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[ { "id": "4024590", "score": "1.409019", "text": "making dog food) said that their cat food entirely superseded \"the unwholesome practice of feeding on boiled horse flesh; keeps the cat in perfect health.\" And, in another book on cats, Stables recommended the company's food: Spratt, which began by making dog biscuits, appears to also have been the first commercial producer of cat food. During the 19th century and early 20th centuries, meat for cats and dogs in London, frequently horse meat, was sold from barrows (hand–carts) by itinerant traders known as \"Cats' Meat Men\". Cats are obligate carnivores—meaning, they are true carnivores and depend upon the nutrients present", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "9387150", "score": "1.3906398", "text": "what they taste for is amino acids instead. This may be a cause of cats being diagnosed with diabetes. The food that domestic cats get have a lot of carbohydrates in them and a high sugar content cannot be efficiently processed by the digestive system of cats. Cats drink water by lapping the surface with their tongue. A fraction of a teaspoon of water is taken up with each lap. Although some desert cats are able to obtain much of their water needs through the flesh of their prey, most cats come to bodies of water to drink. Socialization is", "title": "Cat behavior" }, { "id": "4024592", "score": "1.3815372", "text": "meat in the natural diet. Cats lack the specific physiology to extract nutrients efficiently from plant-based materials, and require a high protein diet, which is why high-energy meats from freshly killed prey are optimal foods. Most store-bought cat food comes in either dry form, also known in the US as \"kibble\", or wet canned form. Some manufacturers sell frozen raw diets and premix products to cater to owners who feed raw. Dry food (8–10% moisture) is generally made by extrusion cooking under high heat and pressure. Fat may then be sprayed on the food to increase palatability, and other minor", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "7029877", "score": "1.3747747", "text": "are used both in birdfeeders and to feed pet birds. It typically consist of a variety of seeds. However, not all birds eat seeds. Nectar (essentially sugar water) attracts hummingbirds. Cats are obligate carnivores, though most commercial cat food contains both animal and plant material supplemented with vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Cat food is formulated to address the specific nutritional requirements of cats, in particular containing the amino acid taurine, as cats cannot thrive on taurine-deficient food. Optimal levels of taurine for cat food have been established by the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition Recommendations differ on what diet", "title": "Pet food" }, { "id": "86441", "score": "1.3734331", "text": "molecules, leaving them with no ability to taste sweetness. Their taste buds instead respond to acids, amino acids like protein, and bitter tastes. Cats and many other animals have a Jacobson's organ in their mouths that is used in the behavioral process of flehmening. It allows them to sense certain aromas in a way that humans cannot. Cats also have a distinct temperature preference for their food, preferring food with a temperature around which is similar to that of a fresh kill and routinely rejecting food presented cold or refrigerated (which would signal to the cat that the \"prey\" item", "title": "Cat" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Meow Mix\n\nMeow Mix is a variety of dry and wet cat food known for its advertising jingle. It is a product of The J.M. Smucker Company as of March 23, 2015. Meow Mix was introduced in 1974 and sells many flavors, including Original Choice and Seafood Medley, among many others. It also is known for selling Alley Cat dry cat food. Their current slogan is \"it's the only brand cats ask for by name.\"", "title": "Meow Mix" }, { "id": "5077396", "score": "1.3716669", "text": "2008. Pounce (cat treats) Pounce is a line of cat treats or snacks that are manufactured by Del Monte Foods. The treats come in different flavors such as Tuna, Chicken, Seafood Medley, and Catnip. In the 1980s, pounces were also available in such flavors as shrimp (packaged in a yellow container) and beef (packaged in a red container), vegetable (in a green container), and Italian Bread (in a white container). On March 31, 2008, Del Monte Foods announced a recall of Pounce Meaty Morsels Moist Chicken Flavor Cat Treats, Codes TP7C12 and TP7C07, Best By: Sep 04 2008 and Sep", "title": "Pounce (cat treats)" }, { "id": "4024634", "score": "1.3714644", "text": "(including arginine, taurine, arachidonic acid, vitamin A, vitamin B12 and niacin) found in meat sources. Plant sources do not contain enough of these. Vegetarian pet food companies try to correct these deficiencies by adding synthetically produced nutrients. According to the United States National Research Council, \"Cats require specific nutrients, not specific feedstuffs.\" Cats on a vegan diet can develop abnormally alkaline (high pH) urine as plant-based proteins are more alkaline than the meat-based foods which cats have evolved to eat. When the urine becomes too alkaline, there is an increased risk of formation of struvite (also known as magnesium ammonium", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "5077395", "score": "1.370792", "text": "Pounce (cat treats) Pounce is a line of cat treats or snacks that are manufactured by Del Monte Foods. The treats come in different flavors such as Tuna, Chicken, Seafood Medley, and Catnip. In the 1980s, pounces were also available in such flavors as shrimp (packaged in a yellow container) and beef (packaged in a red container), vegetable (in a green container), and Italian Bread (in a white container). On March 31, 2008, Del Monte Foods announced a recall of Pounce Meaty Morsels Moist Chicken Flavor Cat Treats, Codes TP7C12 and TP7C07, Best By: Sep 04 2008 and Sep 09", "title": "Pounce (cat treats)" }, { "id": "4024633", "score": "1.3680897", "text": "available for many years, and is targeted primarily at vegan and vegetarian pet owners. While a small percentage of owners choose such a diet based on its perceived health benefits, the majority do so due to ethical concerns. Despite this, most vegans who feed their cats a vegan diet believe that a vegetarian diet is healthier than a conventional diet. There is much controversy over feeding cats a vegetarian diet. While there is anecdotal evidence that cats do well on vegetarian food, studies on commercial and homemade vegetarian cat foods have found nutritional inadequacies. As obligate carnivores, cats require nutrients", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "4024588", "score": "1.3660741", "text": "Cat food Cat food is food for consumption by cats. Cats have specific requirements for their dietary nutrients. Certain nutrients, including many vitamins and amino acids, are degraded by the temperatures, pressures and chemical treatments used during manufacture, and hence must be added after manufacture to avoid nutritional deficiency. The amino acid taurine, for example, which is found in meat, is degraded during processing, so synthetic taurine is normally added afterwards. Long-term taurine deficiency may result in retinal degeneration, loss of vision, and cardiac arrest. The idea of preparing specialized food for cats came later than for dogs (see dog", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "9387149", "score": "1.3532043", "text": "are obligate carnivores, and do not do well on vegetarian diets. In the wild they usually hunt smaller mammals to keep themselves nourished. Many cats find and chew small quantities of long grass but this is not for its nutritional value per se. The eating of grass seems to stem from feline ancestry and has nothing to do with dietary requirements. It is believed that feline ancestors instead ate grass for the purging of intestinal parasites. Cats have no sweet taste receptors on their tongue and thus cannot taste sweet things at all. Cats mainly smell for their food and", "title": "Cat behavior" }, { "id": "11672661", "score": "1.3520691", "text": "vegan cat food are preferred by owners uncomfortable with feeding animal products to their pets. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine has come out against vegetarian cat and dog food for health reasons. Cats require high levels of Taurine in their diet. Taurine is an organic acid found in animal tissues. It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine. Taurine has many biological roles such as conjugation of bile acids, antioxidation, membrane stabilization and modulation of calcium signaling. It is essential for cardiovascular function in cats, and development and", "title": "Cat health" }, { "id": "4024591", "score": "1.3493044", "text": "in animal flesh for their dietary needs. Even domesticated cats will relish freshly killed meat from rodents, rabbits, amphibians, birds, reptiles and fish, but cats are also opportunistic feeders and will readily take cooked food as well as dried cat food when offered, if that food is palatable. The natural diet of cats therefore does not include any vegetable matter, although cats have been known to eat certain plants and grasses occasionally, usually as an emetic. Cats cannot synthesize some essential nutrients required for survival, including the amino acids taurine and arginine, so these nutrients must be sourced from fresh", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "4024668", "score": "1.3476614", "text": "is also important for fat to be digestible because too much undigested fat that reaches the end of the digestive tract (colon) has the possibility of being fermented and can worsen the symptoms of GIT disease and induce other reactions like diarrhea. It has also been suggested that cats should eat diets tailored to the section of the GIT that is diseases. When certain nutrients like fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are included in the diet, the microbiome and fatty acid content are often changed for the better. An example would be less branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs; which are more difficult and take", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "86427", "score": "1.3400462", "text": "and having low levels of several of the digestive enzymes needed to digest carbohydrates. These traits severely limit the cat's ability to digest and use plant-derived nutrients, as well as certain fatty acids. Despite the cat's meat-oriented physiology, several vegetarian or vegan cat foods have been marketed that are supplemented with chemically synthesized taurine and other nutrients, in attempts to produce a complete diet. However, some of these products still fail to provide all the nutrients cats require, and diets containing no animal products pose the risk of causing severe nutritional deficiencies. Cats do eat grass occasionally. A proposed explanation", "title": "Cat" }, { "id": "4024642", "score": "1.3363653", "text": "previously, arginine is a dietary requirement of cats, as it plays a critical role in bodily functions (refer to the physiology section in the Cat page). Some ingredients of vegan cat diets that provide arginine, are pumpkin seed, almond, soya flour, lentil seeds and oat flakes (see table one).[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katarina_Babinska/publication/7562990_Health_benefits_and_risks_of_plant_proteins/links/0f31752f800b879c05000000.pdf <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] The arachidonic acid added to cat foods typically comes from animal-based sources. In vegan cat diets, arachidonic acid can be added by including algal biomass or seaweed; but too much seaweed can be detrimental, as it may contain enough selenium to be toxic. A vitamin D3 source, lanolin, a constituent", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "4024676", "score": "1.3278419", "text": "of fat as fats are very palatable. Although not well studied, evidence from previous studies completed in animals and humans (who have similar digestive tracts to cats) suggest a proper ratio and use of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids will help mediate inflammatory diseases, especially ones present in the GIT. Many pet owners feed cats homemade diets. These diets generally consist of some form of cooked or raw meat, bone, vegetables, and supplements, such as taurine and Multivitamins. Homemade diets either follow a recipe, such as the BARF diet which provides a series of options for the pet owner to", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "3681848", "score": "1.3253846", "text": "antitrust reasons in the early 2000s. The brand was acquired by Del Monte Foods in May, 2006. Their most famous slogan is, \"Tastes so good, cats ask for it by name.\" The company was acquired by Cypress Group, a New York-based private equity firm in a $425 million leveraged buyout in 2003. Three years later, Del Monte Foods acquired the company for $705 million. The company had also been owned by J.W. Childs Associates which acquired the business in 2001 for $160 million. On March 23, 2015, parent company Big Heart Pet Brands was acquired by The J.M. Smucker Company", "title": "Meow Mix" }, { "id": "4024653", "score": "1.3191221", "text": "it integral to overall health. Therefore, feeding your cat for optimal digestive health is key for a healthy cat. Research shows fiber, prebiotics, probiotics, antioxidants and fatty acids are important in maintaining gastrointestinal health. The addition of fiber at optimal levels in a diet is essential for the normal function and health of the gastrointestinal tract. Dietary fibers are plant carbohydrates which cannot be digested by mammalian enzymes. These structural plant carbohydrates include pectin, lignin, cellulose, hemicellulose, muclinage, and gums. Different types of fibers have varying levels of solubility and fermentation; this ranges from pectin which is highly fermentable, to", "title": "Cat food" }, { "id": "4024606", "score": "1.3180532", "text": "the storage of excess dietary fat. The majority of studies focusing on supplementary L-carnitine use look at its benefits for weight loss, including its effect on metabolic rate and fatty acid oxidation. At the same time, these studies still show similar results that prove their effects of controlling fatty acid metabolism for weight control, to avoid the need for weight loss diets. In the United States, cat foods labeled as \"complete and balanced\" must meet standards established by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) either by meeting a nutrient profile or by passing a feeding trial. Cat Food", "title": "Cat food" } ]

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[ { "id": "6518461", "score": "1.8380187", "text": "to appear as if a small child had written it. Over the next several decades, Toys \"R\" Us, headed by Lazarus, expanded to suburban shopping areas across the US. Under Lazarus, the company created the Geoffrey the Giraffe store mascot and introduced the \"I'm a Toys \"R\" Us kid.\" jingle. The company was considered a retail titan by the 1980s as it began to expand overseas with locations in Canada, Spain, and Singapore. In 1992, President of the United States George H.W. Bush appeared with Lazarus at the opening of the first Toys \"R\" Us in Japan. Lazarus retired as", "title": "Charles Lazarus" }, { "id": "2761615", "score": "1.7505069", "text": "in April 2011, the company announced plans to open a dedicated e-commerce fulfillment center in McCarran, Nevada. The company later reported online sales of $1 billion for 2011 and $1.1 billion for 2012. The website was sunsetted with a brief farewell message when the US liquidation began in March 2018. The surviving international stores continue to sell merchandise online. Formerly known as \"Dr. G. Raffe\" in 1950s print advertisements for Children's Bargaintown, Geoffrey the Giraffe evolved in name and appearance over the next decade to become the official mascot of the renamed Toys \"R\" Us. Serving as a \"spokesanimal\" for", "title": "Toys \"R\" Us" }, { "id": "2761616", "score": "1.6861818", "text": "the brand, Geoffrey's design went through several phases over the next 50+ years before the current star-spotted iteration was finalized in November 2007. In 2017, the company sponsored the live camera broadcast for April the Giraffe, which helped support giraffe conservation and awareness. The sponsored camera of pregnant April the giraffe went viral with millions of views on YouTube and across social media platforms. Toys \"R\" Us Toys \"R\" Us, Inc. is an international toy, clothing, video game, and baby product retailer founded in April 1948, with its headquarters located in Wayne, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area.", "title": "Toys \"R\" Us" }, { "id": "20078840", "score": "1.6118617", "text": "by Toys R Us and Babies R Us, as a play on that chain's mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe. By the time the camera was shut off, the YouTube feed had accumulated 232 million views. A GoFundMe fundraiser page that initially set a goal of $50,000 sat at more than $135,000 by the time the calf was born. The money is to be used to offset the annual care for the animals and upgrading the giraffe exhibit at the park. With the prolonged wait for April to enter labor, some people had questioned if the pregnancy was an April Fools' Day", "title": "April (giraffe)" }, { "id": "163547", "score": "1.5304483", "text": "the Pelly and Me\". Giraffes have appeared in animated films, as minor characters in Disney's \"The Lion King\" and \"Dumbo\", and in more prominent roles in \"The Wild\" and in the \"Madagascar\" films. Sophie the Giraffe has been a popular teether since 1961. Another famous fictional giraffe is the Toys \"R\" Us mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe. The giraffe has also been used for some scientific experiments and discoveries. Scientists have looked at the properties of giraffe skin when developing suits for astronauts and fighter pilots because the people in these professions are in danger of passing out if blood rushes", "title": "Giraffe" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "", "title": "Toys \"R\" Us" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Charles Lazarus\n\nCharles Philip Lazarus (October 4, 1923 – March 22, 2018) He opened his first store dedicated exclusively to toys, which he named Toys \"R\" Us, in 1957.<ref name=nytimes /><ref name=wp />", "title": "Charles Lazarus" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "List of fictional ungulates\n\nThis list of fictional ungulates is a subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. The list is restricted to notable ungulate (hooved) characters from various works organized by medium. This paraphyletic list includes all fictional hooved characters except fictional horses, fictional pachyderms (elephants, hippopotamuses, and rhinoceroses), and fictional swine, as each has its own list.\n\n", "title": "List of fictional ungulates" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Giraffe\n\nThe giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes were thought to be one species, \"Giraffa camelopardalis\", with nine subspecies. Most recently, researchers proposed dividing them into up to eight extant species due to new research into their mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, as well as morphological measurements. Seven other extinct species of \"Giraffa\" are known from the fossil record.\n\nThe giraffe's chief distinguishing characteristics are its extremely long neck and legs, its horn-like ossicones, and its spotted coat patterns. It is classified under the family Giraffidae, along with its closest extant relative, the okapi. Its scattered range extends from Chad in the north to South Africa in the south, and from Niger in the west to Somalia in the east. Giraffes usually inhabit savannahs and woodlands. Their food source is leaves, fruits, and flowers of woody plants, primarily acacia species, which they browse at heights most other herbivores cannot reach.\n\nLions, leopards, spotted hyenas, and African wild dogs may prey upon giraffes. Giraffes live in herds of related females and their offspring or bachelor herds of unrelated adult males, but are gregarious and may gather in large aggregations. Males establish social hierarchies through \"necking\", combat bouts where the neck is used as a weapon. Dominant males gain mating access to females, which bear sole responsibility for raising the young.\n\nThe giraffe has intrigued various ancient and modern cultures for its peculiar appearance, and has often been featured in paintings, books, and cartoons. It is classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as vulnerable to extinction and has been extirpated from many parts of its former range. Giraffes are still found in numerous national parks and game reserves, but estimates as of 2016 indicate there are approximately 97,500 members of \"Giraffa\" in the wild. More than 1,600 were kept in zoos in 2010.", "title": "Giraffe" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "FAO Schwarz\n\nFAO Schwarz is an American toy brand and store. The company is known for its high-end toys, life-sized stuffed animals, interactive experiences, brand integrations, and games.\n\nFAO Schwarz claims to be the oldest toy store in the United States, first opening its doors in 1862 in Baltimore before moving to New York City, where it has moved between several locations since 1870. The \"dance-on piano\", made famous by the 1988 Tom Hanks film \"Big\", brought national attention to the brand. FAO filed for bankruptcy twice in 2003 before temporarily shuttering the Fifth Avenue store in January 2004.\nIn May 2009, Toys \"R\" Us Inc. acquired FAO Schwarz, but in 2015, it permanently closed the Fifth Avenue store. The brand was then acquired by ThreeSixty Group, who opened the new FAO Schwarz store at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in November 2018. In 2019 locations in Chicago, Beijing, London and Dublin were opened.\n\nThe \"FAO Schwarz\" brandname and trademarks are owned by the FAO Schwarz Family Foundation and exclusively licensed to the ThreeSixty Group who own and operate the retail locations.", "title": "FAO Schwarz" }, { "id": "13719731", "score": "1.5029984", "text": "a release in October 2010, which was then released on July 8, 2011. Filming ended on October 30, 2009. Tweet, the giraffe who rose to fame as a star in the classic Toys \"R\" Us commercials (by being cast as Geoffrey, the company's official mascot) and who appeared alongside Jim Carrey in the film \"\", died after filming \"Zookeeper\" at the Franklin Park Zoo. The 18-year-old giraffe collapsed during feeding and in the care of his trainer. Tai the elephant was featured in a video, reportedly filmed in 2005 and released in 2011 by Animal Defenders International (ADI), which showed", "title": "Zookeeper (film)" }, { "id": "7819007", "score": "1.4435714", "text": "version as noted above). \"Compute!\" praised the Apple IIGS version's sound and graphics, stating that players \"may think they're watching a cartoon\". It concluded that the game \"is one of the better new adventure games to arrive\". The game contains a number of characters which resemble musical acts and other popular characters. The owners of a couple complained that Sierra had used them without permission. Toys R Us complained about a robot shop named \"Droids R Us\", which Sierra changed to \"Droids B Us\"; the remake adds a character which resembles the toy company's mascot Geoffrey Giraffe. Rock band ZZ", "title": "Space Quest I" }, { "id": "11001982", "score": "1.4262258", "text": "designs, producing custom Dunnys. Dunnys are available in fewer locations than Munnys. They are sold in the Kidrobot stores in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, London, and Las Vegas, along with other designer toy retailers. Dunnys are designed and released in 8\" versions several times a year and typically two blind boxed series of 3\" Dunny figures are released each year. OTHER MUNNIES Foomi - Just like Munny, only smaller, and has spiky hair Rooz - A Bear-like creature with no legs Raffy - A Giraffe-like creature, the term \"Raffy\" comes from Giraffe Bub - A Hippo", "title": "Munny" }, { "id": "960917", "score": "1.421021", "text": "after coffee-loving characters in Samuel Pepys' diary. Tesco took full ownership of the business from its founders Nick, Andrew and Laura Tolley in February 2016, and agreed in June 2016 to sell it to Caffè Nero. Giraffe is a restaurant chain in the United Kingdom which Tesco purchased in March 2013 as part of a strategy of making use of excess space in its shops. Tesco sold the chain to Boparan Holdings in June 2016. Euphorium Bakery opened a concession in Tesco's Kensington shop in 2012, and in 2013 Tesco bought a stake in the business. It purchased the remaining", "title": "Tesco" }, { "id": "8688888", "score": "1.4187783", "text": "the game as resembling a giraffe. This immediately attracted calls from readers and forum posters that the entire game should be named \"Space Giraffe\", and this was used as the working title for the game, and then adopted for the final release because by that time it had already been the subject of widespread publicity. Minter in an interview related: The game includes humor and references that are common to Minter's games, including allusions to Super Mario Bros., Pro Wrestling for the NES, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Commodore 64, and even to Microsoft's J Allard. Some of", "title": "Space Giraffe" }, { "id": "16039996", "score": "1.4173659", "text": "legally became Isabella Bennett on 22 January 2016. More videos have followed in the meantime. In May 2014, they released their third cover, a mostly acoustic version of Daft Punk's \"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger\". The video marked the first \"official\" appearance by the female Rabbit to the general public at large (although the band had played some dates prior and some photos and raw audience footage had been seen). The band then followed up with two new videos: \"Fancy Shoes\" in June and \"I'll Rust With You\" in July, with the latter featuring live footage recorded at Anime Midwest in", "title": "Steam Powered Giraffe" }, { "id": "2761596", "score": "1.4162368", "text": "would add toy displays under the Geoffrey's Toy Box brand to some of its locations, which will sell selections of Toys \"R\" Us private-label products. The brand operates under Geoffrey LLC, an intellectual property holding company within Toys \"R\" Us. In July 2001, Toys \"R\" Us opened an international flagship store in New York's Times Square at a cost of $35 million. The 110,000 square-foot store included various themed zones such as an amusement arcade (known as \"R\"Cade), Barbie (with a life-size dreamhouse), electronics (with dedicated sections like \"Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova\" and Skullcandy), Jurassic Park (with an animatronic T-Rex),", "title": "Toys \"R\" Us" }, { "id": "6158778", "score": "1.41458", "text": "double for him in scenes in \"Forrest Gump\". Owing to his vocal similarity, he often substitutes for his brother in the role of Sheriff Woody in various \"Toy Story\" video games and spin-offs. Hanks began providing the voice of Geoffrey the Giraffe in the Toys \"R\" Us commercials in 2001, and is the voice of Rudy from the Red Robin Gourmet Burgers commercials. He guest-starred in an episode of \"Scrubs\", appearing as a \"Dr. Turner\" partnered with a doctor called \"Hooch\" (in reference to his brother's film \"Turner & Hooch\"). In the 1998 film adaptation of O. Henry's \"The Ransom", "title": "Jim Hanks" }, { "id": "3865493", "score": "1.414458", "text": "Chester Cheetah Chester Cheetah is a fictional character and the official mascot for Frito-Lay's Cheetos brand snacks as well as Chester's Snacks which consists of flavored fries, popcorn and puffcorn. Cheetos' original mascot was the Cheetos Mouse, who debuted in 1971 and disappeared around 1979. In 1986, Chester Cheetah was created by Brad Morgan, who art directed the commercials and designed the character, and Stephen Kane who wrote the original scripts for television commercials. The original 24-frame animation was done by Richard Williams. After Chester's introduction, the sly, smooth voiced cheetah began starring in more commercials and eventually became Cheetos'", "title": "Chester Cheetah" }, { "id": "3865486", "score": "1.414458", "text": "Chester Cheetah Chester Cheetah is a fictional character and the official mascot for Frito-Lay's Cheetos brand snacks as well as Chester's Snacks which consists of flavored fries, popcorn and puffcorn. Cheetos' original mascot was the Cheetos Mouse, who debuted in 1971 and disappeared around 1979. In 1986, Chester Cheetah was created by Brad Morgan, who art directed the commercials and designed the character, and Stephen Kane who wrote the original scripts for television commercials. The original 24-frame animation was done by Richard Williams. After Chester's introduction, the sly, smooth voiced cheetah began starring in more commercials and eventually became Cheetos'", "title": "Chester Cheetah" }, { "id": "16205744", "score": "1.4117965", "text": "name is revered as Giraffa. She imparts her modicum of wisdom and motherly care. Her favorite phrase: \"\"Good luck!\"\". Sun: He looks on everything happening around and follows the actions of the characters with her gestures. Character´s preferences Guillermo Pino and Claudio Pousada are the creators of the series. Both of them have vast experience in TV production and creative design. They founded Smilehood with the main goal of promoting human values and positive messages through their products. Plim Plim has a Fan Page on Facebook with 295 512(as on 16:20 hrs March 9, 2015) of fans -number which keeps", "title": "Plim Plim" }, { "id": "6118692", "score": "1.407593", "text": "launched \"Michael's Pets\", a range of soft toys based on the animals he owned, in November 1986. The toys consisted of a frog, dog, rabbit, snake, ostrich, giraffe, llama and Bubbles the chimp. Jackson also appeared, as a bear wearing sunglasses and a fedora. \"He [Jackson] was very instrumental in designing the toys\", said Bob Michaelson, who was responsible for developing them. \"He was very instrumental in how it should be programmed... he's got tremendous intuition.\" Jackson, in approving the toys, stipulated that the manufacturers donate $1 per sale to a children's charity. In 1988, the artist Jeff Koons made", "title": "Bubbles (chimpanzee)" }, { "id": "20078843", "score": "1.4035116", "text": "shut off at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on April 21, with the staff appearing on camera before the shutoff to express their thanks. The calf was named Tajiri as a result of a name-the-baby contest, from the Swahili language word for \"hope.\" On July 25, 2018, Animal Adventure Park announced that April and Oliver had conceived a second time earlier in the year, and that April's fifth calf is due in Spring 2019. April (giraffe) April (born 2002) is a reticulated giraffe at the Animal Adventure Park in Colesville, New York, in the United States. She gained worldwide fame after", "title": "April (giraffe)" }, { "id": "13627481", "score": "1.3988582", "text": "the Leslie Melvilles and Betty's daughter in 1972. By tradition the giraffe themselves are named after individuals who have contributed significantly (whether financially or otherwise) to the work of AFEW, such as Lynn, named for author and journalist Lynn Sherr, a giraffe devotee who wrote an entire book devoted to the creature. In 1983 Rick Anderson (Betty's son) and his wife moved onto the \"Giraffe Manor Hotel\" property to take over management of Giraffe Manor as a small, private hotel where guests could feed the giraffe from their breakfast table, through the front door, and out of their 2nd story", "title": "Giraffe Manor" }, { "id": "2792550", "score": "1.3971875", "text": "TK tractor unit and an articulated trailer with models of circus horses, and in June 1964 the Bedford TK tractor unit was adapted with a large high-sided open top 'wooden' box as the Giraffe Transporter (503) complete with models of a mother and baby giraffe. The Land Rover, which had been adapted as a 'Vote For Corgi' campaigning vehicle as a tie-in with the 1964 UK General Election, was re-issued in September 1965 in the red and blue colours of Chipperfield's as the Chipperfield's Circus Parade Vehicle (487) with a clown and chimpanzee replacing the political canvassers of the original,", "title": "Corgi Toys" } ]

