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9 Exercises that combine ballet, yoga and pilates: BARRE

Barre is a form of exercise that uses the ballet barre and incorporates classic movements from the world of ballet. The barre program dates back to 1959 when dancer Lotte Berk presented it in London.

16 ___ gas law (pV = nRT) : PERFECT

Ah yes, the perfect gas law! I remember him from chemistry class. One of the key conclusions that can be drawn from this law is that, under ideal conditions, all gases have the same volume at the same temperature and pressure. The point is that the individual molecules in the gas are so far apart that the actual constituents of the molecule have a negligible effect on the physical properties of the gas. A gas molecule is simply a gas molecule. As well as...

20 Gmail Alternative: AOL

Gmail users (like me) have the advantage of having a 10-day grace period in which they can order a particular email. I like this "undo send" feature...

23 Pronoun heard in "Hamlet" and "Richard II", respectively: ROYAL WE

"Royal we" is more correctly called "plural majestic" and is the use of a plural pronoun to describe a person in high office. I guess the most quoted phrase using the plural majestic is "We're not amused" which is often attributed to Queen Victoria. "Editorial we" is a similar concept where a newspaper editor or columnist refers to himself or herself as "we" when expressing an opinion.

36,101 French words with three vowels: UAE

"Water" (plural "waters") is la palabra inglesa para "agua".

38-bit game in Othello: DISC

Reversi is also released as Othello. The name "Othello" was chosen as a nod to the work of William Shakespeare.

39 Fabric for some formal tablecloths: ADAMASK

Damask was originally a weaving technique associated with the Byzantine and Islamic weaving centers of the Middle Ages. "Damascus" comes from the name of Damascus, which was then an important trading city.

42 Often torn tissue, abbreviated ACL

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the four main ligaments that support the knee. It is located in the middle of the knee and connects the femur (femur) to the tibia (shin bone).

43 loads USA: AVIATION

American Airlines was founded in 1930 through the acquisition of 82 existing small airlines and initially operated as American Airways. The company's name was changed to "American Air Lines" in 1934. At that time, airlines profited from the transportation of mail in the US, and American became the first airline to win on a service-only route. passengers. He did this by working with Donald Douglas to develop the DC-3 aircraft. During this time, American began calling its aircraft "flagship" and introduced its wealthiest passengers to the first Admirals Club.

45 *Country with more than 7,000 islands: PHILIPPINES (PHILIPPINES)
49 - : PINS

When Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos discovered the islands of Leyte and Samar, he named them "Felipines," after King Philip II of Spain. Over time, this name was used for the entire archipelago and it became what we now call the Philippines in English.

50 Religious parchment: TORA

A Torah scroll (also "Sefer Torah") is a handwritten copy of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.

59 Geological Space: ERA

Geologic time is divided into a series of units of different lengths. They are, starting with the largest:

• supereon
• aeon (also "aeon")
• time
• period
• time
• age

61 * No seriousness as an attitude: FLIPS (FLIPPANT)
63 - : PANTS

The adjectives "flip" and "flippant" mean the same thing, that is, "frivolous irreverence, lack of seriousness."

64 chihuahuas, for example: STAT

Chihuahua is a state in northern Mexico that borders Texas and New Mexico. It is the largest state in the country, which is why it is nicknamed "The Big State". Chihuahua takes its name from the Chihuahuan Desert that lies largely within its borders. The Chihuahua dog breed is named after the state.

66 Konkurent Nike: AVIA

The Avia sports shoe brand was chosen because "avia" is the Latin word for "fly" and suggests the concept of aviation. Avia was founded in Oregon in 1979.

67 Syrian Strongman: ASSAD

Dr. Bashar al-Assad is the son of former President Hafez al-Assad, whom he succeeded as President of the Syrian Arab Republic in 2001. President Bashar al-Assad is a medical doctor and is fluent in English and French. Asad was studying ophthalmology in London when he met his wife, who is English by birth.

68 Brand of coolers and isothermal containers for drinks: YETI

YETI is a manufacturer of radiators and related products based in Austin, Texas. In 2018, there was confusion between YETI and the National Rifle Association when YETI removed the NRA from its member discount program. This anger became public when some members of the NRA posted videos of themselves destroying their own YETI products in protest.

69 Obsolete film form: REEL

Something marked "deprecated" is no longer used, it becomes "deprecated".

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1 Like Most Of Europe Since 1939: AT WAR

World War II began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, falsely claiming that Poland had invaded German territory. Two days later, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany in retaliation. The former British dominions of Australia, India and New Zealand did the same in a matter of hours.

4th International Day of Peace Mon : September

September 21 has been the International Day of Peace since 2001, although the day itself was inaugurated in 1981 (then the third Tuesday of every September). There is a Peace Bell at the UN that rings every Peace Day, a gift from the Japanese Diet. The bell itself was cast with coins donated by children from around the world.

