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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
