William Howard Taft is also remembered as the most obese president. As Chief Justice, this former US President swore in two new presidents: Calvin Coolidge (in 1925) and Herbert Hoover (in 1929). President Taft was able to realize that dream in 1921, eight years after losing his bid for re-election as president. The future president had served as dean and professor at the Cincinnati Law School. William Howard Taft may have been the 27th President of the United States, but his lifelong ambition was to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It was Aldo who established the international presence for the brand and opened the company’s first overseas store, in New York City. Guccio’s son Aldo took over the company after his father’s death in 1953. Gucci was founded in Rome, in 1921, by Guccio Gucci. It’s pretty violent stuff, apparently … 56 Designer Gucci : ALDO
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Mortal Kombat is a series of video games launched in 1992 by Midway Games. 48 Video game franchise featuring Sub-Zero and Sonya Blade : MORTAL KOMBAT That album would be the “legendary” album called “Legend”. A little sadly perhaps, Marley’s best-selling album was released three years after he died. More challenges for us crossworders … 43 “Buffalo soldier, dreadlock _”: Bob Marley : RASTAīob Marley was the most widely-known reggae performer, with big hits such as “I Shot the Sheriff”, “No Woman, No Cry” and “One Love”. One might expect “American Pharoah” to be spelled “American Pharaoh”, and indeed “Pioneerof the Nile” to be written as “Pioneer of the Nile”. And, as some kind blog readers have pointed out, there are some unexpected spellings in the names of horses. The horse’s name was inspired by that of his parents: Pioneerof the Nile (dam) and Yankee Gentleman (sire). 39 Triple Crown winner of 2015 : AMERICAN PHAROAHĪmerican Pharoah was the twelfth winner of the Triple Crown, achieving the feat in 2015. Rather delightfully, Homer referred to Eos as “rosy-fingered dawn” in both “Iliad” and “Odyssey”. Eos would wake each morning to welcome her brother Helios the sun. In Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of the dawn who lived at the edge of the ocean. Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) 31 Aurora’s Greek counterpart : EOS 30 Group that often elects officers in Sept. “Mascara” is a Spanish word meaning “stain, mask”. Variants of mascara have been around a long time, and certainly there was a similar substance in use in ancient Egypt. The English name “Etna” comes from the Greek “aitho” meaning “I eat”. It is sometimes referred to as “Mongibello” in Italian, and as “Mungibeddu” (sometimes “Muncibeddu”) in Sicilian. Etna is home to a 110-km long narrow-gauge railway, and two ski resorts. Etna is about 2 1/2 times the height of its equally famous sister, Mt. Mount Etna on the island of Sicily is the largest of three active volcanoes in Italy, and indeed the largest of all active volcanoes in Europe. Each loop tastes the same, so I wonder where the color comes from …? 19 Mediterranean erupter : ETNA Notice I said “different colors” not “different flavors”. The little loops come in different colors, originally red, orange and yellow, but now there are green, purple and blue loops as well. Froot Loops have been manufactured by Kellogg’s since 1963.
Toucan Sam is the mascot of Kellogg’s Froot Loops breakfast cereal, and he can be seen on the front of every box. 17 Breakfast cereal with a toucan mascot : FROOT LOOPS The trio took its name from two of the group’s members: Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels.
Run-DMC was a hip hop group from Queens, New York. Adi’s brother, Ru-dolf Da-ssler, formed “Ruda” shoes (later to become Puma), and Adi Das-sler formed “Adidas”. After WWII the brothers split, acrimoniously. The company’s big break came in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics, when Adi persuaded American sprinter Jesse Owens to use his shoes, and with the success of Jesse Owens came success for the fledgling shoe company. With his brother, Adi founded Dassler shoes. The Adidas brand dates back to when Adolf “Adi” Dassler started making his own sports shoes in his mother’s laundry room in Bavaria after returning from WWI. The Greek term comes from “gymnos” meaning “naked”, as that physical training was usually done unclothed in ancient Greece.
Our word “gymnasium” comes from the Greek “gymnasion” meaning “public place where exercise is taken”. Repossession (repo) 10 Upscale hotel amenities : GYMS Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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