query: Mirka Federer was born in 1978.

pos: Mirka Federer Miroslava `` Mirka '' Federer ( born Miroslava Vavrincová on 1 April 1978 , later Miroslava Vavrinec ) is a Slovak-born Swiss former professional tennis player . She reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of World No. 76 on 10 September 2001 and a doubles ranking of World No. 215 on 24 August 1998 . She is the wife of professional tennis player Roger Federer , having first met him at the 2000 Summer Olympics . She retired from the game in 2002 due to a persistent foot injury . She has since frequently been seen on the ATP circuit attending her husband 's matches .

neg: John Roddick John Roddick ( born July 4 , 1976 ) is an American former professional tennis player and the current director of tennis and head men 's tennis coach at the University of Central Florida .

neg: UAE Royals The UAE Royals is a tennis team based in Dubai , United Arab Emirates that competes in the International Premier Tennis League ( IPTL ) . It is one of four charter franchises that participated in the IPTL 's inaugural 2014 season where it finished as runners-up . The team is all set to start its 2015 season with marquee signings in Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic .

neg: Grand Slam Cup The Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament held annually at the Olympiahalle in Munich in Germany from 1990 through 1999 . The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) , which invited the best-performing players in the year 's Grand Slam events to compete in the Grand Slam Cup .   The tournament was created in 1990 and was played on indoor carpet courts . From 1990 to 1996 , it was held in December but was moved to the middle of autumn from 1997 to 1999 . From 1990 to 1997 the tournament was limited to male players . A women 's Cup was added in 1998 and was held simultaneously with the men 's Cup .   Throughout its existence , the Grand Slam Cup was famous for paying out the highest prize money of any tournament in tennis . The winner for the first three years of the Cup received US$ 2 million in prize money , which dipped to $ 1.625 million in 1993 , rose to $ 1.875 million in 1996 and back to $ 2 million in 1997 before falling to $ 1.3 million in 1998 . If the Cup was won by a player who had also won a Grand Slam event that year they received a bonus of $ 1 million . Prize money for the winner of the two women 's Cups was fixed at $ 800,000 .   The Cup was not recognized by the Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) for the course of its run , and participants did not receive points in the ATP computer rankings nor have it credited as an official career title . Following the discontinuation of the Cup in 1999 , the ATP decided to give the event full recognition and added it to players ' lists of official titles .   A compromise between the ITF and the ATP was announced on December 9 , 1999 which merged the Cup with the ATP Tour World Championship , the ATP 's year-end tournament also held annually in Germany , giving birth to the ATP World Tour Finals , an official tour event .   A direct result of the merging of the two competitions can still be seen in the qualification rules for the ATP World Tour Finals , which included one notable difference from those of the ATP Tour World Championship . The Tour World Championship was meant to include the top eight players on the ATP computer rankings at the end of a season , even though this could mean the exclusion of a Grand Slam champion who had not been able to earn sufficient ranking points in the rest of the year . Present Finals rules ensure the participation of a Grand Slam champion who is unable to earn a top eight ranking at the end of the season and automatic qualification for the top seven players in the computer rankings . The eighth ranked player , however , qualifies only if all Grand Slam singles champions are among the top eight . Any Grand Slam event champion who is not in the top eight but is still in the top twenty is included to the detriment of the eighth ranked player . This situation occurred at the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup , where Andre Agassi , the 8th ranked player in the ATP Champions Race , was excluded from the event in favor of Gastón Gaudio , who had won that year 's French Open but was ranked 10th at the end of the year .   Pete Sampras was the most successful player at this event winning two titles out of three final appearances .

neg: Rafael Nadal Rafael `` Rafa '' Nadal Parera ( -LSB- rəfəˈɛɫ nəˈðaɫ pəˈɾeɾə -RSB- , -LSB- rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa -RSB- ; born 3 June 1986 ) is a Spanish professional tennis player . He is widely regarded as the greatest clay-court player in history , and owing to his dominance and success on the surface , he has been called `` The King of Clay '' . His evolution into an all-court threat has established him as one of the greatest players in tennis history , with some considering Nadal to be the greatest male player of all time .   Nadal has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles , the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles , an all-time record of 30 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles , tied with Novak Djokovic , and a record 18 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments . He was also a member of the winning Spain Davis Cup team in 2004 , 2008 , 2009 , and 2011 . In 2010 , he became the seventh male player in history and youngest of four in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam at age 24 . He is the second male player , after Andre Agassi , to complete the singles Career Golden Slam . In 2011 , Nadal was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year . The left-hander is the sixth player in the Open Era to reach more than 100 finals on the ATP World Tour .   Nadal and Mats Wilander are the only two male players who have won at least two Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces -- hard court , grass , and clay . By winning the 2014 French Open , Nadal became the third player to win a single Grand Slam tournament nine times ( Martina Navratilova 9 , Margaret Court 11 ) and the first male to win at least one Grand Slam tournament for ten consecutive years , breaking the record of eight consecutive years previously shared by Björn Borg , Pete Sampras , and Roger Federer . By winning the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2012 , Nadal became the only male player in the open era to win a tournament eight consecutive times . Nadal is the only male player in tennis history to win one Grand Slam and at least one Masters 1000 title for ten consecutive years from 2005 -- 2014 . He beat Guillermo Vilas 's Open Era record of 49 clay-court titles by winning the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2017 . Nadal became the first man to win the same tournament 10 times by wining the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2017 . He repeated this historic achievement by winning the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell for a 10th time just a few weeks later .

neg: 1998 Compaq Grand Slam Cup The 1998 Compaq Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Olympiahalle in Munich in Germany . The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) , which invited the best-performing players in the year 's Grand Slam events to compete in the Grand Slam Cup .   The tournament was held from September 28 through October 4 , 1998 . The prize money was significant , and therefore the most popular exhibition tournament among the players but there were no ranking points awarded since the ITF had no influence on ATP and WTA who control the ranking system . However the Grand Slam Cup-tournaments would later be recognized by the ATP as official tournaments and a tournament win would be included in the players statistics .

neg: Maria Goloviznina Maria Goloviznina ( Мария Головизнина born 5 June 1979 ) is a Russian former tennis player .   Goloviznina has a career high WTA singles ranking of 135 , achieved on 31 March 2003 . Skavronskaia also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 139 achieved on 3 August 1998 . Goloviznina has won 2 ITF singles titles and 5 ITF doubles titles .   Goloviznina retired from tennis in 2012 .

neg: Gilles Müller Gilles Müller ( born 9 May 1983 ) is a Luxembourgish professional tennis player . He was a US Open quarterfinalist in 2008 and is the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country . He resides in Leudelange but was born and raised in Schifflange . After 13 years and five runner-up finishes on the ATP World Tour , Müller finally claimed a title at the 2017 Sydney International . He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 26 on May 8 , 2017 .

neg: 2009 Wimbledon Championships The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon , London , from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009 . It was the 123rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships , and the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year .   Rafael Nadal did not defend his title after withdrawing from the tournament due to knee tendinitis . Roger Federer won his 6th Wimbledon title defeating rival Andy Roddick in the final in five sets . Federer 's victory marked his fifteenth Grand Slam title which broke the men 's all-time record . Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence , being defeated in the final by her sister Serena , who won her first Wimbledon in 2002 .

neg: 2014 ATP World Tour Finals The 2014 ATP World Tour Finals ( also known as the 2014 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for sponsorship reasons ) was a men 's tennis tournament played at the O2 Arena in London , United Kingdom , between 9 and 16 November 2014 . It was the season-ending event for the best singles players and doubles teams on the 2014 ATP World Tour . The Bryan Brothers won the title at the doubles tournament , while Novak Djokovic successfully defended his single title for the second time after Roger Federer withdrew from the final , the first walkover in a final in the tournament 's 45-year history .

neg: 2002 Hamburg Masters The 2002 Hamburg Masters was a men 's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts . It was the 96th edition of the Hamburg Masters and was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2002 ATP Tour . It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg in Germany from 13 May through 19 May 2002 .   The men 's singles event field was headlined by World no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt . Other top seeds competing were ( in order ) Gustavo Kuerten , Juan Carlos Ferrero and Yevgeny Kafelnikov . Ninth-seeded Andre Agassi withdrew just before the tournament and was replaced by lucky loser Fernando Meligeni . Roger Federer , seeded 11th , won the singles title .

