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The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...
The name Vietnam (Vietnamese pronunciation: [viə̀t naːm], chữ Hán: 越南), fully Việt Nam Quốc (越南國) under the Nguyễn dynasty, is a variation of Nam Việt (南越; literally "Southern Việt"), a name that can be traced back to the Triệu dynasty of the second century BC. [8]
Hook-handed Vietnam veteran Staff Sergeant John "Four Leaf" Tayback's memoir Tropic Thunder is being made into a film. Except for newcomer supporting actor Kevin Sandusky, the cast—faded action hero Tugg Speedman, overbearing five-time Academy Award-winning Australian method actor Kirk Lazarus, closeted homosexual rapper Alpa Chino, and drug-addicted comedian Jeff Portnoy—all cause ...
Unofficial: The Land of Fire (Azerbaijani: Odlar Yurdu) The national motto of Bolivia, La Unión es la Fuerza (Unity is Strength), is inscribed on boliviano coins. The national motto of Brazil, Ordem e progresso (Order and progress), is inscribed on the Brazilian flag. Bahamas: Forward, Upward, Onward Together [8] Bahrain: No official motto.
Airport shuttle buses transport passengers between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Buses are free, arrive every 5 to 8 minutes, take approximately 20 minutes of travel time, and stop at the Hyatt Hotel or airport fire station en route, depending on direction. Airport buses are called limousine buses.
In south India, 9th century Vedic schools attached to Hindu temples were called Calai or Salai, and these provided free boarding and lodging to students and scholars. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] The temples linked to Bhakti movement in the early 2nd millennium, were dominated by non-Brahmins. [ 94 ]
Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American epic sword-and-sorcery film directed by John Milius and written by Milius and Oliver Stone.Based on Robert E. Howard's Conan, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones, and tells the story of a barbarian warrior named Conan (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of ...