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WSF [6 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Representatives from Australia, Great Britain, Egypt, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa organized the International Squash Rackets Federation (ISRF) in 1967. Despite their rules differences, Canada and the United States were [admitted] to the ISRF in 1969. The Women's International Squash Federation, founded in 1976, merged with the ISRF in 1985. Since 1992, the international organization has been known as the World Squash Federation (WSF).

OBS

The sport of Squash was first played over 100 years ago and is now enjoyed in over 153 nations (WSF members), on 125,000 courts, with its popularity continuing to grow rapidly. To harness this growth and to promote and co-ordinate the sport, the International Squash Rackets Federation was formed in 1967, its name being changed in 1992 to the World Squash Federation. The WSF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the International Federation for Squash and is also in membership of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and the Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF).

Key term(s)
  • International Federation for Squash

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Le 5 janvier 1967, la création de l'«International Squash Racket Federation» à Londres donne une ampleur planétaire au squash. Regroupant sept nations du Commonwealth à son origine, 111 autres pays s'y grefferont pour devenir en 1992 la «World Squash Federation» après la fusion avec la Fédération Féminine Internationale de Squash. La WSF compte aujourd'hui plus de 18 millions de pratiquants dans 153 pays et 50 000 courts dans le monde.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Corporate Security
  • Air Forces
OBS

wing security force; WSF: term and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

force de sécurité de l'escadre; FS Ere : terme et forme abrégée d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Wake Shield Facility (WSF) was designed and built by the Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center (SVEC), a NASA Commercial Space Center, ... for the development of space-based manufacturing of thin film materials. The WSF is a 12-foot diameter stainless disk-shaped platform launched from the Space Shuttle that creates a unique ultra vacuum environment in its wake, with a combination of pumping speeds and vacuum levels thousands of times better than the best vacuum chambers on earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Solar Energy
  • Economic Co-operation and Development

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Énergie solaire
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominaciones varias
  • Energía solar
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
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Record 5 1994-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Founded 1976. Sub-title: International Organization of Science Fiction and Fantasy Professionals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

Founded on fusion of the Union universelle des communautés séphardites (Vienne, 1925) and the World Federation of Sephardi Communities (New York, 1944)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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