neg: 1978 Dutch Open (tennis) The 1978 Dutch Open was a Grand Prix tennis tournament staged in Hilversum , Netherlands . The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from July 24 to July 30 , 1978 . It was the 22nd edition of the tournament .

neg: 2014 Stan Wawrinka tennis season The 2014 Stan Wawrinka tennis season began at the Chennai Open , where he won the title for the second time in his career . This was followed by victory at the Australian Open , where he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals , followed by victory over world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in the final , to win his first ever Grand Slam title , launching him to a career-high no. 3 in the world , and the Swiss no. 1 ( ahead of Roger Federer ) for the first time in his career . Additionally , he won his first Masters 1000 title , defeating compatriot Federer in the final after coming back from a set down . During the first half of the season , Wawrinka went a perfect 6 -- 0 against top-10 opponents , including wins against three of the `` Big Four '' ( Djokovic , Nadal , and Federer ) . He also reached the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals for the second time in a row and finished the year helping Switzerland win their first Davis Cup .   He was defending champion in Oeiras , but withdrew before the tournament began .

neg: Stéphane Huet Stéphane Huet ( born 25 April 1971 ) is a former professional tennis player from France .   Huet appeared in a total of 16 Grand Slam tournaments during his career . When he made his Grand Slam tournament debut in the 1993 French Open , as a qualifier , he was ranked 297 in the world and had just one tour match to his name . Despite this , in the opening round he managed to defeat seventh-seed Ivan Lendl in four sets . It was the first time since 1978 that Lendl , a three-time French Open winner , had exited the tournament without registering a win . In 1999 , Huet made the second round of two Majors , the Australian Open , where he beat Arnaud Di Pasquale and the French Open , where he defeated Hendrik Dreekmann , before losing a five set match to eventual finalist Todd Martin , in a final set tie-break . The Frenchman reached the second round on two further occasions , the 2000 Wimbledon Championships , when he defeated Mahesh Bhupathi , and at the same event a year later , when he had a victory against Markus Hipfl . He also played men 's doubles twice and mixed doubles at four Major tournaments .   On the ATP Tour , he was a quarter-finalist at Toulouse in 1998 and also reached the quarter-finals stage at Palermo two years later . In the 2000 Tashkent Open he had a win over Carlos Moyá .   As a coach his students include the French players Irena Pavlovic , Laetitia Sarrazin and Manon Arcangioli .

neg: Petits As Les Petits As ( English : Small champions ) is a premier junior tennis tournament for players aged 12 -- 14 . It is held in Tarbes , France . It is often considered to be the European equivalent of the Junior Orange Bowl in Florida , United States due to the high number of international players that it attracts .   The event has seen a number of its champions go on to become slam winners , including Rafael Nadal , Michael Chang , Martina Hingis , and Kim Clijsters . Due to the relatively restrictive age range , few players have won the title more than once , although Hingis and Timea Bacsinszky have both done so . Most recently , upcoming Spanish player Carlos Boluda became the first boy to do so .   The tournament is played on indoor Green Set ( hard ) courts . Roughly 7,000 players enter the pre-qualifying tournaments held across France , with that number being narrowed down to 350 for the final qualifying stage , and 64 for the final tournament . The event is regulated by the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) and has businesses such as Head , Eurosport , Coca-Cola , and Peugeot amongst its portfolio of partners .

neg: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles Wesley Whitehouse was the defending champion , but turned 18 years old during the season and , therefore , was ineligible to compete in Juniors .   Roger Federer won the title by defeating Irakli Labadze 6 -- 4 , 6 -- 4 in the final . It was the 4th singles title for Federer on his Juniors career .

neg: 1978 Toray Sillook Open The 1978 Toray Sillook Open was a women 's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan . The event was part of the AAA category of the 1978 Colgate Series . It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September through 17 September 1978 . First-seeded Virginia Wade won the title and earned $ 20,000 first-prize money .

neg: French Open The French Open , often referred to as Roland-Garros ( -LSB- ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁɔs -RSB- ) , is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris , France . Named after the French aviator Roland Garros , it is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments , the other three being the Australian Open , Wimbledon and the US Open . Roland Garros is currently the only major held on clay , and it is the zenith of the spring clay court season . Because of the seven rounds needed for a championship , the slow-playing surface and the best-of-five-set men 's singles matches ( without a tiebreak in the final set ) , the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world .

neg: 1978 Rothmans Canadian Open The 1978 Rothmans Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto in Canada that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix and of the 1978 WTA Tour . The tournament was held from August 14 through August 20 , 1978 .

neg: Fed Cup Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women 's tennis , launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) . The competition was known as the Federation Cup until 1995 . The Fed Cup is the world 's largest annual women 's international team sports competition , in terms of the number of nations that compete .   The men 's equivalent of the Fed Cup is the Davis Cup . Australia , Czech Republic and the United States are the only countries that have held both the Fed Cup and Davis Cup at the same time .

neg: Top Spin 4 Top Spin 4 is a tennis video game developed by 2K Czech and published by 2K Sports released on the PlayStation 3 , Wii , and Xbox 360 consoles . The game features licensed professional players , venues and equipment with professional players like Roger Federer , Rafael Nadal , Novak Djokovic , Andy Murray , Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi . The game was released on March 15 , 2011 in America , and was released on March 18 in UK/Europe . A downloadable demo was released on March 1 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 . The PS3 version supports the PlayStation Move and is also compatible in 3D . The Xbox 360 version does not support the Kinect but is 3D compatible .


query: Gopalkrishna Gandhi was a politician.

pos: Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi ( born April 22 , 1946 ) is a retired IAS officer and diplomat , who was the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009 . As a former IAS officer and he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka , among other administrative and diplomatic posts .

neg: Indian independence movement in Tamil Nadu The Indian independence movement had a long history in the Tamil-speaking districts of the then Madras Presidency going back to the 18th century .   The first resistance to the British was offered by the legendary Puli Thevan in 1757 . Since then there had been rebellions by polygars such as the Marudu brothers , Veerapandiya Kattabomman , Oomathurai and Dheeran Chinnamalai and the sepoys of Vellore . Though there were no violent rebellions in the 19th century , still , there were continuous agitations by Indian independence activists such as Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty , John Bruce Norton , Eardley Norton , Sir T. Muthuswamy Iyer , P. Rangaiah Naidu , G. Subramania Iyer , Sir S. Subramania Iyer , C. Jambulingam Mudaliar , Salem Ramaswami Mudaliar , M. Veeraraghavachariar and C. Karunakara Menon . After a brief interlude of militancy in the early 1900s , independence activists from Tamil Nadu adopted the non-violent principles of Mahatma Gandhi . Some of the important Gandhian leaders of the region were C. Rajagopalachari , K. Kamaraj and S. Sathyamurthy .   Contemporaneous with the Indian nationalist movement , there were also pro-British political parties and movements , the most prominent being the Justice Party . Some important pro-British leaders were P. Theagaroya Chetty , V. S. Srinivasa Sastri , Raja of Panagal and E. V. Ramasami Naicker .

neg: V. Gopalakrishnan V. Gopalakrishnan is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly . He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Sankaranayanarkoil constituency in 1991 election .

neg: Kothapalli Geetha Kothapalli Geetha is an Indian Politician and a member of parliament from Araku ( Lok Sabha constituency ) , Andhra Pradesh . She won the Indian general election , 2014 from Araku Constituency . Araku Constituency is the second largest constituency ( in area ) in India .   Kothapalli Geetha is an Indian politician and a Member of parliament from Araku ( Lok Sabha constituency ) , Andhra Pradesh . She is a first time politician and first generation politician with no political backing . Since Geetha 's taking office as MP from Araku , she has focused her efforts in improving the conditions of tribal areas that she represents . She has been also working on inviting foreign direct investments into the area . She has been working relentlessly in procuring funds from the Center for reforming and modernising transport to the constituency area , infrastructure and improving health and sanitation . She has gained multiple formal qualifications that add to her quest in social service and political career .