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[ { "id": "3214205", "score": "1.9517448", "text": "Bridal Veil Falls (Niagara Falls) The Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls. It is located on the American side (in New York State); Luna Island separates it from the American Falls and Goat Island separates it from the Horseshoe Falls. The Bridal Veil Falls faces to the northwest and has a crest wide. Luna Island being very small, the Bridal Veil is similar in appearance to the American Falls, starting with a vertical fall of , followed by the water violently descending the talus boulders to the Maid of the Mist", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Niagara Falls)" }, { "id": "820334", "score": "1.7351198", "text": "Horseshoe Falls Horseshoe Falls, also known as Canadian Falls, is the largest of the three waterfalls that collectively form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border. Approximately 90% of the Niagara River, after diversions for hydropower generation, flows over Horseshoe Falls. The remaining 10% flows over American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. It is located between Terrapin Point on Goat Island in the US state of New York, and Table Rock in the Canadian province of Ontario. When the boundary line between the United States and Canada was determined in 1819, based on the Treaty of", "title": "Horseshoe Falls" }, { "id": "3214206", "score": "1.7327149", "text": "pool below. The total vertical drop is . The crest elevation of the Falls is . The Cave of the Winds attraction allows visitors to walk up to the base of Bridal Veil Falls. A pedestrian bridge crosses from Goat Island to Luna Island several yards (meters) upstream from the crest of the falls. The waterfall has also been known in the past as Luna Falls and Iris Falls. Bridal Veil Falls (Niagara Falls) The Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls. It is located on the American side (in New York", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Niagara Falls)" }, { "id": "5884352", "score": "1.7078071", "text": "Veil. Many couples have their wedding invitations shipped there in order to have the town's postmark applied to them. Bridal Veil Falls (Oregon) Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall located on Bridal Veil Creek in the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. The Historic Columbia River Highway passes over Bridal Veil Falls on a bridge. From a parking lot on the highway, a winding footpath and another bridge lead to a vantage point for the falls. The falls consists of two cascades in quick succession along angling rockfaces, so when there is a good amount of water", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Oregon)" }, { "id": "5884351", "score": "1.6751807", "text": "Bridal Veil Falls (Oregon) Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall located on Bridal Veil Creek in the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. The Historic Columbia River Highway passes over Bridal Veil Falls on a bridge. From a parking lot on the highway, a winding footpath and another bridge lead to a vantage point for the falls. The falls consists of two cascades in quick succession along angling rockfaces, so when there is a good amount of water the falls looks very much like its namesake. There is a post office in the nearby community of Bridal", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Oregon)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Bridal Veil Falls (Niagara Falls)\n\nThe Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls. It is located on the American side (in New York State); Luna Island separates it from the American Falls and Goat Island separates it from the Horseshoe Falls. The Bridal Veil Falls faces to the northwest and has a crest wide. Luna Island being very small, the Bridal Veil is similar in appearance to the American Falls, starting with a vertical fall of , followed by the water violently descending the talus boulders to the Maid of the Mist pool below. The total vertical drop is . The crest elevation of the Falls is .\n\nThe Cave of the Winds attraction allows visitors to walk up to the base of Bridal Veil Falls. A pedestrian bridge crosses from Goat Island to Luna Island several yards (meters) upstream from the crest of the falls.\n\nThe waterfall has also been known in the past as Luna Falls and Iris Falls.\n\n", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Niagara Falls)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Niagara Falls\n\nNiagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, which straddles the international border of the two countries. It is also known as the Canadian Falls. The smaller American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls lie within the United States. Bridal Veil Falls is separated from Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island and from American Falls by Luna Island, with both islands situated in New York.\n\nFormed by the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, the combined falls have the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America that has a vertical drop of more than . During peak daytime tourist hours, more than of water goes over the crest of the falls every minute. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by flow rate. Niagara Falls is famed for its beauty and is a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Balancing recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 19th century.\n\nNiagara Falls is northwest of Buffalo, New York, and southeast of Toronto, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls was formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly formed Great Lakes carved a path over and through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean.", "title": "Niagara Falls" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "", "title": "File:Niagara Falls (Horseshoe Falls & American Falls & Bridal Veil ..." }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Horseshoe Falls\n\nHorseshoe Falls is the largest of the three waterfalls that collectively form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border. Approximately 90% of the Niagara River, after diversions for hydropower generation, flows over Horseshoe Falls. The remaining 10% flows over American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. It is located between Terrapin Point on Goat Island in the US state of New York, and Table Rock in the Canadian province of Ontario.", "title": "Horseshoe Falls" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "List of people who have gone over Niagara Falls\n\nSince 1850, more than 5,000 people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. The first recorded person to survive going over the falls was school teacher Annie Edson Taylor, who in 1901 successfully completed the stunt inside an oak barrel. In the following -1901 years, thousands of people have been swept over the falls but only sixteen people have reportedly survived the feat. All instances of people having survived the trip over the falls have been over the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Following the death of one daredevil in 1951, stunting at Niagara Falls has been illegal and subject to fines of up to $25,000 USD.", "title": "List of people who have gone over Niagara Falls" }, { "id": "1174433", "score": "1.6674445", "text": "Carolina. There is a parking area on the side of the road, where visitors can park before walking the short path with stairs to the falls. The United States Forest Service has made improvements to the parking area and has reopened the public area. Bridal Veil Falls is a 45-foot (20.1 m) waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, southeast of Franklin. With a short curve of roadway located behind the falls, it has the distinction of being the only waterfall in the state that one can drive a vehicle under. Bridal Veil Falls flows on a tributary of the", "title": "Franklin, North Carolina" }, { "id": "5355703", "score": "1.6619246", "text": "the rapids. Both are easily accessible from Highway 540. Bridal Veil Falls (Manitoulin Island) Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall near the town of Kagawong on Lake Huron's Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. The water source is the Kagawong River which flows from Lake Kagawong to the North Channel of Lake Huron. It has a height of approximately . There is a short hiking trail from the falls down to the North Channel. There are two parking lots and two approaches to the falls: one from the top of the outdoor steel staircase next to the falls, and another from a", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Manitoulin Island)" }, { "id": "820336", "score": "1.6613299", "text": "the future. The official national maps for both Canada and the United States indicate that a small portion of the Horseshoe Falls is located within the United States. Horseshoe Falls Horseshoe Falls, also known as Canadian Falls, is the largest of the three waterfalls that collectively form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border. Approximately 90% of the Niagara River, after diversions for hydropower generation, flows over Horseshoe Falls. The remaining 10% flows over American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. It is located between Terrapin Point on Goat Island in the US state of New York,", "title": "Horseshoe Falls" }, { "id": "922203", "score": "1.6588194", "text": "the United States Forest Service in 2009. Bridal Veil Falls is a 45-foot (20.1 m) waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, southeast of Franklin. With a short curve of roadway located behind the falls, it has the distinction of being the only waterfall in the state that one can drive a vehicle under. Bridal Veil Falls flows on a tributary of the Cullasaja River through the Nantahala National Forest. The falls flows over an overhanging bluff that allows visitors to walk behind the falls and remain dry when the waterflow is low. During periods of drought, the stream may", "title": "Macon County, North Carolina" }, { "id": "816544", "score": "1.6523795", "text": "American Falls The American Falls is the second-largest of the three waterfalls that together are known as Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–U.S. border. Unlike the much larger Horseshoe Falls, of which two-thirds is in Ontario, Canada and one-third in the U.S. state of New York, the American Falls is entirely within the United States. The falls receive approximately 11% of the flow from Niagara River, with most of the rest going over Horseshoe Falls, from which it is separated by Goat Island. It has a straight line crest width of about . If measured along the", "title": "American Falls" }, { "id": "922204", "score": "1.6518497", "text": "nearly dry up, though visitors will get wet if the waterflow is moderate or high. To avoid this, stay in your vehicle and drive behind the falls. Bridal Veil Falls is located on the side of U.S. Highway 64 southeast of Franklin and north of Highlands. Highway 64 originally used the curve of roadway behind the falls exclusively so that all traffic went behind them; however, this caused problems with icing of the roadway during freezing weather, and Hwy. 64 has been re-routed around the front of the falls since. There is a parking area on the side of the", "title": "Macon County, North Carolina" }, { "id": "10802076", "score": "1.6480782", "text": "the island and shrubs along north end. The original wooden bridge to the island, added in the 1800s, was replaced in the 20th century. Spectators can view the falls from Luna Island and the proximate Goat Island, both of which are accessible by pedestrian bridges that cross the rapids of the Niagara River upstream from the falls. Spectators on Luna Island can stand a few feet away from the Bridal Veil Falls and American Falls by walking across the island. Representatives of the nearby Schoellkopf Geological Museum often come to Luna Island where they bring photographs and answer questions about", "title": "Luna Island" }, { "id": "10198138", "score": "1.6479462", "text": "though visitors will get wet if the waterflow is moderate or high. Bridal Veil Falls is located on the side of US 64 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north of Highlands, North Carolina. Highway 64 originally used the curve of roadway behind the falls exclusively so that all traffic went behind them; however, this caused problems with icing of the roadway during freezing weather, and Hwy. 64 has been re-routed around the front of the falls since. There is a parking area on the side of the road, where visitors can park and view the falls as well. In 2003, a", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County)" }, { "id": "10111715", "score": "1.647839", "text": "Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Forest) Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall in the DuPont State Forest, on the Little River, near Brevard, North Carolina. The waterfall begins as a slide which drops over a ledge approximately four feet high. The river then continues down a long, sloping, ever-steepening granite slope before plunging into some small pools or against large rock slabs at the bottom. A portion of the river drops off a 25' cascade on river left at the bottom. Access to the falls is from the forest's Fawn Lake parking area by hiking or bicycle by going past", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (DuPont State Forest)" }, { "id": "5355702", "score": "1.6454675", "text": "Bridal Veil Falls (Manitoulin Island) Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall near the town of Kagawong on Lake Huron's Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. The water source is the Kagawong River which flows from Lake Kagawong to the North Channel of Lake Huron. It has a height of approximately . There is a short hiking trail from the falls down to the North Channel. There are two parking lots and two approaches to the falls: one from the top of the outdoor steel staircase next to the falls, and another from a few hundred yards down the trail, past some of", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Manitoulin Island)" }, { "id": "10198139", "score": "1.644916", "text": "massive boulder slid off the left side of the falls, blocking that side of the drive-under completely. However, in July 2007, that boulder was removed by a local developer. Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County) Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina. With a short curve of roadway located behind the falls, it has the distinction of being the only waterfall in the state that one can drive a vehicle under. Bridal Veil Falls flows on a tributary of the Cullasaja River through the Nantahala National Forest. The falls flows over", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County)" }, { "id": "10198137", "score": "1.6426796", "text": "Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County) Bridal Veil Falls is a waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina. With a short curve of roadway located behind the falls, it has the distinction of being the only waterfall in the state that one can drive a vehicle under. Bridal Veil Falls flows on a tributary of the Cullasaja River through the Nantahala National Forest. The falls flows over an overhanging bluff that allows visitors to walk behind the falls and remain dry when the waterflow is low. During periods of drought, the stream may nearly dry up,", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls (Macon County)" }, { "id": "1332953", "score": "1.6394687", "text": "on a tributary of the Cullasaja River through the Nantahala National Forest. The falls flows over an overhanging bluff that allows visitors to walk behind the falls and remain dry when the waterflow is low. During periods of drought, the stream may nearly dry up, though visitors will get wet if the waterflow is moderate or high. Bridal Veil Falls is located on the side of U.S. Highway 64 northwest of town. Highway 64 originally used the curve of roadway behind the falls exclusively so that all traffic went behind them; however, this caused problems with icing of the roadway", "title": "Highlands, North Carolina" }, { "id": "4079218", "score": "1.6369023", "text": "Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park is located on the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Rosedale, British Columbia, Canada, part of the City of Chilliwack. The community of Bridal Falls is located adjacent to the falls and park was well as the interchange between the Trans-Canada and BC Highway 9 and has a variety of highway-based tourism services. It is located near the 38th highest waterfall in British Columbia (Bridal Veil Falls) and is commonly stated incorrectly as the 4th tallest in Canada. The falls drop 122 metres (400 feet) over a wide rock face, creating", "title": "Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park" }, { "id": "625817", "score": "1.6368153", "text": "the U.S. side, the American Falls can be viewed from walkways along Prospect Point Park, which also features the Prospect Point Observation Tower and a boat dock for the \"Maid of the Mist\". Goat Island offers more views of the falls and is accessible by foot and automobile traffic by bridge above the American Falls. From Goat Island, the Cave of the Winds is accessible by elevator and leads hikers to a point beneath Bridal Veil Falls. Also on Goat Island are the Three Sisters Islands, the Power Portal where a huge statue of Nikola Tesla (the inventor whose patents", "title": "Niagara Falls" } ]

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[ { "id": "1947816", "score": "1.5917902", "text": "with the introduction of the MD 20/20 brand of flavored fortified wines that were well received by younger consumers, especially college students. The MD 20/20 line included unusual flavors such as pink grapefruit, wild berry, and Hawaiian blue. In 1970 the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York was the largest soft drink bottler in the world, having merged with the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New Haven (acquired in 1969) but its growth prospects were limited by the franchise boundaries. When Coke-New York was approached by an investment banking firm to let them know that Mogen David was for sale, they", "title": "Mogen David" }, { "id": "3622156", "score": "1.5793505", "text": "share of the Chinese pure fruit juice market) for US$2.4bn (HK$12.20 per share). China's ministry of commerce blocked the deal on March 18, 2009, arguing that the deal would hurt small local juice companies, could have pushed up juice market prices, and limited consumers' choices. In October 2009, Coca-Cola revealed its new 90-calorie mini can that holds 7.5 fluid ounces. The mini can is often sold in 8 packs. Despite costing nearly 30 percent more per ounce, the mini cans have been met with positive sales figures. In November 2011, Coca-Cola revealed a seasonal design for their regular Coke cans", "title": "The Coca-Cola Company" }, { "id": "3622132", "score": "1.5772324", "text": "Indian cola brand Thums Up in 1993, and Barq's in 1995. In 2001, it acquired the Odwalla brand of fruit juices, smoothies, and bars for $181 million. In 2007, it acquired Fuze Beverage from founder Lance Collins and Castanea Partners for an estimated $250 million. The company's 2009 bid to buy a Chinese juice maker ended when China rejected its $2.4 billion bid for the Huiyuan Juice Group, on the grounds the resulting company would be a virtual monopoly. Nationalism was also thought to be a reason for aborting the deal. In 2011, it acquired the remaining stake in Honest", "title": "The Coca-Cola Company" }, { "id": "3961571", "score": "1.5754755", "text": "Coca-Cola Amatil Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) is one of the largest bottlers of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the world's five major Coca-Cola bottlers. CCA operates in six countries – Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa. CCA's diversified portfolio of products includes carbonated soft drinks, spring water, sports drink and energy drinks, fruit juices, iced tea, flavoured milk, coffee, tea and SPC Ardmona and Goulburn Valley packaged ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable snacks and products. As at December 2014, Coca-Cola Amatil employed 14,700 people in six countries across the Asia-Pacific region. The company", "title": "Coca-Cola Amatil" }, { "id": "3622133", "score": "1.5641344", "text": "Tea, having bought a 40% stake in 2008. In 2013, it finalized its purchase of ZICO, a coconut water company. In August 2014, it acquired a 16.7% stake in Monster Beverage for $2.15 billion with an option to increase it to 25%, as part of a long-term strategic partnership that includes marketing and distribution alliance, and product line swap. In 2015, the company took a minority stake ownership in the cold pressed juice manufacturer, Suja Life LLC. In December 2016, it bought many of the former SABMiller's Coca-Cola operations. On 31 August 2018, it agreed to acquire Costa Coffee from", "title": "The Coca-Cola Company" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Sunkist Growers, Incorporated\n\nSunkist Growers, Incorporated is an American citrus growers' non-stock membership cooperative composed of 6,000 members from California and Arizona. It is currently headquartered in Valencia, California. Through 31 offices in the United States and Canada and four offices outside North America, its sales in 1991 totaled $956 million. It is the largest fresh produce shipper in the United States, the most diversified citrus processing and marketing operation in the world, and one of California's largest landowners.", "title": "Sunkist Growers, Incorporated" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "POM Wonderful\n\nPOM Wonderful, LLC is a private company which sells an eponymous brand of beverages and fruit extracts. It was founded in 2002 by the billionaire industrial agriculture couple Stewart and Lynda Rae Resnick. Through The Wonderful Company, their holding company, they are also affiliated with Teleflora, FIJI Water, pesticide manufacturer Suterra, and Paramount Agribusiness. In 2010, the company was warned by the FDA for making false health claims and for marketing statements that promoted their products as unauthorized drugs.", "title": "POM Wonderful" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Vimto\n\nVimto is a soft drink first sold in Lancashire in the United Kingdom. It was first manufactured as a health tonic in cordial form, then decades later as a carbonated drink. It contains the juice of grapes, raspberries and blackcurrants (at a 3% concentration), flavoured with herbs and spices. The original recipe was invented in 1908 by John Noel Nichols. Nichols was born in Blackburn, England and educated at the then Blackburn Grammar School. \n\nVimto has also been made into a sweet (made under license by McCowan's) and an ice lolly. 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As of 2010, Gatorade is PepsiCo's fourth-largest brand, on the basis of worldwide annual retail sales. It competes with Coca-Cola's Powerade and Vitaminwater brands worldwide, with Prime, and with Lucozade in the United Kingdom. Within the United States, Gatorade accounts for approximately 67.7% of market share in the sports drink category.", "title": "Gatorade" }, { "id": "3622162", "score": "1.5584111", "text": "\"Coca-Cola\" visitor centers in Israel, Belgium and Turkey. The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company is an American corporation, and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coca-Cola formula and brand were bought in 1894 by Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 – March 12, 1929), who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company. The company—headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, but incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware—has operated a franchised distribution system since 1889: the Company only produces syrup concentrate, which is", "title": "The Coca-Cola Company" }, { "id": "19885914", "score": "1.5508168", "text": "Coca-Cola India Coca-Cola India Private Limited, is the Indian subsidiary of Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Company that sells concentrates for a wide range of juice, juice drinks, and aerated beverages. Headquartered in Gurgaon, India, the company’s portfolio currently includes Maaza and Minute Maid juice drinks, Vio (flavoured milk)), Kinley packaged Drinking water, Schweppes tonics and mixers, Georgia (coffee) tea and coffee, Fuze iced tea, and a range of sparkling beverages (apart from the global brands like Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite, this includes local brands Thums Up and Limca). In 1950, The Coca-Cola Company opened its doors to India for the first", "title": "Coca-Cola India" }, { "id": "86531", "score": "1.5502455", "text": "the Coke name. The most common of these is Diet Coke, along with others including Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special versions with lemon, lime, and coffee. Based on Interbrand's \"best global brand\" study of 2015, Coca-Cola was the world's third most valuable brand, after Apple and Google. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day. Coca-Cola ranked No. 87 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. Confederate Colonel", "title": "Coca-Cola" }, { "id": "18455802", "score": "1.5423646", "text": "Belgian-Brazilian Anheuser-Busch InBev) and is also the largest bottler of Coca-Cola in Africa. 