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is the French word for “born” when referring to a female. The male equivalent is this “.
Née”
Male - né”
The term “née” is mainly used in English when referring to a married woman’s birth name, assuming that she has adopted her husband’s name, e.g. Michelle Obama née Robinson, Melania Trump née Knavs, and Jill Biden née Jacobs.
“This city takes its name from a specific redwood tree called El Palo Alto (Spanish for “the tall stick”) that is located within the bounds of the city. The tree is 110 feet tall and over a thousand years old.
Palo Alto, California
Too Darn Hot” is a song written for this 1948 musical “In the original stage version, there is a line “According to the Kinsey Report”. That was altered for the 1953 film version of the musical to “According to the latest report”
Cole Porter
Kiss Me, Kate”.
Cole Porter was a little unusual amongst his peers in that he was one of the few successful songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his compositions. Porter was seriously injured in a riding accident in his forties and was left disabled and in pain. Despite this, he continued to work and produced his most successful work after the accident.
wrote a 1992 book called “The Five Love Languages” in which he suggested that there are five ways that someone might express and experience love. Those five “love languages” are:
Words of affirmation (compliments)
Quality time
Gifts
Acts of service
Physical touch
Gary Chapman
Fundraising group that supports female political candidates :
pro-choice Democratic female candidates running for office
EMILY’S LIST
EMILY’s List is a political action committee (PAC) that contributes to the campaigns of pro-choice Democratic female candidates running for office. The PAC’s name is an acronym standing for “Early Money Is Like Yeast”, meaning that early contributions to a campaign really help to “raise dough”.
She is an actress from Sweden. She gained recognition with American audiences when she played the humanoid robot in the fascinating 2015 film “Ex Machina”. In 2018, she played the title character in the film “Tomb Raider”. She is married to Irish actor Michael Fassbender.
Alicia Vikander, e.g. : SWEDE
Alicia Vikander
In 1863 he made the first breakfast cereal which was large nuggets of Graham flour so hard that required soaking overnight
This person copied and improved creating this Cereal
James Caleb Jackson
John Harvey Kellogg created granola
The charge of the light brigade wqs part of this battle which was part of the swift of this Russian port on the Black Sea
Bahl uh clav uh
Stuh vas tuh pole - port
A Red devil is the oldest food trademark stilll in use which was given to this company in 1870
Underwood
Most famous product deviled ham
This president was the first to make thanksgiving an annual holiday
Lincoln
Previous presidents declared thanksgiving days Washington
John adams Madison
First black athlete to appear on a wheaties box
Jesse Owens
1935
First night game in MLB took place in 35 between these 2 teams
Cincinnati reds vs Phillies
First NFL team to play a home game on artificial turf
Eagles
Not oilers who were the first professional football team - Tricky because in AFL
Once-sacred snakes :
ASPS
Highest selling jersey in 18
LB
Kuh leal mack
Bears
Characteristic of milk or nearly any other liquid that causes the last bits of your breakfast cereal to clump together
Surface tension
Name designated by the British intelligence of thr code used by Germans
Ultra
Enigma is the machine to decipher the code
Robert rashford is a Jamaican aerospace engineeer who is currently working on a component for f this telescope which is scheduled to be launched in March 21
James webb space telescope
Nugget - Err uh see bo telescope falling apart
Animated film featuring a sloth named Sid
Ice age
Sean of “Will & Grace”
Hayes
Gymnopédies” composer
Erik Satie
Colorful Galápagos bird
blue-footed booby
It is one of six species of the genus Sula – known as boobies. It is easily recognizable by its distinctive bright blue feet, which is a sexually selected trait and a product of their diet. Males display their feet in an elaborate mating ritual by lifting them up and down while strutting before the female. The female is slightly larger than the male and can measure up to 90 cm (35 in) long with a wingspan up to 1.5 m (5 ft).
These honor the highest calibre of off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theatre to recognize brave work, champion new material, and advance careers in theatre. For more than sixty years, the Village Voice has put off and off-off Broadway on the map by recognizing the artistic power of downtown theatre.
Obie Awards
A clock tower in this city supposedly inspired him to conceive of the special theory of relativity in 1905
Albert Einstein in bern
He worked at patent office in bern
