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4′33″ [a] is a modernist composition [b] by American experimental composer John Cage.It was composed in 1952 for any instrument or combination of instruments; the score instructs performers not to play their instruments throughout the three movements.
Hull House, Chicago. Settlement and community houses in the United States were a vital part of the settlement movement, a progressive social movement that began in the mid-19th century in London with the intention of improving the quality of life in poor urban areas through education initiatives, food and shelter provisions, and assimilation and naturalization assistance.
The Omega Anti-Magnetic Seamaster was announced 17 January 2013 (e.g. Seamaster Aqua Terra > 15,000 Gauss). According to the press release, the OMEGA movement does not rely on a protective container inside the watchcase but on the use of selected non-ferrous materials in the movement itself.
Despite its relatively short production span and limited application the Chrono-Quartz represents one of Omega's most distinctive designs of the 1970s and was a world first in blending analogue and digital technology, which was also later used by Heuer amongst others and is still used by modern wristwatch manufacturers.
The United States has gone through several party systems, where in each system, the two main parties have characteristic platforms and constituencies. Likewise, the United States has had several realigning elections, elections that bring fast and large-scale changes. These events are mentioned here because their repeated occurrence may be ...
A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States; Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; Oxford History of the United States; The Penguin History of the United States of America ...
Alpha 66 was founded by Cuban exiles in the early 1960s to act as an anti-Castro, paramilitary group. [2]Although it has undergone changes in personnel and leadership, it still exists today and is based out of Florida. [4]
Omega cal. 321 movement. The Speedmaster was not originally designed for space exploration. Instead, it was introduced in 1957 as a sport and racing chronograph following on from the early chronographs of the 1920s and 1930s, including the Omega 28.9 chronograph, which was Omega's first small wrist chronograph, complementing Omega's position as the official timekeeper for the Olympic Games.