![]() It depicts women athletes wearing bra-like garments while throwing the discus, lifting weights, and playing ball games. One of the most famous examples is a mosaic from Sicily that dates back to the 4th century AD. However, there are ancient artifacts that show that women have been wearing garments to support their breasts for thousands of years. The brassiere is a relatively modern invention, with the first modern bra being patented in 1914. 52 Garment that may have an underwire : BRA Andrew Jackson became the first Democratic US president, in 1829. That date makes the Democratic Party the oldest voter-based political party in the world. The modern-day Democratic Party was founded in 1828, when supporters of Andrew Jackson broke away from the former Democratic-Republican Party during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. The original usage in English dates back to the early 1800s, when it applied to a manager and promoter of a theatrical production. The term is imported from French, with “entreprendre” meaning “to undertake”. : MBAĪn entrepreneur is someone who takes on most aspects of a business venture, from the original idea to the execution. Despite the association with South America, it is thought that the ancestors of the modern llama migrated south from the Great Plains of North America about 40 million years ago. The llama is a camelid mammal very much associated with the Andean cultures. ![]() The term “Silicon Valley” dates back to 1971 when it was apparently first used in a weekly trade newspaper called “Electronic News” in articles written by journalist Don Hoefler. The Santa Clara Valley, located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay, is better known as “Silicon Valley”. 38 Silicon Valley field, informally : TECH “Makizushi” translates from Japanese as “rolled sushi”. When I’m thinking of sushi, I’m really picturing “makizushi” (also “maki”), which is fish, vegetables and sushi rice combined in layers and rolled up in seaweed. The band’s name was inspired by a childhood dream of frontman Billy Corgan, in which he saw a vision of a giant pumpkin smashing itself against a wall. The Smashing Pumpkins are an alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Chicago. “Is it a band fronted by Billy Corgan?” YES! : SMASHING … 31 With 45-Across, “Does the name contain a vegetable?” YES. Checking out the Codebreaker Challenge website suggests that the NSA runs this program in order to identify and attract potential new employees. As best I can tell, the focus of the challenge is reverse software engineering. The National Security Agency (NSA) runs an annual Codebreaker Challenge that is aimed mainly at the student population. He holds the title for the most wishes granted by a single individual for the Make-A-Wish Foundation that benefits children with life-threatening medical conditions. Although wrestling, rapping and “Cena-style” movies wouldn’t be my cup of tea, I have to admire Cena’s philanthropic record. John Cena is a professional wrestler turned rapper and actor. ![]() It’s not so common on this side of the Atlantic, but most British and Irish people are familiar with: The band’s name comes from a nursery rhyme that actually describes the counting of magpies. “Is it a band fronted by Adam Duritz?” YES! : COUNTING CROWSĬounting Crows is a band that formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California. But, we “mess” around with 12 “messy” months … 19 “Does the name contain an animal?” YES. Then, every month would have been 4 weeks long, and it would be easy to understand why there are 52 weeks in a year (13 months x 4 weeks). Understanding months and years might have been a lot easier if we had settled on 13 “months” in a year, with a “month” comprising the four weeks that it takes to go through a complete lunar cycle (full moon to full moon). They were also the first airline to board more than 100 million passengers in a year, doing so in 1997. 15 Airline once said to be “ready when you are” : DELTAĭelta Air Lines were the first airline to ban smoking on all flights, in 1995. “Fess” is simply a shortened form of “confess”. The term “fess” is most often seen as part of the phrasal verb “to fess up” meaning “to admit to something”. In Albert Einstein’s famous equation E=mc², “E” stands for energy, “m” stands for mass, and “c” stands for the speed of light. Just one year after its formation, the group changed its name to the Girl Scouts of the United States and moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. There are now almost 4 million girl scouts. That first meeting formed a troop consisting of eighteen girls. The Girl Guides of America organization was founded in 1912 in Savannah, Georgia. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ Accessory across the front of a Girl Scout uniform : SASH
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