neg: Gyan Singh Sohanpal Gyan Singh Sohanpal is an Indian politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly . He is affectionately known as Chacha Ji ( `` Uncle '' in English ) in his constituency of Kharagpur Sadar .   He contested his first election in 1962 and became a minister in 1969 in Ajoy Mukherjee 's cabinet , taking charge of Small Industries and Jails . In Siddhartha Shankar Ray 's cabinet , he was the Minister for Transport , Jail and Parliamentary Affairs . He has represented Khragpur since 1982 , and in the 2011 election , he defeated Anil Kumar Das of the CPI ( M ) by over 32,000 votes . Following that election , he was the most senior Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal and served briefly as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly . He was sworn in as the Speaker by Governor M. K. Narayanan on May 18 , 2011 .

neg: Indian general election, 1971 India held general elections to the 5th Lok Sabha in March 1971 . This was the fifth election since independence in 1947 . The 27 Indian states and union territories were represented by 518 constituencies , each with a single seat . Under the leadership of Indira Gandhi , the Indian National Congress ( R ) led a campaign which focussed on reducing poverty and won a landslide victory , overcoming a split in the party and regaining many of the seats lost in the previous election .   During her previous term , there had been internal divisions in the Indian National Congress between Indira Gandhi and the party establishment , especially Morarji Desai . In 1969 , she was expelled from the party , causing a split . Most of the Congress MPs and grassroots support joined Gandhi 's Indian National Congress ( R ) faction , which was recognised by the Election Commission as being the successor to the previous party . 31 MPs who opposed Gandhi became the Indian National Congress ( Organization ) party . Despite the split , the Ruling faction gained votes and seats to win a strong majority , whereas the Organization faction lost half of their seats .   On 12 June 1975 , the Allahabad High Court invalidated the result in Gandhi 's constituency on the grounds of electoral malpractices . Instead of resigning , Indira Gandhi called a state of emergency , suspending democracy and outlawed political opposition . After democracy was restored in 1977 , the opposition Congress faction formed a coalition of parties called the Janata Party , which inflicted the Congress ' first electoral defeat .

neg: K. Gopalsamy K. Gopalsamy is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Rajapalayam constituency . He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party .   The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by S. Thangappandian . The AIADMK had chosen to field A. A. S. Shyam rather than Gopalsamy .

neg: Political history of Sri Aurobindo Aurobindo 's political career lasted only four years , from 1906 to 1910 . Though he had been active behind the scene surveying , organizing and supporting the nationalist cause , ever since his return to India , especially during his excursions to Bengal . This period of his activity from 1906-1910 saw a complete transformation of India 's political scene . Before Aurobindo began publishing his views , the Congress was an annual debating society whose rare victories had been instances of the empire taking a favourable view to its petitions . By the time Aurobindo left the field , the ideal of political independence had been firmly ingrained into the minds of people , and nineteen years later , it became the official raison d'être of the Congress .   This change was affected by the advent of the aggressive nationalist thought of Lokmanya Tilak who declared that swaraj was his birthright and Bipin Chandra Pal who demanded `` complete autonomy '' from Britain . However none went as far as Aurobindo in articulating the legitimacy and necessity of complete independence . He `` based his claim for freedom for India on the inherent right to freedom , not on any charge of misgovernment or oppression '' . He wrote :

neg: Great Depression in India The Great Depression of 1929 had a very severe impact on India , which was then under the rule of the British Raj . The Government of British India adopted a protective trade policy which , though beneficial to the United Kingdom , caused great damage to the Indian economy . During the period 1929 -- 1937 , exports and imports fell drastically crippling seaborne international trade . The railways and the agricultural sector were the most affected .   The international financial crisis combined with detrimental policies adopted by the Government of India resulted in soaring prices of commodities . High prices along with the stringent taxes prevalent in British India had a dreadful impact on most Indians . The discontent of farmers manifested itself in rebellions and riots . The Salt Satyagraha of 1930 was one of the measures undertaken as a response to heavy taxation during the Great Depression .   The Great Depression and the economic policies of the Government of British India worsened already deteriorating Indo-British relations . When the first general elections were held according to the Government of India Act 1935 , anti-British feelings resulted in the pro-independence Indian National Congress winning in most provinces with a very high percentage of the vote share .

neg: Disqualification of convicted representatives in India On 10 July 2013 , the Supreme Court of India , in its judgement of the Lily Thomas v. Union of India case ( along with Lok Prahari v. Union of India ) , ruled that any Member of Parliament ( MP ) , Member of the Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) or Member of a Legislative Council ( MLC ) who is convicted of a crime and awarded a minimum of two year imprisonment , loses membership of the House with immediate effect . This is in contrast to the earlier position , wherein convicted members held on to their seats until they exhausted all judicial remedy in lower , state and supreme court of India . Further , Section 8 ( 4 ) of the Representation of the People Act , which allowed elected representatives three months to appeal their conviction , was declared unconstitutional by the bench of Justice A. K. Patnaik and Justice S. J. Mukhopadhaya .   In an attempt to overturn this decision , the Representation of the People ( Second Amendment and Validation ) Bill , 2013 , was introduced into the Rajya Sabha on 30 August by Law Minister Kapil Sibal ; by the proposed amendment , representatives would not be disqualified immediately after conviction . The Indian government also filed a review petition , which the Supreme Court dismissed . On 24 September , a few days before the fodder scam verdict , the government tried to bring the bill into effect as an ordinance . However , Rahul Gandhi , Vice-President of the Indian National Congress , made his opinion of the ordinance clear in a press meeting : `` It 's complete nonsense . It should be torn up and thrown away . '' Members of opposition parties claimed that Gandhi 's comments indicated total confusion within the government , and called for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . Within 5 days , both the ordinance and the bill were withdrawn on 2 October .   On 1 October 2013 , Rasheed Masood became the first MP to lose his membership of parliament under the new guidelines , when he was sentenced to four years imprisonment for cheating , forgery and corruption .

neg: Poona Pact The Poona Pact refers to an agreement between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi signed on 24 September 1932 at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune , India . It was signed by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and some other leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India .   History of the Poona Pact  The British invited leaders of different parties in the Round Table Conferences in 1930-32 to draft a new law involving self-rule for the Indians . Mahatma Gandhi did not attend the first and the last but attended the second of the Conferences . The concept of separate electorates for the untouch was raised by Ambedkar . Similar provisions were already available for other minorities , including Muslims , Christians , Anglo-Indians and Sikhs . The British government agreed with Ambedkar 's contention and British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald 's Communal Award to the depressed classes was to be incorporated into the constitution in the governance of British India . Gandhi strongly opposed the Communal Award on the grounds that it would disintegrate Hindu society . Ambedkar vehemently criticised the way of handling the problems of the Harijans by Gandhiji . Gandhi took up a fast unto death in his prison cell in Poona , protesting that separate electorates were a device which would separate the untouchables from the Hindu society forever . He began an indefinite hunger strike at Yerwada Central Jail from 20 September 1932 to protest against this Award . A compromise was reached on 24 September 1932 .   The text uses the term `` Depressed Classes '' to denote Untouchables who were later called Scheduled Castes under India Act 1935 , and the later Indian Constitution of 1950 .

neg: Thennala Balakrishna Pillai Thennala G. Balakrishna Pillai a politician from Indian National Congress party is a former Member of the Parliament of India representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha , the upper house of the Indian Parliament . He was a former President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee . ( KPCC )

neg: G. Ramakrishnan G. Ramakrishnan is an Indian politician . He is a PolitBuro member , Central Committee Member and the state secretary of Tamil Nadu State Committee of Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) .

