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When cider or perry is used in place of champagne, it is sometimes still known as a black velvet in its originating country (the UK) and in Ireland. [7] However, the cider version is usually referred to as a poor-man's black velvet everywhere, including in the U.K. and Ireland.
Guinness leased the site from the Rainsford family on 31 December 1759. Under the agreement, he made a £100 downpayment and agreed to pay an additional £45 annually for 9,000 years. [35] One major conflict that dominated Guinness's early brewery career involved the terms of his lease as they related to water usage.
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
If a dash of blackcurrant cordial is added, it is known as a "Diesel" or a "Snakebite and Black". It was first popularised in the UK in the 1980s. It was first popularised in the UK in the 1980s. [ citation needed ]
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Getting struck by lightning seven times Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was an American park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was claimed to have been struck by lightning on seven occasions, surviving all of them.
Crossword construction in modern times usually involves the use of software. Constructors choose a theme (except for themeless puzzles), place the theme answers in a grid which is usually symmetric, fill in the rest of the grid, and then write clues. A person who constructs or solves crosswords is called a "cruciverbalist". [1]
Bosley Crowther, the critic for The New York Times, called the film a "delicious little satire on Edwardian manners and morals", [31] while the unnamed reviewer for Time called it "one of the best films of the year". [29] Several reviewers, including C. A. Lejeune of The Observer, praised Guinness's nine roles.