the Imperial China of the Qing dynasty, there are five brothers who "all looked exactly alike."They each possess a special talent: the first brother can swallow the sea, the second has an unbreakable iron neck, the third can stretch his legs to incredible lengths, the fourth is immune to burning, and the fifth can hold his breath forever.

WebThe Walker Brothers were an American pop group of the 1960s and 1970s which included Noel Scott Engel ... In a short time, Walker and Engel had secured a recording contract with Philips Records, an affiliate of Mercury, and had played several venues around the UK, with Leeds as drummer. Along with the group's relocation came a change in image ...

WebMilitary. Nelson's band of brothers, Lord Nelson's captains at the 1798 Battle of the Nile; Arts and entertainment Literature. Band of Brothers, a 1992 book by Stephen E. Ambrose, later turned into the miniseries mentioned below; Band of Brothers, a 1973 aviation adventure novel by Ernest K. Gann; Band of Brothers, a 2006 nautical war novel in The …

WebSilver Thursday was an event that occurred in the United States silver commodity markets on Thursday, March 27, 1980, following the attempt by brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt, William Herbert Hunt and Lamar Hunt (also known as the Hunt Brothers) to corner the silver market. A subsequent steep fall in silver prices led to panic on commodity and futures …

Web2000: The Sandman is a dance film made by the Brothers Quay and William Tuckett which is loosely based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's story. ... 2013: The episode "Mr. Sandman" from the occult detective TV series Grimm opens with a quote from the short story, and features a fly-like monster who blinds his victims and eats their tears.

WebCheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers is an American film released in 1984, the sixth feature-length film starring the comedy duo Cheech and Chong. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong star as the two twin brothers in a parody of various film adaptations of the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novella, The Corsican Brothers.. To date, it is the last live-action film …