• A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is...
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  • SPEAR (originally Stanford Positron Electron Accelerating Ring, now simply a name)[a] was a collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It began...
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    Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival...
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    A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or atlatl (pronounced /ˈætlætəl/ or /ˈɑːtlɑːtəl/; Nahuatl ahtlatl [ˈaʔt͡ɬat͡ɬ]) is a tool that uses leverage to...
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    known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the...
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    qiāng; Jyutping: coeng1) is the Chinese term for spear. Due to its relative ease of manufacture, the spear in many variations was ubiquitous on the pre-modern...
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    Holy Lance (redirect from Spear of Destiny)
    Holy Lance, also known as the Spear of Longinus (named after Saint Longinus), the Spear of Destiny, or the Holy Spear, is alleged to be the lance that...
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    Capability 3, or SPEAR 3 programme, from which the system also derives its name. The SPEAR family currently consists of two variants: SPEAR, a 100kg class...
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  • spear, speared, or spearmen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A spear is a pole weapon used for hunting and combat. Spear may also refer to: Spear (comics)...
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  • The SPEAR System (an acronym for Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response) is a close-quarter protection system that uses a person's reflex...
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  • A boar spear is a spear used for boar hunting. It is relatively short and heavy and has two "lugs" or "wings" on the spearsocket behind the blade, which...
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  • Spear & Jackson are a gardening and hand tool supplier headquartered in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. In 1760, Alexander Spear and John Love formed...
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  • SIG MCX-SPEAR is a multi-caliber rifle developed by the American division of SIG Sauer from the SIG MCX series of carbines. The SIG MCX-SPEAR is primarily...
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    Phishing (redirect from Spear phishing)
    with spear phishing attacks on over 1,800 Google accounts, using the  accounts-google.com  domain to threaten targeted users. A study on spear phishing...
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  • A spear tackle is an illegal tackle in rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football in which a player lifts another player into the air and...
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  • Mónica Spear Mootz (1 October 1984 – 6 January 2014) was a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela 2004. She represented...
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  • Look up spearchucker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spear chucker or Spearchucker can refer to: An ethnic slur for people with African ancestry Spearchucker...
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    Sherman Bonner (December 16, 1921 – September 22, 2006), also known as Harry Spear, was an American child actor and vaudevillian. He was notable for appearing...
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  • Thomas George Percival Spear OBE (1901–1982) was a British historian of modern South Asia, in particular of its colonial period. He taught at both Cambridge...
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    Cape Spear (French: Cap d'Espoir) is a headland located on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland near St. John's in the Canadian province of Newfoundland...
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    The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is...
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  • Gungnir (redirect from Spear Odin)
    In Norse mythology, Gungnir (/ˈɡʌŋ.nɪər/, "the rocking") is the spear of the god Odin. It is known for always hitting the target of the attacker regardless...
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  • Justice Spear may refer to: Albert Spear (1852–1929), chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court Clay V. Spear (c. 1914–1974), associate justice...
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    Javelin throw (redirect from Spear throw)
    The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower...
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  • The hasta (pl.: hastae) was the spear carried by early Roman legionaries, for which the Roman soldiers known as hastati were named. In later republican...
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  • End of the Spear is a 2005 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jim Hanon, written by Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan and Hanon, and stars...
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  • Spearing may refer to: A. C. Spearing (born 1936), Professor of English at the University of Virginia Glenn Spearing (born 1985), Irish darts player James...
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  • Senator Spear may refer to: Albert Spear (1852–1929), Maine State Senate Allan Spear (1937–2008), Minnesota State Senate Jae Spears (1923–2013), West...
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    chief spear of hoplites (heavy infantry) in Ancient Greece. The word doru is first attested in the Homeric epics with the meanings of "wood" and "spear"....
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    Ellis Spear (October 15, 1834 – April 3, 1917) was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil...
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