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Within the agreement, Coca-Cola made an initial 40 percent equity investment in Chi Limited and intends to increase ownership to 100 percent within three years, subject to regulatory approvals, while working on other long-term commercial structures. In September 2018 The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) announced its intention to acquire the remaining 60% interest it does not own in CHI limited.", "title": "Chi Limited" }, { "id": "13227554", "score": "1.539067", "text": "John F. Brock John F. Brock (born May 6, 1948), Was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE), the world’s third-largest marketer, distributor, and producers of Coca-Cola products. He has more than 25 years of experience in the beverage sales industry. Brock joined Coca-Cola Enterprises as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors in April 2006. He was appointed Chairman in April 2008. As Chairman and CEO of CCE, Brock and his leadership team established the company’s first ever global operating framework with a single vision and three strategic priorities.", "title": "John F. Brock" }, { "id": "18455801", "score": "1.5365379", "text": "merger deal made Coca-Cola Beverages Africa the largest bottler in Africa and the 10th largest in the world, with annual revenue of US$3 billion. Coca-Cola Beverages Africa serves 12 countries, employs 12,000 people and accounts for 40 per cent of the total Coca-Cola beverage volume consumed in Africa. The merged business has its head office in South Africa. SABMiller plc is a multinational brewing and beverage company headquartered in London, England with its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and a secondary Listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It is the world's second-largest brewer measured by revenues (after the", "title": "Coca-Cola Beverages Africa" }, { "id": "3622128", "score": "1.5292594", "text": "The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company is an American corporation, and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coca-Cola formula and brand were bought in 1894 by Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 – March 12, 1929), who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company. The company—headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, but incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware—has operated a franchised distribution system since 1889: the Company only produces syrup concentrate, which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world", "title": "The Coca-Cola Company" }, { "id": "12185932", "score": "1.5283325", "text": "€200m ($260m) in 2010 to Hong Kong private equity group, SAIF. On 3 September 2008, Atlantic Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, agreed to buy China Huiyuan Juice for HK$17.9 billion at HK$12.20 per share, three times more than its closing price of HK$4.14 on the previous day. Its shares closed at HK$10.94 on that day. The proposed takeover was subject to anti-monopoly review by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, which was scheduled to finish on 20 March 2009. On 17 March, it was reported that Coca Cola was considering abandoning the deal, as Chinese authorities insisted", "title": "Huiyuan Juice" }, { "id": "8849476", "score": "1.5260022", "text": "Juice and in 1998, the company management decided to pursue a major expansion. Fruit juice experts from European and American companies worked on the project, and revenue grew from US$18 million in 1998 to US$375 million in 2004, and market share from 4% to 30%. On 20 March 2008, PepsiCo announced their acquisition of 75.53% of Lebedyansky, for the sum of US$ 1.4 billion, making PepsiCo the largest shareholder, and parent company of Lebedyansky. The purchase was completed on 28 August 2008. In becoming the leading juice producer in Russia, Lebedyansky developed the following brands: Lebedyansky (company) Lebedyansky () is", "title": "Lebedyansky (company)" }, { "id": "10851541", "score": "1.5243216", "text": "called Yuky and in Venezuela Yukery. As result of this venture into juice production, in the 1950s Pedro Erasmo Santiago established the largest orange juice processing and juice concentrate facility in the world, Suconasa, today Cutrale, established in Brazil. After his death on February 8th 1966, his youngest son, Erasmo Julian Santiago Mejia, (August 12th 1936-February 12, 2008) took over the operations, later selling the companies in Venezuela due to pressure from the national government and banks in 1986. The trademark was acquired by PepsiCo in 2001. PepsiCo updated the brand's logo to a star and three cows. In 2009,", "title": "Toddy (PepsiCo)" }, { "id": "3622129", "score": "1.5232687", "text": "who hold exclusive territories. The company owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments. The company's stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of DJIA, the S&P 500 index, the Russell 1000 Index, and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index. Muhtar Kent serves as chairman of the company with James Quincey as president and chief executive officer. In 1886, pharmacist John Pemberton from Columbus, Georgia invented the original Coca-Cola drink and sold it as a medicinal beverage. Pemberton's bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson, is credited naming the products and creating its logo. Robinson chose the name Coca-Cola because", "title": "The Coca-Cola Company" }, { "id": "5172369", "score": "1.5206951", "text": "States version has preservatives added. In 2007, Coca-Cola GmbH Germany released a new fruit juice line under the name \"Fruitopia by Minute Maid\", essentially an alternately named Minute Maid. In 2001, Fruitopia was relaunched in Australia as a juice brand but was unable to gain major success. Four years later, it held only 4% of the Australian juice market, prompting Coca-Cola Australia’s then general manager for Non Carbs, John McLoughlin, to invest several million dollars into revitalizing the brand in what was seen as a challenge to the reigning Berri brand. This was based on research suggesting that while consumers", "title": "Fruitopia" }, { "id": "12185931", "score": "1.5196698", "text": "Huiyuan Juice China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited () (), established in 1992 and headquartered in Beijing, is the largest privately owned juice producer in China. It is engaged in the manufacture and sales of juice and other beverage products. Its products include fruit juice and vegetable juice, nectars, bottled water, tea, and dairy drinks. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in February 2007. Prior to its listing, Groupe Danone and Warburg Pincus became cornerstone investors in the company. Warburg Pincus sold its stake into the public market in 2009; Danone sold its 23 percent stake Huiyuan for", "title": "Huiyuan Juice" }, { "id": "16228040", "score": "1.5162673", "text": "started working together as students. Their first venture was car sales that lead to formation of Mega-auto company in 1993. Mega-auto is now one of the biggest car dealers in Saint Petersburg. In 1995 Dmitry Troitsky & Dmitry Korzhev founded juice producing plant (Multon). Multon was sold to Coca-Cola after 10 years for $500 million. In 2001 they both co-founded O-Key chain of supermarkets. Dmitry Troitsky Dmitry Troitsky is a Russian businessperson and co-owns O'KEY Group (retail chain) along with his partner Dmitry Korzhev. As of per Forbes list 2011, he is the 1,140th richest person in the world and", "title": "Dmitry Troitsky" } ]

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[ { "id": "6915596", "score": "2.1634293", "text": "setting for The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, a series of popular mystery novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Their protagonist, Precious Ramotswe, lives in Gaborone. The first novel in the series, \"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\", appeared in 1998 in the UK (and 2001 in the US). The light-hearted books are appreciated for their human interest and local colour. A BBC Television series adaption of the same name has been shot with a pilot appearing on 23 March 2008 in the United Kingdom, and the full series starting on 15 March 2009. Norman Rush, who served as a Peace", "title": "Culture of Botswana" }, { "id": "3047710", "score": "2.1448927", "text": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith set in Botswana and featuring the character Mma Precious Ramotswe. The series is named for the first novel, published in 1998. Nineteen novels have been published in the series between 1998 and 2018. Mma Precious Ramotswe is the main character in this series. The country of Botswana is in a sense a character as well, as it is a crucial aspect of how the stories flow. Mma Ramotswe starts up her detective agency when she is 34 years old,", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" }, { "id": "3047712", "score": "2.118413", "text": "English exceeded five million, and the series has been translated to other languages. Critical reception has matched the sales of the novels, generally positive, and considering the strength of the novels to be in the characters and Mma Ramotswe's wisdom rather than in the specific mysteries solved in each novel. The novels have been adapted for radio by the author and for television. Mma Precious Ramotswe is the main character in a series including 18 novels from 1998 to 2017. The country of Botswana is in a sense a character as well, as it is a crucial aspect of how", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" }, { "id": "11752672", "score": "2.1009293", "text": "The Miracle at Speedy Motors The Miracle at Speedy Motors, published in 2008, is the ninth in \"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\" series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe. It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her previously-unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the letter-writer, Mma Ramotswe has a further set of problems", "title": "The Miracle at Speedy Motors" }, { "id": "6785499", "score": "2.0863724", "text": "on the problems that vex her clients.\" The novel explores Botswana with a deft touch as well as telling the detective stories, \"in a way that is both penetrating and light\". \"Kirkus Reviews\" is upbeat about the first novel, mentioning it with the next two in its review, and feels that the main character is ready for prime time. \"Precious Ramotswe . . . she's ready for prime time. The first American publication of this 1999 debut has been preceded by two special Booker citations and two sequels, \"Tears of the Giraffe\" (2000) and \"Morality for Beautiful Girls\" (2001), both", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (novel)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\n\nThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith set in Botswana and featuring the character Mma Precious Ramotswe. The series is named after the first novel, published in 1998. Twenty-two novels have been published in the series between 1998 and 2021.\n\nMma Precious Ramotswe is the main character in this series. The country of Botswana is in a sense a character as well, as it figures prominently in the stories. Mma Ramotswe starts up her detective agency using the inheritance from her father to move to the capital city, Gaborone, to buy a house for herself and an office for her new business. She feels a detective needs to know about people more than anything to solve problems for them. The novels are as much about the adventures and foibles of different characters as they are about solving mysteries. Each book in the series follows from the previous book.\n\nThe readership was at first small, then grew abruptly in popularity in the US and in England, beyond the author's home in Scotland. In 2004, sales in English exceeded five million, and the series has been translated to other languages. Critical reception has matched the sales of the novels, generally positive, and considering the strength of the novels to be in the characters and Mma Ramotswe's wisdom rather than in the specific mysteries solved in each novel.<ref name=OReilly2009 />\n\nThe novels have been adapted for radio by the author and for television.", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)\n\nThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a television comedy-drama series, produced by the BBC in conjunction with HBO, and based on the novels of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith. The novels focus on the story of a detective agency opened by Mma Ramotswe and her courtship with the mechanic Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni. The series was filmed on location in Botswana and was seen as one of the first major film or television productions to be undertaken in Botswana.\n\nThe programme began with a feature-length television film, broadcast in the UK on the BBC on 23 March 2008. Executive producer Anthony Minghella directed the film and co-wrote the adaptation with fellow executive producer Richard Curtis. A six-episode series was ordered in November 2008 and the BBC began broadcasting it in the UK on 15 March 2009. HBO began broadcasting the series on 29 March 2009, starting with the feature-length film, which was broadcast as a pilot. In 2010 the show won a Peabody Award for its 2009 season. It was cancelled after one season despite positive reviews.\n\nWhile HBO did not renew the show after its first series, they announced in summer 2011 that the series might continue as two or more standalone films. The following year HBO revealed they had decided not to move forward with the project.", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Morality for Beautiful Girls\n\nMorality for Beautiful Girls is the third detective novel in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana. The novel features the Motswana protagonist Mma Precious Ramotswe.\n\nHer fiancé is struck down by depression, so Mma Ramotswe ensures he gets medical treatment and then appoints her secretary, Mma Makutsi, as acting manager of the garage. They had already decided to move the detective agency to office space in the garage, to cut expenses. Two cases are resolved, one by Mma Ramotswe and the other by Mma Makutsi, all on her own, as she manages the garage as well. Both women have opportunities to reflect on morality in modern Botswana. A boy with a strange history is brought to the orphan farm; Mr JLB Matekoni reaches out to him, teaching him language and making toys for him.\n\nThe novel was reviewed by the \"New York Times\" when this and the two prior novels were published in the US at once in 2002.<ref name=Kirkus /> The reviewer finds the writing to have \"energy and eccentricity\" but with \"formal cadences [that] can sometimes slide into a languid drone\".<ref name=Becker /> The author writes \"about the variety and resilience of a nation to which Smith seems utterly devoted.\" The main character \"Mma Ramotswe acts as much like Miss Manners as Miss Marple.\"<ref name=Becker /> Other reviews note that Mma Ramotswe is \"a remarkably original character\" and that McCall Smith's writing style is deceptively simple and direct, marked by \"passages that have the power to amuse or shock or touch the heart, sometimes all at once\".<ref name=Lochte /> A review of the audio books in the US noted Mma Ramotswe's solutions of mysteries through her \"finely honed sense of human frailty and simple wisdom\" and finds the audio version is especially good for readers of this novel, as the accent on English from Botswana is unique.<ref name=Bauer />", "title": "Morality for Beautiful Girls" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Alexander McCall Smith\n\nAlexander \"Sandy\" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of \"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\" series. The \"McCall\" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.", "title": "Alexander McCall Smith" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Gaborone\n\nGaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana.<ref name=demo /> Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.\n\nGaborone is situated between Kgale Hill and Oodi Hill, near the confluence of the Notwane River and Segoditshane River in the south-eastern corner of Botswana, from the South African border. The city is served by the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. It is an administrative district in its own right, but is the capital of the surrounding South-East District. Locals often refer to the city as \"GC or Motse-Mshate\".<ref name=history1 />\n\nThe city of Gaborone is named after Chief Gaborone of the Tlokwa tribe, who once controlled land nearby. Because it had no tribal affiliation and was close to fresh water, the city was planned to be the capital in the mid-1960s when the Bechuanaland Protectorate became an independent nation.<ref name=\"Map - Gaborone - MAPNALL.COM\"/> The centre of the city is a long strip of commercial businesses, called \"Main Mall\" with a semicircle-shaped area of government offices to its east. Gaborone was once one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, and this has created problems with housing and illegal settlements. The city has also dealt with conflicts spilling into the country from Zimbabwe and South Africa during the 1980s.\n\nGaborone is the economic capital as well as the government capital; it is headquarters to numerous companies and the Botswana Stock Exchange. Gaborone is also home to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional economic community established in 1980. Many languages are spoken there, Setswana (Tswana) being the main tongue. English, Kalanga, and Kgalagadi are also spoken.", "title": "Gaborone" }, { "id": "6785490", "score": "2.0455801", "text": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (novel) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the first detective novel in the eponymous series by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith, first published in 1998. The novel introduces the Motswana Mma Precious Ramotswe. who begins the first detective agency in Botswana, in the capital city Gaborone, after her beloved father dies. She hires a secretary and solves cases for her clients. Precious tells her own story, from birth, and her father tells his story. When her father dies, she moves from Mochudi to Gaborone, the capital city, to begin her detective agency. She", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (novel)" }, { "id": "11752673", "score": "2.0376997", "text": "to solve, both professional and personal. There is an adopted child's poignant search for her true family, and Mr J.L.B. Matekoni's pursuit of an expensive miracle for their own foster daughter Motholeli. The Miracle at Speedy Motors The Miracle at Speedy Motors, published in 2008, is the ninth in \"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\" series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe. It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous", "title": "The Miracle at Speedy Motors" }, { "id": "6785498", "score": "2.0156026", "text": "wouldn't leave my chair until the case got over.\" The Dallas Public Library review says of Precious Ramotswe: \"Always optimistic and appreciative of her life in her beloved country, Mma has more than common insight into human foibles and is therefore able to tackle her cases not so much from evidence (of which there is some) but from the psychology of the people involved.\" \"Publishers Weekly\" considers this a \"little gem of a book\" the pace desultory, which works well, as \"Mma Ramotswe's love of Africa, her wisdom and humor, shine through these pages as she shines her own light", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (novel)" }, { "id": "8492849", "score": "1.9999107", "text": "for Beautiful Girls\" as \"thoroughly engaging and entertaining\". The detective, Mma Ramotswe is \"a remarkably original character\". McCall Smith's writing style is \"seemingly simple and direct, but this is a deception. Precious' progress is charted in passages that have the power to amuse or shock or touch the heart, sometimes all at once.\" Sandy Bauers reviews the audio versions of the first four novels (\"The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency\", \"Tears of the Giraffe\", \"Morality for Beautiful Girls\" and \"The Kalahari Typing School for Men\"), which were released in 2003 in the US. The stories are \"gentle mysteries, and Precious", "title": "Morality for Beautiful Girls" }, { "id": "11171473", "score": "1.9792675", "text": "In the Company of Cheerful Ladies In the Company of Cheerful Ladies is the sixth in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe. Work and personal worries, and the reappearance of her cruel first husband, threaten the happiness of Mma Ramotswe and her new husband Mr JLB Matekoni. Her assistant, Mma Makutsi, and a new employee to whom Mma Ramotswe has been kind, are determined to repay their debt of gratitude by helping her in their turn. With diligent detective work, her problems", "title": "In the Company of Cheerful Ladies" }, { "id": "6785492", "score": "1.9781795", "text": "has a secretary, and she has clients. She is in Gaborone the capital of Botswana, a place of which she is proud. She is the only child of Obed Ramotswe, a man who worked long years in the mines in South Africa, until one day he witnessed a crime, and knew he had to leave the mines. He had married a year or two earlier, and their daughter was born in Mochudi. He was wise with the money he earned in the mines, using it to buy cattle and slowly grow his herd, watched by a cousin while he was", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (novel)" }, { "id": "11175280", "score": "1.9697918", "text": "Blue Shoes and Happiness Blue Shoes and Happiness is the seventh in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe. Mma Ramotswe, happy in her marriage and her work, contemplates happiness and what people need – or think they need – in order to achieve it. With the help of her staff at the detective agency, she tackles several mysteries involving people who have been behaving badly or dishonestly in order to get what they believe will make them happy. Mma Ramotswe is asked", "title": "Blue Shoes and Happiness" }, { "id": "16639655", "score": "1.9680438", "text": "The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection is the thirteenth mystery novel by Alexander McCall Smith in \"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency\" series, first published in 2012. The story is set primarily in Gaborone. with Motswana Precious Ramotswe as the main detective. In this novel, Precious Ramotswe is faced with serious problems among two who are very close to her, Mma Potokwane of the orphan farm and young Fanwell, assistant mechanic in her husband's garage. Besides help from her assistant, Mma Makutsi, both are aided by none other than the author of their well-used", "title": "The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection" }, { "id": "3047725", "score": "1.9633296", "text": "the first on 10 September 2004, and the most recent on 20 July 2017. The episodes encompass the first to the sixteenth books. They star Claire Benedict as Mma Ramotswe (except the 2010 and 2017 episodes, when she was played by Janice Acquah). Episodes: A cookbook associated with the novels was published in 2009; \"Mma Ramotswe's Cookbook\" by Stuart Brown, with a foreword by Alexander McCall Smith. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith set in Botswana and featuring the character Mma Precious Ramotswe. The series", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" }, { "id": "3047714", "score": "1.9575423", "text": "is a Setswana term of respect for a woman; the equivalent term for a man is \"Rra\". Mma Precious Ramotswe solves cases for wives whose husbands have gone missing, for a school teacher whose son has disappeared by finding the kidnappers, for a wealthy father whose 16-year-old daughter is frustrating him by going out on her own. She helps a man atone for sins of his youth by finding the people he hurt decades earlier. She uncovers a scheme by twin brothers to use one medical degree and certificate between the two of them. She solves a case for herself,", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" }, { "id": "11171480", "score": "1.9476886", "text": "a very large initial print run of 101,000 copies to meet the anticipated demand, as sales in English of the series to date exceeded five million. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies In the Company of Cheerful Ladies is the sixth in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe. Work and personal worries, and the reappearance of her cruel first husband, threaten the happiness of Mma Ramotswe and her new husband Mr JLB Matekoni. Her assistant, Mma Makutsi, and a new employee to", "title": "In the Company of Cheerful Ladies" }, { "id": "3047724", "score": "1.9450084", "text": "Library award, both for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The novels have been adapted for radio by the author and for television. The BBC and American television network HBO filmed a series based on the books that stars Jill Scott as Mma Ramotswe and was shot on location in Botswana. The 109-minute pilot was written by Richard Curtis and Anthony Minghella, who also directed. The six 60-minute episodes were written and directed by others, as Mr Minghella died before the series was filmed. McCall Smith himself dramatised the series for BBC Radio 4. Thirty-three episodes have been broadcast,", "title": "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" }, { "id": "11163148", "score": "1.9396305", "text": "but this novel adds the sly humour of the author. Simon considers the success of the series in bringing readers back for another novel rests on \"the warm humanity infused throughout\". 2003: Winner of the first ever Saga Award for Wit. There was an interesting pathway for knowledge and appreciation of the series by McCall Smith, a Scot, featuring Precious Ramotswe, the female detective in Botswana, to reach England. Marcel Berlins notes in his review of this novel that it is the fifth in a series, but the first to be readily available in England, via the success of the", "title": "The Full Cupboard of Life" }, { "id": "11754787", "score": "1.9313055", "text": "trust and mercy but also tolerance. Ramotswe's musings are as insightful as they are understated: \"It's interesting how we can look at things and think we see something, when it really isn't there at all.\" Entertaining and enlightening, Smith's beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency saga is simply precious.\" The \"Booklist Review\" says that this series \"continue[s] to resonate with poignancy, wisdom, and wit\" and considers this series to be McCall Smith's \"love letter to a country whose salubrious climate is matched by the warmth and humanity of its people.\" \"Publishers Weekly\" reviewed the audio book issued at the same", "title": "The Good Husband of Zebra Drive" }, { "id": "8492856", "score": "1.9278789", "text": "went from underground hits to national phenomena in the United States, spawning fan clubs and inspiring celebratory reviews.\" Morality for Beautiful Girls Morality for Beautiful Girls is the third detective novel in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana. The novel features the Motswana protagonist Mma Precious Ramotswe. Her fiancé is struck down by depression, so Mma Ramotwe ensures he gets medical treatment and then appoints her secretary, Mma Makutsi, as acting manager of the garage. They had already decided to move the detective agency to office space in the garage, to", "title": "Morality for Beautiful Girls" } ]

