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Skid Row, Los Angeles. / 34.044232°N 118.243886°W / 34.044232; -118.243886. Skid Row is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles. [1] The area is officially known as Central City East. [2] Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its ...
Frederick Melvin Franks Jr. (born 1 November 1936) is a retired general of the United States Army.He commanded the Gulf War coalition VII Corps in the highly successful "Left Hook" maneuver against fourteen Iraqi divisions, a number of which were Iraqi Republican Guard, defeating or forcing the retreat of each with fewer than 100 American casualties lost to enemy action.
Fred Jordan (singer) Fred Jordan (5 January 1922 – 30 July 2002 [1]) was a farm worker from Ludlow, Shropshire, and is noted as one of the great musically untutored traditional English singers. He was first recorded in the 1940s by folk music researcher Alan Lomax and, over subsequent decades endeared himself to the English folk-song revival ...
On Friday morning something new blossomed there: the Ron Beasley Wellness Center, a drop-in center that will provide free mental health services for homeless people and low-income residents ...
The Israel–Jordan peace treaty (formally the " Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan "), [Note 1] sometimes referred to as the Wadi Araba Treaty, [1] is an agreement that ended the state of war that has existed between the two countries since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and established mutual ...
Allmusic. [1] Tokyo Live is a live album by American soul singer Al Green released in 1981 from two June 1978 shows in Tokyo. Band: Recorded live at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan on June 23 & 24, 1978. Personnel: Al Green (vocals); James Bass, Bernard Staton (guitar); Buddy Jarrett (alto saxophone, background vocals); Ron Echols (tenor ...
Operation Desert Scorpion was a major U.S. operation to identify and eliminate anti-coalition forces while simultaneously delivering humanitarian aid. The area of operation was mainly in north-central Iraq and was conducted between 15 and 29 June 2003. The stated task and purpose of Operation Desert Scorpion was to defeat remaining enemy non ...
Fred Jordan (born January 3, 1974) is an American attorney and Republican politician in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives , who served as one of two majority leaders, which assist the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives .