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    Napier Operatic Society (often abbreviated as NOS) is an amateur theatre society based in Napier, New Zealand. Established in 1887, Napier Operatic Society...
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    Napier's theatre scene includes productions put on by the Napier Operatic Society, based at the Tabard Theatre and putting on musicals at the Napier Municipal...
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    The Napier Deltic engine is a British opposed-piston valveless, supercharged uniflow scavenged, two-stroke diesel engine used in marine and locomotive...
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    Mahana, 1970s touring production of musicals Napier Operatic Society, amateur theatre society based in Napier, established in 1887 Canterbury Opera, based...
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  • Edinburgh Napier University (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Napier Dhùn Èideann) is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier Technical College, the...
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    she was ordered and owned by the British government. During 1941, Napier operated in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the British Eastern...
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    Admiral Sir Charles John Napier KCB GOTE (6 March 1786 – 6 November 1860) was a British naval officer whose sixty years in the Royal Navy included service...
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    Macvey Napier (born Napier Macvey) FRSE FRS WS (11 April 1776 – 11 February 1847) was a Scottish solicitor, legal scholar, and an editor of the Encyclopædia...
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  • Napier (/ˈneɪpiər/ NAY-pee-ər) is a surname with an English, Scottish, French or Polish origin. The British surname Napier is derived from an occupational...
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    The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent...
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  • referred to as Napier Downs, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Napier Downs is situated...
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    2002–03 Carolyn Kirby 2001–02 David Angus McIntosh 2000–01 Thomas Michael Napier 1999–2000 Robert Sayer 1998–99 Michael Robert Mathews 1997–98 Phillip Sycamore...
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  • Philip Napier Miles JP (21 January 1865 – 19 July 1935) was a philanthropist and musician in Bristol, and a descendent of the Napier family. He was High...
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    previously consisted of Ross Barracks, Burgoyne Barracks, Somerset Barracks, Napier Barracks, Risborough Barracks and Sir John Moore Barracks, however, due...
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  • to Oscar, who offers to get her a job in Los Angeles. In LA, Mr. Hodges (Napier) puts Oscar up for promotion from bank teller, and it is revealed that Oscar...
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    out on September 11, when Napier bombarded Beirut and effected a landing at Jounieh with 1,500 Turks and Marines to operate against Ibrahim, who was prevented...
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    Power and Society in New Zealand: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. "ASSH Studies in Sports History" series. Australian Society for Sports History...
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    Retrieved May 20, 2015. Krantz, 301–04 Napier, 205 – 2nd printing Napier, 95 Napier, 90–94 Napier, 94 Napier, 126 Wasson, 72–76, 78–79 Wylie, Bigfoot:...
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    local settler Thomas Napier, who was originally from Scotland. Glenbervie, in Aberdeenshire, was the ancestral birthplace of Napier's father, grandfather...
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    British Rail Class 55 (category Napier Deltic)
    running number DP1 was never carried), which in turn was named after its Napier Deltic power units. At the time of their introduction into service in 1961...
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    singing. Bellingham once held the world record for the longest improvised operatic cadenza. Bellingham was born in England and emigrated to New Zealand with...
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    Centaurus radial engines, the Ambassador was designed to accommodate four Napier Nomad turbo-compound engines, a then-recent innovation. Its fuselage was...
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    settler Thomas Napier, who had a property named Rosebank in the area. The Strathmore name comes from a valley in Scotland, near where Napier was born. Located...
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    from the Wairoa District Council. It has a capacity of 250 patrons. In Napier is the Hawke's Bay Municipal Theatre. The Royal Whanganui Opera House is...
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  • origin story for the Joker, having Batman inadvertently cause gangster Jack Napier to fall into Axis Chemical acid, triggering his transformation into the...
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    for research impact. Edinburgh Napier University was originally founded as the Napier College, which was renamed Napier Polytechnic in 1986 and gained...
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  • UAE. Divisions of the Society have been formed in countries and regions that can sustain a number of Branches. Divisions operate with a large degree of...
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    (1913–1929). The only system to be closed during this period was Napier, in 1931 after the Napier earthquake. Several long suburban lines were replaced by buses...
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    Hedges  2 : Maryborough (Napier Street) – Princes Park/Whirrakee  3 : Maryborough (Napier Street) – Pascoe V/Line operates road coaches via Maryborough...
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  • American actress Elisabeth Carron Elisabetta Caradonna 1922–2016 American operatic soprano Jasper Carrott Robert Davis 1945– English entertainer and television...
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