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  Naval Technology - SSGN Oscar II Class (Project 949.A); (Kursk) - Cruise Missile Submarine
Two Oscar II submarines are active with the Northern Fleet and five with the Pacific Fleet.
On 12 August 2000, the Oscar II nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine, Kursk (K 141), sank in the Barents Sea, with the loss of all 118 crew.
The larger Oscar II submarines were built between 1985 and 1999 at the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk.
www.naval-technology.com /projects/oscar   (937 words)

  
  Oscar II - LoveToKnow 1911
(1829-1907), king of Sweden and Norway, son of Oscar I., was born at Stockholm on the 21st of January 1829.
He won many friends in England by his outspoken and generous support of Great Britain at the time of the Boer War (1899-1902), expressed in a declaration printed in The Times of the 2nd of May 1900, when continental opinion was almost universally hostile.
Himself a distinguished writer and musical amateur, King Oscar proved a generous friend of learning, and did much to encourage the development of education throughout his dominions.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Oscar_II   (609 words)

  
  Oscar II of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) (January 21, 1829 – December 8, 1907) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1872 until his death.
King Oscar II was married to Sophia of Nassau.
Harald V of Norway, the great-grandson of Oscar II (grandson of his third son duke of Västergötland), succeeded in 1991 to the throne of Norway once held by his great-grandfather, Oscar himself.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oscar_II_of_Sweden   (876 words)

  
 Internet Broadway Database: Oscar Hammerstein II Credits on Broadway
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Mar 12, 1998 - Jun 20, 1999
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Mar 29, 1951 - Mar 20, 1954
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Dec 5, 1935 - Jun 6, 1936
www.ibdb.com /person.asp?ID=7965   (1220 words)

  
 In Honor of King Oscar II of Norway by Jørn K. Baltzersen
Moreover, Oscar I — the father of Oscar II — refused a Norwegian coronation when his queen was refused the same unofficially, probably due to her Catholic faith.
Oscar II was the only monarch to comply with the constitutional provision to stay some time in Norway each year.
Oscar II was a part of a regime that was supposed to be limited after monarchical absolutism had been allowed to blossom.
www.lewrockwell.com /baltzersen/baltzersen16.html   (5743 words)

  
 Oscar II of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, Oscar Fredrik (January 21, 1829 - December 8, 1907) was the third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway.
Harald V of Norway, the great-grandson of Oscar II (grandson of his third son duke of Westrogothia), succeeded in 1991 to the throne of Norway once held by his great-grandfather, Oscar himself.
The name and portrait of Oscar II has been used as a trademark for the King Oscar sardines as well as for gingerbread cookies (pepparkakor) and other bakery products made by.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Oscar_II_of_Sweden   (870 words)

  
 Broadway: The American Musical . Stars Over Broadway . Oscar Hammerstein II | PBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II (1895-1960) was perhaps the most influential lyricist and librettist of the American theater.
His grandfather, Oscar I, was an opera impressario and showman.
Oscar, or "Ockie" (his lifelong nickname), dabbled in theatrical activities as a youth, but when it came time for a career choice his father pushed him away from the theater.
www.pbs.org /wnet/broadway/stars/hammerstein_o.html   (995 words)

  
 Oscar II on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Oscar was a man of culture and an able musician and writer.
You can't spell Oscar without DVD: part II: from 1940's "Rebecca" to 1997's "Titanic," these 19 DVDs represent a cavalcade of Academy Award winners.
Oscar McCoy, 71, is the owner of Oscars II restaurant in Seattle, Washington.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/O/Oscar2.asp   (431 words)

  
 Oscar II - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Oscar II (1829-1907), king of Sweden (1872-1907) and of Norway (1872-1905), third son of King Oscar I, and brother of King Charles XV, born in...
Hammerstein, Oscar, II (1895-1960), American librettist, who helped raise American musical comedy to true musical theater.
The reign of Charles XIV John (1818 to 1844) was characterized by a conflict for control between the throne and the Riksdag.
encarta.msn.com /Oscar_II.html   (147 words)

  
 Oscar through the Years
Oscar was redone to stand upright, facing to his right on the squadron stationery sometime after 1950.
No logos are available of Oscar on the B-57s with which the Squadron was eventually equipped in 1957, but Oscar evolved into another variant during Vietnam as though he was gingerly tiptoeing across the scene.
Oscar has returned to flying status and regained his wings when the 13th Bomb Squadron was reborn at Dyess AFB, Texas on June 14, 2000 -- this time flying the supersonic B-1 bomber.
www.13thbombsquadron.org /oscars.html   (370 words)

  
 In Memory of King Oscar II of Norway
Oscar II was born on January 21, 1829 as Prince Oscar Fredrik in the reign of Carl Johan as third son to Crown Prince Oscar and Crown Princess Josephine.
King Oscar sardines is actually a symbol of the end of mercantilism and of the freedom of enterprise, as it is the King’s name and portrait only that requires royal permission.
Oscar II was the first King of Norway to visit Finnmark since Christian IV.
www.royaltymonarchy.com /opinion/articles/baltzersen2.htm   (8806 words)