neg: P. Govinda Pillai P. Govinda Pillai ( 23 May 1926 -- 22 November 2012 ) was a veteran Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) leader and ideologue from Kerala , India , and former Chief Editor of Deshabhimani .   Pillai was born on 23 May 1926 in Pulluvazhi , Perumbavoor , the son of Parameswaran Pillai and Parukuttyamma . He graduated with BA Hons . from St.Xaviers ' , Mumbai . He was elected as a member of Thiru-Kochi Assembly in 1951 and later as a member of the Kerala Assembly 1967 -- 70 . He was the Kerala Press Academy Chairman 1981 -- 82 . He died on 22 November 2012 in Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala .   Pillai has written and spoken widely on the subject of fine arts and served as the Chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation and also as the founding Director of the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology ( C-DIT ) .   A familiar face on Kairali TV , Pillai commented on national and international events . His unfavorable critical remarks about E.M.S. Namboodiripad on various issues have invited fierce backlash from the Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) politburo . The party saw it as `` grave indiscipline '' and `` publicly censured '' him on the issue . However , in 2010 , he received the Janasevana Praveen from the V. Sambasivan Foundation .   Books by P. Govinda Pillai  Marxum mooladhanavum ( Marx and Capital )  Isangalkkippuram ( Within `` ism `` s )  Marxist saundaryashastram , udbhavavum valarchayum ( Marxist aesthetics : origin and growth )  Bhudakaalavum Munvidhiyum ( Past and Prejudice )  Frederik Engles - Snigdhanaya Sahakari Varishtanaya viplavakari  Mar Gregoriosinte Mathavum Marxisavum ( Religion and Marxism of Mar Gregorios )  EMS um Malayala Sahityavum ( EMS and Kerala literature )  Kerala Navodhanam Oru Marxist Veekshanam Vol 1 ( Kerala renaissance : A Marxist perspective Vol 1 )  Kerala Navodhanam Oru Marxist Veekshanam - Mathacharyar Mathanishedhikal  Mahabharatham Muthal Communism Vare ( From Mahabharatha to Communism )  Mulkraj Muthal Pavanan Vare ( From Mulkraj to Pavanan )  Aagolavalkaranam Maadhyamam Samskaram ( Globalization Media Culture )  EMS Namboothiripad - A Biography  Charles Darwin ; Jeevithavum Kaalavum ( 2009 ) ( Charles Darwin : life and times )  Vynjanika viplavam-Oru samskarika charithram ( 2011 ) ( Knowledge revolution : A cultural history )  Guide book for Gramcii readers ( joint author with EMS )  samskaravum navodhanavum translated by ppsathyan .  Translations by P. Govinda Pillai :  Kaattukadannal ( Gadfly by Ethel Lilian Voynich )  Bhoothakalavum Munvidhikalum ( Past and Prejudice by Romila Thapar )  Book about p govindappillai - PG ABHIMUKHANGAL , ppsathyan,pkpocker-progress publishers , kozhikode .  Other Articles  Chuvanna Pratheekshakal - Red Expectations - Interview by ppsathyan , Madhyamam Weekly ,2012 .  Vayichu Theerilla ee Jeevitha Pusthakam , ppsathyan , Malayalam Varika - December 2012

neg: H. G. Ramulu H. G. Ramulu is Indian politician from Karnataka . He is member of Indian National Congress . He was elected four times as the Member of Parliament from Koppal in Northern Karnataka .

neg: C. Gopalakrishnan C Gopalkrishnan ( ta : சி.கோபாலகிருஷ்ணன் ) ( b 1962 ) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu . He is elected to the Lok Sabha from Nilgiris constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2014 election .   He is the Chairman of the Coonoor Municipality .

neg: Social movement in India From the early 1970s new forms of social mobilisation began in India . They gained a variety of names such as social movement , people 's movement , popular movements etc. . These movements emerged and highlighted some of the major issues such as gender and environment .   One of the leading analyst and participant in social movements in India , Sanjay Sangvi , identified the major agendas of them as `` Movements of landless , unorganised labour in rural and urban areas , adivasis , dalits , displaced people , peasants , urban poor , small entrepreneurs and unemployed youth took up the issues of livelihood , opportunities , dignity and development . ''   Most well known movements in the country are Chipko movement , Save Silent Valley , Narmada Bachao Andolan , Koel Karo , Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha , Jhola Aandolan chutmarika ( fighting polythene ) , Appiko movement , Save Kudremukh , Lok Satta Movement , Swadhyay Movement , Swatantra Sharad Joshi , Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha   These movements largely distanced themselves from political parties , or tried to cut across the ideologies of the political parties . Yet many of them rooted themselves or drew from ideologies of the Mahatma Gandhi , various shades environmentalisms or gender politics , or socialism .   The most recent of social movements is ` Campaign against corruption ' , April 2011 , led by a group of social activists - Anna Hazare , Arvind Kejriwal , Kiran Bedi , a Gandhian sits on , Sri Ram Burgula the heart of New Delhi , capital of India , for fast unto death , demanding enactment of the long pending Jan Lokpal Bill . This movement got support of general masses and media . This created a buzz when political leaders were denied sharing of dias with the social activists . This movement is a landmark in the constitutional history of independent India , which has forced government to include 5 non-official members in the Sri Ram Burgula Bill Drafting committee . Usually , only ministers are members of any legislation drafting committees . While enactment of the law and action by Sri Ram Burgula and Sri Ram Burgula ( ombudsmen ) will take some more time to be on actual ground , this movement has certainly made corruption a major social issue in India .   Some of the popular leaders of such movements are Sunderlal Bahuguna , Medha Patkar , Baba Amte , Vandana Shiva , Vijaypal Baghel , etc. .

neg: Brajkishore Prasad Brajkishore Prasad ( 1877 -- 1946 ) was a lawyer inspired by Mohandas Gandhi during the Indian Independence Movement .   Born in a prominent Kayastha family in Shrinagar , Prasad took his early education in Chhapra and Patna before moving to Presidency College in Calcutta , where he completed his legal training . In between he married to Phool Devi . He set up a legal practise in Darbhanga and had two sons Vishwa Nath and Shiv Nath Prasad , more commonly known as SN Prasad , and two daughters , Prabhavati Devi and Vidyawati . Prabhavati Devi was married to Jayaprakash Narayan and Vidyawati to Mrityunjaya Prasad , son of Rajendra Prasad .   He met with Mahatma Gandhi in 1915 and was immediately taken in by him . He decided to get involved full-time in the freedom struggle and gave up his legal practice . He was instrumental in Gandhi taking up the Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha , in which Gandhi handpicked Rajendra Prasad and Anugrah Narayan Sinha along with him to successfully lead the movement . Gandhi was so impressed by Prasad 's dedication that he set aside a full chapter on him in his autobiographical book , The Story of My Experiments with Truth , called `` The Gentle Bihari '' .   He remained at the forefront of the freedom struggle in Bihar , and his collaboration with several colleagues was instrumental in the setting up of the Bihar Vidyapeeth . For the last ten years of his life he was severely infirmed , and died in 1946 .

neg: Nandamuri Balakrishna filmography Nandamuri Balakrishna ( born 10 June 1960 ) is an Indian film actor and politician , who works predominantly in Telugu Cinema . He is the tenth son of Telugu matinee idol and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh legendary actor , N. T. Rama Rao . He entered the film industry as a child artist at the age of 14 with the film Tatamma Kala . In the mid-1980s , he graduated to acting in the lead role and soon became one of the sought after actors in Telugu cinema . In his film career , spanning 40 years he has acted a hundred films , in a variety of roles . Known for his dancing skills , Balakrishna has received two state Nandi Awards for best acting .   Balakrishna was the guest of honour at the 43rd International Film Festival of India . He is actively involved in politics and is a member of the Telugu Desam Party ( TDP ) founded by his father . In 2014 , he was elected incumbent M. L. A. from Hindupur for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly . He is also the chairman of the trust board for The Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute based in Hyderabad , India .   This is the filmography of Nandamuri Balakrishna .

neg: S. Gandhirajan S. Gandhirajan was a Member of the Legislative Assembly ( M.L.A ) of Tamil Nadu . He was elected to represent the constituency Vedasandur , then a constituency of dindigul district ( Currently under the constituency of Karur district ) , in the elections of 1989 , 1991 , and 1996 . During his period as MLA , He also held the position as the chairman of the `` Tamilnadu Water and drainage Board department '' ( 1992 - 1993 ) and also as the deputy speaker of the legislative assembly from 1993 to 1996 .   In 2006 Gandhirajan 's `` sidelining '' by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was considered to have weakened their position in Vedasandur , as Gandhirajan loyalists were less willing to work for the candidate nominated in his place . This led to his decision to join the opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by Dr. M. Karunanidhi ( also cited as Kalaingar ) .

neg: S. Gopalan Shri S. Gopalan was former Secretary General of 11th Lok Sabha and 12th Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat . He was an Indian civil servant . He started his career as I.A.S ( Kerala Cadre ) and hold various positions in Government of India .