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[ { "id": "1456542", "score": "2.027995", "text": "Miami Sound Machine Miami Sound Machine is an American band of Latin-influenced music that had featured the vocals of Cuban-born recording artist Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo). Established in 1975 by Emilio Estefan Jr., the band was originally known as the Miami Latin Boys before becoming the Miami Sound Machine in 1977. The band had a number of albums and a string of hit singles until 1989. The band's 1985 album \"Primitive Love\" credited the band whereas their follow-up album \"Let It Loose\" in 1987 placed Gloria Estefan at the forefront. From 1988-1989, the latter album was also repackaged as \"Anything", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456559", "score": "1.9384542", "text": "United States. MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (1977–1986) GLORIA ESTEFAN and MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (1987–1988) Miami Sound Machine II (2002) Miami Sound Machine Miami Sound Machine is an American band of Latin-influenced music that had featured the vocals of Cuban-born recording artist Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo). Established in 1975 by Emilio Estefan Jr., the band was originally known as the Miami Latin Boys before becoming the Miami Sound Machine in 1977. The band had a number of albums and a string of hit singles until 1989. The band's 1985 album \"Primitive Love\" credited the band whereas their follow-up album \"Let It Loose\"", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456544", "score": "1.9254539", "text": "a mutual acquaintance. While the Miami Latin Boys were performing at a Cuban wedding at Hotel Dupont, Gloria and Merci (who were wedding guests) performed two Cuban standards impromptu. They impressed the Miami Latin Boys so much that they were invited to join the band permanently; thereby, the band's name was changed to Miami Sound Machine. Gloria, who was attending the University of Miami at the time, only agreed to perform during the weekends so that her studies would not be interrupted. Beginning in 1977, Miami Sound Machine began recording and releasing various albums and 45s on the Audiofon Records", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456552", "score": "1.8700092", "text": "At the end of 1985, the stalwart horn section was now in flux, with session player Dana Teboe filling the trombone position in place of the original trombonist, Louis Perez. By early 1986, Victor \"Papito\" Lopez (visually known for his iconic jet black Cuban mustache) was subsequently replaced by Randy Barlow. By the end of 1986, Teddy Mulet became the band's official trombonist. In 1985, Miami Sound Machine appeared on \"The Tonight Show\" with Johnny Carson, \"Solid Gold\", \"American Bandstand\", \"CBS Morning News\", Walt Disney specials, and frequent spots on \"MTV\". The band twice performed on the television presentation of", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456549", "score": "1.8623487", "text": "added as second trumpeter to replace Fernando Garcia who had left the prior year. Miami Sound Machine was now a large ensemble. Despite an eclectic lineup, Miami Sound Machine was focused primarily on the founding members: By the early 1980s, Miami Sound Machine had established themselves as major musical artists in Latin America with a strong presence in both the media and on the radio. The next major hurdle was conquered in early 1984 when a Dutch DJ began playing \"Dr. Beat\" in Amsterdam. Garcia's catchy lyrics, Gloria's sassy vocals, Wright's funky guitar, and Emilio's infectious conga drums took Europe", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Miami Sound Machine\n\nMiami Sound Machine was an American band of Latin-influenced music that had featured the vocals of Cuban-born recording artist Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo). Established in 1975 by Emilio Estefan Jr., the band was originally known as the Miami Latin Boys before becoming the Miami Sound Machine in 1977.\n\nThe band had a number of albums and a string of hit singles until 1989. The band's 1985 album \"Primitive Love\" credited the band whereas their follow-up album \"Let It Loose\" in 1987 placed Gloria Estefan at the forefront. From 1988 to 1989, the latter album was also repackaged as \"Anything For You\" with new cover art with the international release in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In 1989, the group's name ceased being included on the CD or album products—as Estefan continued as a solo artist.", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "", "title": "Gloria Estefan" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Backup band\n\nA backup band or backing band is a musical ensemble that typically accompanies a single artist who is the featured performer. The situation may be a live performance or in a recording session, and the group may or may not have its own name, such as \"The Heartbreakers\" (the band of Tom Petty), or \"Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys\" in the 1930s. Often, backup bands contain sidemen who are skilled but not known to the public; these musicians may be replaced or substituted at any time without noticeable impact on the performance. \n\nA number of cohesive stand-alone groups of musicians have emerged from the shadow of the starring celebrity (whom they are backing) to achieve a stature of their own. An example is the Eagles in 1971, emerging from being the backing band for Linda Rondstadt. Another example is The Band, a group who backed Bob Dylan on his world tour in 1966, his first tour with electric instruments. \n\nA backing band may also be a cadre of elite studio musicians who serve as a house band for major studios. The same musicians may perform on records by a number of different artists. Examples are Stax Records' band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s; Detroit's The Funk Brothers; and Nashville's A-Team.<ref name=\"balkehouston\"/>", "title": "Backup band" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Cuts Both Ways\n\nCuts Both Ways is the debut solo album by American recording artist Gloria Estefan. Though the release marked the first time Estefan was billed solely as a solo artist, Miami Sound Machine still performed instrumentation for the album. It has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.\n\nIn some Spanish-speaking territories, the album was titled \"Doblemente Herida\".", "title": "Cuts Both Ways" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Gloria Estefan singles discography\n\nThe discography of singles, promo singles, remixes and Latin tracks for Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine consists of 49 singles (solo), 18 promotional singles (solo) and eight other guest or special appearance singles as a solo artist. Although Miami Sound Machine was no longer featured in the credits from 1989 onwards, they remain Estefan's backing group until this day, though none of the original members remain.\n\nWith a second decade of sizeable hits, Gloria continued her career as a solo artist. Her most successful songs being \"Don't Wanna Lose You\", \"Billboard\" number 1, \"Get on Your Feet\", \"Conga\", (with Miami Sound Machine) considered her signature song, \"Here We Are\", another top 10 hit, and \"Coming Out of the Dark\", yet another number-one hit for Estefan,\n\nHer Latin career is as successful as her Anglo career. She has released many songs which were hits on the United States Latin radio stations. Estefan is the female artist with most number-one hits on the Hot Latin Songs chart of \"Billboard\" magazine, having a total of fourteen hits spending a combined forty weeks at number 1. Among the most successful Latin singles are: \"Mi Tierra\", \"Si Voy a Perderte\", \"Con Los Años Que Me Quedan\", \"Abriendo Puertas\", \"Tres Deseos\", \"No Me Dejes de Querer\" and \"Tradición\", which also became Gloria's first number-one hit on the Hot Dance Club Songs being the first song on Spanish language to do it so.\n\nThis is a discography about Estefan's singles chart performance. To see Estefan's albums chart performance, see \"Gloria Estefan albums discography\".", "title": "Gloria Estefan singles discography" }, { "id": "1456545", "score": "1.8536904", "text": "label in Miami, Florida. The group's primary lineup consisted of six Cuban-born Americans: In 1977, Miami Sound Machine's first album \"Live Again/Renacer\" was released with two different covers. The group had several more releases on the Audiofon label, the RCA Victor label, and subsequently Miami Sound Machine's own label Miami Sound Machine Records. In 1978, Gloria married Emilio Estefan, Jr. after two years of dating. In 1979, Miami Sound Machine added American guitarist and native Miamian, Wesley B. Wright, and Cuban-born Fernando Garcia on trumpet (unrelated to \"Kiki\" Garcia). By the end of 1979, the band was signed to Discos", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "3772777", "score": "1.8361001", "text": "Miami Latin Boys so much that they were invited to join the band permanently with the band's name changing to Miami Sound Machine. Gloria, who was attending the University of Miami at the time, only agreed to perform during the weekends so that her studies would not be interrupted. Eventually, Miami Sound Machine would perform with Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo) as the lead singer and headliner. As a producer, Estefan has shaped the careers of several music superstars. He has also produced various events for both general market and Hispanic market television. These events include the Latin Grammys, Hispanic Heritage", "title": "Emilio Estefan" }, { "id": "1456553", "score": "1.8347156", "text": "the Miss Universe Pageant (1984; 1986). The song \"Hot Summer Nights\" was also released that year and was part of the soundtrack for the film \"Top Gun.\" The song \"Suavé\" was also recorded as part of the soundtrack for the Sylvester Stallone film \"Cobra\". Miami Sound Machine also made a cameo appearance in the ABC Sunday Night Movie \"Club Med.\" After a massive world tour that ran from 1985-1986, the following members left the group: guitarist Wesley B. Wright; founding bassist Juan Marcos Avila; and keyboardist Roger Fisher. Emilio assumed the role of producer and no longer performed live. Miami", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456570", "score": "1.8325429", "text": "studies would not be interrupted. Beginning in 1977, Miami Sound Machine began recording and releasing various albums and 45s on the Audiofon Records label in Miami. The first album from 1977 was entitled \"Live Again/Renacer\" and was released with two different covers. After several more releases on the Audiofon label as well as the RCA Victor label and Miami Sound Machine's own label MSM Records, the band was signed to Discos CBS International and released several albums, 45s, and 12\"s beginning with the 1978 self-titled album \"Miami Sound Machine\". Growing in popularity in both the U.S. and around the world,", "title": "Gloria Estefan" }, { "id": "1456554", "score": "1.823097", "text": "Sound Machine returned to the studio in early 1987, and bassist Jorgé \"George\" Casas on bass, keyboardist Clay Ostwald, and guitarist John DeFaria joined the remaining members. With \"Kiki\" Garcia being the remaining core member, Gloria Estefan was given top billing and the band's name was changed to Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine to capitalize on the lead singer's mass appeal. In late 1987, Miami Sound Machine released \"Let It Loose\", and it went multi-platinum, with three million copies sold in the US alone. It featured the hits \"Anything for You\" reaching number 1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100,", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456547", "score": "1.8153561", "text": "attention. University of Miami National Football Championships were becoming commonplace and young NFL Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino was breaking football records and adding to the Miami mystique. In 1980, Miami Sound Machine added a more complete horn section primarily consisting of trumpeters Fernando Garcia and Victor \"Papito\" Lopez and trombonist Louis Perez. The permanent addition of a full horn section added a new dimension and would become a future Miami Sound Machine musical trademark. By early 1982, Roger Fisher was added as a second keyboardist, as well as the virtuoso harmonica player Gustavo Lezcano. Merci and Raul left the", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456556", "score": "1.7768347", "text": "1988, founding member \"Kiki\" Garcia quit. With no other core members remaining other than Gloria herself, the \"Miami Sound Machine\" moniker was to be used from that point on for concerts and live performances only. In 1988, after the worldwide chart success of single \"Anything for You\", her \"Let it Loose\" album was repackaged overseas as \"Anything for You.\" It became the band's first UK number 1 album, selling over a million copies. It was the biggest selling album of the year in The Netherlands, staying at number 1 for 22 weeks. The album also took top honors in Australia", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "7904921", "score": "1.755837", "text": "she had been credited above the group name (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine) on their 1987 album \"Let It Loose\". With the release of \"Cuts Both Ways\", it was widely believed that Estefan had gone solo, but Miami Sound Machine continued to perform as her backing band in the studio and on tour (however, the only original member of MSM to play on the album besides Estefan was her husband/producer, Emilio). The album contains dance music, Latin rhythms and ballads. It has sold more than 4 million copies outside the US, and reached the top ten on the US", "title": "Cuts Both Ways" }, { "id": "1456546", "score": "1.7549238", "text": "CBS International. Miami Sound Machine then released several albums, 45s, and twelve-inch singles beginning with the 1980 self-titled \"Miami Sound Machine\". The combination of traditional Latin rhythms and American R&B grooves (along with the songwriting talents of Gloria Estefan, \"Kiki\" Garcia, and Wesley B. Wright) set a crossover musical standard for the next two decades to come. During the 1980s, with the popularity of Miami-based films and television series such as \"Scarface,\" \"Invasion USA\", and \"Miami Vice\", the city was gaining a reputation as an exciting and notorious destination. South Beach and the remainder of Dade County was also attracting", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456543", "score": "1.7463483", "text": "For You\" with new cover art with the international release in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In 1989, the group's name ceased being included on the CD or album products—as Estefan continued as a solo artist. The Miami Sound Machine continues to perform with Estefan on all her tours and live performances, and has appeared on many of Estefan's recordings. In 1975, Gloria and her cousin Mercedes \"Merci\" Navarro (1957-2007) met Emilio Estefan, Jr. while performing at a church ensemble rehearsal. Estefan, who had formed the band the Miami Latin Boys earlier that year, learned about Gloria through", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "11955341", "score": "1.7349811", "text": "released, \"1-2-3\", which was a top ten in many places where it was released, including in the United States. Following that release, the band, which at that time was named Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine, with Estefan, now billed as a solo artist. Although her backup group is still referred to as the Miami Sound Machine, none of the original members of the group currently perform with Estefan. \"Conga\", \"Bad Boy\" and \"1-2-3\" also made the US \"Billboard\" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, at numbers 60, 74 and 54 respectively. \"Coming Out of the Dark\" also made the US \"Billboard\"", "title": "Gloria Estefan singles discography" }, { "id": "1456557", "score": "1.7234967", "text": "and Canada, launching Gloria Estefan to superstar status. By the end of 1988, none of the originating members of the group that once was Miami Sound Machine were performing with Estefan. A new rhythm section was put in place, and the horn section was expanded. Although there have been changes in personnel, three members (Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald and Teddy Mulet) have performed with Estefan since 1986. The current rhythm section has been in place since 1992 (with the subsequent addition of drummer Olbin Burgos and percussionist Edwin Bonilla). Seven members of the Miami Sound Machine lineage appeared in New", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456569", "score": "1.7232689", "text": "at a church ensemble rehearsal. Estefan, who had formed the band the Miami Latin Boys earlier that year, learned about Gloria through a mutual acquaintance. While the Miami Latin Boys were performing at a Cuban wedding at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, Gloria and Merci (who were wedding guests) performed two Cuban standards impromptu. They impressed the Miami Latin Boys so much that they were invited to join the band permanently with the band's name changing to Miami Sound Machine. Gloria, who was attending the University of Miami at the time, only agreed to perform during the weekends so that her", "title": "Gloria Estefan" }, { "id": "1456558", "score": "1.7073948", "text": "York City's staging of the Broadway show \"On Your Feet!\": Jorge Casas, Clay Ostwald, Teddy Mulet, Olbin Burgos, Edwin Bonilla, Tom Timko and David Fernandez. In 2002, an attempt was made to create a shoot-off \"Miami Sound Machine\" with a new eponymous album (produced by Emilio Estefan) and a completely different lineup consisting of Lorena Pinot, Sohanny Gross and Carla Ramirez. Without Gloria Estefan's signature vocals or any real connection to the preexisting Miami Sound Machine musicians, however, the new project was only met with moderate success in a few select European countries and failed to chart significantly in the", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" }, { "id": "1456548", "score": "1.689745", "text": "band in late 1982, just prior to the recording of the third CBS International LP \"Rio\". The painfully shy Gloria was now the sole lead vocalist on stage and in the studio. As a result, she began to evolve both systematically and stylistically in her performances. Fisher filled Raul's piano duties. At the same time, Betty Cortés was brought in as replacement for Fisher's second keyboardist role and to sing background vocals live and occasionally in the studio. During the same time period, Elena Stracuzzi was brought in to sing background vocals for live performances. In 1983, Leo Villar was", "title": "Miami Sound Machine" } ]

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[ { "id": "16247273", "score": "1.5400076", "text": "with Spain, and the fleur-de-lis indicates service in France during World War I. Revolutionary War Campaign Credits: Monmouth, Rhode Island 1777, Rhode Island 1778, Rhode Island 1779, New Jersey 1780 The Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 211th Military Police Battalion, traces its origins to the First Corps of Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, organized in Boston on October 16, 1741, consisting of “sixty-four young Gentlemen.” The initial mission of the First Corps of Cadets, which cherished its status as a socially elite organization, was to serve as the ceremonial bodyguard for the royal governors of the colony. During 1774 as tensions increased", "title": "Army National Guard and Active Regular Army Units with Colonial Roots" }, { "id": "440965", "score": "1.523943", "text": "Navy on 27 March 1794 and the current United States Marine Corps on 11 July 1798. All three services trace their origins to their respective Continental predecessors. The 1787 adoption of the Constitution gave the Congress the power to \"raise and support armies\", to \"provide and maintain a navy\" and to \"make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces\", as well as the power to declare war. The President is the U.S. Armed Forces' commander-in-chief. The United States Coast Guard traces its origin to the founding of the Revenue Cutter Service on 4 August 1790", "title": "United States Armed Forces" }, { "id": "8336811", "score": "1.5076131", "text": "in June 1775. The Finance Department was created by law on 1 July 1920. It became the Finance Corps in 1950. The Quartermaster Corps, originally designated the Quartermaster Department, was established on 16 June 1775. While numerous additions, deletions, and changes of function have occurred, its basic supply and service support functions have continued in existence. The Continental Congress unanimously elected Henry Knox \"Colonel of the Regiment of Artillery\" on 17 November 1775. The regiment formally entered service on 1 January 1776. The Armor branch traces its origin to the Cavalry. A regiment of cavalry was authorized to be raised", "title": "U.S. Army Birthdays" }, { "id": "12823796", "score": "1.5000732", "text": "bald eagle and the academy's motto of \"Duty, Honor, Country\" and \"West Point MDCCCII USMA\" which is the date of USMA's founding. The helmet is that of Pallas Athena, for centuries a symbol of wisdom and learning. The sword is a traditional emblem of the military. History of the United States Military Academy The history of the United States Military Academy can be traced to fortifications constructed on the West Point of the Hudson River during the American Revolutionary War in 1778. Following the war, President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation establishing the United States Military Academy (USMA) on the site", "title": "History of the United States Military Academy" }, { "id": "2333147", "score": "1.5000266", "text": "born and raised in France, who would have been well aware of the Irish Brigade's service as Marines during the American Revolution. \"Semper fidelis\" is the motto of the cadets corps of the Dutch Royal Military Academy. The corps was founded on 24 November 1828. \"Semper fidelis\" is also the motto of the 11th Infantry Regiment, which was founded in May 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln. It served as part of the Army of Ohio and later in the Indian wars, Spanish–American War, 1916 Mexican Border war, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam war. Today the regiment", "title": "Semper fidelis" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "National Guard (United States)\n\nThe National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions. It is a military reserve force composed of National Guard military members or units of each state and the territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, for a total of 54 separate organizations. It is officially created under Congress's Article 1 Section 8 ability to 'raise and support armies'. All members of the National Guard are also members of the organized militia of the United States as defined by . National Guard units are under the dual control of the state governments and the federal government.<ref name=NG-FAQ />\n\nThe majority of National Guard soldiers and airmen hold a civilian job full-time while serving part-time as a National Guard member. These part-time guardsmen are augmented by a full-time cadre of Active Guard & Reserve (AGR) personnel in both the Army National Guard and Air National Guard, plus Army Reserve Technicians in the Army National Guard and Air Reserve Technicians (ART) in the Air National Guard.\n\nThe National Guard is a joint activity of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) composed of reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force: the Army National Guard<ref name=\"National Guard\"/> and the Air National Guard, respectively.<ref name=\"National Guard\"/>\n\nLocal militias were formed from the earliest English colonization of the Americas in 1607. The first colony-wide militia was formed by Massachusetts in 1636 by merging small older local units, and several National Guard units can be traced back to this militia. The various colonial militias became state militias when the United States became independent. The title \"National Guard\" was used in 1824 by some New York State militia units, named after the French National Guard in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette. \"National Guard\" became a standard nationwide militia title in 1903, and has specifically indicated reserve forces under mixed state and federal control since 1933.", "title": "National Guard (United States)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Harvard University\n\nHarvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and one of the most prestigious and highly ranked universities in the world.<ref>*\n\nThe university is composed of ten academic faculties plus Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic disciplines, and other faculties offer only graduate degrees, including professional degrees. Harvard has three main campuses:\nthe Cambridge campus centered on Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston's Longwood Medical Area. Harvard's endowment is valued at $50.9 billion, making it the wealthiest academic institution in the world. Harvard Library is the world's largest academic library system, comprising 79 individual libraries holding 20 million items.\n\nHarvard's founding was authorized by the Massachusetts colonial legislature, \"dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust\"; though never formally affiliated with any denomination, in its early years Harvard College primarily trained Congregational clergy. Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the 18th century. By the 19th century, Harvard emerged as the most prominent academic and cultural institution among the Boston elite. Following the American Civil War, under President Charles William Eliot's long tenure (1869–1909), the college developed multiple affiliated professional schools that transformed the college into a modern research university. In 1900, Harvard co-founded the Association of American Universities. James B. Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II, and liberalized admissions after the war.\n\nThroughout its existence, Harvard alumni, faculty, and researchers have included numerous heads of state, Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists, members of Congress, MacArthur Fellows, Rhodes Scholars, Marshall Scholars, and Fulbright Scholars; by most metrics, Harvard ranks at the top, or near the top, of all universities in the world in its alumni in each of these categories.<ref>* Universities all adopt different metrics to claim Nobel or other academic award affiliates, some generous while others conservative. The official Harvard count (around 40) only includes academicians affiliated at the time of winning the prize. Yet, the figure can be up to some 160 laureates if visitors and professors of various ranks are all included (the most generous criterium), as what some other universities do.", "title": "Harvard University" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Air National Guard\n\nThe Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It, along with each state's, district's, commonwealth's or territory's Army National Guard component, makes up the National Guard of each state and the districts, commonwealths and territories as applicable.\n\nWhen Air National Guard units are used under the jurisdiction of the state governor they are fulfilling their militia role. However, if federalized by order of the President of the United States, Air National Guard units become an active part of the United States Air Force. They are jointly administered by the states and the National Guard Bureau, a joint bureau of the Army and Air Force that oversees the United States National Guard.\n\nAir National Guard operating forces are structured where each of the 50 U.S. states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States, houses at least one wing. Each wing is either assigned aircraft, or aircraft are shared with a unit of the active duty Air Force or the Air Force Reserve under an \"Associate\" arrangement. The ANG of the territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands have no aircraft assigned and perform ground support functions. Air National Guard activities may be located on active duty air force bases, air reserve bases, naval air stations/joint reserve bases, or air national guard bases and stations which are either independent military facilities or collocated as tenants on civilian-controlled joint civil-military airports.\n\nANG units typically operate under Title 32 USC. However, when operating under Title 10 USC all ANG units are operationally gained by an active duty Air Force major command (MAJCOM) or the United States Space Force. ANG units of the Combat Air Forces (CAF) based in the Continental United States (CONUS), plus a single air control squadron of the Puerto Rico ANG, are gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC). CONUS-based ANG units in the Mobility Air Forces (MAF), plus the Puerto Rico ANG's airlift wing and the Virgin Islands ANG's civil engineering squadron are gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC).\n\nThe vast majority of ANG units fall under either ACC or AMC. However, there remain a few exceptions, such as the Alaska ANG, Hawaii ANG and Guam ANG, whose CAF and MAF units are operationally gained by Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), while a smaller number of ANG units in CONUS are operationally gained by Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), and United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA).", "title": "Air National Guard" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Ivy League\n\nThe Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term \"Ivy League\" is typically used beyond the sports context to refer to the eight schools as a group of elite colleges with connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism. Its members are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.\n\nWhile the term was in use as early as 1933, it became official only after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. All of the \"Ivies\" except Cornell were founded during the colonial period; they thus account for seven of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The other two colonial colleges, Rutgers University and the College of William & Mary, became public institutions.\n\nIvy League schools are viewed as some of the most prestigious universities in the world. All eight universities place in the top 18 of the 2023 \"U.S. News & World Report\" National Universities ranking, including three Ivies in the top five (Yale, Harvard, and Princeton). \"U.S. News\" has named a member of the Ivy League as the best national university every year since 2001: , Princeton eleven times, Harvard twice, and the two schools tied for first five times. In the 2021 \"U.S. News & World Report\" Best Global University Ranking, two Ivies rank in the top 10 internationally (Harvard first and Columbia sixth). All eight Ivy League schools are members of the Association of American Universities, the most prestigious alliance of American research universities.\n\nUndergraduate enrollments range from about 4,500 to about 15,000, larger than most liberal arts colleges and smaller than most state universities. Total enrollment, which includes graduate students, ranges from approximately 6,600 at Dartmouth to over 20,000 at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, and Penn. Ivy League financial endowments range from Brown's $6.9 billion to Harvard's $53.2 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world.\n\nThe Ivy League is similar to other groups of universities in other countries, such as the \"Grandes écoles\" in France, Oxbridge in the United Kingdom, the C9 League in China, the Imperial Universities in Japan, and the Group of Eight in Australia.", "title": "Ivy League" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Springfield, Massachusetts\n\nSpringfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 155,929, making it the third-largest city in Massachusetts, the fourth-most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence, and the 12th-most populous in the Northeastern United States. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts (the other being Greater Boston), had a population of 699,162 in 2020.<ref name=\"2010 Census MSA\"/>\n\nSpringfield was founded in 1636, the first Springfield in the New World. In the late 1700s, during the American Revolution, Springfield was designated by George Washington as the site of the Springfield Armory because of its central location. Subsequently it was the site of Shays' Rebellion. The city would also play a pivotal role in the Civil War, as a stop on the Underground Railroad and home of abolitionist John Brown, widely known for his raid on Harpers Ferry,<ref>\n\nToday the city is the largest in western New England, and the urban, economic, and media capital of Massachusetts' section of the Connecticut River Valley, colloquially known as the Pioneer Valley.\nSpringfield has several nicknames—\"The City of Firsts\", due to the many innovations developed there, such as the first American dictionary, the first American gas-powered automobile, and the first machining lathe for interchangeable parts; \"The City of Homes\", due to its Victorian residential architecture; and \"Hoop City\", as basketball was invented in Springfield in 1891 by Canadian James Naismith.