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Perhaps appropriately named this company provide first purpose built presidential limo in 39
Lincoln (continental)
Current Cadillac- named after founder of Detroit ?
Distinctive maroon or brown and white stripe and impressive spine this fish is common in home aquariums but deemed an invasive species in Atlantic
Lion fish - no natural predators
Neal Fischer
This ice cream sells its products under different names in west and east
Dreyer’s ice cream sells its products under the name Dreyer’s in the Western United States, and Edy’s in the Eastern states. The company’s founders were William Dreyer and Joseph Edy.
“This ” is a 1953 film adaptation of a James Jones novel of the same name. The main characters in the story are three soldiers stationed in Hawaii in the days prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The soldiers are played by Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra. Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed play the love interests. The film (and novel) title is a quotation from the 1892 poem “Gentlemen-Rankers” by Rudyard Kipling:
From Here to Eternity
Moonstruck” star :
CHER
“Moonstruck” is a 1987 movie, a romantic comedy starring Cher and Nicolas Cage. There’s a bit of a love triangle in the storyline, with Danny Aiello playing the man who loses the girl. “Moonstruck” won three Oscars and was a huge success, and somehow, I’ve never seen it …
Fabulous fabulist :
AESOP
Aesop is remembered today as a fabulist, a writer of fables. Aesop lived in ancient Greece, probably around the sixth century BC. Supposedly he was born a slave, somehow became a free man, but then met with a sorry end. Aesop was sent to the city of Delphi on a diplomatic mission but instead insulted the Delphians. He was tried on a trumped-up charge of stealing from a temple, sentenced to death and was thrown off a cliff.
These stories were written by a number of ghost writers, all of whom went by the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The character was introduced by publisher Edward Stratemeyer in 1930.
Nancy Drew stories
Nancy Drew’s boyfriend is Ned Nickerson, a college student from Emerson.
There are two famous “îles” (islands) in the middle of this River in Paris, one being the Île de la Cité, and the other Île Saint-Louis. Île de la Cité is the most renowned of the two, as it is home to the cathedral of Notre-Dame.
River Seine
This ” was the follow-up musical to “Jesus Christ Superstar” for Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Both of these works were originally released as album musicals, and very successful ones at that (I remember buying them when they first came out). “
Evita
Evita” was made into a film in 1996, with Madonna playing the title role and Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce playing her husband Juan Perón.
Asia Minor is also known as this . It is the geographic part of Asia that protrudes out into the west, towards Europe, and is roughly equivalent to this modern-day country.
Anatolia
Turkey
This is a flowering plant native to the region stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to East India. It is made from the dried seeds and is the second most common spice used in the world
it is particularly associated with Indian cuisine and is a key ingredient in curry powder. Lovely stuff …
Cumin
(only black pepper is more popular).
Title of tbis Miami set spy shoe co starring Bruce Campbell refers to an official statement that black lists a spy
Burn notice
Found in thr rainforests and grasslands of Asia this feline is named for distinctive spots on its coat
clouded leopard
The only known carrier of malaria this genus of mosquito also transmits encephalitis
Uh nof uh lees
2 main species of this great species are the Bornean and Sumatran
Orangutan
Regina king voices bros Huey and Riley freeman on this adult swim satire created by Aaron McGruder
The boondocks
Based on comic strip
This type of formal discussion is from Latin doe together and speak one of Marburg in 1529 included w debate on Matthew 15:26
Cuh low queee um colloquium OR
Cahl uh queee
A recent bestseller by Kate moore chronicles thr struggles of the girls who applied this element to this
Radium to watch dials
In radium girls
George III and George Washington figure prominently in thr dwvid McCullough bestseller entitled this pivotal year
1776
Fashion royalty is this Belgian born designer and icon with a princess granddaughter tuh leet uh also a designer
Diane von furstenberg
John sales wrote a comic story about a convention Of these people opposed to government but they do happen since 1800s
Anarchists
Some of thr clothes from this designer features a cute polo bear instead of a pony
Ralph Lauren
These three sides to every story yours mine and this
The truth
Colonel Jessup speech deniro a few good men
Hideous style of art
Grotesque
Colonel Jessup speech deniro a few good men
Title star of Lizzie McGuire on the diner channel
Hillary duff
Looking sharp there
Espadon is a others name doe this creature
S pah don
Sword fish
In 90 this designer opened her flagship bridal salon at the Carlyle hotel in NYC
Vera wang
You don’t want plaque buildup in these of your arteries
Walls
Colonel Jessup speech deniro a few good men
Kangaroos and wallabies are members of thr macropodidae family meaning
Macro Pod uh d
Big feet
Games at this party include bobbing doe pacifiers and guess how big the belly is
Baby shower
A longtime vegetarian like parents Paul and Linda she doesn’t use leather or fur in her designs
Stella McCartney
Dropping ulation gave us this informal word for a chat or conference
Confab
Ben mckenzie Played Ryan Atwood a tough kid from chino taken in by a Wealthy Newport Beach family on this show
O C
This verb “means to repeat over again. This other verb “” means the same thing.
to iterate”
reiterate
One might suspect that “reiterate” is one of those words that has crept into the language due to repeated (reiterated?!) misuse. Well, that’s not quite the case, but close. Back in the 1400s, “iterate” meant “repeat”, and “reiterate” meant “repeat again and again”. We lost the distinction between those two definitions over time.
She is an actress and singer who is best known to me for playing the attorney Geneva Pine on the TV show “The Good Wife”. She also originated the role of Angelica Schuyler Church in the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton”.
Also She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”
Renée Elise Goldsberry
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” is a TV miniseries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that originally aired in 2022. The title character is a superhero related to the Hulk. She-Hulk’s alter ego is a lawyer named Jennifer Walters, a cousin to Bruce Banner, alter ego of the Hulk. Walters accidentally gets cross-contaminated with Banner’s blood, resulting in her gaining the superpowers of She-Hulk.
” was the pseudonym of the very colorful French novelist Baroness Dudevant. Along with the renown that she garnered for her novels, she was also known for celebrated affairs with the likes of Frédéric Chopin.
George Sand
The quicksand of reason,” per George Sand : VANITY