6 types of bracket specialists, often: ONE-SEEDS

"Bracketology" is a term used to describe the process of predicting which college basketball teams will advance to the brackets in the annual NCAA basketball tournament. President Barack Obama appears on an ESPN segment called "Baracketology" where he predicts the outcome of the tournament play-by-play.

9 Alternative JPEG: BITMAP

A bitmap is an image file format used to store digital images. Basically, each pixel in a bitmap file is stored as a "bit" of information, hence the name "bitmap". In 1987, CompuServe introduced a new type of image file called the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). A GIF image takes the same information as a bitmap and then compresses it, resulting in a smaller file size. However, during compression, the image may lose some resolution. The GIF format also supports short video clips, usually animations.

10 "Hello!" : BYE BYE!

The term "adiós" means "goodbye" in Spanish. "Goodbye" comes from the expression "a Dios vos acomiendo", which means "I commend you to God".

22 «Trylogia ___» Satyajita Raya: APU

Satyajit Ray was a Bengal director, known for directing the 'Apu Trilogy'. These were three Bengali films released between 1955 and 1959. They had music composed by Ravi Shankar and are considered among the best films of all time by international critics, but they were made on low budgets.

24 Like the fact that Lance Bass sang bass for 'N Sync: APT

Lance Bass sang with the successful boy band NSYNC. Fortunately, Bass's voice type is low.

31 Tapped? : LASE

The term "laser" is an acronym meaning "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". It has been suggested that the more apt name for laser technology is "light oscillation by stimulated emission of radiation", but the resulting acronym is no longer so appealing, i.e. "lost".

33 Podgatunek hip-hop: TRAMPA

Trap is a genre of hip hop music that originated in the early 2000s in the southern United States. The name "trap" is a slang word used in Atlanta to refer to a house where drugs were sold.

39 First Bond film: DR NO

"Dr. No" may have been the first film in the hit James Bond series, but it was the sixth novel in a series of books written by Ian Fleming. Fleming was inspired to write this story after reading Sax Rohmer's history of Fu Manchu. If you've read Rohmer's books or seen the movies, you'll recognize the similarities between the characters of Dr. Julius No and Fu Manchu. By the way, author Ian Fleming tells us that Julius No attended medical school in Milwaukee.

46 Book banned since 1955: LOLITA

Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita has a controversial storyline involving a middle-aged man's obsession and sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl named Dolores Haze. Professor Humbert Humbert, 38, privately calls Dolores "Lolita". Although Lolita is considered a classic today, after Nabokov completed it in 1953, the controversial subject matter prevented him from finding a publisher in the US (where Nabokov lived). In 1955 he decided to publish it in English at a Paris printing house. Bans and confiscations followed across Europe. The American printer finally took over the project in 1958, when the title gained such a reputation that it sold extremely quickly. Lolita became the first book since Gone with the Wind to sell more than 100,000 copies in its first three weeks in stores.

51 Cheerful Opponent: HUGE

Hefty is a brand of garbage bags and related products.

54 Saxophone Playing Muppet: ERNIE

Ernie is one of the Muppets from the children's television show "Sesame Street." Ernie is usually seen with his roommate Bert, whom he often annoys and frustrates. Ernie is known for his great rubber duck baths. This "Rubber Duckie" is the title of the hit song that Ernie (voiced by Jim Henson) released in 1970.

56 She in Sicily: YOU

In the Apennine peninsula of southern Europe, the "shoe" is mainland Italy and the "ball" the shoe kicks is the island of Sicily.

57 1962 National Expansion Team: METS

The New York Mets (NYM) baseball team was founded in 1962 as a replacement for the two teams the city had lost, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. For several years, the Mets played very poorly, finishing no better than next to last in their division. Then came the "Miracle Mets" (also known as the "Amazin' Mets") who defeated the Baltimore Orioles in 1969 to win the World Series in a huge upset.

58 Written by Wiesel: ELIE

Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor best known for his book Night, which recounted his experiences at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. He was also the first recipient of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum award, which was later renamed the Elie Wiesel Award in his honor.

62 Symbol of the golden ratio: PHI

The golden ratio, sometimes called the "golden mean" and symbolized by the Greek letter phi, is a mathematical constant that appears frequently in the art world. Phi is approximately equal to 1.61 and is represented by two distances, a and b, where (a+b)/a = a/b. Somehow we perceive the factor of 1.61 as "nice", which is why it appears in many works of art and construction. For example, many faces on the Parthenon in Athens have a ratio of 1.61 (width to height). Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing of the Vitruvian Man also illustrates the golden ratio in the proportions of the human body, where he shows that the distance from the leg to the navel compared to the distance from the navel to the head is 1.61.