query: As the World Turns debuted on April 2, 1956.

pos: As the World Turns As the World Turns ( often referred to as ATWT ) is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2 , 1956 , to September 17 , 2010 . Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light . Running for 54 years , As the World Turns holds the second-longest continuous run of any daytime network soap opera on American television , surpassed only by Guiding Light . As the World Turns was produced for the first 43 years in Manhattan and in Brooklyn from 2000 until 2010 .   Set in the fictional town of Oakdale , Illinois , the show debuted on April 2 , 1956 , at 1:30 pm EST. . Prior to that date , all serials had been 15 minutes in length . As the World Turns and The Edge of Night , which premiered on the same day at 4:30 pm EST , were the first two to be 30 minutes in length from their premiere . At first , viewers did not respond to the new half-hour serial , but ratings picked up in its second year , eventually reaching the top spot in the daytime Nielsen ratings by fall 1958 . In 1959 , the show started a streak of weekly ratings wins that was not interrupted for over 12 years . The show switched to color on August 21 , 1967 , and expanded from a half-hour in length to one hour starting on December 1 , 1975 , when The Edge of Night moved to ABC . In the year-to-date ratings , As the World Turns was the most-watched daytime drama from 1958 until 1978 , with ten million viewers tuning in each day . At its height , core actors such as Helen Wagner , Don MacLaughlin , Don Hastings , and Eileen Fulton became nationally known . Three of these actors -- Wagner , Hastings , and Fulton -- are also the three longest serving actors in the history of American soap operas .   The show passed its 10,000 th episode on May 12 , 1995 , and celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 2 , 2006 . On September 18 , 2009 , As the World Turns became the last remaining Procter and Gamble-produced soap opera for CBS after Guiding Light aired its final episode on the network .   On December 8 , 2009 , CBS announced that it cancelled As the World Turns after almost 54 years due to low ratings . The show taped its final Procter and Gamble scenes for CBS on June 23 , 2010 , and with a dramatic storyline finale , its final episode on the network aired on September 17 , 2010 . On October 18 , 2010 , CBS replaced As the World Turns with a newly debuted talk show The Talk .

neg: List of former NBC television affiliates The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) is an American broadcast television network that originated as a radio network in November 1926 , and expanded into television in April 1939 . Throughout its history , the network has had many owned-and-operated and affiliated stations .   This article is a table listing of former NBC stations , arranged alphabetically by state , and based on the station 's city of license as well as its Designated Market Area ; it is also accompanied by footnotes regarding the present network affiliation of the former NBC-affiliated station ( if the station remains operational ) and the current NBC affiliates in each of the listed markets , as well as any other notes including the reasons behind each station 's disaffiliation from the network . There are links to and articles on each of the stations , describing their histories , local programming and technical information , such as broadcast frequencies .   The station 's advertised channel number follows the call letters . In most cases , this is their virtual channel ( PSIP ) number , which may match the channel allocation that the station originally broadcast on during its prior affiliation with the network .

neg: Rita Walter Rita Walter ( née McLaughlin ; March 8 , 1951 , Brooklyn , New York ) is an American actress , best known for her role as Carol Deming on the popular soap opera As the World Turns , which she played from May 1970 to December 1981 .   Originally credited by her maiden name , Rita McLaughlin , she made her acting debut in the 1960s on The Patty Duke Show , in the uncredited role of Patty Duke 's double . Prior to that , she was also one of Don Herbert 's child assistants in the Watch Mr. Wizard television series and was featured in a TV commercial for Phillips Milk of Magnesia in 1967 .   Walter 's first daytime soap role was in 1966 as the original Wendy Phillips on The Secret Storm , but it would be a short stint . Four years later , in May 1970 , she joined the ATWT cast as Carol Deming ( and her later married names Hughes Stallings Andropoulos Frazier ) until her exit from the serial on Christmas Day 1981 . She also appeared in the 1985 movie Cry From the Mountain .   Today , Walter , who has been married to Reverend Norman Walter since 1976 , is an optician working at Brunner Opticians in Westfield , New Jersey .

neg: The Lawrence Welk Show The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk . The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years , from 1951 to 1955 , then nationally for another 27 years on ABC from 1955 to 1971 , and in first-run syndication from 1971 to 1982 .  Repeat episodes are broadcast in the United States by Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) stations . These airings incorporate an original program -- usually , a color broadcast from 1965 through 1982 -- in its entirety . In place of the commercials , newer performance and interview clips from the original stars and/or a family member of the performers are included ; these clips are occasionally updated .

neg: 1956–57 United States network television schedule (weekday) These are the daytime Monday -- Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season beginning September 1956 . All times are Eastern and Pacific .   Talk shows are highlighted in yellow , local programming is white , reruns of prime-time programming are orange , game shows are pink , soap operas are chartreuse , news programs are gold and all others are light blue . New series are highlighted in bold .

neg: Star Tonight Star Tonight , an American television anthology series , aired on ABC from February 1955 to August 1956 . It consisted of 80 total episodes , 30 from 1955 and 50 from 1956 . Each episode was a self-contained story , usually adapted from famous plays , short-stories or novels by some of the writers of the day .

neg: What's Happening!! What 's Happening !! is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5 , 1976 , to April 28 , 1979 . The show premiered as a summer series . With good ratings and reviews , and after the failure of several other shows on the network , What 's Happening !! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series . It remained a regular show until 1979 ; ratings were modest . What 's Happening !! was loosely based on the Eric Monte-penned film Cooley High . From 1985 to 1988 , a sequel series called What 's Happening Now !! aired in first-run syndication , with most of the major cast members reprising their roles .   What 's Happening !! was Bud Yorkin 's second series after he ended his partnership with Norman Lear in Tandem Productions . The show was produced by TOY Productions , which was formed by Yorkin , Saul Turtletaub , and Bernie Orenstein after the split .

neg: Ellen Lowell Ellen Lowell ( previously Cole and Stewart ) is a fictional character from the American daytime soap opera As the World Turns . She was portrayed by Wendy Drew from the series first episode on April 2 , 1956 until September 1960 and by Patricia Bruder from December 1960 until November 1998 .

neg: This World (TV series) This World is a current affairs programme which produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Two in the United Kingdom , first airing on 4 January 2004 . The programme also airs worldwide occasionally through BBC World News on digital services , satellite and cable in many countries . The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world .

neg: Conard Fowkes Conard Fowkes ( born 4 January 1933 in Washington D.C - died 14 December 2009 in Manhattan , New York City ) was an American actor .   He is most known for his roles in various soap operas . He appeared on Kitty Foyle , The Edge of Night , The Secret Storm , Hidden Faces , Search for Tomorrow , Dark Shadows , A Flame in the Wind ( later re-titled A Time for Us ) , and was the last actor to portray Donald Hughes on As the World Turns , a role he played from 1978 to 1981 and again in 1986 and 1988 .   Conard Fowkes was elected to Equity 's Council in 1973 , and served as the AEA 's secretary/treasurer from 1988 to May 2009 . In 1977 , he co-founded VITA ( AEA 's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program ) , which assisted thousands of AEA members with their income taxes . His advocacy also led to the creation of the Qualified Performing Artist deduction in the Federal Tax Code in 1986 .

neg: 1956 Major League Baseball season The 1956 Major League Baseball season was contested from April to October 1956 , featuring eight teams in the National League and eight teams in the American League . The 1956 World Series was a rematch of the previous year 's series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers . The series is notable for Yankees pitcher Don Larsen 's perfect game in Game 5 .

neg: Queen for a Day Queen for a Day was an American radio and television game show that helped to usher in American listeners ' and viewers ' fascination with big-prize giveaway shows . Queen for a Day originated on the Mutual Radio Network on April 30 , 1945 , in New York City before moving to Los Angeles a few months later and ran until 1957 . The show then ran on NBC Television from 1956 to 1960 and on ABC Television from 1960 to 1964 .   The show became popular enough that NBC increased its running time from 30 to 45 minutes to sell more commercials , at a then premium rate of $ 4,000 per minute .

