For reasons lost in history, this is known as the gold model.
This, combined with the sudden devaluation of the dollar, is still known in Japanese history books as the "Nixon Shokku" (Nixon Shock).
We also rundown the history of the unit formally known as Research in Motion to paint a complete picture of the road leading up to this week's proceedings.
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From there, head back east to get to the heart of the story, in Portobelo, known variously to history as Puerto Bello, Portovelo and (to the English) Portobello.
He wrote his degree thesis on the history of Christianity and is best known as the minister who, in the most recent centre-left government, sponsored a programme of economic liberalisation.
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But they're much more lax on things like driving history and credit checks, two issues known as potential red flags.
He called it the deadliest crash in the history of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, known as Metro.
Plus, there's always Saturday night company, when you can prep the crazy sandwich recipe that Thomas Keller cooked up for Adam Sandler's chef character in the movie "Spanglish" the BLT with melted cheese and a fried egg, also known as the greatest sandwich in the history of cinema.
It wasn't long before Sonny earned the nickname "the Saxophone Colossus, " and became known as one of the greatest improvisers in the history of jazz.
My dictionary defines "historic" as "well-known or important in history".
For even as our leaders tried to forget what we as a people have always known, our history - both ancient and modern - is testament to the truth of Zaki's statement.
The four-storey museum houses more than 12, 500 shoes from different cultures spanning 4, 500 years of history, including pairs of 16th-century Venetian platform shoes known as chopines (which range between 15 and 50cm in height, sometimes too tall for a woman to walk unaccompanied), bear fur boots worn by the Japanese samurai and golden stilettos by modern designer Manolo Blahnik.
Bryant, one of the US's highest paid sportsmen, is also known as one of the most decorated players in basketball history.
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Though they've become a modern supermarket staple in the States, the chewy, cornmeal-dusted buns we call English muffins have a much longer history in the British Isles, where the teatime treats are known simply as muffins.
Under the leadership of someone known as the Chairman, they control the shape of world history, individual lives, and even such small details as the moment at which someone on a bus will spill his coffee on the person next to him.
The CDA, as it is known by everyone who has followed its tortured history, is the controversial antiporn bill passed by Congress and signed into law last year by President Bill Clinton.
The Authority (as it is ominously known) has powers unprecedented in the history of multilateral institutions for example, the power to levy what amount to international taxes, with the intention of transferring wealth from developed nations, like the United States, to the developing ones.
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While "Amazing Grace" is among America's most well-known and oft-recorded pieces of music, the song's history is as remarkable as its popularity.
The fertile and fractious U.S. scene in the genre known as black metal can be understood through a familiar moment in rock history.
To be sure, he is not actually going to exterminate them, as others who've used such metaphors down through history have been known to do.
'Firing Line' brings together the history of The Royal Welsh regiment and the 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards - also known as the Welsh Cavalry.
"Muslims and Christians, precisely because of the burden of our common history, so often marked by misunderstanding, must today strive to be known and recognized as worshippers of God, faithful to prayer, eager to uphold and lift by the almighty decrees, " the pontiff said Saturday in an address at King Hussein Mosque in Amman.
Despite its girth and hefty price tag, "Reclaiming History" had a respectable first printing of 40, 000, says Bugliosi, best known as the former deputy Los Angeles district attorney who prosecuted Charles Manson.
But the overall history of aerosols, which are mostly short-lived, is nothing like as well known as that of greenhouse gases, and it is unlikely that any of the models are properly capturing their chemistry or their effects on clouds.
History has shown that stocks rise in the days leading up to the holiday, a phenomenon known as the Santa Claus Rally.
William Manchester's "The Glory and the Dream, " a social history of midcentury America, made a big impression on him, as did several lesser-known movies from the 1950s and '60s.
Although I had met Mr. Unsworth and heard him speak at the 2009 Key West Literary Seminar, I had known him long before as a historical novelist who changed the way I thought about history and fiction.
The history of the 2001 tax bill is known all too well to the current crop of Republican leaders as they were there when it came into being and, to a man, voted for the legislation that included the sunset provision.
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Scott, or Otis as he is now known in the pressroom, was the youngest rider in the history of the sport to start from the front row and produced an unbelievable ride to challenge for the podium.
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Still only 25, Williams is known around the snooker circuit as "Sprog" and became only the fourth player in history to win three ranking titles in one season when he scooped the Irish Open, Welsh Open and Thailand Masters in 1998-99.
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