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EMS
   manufactured the   
Synthi
Music > Electronic Music Machines


EMS
   manufactured the   
VCS3
Music > Electronic Music Machines


EMS
   means   
Earn Money Sleeping (joke at Expense of Emergency Medical Service)
Science & Nature > Medical Slang


Apportionment Paradox
   states that   
Some Systems of Apportioning Representation Can Have Unintuitive Results Due to Rounding
Misc > Paradoxes


Charlie Chaplin
   said   
"Dictators Free Themselves, but They Enslave the People."
British comic actor, filmmaker.

Movies > Quotes by Filmmakers


Jade
   is   
A Green Gemstone
Language > Four-letter Words


Perot Systems
   was named after   
H. Ross Perot, Jr.
Misc > Company Names


Pythagorean, SSS, HL, CPCTC
   are all   
Theorems from Geometry
Misc > Common Threads 1


A “Store Day”
   is   
When Inmates Are Allowed to Order Personal Items for the Week.
Misc > U.S. Prison Lingo


Poems - North & South
   was written by   
Elizabeth Bishop
Houghton, 1956

Arts & Literature > Pulitzer Prize for Poetry


Cyberdyne Systems Model 101
   was played by Arnie in   
The Terminator (1984)
Yes, this is different to T3.

Movies > Films - Arnold Schwarzenegger


Kiss This Thing Goodbye
   has the lyric:   
It Seems Like Weeks Since You Looked at Me, Baby
Del Amitri

Music > Name That Song


BEA Systems
   was named after   
Bill Coleman, Ed Scott & Alfred Chuang.
From the first initial of each of the company's three founders

Misc > Company Names


Abraham Lincoln
   said   
"Tact is the Ability to Describe Others As They See Themselves"
Language > Quotations


The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)
   has the tagline   
Dinah's Life is Not What It Seems.
Movies > Movie Taglines


Autogamy
   means   
Self-pollination, when the Flowers of the Same Plant Pollinate Flowers on Themselves
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Hatikvah, Tien Quan Ca, Lofsongur, La Marseillaise
   are all   
National Anthems
From Israel, Vietnam, Iceland, and France respectively

Misc > Common Threads 2


Bang and Olfsen, Pioneer, Bose
   are all   
Brands of Stereo Systems
Misc > Common Threads 2


Bats, Elephants, Aardvarks & Pangolins
   are all   
Mammals in Orders All to Themselves
Misc > Common Threads 2


Diane DiPrima
   wrote   
Seven Love Poems from the Middle Latin
Poets Press, 1968

Arts & Literature > Poetry Collections


BAE Systems Bofors
   manufactured the   
Bofors 57 Mm
Dual Purpose Naval Guns

Misc > Firearms Manufacturers


Garnet, Amethyst, Emerald
   is an anagram of   
Three Neat Art Gems, My Lad!
Language > Anagrams


Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems
   is a fictional company in   
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Entertainment > Fictional Companies - Movies and TV


Carl Yastrzemski
   is famous for   
Red Sox Left Fielder With 3419 Hits in 3308 Games
22 seasons in Boston; holds Red Sox records in eight major categories

Sports & Leisure > Baseball Greats


Themselves
   in French is   
Eux-mêmes
Language > English - French


Grammatology
   is the study of   
Writing Systems
Science & Nature > Ologies


Ship of Theseus
   states that   
It Seems Like You Can Replace Any Component of a Ship, and It Will Still Be the Same Ship. So You Can Replace Them All, or One at a Time, and It Will Still Be the Same Ship. But then You Can Take All the Original Pieces, and Assemble Them Into a Ship. Tha
Misc > Paradoxes


Some Frogs Eat So Many Fireflies That They Themselves Start to Glow
   is   
True
Misc > True or False


Aide-toi, Le Ciel T'aidera
   means   
Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves
Language > French Idioms and Proverbs


Cisco Systems
   is represented as   
CSCO
Misc > NASDAQ Stock Symbols


Contraband
   is   
Items That Are Not Issued by the Institutionand Are Not Allowed.
Misc > U.S. Prison Lingo


Why Don't They Stop Someday,
      
Address Themselves This Way?
"Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" by George Gershwin

Music > Finish the Lyric


Song Of Solomon
   describes   
A Cycle of Poems About Love Between a Bride and Bridegrooms
Old Testament - also called Canticles

Arts & Literature > Books of the Bible


Cyberdyne Systems Model 101
   was played by   
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Movies > Movie Characters


Carl Michael Yastrzemski (1961-83)
   had the nickname   
“Yaz”
Sports & Leisure > Baseball - Hall of Fame Nicknames


Time Capsule
   is described as   
A Brief Collection of Items Designed to Capture Details of a Particular Moment for the Future
Arts & Literature > Writing Techniques


Seems to Me You Lived Your Life Like
      
A Candle in the Wind
“Candle in the Wind” by Elton John

Music > Finish the Lyric


John Alden Carpenter
   composed   
"Water-Colors: Four Chinese Tone Poems"
Music > Art Songs


Cyberdyne Systems
   is a fictional company in   
The Terminator (1984)
The computer robotics company responsible for the creation of SkyNet

Entertainment > Fictional Companies - Movies and TV


Planetology
   is the study of   
Planets and Solar Systems
Science & Nature > Ologies


ABBA
   are named after   
Themselves
ABBA is an acronym formed from the first letters of each group member's name (Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid).

Music > Pop Group Names


The Elephant Bogged Down Thousands of Years Ago, the Fragmentary Tusk Now in a Glass Case
   ends with   
Frightened They Close the Glass Case over Themselves & Their Lovers for Thousands of Years
Song of the Tusk by Anselm Hollo

Arts & Literature > Poetry - Opening and Closing Lines


Alphapoem/alphalists
   is described as   
26-item Lists of Poems in Which Each Line or Item Begins With a Different Letter, from A Through Z
Arts & Literature > Writing Techniques


X-Box, Sony, Nintendo
   are all   
Brands of Game Systems
Misc > Common Threads 2


BAE Systems Bofors
   manufactured the   
Bofors 40 Mm
Anti-aircraft autocannon, used by 70+ countries

Misc > Firearms Manufacturers


Promises: Poems 1954-1956
   was written by   
Robert Penn Warren
Random, 1958

Arts & Literature > Pulitzer Prize for Poetry


Rudolph A. Marcus
   won for   
The Theory of Electron Transfer Reactions in Chemical Systems
1992

Science & Nature > Nobel Prize for Chemistry


Tables
   is described as   
Organized Grids to Compare People or Items on a Point-by-point Basis
Arts & Literature > Writing Techniques


August Strindberg
   wrote   
Natives of Hemsö
1887. Hemsö is a fictional island, but it is based on Kymmendö where Strindberg had spent time in his youth. Strindberg wrote the book to combat his homesickness while living abroad in Germany and France.

Arts & Literature > Books








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