neg: 1950s The 1950s ( pronounced nineteen-fifties ; commonly abbreviated as the 50s or Fifties ) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1 , 1950 , and ended on December 31 , 1959 .   By its end , the world had largely recovered from World War II and the Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late-1940s to a hot competition between the United States and the Soviet Union by the early-1960s .   Clashes between communism and capitalism dominated the decade , especially in the Northern Hemisphere . The conflicts included the Korean War in the beginnings of the decade and the beginning of the Space Race with the launch of Sputnik 1 . Along with increased testing of nuclear weapons ( such as RDS-37 and Upshot -- Knothole ) , this created a politically conservative climate . In the United States , the Second Red Scare caused Congressional hearings by both houses in Congress and anti-communism was the prevailing sentiment in the United States throughout the decade . The beginning of decolonization in Africa and Asia took place in this decade and accelerated in the following decade .

neg: 1956 Cannes Film Festival The 9th Cannes Film Festival was held from 23 April to 10 May 1956 . The Palme d'Or went to The Silent World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle . The festival opened with Marie-Antoinette reine de France , directed by Jean Delannoy and closed with Il tetto by Vittorio De Sica .

neg: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (season 2) The second season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager , an American television series created by Brenda Hampton , debuted on the ABC Family television network on Monday , June 22 , 2009 at 8:00 PM . Season two regular cast members include Shailene Woodley , India Eisley , Daren Kagasoff , Francia Raisa , Kenny Baumann , Molly Ringwald , Mark Derwin , Megan Park , and Greg Finley II . Following the first season , Jorge Pallo and Luke Zimmerman were demoted to recurring guest stars . Jorge returned for a select number of episodes to wrap up his character 's storyline and eventually departed the series after its January return .   Following the success of its first season , ABC Family announced on January 31 , 2009 , plans to renew Secret Life , following the cancellation of its hit sci-fi TV show , Kyle XY . The official press release was released on February 9 with ABC Family ordering 24 episodes for season two . Season 2 began with 12 episodes broadcast starting June 22 , 2009 . Though marketed as the season finale , the mid season finale aired on September 7 , 2009 , with the second half of the season returning on January 4 , 2010 . The second 12 episodes finished their run on March 22 , 2010 .   The season premiere of Secret Life brought in the largest audience for the show so far , with a record breaking 4.68 million viewers . It brought in the second largest audience in adults 18-34 with 1.40 million viewers , behind season one 's mid-season finale . 2.10 million adults 18-49 watched `` The Big One '' along with 1.60 million females between the ages 18 -- 34 . The season premiere remains the number one scripted original premiere of Summer 2009 in Adults 18-34 . Furthermore , the mid-season premiere became ABC Family 's most watched telecast of all time with viewers ages 12 -- 34 with more than three million viewers watching . The mid-season premiere also brought in the show 's second largest audience in total viewers , with more than 4.55 million people watching .   This season , Amy Juergens must deal with juggling motherhood and high school , while her family and friends experience relationship challenges of their own .

neg: Wide Wide World Wide Wide World was a 90-minute documentary series telecast live on NBC on Sunday afternoons at 4pm Eastern . Conceived by network head Pat Weaver and hosted by Dave Garroway , Wide Wide World was introduced on the Producers ' Showcase series on June 27 , 1955 . The premiere episode , featuring entertainment from the US , Canada and Mexico , was the first international North American telecast in the history of the medium .   It returned in the fall as a regular Sunday series , telecast from October 16 , 1955 to June 8 , 1958 . The program was sponsored by General Motors and Barry Wood was the executive producer . Nelson Case was the announcer . In March 1956 , Time magazine reported that it was the highest-rated daytime show on television .   Garroway was the host of the series which featured live remote segments from locations throughout North America and occasional reports on film from elsewhere in the world . The series carried live events into four million households . The October 16 premiere , `` A Sunday in Autumn , '' featured 50 cameras in 11 cities , including a college campus , the fishing fleet at Gloucester , Massachusetts , rainswept streets in Manhattan and Monitor broadcasting in NBC 's Radio Central studio . An appearance by Dick Button ice skating at Rockefeller Center was canceled because the rain had washed away the ice , and a curious coverage by a nervous Ted Husing of an attempt by Donald Campbell to break a speed record showed nothing more than his boat , on the other side of the lake , failing to take off . Time reviewed :   NBC 's Wide Wide World whisked its audience all over the map . The camera lazed its way down the Mississippi , poked into a New Jersey lane where lovers walked and old men raked autumn leaves , wandered around Gloucester harbor as fishermen mended nets . There were vivid contrasts between the chasm of the Grand Canyon and the topless towers of Rockefeller Center , the swaying wheat fields of Nebraska and the money-conscious hubbub of the Texas State Fair , an underwater ballet from Florida and the overwater speed trials of Donald Campbell 's jet racer at Arizona 's man-made Lake Mead . Always there was the immediacy of things happening this very minute , but the real brilliancy of Wide World may lie in its avoidance of the TV interview . The only one attempted , at the Texas Fair , proved again that -- given a microphone and someone to interview -- an announcer can turn any subject into a crashing bore . The words needed in Wide World were supplied by Dave Garroway and kept to a literate minimum .   Other episodes : `` New Orleans '' ( February 2 , 1958 ) , `` American Theater ' 58 '' ( March 16 , 1958 ) , `` Flagstop at Malta Bend '' ( March 30 , 1958 ) and `` The Museum of Modern Art '' ( April 27 , 1958 ) .

neg: 1956 Academy Awards 1956 Academy Awards may refer to :   28th Academy Awards , the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 1956  29th Academy Awards , the 1957 ceremony honoring the best in film for 1956

neg: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted and executive produced by Alfred Hitchcock , which aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965 . It featured dramas , thrillers , and mysteries . By the time it premiered on October 2 , 1955 , Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades . Time magazine named it one of `` The 100 Best TV Shows of all time '' . The Writers Guild of America ranked it # 79 on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series tying it with Monty Python 's Flying Circus , Star Trek : The Next Generation and Upstairs , Downstairs .   A series of literary anthologies with the running title Alfred Hitchcock Presents were issued to capitalize on the success of the television series . One volume , devoted to stories that censors would n't allow to be adapted for broadcast , was entitled Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Stories They Would n't Let Me Do on TV '' -- though eventually several of the stories collected were adapted .

neg: Will Munson William `` Will '' Harold Ryan Munson is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns . He was portrayed by Jesse Soffer on recurring basis from September 2004 to March 2005 , after which he got a contract as a regular . Soffer left the show on April 4 , 2008 and made a brief return in July 2010 .

neg: As the Stomach Turns `` As the Stomach Turns '' is a series of comedy sketches parodying the soap opera As the World Turns featured on The Carol Burnett Show , with one installment airing on Carol Burnett & Company . The sketch was created by show writers Kenny Solms and Gail Parent . The Carol Burnett Show introduced the series during its first season in 1967 -- 68 and continued to air new installments for the remainder of its 11-season run , through its final season in 1977 -- 78 . However , the final installment of `` As the Stomach Turns '' would not air until September 8 , 1979 , on a different four-week summer series titled Carol Burnett & Company . This was the only installment of `` As the Stomach Turns '' that did not air on The Carol Burnett Show which had completed its run almost a year and a half earlier on March 29 , 1978 .

neg: 9th Primetime Emmy Awards The 9th Emmy Awards , later referred to as the 9th Primetime Emmy Awards , were held on March 16 , 1957 to honor the best in television of the year . The ceremony was held at the NBC Studios in Burbank , California . Desi Arnaz hosted the event . All nominations are listed , with winners in bold and series ' networks are in parentheses . Categories were sorted based on running time , instead of by genre .   The top shows of the night were Caesar 's Hour and Playhouse 90 . Each show won a then-record five major awards , ( however , two of Playhouse 90 's wins came in now defunct categories ) .   Caesar 's Hour became the first show to be nominated in all four major acting categories . Caesar 's Hour also made history when it swept the four acting categories . After over fifty years , it remains the only comedy or drama series to win every major acting award . In 2004 , the miniseries Angels in America became the second show , and first miniseries/television movie , to sweep the acting field .


query: Hulk is a TV show.

