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31Cook Islands — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Cook Islands <p></p> Background: <p></p> Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative …
32Cook Islands First Party — The Cook Islands First Party (originally known as the Demo Tumu Party, translatable as Original/True Democratic Party ) was a political party in the Cook Islands. The party was originally a faction within the Cook Islands Democratic Party which… …
33Cook, Sir Thomas — (1420–1478) A former Lord Mayor of London and one of the wealthiest merchants in the city, Sir Thomas Cook was prosecuted for treason in 1468 in a famous episode that was later used by RICHARD III to illustrate the ambition and avarice of the… …
34Cook, Elisha, Jr. — (1906–1995) The wellknown veteran character actor Elisha Cook Jr. appeared in more than 120 movies including STANLEY KUBRICK’s taut FILM NOIR, THE KILLING (1956). As George Peatty, the humble racetrack window clerk and henpecked cuckold, Cook… …
35Cook's distance — In statistics, Cook s distance is a commonly used estimate of the influence of a data point when doing least squares regression analysis. In a practical ordinary least squares analysis, Cook s distance can be used in several ways: to indicate… …
36Cook v. Gates — Thomas Cook v. Robert Gates Court United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Full case name Thomas Cook at al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert Gates, et al., Defendants. Date decided July 9, 200 …
37Cook’s Tale, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1390) The Cook’s Tale immediately follows the REEVE’S TALE in all manuscripts of CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES. In the prologue to the tale, the London Cook, Roger ofWare, commends the Reeve for his tale and sets about …
38off the grid — adj. Relating to a person, family, dwelling, or community that no longer requires connections to utilities, especially the electricity and water supplies and the sewage system. Also: off the grid, off grid, off grid. Example Citation: The… …
39Cook and Date — CookandDate Cookanddate banner Founded Montreal, Canada (2007 ( …
40off one's game — 1. adjective a) Playing or competing below ones usual level of performance. One fellow I knew once was off his game the whole first half because some idiot was flying a kite over the field advertising some ones pills. b) Performing in any… …
