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RIM Canadian technology company and famous for this electronic device
Changed name to
Research in motion
Changed name to Blackberry take advantage of most popular product
Keys looked like seeds
December birthstone
Turquoise or Zircon (also now, Tanzanite)
is a reality show from Australia that follows the family of this late, conservationist and zookeeper.
Animal Planet’s “Crikey! It’s the Irwins” co-star : TERRI
“Crikey! It’s the Irwins”
Steve Irwin
Stars of the show are Terri Irwin, Steve’s widow and owner of Australia Zoo, her daughter Bindi and son Robert.
This were discovered over a period of years, between 1947 and 1956, in eleven caves (the Qumran Caves)
Dead Sea Scrolls
on the shores of the Dead Sea. The scrolls are believed to have been written by an ancient Jewish sect called the Essenes, although this has been called into question recently. Many of the texts are copies of writings from the Hebrew Bible.
“The Memory of Trees” is a 1995 studio album released by
Irish singer/songwriter Enya. On the album, she sings in several languages: English, Irish, Spanish and Latin.
The Memory of Trees” singer : ENYA
is a former professor of linguistics at MIT. He is known as one of the fathers of modern linguistics.
Noam Chomsky
The term “” has been used to describe PFAs: per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances. These are man-made chemicals used widely in consumer goods, and which are extremely toxic at very low concentrations.
forever chemicals
The chemical structure of PFAs makes them difficult to break down, both in our bodies and in the environment, hence the moniker “forever chemicals”.
Language related to Czech :
SLOVAK
Slovak is one of the slavic languages, and the official language of the nation of Slovakia. It is very closely related to Czech, so Czech and Slovak speakers can usually understand each other.
Aden is a seaport in this that is located on the Gulf of Aden by the eastern approach to the Red Sea.
Yemen
Aden has a long history of British rule, from 1838 until a very messy withdrawal in 1967. A native of Aden is known as an Adeni. Some believe that Cain and Abel are buried in the city.
F-150 maker :
: FORD
FORD
The F-Series is a line of light-duty trucks manufactured by Ford. The first generation F-series was produced from 1948 to 1952, with sizes ranging from the F-1 (½ ton pickup) to the F-8 (commercial truck). A new naming scheme (F-100 to F-250) was introduced with the second generation series, produced from 1953 to 1956. The most popular model today is the F-150, which was introduced in 1975.
A vessel’s this is the amount of drift motion away from her intended course that is caused by the action of the wind.
leeway
Our word “leeway” meaning “spare margin” is nautical in origin.
Breathing room
This term is a Slavic word that was first used as a title by Simeon I of Bulgaria in 913 AD. “
“czar” (also “tsar”
Czar” is derived from the word “caesar”, which was synonymous with “emperor” at that time. We tend to use the “czar” spelling, as opposed to “tsar”, when we describe a person today with great power or authority, e.g. “Drug Czar”.
is the person who presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President of the US.
The President pro tempore of the US Senate
It has been tradition since 1890 that the president pro tem is the most senior senator in the majority party. The president pro tem ranks highly in the line of succession to the presidency, falling third in line after the Vice President and the Speaker of the House.
Saturn was a brand of automobile introduced by this company in 1985.
General Motors (GM)
The Saturn line was GM’s response to the increase in sales of Japanese imports, and was initially set up as a relatively independent division within the company. Saturn had its own assembly plant, and its own network of retailers.
This peninsula is a long, thin land mass that forms the southernmost part of the Asian mainland.
Also countries
Malay Peninsula
On the peninsula are the countries of Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Singapore (an island nation off the southern tip of the peninsula). People of the Malay ethnic group are mainly found on the Malay peninsula.