\n\nHartford, the capital of Connecticut, lies south of Springfield, on the western bank of the Connecticut River. The Hartford–Springfield region is known as the Knowledge Corridor because it hosts over 160,000 university students and over 32 universities and liberal arts colleges—the second-highest concentration of higher-learning institutions in the United States. The city of Springfield itself is home to Springfield College, Western New England University, American International College, and Springfield Technical Community College, among other higher educational institutions.", "title": "Springfield, Massachusetts" }, { "id": "13522827", "score": "1.4878545", "text": "dated 1 February 2010, the three functional categories and associated functional groups for the branches and associated functional areas are: Ten companies of riflemen were authorized by a resolution of the Continental Congress on 14 June 1775. However, the oldest Regular Army infantry regiment, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, was constituted on 3 June 1784, as the First American Regiment. The Armor Branch traces its origin to the Cavalry. A regiment of cavalry was authorized to be raised by the Continental Congress Resolve of 12 December 1776. Although mounted units were raised at various times after the Revolution, the first in", "title": "Structure of the United States Army" }, { "id": "8876845", "score": "1.4744304", "text": "functional Unified combatant commands. The Department of Defense also operates several joint services schools, including the National Defense University (NDU) and the National War College (NWC). The history of the defense of the United States started with the Continental Congress in 1775. The creation of the United States Army was enacted on 14 June 1775. This coincides with the American holiday Flag Day. The Second Continental Congress would charter the United States Navy, on 13 October 1775, and create the United States Marine Corps on 10 November 1775. The Preamble of the United States Constitution gave the authority to the", "title": "United States Department of Defense" }, { "id": "441004", "score": "1.46693", "text": "date. The Marine Corps has recognized its observed birth date on a more consistent basis. The Second Continental Congress is considered to have established the Navy on 13 October 1775 by authorizing the purchase of ships, but did not actually pass the \"Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies\" until 27 November 1775. The Marine Corps was established by act of said Congress on 10 November 1775. The Navy did not officially recognize 13 October 1775 as its birth date until 1972, when then–Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt authorized it to be observed as", "title": "United States Armed Forces" }, { "id": "15609323", "score": "1.4631402", "text": "1983. Insignia decisions for chaplains representing faith groups other than Christianity and Judaism have not been made unilaterally by the army, but instead have been joint decisions for all military chaplains. The Continental Navy, predecessor of the United States Navy, was approved by the United States Congress on October 13, 1775, with navy regulations (adopted November 28, 1775) that included as its second article: \"The Commanders of the ships of the thirteen United Colonies are to take care that divine service be performed twice a day on board, and a sermon preached on Sundays, unless bad weather or other extraordinary", "title": "Religious symbolism in the United States military" }, { "id": "5484422", "score": "1.4573536", "text": "similar system of organization: a permanent, professional core, and additional units which can be mobilized in emergencies or times of war. The United States Army traces its origin to the founding of the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized a one-year enlistment of riflemen from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to join the New England militia army besieging Boston. Late in 1776, Congress called for the Continental Army to serve for the duration of the war. The army was to consist of 88 battalions raised and equipped by the states, with officers appointed by the states.", "title": "Regular Army (United States)" }, { "id": "233555", "score": "1.452658", "text": "Virginia's (\"Mountaineers are always free\"). Many military organizations today have Latin mottos, such as (\"always ready\"), the motto of the United States Coast Guard; (\"always faithful\"), the motto of the United States Marine Corps; and (\"Through adversity/struggle to the stars\"), the motto of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Some colleges and universities have adopted Latin mottos, for example Harvard University's motto is (\"truth\"). Veritas was the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn, and the mother of Virtue. Hampden-Sydney College has \"Huc venite iuvenes ut exeatis viri\" (\"Come here as boys so you may leave as men\") as its motto,", "title": "Latin" }, { "id": "16247280", "score": "1.452036", "text": "indicates Confederate service during the Civil War, while the blue portion commemorates post-Civil War service in the blue uniform of the U.S. Army. The fleur-de-lis indicates service in France during World War I. Revolutionary War Campaigns: Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown The 111th Infantry traces its origins to the Associators, founded on November 21, 1747, at Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin. Because of the pacifism of the Quakers who controlled the Pennsylvania Colony since its founding it 1681, Pennsylvania was the only colony that did not have a militia tradition. However, during King George's War (1744–1748), Philadelphia was threatened by French privateers", "title": "Army National Guard and Active Regular Army Units with Colonial Roots" }, { "id": "8386437", "score": "1.4500843", "text": "November 1868, borrowing the globe from the Royal Marines, but introducing the fouled anchor and a U.S. bald eagle. In 1869, the Corps adopted a blue-black evening jacket and trousers encrusted with gold braid, that survives today as officer's mess dress. It was also during this time that the \"Marines' Hymn\" was first heard. Around 1883, the Marines adopted their current motto \"Semper Fidelis\", Latin for \"Always Faithful\" and often shortened by Marines to \"Semper Fi\". In 1885 1st Lt. H.K. Gilman wrote the first manual for enlisted Marines, \"Marines' Manual: Prepared for the Use of the Enlisted Men of", "title": "History of the United States Marine Corps" }, { "id": "10863046", "score": "1.4462405", "text": "time it was used. It remained unchanged until 1947, when the War Office banner was replaced with \"Department of the Army\" and the date was changed to 1775, the year in which the Army was established. The seal embodies the Army's ideals of loyalty, vigilance, perseverance, truth, courage, zeal, fortitude, remembrance, determination, constancy, achievement, dignity, and honor. The changes were legislated by the National Security Act of 1947, and authorized by Section 3011, Title 10, United States Code. Prior to the establishment of the \"Department of the Army Emblem\", there was no official display item to identify the Army. The", "title": "Seal and emblem of the United States Department of the Army" }, { "id": "4081369", "score": "1.4456122", "text": "3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) The 3rd United States Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. It currently has three active battalions, and is readily identified by its nickname, \"The Old Guard,\" as well as \"Escort to the President\". The regimental motto is \"Noli Me Tangere\" (from Latin: – \"Touch Me Not\"). The regiment is a major unit of the Military District of Washington (MDW). The regiment is the oldest active duty regiment in the US Army, having been first organized as the First American Regiment in 1784. The regiment's mission is to conduct memorial", "title": "3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)" }, { "id": "15469066", "score": "1.4441135", "text": "Infantry Branch (United States) The Infantry Branch (also known as the \"Queen of the Battle\") is a branch of the United States Army first established in 1775. Ten companies of riflemen were authorized by a resolution of the Continental Congress on 14 June 1775. However, the oldest Regular Army infantry regiment, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, was constituted on 3 June 1784, as the First American Regiment On 3 March 1791, Congress added to the Army \"The Second Regiment of Infantry\" Army organized into seven infantry regiments, 1815; Ten one-year regiments were authorized by the Act of 11 February 1847, due", "title": "Infantry Branch (United States)" }, { "id": "10446990", "score": "1.4419069", "text": "border service. The crest is that of the Illinois Army National Guard. The motto “Ever Ready\" was later amended into Latin \"Semper Paratus.\" The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 13 March 1925. It was amended to change the motto to Latin on 16 October 1926. The insignia was rescinded/cancelled on 20 October 1961. Argent, a pairle Azure between chief an oak tree Proper within a circle of five mullets Gules, a palm tree to dexter and a prickly pear cactus to sinister both of the third. That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Illinois Army National Guard:", "title": "132nd Infantry Regiment (United States)" }, { "id": "19217146", "score": "1.441544", "text": "men as \"The Regular Soldiers' Union\" on March 31, 1888. The organization's name was amended to \"Regular Army and Navy Union of the United States of America\" on November 11, 1891 It was then reincorporated under the laws of Ohio on October 15, 1897. It was made official throughout the United States on October 19, 1899. The federally chartered corporation is an organization under U.S. Code Title 36, Subtitle II (Patriotic and National Organizations) of Part B (Organizations) as chapter 229. In February 1897, it was announced in the San Francisco Call newspaper that a stone monument to the memory", "title": "Army and Navy Union of the United States of America" }, { "id": "15469074", "score": "1.4398549", "text": "in 1922. The device adopted in 1922 has been in continual use since 1924. There have been slight modifications in the size of the insignia over the years; however, the basic design has remained unchanged. The plaque design has the branch insignia, letters and border in gold. The background is Saxony blue. Personnel assigned to the Infantry branch affiliate with a specific regiment and wear the insignia of the affiliated regiment. There is no standard infantry regimental flag to represent all of the infantry regiments. Each regiment of infantry has its own coat of arms which appears on the breast", "title": "Infantry Branch (United States)" }, { "id": "14763498", "score": "1.4329542", "text": "insignia of the Coldstream Guards of the British Army, and, with the motto, has been worn on the uniforms, accouterments, drums and colors of the Cadets to the present day. Within days of reorganization, the Cadets mobilized for state service during Shays' Rebellion. The Cadets marched to Groton to assist the sheriff in enforcing state law. Because the Cadets were originally organized on 19 October 1741 and reorganized on 19 October 1786, in addition to being its Organization Day, for many years it was the custom to present the officers with their commissions on October 19. The Cadets attracted young", "title": "First Corps of Cadets (Massachusetts)" } ]

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[ { "id": "1063927", "score": "1.6881261", "text": "Brown's depression is only made worse by the goings-on in the neighborhood, most of which show his peers' rampant commercialism. He encounters Violet and sarcastically \"thanks\" her for the Christmas card he never received, only for Violet to proudly snipe back that she never sent him one. At the psychiatric booth, Lucy expresses joy in the sound of jingling money, tries to diagnose Charlie Brown with various phobias, admits she never receives her Christmas wish of real estate, and ultimately decides that Charlie Brown needs more involvement. Lucy recommends that Charlie Brown direct an upcoming Christmas play and offers to", "title": "A Charlie Brown Christmas" }, { "id": "5915581", "score": "1.6486996", "text": "to come to blows when Charlie Brown suggests they handle the problem in a different way, so they all go to see Lucy in her psychiatric booth, which she temporarily converts to a courtroom enlisting Linus as stenographer, and she tacks two cents on to her normal five-cent fee to cover court cost. The two sides present their case to Judge Lucy: Snoopy (as Woodstock's counsel) with a document containing excessive legal jargon, and Sally with \"Finders keepers, losers weepers\". Stenographer Linus is not much help as he can only remember a few words said before the case was fully", "title": "It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown" }, { "id": "3237636", "score": "1.561296", "text": "etc. Schroeder seems to like educating her about Beethoven, although she usually replies with silly answers. Once, he appeared in Lucy's place in the psychiatric booth when she was not available. When Charlie Brown poured out his troubles, Schroeder said simply, \"Go home and listen to a Brahms piano quartet...Five cents, please!\" Later, Charlie Brown asked Lucy, \"Just how carefully do you screen these assistants of yours?\" Another time he appeared as a patient. He told Lucy about how Beethoven wrote his great Ninth Symphony, but as he was deaf, he never got to hear it, and every time he", "title": "Schroeder (Peanuts)" }, { "id": "2822474", "score": "1.5003357", "text": "Red-Headed Girl her Valentine's Day card, but he ends up saying \"Merry Christmas\", making a fool out of himself. He goes to see Lucy, who is at her psychiatrist booth. He tells her all the things he thinks of himself. Lucy then clears it up by saying that Charlie Brown is unique the way he is, then asks for the five cent price (\"The Doctor Is In\"). Later, Charlie Brown sees a happy Schroeder spreading the word of Beethoven's birthday and pulling together a celebration. He and company join Schroeder in the song of jubilation (\"Beethoven Day\"). At noon, Linus,", "title": "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" }, { "id": "3237722", "score": "1.4907047", "text": "Doctor is\" in or out, depending on which side of the \"In/Out\" placard is displayed. In \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\", Lucy reverses the placard from displaying its \"Out\" side to reveal the words \"Real In\". Another time, on the title panel of a Sunday strip, it showed Lucy chewing gum, and the sign read \"The Doctor is Preoccupied.\" On Charlie Brown's baseball team Lucy plays right field (or occasionally center field), and is characterized as a bad player, who, when temporarily kicked off the team, turns to heckling the games. Lucy has a knack for coming up with a nonsensical", "title": "Lucy van Pelt" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "A Charlie Brown Christmas\n\nA Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 animated television special. It is the first TV special based on the comic strip \"Peanuts\", by Charles M. Schulz. Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965. In the special, Charlie Brown finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season. Lucy suggests he direct a neighborhood Christmas play, but his best efforts are ignored and mocked by his peers when he chooses a real, but puny, Christmas tree as a centerpiece.\n\nAfter the comic strip's debut in 1950, \"Peanuts\" had become a phenomenon worldwide by the mid-1960s. The special was commissioned and sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company, and was written over a period of several weeks, and produced on a small budget in six months. In casting the characters, the producers took an unconventional route, hiring child actors. The program's soundtrack was similarly unorthodox, featuring a jazz score by pianist Vince Guaraldi. Its lack of a laugh track (a staple in US television animation in this period), in addition to its tone, pacing, music, and animation, led both the producers and the network to predict the project would be a disaster. However, contrary to their collective apprehension, \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" received high ratings and acclaim from critics. It received an Emmy and a Peabody Award, and became an annual presentation in the United States, airing on broadcast television during the Christmas season for 56 years before becoming exclusively available on Apple TV+ streaming service. Its success paved the way for a series of Peanuts television specials and films. Its jazz soundtrack achieved commercial success, selling five million copies in the US. Live theatrical versions of \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" have been staged.", "title": "A Charlie Brown Christmas" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Schroeder (Peanuts)\n\nSchroeder is a fictional character in the long-running comic strip \"Peanuts\", created by Charles M. Schulz. He is distinguished by his prodigious skill at playing the toy piano, as well as by his love of classical music and the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in particular. Schroeder is also the catcher on Charlie Brown's baseball team, though he is usually seen walking back to the pitcher's mound with the baseball, never throwing it—admitting in one strip he did not want the other team to discover his lack of ability. He is also the object of the unrequited infatuation of Lucy van Pelt, who constantly leans on Schroeder's piano, much to Schroeder's annoyance. Charlie Brown, Frieda, Peppermint Patty, and Snoopy are occasionally depicted leaning on Schroeder's piano.\n\nAfter Linus, Schroeder is Charlie Brown's closest friend; he once angrily berated Violet for giving Charlie Brown a used valentine well after Valentine's Day had come and gone, only to be undercut when Charlie Brown eagerly accepted it. Schroeder also joined Linus in chastising the girls (Lucy, Patty, Violet and Frieda) and Snoopy in \"Charlie Brown's All-Stars\", when it was discovered Charlie Brown refused to remove the girls and Snoopy from his baseball team just to get new uniforms. He also is one of the few players who has any respect for Charlie Brown as a manager; though he is as capable of ire at Charlie Brown's poor performance as anyone else, such instances are rare. In one game, when Frieda asked Schroeder \"Wouldn't you like just once to see Charlie Brown hit that ball?\", Schroeder's calm reply was \"No, I am not prepared to have the world come to an end\".\n\nSchroeder was voted an honorary member of the Florida State University-based Epsilon Iota chapter of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity. In honor of Schroeder's passion for Beethoven, the Charles M. Schulz Museum (Santa Rosa) and the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies announced the launching in December 2009 of a permanent online exhibit of 60 of the 300 Schulz cartoons that involve Schroeder and Beethoven.", "title": "Schroeder (Peanuts)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Peanuts\n\nPeanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. \"Peanuts\" is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it \"arguably the longest story ever told by one human being\". At the time of Schulz's death in 2000, \"Peanuts\" ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of around 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion.<ref name=Bethune/>\n\n\"Peanuts\" focuses entirely on a social circle of young children, where adults exist but are never seen and rarely heard. The main character, Charlie Brown, is meek, nervous, and lacks self-confidence. He is unable to fly a kite, win a baseball game, or kick a football held by his irascible friend Lucy, who always pulls it away at the last instant. \"Peanuts\" is a literate strip with philosophical, psychological, and sociological overtones, which was innovative in the 1950s. Its humor is psychologically complex and driven by the characters' interactions and relationships.\n\n\"Peanuts\" achieved considerable success with its television specials, several of which, including \"A Charlie Brown Christmas\" and \"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown\", won or were nominated for Emmy Awards. The \"Peanuts\" holiday specials remain popular and had been broadcast on network television for over 50 years before moving to the Apple TV+ streaming service in 2020. In addition, the specials occasionally reran on PBS and PBS Kids from 2020 to 2021, as PBS and Apple TV+ could not renew the agreement for 2022. \"Peanuts\" also had successful adaptations in theatre, with the stage musical \"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown\" an oft-performed production. In 2013, \"TV Guide\" ranked the \"Peanuts\" television specials the fourth-greatest TV cartoon of all time. A computer-animated feature film based on the comic produced by Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox (both now subsidiaries of Disney) was released in 2015.", "title": "Peanuts" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Gephyrophobia\n\nGephyrophobia is the anxiety disorder or specific phobia characterized by the fear of bridges and tunnels. As a result, sufferers of gephyrophobia may avoid routes that will take them over bridges, or if they are a passenger, will act very apprehensively when passing over a bridge. The term \"gephyrophobia\" comes from the Greek γέφυρα (\"gephura\"), meaning \"bridge\", and φόβος (\"phobos\"), meaning \"fear\".\n\nSome possible manifestations of gephyrophobia may be fear of driving off the bridge, fear of a gust of wind blowing one off the bridge, or fear that the bridge will collapse when crossing it (e.g., fear that the bridge lacks structural integrity). The fear overlaps with acrophobia (the fear of heights) as gephyrophobia tends to be exacerbated in taller bridges as compared to those closer to the water or ground beneath.\n\nDr. Michael Liebowitz, founder of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, says, \"It's not an isolated phobia, but usually part of a larger constellation ... It's people who get panic attacks. You get light-headed, dizzy; your heart races. You become afraid that you'll feel trapped.\"\n\nAs of 2008, the New York State Thruway Authority would lead gephyrophobiacs over the Tappan Zee Bridge. A driver could call the authority in advance and arrange for someone to drive their car over the bridge for them. The authority performed the service about six times a year.<ref name=nyt/>\n\nThe Maryland Transportation Authority previously offered a similar service for crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, but that role is now filled by private companies.\n\nThe Mackinac Bridge Authority, which oversees the Mackinac Bridge connecting Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas, will drive needy gephyrophobiacs' cars across the bridge for a nominal fee. Some one thousand drivers take advantage of this program annually. Leslie Ann Pluhar had her Yugo blown off the bridge in 1989. Later investigation concluded she had stopped her car over the open steel grating on the bridge's span and that a gust of wind blowing through the grating pushed her vehicle off the bridge, but this assertion is not supported by recorded wind speed measurements taken on and around the bridge at the time of the accident.", "title": "Gephyrophobia" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show\n\nThe Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (known as You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown during reruns on Nickelodeon) is an American animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip \"Peanuts\" as first presented for television in the Peanuts animated specials. It aired Saturday mornings on the CBS network from 1983 to 1985.\n\nDue to lower-than-expected ratings, in an attempt to boost viewership, CBS moved the series to 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time early in 1984. It did not help the ratings much, and while the show was not formally cancelled in 1984, further production was on hiatus, and in 1985, CBS ordered five new episodes for what would be a second and final season. Early in 1986, CBS dropped the show after a ratings recession.\"\n\n\"The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show\" is one of the few television series produced by Bill Melendez, whose animation studio generally produced specials.\n\nThe show reaired on The Disney Channel in 1993 and was aired on YTV in Canada by 1996. It also aired on the CBBC block on BBC One and BBC Two from 1986 to 2005.", "title": "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show" }, { "id": "7918816", "score": "1.477694", "text": "kid has since changed his mind and agrees to keep his word, forcing Snoopy (who had already decorated the tree) to bring it back home and decorate it all over again. Lucy struggles with being nice and tries to get Schroeder and Linus to buy her presents, at one point trying to justify it by claiming that because the Bible has the word \"sister\" in it, it means Linus must buy her a Christmas present. Charlie Brown writes a Christmas card to the Little Red-Haired Girl. To Linus's dismay, he writes to her calling himself \"your sweet babboo,\" the phrase", "title": "Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales" }, { "id": "5933840", "score": "1.4563882", "text": "changed its cost from 5 cents to 50 cents. Linus then tells Charlie Brown that he is playing his last baseball game with him later on. Lucy then walks over to the Brown house, and finds Sally waiting out in front, saying she is waiting for Linus to take her to the movie. Lucy tells her that they are moving, so he will never pick her up, but she refuses to believe that. Linus then invites Charlie Brown to his and Lucy's going away party. He asks Sally if she wants to come, but she insists that Linus is going", "title": "Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?" }, { "id": "1063929", "score": "1.4417658", "text": "Brown arrives at the rehearsal, but he is unable to gain control of the situation, since everyone in the play has their own complaints, and everybody would rather dance along to the jazz-rock band (consisting of Schroeder on keyboards, Snoopy on an inaudible electric guitar and Pig-Pen on bass) as they play \"Linus and Lucy.\" The play is revealed to be quite modern, with an upbeat jazz score, a \"Christmas queen,\" shepherds, innkeepers and penguins but no identifiable Biblical figures. A displeased Charlie Brown decides the play needs \"the proper mood\" and suggests they should get a Christmas tree. Lucy", "title": "A Charlie Brown Christmas" }, { "id": "1063931", "score": "1.4315853", "text": "Lucy tries to get him to play the perfect rendition of \"Jingle Bells;\" after two failed attempts, Schroeder tersely pecks the keys on his toy piano, which is exactly what Lucy seeks. Linus and Charlie Brown return to the auditorium with the tree, only to be scorned by Lucy for disobeying her instructions and mocked by the other girls who, along with Snoopy, walk off laughing. At his wit's end, Charlie Brown loudly asks if \"anybody\" knows what Christmas is all about. Linus says he does and, after walking to center stage, recites the annunciation to the shepherds from the", "title": "A Charlie Brown Christmas" }, { "id": "7864872", "score": "1.4301841", "text": "Christmas!\" Charlie Brown sees Marcie and thinks that she is going to give him a Valentine's Day card but she does not. Lucy comes up to Schroeder again and talks about saucepans, and, again, Schroeder cannot stand it. Snoopy imagines that he is a wild animal. Charlie Brown, Schroeder, Linus, and Lucy work on their book reports on Peter Rabbit (\"Book Report\"). Lucy teaches Linus about nature in her own way while Charlie Brown tries to correct her, to no avail (\"Little Known Facts\"). Charlie Brown writes a letter to his pencil pal about his downfall at his baseball game.", "title": "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV special)" }, { "id": "1256890", "score": "1.4203258", "text": "she verbalizes her disdain for him. Lucy constantly bullies him and scolds him about how much he is a failure. Charlie Brown frequently tries to tell Lucy that her crazy theories are false, and when he finally succeeds, Lucy would make an insensitive remark about the way he looks. Charlie Brown's stomach hurts when Lucy tries to teach her theories to Linus. Charlie Brown often visits Lucy's psychiatric booth for help, but always gets useless advice (such as \"Snap out of it.\" or \"The insecurities people have can lead to colds and other illnesses\"). Linus is Charlie Brown's best friend.", "title": "Charlie Brown" }, { "id": "7918812", "score": "1.4183557", "text": "the \"Peanuts\" gang in various Christmastime situations, largely inspired by original \"Peanuts\" comic strips. The installments are as follows: Snoopy tries to get Lucy to ask him to join her in the skating show, but she's only interested in Schroeder. Later, he dresses up like Santa Claus to work as a bell-ringer to raise money. He is briefly confronted by an angry Rerun, who chastises him for failing to deliver the toys promised to him the previous Christmas. At one point, while dressed as Santa, he plays \"Oh! Susanna\" on the accordion, which Lucy comments \"isn't very Christmasy\" as she", "title": "Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales" }, { "id": "6503497", "score": "1.4134877", "text": "his own for Christmas. He asks Santa Claus for a dog. Unfortunately, his mother and older sister, Lucy do not believe that he is old enough to care for a dog. Frustrated, Rerun asks Charlie Brown if he can play with Snoopy. While initially cooperative, Snoopy quickly tires of Rerun's idea of fun and games, and after a while Snoopy begins to snub Rerun. At Rerun's request, Snoopy asks his brother Spike to leave his home in the desert near Needles, California and come to visit. When Spike arrives, Lucy is appalled at his skinny figure and takes him in", "title": "I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown" }, { "id": "1063926", "score": "1.4013797", "text": "have been staged. ABC currently holds the rights to the special and broadcasts it at least twice during the weeks leading up to Christmas. The Peanuts are celebrating the start of the winter season by ice skating on a frozen pond and singing \"Christmas Time Is Here.