pos: Hulk (film) Hulk is a 2003 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name . Ang Lee directed the film , which stars Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner , as well as Jennifer Connelly , Sam Elliott , Josh Lucas , and Nick Nolte . The film explores the origins of Bruce Banner , who after a lab accident involving gamma radiation finds himself able to turn into a huge green-skinned monster whenever he gets angry , while he is pursued by the United States military and comes into a conflict with his father .   Development for the film started as far back as 1990 . The film was at one point to be directed by Joe Johnston and then Jonathan Hensleigh . More scripts had been written by Hensleigh , John Turman , Michael France , Zak Penn , J. J. Abrams , Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski , Michael Tolkin , and David Hayter before Ang Lee and James Schamus ' involvement . Hulk was shot mostly in California , primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area .   Hulk was a commercial success , grossing over $ 245 million worldwide , higher than its $ 137 million budget , and received mixed reactions from critics . Many praised the writing , acting , character development , the action sequences and the musical score by Danny Elfman , while some criticized its outdated CGI , editing and dark story elements . A reboot , titled The Incredible Hulk , was released on June 13 , 2008 as the second film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe .

neg: Hulk Hogan's Main Event Hulk Hogan 's Main Event is a professional wrestling fighting game starring Hulk Hogan created by Panic Button and published by Majesco Entertainment for the Xbox 360 . The game requires the Kinect peripheral .

neg: TV Nation TV Nation is a satirical newsmagazine television series written , directed and hosted by Michael Moore that was co-funded and originally broadcast by NBC in the United States and BBC2 in the United Kingdom . The show blended humor and journalism into provocative reports about various issues . After moving to Fox for its second ( and final ) season , the show won an Emmy Award in 1995 for Outstanding Informational Series .   TV Nation was created in the wake of the success Moore had with the documentary Roger & Me , prompting Warner Bros. . Television to ask Moore for television series ideas . In January 1993 , NBC green-lit a pilot episode which took three months to complete . Interest from the BBC prompted NBC to insert the show into its summer 1994 lineup .

neg: Tankboy TV Tankboy TV or Tankboy ( Танкбой in Russia and Kazakhstan ) is a reality show based on the antics of Captain Tankboy and his crew as they travel the world , blowing things up , driving tanks over cars , building rockets and generally creating havoc .   The show is often touted as the next generation in destruction television and the show 's tagline `` Girls , Guns and Tanks ! '' has become infamous with the politically correct .

neg: Thunderbolt (comics) Thunderbolt , in comics . may refer to :   Thunderbolt ( Marvel Comics ) , a Daredevil supporting character  Thunderbolts ( comics ) , a Marvel Comics team of reformed supervillains  Thunderbolt Ross , an Incredible Hulk supporting character  Thunderbolt , a genie associated with the DC Comics characters Johnny Thunder and Jakeem Thunder  Peter Cannon , Thunderbolt , a Charlton Comics character  Thunderbolt Jaxon , a Golden Age British superhero currently being revived in a Wildstorm comic series by Dave Gibbons and John Higgins

neg: X-Men (TV series) X-Men , also known as X-Men : The Animated Series , is an American animated television series which debuted on October 31 , 1992 , in the United States on the Fox Network , as part of its Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup . X-Men was Marvel Comics ' second attempt at an animated X-Men TV series after the pilot , X-Men : Pryde of the X-Men , was not picked up .

neg: The Flash (2014 TV series) The Flash is an American television series developed by Greg Berlanti , Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns , airing on The CW . It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash , a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds . It is a spin-off from Arrow , existing in the same fictional universe . The series follows Allen , portrayed by Grant Gustin , a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed , which he uses to fight criminals , including others who have also gained superhuman abilities .   Initially envisioned as a backdoor pilot , the positive reception Gustin received during two appearances as Barry on Arrow led to executives choosing to develop a full pilot to make use of a larger budget and help flesh out Barry 's world in more detail . Colleen Atwood , costume designer for Arrow , was brought in to design the Flash 's suit . The creative team wanted to make sure that the Flash would resemble his comic book counterpart , and not simply be a poor imitation . The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada .   The Flash premiered in North America on October 7 , 2014 , where the pilot became the second-most watched premiere in the history of The CW , after The Vampire Diaries in 2009 . It has been well received by critics and audiences , and won the People 's Choice Award for `` Favorite New TV Drama '' in 2014 . The series was renewed for a third season in March 2016 , which premiered on October 4 , 2016 . The series , together with Arrow , has spun characters out to their own show , Legends of Tomorrow , which premiered on January 21 , 2016 . On January 8 , 2017 , The CW renewed the show for a fourth season .

neg: Freaks and Geeks Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series , created by Paul Feig , with Judd Apatow as executive producer , that aired on NBC during the 1999 -- 2000 television season . Eighteen episodes were completed , but the series was canceled after only 12 had aired .   A fan-led campaign persuaded NBC to broadcast three more episodes in July 2000 ; the three remaining unaired episodes , for a total of 18 , aired that September on the cable network Fox Family Channel .   The series appeared on Time magazine 's 2007 `` 100 Greatest Shows of All Time '' list , and placed third on the magazine 's list of greatest television shows of the 2000s ( decade ) . In 2007 , Freaks and Geeks ranked # 21 on TV Guides Top Cult Shows Ever . In 2008 , Entertainment Weekly ranked it the 13th-best series of the past 25 years . The same year , AOL TV named it the Best School Show of All Time . In 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time , and ranked it # 1 on their list of 60 shows that were `` Cancelled Too Soon '' . It launched several of its young actors into successful television and film careers .

neg: Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in books published by DC Comics . Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino , the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of the , and first appears in Adventure Comics # 247 ( April 1958 ) .   Initially , the team was closely associated with the original Superboy character ( Superman when he was a teenager ) , and was portrayed as a group of time travelers . Later , the Legion 's origin and back story were fleshed out , and the group was given its own monthly comic . Eventually , Superboy was removed from the team altogether and appeared only as an occasional guest star .   The team has undergone two major reboots during its run . The original version was replaced with a new rebooted version following the events of the `` Zero Hour '' storyline in 1994 and another rebooted team was introduced in 2004 . A fourth version of the team , nearly identical to the original version , was introduced in 2007 .

neg: Deals with Our Devils `` Deals with Our Devils '' is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. ( Strategic Homeland Intervention , Enforcement , and Logistics Division ) , revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his allies , who are trapped between dimensions . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the films of the franchise . The episode was written by DJ Doyle , and directed by Jesse Bochco .   Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series , and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , Elizabeth Henstridge , Henry Simmons , and John Hannah .   `` Deals with Our Devils '' originally aired on ABC on November 29 , 2016 , and according to Nielsen Media Research , was watched by 4.63 million viewers within a week of its release .

neg: Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line) Thor : The Mighty Avenger is a toy line manufactured by Hasbro based on the Marvel Comics film , Thor . It is composed mainly of 3.75 '' scale action figures .   The line falls under Marvel 's `` Avengers Assemble '' marketing banner , which will also include the Iron Man : The Armored Avenger and Captain America : The First Avenger toy lines . This will be used as a lead up to 2012 's The Avengers motion picture .   Unlike previous 3.75 '' action figure lines based on movies , Hasbro is not doing a comic series with this line . All of the figures will be based on the movie . This official street date for the line is March 1 , though some stores have started selling the toys in early February .

neg: WrestleMania VII WrestleMania VII was the seventh annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . It took place on March 24 , 1991 , at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles , California . The main event saw Hulk Hogan defeat Sgt. Slaughter for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship as part of a controversial storyline in which Sgt. Slaughter portrayed an Iraqi sympathizer during the United States ' involvement in the Gulf War . Significant events on the undercard included The Undertaker 's WrestleMania debut and the beginning of his renowned winning streak , a retirement match between Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior leading to the former 's reuniting with estranged love Miss Elizabeth , as well as the final match of the original Hart Foundation , after which Bret Hart became primarily a singles wrestler .

neg: Creature Features Creature Features was a generic title for a genre of horror TV format shows broadcast on local U.S. television stations throughout the 1960s , 1970s and 1980s . The movies broadcast on the various shows were generally classic and cult horror movies of the 1930s to 1950s , the horror and science-fiction films of the 1950s , British horror films of the 1960s , and the Japanese `` giant monster '' movies of the 1960s and 1970s .

