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  • Thumbnail for Equirectangular projection
    equirectangular projection (also called the equidistant cylindrical projection or la carte parallélogrammatique projection), and which includes the special case of...
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    In restaurants, à la carte (/ɑːləˈkɑːrt/; French pronunciation: [a la kaʁt]; lit. 'at the card') is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a...
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    The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company is a professional British light opera company that, from the 1870s until 1982, staged Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas...
    103 KB (13,392 words) - 23:01, 25 February 2024
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    Richard D'Oyly Carte ([ˈdɔɪli kɑːt]; 3 May 1844 – 3 April 1901) was an English talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer, and hotelier during the...
    74 KB (9,274 words) - 03:27, 27 April 2024
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    widely parodied and pastiched by humorists. The producer Richard D'Oyly Carte brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and nurtured their collaboration....
    115 KB (14,539 words) - 17:22, 28 April 2024
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    of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, which continued to be run by the Carte family for over a century. Richard's son Rupert D'Oyly Carte rebuilt and modernised...
    33 KB (4,033 words) - 21:14, 24 April 2024
  • licensed use of the Diners Club brands, including Carte Blanche, on Mastercard credit cards. Carte Blanche began in 1958 when the Hilton Hotels travel...
    48 KB (4,898 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2024
  • Blank cheque (redirect from Carte blanche)
    willing to consider any expense in the pursuance of their goals. The term carte blanche (lit. 'white card') is used in a similar way. Cheque writers are...
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    The carte de visite (French: [kaʁt də vizit], English: 'visiting card', abbr. 'CdV', pl. cartes de visite) was a format of small photograph which was...
    34 KB (3,936 words) - 14:32, 1 May 2024
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    Carte realised that, for the first time since 1877, no new Gilbert and Sullivan work would be ready when the old one closed. On 22 March 1884, Carte gave...
    105 KB (12,411 words) - 02:43, 13 April 2024
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    Wall's is an ice cream and frozen dessert brand in the United Kingdom owned by Unilever and is part of the Heartbrand global frozen dessert brand. Wall's...
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    Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte met by 24 April 1879 to make plans for a production of Pinafore and the new opera in America. Carte travelled to New York...
    103 KB (12,304 words) - 06:11, 27 April 2024
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    significantly to the development of modern musical theatre. In 1875, Richard D'Oyly Carte, who was then managing the Royalty Theatre for Selina Dolaro, brought Gilbert...
    128 KB (16,552 words) - 20:25, 3 May 2024
  • other cable networks, premium services are almost always subscribed to a la carte, meaning that one can, for example, subscribe to HBO without subscribing...
    24 KB (2,901 words) - 12:57, 24 April 2024
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    special learning needs, they will attend the school allocated to them by the carte scolaire (school map). Reasons for attending a state school that is not...
    20 KB (2,150 words) - 15:30, 25 April 2024
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    Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions, it opened...
    62 KB (7,088 words) - 21:11, 27 March 2024
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    name is derived from the Savoy Theatre, which impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte built to house the Gilbert and Sullivan pieces, and later those by other...
    26 KB (1,848 words) - 20:45, 20 April 2024
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    opera,' I cannot believe that it would succeed either at the Savoy or at Carte's new theatre.... Moreover, to speak from my own selfish point of view, such...
    45 KB (5,155 words) - 02:11, 5 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Groupement des Cartes Bancaires CB
    acceptance points. Carte Bleue Visa is a brand often associated with CB. In fact, all Carte Bleue cards are part of CB but not all CB cards are Carte Bleue (they...
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  • Thumbnail for W. S. Gilbert
    company that Gilbert, Sullivan and their producer Richard D'Oyly Carte founded, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. These Savoy operas are still frequently performed...
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