Rolex watches were made available to the Canadian servicemen at that time as they were shipping overseas. My most-prized possession is a beautiful stainless steel Rolex watch that my uncle bought while serving with the RAF in Canada during WWII. 6 Official timekeeper of Wimbledon : ROLEX Alfa, Bravo, Charlie … X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. The NATO phonetic alphabet is also called the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) phonetic alphabet. Down 2 It follows Quebec in the NATO alphabet : ROMEO As a result of events during the 2011 Arab Spring, the Arab League has suspended Syria’s membership. The Arab League was formed in 1945 in Cairo with six founding members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria. The arrangement of the stars on the flag roughly represents the arrangement of the stars in the night sky. The eighth star on the flag represents Polaris, the North Star. Ursa Major (Big Bear) symbolizes an animal that is indigenous to Alaska. Seven stars on the flag of the state of Alaska form the pattern of stars known as the Big Dipper, which is found in the constellation of Ursa Major. 14,000 years ago, the nearest bright star to true north was Vega, and it will be so again in about 12,000 year’s time. Because of the relatively stable position of Polaris in the Northern Sky, it is a useful navigational tool. The bright star that is closest to true north is Polaris, and so we call Polaris the “North Star” or “Pole Star”. 42 Rightmost symbol on Alaska’s state flag : POLARISīecause the orientation of the Earth’s axis shifts, albeit very slowly, the position of north relative to the stars changes over time. It was Christopher Columbus who brought “kenu” into Spanish as “canoa”, which evolved into our English “canoe”. The boat known as a canoe takes its name from the Carib word “kenu” meaning “dugout”. The descendants of these immigrants, and others who made the journey over the next 60 years, make up the ethnic group that’s today called the Sierra Leone Creole. Those who made the voyage were granted British citizenship and protection. Perhaps to help the impoverished souls, perhaps to rid the streets of “a problem”, three ships were chartered in 1787 to transport a group of blacks, with some whites, to a piece of land purchased in Sierra Leone. These people were mainly freed British slaves of Caribbean descent who were living a miserable life in the run-down parts of London. The capital city of Freetown was originally set up as a colony to house the “Black Poor” of London, England. The Republic of Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa that lies on the Atlantic Coast. In fact, the original UVA campus was built on land near Charlottesville that was once a farm belonging to President Monroe. The University of Virginia (UVA) was founded by Thomas Jefferson, who then sat on the original Board of Visitors alongside former US Presidents James Madison and James Monroe. 35 Campus home of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in brief : UVA
“Panache” is a French word used for a plume of feathers, especially one in a hat. Someone exhibiting panache is showing dash and verve, and perhaps has a swagger. Public service announcement (PSA) 33 Dash of panache : ZHUZH A bull thrusts his horns upwards (an “up” market), whereas a bear swipes with his paws downward (a “down” market). The terms “bull market” and “bear market” come from the way in which each animal attacks. The sea monster features in the 1940 film “Pinocchio”, but in Walt Disney’s version it is given the name “Monstro” (the Portuguese word for “monster”). In one of his adventures, Pinocchio encounters “the Terrible Dogfish”, a huge sea monster that is given the nickname “the Attila of fish and fishermen”. “The Adventures of Pinocchio” is an 1883 children’s novel by Carlo Collodi, which is all about an animated puppet named Pinocchio, and Geppetto, his poor woodcarver father. In Canada, most of the Cree live in Manitoba. They live on a reservation shared with the Ojibwe people. In the US, Montana is home to most of the Cree nation. The Cree are one of the largest groups of Native Americans on the continent. 10 “Hang on a sec” : BRBīe right back (brb) 15 Language descended from Proto-Algonquian : CREE “Sanford and Son” was an American version of a celebrated hit BBC sitcom that I grew up with in Ireland called “Steptoe and Son”. “Redd Foxx” was the stage name of John Elroy Sanford, who was best known for starring in “Sanford and Son”. 6 Animal Crossing fox whose name references a legendary comedian : REDD Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĪ creed or credo is a profession of faith, or a system of belief or principles.
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