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Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952, Macon, Georgia) is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist. She has had multiple top five hits in the UK, including her 1980 number 2 hit, "One Day I'll Fly Away".
Crawford first performed at club gigs from Cincinnati to Saint-Tropez, but made her name in mid 1970s in New York, where she sang with jazzmen George Benson and Cannonball Adderley. She signed with Columbia Records and released her first single, "Knock On Wood" / "If You Say the Word" in 1972. Adderley invited her to sing on his album, Big Man: The Legend Of John Henry (1975). During a brief tenure at Columbia Records, Crawford recorded "Don't Get Caught in Love's Triangle". She is also one of the vocalists on "Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns – A Blow For Me, A Toot To You" LP from 1977.
In 1978, Crawford performed on the second solo album of former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. She sang vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last", the opening song on side two of Please Don't Touch.
The Almaz (Russian: Алмаз, "Diamond") program was a highly secretive Soviet military space station program, begun in the early 1960s.
Three crewed military reconnaissance stations were launched between 1973 and 1976: Salyut 2, Salyut 3 and Salyut 5. To cover the military nature of the program the three launched Almaz stations were designated as civilian Salyut space stations. Salyut 2 failed shortly after achieving orbit, but Salyut 3 and Salyut 5 both conducted successful manned testing. Following Salyut 5, the Soviet Ministry of Defence judged in 1978 that the time consumed by station maintenance outweighed the benefits relative to automatic reconnaissance satellites.
The space stations cores were known internally as OPS (Russian: ОПС, GRAU index 11F71 and 11F71B), from "Orbital Piloted Station" (Russian: Орбитальная Пилотируемая Станция). As part of the Almaz program several spacecraft for supportive roles were developed: The VA spacecraft, the Functional Cargo Block and the TKS spacecraft, which were to be used in several combinations. The heritage of the Almaz program continues to this day with the ISS module Zarya being one example.
Actors: Viktor Sukhorukov (actor), Sergey Bodrov (producer), Sergey Selyanov (producer), Sergey Bodrov (writer), Siegfried (composer), Ivan Lebedev (editor), Natacha Devillers (producer), Sergei Azimov (producer), Alec Schulmann (producer), Gulshat Omarova (writer), Gulshat Omarova (director), Olga Landina (actress), Gulnara Yeraliyeva (actress), Oldzhas Nusupbayev (actor), Bakhytbek Bajmukhanbetov (actor),
Plot: Shiza is the nickname of a 15-year-old boy. Money, power, and women - he has none of these, yet, in his young life. But, he does have the illegal, underground circuit of bare-knuckle fist-fighting, where he is able to eke out a living by scouting for fighters. When a man is accidentally killed in the ring, though, his life is changed forever. He decides that he should return the dead man's money to his widow and child. But, after he meets the woman, Shiza understands that he has real feelings of love for her. Now, he knows for whom he must earn money, no matter what the cost...
Keywords: 15-year-old, accidental-death, almaty-kazakhstan, amnesty, anger, apple, attic, backpack, bare-knuckle-fighting, bathtubActors: Nikodimos Fikru (director), Nikodimos Fikru (producer), Ayelech Zewdie (actor), Meseret Bekele (actress), Gelila Eyob (actress), Nafkote Fikru (actress), Elizabeth Teferra (actress), Daniel Sebsebe (composer), Hamza Abdo (actor), Chizoma Olumba (editor), Hiruy Abdu (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tofik Tagi-zade (director), Leila Bedirbeili (actress), Tofik Kuliyev (composer), Mustafa Mardanov (actor), Süsan Macidova (actress), Aghahuseyin Javadov (actor), Mukhlis Dzhanni-zade (actor), Aliaga Agayev (actor), Fateh Fatullayev (actor), Aziza Mammadova (actress), Sadaqat Zülfüqarova (actress), Sona Aslanova (actress), Munevver Kelenterli (actress), Adham Qulubayov (writer), Cabbar Aliyev (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Aga-Rza Kuliyev (director), Eli Gurbanov (actor), Alakbar Huseynzade (actor), Alesker Alekperov (actor), Rza Takhmasib (actor), Heiri Emirzade (actor), Aziza Mammadova (actress), Mirza Aliyev (actor), Alekper Melikov (actor), Okyuma Kurbanova (actress), Letif Safarov (actor), Izzet Oruczade (actress), Ismayil Hidayatzada (actor), Qriqori Braginski (director), Z. Kyazimova (actor),
Genres: ,She only smiles
He only tells her
That she's the flowers, the wind and spring
In all her splendour
Sweetly surrendering
The love that innocence brings
Almaz
Pure and simple
Born in a world where love survives
Now men will want her
'Cos life don't haunt her
Almaz
You lucky, lucky thing
Now I watch closely
And I watch wholly
I can't imagine love so rare
She's young and tender
But will life bend her
I look around, is she everywhere
Almaz
Pure and simple
Born in a world where love survives
Now men will want her
'Cos life don't haunt her
Almaz
You lucky, lucky thing
He throws her kisses
She shares his wishes
I'm sure he's keen without a doubt
With love so captive
So solely captive
I ask if I could play the part
Almaz
Pure and simple
Born in a world where love survives
Now men will want her
'Cos life don't haunt her
Almaz
You lucky, lucky thing
Almaz
You lucky, lucky thing
Almaz