  
 Oscar Hammerstein II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American born Jewish writer and producer of musical comedies for almost forty years.
His grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein I, was an opera impresario, and his uncle was a successful Broadway producer.
While a college student, the younger Hammerstein wrote and performed in several varsity shows at Columbia University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II   (436 words)

  
 Oscar II 1872-1905   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
scar II was the son of Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg.
Although Oscar II was always willing to consider compromises in his dealings with Norway, he could not avoid frequent and heated confrontations with the Norwegian parliament, culminating in the dissolution of the union in 1905.
At the time of the dissolution of the union in 1905, Oscar II was incensed by what he considered unconstitutional acts on the part of the Norwegian government and the Norwegian parliament.
www.dokpro.uio.no /umk_eng/myntherr/oscii.html   (227 words)

  
 Oscar
OSCAR II was launched piggyback with a United States Air Force satellite.
OSCAR III was the first true amateur satellite relaying voice contacts in the VHF 2 meter band through a 1 W 50 kHz wide linear transponder (146 MHz uplink and 144 MHz downlink).
OSCAR* was never launched as the workers decided to focus their efforts on the first relay satellite -- OSCAR III.
www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/craft/oscar.htm   (1399 words)

  
 Great Performances . Artists . Oscar Hammerstein II | PBS
Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II was perhaps the most influential lyricist and librettist of the American theater.
Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II was born into a great theatrical family on July 12, 1895, in New York City.
It was at Columbia, however, that Oscar's career in theater actually began when, at age 19, he joined the Columbia University Players as a performer in the 1915 Varsity revue "On Your Way." He participated heavily in the Varsity shows for several years, first as a performer and later as a writer.
www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/shows/songbook/multimedia/bio_hammerstein.html   (483 words)

  
 AMSAT - Satellite Detail - OSCAR II
OSCAR II was launched June 2, 1962 by a T launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California.
OSCAR II was launched piggyback with a United States Air Force satellite.
OSCAR II lasted 18 days ceasing operation on June 20, 1962 and re-entered June 21, 1962.
www.amsat.org /amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=25&retURL=satellites/all_oscars.php   (87 words)

  
 Type 949 "OSCAR" CLASS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Oscar II is also characterized by a substantially enlarged fin, which should improve underwater manueverability.
A dozen of the larger Oscar II submarines were built between 1985 and 1999 at the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk.
The fourth Oscar II [K-173 Krasnoyarsk] was reportedly deactivated in 1998.
www.aeronautics.ru /archive/fleet/russian/949.htm   (757 words)

  
 Project 949 / Oscar - Russian / Soviet Nuclear Forces
The Oscar II is also characterized by a substantially enlarged fin, which should improve underwater manueverability, as well as the substitution of the Oscar-I's four-bladed propeller with a [presumably] quiter seven-blade propeller.
The Oscars are rather poorly characterized in the open literature, with substantial discrepancies in reported submerged displacement [the upper estimates are probably closer to the mark] and maximum submerged speed [reportedly classified intelligence estimates have tended upward over time.
Considering the importance of the Oscar II submarines for the Russian Navy, the level of confusion concerning the designations and status of the units of this class verges on the astonishing.
www.fas.org /nuke/guide/russia/theater/949.htm   (6452 words)

  
 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Oscarís, Inc. shall maintain a criminal trespass list of persons who have been trespassed and are not authorized to be inside Oscar's II or in the parking lot.
If Oscar's, Inc. charges a fee to enter Oscar's II during evening added activities, then customers will be restricted in the number of times they are allowed to enter and leave the establishment.
Oscar's, Inc. agrees to install an alarmed emergency exit bar across the back door of the establishment, and to use the back door as an emergency exit after 9:00 p.m.
home.jps.net /~tayles/Madison/oscars/agreement.htm   (1251 words)

  
 Project 949 / Oscar
Project 949A Antey / Oscar II The Oscar-class nuclear-powered cruise missile attack submarine, which displaces more than 18,000 tons when under water, is one of Russia's largest and most capable submarines.
Sources generally agree that at least two and probably three of the initial nine Oscar II units were inactivated in the late 1990s.
As of January 2003 it was reported that there were 6 Six Oscar II SSGNs operational.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/russia/949.htm   (1668 words)

  
 Oscar Hotels - Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Oscar Hotels Athens offers lodging for holidaymakers and business travelers in Athens Greece.
This chain of Greek hotels in Athens includes the Oscar Hotel and the Oscar Inn.
The Oscar Hotels are located right in the heart of Athens, opposite the central rail and metro station, Larissa Station, and only a few minutes walk from Omonia Square and the Archaeological Museum.
www.oscar.gr   (141 words)

