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81paradores — Originally denoting an inn intended for the use of respectable travellers, the term parador is now applied to a member of a network of well over ninety state run hotels. The network was initiated in 1926 by the Marquis of Vega Inclán as a way… …
82Gallus — Originally used to describe someone who was self confident and daring it is now a word of approval in Glasgow. It is derived from gallows and originally described someone who was a rascal …
83Australia — Originally Terra Australis Incognita, or the unknown southern continent, Australia was first claimed for Britain by Captain James Cook on August 22, 1770. Although the Dutch navigator Tasman had first explored what is now Tasmania in the… …
84all systems go — {Originally from space English, now general colloquial usage.} Everything is complete and ready for action; it is now all right to proceed. * /After they wrote out the invitations, it was all systems go for the wedding./ …
85all systems go — {Originally from space English, now general colloquial usage.} Everything is complete and ready for action; it is now all right to proceed. * /After they wrote out the invitations, it was all systems go for the wedding./ …
86Torch — Originally, a torch was a portable source of fire used as a source of light, usually a rod shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch and/or some other flammable material wrapped around one end. Torches were often supported in sconces by… …
87House of Babenberg — Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, an apparent branch of the Babenbergs or Babenberger went on to rule Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976 1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg.Early history of the… …
88Walcheren — Originally, Walcheren was an island, but polders and a dam across the Sloe strait have connected it to the (former) island of Zuid Beveland, which in turn has been connected to the North Brabant mainland.HistoryAlready in Roman days, the island… …
89List of computing topics — Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and the science and technology of mathematical calculations. Today, computing means using computers and other computing machines. It includes their operation and usage,… …
90Kaiser Motors — Originally formed as the Kaiser Frazer Corporation in 1945, the corporation was reorganized in 1953 under the name Kaiser Motors Corporation after withdrawal of Joseph W. Frazer from the venture. The Kaiser Frazer stock was redeemed, and Kaiser… …
