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Eric John Namesnik (August 7, 1970 – January 11, 2006), nicknamed "Snik," was an American competition swimmer and two-time Olympic silver medalist in the men's 400-meter Individual Medley (1992 & 1996).
[3] Then-Nickelodeon president, Geraldine Laybourne , wanted to expose the myth that there is no audience for kids and teen programming on Saturday nights. Laybourne was a purveyor of market niche-talk, which was a strategy of programming highly focused programs targeted to specific groups defined by age, gender, race, education, religion or ...
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed in April 1960 at a conference at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, attended by 126 student delegates from 58 sit-in centers in 12 states, from 19 northern colleges, and from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), the National ...
The "homework machine" is in the style of the large mainframe computers of the 1950s, but uses magnetic tapes, and microphone input instead of paper punched cards.The concept of students using computers for research is common today; however, this computer was not merely a machine to which the drudgery of solving many three or four digit long division problems could be offloaded; it was also ...
101 (slang), a term used to indicate an introduction to a body of knowledge; 101st Airborne Division; Bell 101 modem a late 1950s communications modem; Bill 101 or Law 101, the Charter of the French Language in Québec; Police 101, the single non-emergency number used by all UK territorial police authorities; Romance 101, a South Korean manhwa ...
Wolverine: Snikt! is a five-issue comic book limited series written and drawn by manga artist Tsutomu Nihei, published by Marvel Comics in 2003 as part of their short-lived Tsunami imprint and starring Wolverine.
Astrosniks - El Circo Snik ISBN 84-02-10258-1; Astrosniks - El Tesoro Snik ISBN 84-02-10312-X; Astrosniks in Snikville Coloring Book ISBN 0-394-86247-3; Astrosniks in Space Coloring Book ISBN 0-394-86227-9; Astrosniks Stamp Fun ISBN 0-394-86606-1; Junior's Day in Space: An Astrosnik Adventure by Melinda Luke ISBN 0-394-86393-3
Nonetheless, if there is a common English form of the name, this is preferred over a systematically transliterated name; thus, use Tchaikovsky or Chiang Kai-shek, even though those are unsystematic. For a list of transliteration conventions by language, see Wikipedia:Romanization and Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (regional).