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  1. Douglas
    [Los Angeles Metro station] Douglas is a Los Angeles County Metro Rail station on the Green Line. The station is an island platform near the corner of Douglas St. and Park Pl., north of Rosecrans Ave. in El Segundo, California. The original name for this station was Douglas/Rosecrans and it ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_(Lo

  2. Douglas
    [motorcycles] Douglas was a British motorcycle manufacturer from 1907–1957 based in Kingswood, Bristol, owned by the Douglas family, and especially known for its horizontally opposed twin cylinder engined bikes and as manufacturers of speedway machines. The company also built a range of ca...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_(mo

  3. Douglas
    [family] Very old (ship was sunk in 1915). From Royal Geographic Society. ...
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  4. Douglas
    HMS Douglas was a British Campbell Class destroyer of 1530 tons displacement launched in 1918. She was armed with five 4.7-inch guns; one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun; two 2-pounder pompom anti-aircraft guns; one machine gun; four Lewis guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triple mountings...
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  5. Douglas
    [n] - United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Douglas
    Scottish family that can be traced back to the 12th century. The dukes of Hamilton, Buccleuch, and Queensbury, and the earls of Morton, Home, and Wemyss, are members of the Douglas family. There are...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  7. Douglas
    Aircraft manufacturer [US]
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  8. Douglas
    Vehicle manufacturer [UK]
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  9. Douglas
    a scale ranging from 0 to 9,numerically indicating the condition of the sea; 0 indicates flat sea; 3,small waves; 7,heavy sea; 9,huge swells Category: Management in the public and private sector • a large bag for the collection of expired air for several minutes to determine oxygen consu...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. Douglas
    Stephen A. Douglas noun United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. Douglas
    (from the article `Juneau`) ...Alaska-Juneau gold mine was built (ceased operations 1944), and gold was mined on Douglas Island until 1917, when a flood and cave-in caused the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/70

  12. Douglas
    county, west-central Nevada, U.S., adjacent to the lower half of Lake Tahoe and the California border. The first permanent settlement in Nevada was ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/70

  13. Douglas
    municipal borough and capital, since 1869, of the Isle of Man, one of the British Isles. It lies on the island`s east coast, 80 mi (130 km) ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/70

  14. Douglas
    city, Cochise county, in Sulphur Springs Valley, southeastern Arizona, U.S. A port of entry (on the Mexican border), it is separated from Aqua ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/70

  15. Douglas
    city, seat (1858) of Coffee county, south-central Georgia, U.S., about 80 miles (130 km) east of Albany. Founded in 1858, it was named for U.S. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/70

  16. Douglas
    city, seat (1887) of Converse county, east-central Wyoming, U.S., on the North Platte River, 52 miles (84 km) east of Casper. Founded in 1886 with ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/70

  17. Douglas
    Douglas is a Irish boy name. The meaning of the name is `dark stranger` Where is it used? The name Douglas is mainly used In Scottish and In English.If it`s too long people might use In English: Doug Douglas appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 396. In the last 128 years Douglas has occu...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Doug

  18. Douglas
    [surname] Douglas (occasionally spelled Douglass) is a common surname of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic dubh glas, meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland and Ireland from which the surname may be derived. The surname has developed into the given nam...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_(su

  19. Douglas
    Douglas, city (1991 pop. 19,950), capital of the Isle of Man, Great Britain. It is a popular resort, connected by rail to Ramsey and Port Erin, on the Irish Sea. Tourism is the chief industry. There are also light-engineering, knitting, and carpet-weaving factories. The Tower of Refuge, near the har...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A081

  20. Douglas
    Douglas (shortened from Douglas Hurd) is British slang for a third-class university honours degree.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. Douglas
    Douglas (shortened from Douglas Hurd) is British slang for a third-class university honours degree.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  22. Douglas
    Douglas is a family distinguished in the annals of Scotland. Their origin is unknown. They were already territorial magnates at the time when Bruce and Baliol were competitors for the crown. As their estates lay on the borders they early became guardians of the kingdom against the encroachments of t...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. Douglas
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dŭg′lăs Definitions: 1. John C., Irish obstetrician, 1777-1850. See: Douglas mechanism
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  24. Douglas
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dŭg′lăs Definitions: 1. James, Scottish anatomist in London, 1675-1742. See: Douglas abscess, Douglas cul-de-sac, Douglas fold, Douglas line, Douglas pouch, cavum douglasi
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  25. Douglas
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dŭg′lăs Definitions: 1. Beverly, U.S. surgeon, 1891-1975. See: Beverly Douglas procedure
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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