\" Leaning against a nearby fence, Charlie Brown tells Linus that despite all the traditions of Christmas presents, Christmas cards and decorations, he still winds up depressed, but is not sure why. Linus dismisses Charlie Brown's attitude as typical, quoting Lucy: \"Of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you're the Charlie Browniest.\" Charlie", "title": "A Charlie Brown Christmas" }, { "id": "3279982", "score": "1.3974793", "text": "heart and a strong moral sense; like her older brother she is extremely sensitive to the unfairness of life. Charlie Brown usually goes to Lucy in her psychiatric booth when he is feeling depressed, but Sally prefers to confide her troubles to the school building, which is very protective of her and will drop a brick on anyone who does not treat her nicely. Sally has a lot of trouble in school. For one thing, she has a problem with malapropisms, both in speech and writing. For example, she says \"violins broke out\" rather than \"violence broke out,\" or \"controversial", "title": "Sally Brown" }, { "id": "17287497", "score": "1.3927455", "text": "Melendez's voice for Snoopy and Woodstock, Martino was also able to get the rights to archive music from previous \"Peanuts\" specials. Classic locations are featured, such as Charlie Brown's skating pond, his house, \"the wall\" and Lucy's psychiatrist booth, each retaining their \"eternal look of the strip.\" Additionally, despite being outdated technology, rotary phones and typewriters are seen, as well as Lucy's psychiatrist booth still costing a nickel. Adult characters \"wah-wah\" voices are represented by a trombone with a plunger mute, as in previous \"Peanuts\" media, courtesy of New Orleans jazz musician Trombone Shorty. Because of the robust number of", "title": "The Peanuts Movie" }, { "id": "6496924", "score": "1.3905239", "text": "this means she nibbles on her pencil, and is human. Charlie Brown wants to use the Little Red Haired Girl's lost pencil as an excuse to talk to her while returning it to her, but unfortunately, Lucy takes the pencil from Charlie Brown and returns it to the Little Red Haired Girl before Charlie Brown has a chance to. Later that day, Charlie Brown buys a cheap box of chocolates for the Little Red Haired Girl, and decides to hide behind a tree and give it to her, commenting \"Love makes you do strange things\". Throughout the cartoon Sally Brown", "title": "A Charlie Brown Valentine" }, { "id": "2599652", "score": "1.387626", "text": "over and they kiss passionately under mistletoe. However, when Scott attempts to explain to her that he is Santa, she does not believe him, thinking that he is mocking her childhood, and throws him out. After which, Charlie confesses to Scott how hard it is for him that Scott is never around like other fathers, and reveals the pressure he is under to conceal the secret that his father is Santa. Lucy manages to convince Charlie not to be mad at Scott since he is his father, which causes Charlie to convince Carol that his father is Santa by showing", "title": "The Santa Clause 2" }, { "id": "1063930", "score": "1.386479", "text": "instructs him, and the accompanying Linus, to get an aluminum Christmas tree that is big, shiny and pink from a nearby tree lot. When they get to the lot, filled with numerous trees fitting Lucy's description, Charlie Brown ironically and symbolically chooses the only real tree there (in disbelief that wooden Christmas trees still exist)—a tiny sapling. Linus is unsure about Charlie Brown's choice, but Charlie Brown is convinced that all it needs is some decoration and it will be just right. While those two get the tree, Schroeder tries to pass off \"Für Elise\" as a Christmas song, as", "title": "A Charlie Brown Christmas" }, { "id": "7918814", "score": "1.3812023", "text": "day to Susan. Linus tries to ask for her address to send her a Christmas card, and she gives an address that turns out to be fake when the card is returned. When Lucy asks Linus why he's so interested in her, he replies flatly: \"She fascinates me.\" Sally decides to give everyone paper airplanes for Christmas and writes her Christmas letter to \"Samantha Claus\" (her beard being a disguise). After school, a furious Sally blames Charlie Brown for not telling her that she was thinking of Santa Claus. Not knowing how to cut down a Christmas tree, Sally decides", "title": "Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales" } ]

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[ { "id": "13423884", "score": "1.6655036", "text": "Whos' Christmas presents, the Christmas tree, and the log for their fire. He is briefly interrupted in his burglary by Cindy Lou, a little Who girl, but concocts a crafty lie to effect his escape from her home. After stealing from one house, he does the same thing to all the other houses in the village of Whoville. After spending all night stealing stuff from the houses of Whoville, the Grinch travels back to the top of Mount Crumpit, intending to dump all of the Christmas stuff into the abyss. As dawn arrives, the Grinch expects the people in Whoville", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "id": "13423883", "score": "1.6629689", "text": "high mountain just north of the town of Whoville, home of the merry and warm-hearted Whos. His only companion is his unloved, but loyal dog, Max. From his cave, the Grinch can hear the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville. Continuously annoyed, he devises a wicked scheme to steal their presents, trees, and food for their Christmas feast. He crudely disguises himself as Santa Claus, and forces Max, disguised as a reindeer, to drag a sleigh down the mountain towards Whoville. Once at Whoville, the Grinch slides down the chimney of one house and steals all of the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "id": "7707210", "score": "1.6422709", "text": "to erect before he leaves. The mayor then shames Cindy Lou for inviting the Grinch. Since the Grinch's attack has failed to crush the Whos' Christmas spirit, he concocts a plan to steal all of their presents, decorations, and food while they are sleeping. Creating a Santa suit and powered sleigh, and dressing his dog Max as a reindeer, the Grinch descends to Whoville and steals all of the Christmas gifts. When Cindy Lou catches him stealing the tree, he tells her he is taking it to Santa's workshop for repair of a defective light. On Christmas morning, the Whos", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "id": "7902042", "score": "1.5698094", "text": "he decides to disguise himself as Santa Claus and steal Christmas. The Grinch makes himself a Santa coat and hat and disguises the innocent Max as a reindeer. He loads empty bags onto a sleigh and travels to Whoville with some difficulty. In the first house he is almost caught by Cindy Lou Who (voiced by an uncredited June Foray), a small Who girl who wakes up and sees him taking the Christmas tree. Pretending to be Santa, the Grinch tells Cindy Lou that he is merely taking the tree to his workshop for repairs, and then gets her a", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "id": "11705184", "score": "1.5596297", "text": "section of the amusement park to him. Within the Islands of Adventure, there is a component designated to the city of Whoville. In the town, visitors of Universal Orlando Resort are able to interact with the characters and explore the theme park. The television program \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was a 26-minute segment originally telecasted on CBS in 1966. In 2000 \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" was developed into a motion picture, which became the first Dr. Seuss story ever made into a featured film. Also, \"Horton Hears a Who!\" was adapted into a 26-minute television segment in 1970.", "title": "Whoville" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\n\nHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a Christmas children's story by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who tries to cancel Christmas by stealing Christmas gifts and decorations from the homes of the nearby town of Whoville on Christmas Eve. Miraculously, the Grinch realizes that Christmas is not all about money and presents.\n\nThe story was published as a book by Random House in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of \"Redbook\". The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas and the holiday season.\n\nThe book has been adapted many times, first as a 1966 animated TV film narrated by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. In 1977, a Halloween prequel, \"Halloween Is Grinch Night\", aired with the Grinch voiced by Hans Conried. These were followed with a 2000 live-action feature film starring Jim Carrey, a 2007 musical, a 2018 computer-animated film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, a 2020 live television adaptation of the musical starring Matthew Morrison, and an unauthorized parody, a 2022 slasher horror film starring David Howard Thornton.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Whoville\n\nWhoville, sometimes written as Who-ville, is a fictional town created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss. Whoville appeared in the 1954 book \"Horton Hears a Who!\" and the 1957 book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!;\" with significant differences between the two renditions. Its denizens go by the collective name \"Whos\", as in a plural form of the pronoun \"who\".", "title": "Whoville" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)\n\nHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 American animated television special, directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the 1957 children's book of the same name by Dr. Seuss, and tells the story of the Grinch, who tries to ruin Christmas for the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the United States on CBS on Sunday, December 18, 1966, it went on to become a perennial holiday special. The special features the voice of Boris Karloff as the Grinch and the narrator.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)\n\nHow the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, released in the UK as The Grinch) is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, who also produced with Brian Grazer, from a screenplay written by the writing team of Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is based on Dr. Seuss' 1957 children's book of the same name. It was the first Dr. Seuss book to be adapted into a full-length feature film (and the first of only two live-action Dr. Seuss films, followed by \"The Cat in the Hat\" in 2003), and the second adaptation of the book, following the 1966 animated TV special of the same name. Narrated by Anthony Hopkins, it stars Jim Carrey as the eponymous character, with Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin and Molly Shannon in supporting roles.\n\nProduced by Imagine Entertainment, \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 17, 2000. It received mixed reviews from critics, though Jim Carrey's performance received praise. It spent four weeks as the #1 film in the United States and grossed $345 million worldwide, making it the sixth-highest grossing film of 2000. At the time, it also became the second-highest-grossing holiday film of all time, behind \"Home Alone\" (1990), until both films were surpassed in 2018 by the third film adaptation of the story. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and was nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "The Grinch (film)\n\nThe Grinch (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Grinch) is a 2018 American computer-animated Christmas fantasy comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. Based on the 1957 book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" by Dr. Seuss, it is the third screen adaptation of the story, following the 1966 television special starring Boris Karloff and the 2000 live-action feature-length film starring Jim Carrey. It marks Illumination's second Dr. Seuss film adaptation, following \"The Lorax\" (2012). The film was directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney (in the former's feature directorial debut) and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, with a screenplay written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow. The film stars the voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury, and Pharrell Williams, who serves as the narrator. The plot follows the Grinch and his pet dog Max as they plan to stop Whoville's Christmas celebration by stealing all the town's decorations and gifts.\n\n\"The Grinch\" was released and distributed by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 9, 2018. It grossed over $512 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Christmas film of all time, as well as the highest-grossing Dr. Seuss film adaptation. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the animation and the vocal performances (particularly from Cumberbatch), but criticised the lack of creative license. This was the final Dr. Seuss film adaptation released during the lifetime of Seuss's widow Audrey Geisel, who served as executive producer of the film and died on December 19, 2018, five weeks after the film's release.", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "id": "11705178", "score": "1.5339087", "text": "mentioned. In the 1970s television special \"Horton Hears a Who!\" as well as the 2008 CGI-animated film of the same name, Whoville retains its literary location being within a speck on a clover flower. The 1966 television special \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" also stays true to the literature. In the 2000 live-action film adaptation \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\", from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, Whoville is located inside a snowflake, south of Mt. Crumpit within the mountainous Highrange of Pontoos, described in the movie's introduction. As the story takes place in the winter, the speck on which Whoville", "title": "Whoville" }, { "id": "7707209", "score": "1.5244741", "text": "Who reminds him of his childhood humiliation by giving him an electric shaver as a present, then publicly proposes marriage to Martha May, giving her a large ring and promising her a new car. In response, the Grinch berates the Whos, telling them that Christmas is only about gifts that they will end up throwing in the garbage, which is dumped on Mount Crumpit near his home. He proceeds to ruin the party by burning down the town's Christmas tree and causing chaos throughout Whoville. His actions prove fruitless, as the Whos have a spare tree, which they are able", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "id": "11705181", "score": "1.5242946", "text": "The Grinch overlooks the city of Whoville with a lack of empathy for all Whos. He is known to be of a different species than the Whos, being stated as a What in the 2000 film. The Grinch is played by actor Jim Carrey in the 2000 production of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" In the book \"Horton Hears a Who!\", there is a mayor in Whoville. In the live-action film \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas,\" there is a mayor named Augustus Maywho, played by Jeffrey Tambor. Actor Steve Carell plays the Mayor of Whoville in the 2008 animated film", "title": "Whoville" }, { "id": "13423881", "score": "1.5212635", "text": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children's story by Theodor \"Dr. Seuss\" Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. It follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes of the nearby town Whoville on Christmas Eve. The story was published as a book by Random House in 1957, and at approximately the same time in an issue of \"Redbook\". The book criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" }, { "id": "7707208", "score": "1.5207446", "text": "Grinch to be the Christmas Whobilation \"Holiday Cheermeister\", much to the displeasure of May Who, now the mayor of Whoville. She climbs Mount Crumpit to invite the Grinch to the Whobilation; he initially turns her down, but changes his mind as he considers the promised award, the fact that Martha will see him at the celebration, and it will be a chance to upset his rival. As Cheermeister, he endures being made to wear an ugly sweater and judge all the Whos' Christmas food concoctions, but he enjoys showing unsportsmanlike conduct by beating all the children in the competitions. May", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "id": "7707207", "score": "1.5204113", "text": "but was timid and not as cruel as he would later become. In school, the Grinch had a crush on Martha May Whovier, and was Augustus May Who’s rival for Martha May's affections. One year, the Grinch made a Christmas gift for Martha, and cut his face attempting to shave after May Who pointed out he had a beard. When his classmates laughed at his cut face, he lost his temper, destroyed the Christmas gift, trashed the classroom, and exiled himself to the top of Mount Crumpit, north of Whoville. Touched by this story, Cindy Lou decides to nominate the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "id": "7902041", "score": "1.5092071", "text": "narrator. The Grinch (voiced by Boris Karloff) is the film's main character. He lives in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville. The Grinch is a surly character with a heart \"two sizes too small\" who has especially hated Christmas for 53 years. On Christmas Eve, he finally becomes fed up with seeing the decorations and hearing all the music and caroling in the village and wishes he could stop Christmas Day from coming to Whoville. When he sees his dog, Max, with snow all over his face in the shape of a hat and beard,", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "id": "11705176", "score": "1.5073109", "text": "Whoville Whoville is a fictional town created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss. Whoville appeared in the books \"Horton Hears a Who!\" and \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\", however, there were significant differences between the two renditions. The population of Whoville consists of Mr. and Mrs. Mayors and all of their children and the Grinch. The exact location of Whoville seems to vary depending on which book or media is being referenced. Most, although not all, adaptations show the city and its denizens being microscopic in size. According to the book \"Horton Hears a Who!\", the", "title": "Whoville" }, { "id": "7707217", "score": "1.503037", "text": "Seaman wrote the final screenplay following eight drafts, but Geisel also had veto power over the script. She objected to several jokes and sexual innuendos in the screenplay, including one about a family who did not have a Christmas tree or presents jokingly called the \"Who-steins\" and the placement of a stuffed trophy of The Cat in the Hat on the Grinch's wall. Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer did an uncredited rewrite of the script. The film was shot between September 1999 and January 2000. Geisel visited the set in October 1999. Much of the Whoville set was", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)" }, { "id": "9297665", "score": "1.4937118", "text": "along with his family, most notably his Grandma, who owns a small general store in the town of Cityville. The store happens to be the only piece of property not owned by Austin Bucks, the wealthiest man in town, whose CEO corporation specializes in making Christmas easier and less involved for the town's busy residents. Grandma, however, tells Austin that his method of trying to make Christmas easier is not really for the best and refuses to sell the store. This runs afoul of the gold-digging Cousin Mel, who plans to sell the store anyway. Jake loves the holiday season,", "title": "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)" }, { "id": "7902043", "score": "1.4824027", "text": "drink before sending her back to bed. He empties the first house of all the food and Christmas-related items, namely presents, the tree, decorations and even the stockings on the chimney, then repeats the process at the other houses in Whoville, while also taking the village decorations. With the Whos' stolen Christmas goods, the Grinch and Max travel back up Mt. Crumpit. Before dropping the loaded sleigh off the mountain, the Grinch waits to hear a sad cry from the Whos. However, down in the village, the Whos joyously begin to sing Christmas carols, proving that the spirit of Christmas", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "id": "19559647", "score": "1.4742279", "text": "Santa Claus to help her mother but after encountering the Grinch, who sarcastically says that she'll have to talk to Santa face-to-face about it, she eventually decides to try and trap Santa with the help of her friends. With Christmas just around the corner, all the Whoville festivities force the Grinch to recall his sad childhood spent mostly alone and unwanted in a run down orphanage. The Grinch soon decides that he will steal Christmas from Whoville to assuage his distress. He acquires a fat reindeer whom he calls Fred to help him pull a sleigh that he stole from", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "id": "19559645", "score": "1.4689333", "text": "Cameron Seely and Angela Lansbury, and is narrated by Pharrell Williams. The plot follows the Grinch as he plans to ruin Whoville's Christmas celebration by stealing all the town's decorations and gifts. \"The Grinch\" was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on November 9, 2018, in RealD 3D and select IMAX theaters. It has grossed over $377 million worldwide, and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the animation but said the film added little to nothing new to the source material. In the town of Whoville, human-like creatures called Whos are filled with excitement about celebrating Christmas.", "title": "The Grinch (film)" }, { "id": "7902057", "score": "1.4635096", "text": "(alternatively titled \"The Cat in the Hat Gets Grinched\"), aired on ABC in 1982. Though credited to DePatie-Freleng, it was produced by Marvel Productions, which had taken over DePatie-Freleng in 1981. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) is a 1966 Christmas animated television special directed and co-produced by Chuck Jones. It is based on the eponymous children's book by Dr. Seuss, the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. Originally telecast in the", "title": "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV special)" }, { "id": "11705180", "score": "1.4534492", "text": "snouts and twelve toes. In the live-action film, the fur was missing from the Whos. Just north of Whoville, atop a high mountain, Mount Crumpit, a bitter, cave-dwelling creature named the Grinch lives with his dog Max. Cindy Lou Who is a generous young girl who was introduced in the book \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" In the 2000 live action film, \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" she is played by actress Taylor Momsen. The Grinch is a fictional, green colored creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. He lives in isolation upon Mt. Crumpet with his dog Max.", "title": "Whoville" } ]

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[ { "id": "9986457", "score": "1.4035757", "text": "la You and me and he and she And we are glad because Why because, because, because There is a Santa Claus Christmas comes but once a year Now it's here, now it's here Bringing lots of joy and cheer Tra la la la la Christmas Comes But Once a Year Christmas Comes But Once a Year is a 1936 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and released on December 4, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It is part of the \"Color Classics\" series. The short begins in an orphanage, where the orphans are all asleep in the dormitory, awaiting Christmas", "title": "Christmas Comes But Once a Year" }, { "id": "13605690", "score": "1.3653566", "text": "as inevitable that the Christians' turn will come next as it is that Sunday will follow Saturday,\" has a wider distribution with variants in both Iraqi and Egyptian Arabic. The proverb appears to have been used in the sense of one's actions having inevitable future ramifications, the way that Sunday inevitably follows Saturday. Folklorist Shimon Khayyat, collecting proverbs predominantly from interviews with Syrian and Lebanese Jews who emigrated to Israel after 1950, but also from manuscript and printed sources, wrote that the phrase is of Middle Eastern Christian origin, and that it means \"since the Jews are now persecuted, it", "title": "After Saturday comes Sunday" }, { "id": "14789948", "score": "1.3531865", "text": "for a token in her room that indicates to her who the culprit was. The title \"Christmas Comes But Once a Year\" is from the title of an original Stan Freberg song mocking the advertising industry on his 1958 comedy single, \"\"Green Christmas\"\" (Freberg's title is borrowed from the 1936 animated short of the same name). The episode was written by executive producer Matthew Weiner, who has written a number of episodes, and Tracy McMillan. It was directed by Michael Uppendahl, who had directed three previous episodes of the series. The episode also saw the return of Joel Murray in", "title": "Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Mad Men)" }, { "id": "317171", "score": "1.3492327", "text": "Jente showed that only 10 were coined in the USA, so that most of these proverbs would not reflect uniquely American values. Giving another line of reasoning that proverbs should not be trusted as a simplistic guide to cultural values, Mieder once observed \"proverbs come and go, that is, antiquated proverbs with messages and images we no longer relate to are dropped from our proverb repertoire, while new proverbs are created to reflect the mores and values of our time\", so old proverbs still in circulation might reflect past values of a culture more than its current values. Also, within", "title": "Proverb" }, { "id": "9986451", "score": "1.3391318", "text": "Christmas Comes But Once a Year Christmas Comes But Once a Year is a 1936 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and released on December 4, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It is part of the \"Color Classics\" series. The short begins in an orphanage, where the orphans are all asleep in the dormitory, awaiting Christmas morning. Just then, the clock chimes, a puppy in the place of the cuckoo jumps out, then slides down a ramp and licks on one of the orphans. The first orphan to wake shouts to the others, \"Merry Christmas, everybody!\" They all jump out of", "title": "Christmas Comes But Once a Year" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "List of proverbial phrases\n\nBelow is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. Whenever known, the origin of the phrase or proverb is noted.\n\nA proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is a type of conventional saying similar to proverbs and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context.\n\nIn 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "title": "List of proverbial phrases" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "If a tree falls in a forest\n\n\"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?\" is a philosophical thought experiment that raises questions regarding observation and perception.", "title": "If a tree falls in a forest" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Grampy\n\nProfessor Grampy is an animated cartoon character appearing in the \"Betty Boop\" series of shorts produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. He appeared in nine of the later \"Betty Boop\" cartoons beginning with \"Betty Boop and Grampy\" (1935). He had a starring role in the \"Color Classic\" \"Christmas Comes But Once A Year\" (1936).\n\nGrampy is an ever-cheerful and energetic senior citizen with a bald, dome-shaped head, white beard, and black nose. One author speculates that the character's design may suggest he is Ko-Ko the Clown in retirement. His primary activities include singing, dancing and building Rube Goldberg-esque devices out of ordinary household items. When presented with an unexpected problem, he puts on his thinking cap (a mortarboard with a lightbulb on top). In short order, the lightbulb lights up as Grampy exclaims \"Hooray, I've got it!\" and builds a new gadget to solve the problem. The character was possibly based upon Max's brother, Charles, an inventor, one of whose creations was the clawing device that (in 2021) is still omnipresent in arcades and standalone toys.\n\nIt is not clear whether Grampy is related to Betty Boop, because everyone calls him \"Grampy\" and he seems to be equally affectionate to almost everyone he meets. There is also some inconsistency as to living arrangements. In some cartoons like \"Betty Boop and Grampy\" and \"House Cleaning Blues,\" he and Betty live in separate houses. However, in \"The Impractical Joker,\" he lives in an upper floor. \nThe identity of Grampy's voice actor has been subject to debate. The Fleischer Studios credits Popeye voice actor Jack Mercer, while the character's article on Don Markstein's Toonopedia indicated that standard reference sources didn't name Grampy's voice actor, aside from some isolated mentions crediting Everett Clark for the role.\nGrampy appeared in nine of the later \"Betty Boop\" cartoons in the mid-1930s, often having a larger role than Betty. He also made one appearance without Betty, in the 1936 \"Color Classics\" short \"Christmas Comes But Once a Year\".