neg: Heroman is a manga/anime series created by Marvel 's Stan Lee ( story ) , Tamon Ohta ( characters ) , and Bones ( animation ) . The manga is published in Square Enix 's magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan and began serialization in September 2009 , while the anime series premiered on April 1 , 2010 , on TV Tokyo and related stations . Stan Lee came up with the series ' basic plot , referring to the series and character as `` a new hero for the 21st century '' .

neg: Devils You Know `` Devils You Know '' is the fourth episode of the third season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. ( Strategic Homeland Intervention , Enforcement and Logistics Division ) , revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they work with a rival organization to hunt Inhumans . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the films of the franchise . The episode was written by Paul Zbyszewski , and directed by Ron Underwood .   Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series , and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , Elizabeth Henstridge , Nick Blood , Adrianne Palicki , and Henry Simmons . The visual effects for guest star Chad Lindberg 's Inhuman character 's abilities were provided by FuseFX .   `` Devils You Know '' originally aired on ABC on October 20 , 2015 , and according to Nielsen Media Research , was watched by 3.85 million viewers .

neg: List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. characters Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an American television series created for ABC by Joss Whedon , Jed Whedon , and Maurissa Tancharoen , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. ( Strategic Homeland Intervention , Enforcement and Logistics Division ) , a fictional peacekeeping and spy agency in a world of superheroes . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the feature and short films of the franchise .   The series stars Clark Gregg , reprising his role of Phil Coulson from the films , as well as Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , and Elizabeth Henstridge . Nick Blood and Adrianne Palicki joined the cast for the second and third seasons , while Henry Simmons and Luke Mitchell had recurring roles in the second season before being promoted to the main cast for the third . John Hannah , who recurred in the third season , joined the main cast in the fourth . Additionally , several other characters from Marvel Cinematic Universe films and Marvel One-Shots also appear throughout the series , along with other characters based on various Marvel Comics properties . Several characters from the series also appear in the supplemental digital series Marvel 's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. : Slingshot .   This list includes the series ' main cast , all guest stars deemed to have had recurring roles throughout the series , and any other guest who is otherwise notable .

neg: Disasterpiece Theatre Disasterpiece Theatre was a comedy television program that aired in the early 1980s on XETV , a station in Tijuana , Mexico owned by Mexican media company Grupo Televisa which broadcasts in English across the border to neighboring San Diego , California . The show 's title is both a play on the long-running PBS anthology program Masterpiece Theatre and a reference to the low-budget , campy science fiction and horror films that were lampooned each week . At the time of Disasterpiece Theatre '' 's run , XETV was an independent station ; today it serves as the San Diego affiliate of The CW network .   The premise of the show was simple : show the worst movies ever made and make fun of them . Among the films shown were Shriek of the Mutilated , Monster on Campus , The Thing That Could n't Die , The Mummy 's Hand , Born to Speed , Big Boy Rides Again , First Spaceship on Venus and Curse of the Undead . Comments would be written as subtitles during the movie ; for example , in Track of the Moonbeast a character says , `` I 'm somewhat of an ... ( laughs ) an adventurer , '' and the word `` IDIOT '' appeared on screen during the pause in the middle of the sentence . Sometimes music would be added and , in some cases , redubbing by the writers would occur . On a showing of First Spaceship on Venus , the soundtrack was replaced by the writers ' voices arguing about which television show they are going to watch , similar to the overdubbing idea in What 's Up , Tiger Lily?Jay Curtis hosted the show as Sal U. Lloyd , a play on the word celluloid . Bruce Mueller played `` The Other Guy '' and would often dress up as The Mummy , A Lion Tamer , and the Network Producer . Curtis and Mueller wrote and produced the show . Fred Stern was a constant contributor and served as the show 's musical director . Stern chose popular music that was added to scenes for comic punctuation . As an example , during the film Beginning of the End , giant grasshoppers are attacking Chicago , scientists decide to use the grasshopper mating call to lure the creatures into Lake Michigan but instead of the mating call coming from a boat loudspeaker , the audience hears At the Hop by Danny and the Juniors and the monsters hop in and drown . San Diego radio announcer Gary Cocker appeared on the show many times . Guests included Whoopi Goldberg , Richard Simmons , and J. Michael Straczynski . The show was done so cheaply , the producers would tape over the same reels , thus erasing the previous episode . In the show , Curtis and Mueller 's microphone cords are easily visible , but it is the poor production quality that makes the show more humorous .   Sal U. Lloyd was portrayed as a big loser who hates his job . In one episode , he explains his position : `` I 'm sick of television ... I wan na be a rock and roll star . I wan na make some money . '' He is often seen receiving some kind of brain damage after showing a movie . Several times , Lloyd has a run-in with the network producer , George Mucas ( obviously a parody of George Lucas ) , who hates the show . In reality , Curtis had a strong rivalry with the actual network producer of XETV , who eventually cancelled the show .   The show became quite successful , generating a loyal following and beating Saturday Night Live in the ratings several times . However , the show was eventually cancelled due to creative control with the station . Although the show is not widely acclaimed , it is mentionable for inspiring a generation of cult television shows that used the same premise , such as Mystery Science Theater 3000 .   In 1991 , the Beetlejuice episode `` Moby Richard '' had Lydia staging a television dramatization of `` Moby Dick '' for the Neitherworld program `` Disasterpiece Theatre . ''   In 1993 , Animaniacs had an episode of the same title .   In 2009 , the creators of Disasterpiece Theatre '' created a YouTube Page posting archival footage of the show .

neg: Marvel Productions Marvel Productions Ltd. , later known as New World Animation Ltd. , was the television and film studio subsidiary of the Marvel Entertainment Group , based in Hollywood , Los Angeles , California . It later became a subsidiary of New World Entertainment and eventually of News Corporation ( Fox Entertainment Group ) .   Marvel Productions produced animated television series , motion pictures , and television specials such as Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends , The Incredible Hulk , My Little Pony : The Movie , The Transformers : The Movie , and G.I. Joe : The Movie as well as the Transformers and G.I. Joe : A Real American Hero television series . Most of Marvel Productions ' back catalog ( mostly non-Hasbro related productions ) is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company .

neg: Feminist Hulk Feminist Hulk ( @feministhulk ) is a parody Twitter account written from the perspective of a feminist incarnation of the Hulk , a Marvel Comics superhero with boundless rage and strength but a limited vocabulary . Feminist Hulk incorporates feminist theory into tweets , notably threatening to smash the patriarchy and gender binary . Blogger Christopher Shea observed that part of the humor `` comes from hearing feminist theory spouted by such a hypermasculine figure . ''

neg: Klaatu (comics) Klaatu is a fictional Marvel Comics alien . He first appeared in The Incredible Hulk vol . 2 # 136-137 ( Feb - Mar 1971 ) , a two-part story which credits Roy Thomas as sole writer , but was in fact scripted by Thomas over a plot by Gerry Conway and Herb Trimpe . Klaatu 's character was a thinly veiled pastiche of Moby Dick . Moby Dick is considered to be a symbol of a number of things , among them God , nature , fate , the ocean , and the very universe itself . The name Klaatu was borrowed from the central character of The Day the Earth Stood Still .

neg: Survival of the Fittest (The Spectacular Spider-Man) `` Survival of the Fittest '' is the pilot episode of the animated television series The Spectacular Spider-Man , which is based on the comic book character Spider-Man , created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko . The episode was written and directed by the series developers , Greg Weisman and Victor Cook . In the episode , Spider-Man ( Josh Keaton ) faces the evil Vulture ( Robert Englund ) as he begins his junior year in high school .   Sony Entertainment originally conceived The Spectacular Spider-Man as a series of four DVDs , and asked Weisman and Cook to develop it . The central idea was to follow Spider-Man in his younger years in the comics ; Weisman and Cook wanted to incorporate the styles of the early comic publications by Lee and Ditko . Reviewers have cited other influences in the themes , such as the live action film series and the Ultimate Spider-Man '' continuity .   `` Survival of the Fittest '' originally aired on March 8 , 2008 , on the Kids ' WB block on The CW . It had previously been shown to a large audience at the 2008 WonderCon . The episode was the highest rated program of the Kids WB ! 2007-2008 combined with the second episode `` Interactions '' and alone received a Nielsen rating of 1.2 / 3 . It was well received by critics , IGN calling it `` a Spider-Man story that feels like classic Spider-Man , and that 's a good thing . ''