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    Allan Harry Beckett MBE (b. 4 March 1914, East Ham, London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom, d. 19 June 2005, Farnborough, London) was an English civil...
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  • Sir Bruce's retirement Allan Beckett became senior partner. The family firm continues today as marine consulting engineers Beckett Rankine where Sir Bruce's...
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  • worked on Star Wars Alex Beckett (born 1954), Scottish footballer Allan Beckett (1914–2005), British civil engineer Andy Beckett (born 1969), British journalist...
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    by Allan Beckett. These anchors had such high holding power that few could be recovered at the end of the war. The Navy was dismissive of Beckett's claims...
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    Ross Gardiner Union Square Theater (with Eli Wallach) WASPs In Bed Allan Beckett Theatre Don't Let Destiny Push You Around Jack John Montgomery Theater...
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    Samuel Barclay Beckett (/ˈbɛkɪt/ ; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish-born Nobel Prize winning, existentialist novelist, dramatist, short...
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    would be starring in a short film based on Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Beckett wrote the theme song for John Scalzi's novel, Lock...
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    using wires attached to "Kite" anchors which were also designed by Allan Beckett. These anchors had a high holding power as was demonstrated in D+13...
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  • on 6 October 1997. They were abducted by Leslie Camilleri and Lindsay Beckett, both from the New South Wales town of Yass. The men subjected the girls...
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    Waiting for Godot (category Plays by Samuel Beckett)
    (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ GOD-oh or /ɡəˈdoʊ/ gə-DOH) is a play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in...
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  • Whyte, Church of Scotland minister and theologian (born 1920) 18 June – Allan Beckett, civil engineer (born 1914) 21 June – Geoffrey Jones, documentary maker...
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  • made of canvas and steel cables, while the "Whale" roadway designed by Allan Beckett consisted of flexible bridge spans mounted on pontoons. During the testing...
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    March 2024. Oral history interview with Major Allan Beckett An oral history interview with Allan Beckett from 1997, conducted by the Imperial War Museum...
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  • mathematician and Secretary of State of Science and Technology (1983–1989). Allan Beckett, 91, British engineer. Robert Ellis Cahill, 70, American folklorist...
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    Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (/ˈspiːlbɜːrɡ/; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the...
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    David Lloyd George as being the driving force behind their production. Allan Beckett designed the 'Whale' floating roadway, crucial to the success of the...
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    American poet and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe has had significant influence in television and film. Many are adaptations of Poe's work, others...
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  • children's literature, Anne of Green Gables. It was created by Moira Walley-Beckett for the CBC and Netflix, and stars Amybeth McNulty as orphan Anne Shirley...
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    Allan. Ionesco. New York: Twayne, 1972. McMahon, Joseph H. The Imagination of Jean Genet. New Haven: Yale UP, 1963. Mercier, Vivian. Beckett/Beckett....
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  • one that presents a "storytelling point of view" as a counterpoint to Beckett's evidence-based police work. On casting Fillion to fill the role, Marlowe...
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    classic silent comedies and eventually married him. The daughter of Howard Beckett Davis, she was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and educated at the...
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  • The Allnighter (album) (category Albums produced by Barry Beckett)
    4, 7-10) Producers – Allan Blazek and Glenn Frey (Tracks 1-10); Barry Beckett (Tracks 2, 3 & 8). Recorded and Mixed by Allan Blazek Second Engineers...
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  • 3:00 Glenn Frey – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, bass Barry Beckett – synthesizers, acoustic piano Duncan Cameron – harmony vocals, lead guitar...
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  • Samuel Beckett was also an early absurdist; an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. Beckett's well-known...
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    championship, the Victorias continued in senior-level amateur play, winning the Allan Cup in 1911 and 1912. The Victoria Hockey Club, and the first rink they...
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  • 89–90. Karine Germoni, "From Joyce to Beckett: The Beckettian Dramatic Interior Monologue". Journal of Beckett Studies, Spring 2004, Vol. 13, issue 2...
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    Jeff Larson (2012 co-winner) Lois Beckett (2012 co-winner) Rachel Manteuffel (2013) Ellen Gabler (2014 co-winner) Allan James Vestal (2014 co-winner) Ryan...
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  • Allan Frederick Lawrence, PC QC (November 8, 1925 – September 6, 2008) was a Canadian politician and served as both a provincial and federal cabinet minister...
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  • Allan Grossman (December 25, 1910 – September 1, 1991) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, for 20 years, a provincial cabinet...
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    Beckett (2006), p. 25. Blundell (2008), p. 35. Ogden (1990), p. 70; Beckett (2006), p. 26; Aitken (2013), p. 74. Campbell (2000), p. 100. Beckett (2006)...
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