\n\n", "title": "Grampy" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "John Webster\n\nJohn Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1632) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies \"The White Devil\" and \"The Duchess of Malfi\", which are often seen as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. His life and career overlapped with Shakespeare's.", "title": "John Webster" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "The Egg (Weir short story)\n\n\"The Egg\" is a short story published by American writer Andy Weir, originally published on his website Galactanet on August 15, 2009. It is Weir's most popular short story, and has been translated into over 30 languages by readers. The story follows a nameless 48-year-old man who discovers the \"meaning of life\" after he dies.", "title": "The Egg (Weir short story)" }, { "id": "7629715", "score": "1.316463", "text": "bring on the 14th of the month, the Gemara concluded that one should expound the laws of a holiday two weeks before the holiday. A Midrash taught that when God is about to make Israel great, God explicitly states the place, the day, the month, the year, and the era, as says, \"in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt.\" The Midrash continued that God then said to the Israelites (rereading ): \"Raise to greatness all", "title": "Bemidbar (parsha)" }, { "id": "317150", "score": "1.3158367", "text": "proverb for the name of their tour, \"Come and take it\". From ancient times, people around the world have recorded proverbs in visual form. This has been done in two ways. First, proverbs have been \"written\" to be displayed, often in a decorative manner, such as on pottery, cross-stitch, murals, kangas (East African women's wraps), quilts, a stained glass window, and graffiti. Secondly, proverbs have often been visually depicted in a variety of media, including paintings, etchings, and sculpture. Jakob Jordaens painted a plaque with a proverb about drunkenness above a drunk man wearing a crown, titled \"The King Drinks\".", "title": "Proverb" }, { "id": "13605689", "score": "1.3015275", "text": "After Saturday comes Sunday After Saturday comes Sunday (), is a It has been documented in Egypt and Syria-Lebanon, in the form: \"sállẹf ẹs-sábt bẹtlâqi l-ḥádd qẹddâmẹk\" ('Loan Saturday (out), and you will find Sunday before you'), as meaning \"the good or bad you do comes back to you\". In the Arabic speaking Maronite community of Lebanon, the proverb has been current in the sense that Muslims will do away with Christians after they have dealt with the Jews. Israeli folklorist Shimon Khayyat has stated that the proverb, in the sense of \"Since the Jews are now persecuted, it is", "title": "After Saturday comes Sunday" }, { "id": "50051", "score": "1.2867448", "text": "initial invitation to young men to take up the course of wisdom, ten \"instructions\", and five poems on personified Woman Wisdom. Proverbs 10:1–22:16, with 375 sayings, consists of two parts, the first contrasting the wise man and the fool (or the righteous and the wicked), the second addressing wise and foolish speech. Chapters 25–29, attributed to editorial activity of \"the men of Hezekiah,\" contrasts the just and the wicked and broaches the topic of rich and poor. Chapter 30:1–4, the \"sayings of Agur\", introduces creation, divine power, and human ignorance. It is impossible to offer precise dates for the sayings", "title": "Book of Proverbs" }, { "id": "50056", "score": "1.28364", "text": "inquiry into values and reflections on the human condition, although there is no discussion of ontology, epistemology, metaphysics, and the other abstract issues raised by the Greeks. Proverbs was almost excluded from the Bible because of its contradictions (the result of the book's origins as not just an anthology but an anthology of anthologies). The reader is told, for example, both to \"not answer a fool according to his folly\", according to 26:4, and to \"answer a fool according to his folly\", as 26:5 advises. More pervasively, the recurring theme of the initial unit (chapters 1–9) is that the fear", "title": "Book of Proverbs" }, { "id": "14789943", "score": "1.2779812", "text": "Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Mad Men) \"Christmas Comes But Once a Year\" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series \"Mad Men\", and the 41st overall episode of the series. It was written by series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and Tracy McMillan, and directed by Michael Uppendahl. It originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on August 1, 2010. The episode opens in December 1964, as Sterling Cooper Draper Price is hosting a Christmas party. As the company faces financial problems because of its limited client base", "title": "Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Mad Men)" }, { "id": "50052", "score": "1.2648263", "text": "in Proverbs, a \"collection of collections\" relating to a pattern of life which lasted for more than a millennium. The phrase conventionally used for the title is taken from chapter 1:1, \"mishley shelomoh\", Proverbs of Solomon (the phrase is repeated at 10:1 and 25:1), is likely more concerned with labeling the material than ascribing authorship. The book is an anthology made up of six discrete units. The first, chapters 1–9, was probably the last to be composed, in the Persian or Hellenistic periods. This section has parallels to prior cuneiform writings. The second, chapters 10–22:16, carries the superscription \"the proverbs", "title": "Book of Proverbs" }, { "id": "13605691", "score": "1.2616236", "text": "is as inevitable that the Christians' turn will come next as it is that Sunday will follow Saturday.\" Shimon Khayyat records several regional variants of the expression: The Lebanese-American scholar Sania Hamady cites the proverb in the form: \"Lend Saturday, you will find Sunday ahead of you\". In her analysis, this illustrates a utilitarian view of Arabic reciprocity: one gives in the expectation of receiving. The proverb in this view is entrenched in the value-system of \"taslîf wa-muwâfât\" (advancement and repayment of favors). Where there is \"Service for service, merit goes to the beginner\", Arabs have an incentive to assist", "title": "After Saturday comes Sunday" }, { "id": "317123", "score": "1.2615924", "text": "nations, and it is impossible to assign its paternity.\" Proverbs are often borrowed across lines of language, religion, and even time. For example, a proverb of the approximate form \"No flies enter a mouth that is shut\" is currently found in Spain, France, Ethiopia, and many countries in between. It is embraced as a true local proverb in many places and should not be excluded in any collection of proverbs because it is shared by the neighbors. However, though it has gone through multiple languages and millennia, the proverb can be traced back to an ancient Babylonian proverb (Pritchard 1958:146).", "title": "Proverb" }, { "id": "13605704", "score": "1.2562447", "text": "a strange bird in the flock for which she speaks.' Describing a rift in the Palestinian movement between the fundamentalist Hamas and the secular PLO, and arguing that the former movement was opposed at the time to women appearing in public, he cites the proverb as a 'famous Muslim saying: 'sometimes interpreted to mean that after the fundamentalists finish the Jews, they'll deal with the Christians.' Paul Charles Merkley, professor emeritus in history at Carleton University cites reports from the end of the First Intifada (1993) that the proverb was used as graffiti on walls in Gaza and the Muslim-Arab", "title": "After Saturday comes Sunday" }, { "id": "317107", "score": "1.2538003", "text": "gathered evidence to show that cultures in which the Bible is the \"major spiritual book contain between three hundred and five hundred proverbs that stem from the Bible,\" whereas another shows that, of the 106 most common and widespread proverbs across Europe, eleven are from the Bible. However, almost every culture has its own unique proverbs. What is a proverb? Lord John Russell (c. 1850) observed poetically that a \"proverb is the wit of one, and the wisdom of many.\" But giving the word \"proverb\" the sort of definition theorists need has proven to be a difficult task, and although", "title": "Proverb" }, { "id": "14789953", "score": "1.2535727", "text": "Weiner \"likes to toy with expectations.\" Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Mad Men) \"Christmas Comes But Once a Year\" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series \"Mad Men\", and the 41st overall episode of the series. It was written by series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and Tracy McMillan, and directed by Michael Uppendahl. It originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on August 1, 2010. The episode opens in December 1964, as Sterling Cooper Draper Price is hosting a Christmas party. As the company faces financial problems", "title": "Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Mad Men)" }, { "id": "8626038", "score": "1.2527115", "text": "day itself, but allowed on the day before and the day after, so likewise in the Sabbath Year, tillage is forbidden during the year itself, but allowed in the year before and the year after. Rabbi Isaac taught that the words of \"mighty in strength that fulfill His word,\" speak of those who observe the Sabbatical year (mentioned in ). Rabbi Isaac said that we often find that a person fulfills a precept for a day, a week, or a month, but it is remarkable to find one who does so for an entire year. Rabbi Isaac asked whether one", "title": "Vayelech" }, { "id": "317157", "score": "1.252655", "text": "one person repeatedly posed part of various proverb and the other tried to complete each one, resulting in such humorous results as \"Don't change horses... unless you can lift those heavy diapers.\" Editorial cartoons can use proverbs to make their points with extra force as they can invoke the wisdom of society, not just the opinion of the editors. In an example that invoked a proverb only visually, when a US government agency (GSA) was caught spending money extravagantly, a cartoon showed a black pot labeled \"Congress\" telling a black kettle labeled \"GSA\", \"Stop wasting the taxpayers' money!\" It may", "title": "Proverb" }, { "id": "317137", "score": "1.2511945", "text": "such as \"The proof of the pudding sweeps clean\" (p. 109) and \"A stitch in time is as good as a mile\" (p. 97). Because proverbs are so much a part of the language and culture, authors have sometimes used proverbs in historical fiction effectively, but anachronistically, before the proverb was actually known. For example, the novel \"Ramage and the Rebels\", by Dudley Pope is set in approximately 1800. Captain Ramage reminds his adversary \"You are supposed to know that it is dangerous to change horses in midstream\" (p. 259), with another allusion to the same proverb three pages later.", "title": "Proverb" } ]

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[ { "id": "6575740", "score": "1.5987222", "text": "Parson Brown. They imagine the snowman asking if the couple is married, to which they tell him that they are not and tell the snowman that he can marry them. Smith, a native of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, was reportedly inspired to write the song after seeing Honesdale's Central Park covered in snow. Smith had written the lyrics while being treated for tuberculosis in the West Mountain Sanitarium in Scranton. The song was originally recorded by Himber and his Hotel Ritz-Carlton Orchestra at RCA in 1934. At the end of a recording session with time to spare, RCA suggested arranging \"Winter Wonderland\"", "title": "Winter Wonderland" }, { "id": "4437958", "score": "1.5569038", "text": "H. Kierans. Sarah McLachlan recorded the song on her 2016 holiday album, \"Wonderland\", released on the October 21, 2016. The original words of the carol in the Wyandot language (Huron). <poem> </poem> The 1926 English version by Jesse Edgar Middleton. <poem> 'Twas in the moon of winter-time When all the birds had fled, That mighty Gitchi Manitou Sent angel choirs instead; Before their light the stars grew dim, And wandering hunters heard the hymn: \"Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born, In excelsis gloria.\" Within a lodge of broken bark The tender Babe was found, A ragged robe of", "title": "Huron Carol" }, { "id": "7902394", "score": "1.5537362", "text": "Parson Brown suggests they build a \"snow parson\" with his assistance. After the parson is built, Parson Brown states that \"A parson is not a parson 'til he holds the Good Book in his hand.\" He places his Bible into the snow parson's hand, and like Frosty and Crystal, he is magically brought to life. Jack witnesses this and decides to spoil the wedding with a blizzard. Crystal decides to reason with him and asks for him to be the best man at the wedding (after all, she says, the whole wedding should be wintry, and so it would only", "title": "Frosty's Winter Wonderland" }, { "id": "6575739", "score": "1.5400728", "text": "Winter Wonderland \"Winter Wonderland\" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard B. Smith. Due to its seasonal theme it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere, though the holiday itself is never mentioned in the lyrics. Since its original recording by Richard Himber, it has been covered by over 200 different artists, including Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Amy Grant, Michael Buble, The Eurythmics, and Radiohead. The song's lyrics are about a couple enjoying a picturesque winter landscape. They build a snowman, who they agree to pretend is", "title": "Winter Wonderland" }, { "id": "6575742", "score": "1.491051", "text": "Christmas album. In November 2007, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) listed \"Winter Wonderland\" as the most-played ASCAP-member-written holiday song of the previous five years, citing the Eurythmics' 1987 version of the song as the one most commonly played. Winter Wonderland \"Winter Wonderland\" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard B. Smith. Due to its seasonal theme it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere, though the holiday itself is never mentioned in the lyrics. Since its original recording by Richard Himber, it has been covered by over", "title": "Winter Wonderland" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Winter Wonderland\n\n\"Winter Wonderland\" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himber, it has been covered by over 200 different artists.\n\nThe song's lyrics were about a couple's romance during the winter season. A later version of \"Winter Wonderland\" (which was printed in 1947) included a \"new children's lyric\" that transformed it \"from a romantic winter interlude to a seasonal song about playing in the snow.\" The snowman mentioned in the song's bridge was changed from a minister to a circus clown, and the promises the couple made in the final verse were replaced with lyrics about frolicking. Singers like Johnny Mathis connected both versions of the song, giving \"Winter Wonderland\" an additional verse and an additional chorus.", "title": "Winter Wonderland" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "It's a Cool Cool Christmas\n\nIt's a Cool, Cool Christmas is a Christmas charity compilation album released in 2000 by Xfm on Jeepster Records in aid of The Big Issue.<ref name=\"Banks\" /> The album includes a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and original songs with a Christmas theme.", "title": "It's a Cool Cool Christmas" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "List of songs recorded by Perry Como\n\nThe following is a list of selected recordings by Perry Como (all on RCA Victor except where Ted Weems orchestra is referenced; in those cases, on Decca):\n", "title": "List of songs recorded by Perry Como" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "List of songs recorded by Harry Connick Jr.\n\nHere is a comprehensive list of studio-recorded songs by Harry Connick Jr. from 1977 to present (\"Note\": Such words as \"a\", \"an\", and \"the\" are not recognized as first words of titles):\n", "title": "List of songs recorded by Harry Connick Jr." }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Grandaddy\n\nGrandaddy is an American indie rock band from Modesto, California. The group was formed in 1992, and featured Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Kevin Garcia and Tim Dryden, until Garcia's death in 2017 following a stroke.\n\nAfter several self-released records and cassettes, the band signed to Will Records in the US and later the V2 Records subsidiary Big Cat Records in the UK, going on to sign an exclusive deal with V2. The bulk of the band's recorded output was the work of Lytle, who worked primarily in home studios.\n\nGrandaddy released four studio albums before splitting in 2006, with band members going on to solo careers and other projects. Grandaddy reformed in 2012, made a number of live appearances and released its fifth studio album, \"Last Place\", in March 2017.", "title": "Grandaddy" }, { "id": "1930906", "score": "1.4628819", "text": "of NBC's \"Saturday Night Live\" (Season 2, Episode 10) featured guest host Candice Bergen and the cast singing a Christmas-themed medley entitled \"Let's Kill Gary Gilmore for Christmas.\" Dressed in winter attire and surrounded by fake snow, the performers sang the medley of familiar Christmas carols with altered lyrics. Lyrics set to \"Winter Wonderland\" included this line: \"In the meadow we can build a snowman / One with Gary Gilmore packed inside / We'll ask him, 'Are you dead yet?' He'll say, 'No, man' / But we'll wait out the frostbite till he dies.\" A later episode of \"Saturday Night", "title": "Gary Gilmore" }, { "id": "11409855", "score": "1.4625741", "text": "the Victorian Christmas carol, \"See, Amid The Winter's Snow\". It is set to the hymn tune \"Humility\" by John Goss, written in 1871. Posen recorded \"No More Fish, No Fishermen\" with the group Finest Kind (on their CD \"Heart's Delight\") as an a capella, three-part vocal; and on his solo CD \"The Old Songs' Home\", with a jangle pop musical arrangement reminiscent of The Byrds. No More Fish, No Fishermen No More Fish, No Fishermen is a song whose lyrics were composed by Canadian folklorist and singer Shelley Posen, about the demise of the Newfoundland fishery. Although it was written", "title": "No More Fish, No Fishermen" }, { "id": "15161593", "score": "1.4616821", "text": "in a locally printed carol book. Ralph Vaughan Williams obtained a different, Dorian mode version of the carol at King's Pyon, Herefordshire in July 1909 with help from Ella Mary Leather, the Herefordshire folklorist who had first collected it from the local oral tradition. This version, which contains only four stanzas, is therefore sometimes referred to as the Herefordshire Carol. Vaughan Williams first published the melody in the \"Folk-Song Society Journal\" in 1909 (where it is credited as being sung by a Mr W. Jenkins of King's Pyon). Vaughan Williams later used the carol to open his \"Fantasia on Christmas", "title": "The truth sent from above" }, { "id": "13918461", "score": "1.4459735", "text": "pleased with the mix, citing \"classical numbers\" like \"The Prayer\", in contrast to \"a more unexpected song\", \"Close to You\". The track \"O Holy Night\" features a \"duet\" with Luciano Pavarotti, who died in 2007; Pavarotti's vocals were digitally added to Smith's recording to produce the song, resulting in the pair sounding \"as if they're really there together\". The title track, \"Wonderland\", is set to \"Winter\", from Vivaldi's \"Four Seasons\", and the lead track, \"Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Somewhere Far Away)\" is an adaptation of a piece by Ryuichi Sakamoto, originally from \"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence\". Smith's favourite tracks on", "title": "Wonderland (Faryl Smith album)" }, { "id": "9461413", "score": "1.4430282", "text": "(on \"Carols for All Seasons\"), Bob Rowe, Andreas Scholl, Steeleye Span (on \"Winter\"), Wovenhand (on \"Consider the Birds\"), Mark Lanegan, and the choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Down in Yon Forest \"Down in Yon Forest\" (or \"Down in Yon Forrest\") is a traditional English Christmas carol dating to the Renaissance era, ultimately deriving from the anonymous Middle English poem known today as the Corpus Christi Carol. The carol has been arranged in modern English by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Nicholas Maw, John Jacob Niles and John Rutter, among others. It has been recorded by artists including Joan Baez (on \"Noël\"), Martyn", "title": "Down in Yon Forest" }, { "id": "148054", "score": "1.4423189", "text": "song? / A merry carol would have graced thee well; / Thy ancestors have used it heretofore.\" Early 17th century writers used the techniques of personification and allegory as a means of defending Christmas from attacks by radical Protestants. Responding to a perceived decline in the levels of Christmas hospitality provided by the gentry, Ben Jonson in \"Christmas his Masque\" (1616) dressed his Old Christmas in out of date fashions: \"attir'd in round Hose, long Stockings, a close Doublet, a high crownd Hat with a Broach, a long thin beard, a Truncheon, little Ruffes, white shoes, his Scarffes, and Garters", "title": "Father Christmas" }, { "id": "6575741", "score": "1.4352739", "text": "with its own orchestra, which included Artie Shaw and other established New York City studio musicians. In the Swedish lyrics, \"Vår vackra vita vintervärld\", the word tomtar is mentioned. In Mathis' version, heard on his 1958 LP \"Merry Christmas\", the introduction is sung between the first and the second refrain. Guy Lombardo's version was the highest on the charts at the time of introduction. Johnny Mercer's version of the song placed #4 on the \"Billboard\" airplay chart in 1946. The same season, a version by Perry Como hit the retail top ten; Como would re-record the song for his 1959", "title": "Winter Wonderland" }, { "id": "4080091", "score": "1.4213", "text": "York, 1961). Phillips Brooks Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, \"O Little Town of Bethlehem\". In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January23. Born in Boston, Brooks was descended through his father, William Gray Brooks, from the Rev. John Cotton; through his mother, Mary Ann Phillips, he was a great-grandson of Samuel Phillips, Jr., founder of Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts). Three of Brooks' five brothersFrederic, Arthur and John Cottonwere", "title": "Phillips Brooks" }, { "id": "11550067", "score": "1.4128213", "text": "ballad form. \"Winter Wonderland/White Christmas\" is a medley of the two songs, described as being similar to a mix of a Dixieland band with the Beatles. \"Christmas Time Is Here\" uses brass instruments in its arrangement, similar to that of Chicago-area bands. \"Silent Night\", which features Amy Grant singing background vocals, has been described as having a country or country pop arrangement. \"Away\" is an instrumental piece with a simple arrangement. \"Joseph's Lullaby\", the album's only original song, has been described as \"emo-influenced\", portraying both the night of Jesus' birth as well as the night after it. The ballad's arrangement", "title": "The Christmas Sessions" }, { "id": "9052956", "score": "1.4122258", "text": "sung.\" The carol provides an ironic contrast to the evil that Mr. Dark's carnival is about to bring to Green Town, Illinois (where the story takes place). In the 1983 film adaptation of the novel, Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce) and Charles Halloway (Jason Robards) both quote passages from the carol when they meet in the town's library (though Dark ominously states that \"it's a thousand years to Christmas\"). In 2008, the rock group, Casting Crowns, scored their eighth No. 1 Christian hit with \"I Heard the Bells\", from their album \"Peace on Earth\". The song is not an exact replica", "title": "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" }, { "id": "811462", "score": "1.4116747", "text": "the author brought the \"old Christmas ... of bygone centuries and remote manor houses, into the living rooms of the poor of today\". In January 1844 Parley's Illuminated Library published an unauthorised version of the story in a condensed form which they sold for twopence. Dickens wrote to his solicitor I have not the least doubt that if these Vagabonds can be stopped they must. ... Let us be the \"sledge-hammer\" in this, or I shall be beset by hundreds of the same crew when I come out with a long story. Two days after the release of the Parley", "title": "A Christmas Carol" }, { "id": "11159379", "score": "1.4030416", "text": "earliest in 1858 as part of \"The Masque of Mary and Other Poems\" by Caswall. In 1871, John Goss wrote the tune \"Humility\" specifically for the carol. Later in the year, Bramley and Stainer selected \"See, Amid the Winter's Snow\" to be published nationwide in their \"Christmas Carols Old and New\" hymn book. It was selected to be included in \"Christmas Carols Old and New\" as one of the carols that had \"proved their hold upon the popular mind\". While the carol became popular, a number of verses were cut from later publications of \"See, amid the Winter's Snow\". This", "title": "See, amid the Winter's Snow" }, { "id": "20662200", "score": "1.4003778", "text": "with a revised track listing as \"A Soulful Christmas\". This version of the album features 4 additional tracks: \"I'll Be Home for Christmas\", \"I Say A Little Prayer\", and 2 duet versions of \"Silent Night\", Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Winter Wonderland (Paul Carrack album) Winter Wonderland is the tenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, and his first after leaving the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 2005 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label. This was Carrack's first holiday-themed album, and was recorded in collaboration with the SWR Big Band.", "title": "Winter Wonderland (Paul Carrack album)" }, { "id": "15155039", "score": "1.3995131", "text": "with 28 carols - was issued in 1878. The 1878 edition of the \"Christmas Carols, New and Old\" contained 70 carols. Amongst these were a number of now-standard carols which the collection helped to popularise including \"The First Nowell\", \"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen\", \"The Seven Joys of Mary\", \"See, Amid the Winter's Snow\", \"Once In Royal David's City\", \"The Apple Wassail\", \"The Holly and the Ivy\" and \"What Child Is This?\". William Studwell and Dorothy Jones note that the book, with an informative preface, an index with information on the origin of the carol texts and illustrations by the", "title": "Henry Ramsden Bramley" }, { "id": "18920683", "score": "1.394052", "text": "Classics\", with one track – \"Pat-a-Pan/ While Shepherds Watched Their Sheep\" – omitted. All the songs from the original album were included on a 1998 EMI CD called \"Winter Wonderland\" in the UK and on an updated 2006 Capitol CD of \"Bing Crosby's Christmas Classics\" in the US. \"Billboard\" reviewed the album saying, \"Crosby is a perennial holiday seller, and this LP should prove an important Christmas item for all dealers. The Crosby touch is everywhere evident and the material is drawn from the great Christmas catalog. Chorus and ork assist der Bingle on such Christmas standards as “Winter Wonderland”,", "title": "I Wish You a Merry Christmas" } ]

