Sadly, the dog died within a year from distemper. When Helen Keller visited Japan in 1937, she asked for and was given an Akita breed of dog, with the name of Kamikaze-go. The Akita breed of dog is named for its point of origin, the Akita Prefecture in Japan. The first use of the term “dude ranch” was recorded in 1921. In the early 1900s, the term was extended to mean “city slickers”, easterners who vacationed in the West. Our term “dude” arose as slang in New York City in the 1880s, when it was used to describe a fastidious man. “Teen Vogue” is a version of “Vogue” magazine that targets teenage girls. There are lots of explanations cited, all of which seem to involve the temporary covering of one’s glass of wine with a plate or item of food to either preserve the wine or give one extra space at the table. “Tapa” is the Spanish word for “lid”, and there is no clear rationale for why this word came to be used for an appetizer. I must say, it can be a beautiful item of clothing. The sari is usually wrapped around the waist, then draped over the shoulder leaving the midriff bare. The strip of cloth can range from four to nine meters long (that’s a lot of material!). ![]() The item of clothing called a “sari” (also “saree”) is a strip of cloth, as one might imagine, unusual perhaps in that is unstitched along the whole of its length. Traditional Indian wedding garment : SARI Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs) were introduced during WWII, and were replaced by Recommended Daily Intakes (RDIs) in 1997. I was lucky enough to attend a very small and intimate piano recital that he gave a few years ago, and it was a very, very memorable event. 1 is a piece that I listen to at least as often as my favorite works from Beethoven and Mozart. Philip Glass is by far my favorite composer of classical music who is still working. The term “emcee” comes from “MC”, an initialism used for a Master or Mistress of Ceremonies. The school mascot Sparty hit the scene in 1989. The team name was changed to the Spartans in 1925, reflecting the school’s shift in focus beyond agriculture-centered education. Michigan State University’s sports teams used be called the Aggies, as the school was founded as the State Agricultural College of Michigan. Sparty’s school : MICHIGAN STATE (includes a “MATE” hug) RSVP stands for “répondez s’il vous plaît”, which is French for “answer, please”. ![]() At first glance, the painting is a relatively simple still life showing the heel of a loaf of bread in a basket sitting at the edge of a table. The same work goes by the more complete name “Basket of Bread – Rather Death Than Shame”. “Basket of Bread” painter : DALIīasket of Bread is a 1945 painting by Spanish artist Salvador Dalí. “Je ne sais quoi” is French for “I don’t know what”. ![]() Ethereal glows : AURASĪn aura (plural “aurae”) is an intangible quality that surrounds a person or thing, a “je ne sais quoi”. Orbit was first introduced during WWII, but was taken off the shelves in the 1980s when there was a concern that the gum’s sweetener was carcinogenic. Orbit is a sugarless gum made by Wrigley’s. This was despite the fact that in real life, she was actually 4 years younger than Blocker! 25. Swenson also appeared in a couple of episodes of “Bonanza” playing the second wife of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene), and mother of Hoss Cartwright (Dan Blocker). Her best known role was “Gretchen Kraus”, the German cook and later housekeeper on the TV show “Benson”. Kappa is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, and the equivalent of our letter K. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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