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Ursa Minor (Latin for “Smaller Bear”) sits right beside this constellation
Draco (Latin for “Dragon”). Ursa Minor used to be considered the wing of Draco, and was once called “Dragon’s Wing”. The tail of the “Smaller Bear” might also be considered as the handle of a ladle, and so the constellation is often referred to as the Little Dipper.
Genre for 1980s hair bands :
GLAM METAL (bonded “M”)
Glam metal is a genre of music that evolved in the 1980s from the glam rock genre of the 1970s. Glam metal is sometimes referred to as hair metal, a reference to the visual aspects of the musicians in such bands. The list of glam metal bands includes Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe.
Mother of Apollo and Artemis :
LETO
In Greek mythology, the goddess Leto and her sister Asteria are daughters of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe. Leto’s twin children Apollo and Artemis were fathered by Zeus, the king of the gods.
is a British car manufacturer founded in 1913
part of the company name comes from a Hill, a famous site for hill-climbing cars that is nearby the original factory.
by Lionel Martin.
The Aston comes from Aston Hill
Aston Martin cars are much loved by the British entertainment industry. James Bond was given one in “Goldfinger”, and Michael Caine drove one in the 1969 version of “The Italian Job”. Also, Roger Moore’s character drove a yellow Aston Martin in the seventies television show “The Persuaders!”.
Thanksgiving Day was observed on different dates in different states for many years, until he fixed the date for the whole country.
Abraham Lincoln in 1863
Lincoln’s presidential proclamation set that date as the last Thursday in November. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday to the fourth Thursday in November, arguing that the earlier date would give the economy a much-needed boost.
The term “slam dunk” was coined by him , an announcer for the L.A. Lakers. The NBA even holds an annual Slam Dunk Contest.
Chick Hearn
This is the most popular beer sold in Ireland.
Also It is a stout and has that famous creamy white head, a result of mixing the beer with this as it is poured
Guinness
nitrogen
In the Tibetan language, “this ” means “eastern people” (
Sherpa
sher = east, pa = people).
Sherpas are an ethnic group from Nepal, but the name is also used for the local guides who assist mountaineers in the Himalayas, and particularly on Mount Everest.
Sam’s Club is a warehouse club that is owned and operated by Walmart. It is named after him
the company’s founder Sam Walton. Walton opened the first Sam’s Club in 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
On vacation in Italy
About 30 miles from Florence a little hill gives this tiny Tuscan town it’s name familiar to American visitors
Monticello
Italian for Little hill
Like Jefferson’s home
Actor is perhaps best known for playing the restaurant manager in the hit TV comedy-drama “The Bear”.
Emmy winner
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
As far as this is concerned, it is also derived from its Latin name “”, which comes from the word for “crush”.
pestle
Latin name “pistillum
T in the celebrated 1959 movie “Ben-Hur” is a dramatization of a book published in 1880 by Lew Wallace titled “Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ”.
Charlton Heston
The 1959 epic film won a record 11 Academy Awards, a feat that has been equaled since then but never beaten. The other winners of 11 Oscars are “Titanic” (1997) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003).
Oxford Word of the Year for 2021 :
VAX
The Oxford University Press, publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), announces a Word of the Year annually, for both the UK and the US. Here are some examples:
2005: sudoku (UK) & podcast (US)
2007: carbon footprint (UK) & locavore (US)
2013: selfie (UK & US)
2014: vape (UK & US)
2016: post truth (UK & US)
2021: vax (UK & US)
This phrase “has been used since 1977 to describe the moment in the life of a TV show when it starts to decline in popularity. The expression comes from a scene in this hit sitcom “
jumping the shark”
Happy Days” when the character Fonzie gets on water skis and is seen literally jumping over a shark. “Happy Days” never recovered.
Nintendo Switch precursor :
WII
The Nintendo Switch is a gaming console released in 2017. I guess the name “Switch” is used because users can “switch” between portable and home console modes. The device is a table that can be used as a personal gaming unit, or can be docked for use as a home console.
This American chemist was a co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.
Carolyn Bertozzi
This word was coined in the 1950s as a gender-neutral term describing a child of one’s sibling, replacing “niece” and “nephew
nibling
Massachusetts state tree :
ELM
The official state tree of Massachusetts is the American elm. The elm was chosen in 1941, in a gesture commemorating George Washington taking command of the Continental Army in 1775. He did so beneath an American elm on Cambridge Common.
” is a Hebrew folk song, with the title translating into “Let Us Rejoice”. The melody is from a Ukrainian folk song. The words ” were composed in 1918 to celebrate the British victory in Palestine during WWI.
Hava Nagila
Apparently, the first brownies were created for this in 1893. The recipe was developed by a pastry chef at the city’s Palmer House Hotel. The idea was to produce a cake-like dessert that was small enough and dainty enough to be eaten by ladies as part of a boxed lunch.
Chicago World’s Fair
is lead singer with the rock band No Doubt.
Gwen Stefani
She joined the band in 1986, focused on a solo career from 2004-2008, but is now back singing and working with No Doubt. She joined the reality show “The Voice” as a coach in 2014, replacing Christina Aguilera. A year later, Stefani announced a relationship with Blake Shelton, a fellow coach on “The Voice”.
This is a word or phrase that either modifies another word or phrase that is missing from the sentence (missing subject), or that is placed so far away from the modifier that the meaning is unclear (distant modifier):
dangling modifier
Missing subject example: “On the way to work, a robbery was witnessed” should perhaps read “On the way to work, she witnessed a robbery”
Distant modifier example: “He was upset that she wrote the message in all caps without thinking” should perhaps read “He was upset that, without thinking, she wrote the message in all caps.
Actor got his big break in movies playing opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Shaw in “The Deep”, a film released in 1976. Around the same time, he landed a leading role in the hit TV miniseries “Rich Man, Poor Man”. Off the screen, he has always had a “bad-boy” reputation. He is indeed a convicted felon, for selling counterfeit draft cards in the early 1960s. He had to pay a $75,000 fine, and was given a suspended prison sentence
Also cape fear .
Nick Nolte
