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27; his "wonderful 'Bacchanale'"; from his opera "Samson and Delila which premiered in Weimar, Germany on December 2, 1877; | 27; his "wonderful 'Bacchanale'"; from his opera "Samson and Delila which premiered in Weimar, Germany on December 2, 1877; | ||
| + | '''Salisbury, Lord (1830-1903)'''<br /> | ||
| + | 58; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister on three occasions, for a total of over 13 years; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury Wikipedia entry] | ||
'''sap-head'''<br /> | '''sap-head'''<br /> | ||
7; a fool: a person who lacks good judgment | 7; a fool: a person who lacks good judgment | ||
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| + | '''Saratoga chips'''<br /> | ||
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| + | '''Schmidt, Chief'''<br /> | ||
| + | 59; Cleveland cop | ||
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| + | '''Scioto'''<br /> | ||
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| + | '''Scorcher cap'''<br /> | ||
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'''scuttlebutt'''<br /> | '''scuttlebutt'''<br /> | ||
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'''Siege of Paris'''<br /> | '''Siege of Paris'''<br /> | ||
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| + | [[Image:ball-lightning.jpg|thumb|Ball Lightning|right]]'''Skip'''<br /> | ||
| + | 73; sentient ball lightning; Ball lightning reportedly takes the form of a short-lived, glowing, floating object often the size and shape of a basketball, but it can also be golf ball sized or smaller. It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms, but unlike lightning flashes arcing between two points, which last a small fraction of a second, ball lightning reportedly lasts many seconds. There have been some reports of production of a similar phenomenon in the laboratory, but some still disagree on whether it is a real phenomenon; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning Wikipedia entry] | ||
'''sky-dogs'''<br /> | '''sky-dogs'''<br /> | ||
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'''Socialism'''<br /> | '''Socialism'''<br /> | ||
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| + | '''Somble, Strool & Fleshway'''<br /> | ||
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'''South Seas Pavilion'''<br /> | '''South Seas Pavilion'''<br /> | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 18 October 2006
St. Cosmo, Randolph
24; Ship Commander of The Inconvenience
Saint-Saën, Camille
27; his "wonderful 'Bacchanale'"; from his opera "Samson and Delila which premiered in Weimar, Germany on December 2, 1877;
Salisbury, Lord (1830-1903)
58; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister on three occasions, for a total of over 13 years; Wikipedia entry
sap-head
7; a fool: a person who lacks good judgment
Saratoga chips
39;
Schmidt, Chief
59; Cleveland cop
Scioto
66;
Scorcher cap
42;
scuttlebutt
3; The origin of the word scuttlebutt which is nautical parlance for a rumor, comes from a combination of scuttle - to make a hole in the ship's side causing her to sink - and butt - a cask or hogshead used in the days of wooden ships to hold drinking water; thus the term scuttlebutt means a cask with a hole in it. Scuttle; describes what most rumors accomplish if not to the ship, at least to morale. (from The Goat Locker Website)
Siege of Paris
19;
73; sentient ball lightning; Ball lightning reportedly takes the form of a short-lived, glowing, floating object often the size and shape of a basketball, but it can also be golf ball sized or smaller. It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms, but unlike lightning flashes arcing between two points, which last a small fraction of a second, ball lightning reportedly lasts many seconds. There have been some reports of production of a similar phenomenon in the laboratory, but some still disagree on whether it is a real phenomenon; Wikipedia entry
sky-dogs
14; canines who rode in the airships
Sloane laboratory
29;
Socialism
32;
Somble, Strool & Fleshway
34;
South Seas Pavilion
26; at the Chicago World's Fair
Stockmen's Hotel
31;
straw "skimmer"
13; straw hat with a narrow brim, popular boating hat during the 1890's File:Example.jpg
Suckling, Darby
3; the baby of the Inconvenience crew who serves "as both factotum and mascotte"
