The Joan-Eleanor system (or J-E for short) was a clandestine very high frequency (VHF) radio system developed by the United States OSS during World War...
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Alfred J. Gross, a radio engineer and one of the developers of the Joan-Eleanor system, also worked on the early technology behind the walkie-talkie between...
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air-to-ground communications system for the U.S. OSS (a forerunner to the CIA) for use in military operations, known as the Joan-Eleanor system. It comprised a hand-held...
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Eleanor was born in Burgos to Ferdinand III of Castile and Joan, Countess of Ponthieu. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother Eleanor of...
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force. They also undertook "[Joan-Eleanor Project]" OSS missions using an air-to-ground radio system known as Joan-Eleanor system. This required modifications...
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (/ˈɛlɪnɔːr ˈroʊzəvɛlt/ EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and...
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Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis...
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give new orders, etc. One approach used in World War II was the Joan-Eleanor system, which put the case officer into an aircraft at high altitude. From...
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937) is an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist. Norton serves as a congressional delegate to...
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"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with...
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– 2 April 1272) Joan, Queen of Scotland (22 July 1210 – 4 March 1238) Isabella, Holy Roman Empress (1214 – 1 December 1241) Eleanor, Countess of Pembroke...
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Rosalynn Carter (redirect from Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter)
Eleanor Rosalynn Carter (/ˈroʊzəlɪn/ ROH-zə-lin; née Smith; August 18, 1927 – November 19, 2023) was an American writer, activist, and humanitarian who...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg (redirect from Ginsburg, Ruth (Joan) Bader)
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/ BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who...
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Berengaria of Leon, Urraca of Portugal, Blanche of France and Eleanor of Aragon. Joan, Queen of Sicily (1165–1199) – married firstly King William II...
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had four legitimate younger brothers and sisters – Richard, Joan, Isabella, and Eleanor – and various older illegitimate siblings. In 1212 his education...
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for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (written by his then-wife Eleanor Perry). The couple collaborated on five more films, including The Swimmer...
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Margaret Burbidge (redirect from Eleanor Margaret Burbidge)
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, FRS (née Peachey; 12 August 1919 – 5 April 2020) was a British-American observational astronomer and astrophysicist. In the...
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Eleanor Florence Rathbone (12 May 1872 – 2 January 1946) was an independent British Member of Parliament (MP) and long-term campaigner for family allowance...
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Young Henry, Richard, Geoffrey and John; and three daughters, Matilda, Eleanor and Joan. He had several long-term mistresses, including Annabel de Balliol...
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October; when it fell, Isabella was able to recover her daughters Eleanor and Joan, who had been kept in the Despensers' custody. By now desperate and...
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Edward's children with Eleanor were: Katherine (1261 or 1263–1264) Joan (1265–1265) John (1266–1271) Henry (1268–1274) Eleanor (1269–1298) Unnamed daughter...
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Joan, often called Joan of Constantinople (c. 1199 – 5 December 1244), ruled as Countess of Flanders and Hainaut from 1205 (at the age of six) until her...
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headed by the estranged couple Henry (referring to Henry II) and Nora (Eleanor of Aquitaine) and their sons Richard (Richard II) and Johnny (John) after...
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journalist and long-term friend and possibly romantic partner of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. After an unhappy and unsettled childhood, Hickok found success...
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celebrations, and three more children followed: John in 1316, Eleanor in 1318 and Joan in 1321. Gaveston's return from exile in 1307 was initially accepted...
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Chicago, Illinois. Their daughter Marilyn was born in 1924. His third wife, Joan Kroc, was a philanthropist who significantly increased her charitable contributions...
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Garapedian to System of a Down Denying the 'other' Holocaust Turkey finally hears its past Henry Morgenthau interview, 1994 November Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn...
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Glenn Ford (section World War II and Eleanor Powell)
Fonda, Angie Dickinson, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Charlton Heston and Debbie Reynolds. Ford installed the recording system to eavesdrop on the conversations...
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however, was disturbed by the ambition of William IX and his granddaughter, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who urged her husband Louis VII of France to support her...
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Retrieved 19 January 2008. Elizabeth Wyse; Jo Aitchison; Zöe Gullen; Eleanor Mathieson, eds. (2006). "Forms of Address". Debrett's Correct Form (2006 ed...
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