• The Bay of Noon is a 1970 novel by the Australian author Shirley Hazzard. It was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. A young Englishwoman...
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    Shirley Hazzard (category Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities)
    Hazzard's 1970 novel The Bay of Noon was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010; her 2003 novel The Great Fire won the U.S. National Book Award...
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    The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (colloquially known as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in...
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  • The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best...
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    The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, sometimes called Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Playa Girón after the Playa Girón)...
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  • Bay. Radio Noon, had consisted of an hour from noon to one that was locally produced while the second hour was a province-wide phone-in. Radio Noon continues...
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  • National Book Award for Fiction (category 1950 establishments in the United States)
    The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since...
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    Noonday Gun (redirect from Noon Day Gun)
    Jardine Matheson, the gun is fired every day at noon and has become a tourist attraction. The Noonday Gun is located on the waterfront of the area formerly...
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    also called "The Day of Two Noons", when each railroad station clock was reset as standard-time noon was reached within each time zone. The North American...
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  • Viqar un Nisa Noon, wife of the then-governor of East Pakistan, Firoz Khan Noon, was impressed when she visited in 1950. With her support the school moved...
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    forces at bay. By noon it looked as though Bhau would clinch victory for the Marathas once again. The Afghan left flank still held its own, but the centre...
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  • "The Ballad of High Noon" (also known simply as "High Noon", or by its opening lyric and better known title, "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'") is a...
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  • Jobbie Nooner is a large boat party that takes place around Gull Island in Lake Saint Clair, Michigan. According to co-creator Jack Campbell, "The very...
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    sighting of Hervey Bay was made by James Cook while carrying out his running survey of the east coast of Australia, on 22 May 1770. By noon Cook's ship...
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    The Noon Gun has been a historic time signal in Cape Town, South Africa since 1806. It consists of a pair of black powder Dutch naval guns, fired alternatingly...
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  • the Trees (Virago) J. G. Farrell—Troubles (Phoenix) Shirley Hazzard—The Bay of Noon (Virago) Mary Renault—Fire from Heaven (Arrow) Muriel Spark—The Driver's...
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  • Tom Ripley (redirect from The Ripliad)
    "agreeable and urbane psychopath." In his review of Purple Noon, René Clément's 1960 adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley, film critic Roger Ebert described...
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  • Shirley Hazzard – The Bay of Noon Barry Oakley – A Salute to the Great Macarthy Dal Stivens – A Horse of Air Colin Thiele – Labourers in the Vineyard Patrick...
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  • 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain is a 1998 American martial arts film. It is the fourth and final installment in the 3 Ninjas franchise. Directed...
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    Within the Noon Hill reservation, the Bay Circuit Trail passes over the summit of Noon Hill, where open ledges offer views of the landscape of neighboring...
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  • Deaths in December 2016 (category Lists of deaths in 2016)
    Parkinson's disease. Shirley Hazzard, 85, Australian-born American writer (The Bay of Noon, The Great Fire). Gustav Jahoda, 96, Austrian-born British psychologist...
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    Causeway Bay is an area and a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern and the Wan Chai districts. It is a major shopping...
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    the other villages of Sifnos. Bay of Kamares View from Agia Marina Church Beach at Noon Portside Noon Street Kamares Bay, Sunset Beach After Sunset "Αποτελέσματα...
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  • Susannah Noon (aka Susan Noon) (born between 1797 and 1800 in England) was the first known female convict emancipist from New South Wales to settle in the South...
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    Benny Safdie (category American people of Russian-Jewish descent)
    Denis' romantic thriller Stars at Noon, and as Nari in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi. In 2023, he starred in the film adaptation Are You There God...
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    The Battle of Milne Bay (25 August – 7 September 1942), also known as Operation RE or the Battle of Rabi (ラビの戦い) by the Japanese, was a battle of the...
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    Saigon Execution (redirect from Bay Lop)
    Lớn to cover the conflict. The NBC and AP crews arrived at the Ấn Quang Pagoda the same morning, and having seen nothing of interest by noon, were preparing...
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    of either pole, the sun cannot rise or set on the same date on any day of the year, since the sun's angular elevation between solar noon and midnight is...
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    Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in...
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  • and then evades the RCN and RCAF by sailing into Hudson Bay. While a raiding party of six is ashore in search of food and fuel, the U-boat is sunk by...
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