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[ { "id": "8884318", "score": "1.5059733", "text": "I run quickly to the plate. Jolly, jolly, ... Nicholas is a good man Whom we can't thank enough. Jolly, jolly, ...</poem> Lasst uns froh und munter sein \"\" (\"Let us be happy and cheerful\") is a traditional German Christmas carol from the Hunsrück/Taunus region. There are some regional variations in the lyrics. The song is traditionally sung on Nicholas Eve \"(Nikolausabend)\" on December 5, the evening before the feast of Saint Nicholas of Myra, December 6. <score vorbis =\"1\"> \\relative a' {\\autoBeamOff \\key d \\major \\time 4/4 \\tempo 4 = 128 \\addlyrics { Lasst uns froh und mun --", "title": "Lasst uns froh und munter sein" }, { "id": "16166845", "score": "1.4318702", "text": "The Merry Old Soul The Merry Old Soul is a 1933 animated short film by Walter Lantz Productions, and part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series. The cartoon was also nominated for an Academy Award. Oswald goes to a dental clinic for treatment to his cavity problem. While the dentist tries to pull out his damaged tooth, news break out of a radio in the shop, reporting that the king is in serious depression and needs to be cheered up. In this, Oswald abandons his dental treatment, and heads outside to spread the word. In his castle, Old King", "title": "The Merry Old Soul" }, { "id": "17186477", "score": "1.429488", "text": "Holiday Soul (Don Patterson album) Holiday Soul is an album of Christmas music by organist Don Patterson recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label. Allmusic writer Kurt Edwards awarded the album 3 stars stating \"The group put their own warm spin on winter classics, staying true to the melodies while giving themselves room to stretch out a bit. It adds up to a hopeful, fun record, perfect for any holiday party, no matter your affiliation\" and noting the album \"manage[s] to capture the best of the season's feeling\". Don Patterson's most commercially successful album was 1964's \"Holiday Soul\",", "title": "Holiday Soul (Don Patterson album)" }, { "id": "5666643", "score": "1.4221089", "text": "Jimmy Soul Jimmy Soul (August 24, 1942 – June 25, 1988) was an American vocalist. He is best remembered for his 1963 number one hit, \"If You Wanna Be Happy.\" Born James Louis McCleese in Weldon, North Carolina, he became a preacher at the age of seven and performed gospel music as a teenager. He acquired his performing name, \"Soul,\" from his congregation. Soul took to the road and toured the southern United States as a member of various gospel groups. During this time he became popular around the Norfolk, Virginia area. It was here that Soul was scouted by", "title": "Jimmy Soul" }, { "id": "17186478", "score": "1.4155178", "text": "which reached #85 on the \"Billboard\" 200 in 1967. Holiday Soul (Don Patterson album) Holiday Soul is an album of Christmas music by organist Don Patterson recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label. Allmusic writer Kurt Edwards awarded the album 3 stars stating \"The group put their own warm spin on winter classics, staying true to the melodies while giving themselves room to stretch out a bit. It adds up to a hopeful, fun record, perfect for any holiday party, no matter your affiliation\" and noting the album \"manage[s] to capture the best of the season's feeling\". Don", "title": "Holiday Soul (Don Patterson album)" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Christmas music\n\nChristmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject matter ranges from the nativity of Jesus Christ, to gift-giving and merrymaking, to cultural figures such as Santa Claus, among other topics. Many songs simply have a winter or seasonal theme, or have been adopted into the canon for other reasons.\n\nWhile most Christmas songs prior to 1930 were of a traditional religious character, the Great Depression era of the 1930s brought a stream of songs of American origin, most of which did not explicitly reference the Christian nature of the holiday, but rather the more secular traditional Western themes and customs associated with Christmas. These included songs aimed at children such as \"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town\" and \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", as well as sentimental ballad-type songs performed by famous crooners of the era, such as \"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\" and \"White Christmas\", the latter of which remains the best-selling single of all time as of 2018. \"Elvis' Christmas Album\" (1957) by Elvis Presley is the best-selling Christmas album of all time, selling more than 20 million copies worldwide.\n\nPerformances of Christmas music at public concerts, in churches, at shopping malls, on city streets, and in private gatherings is an integral staple of the Christmas season in many cultures across the world. Radio stations often convert to a 24-7 Christmas music format leading up to the holiday, starting sometimes as early as the day after Halloween – as part of a phenomenon known as \"Christmas creep\". Liturgically, Christmas music traditionally ceases to be performed at the arrival of Candlemas, the traditional end of the Christmas-Epiphanytide season.", "title": "Christmas music" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "List of Christmas carols\n\nThis list of Christmas carols is organized by country, language or culture of origin. Originally, a \"Christmas carol\" referred to a piece of vocal music in carol form whose lyrics centre on the theme of Christmas or the Christmas season. The demarcation of what constitutes a Christmas Carol to that of Christmas Popular Song can often be blurred as they are sung by groups of people going house to house during the Christmas season, and some view Christmas carols to be only religious in nature and consider Christmas songs to be secular.\n\nMany traditional Christmas carols focus on the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, while others celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas that range from 25 December to 5 January or Christmastide which ranges from 24 December to 5 January. As a result, many Christmas Carols can be related to St Stephen's Day (26 December), St John's Day (27 December), Feast of Holy Innocents (28 December), St Sylvester's Day (31 December), and the Epiphany. Examples of this are \"We Three Kings\" (an Epiphany song), and \"Good King Wenceslas\" (a carol for St. Stephen's Day). Nonetheless, some other categories of Christmas music, both religious and secular have become associated with the Christmas season even though the lyrics may not specifically refer to Christmas – for example, \"Deck the Halls\" (no religious references) and \"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel\" (an Advent chant). Other Christmas music sung by carolers focus on more secular Christmas themes, and winter carols and novelty Christmas songs often refer to winter scenes, family gatherings, and Santa Claus (\"Jingle Bells\", \"O Christmas Tree\", \"Home for the Holidays\", \"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas\", \"Frosty the Snowman\", \"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town\", etc.).", "title": "List of Christmas carols" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "List of popular Christmas singles in the United States\n\nThe following is a list of popular Christmas songs recorded by various artists, many of which have hit on various charts, mostly in the United States (some only released in the artist's home country). The year indicates the \"original\" year of release for that artist's recorded version of the single or track, which may not necessarily be the first year the artist's version appeared on one or more popular music charts by various music trade publications. Many tracks were re-released as singles in subsequent years.\n\n\n\n", "title": "List of popular Christmas singles in the United States" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\n\n\"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical \"Meet Me in St. Louis\". Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In 2007, ASCAP ranked it the third most performed Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members.<ref>\n</ref>\nIn 2004 it finished at No. 76 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs rankings of the top tunes in American cinema.", "title": "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" }, { "id": null, "score": null, "text": "Skiing in the Snow\n\n\"Skiing In The Snow\" is an American soul song which became adopted by the Northern soul subculture in the UK, written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell. in February 1965 but failed to chart. The group consisted of Jean Thomas, Mickie Harris and Susan Lewis.", "title": "Skiing in the Snow" }, { "id": "7744559", "score": "1.413007", "text": "and that the creation of the song \"was a God plan. God was in this plan. And Donny Hathaway was a genius.\" \"This Christmas\" was released as a single in 1970, where it saw little success, charting only once on any of \"Billboard\" magazine's weekly published music charts. It made \"Billboard\"s special Christmas Singles chart on the week of December 23, 1972, peaking at No. 11. In 1991, Atco Records released a revised edition of their 1968 compilation album \"Soul Christmas\" that included \"This Christmas\". After the 1991 release of Atco Records' \"Soul Christmas\", the song became particularly notable for", "title": "This Christmas (Donny Hathaway song)" }, { "id": "6560010", "score": "1.3930571", "text": "musical. The score contains 22 songs, also adapted from the stage. The opening number, \"Jolly Good Time\", is a more jovial reworking of the first two numbers in the stage version, \"The Years Are Passing By\" and \"Jolly, Rich, and Fat\". In the next number, \"Nothing to Do With Me\", Scrooge first encounters the three ghosts of Christmas in their physical guises as a lamplighter (Past), a charity show barker (Present), and a blind beggar woman (Future). We also see Scrooge's long-suffering employee Bob Cratchit buying a Christmas chicken with his son Tiny Tim in the song \"You Mean More", "title": "A Christmas Carol (2004 film)" }, { "id": "11559414", "score": "1.3921998", "text": "I've got a little pocket To put a penny in. If you haven't got a penny, A ha'penny will do ; If you haven't get a ha'penny, It's God bless you</poem> In 1963, the American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary recorded this as \"A' Soalin\", including all the verses as well as parts of \"Hey, Ho, Nobody Home\" and \"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen\" (which are traditionally associated with Christmas). The musical arrangement (including the accompaniment, chords, and interpolations from the other traditional songs) is quite different from the published 1893 version and was copyrighted by members of the", "title": "Soul cake" }, { "id": "15023011", "score": "1.3885667", "text": "to 2004's brassy Rejoyce: The Christmas Album, Happy Christmas exists on a small stage: Simpson doesn't belt songs out, doesn't seem intent on wowing an audience with her pizzazz. [...]She may be intent on being all things to all people, but her eagerness to please suits the season and helps make Happy Christmas a better holiday soundtrack than .\" Jon Caramanica from New York Times stated, \"A Western-swing-influenced medley of \"Here Comes Santa Claus\" and \"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,\" sung by Jessica Simpson, and produced by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream? Someone's been paying attention to one critic's holiday", "title": "Happy Christmas (Jessica Simpson album)" }, { "id": "10004079", "score": "1.3878458", "text": "The Happiness Boys The Happiness Boys was a popular radio program of the early 1920s. It featured the vocal duo of tenor Billy Jones and bass/baritone Ernie Hare, who sang novelty songs. Jones and Hare were already established as soloists on phonograph records. One of Jones's better solos was \"Mary Lou\", while Hare scored with the Yuletide novelty \"Santa Claus Hides in the Phonograph\". In 1920 recording executive Gus Haenschen had them sing an accompaniment on a Brunswick recording. They went on to do numerous recordings for Brunswick Records, Edison, and other companies. Similarities between the two singers were often", "title": "The Happiness Boys" }, { "id": "3094673", "score": "1.3873281", "text": "Righteousness, And Wonders of his Love.</poem> In the Latter-day Saint hymnal, the refrain in the first verse is \"And Saints and Angels Sing\" (see Joy to the World (Phelps)). Modern recordings, including those aimed at children such as VeggieTales (part of \"A Very Veggie Christmas\", \"The Singing Christmas Tree\") and Disney Sing-Along versions, often omit the third verse. A version by the Trinity Choir was very popular in 1911 and the carol has since been recorded by many artists including Andy Williams, The Supremes, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash, Nat King Cole, Walter Cherry, Neil Diamond, Pat Boone, Perry", "title": "Joy to the World" }, { "id": "19928629", "score": "1.3850856", "text": "Merry Olde Soul Merry Olde Soul is an album by vibraphonist/pianist Victor Feldman recorded in early 1961 (with one track from December 1960) and originally released on the Riverside label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: \"Feldman is in excellent form on a straight-ahead set. The trio/quartet performs five standards that for the most part are not overly familiar, plus four of the leader's originals. Tasteful and swinging music\". On All About Jazz Samuel Chell observed \"As impressive as is his earlier date, \"The Arrival of Victor Feldman\", \"Merry Olde Soul\" is overall a more satisfying session ... \"Merry", "title": "Merry Olde Soul" }, { "id": "5828331", "score": "1.3835447", "text": "used by wassailers and other luck visitors\"; no source or date is given. The greeting \"a merry Christmas and a happy New Year\" is recorded from the early eighteenth century. A closely related verse, dating from the 1830s, runs: It was sung by \"mummers\" -- i.e. children who would go about singing from door to door to request gifts. An example is given in the short story \"The Christmas Mummers\" (1858) by Charlotte Yonge: After they are allowed in and perform a Mummers play, the boys are served beer by the farmer's maid. Other sources show this greeting as current", "title": "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" }, { "id": "9463717", "score": "1.3788545", "text": "A Holly Jolly Christmas \"A Holly Jolly Christmas\" (also called \"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas\") is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and most famously performed by Burl Ives. The song has since become one of the Top 25 most-performed \"holiday\" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century. \"A Holly Jolly Christmas\" was written by Johnny Marks in 1962. It was the title song of The Quinto Sisters' first album \"Holly Jolly Christmas\", recorded in June 1964 for Columbia Records, featuring guitarist Al Caiola with arrangements by Frank Hunter and Marty Manning.", "title": "A Holly Jolly Christmas" }, { "id": "4234206", "score": "1.3767142", "text": "convey optimism while avoiding the sentimentality that he felt often characterised music of the holiday season. Lennon was the first among the former Beatles to release an original Christmas song after the group disbanded in 1970. \"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)\" would be followed by George Harrison's \"Ding Dong, Ding Dong\" (1974), Paul McCartney's \"Wonderful Christmastime\" (1979) and Ringo Starr's album \"I Wanna Be Santa Claus\" (1999). From 1963 to 1969, the Beatles issued special recordings at Christmas directly to members of their fan club. In late October 1971, with not much more than bare-bones melody and half-formed lyrics, Lennon", "title": "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" }, { "id": "16057200", "score": "1.3735479", "text": "Williams had not recorded before, \"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas\" is the least traceable in origin, although it is estimated that it was written in the late 19th century. The year in which \"Up on the House Top\" was written is also uncertain, but because its creator, Benjamin Hanby, was in his mid-30s when he died in 1867, the 1850s or 1860s is the estimate. The third newcomer, \"We Need a Little Christmas\", comes from the 1966 Broadway musical \"Mame\". From the liner notes for the original album: We Need a Little Christmas (album) We Need a Little Christmas is the", "title": "We Need a Little Christmas (album)" }, { "id": "2806785", "score": "1.3725203", "text": "The Troubadour in Hollywood, and side two at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Donny Hathaway is also known as the co-composer and performer of the Christmas standard, \"This Christmas\". The song, released in 1970, has become a holiday staple and is often used in movies, television and advertising. \"This Christmas\" has been covered by numerous artists across diverse musical genres, including The Whispers, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Alexander O'Neal, Christina Aguilera, Chicago, Harry Connick, Jr., Dru Hill, *NSYNC, Gloria Estefan, Boney James, The Cheetah Girls, Chris Brown, Anthony Arnett (First Baptist", "title": "Donny Hathaway" }, { "id": "17733956", "score": "1.3714902", "text": "the songs. Seven of the album's 13 tracks are renderings of traditional Christmas carols such as \"Joy to the World\" and \"We Three Kings\" as well as popular modern Christmas songs such as \"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!\" and \"Do You Hear What I Hear?\". Chapman employs a full range of orchestration and his \"trademark acoustic/pop sound\" on these songs, and shows his versatility for a variety of musical arrangements on his own original compositions, including a piano ballad, slow jazz tune, and 1950s-style rockabilly. \"Joy\" received generally positive reviews from music critics. \"Worship Leader\" rated", "title": "Joy (Steven Curtis Chapman album)" }, { "id": "12345308", "score": "1.3649609", "text": "A Jolly Good Fellow (novel) A Jolly Good Fellow (2008) is a novel by American author Stephen V. Masse. A fake charity Santa Claus plots to kidnap the eleven-year-old son of a State Representative, but the plot goes topsy-turvy when the boy decides to run away from home by hitchhiking. Two weeks before Christmas in Boston, Duncan Wagner, a lone down-and-outer who has been living in self-imposed exile for several years, kidnaps Gabriel Booker, the eleven-year-old son of State Representative Winthrop Booker. Wagner takes the child to his apartment and ties him to a chair in front of the television,", "title": "A Jolly Good Fellow (novel)" }, { "id": "4234221", "score": "1.3645189", "text": "by Diana Ross, \"Christmas Island\" (1996) by Jimmy Buffett, and \"These Are Special Times\" (1998) by Celine Dion. This trend has continued with \"Save This Christmas for Me\" (2001) by Johnny Logan, \"Christmas Is Almost Here\" (2002) by Carly Simon, \"December\" (2003) by the Moody Blues, \"It's Christmas, Of Course\" (2007) by Darlene Love, \"A Winter Symphony\" (2008) by Sarah Brightman, \"Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon\" (2009) by REO Speedwagon, \"Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)\" (2010) by Daniel Powter, \"Happy Christmas\" (2010) by Jessica Simpson, \"Hear the Bells\" (2011) by Vanessa Carlton, \"Ugly Sweater Party\" by the a", "title": "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" } ]

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[ { "id": "4650330", "score": "1.7367945", "text": "two points if his shoes were closer to the peg than his opponent's. Ringers scored five points, and leaners, three. The scoring rewarded with ten points a player who capped or slid under an opponent's ringer with one of their own, a difficult achievement with a two-inch peg. Topping two ringers by an opponent with a ringer of one's own earned fifteen points, and two ringers topping two ringers counted twenty-one points. There were similar rewards for topping a leaner with a leaner or a leaner with a ringer. In 1920, the Chicago Horseshoe Tournament prescribed a peg eight inches", "title": "Horseshoes" }, { "id": "4650332", "score": "1.7130613", "text": "upward 10 inches. The scoring was close to what is observed today, without penalty points, bonuses for topping, or special attention to leaners. Even in more recent years, local rules continue. \"Whether a 'leaner' will count as one or two points is up to the home team\" in one contest. As successful as the NHPA has been, there are still those who find a park, drive stakes in the ground about thirteen strides apart, and wait for others to appear once the chiming begins. Horseshoes Horseshoes is a lawn game played between two people (or two teams of two people)", "title": "Horseshoes" }, { "id": "4650322", "score": "1.7126243", "text": "second player throws both of their horseshoes—again, one at a time—at their end. After scoring, the next round is done in reverse order, or by throwing back at the original stake. Play continues until one player has at least 15 points at the end of a round. NHPA sanctioned games are generally played to 40 points, or a shoe limit of 40 or 50 shoes. The horseshoes can be made of either plastic or metal. In horseshoes, there are two ways to score: by throwing \"ringers\" or by throwing the horseshoe nearest to the stake. A ringer is a horseshoe", "title": "Horseshoes" }, { "id": "4650331", "score": "1.6111196", "text": "above the ground. A shoe resting two feet from the peg was still foul, but no longer cost the player points. A distinction was made between a \"perfect ringer\", which circled the peg when it struck the ground, and a \"scratch ringer\", which circled the peg in some other manner. These scored five points and three points respectively. Leaners were also worth three points. There were no bonuses for topping opponents. By 1925, local newspapers were citing the rules used at the national tournament, \"as adopted by the national association January 1, 1925.\" Stakes were 40 feet apart and projected", "title": "Horseshoes" }, { "id": "4650324", "score": "1.5944769", "text": "A live shoe that is not a ringer, but comes to rest six inches (6”) or closer to the stake, has a value of one (1) point (alternate scoring methods give 2 points if the horseshoe leans on the stake. Aka a \"leaner\"). If both of one player's horseshoes are closer than the opponent's, two points are scored. A ringer scores three points. In the case of one ringer and a closer horseshoe, both horseshoes are scored for a total of four points. If a player throws two ringers, that player scores six points. If each player throws a ringer,", "title": "Horseshoes" }, { "id": "2551736", "score": "1.5749642", "text": "organization's discretion to score using outside ring or inside ring scoring. Outside ring scoring measures what ring the hole breaks and measures accordingly. Inside ring scoring scores by determining whether the hole breaks the inside line of the bullseye. The International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) recognizes four three position events. Two of these events, both called 50 m Rifle, are shot in the Olympics, one for men, the other for women. The two Olympic events are shot with a rimfire rifle at 50m. The two three position events not in the Olympics, 300 m Rifle and 300 m Standard Rifle,", "title": "Three positions" }, { "id": "4650325", "score": "1.5747647", "text": "the ringers cancel and no points are scored. If two ringers are thrown by one player and one ringer by the opponent, the player throwing two ringers scores three points. This is typically called \"two dead and three\" or \"three ringers three\" for score keeping purposes. Such occurrences are called \"dead ringers\" and are still used toward the pitcher/ringer average. Back-yard games can be played to any number of points that is agreed upon, but are usually to 21 points, win by 2. In most sanctioned tournaments the handicapped divisions pitch 50 shoe games, most points win. If there is", "title": "Horseshoes" }, { "id": "7106348", "score": "1.512337", "text": "driven out of court. Eleven points constitute a game. Ring-goal was invented by an undergraduate of Keble College, Oxford in about 1885, and was played at Oxford, but without attracting wide popularity. Ring-goal Ring-goal, a sport for two persons played on a ground, or indoor rink, long by wide, with a ring of split cane about 7.5 in. in diameter and weighing about 3.5 oz., which is propelled in the air by means of two sticks, resembling miniature billiard-cues, which are held inside the ring. The goals consist of two uprights . high and . apart, from which a net", "title": "Ring-goal" }, { "id": "9004522", "score": "1.508254", "text": "generally have score values from 1 through 10 assigned to them, except in outdoor Imperial rounds under AGB rules, where they have score values 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. In addition, there is an inner 10 ring, sometimes called the X ring. This becomes the 10 ring at indoor compound competitions. Outdoors, it serves as a tiebreaker with the archer scoring the most X's winning. The number of hits may also be taken into account as another tiebreaker. In World Archery, targets are coloured as follows: The inner ring is usually used for tie-breaking (the competitor closest to the", "title": "Target archery" }, { "id": "15399225", "score": "1.5000172", "text": "with up to seven other students. As at all Regional and National competitions overseen by NHBB, students use a lockout buzzer system to ring in when they know the answer to a question. When the question is read, the contestant may interrupt the moderator to answer the question early, but if a student misses the question, they cannot ring in again. Students receive 1 point per question answered correctly. The first and second student to ring in incorrectly never receive a penalty, but if a third person buzzes in and answers incorrectly before the question is finished, they will be", "title": "National History Bee and Bowl" }, { "id": "7106346", "score": "1.4837039", "text": "Ring-goal Ring-goal, a sport for two persons played on a ground, or indoor rink, long by wide, with a ring of split cane about 7.5 in. in diameter and weighing about 3.5 oz., which is propelled in the air by means of two sticks, resembling miniature billiard-cues, which are held inside the ring. The goals consist of two uprights . high and . apart, from which a net is stretched on an incline, so that its base will be a few feet behind the goal-line, and the object of the game is to drive the ring into these goals, each", "title": "Ring-goal" }, { "id": "9081049", "score": "1.48108", "text": "number of adjudicators to the previous number. Scoring is based on three broad categories: Effect, Music and Visual. The categories are further divided into six reference criteria, or captions, with each given a maximum value of 200 points, or up to 20 points when factored. One adjudicator is assigned to each caption, including one adjudicator for Percussion and Auxiliary. An additional adjudicator is responsible for Timing & Penalties. The final score is tabulated by adding all captions, once factored, less any penalties. NWAPA does not have captions for drum majors, twirling teams and majorettes, or dance teams. Performance excellence by", "title": "Northwest Association for Performing Arts" }, { "id": "19906811", "score": "1.4809682", "text": "are thrown per round. The first player to win two of three rounds wins. Scoring is determined by where you strike your axe into the target. The targets under NATF have a black bullseye ring, followed by a red ring, and then a blue ring. The scoring is 5, 3, and 1 point respectively. Additionally, there are green dots in the corner, known as “Clutch,” and must be called in advance during the final throw of a match (worth 7 points). Point designation is based on where the majority of the blade lands and sticks. The axe throwing league calendar", "title": "National Axe Throwing Federation" }, { "id": "9559364", "score": "1.4570158", "text": "leaner or covering part of the hole, 3 for in the hole, automatic win if you land balancing on the backboard. In the Kentucky State Washer Pitching Championships, two teams of one or two players pitch 2 in (outside diameter) washers at a 3-in hole, with children pitching from a distance of 25 ft and adults from 30 ft. Games go to 21 points, and must be won by two points. Matches are decided by winning two out of three games. In Michigan, there is a two to six player variant in which there are no teams and every man", "title": "Washer pitching" }, { "id": "7407315", "score": "1.4495405", "text": "event of a tie after the written round, certain questions will be used to break the tie. The state meet is \"power-ranked,\" that is, teams are grouped together by their current standing as follows: Teams are power ranked for five, 45-question oral rounds. At the end, the team with the highest total score is the State Champion. The top 3 teams receive trophies, and the top 6 teams receive medals. If there is a tie among the top 6 following the fifth and final oral round, it is broken by a 15-question \"overtime.\" The Heritage Spirit Award is given to", "title": "Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl Meet" }, { "id": "48649", "score": "1.4471085", "text": "off footholds. Smaller, resource-poor climbing gyms may prefer taped problems because large, expensive holds can be used in multiple routes by marking them with more than one color of tape. The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) employs an indoor format– although competitions can also take place in an outdoor setting– that breaks the competition into three rounds: qualifications, semi-finals, and finals. The rounds feature different sets of four or five boulder problems, and each competitor has a fixed amount of time to attempt each problem. At the end of each round, competitors are ranked by the number of completed", "title": "Bouldering" }, { "id": "4650327", "score": "1.4462162", "text": "eleven or twenty-one. The game-winning point must be attained by the person tossing the horseshoe pertaining to his own score. Examples: If a player has 10 points and an opponent has 8 points, and the player with 10 points tosses a horseshoe and bumps his opponent's horseshoe for a ringer, the opponent scores 3 points for a total of 11 points, but does not win the game because of the 2 point rule. If a player has 9 points and an opponent 8 points and the player with 9 points tosses a horseshoe and bumps his opponent's horseshoe for a", "title": "Horseshoes" }, { "id": "2924152", "score": "1.4457867", "text": "about the midpoint of the handle and, ideally, contacts the center of the target with only one edge. Scores are awarded from 1-3 or 1-5 points (depending on the target), with the highest score being a bulls-eye. Competitors are given three practice throws and three scored throws. A hit which crosses a line from one ring into the next is typically awarded the higher score. If an axe should contact the target with both edges, such that the handle sticks straight out, the handle is tapped downward until only one edge makes contact, which is used to calculate the score.", "title": "Woodsman" }, { "id": "16422111", "score": "1.4364735", "text": "attend at least three regular season games/tournaments. However, it will be increased to a minimum of 12 regular season games/tournaments upon the establishment of STUNT as an NCCA Emerging Sport. •Postseason play: Regional winners and top ranking “at-large” teams are invited to the National Championship Tournament. •National rankings are based on each team’s win-loss record, strength of schedule, and a coach/judge’s poll. •A completion floor with a size of 54 ft × 42 ft consists of nine non-spring, carpet bonded, foam mat panels with a minimum 1-3/8 in. Thickness. Each mat panel, 6 ft × 42 ft in size, will", "title": "Stunt (sport)" }, { "id": "7106347", "score": "1.4331627", "text": "goal made scoring one point. The ring must be propelled by the server and caught by his opponent, on one or both of his sticks, if he can, and so returned alternately, and a point is scored for either player if it be stopped by his opponent in any other manner. A point is also scored for the receiver if the server, who begins the game, throw the ring so that it falls to the ground before the receiver can catch it between the creases, which are lines drawn across the court . from the goal-lines, or the ring be", "title": "Ring-goal" } ]