Johann Cruyff is a Dutch Association Football player. He was born in 1947. He played for AmsterdamAjax, Barcelona and for the Netherlands, becoming one of the leading goal scorers in the Dutch league. He captained the Dutch side which reached the final of the 1974 World Cup against Germany. Research Johann Cruyff
Sir John Harington was an English poet. He was born in 1561 and died in 1612. At his baptism Queen Elizabeth I stood sponsor. In 1596 he was excluded from court on account of his poem Metamorphoses of Ajax, but was soon allowed to return. Hia best-known performance is, perhaps, his translation of OrlandoFurioso in heroic verse. Research John Harington
Ugo Foscolo was an Italian poet and patriot. He was born in 1778 at Zante and died in 1827. Educated at the University of Padua, before the age of twenty he produced his tragedy Il Tieste (Thyestes), which was received with applause. His next work of importance was a romance somewhat in the style of Goethe's Werther, called Ultime Lettere di Jacopo Ortis (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis). He then procured a commission in the army (First Italian Legion), After some military experiences under Massena at Genoa and elsewhere, in 1805 he retired and wrote I Sepolcri, one of the finest of his poems. He was subsequently appointed to a professorship at Pavia, of which Napoleon, displeased at his freedom of speech, soon deprived him. In 1812 he produced his tragedy of Ajax, and soon after that of Ricciarda. On the fall of Napoleon, Ugo Foscolo, who was obnoxious to the Austrians, retired to Switzerland; but finally, in 1815, he went to London, where he met with a most favourable reception, and where he died. Besides the works already mentioned, his critical writings, Essays on Petrarch and Discourses on the texts of Dante and of Machiavelli's Il Principe, are well known. Research Ugo Foscolo
In Greek mythology, Ajax was son of Telamon, king of Salamis, he was second only to Achilles among the Greek heroes in the Trojan War. According to subsequent Greek legends, Ajax went mad with jealousy when Agamemnon awarded the armour of the dead Achilles to Odysseus. He later committed suicide in shame. Research Ajax
In Greek mythology, Hector was a Trojan prince, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy; husband of Andromache. During the Trojan war, Hector led the forces of Troy and no one could stand against him, he killed nineteen Greek leaders and wounded the heroesAgamemnon, Ajax, Diomedes and Odysseus until he was killed by Achilles - who was assisted with a gift of armour from the gods. Research Hector
The MIM-3 (NikeAjax) is an American Surface-to-Air missile first deployed in 1953 and formerly known as the SAM-A-7. The radar guided missile carries a high-explosive conventional warhead and has a range of 40 km. Research MIM-3
The Argo D-4 Javelin was an American four-stage research rocket of the 1960's capable of carrying a scientific instrument payload of 23 kg to a height of 965 km. The Argo D-4 Javelin was 1483 metres long, 58 cm in diameter, weighed 3355 kg and comprised an Honest John M6 followed by two Nike-Ajax M5 boosters and a final stage designated X-248, providing a speed of Mach 13. Research Argo D-4 Javelin
The Ajax Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation. Research Ajax Virus
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