  
 Oscar II
Oscar II, king of Sweden and Norway, son of Oscar I, was born at Stockholm on the 21st of January 1829.
His eldest son, Oscar Gustavus Adolphus, duke of Wärmland, succeeded him as Gustav V.
His second son, Oscar, resigned his royal rights on his marriage in 1888 with a lady-in-waiting, Fröken Ebba Munck, when he assumed the title of Prince Bernadotte.
www.nndb.com /people/281/000103969   (648 words)

  
 Powell's Books - Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II by Oscar Hammerstein
This volume, edited by William Hammerstein, encompasses lyrics from Oscar Hammerstein's entire canon; from the early "Indian Love Call" written in 1924 with Otto Harbach and Rudolph Friml, to his final song, "Edelweiss," written with his long-time collaborator Richard Rodgers in 1959.
Oscar Hammerstein's introduction, Notes on Lyrics, has been an acknowledged classic text for musical theatre enthusiasts since 1949 and remains a definitive work today.
To say Oscar Hammerstein II made a significant contribution to the art of lyric-writing is understating the case.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=17-0881883794-1   (174 words)

  
 Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Oscar II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Named for the reigning King of Sweden, Oscar II was one of three sister ships built for Scandinavian-American Line's passenger service between Copenhagen, Christiania (later Oslo), Kristiansand, and New York.
In 1915, the industrialist Henry Ford chartered Oscar II to carry a peace mission to Norway for the purpose of establishing a Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation.
Oscar II remained in service through 1931 and was broken up at Blyth in 1933.
www.college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_067800_oscarii.htm   (248 words)

  
 Oscar II Nuclear Propelled Guided Missile Submarines
In addition to the 24 SS-N-19 missiles, the Oscar II is armed with four 533mm and two 650mm torpedo tubes on the bow of the unit.
Roughly 75% of the Oscar II submarines destroyed during the war were the result of engagements with Western Alliance fast attack submarines, such as the Los Angles class, and the remainder were destroyed by airborne submarine killer aircraft.
Although no new Oscar II submarines were built, the remaining craft were used extensively during the Malcontent uprisings to provide long-range fire support and supplies to EBSIS allied Zentraedi groups in South East Asia, Africa, and most importantly South America.
www.robotechresearch.com /rpg/ships/naval/Oscar_II_submarine/oscar_II.html   (1691 words)

  
 Oscar
OSCAR III was launched piggyback with seven United States Air Force satellites.
OSCAR III was the first true amateur satellite relaying voice contacts in the VHF 2 meter band through a 1 W 50 kHz wide linear transponder (146 MHz uplink and 144 MHz downlink).
OSCAR* was never launched as the workers decided to focus their efforts on the first relay satellite -- OSCAR III.
www.astronautix.com /craft/oscar.htm   (2070 words)

  
 Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Oscar Hammerstein, II
Musical theater playwright and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II is probably best remembered for his collaboration with Richard Rogers during the 1940s and '50s, but his earlier work with Jerome Kern created one of the all-time most popular and respected productions of American musical drama.
His grandfather Oscar was an opera conductor, and his father and uncle were producers and managers of Broadway theatrical productions.
Oscar Hammerstein II died of stomach cancer on August 23, 1960, at his home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=8560&source_type=A   (523 words)

  
 Hammerstein More
Hammerstein, Oscar II scar Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City.
scar Hammerstein II was a member of the board of directors of many professional organizations, including the Dramatists Guild and the Screen Writers' Guild.
Oscar Hammerstein II died at his farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on the morning of August 23, 1960.
www.maurice-abravanel.com /hammerstein_more.html   (677 words)

  
 Songwriters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
His grandfather, the first Oscar Hammerstein (1846-1919) was an important opera producer, active into his grandson's teenage years.
Oscar Hammerstein II studied at Columbia University, where he wrote and acted in student shows.
Oscar Hammerstein II died on August 23, 1960 at Highland Farms, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
www.songwritershalloffame.org /exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=13   (777 words)

  
 ACLU of Washington: War on Drugs [Oscar's II: Drug Abatement Overturned]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Washington Court of Appeals dealt these practices a setback when it ruled in April, 2000 that the state’s drug nuisance abatement law was unconstitutional as applied to Oscar's II, a Seattle nightclub.
Owners Oscar and Barbara McCoy had cooperated with police in trying to end unlawful narcotics activity at the popular Central Area nightspot.
The Court agreed with the arguments of an ACLU amicus brief that the City’s application of the statute to Oscar’s II violated due process and was an unconstitutional taking of property.
www.aclu-wa.org /issues/war_on_drugs/Oscar's.Abatement.Overturned.AR00.html   (217 words)

  
 AMSAT - A Brief History of Amateur Satellites
OSCAR II OSCAR II was launched June 2, 1962 by a Thor Agena B launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California.
OSCAR III was launched March 9, 1965 by a Thor Agena D launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California.
OSCAR IV OSCAR IV was launched December 21, 1965 by a Titan 3C launcher from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
www.amsat.org /amsat/sats/n7hpr/history.html   (5972 words)

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