Jellyfish are found all over the ocean, right across the whole planet. Whirlpool is a manufacturer of home appliances that was founded as the Upton Machine Company in 1911. Lawrence River narrows as it flows through a gap lined by steep cliffs. This refers to the area around Quebec City where the St. The name of the province Québec comes from an Algonquin word “kebec” meaning “where the river narrows”. They are named for businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, who provided the funds to establish the awards program. The Peabody Awards have been presented annually since 1941 to individuals and organizations for excellence in broadcasting. 36 Award with a Journalistic Integrity category : PEABODY She also wrote several books about President Abraham Lincoln. It is an exposé that is credited with hastening the breakup of John D. Her most famous work is her 1904 book “The History of the Standard Oil Company”. Ida Tarbell was a teacher and what we would call today an “investigative journalist”, although back in her day she was known as a “muckraker”. The Eastern Roman Empire later became known as the Byzantine Empire, right up until the Middle Ages. Legend suggests that there was a king Byzas, who gave his name to the city and later the Byzantine Empire.
30 Elements of Byzantine architecture : DOMESīyzantium was a Greek colony that was centered on what was to become Constantinople, now Istanbul. The term comes from the Greek “steno” (narrow) and “graphe” (writing). Stenography is the process of writing in shorthand. Noah can speak several languages, including English, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Afrikaans, and German. Noah took over as host of the Comedy Channel’s “The Daily Show” after Jon Stewart retired. Trevor Noah is an outstanding comedian from Johannesburg, South Africa. The title refers to the fact that black-white marriages were illegal under apartheid, and the very existence of a mixed-race child was evidence of a crime. It tells of Noah’s early life growing up during apartheid in South Africa. “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” is a comedic autobiographical book penned by comedian Trevor Noah. 27 “Born a _”: Trevor Noah memoir : CRIME Jedi Master Yoda chose Dagobah as a place to hide from the Galactic Empire, and was where he trained Luke Skywalker to become a Jedi Knight. 19 Jedi on Dagobah : YODAĭagobah is a fictional planet in the “Star Wars” universe.
The recipe was invented by the French (as “sauce tartare”) with the name somehow linked to the Tatars, a people who once occupied Ukraine and parts of Russia. Tartar sauce is basically mayonnaise with some chopped pickles, capers and onion or chives. 18 Mayonnaise-based condiment : TARTAR SAUCE The storyline comes from a 1931 stage play called “Green Grow the Lilacs”. “Oklahoma!” was the first musical written by the great duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. She is paralyzed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury incurred in a car accident when she was just two years old. 17 “Oklahoma!” Tony winner Stroker : ALIĪctress Ali Stroker won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress for her performance in the 2019 Broadway revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!” In doing so, Stroker became the first wheelchair-bound actor to win a Tony. It is the state flower of Iowa and North Dakota. The wild prairie rose is a rose species that is native to North America. 16 Pink flower with a yellow center : PRAIRIE ROSE Watkins borrowed that moniker from her maternal grandmother Bell Blair Hooks. Gloria Jean Watkins was an author and activist who is better known by her pen name “bell hooks”. Hooks took the title of her book from the “Ain’t I a Woman” speech delivered by freed slave Sojourner Truth at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio in 1851. One of hooks’ main arguments is that the feminist movement was historically focused on white middle and upper class women, and largely ignored the needs of less wealthy women of color. “Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism” is a 1981 book by bell hooks. 4 Bell hooks work whose title comes from a line often attributed to Sojourner Truth : AIN’T I A WOMAN?
I wonder if the kids of today know that “cc” stands for carbon copy, and do they have any idea what a carbon copy was? Do you remember how messy carbon paper was to handle? A kind blog reader pointed out to me a while back that the abbreviation has evolved and taken on the meaning “courtesy copy” in our modern world. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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