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Liercourt-Erondelle
Liercourt-Erondelle, the "Camp de César", is a 32-hectare late Iron Age oppidum (éperon barré) near Abbeville, Somme, with an 11-meter rampart, an adjacent 25-hectare Roman camp found by Roger Agache in 1960, classified Monument Historique in 1862 and 1964.
Lierse SK (1906)
Lierse SK (Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring), Belgian football club founded in Lier in 1906; four titles (1932, 1942, 1960, 1997), two cups; bankrupt 2018, continued as Lierse Kempenzonen, renamed Lierse SK in 2024.
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong is James W. Loewen's 1995 critique of twelve American high school history textbooks, covering heroification, racism, Columbus, and the first Thanksgiving; nearly two million copies sold, American Book Award winner.
Lies of P
Lies of P (P의 거짓) is a 2023 soulslike action role-playing game by Neowiz and Round8 Studio, loosely based on Pinocchio and set in the Belle Époque city of Krat.
Lies We Tell (2023 film)
Lies We Tell (2023) is an Irish gothic thriller directed by Lisa Mulcahy, adapted from Sheridan Le Fanu's Uncle Silas, starring Agnes O'Casey as heiress Maud Ruthyn and David Wilmot as her scheming guardian uncle Silas.
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, popularized by Mark Twain, who credited Disraeli in 1907.
Liesel Pritzker Simmons
Liesel Pritzker Simmons is an American investor and former child actress, a Pritzker family heir who runs Blue Haven Initiative.
Liesel Westermann
Liesel Westermann (Lieselotte Westermann-Krieg), born 1944, West German discus thrower; 1968 Olympic silver medallist, first woman over 60 m and 200 feet, four discus world records (61.26-63.96 m).
Liesl Perkaus
Liesl Perkaus (Elisabeth Perkaus-Richter, 1905-1987), Austrian track and field athlete, Danubia Wien club, sixth in discus at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and shot put bronze medalist at the 1930 Women's World Games.
Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas
Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (LTOK, LNOC), Lithuania's National Olympic Committee: founded 1937, restored 1988, IOC-recognized 1991, returned to the 1992 Games; led by Daina Gudzinevičiūtė since 2012.
Lieu Quan
Lieu Quan (Liễu Quán, 1667–1742), born Le Thiet Dieu, was a Vietnamese Zen master who founded the Liễu Quán school, dominant in central and southern Vietnam.
Lieutenant
Lieutenant: commissioned officer rank from French lieu + tenant, "holder of a place". OF-1 in British armies, O-3 in the US Navy; Chinese/Japanese 中尉 is the middle company-grade rank.
Lieutenant (junior grade)
Lieutenant (junior grade), also LTJG or Lt. j.g., is the O-2 junior commissioned officer rank of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and NOAA, equivalent to first lieutenant; created in 1883 from the old rank of master.
Lieutenant (navy)
Lieutenant (navy), LT or Lt(N), is the O-3/OF-2 junior officer naval rank, equivalent to an army captain. From French lieu and tenant; official in the British navy about 1580, in the US Navy since 1775.
Lieutenant colonel (United States)
Lieutenant colonel (LTC, LtCol, Lt Col) is the US O-5 field-grade officer rank in the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force, equivalent to Navy commander, wearing a silver oak leaf and coded NATO OF-4.
Lieutenant commander
Lieutenant commander (LCDR, Lt Cdr, LCdr) is a naval officer rank between lieutenant and commander, NATO OF-3, equivalent to army major. Adopted by the US Navy in 1862 and the Royal Navy in 1914; a US Navy control grade at pay grade O-4.
Lieutenant commander (United States)
Lieutenant commander (LCDR) is the O-4 commissioned officer rank of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and NOAA, equivalent to a major; created in 1862 from Lieutenant Commanding, with gold oak leaf and two-and-a-half-stripe insignia.
Lieutenant general
Lieutenant general is a senior commissioned officer rank in most armies, above major general and below general, commonly a three-star rank in the United States.
Lieutenant general (United States)
Lieutenant general is the three-star, O-9 US general officer rank in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force, equivalent to vice admiral; first held by George Washington in 1798.
Lieutenant Governor (Canada)
Lieutenant governors (Canada) are the ten provincial representatives of the King, appointed by the governor general on the prime minister's recommendation, usually for 5 years, with duties including Royal Assent, swearing in premiers, and opening legislatures.
Lieutenant governor elections in the United States
Lieutenant governor elections in the United States fill the office second in line to the governorship, held in 45 states, on a joint ticket in 26.
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
Serving under Canada's Constitution Act of 1867, the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is the representative of the King and the legal head of state for the province.
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec), the Crown's provincial representative since 1867; grants royal assent, appoints the premier, and is currently Manon Jeannotte, the 30th holder, sworn in 25 January 2024.
Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Lieutenant Governor of Texas: statewide elected officer, president of the Texas Senate under Article IV, Section 16 of the 1876 Constitution, first in line to the governor. Held by Dan Patrick since 2015; unusually powerful because it controls Senate committees and bills.
Lieutenant prose
Lieutenant prose (лейтенантская проза) is Soviet fiction about the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 written by front-line writers who had served as junior officers, produced chiefly in the 1950s and 1960s.
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber (Isaac Liev Schreiber, born 1967) is an American actor and director, Tony winner for Glengarry Glen Ross, Emmy-nominated lead of Showtime's Ray Donovan, and star of Spotlight and the Scream films.
Lieven De Veylder
Lieven De Veylder is a Belgian plant biologist at Ghent University and VIB who studies how plants control cell division and replenish root stem cells.
Lieven Vandersypen
Lieven Vandersypen, born 1972 in Leuven, Belgium, is a Belgian physicist and professor at TU Delft known for quantum computing with electron spins in silicon, including a six-qubit processor.
Lievin Lerno
Liévin Lerno, Belgian road cyclist (born October 1927 in Lokeren, died 28 March 2017), 1948 London Olympian: DNF in the individual road race but credited with the team gold; professional 1949-1954 for Garin-Wolber and Groene Leeuw.
Lievre
Lievre (Lièvre) is a traditional French two-player blockade board game from the early twentieth century: one hare against three dogs, who win by blocking the hare's movement on a circular board.