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12 consecutive titles: FRA

The title "Fra" (brother) is used to refer to Italian monks.

15 Highlights of the Bush and Johnson White Houses: TEXAS ACCENT

Which states were the birthplaces of most US presidents? The first three states on this list are:

1. Virginia (8):George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor e Woodrow Wilson.
2. Ohio (7):Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Taft e Warren Harding
3. New York (5):Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt e Donald Trump

16 Court Visit: LET!

That could be tennis.

17 Fox on TV: AGENT MULDER

The X-Files is a hugely successful science fiction show that originally aired on the Fox network from 1993 to 2002. The show stars David Duchovny (plays Fox Mulder) and the very talented Gillian Anderson (plays Dana Scully). When the series ended, The X-Files was the longest-running science fiction show in US broadcast history. A reboot of The X-Files aired in 2016, with Duchovny and Anderson reprising their lead roles.

19 podcast feed letters: RSS

Many websites and blogs publish content in a format known as a Rich Site Summary (RSS). The "feed" can be read with an RSS reader. The advantage of using an RSS reader is that the user does not have to look for new content on the site. This new material will be fed to the RSS reader as it is published.

A podcast is basically an audio or video media file made available for download. The name comes from the acronym "POD" which stands for "playable on demand" and "cast" for "broadcast". Basically, a podcast is a program that you can play on demand by simply downloading and opening the podcast file.

20 Cell e Venmo: APPS

Cell is a digital payment network that allows users to send and receive money quickly and securely using their mobile devices. Unlike other peer-to-peer payment services like Venmo or Cash App, Zelle has been integrated directly into its partner institutions' mobile banking apps. This allows users to send and receive money directly from their existing bank accounts without having to download a separate app or create a new account.

Venmo is a smartphone payment app now owned by PayPal. The first version of the product was launched in 2009 by two entrepreneurs who met when they were freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania. They sold the company for over $26 million in 2012 and then PayPal acquired it for $800 million the following year. I wonder if PayPal buys blogs...

23 One of the 12 popes: PIUS

There were twelve popes named Pius, the last being Pope Pius XII. He led the Roman Catholic Church until his death in 1958.

25 Some Highland Musicians: PIPERS

The bagpipes have been played across Europe, parts of Asia and North Africa, and in the Persian Gulf for centuries. However, the most famous versions of the instrument today are the Great Highland Scottish bagpipes and the Irish uilleann bagpipes (my favorite; I'm biased!). The pouch in the Scottish version is blow-inflated, while the Irish version uses underarm bellows.

28 Salt Lake Bees e Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimps: AAA TEAMS

The Salt Lake Bees are a Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels, who play their home games at Smith's Ballpark in Salt Lake City. The team was formed in 1915 and was called the Salt Lake City Bees. The team has gone through several name changes over the years, including the Salt Lake City Angels, Salt Lake City Gulls, Salt Lake Trappers, and Salt Lake Buzz. In 2006, the team changed its name to the Salt Lake Bees in honor of Utah's state insect, the honeybee.

The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp is a Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, which plays its home games at 121 Financial Ballpark in Jacksonville, Florida. The team takes its name from the shrimp that are caught in the region.

31 Red pick: CAB

The Cabernet Sauvignon grape variety (often just "Cab") has been around since the 17th century and is the result of an accidental crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc grapes in southwestern France.

33 2020 Isabel Wilkerson bestseller subtitled The Origins of Our Discontents : CASTE

Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson was the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1994. Wilkerson's father was one of the famous Tuskegee airmen who fought during World War II. His 2020 book Castes: The Origins of Our Discontents discusses racism in the United States and posits that racial stratification in America is best understood as a caste system similar to that of India and Nazi Germany.

34 Local do Stud: LOBE

Despite what you can read on the internet, people don't fit into two categories, one with uncovered earlobes and the other with stuck earlobes. Free and trapped lobes are the ends of a continuous band.

35 nights Class: ESL

English as a Second Language (ESL) is sometimes referred to as English for Speakers of Other Languages ​​(ESOL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

36 gallons, in obsolete slang: MOLLS

The slang term "minor" is used for a gangster's female companion. "Moll" is short for "Molly", which is a nickname for "Mary". In 17th century England, a minor was a prostitute.

38 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Girl Group Member: SHIRELLE

The Shirelles were a singing group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They were the first female group to have a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their song "Will You Love Me Tomorrow " in 1961.

42 “Q: Aren't we human? A: We are __!“: 1978 album: DEVO

Devo is a band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973. The band's biggest hit is "Whip It", released in 1980. Devo has a gimmick: wearing red plastic hats nicknamed "energy domes". Why? I have no idea …

45 Evil computer saying, "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't": HAL

In Arthur C. Clarke's A Space Odyssey (famously adapted to the big screen as 2001: A Space Odyssey), the computer system that went rogue was called HAL 9000, or simply "HAL". HAL stands for "Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer". Although Clarke has denied this, it is arguable that the acronym HAL is a thinly-veiled reference to IBM, the major player in the computing world at the time of the novel's publication (1968). The acronym HAL is just a one-letter displacement of the initials "IBM".

53 Actor Who Played Tony Rodriguez in NYPD Blue: ESAI MORALES

Esai Morales is an American actor and skilled musician who can play multiple instruments. Originally interested in a music career, Morales played in a band called The Plan before turning to acting. He channeled his musical talent into some of his acting roles. For example, in the film "La Bamba", which tells the story of the late musician Ritchie Valens, Morales played Valens' half-brother Bob, playing guitar and singing in several scenes.

NYPD Blue is a crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1993 to 2005. The show was created by David Milch and Steven Bochco, the same team behind the 1980s crime drama Hill Street Blues. NYPD Blue was one of the first network television shows to use profanity and partial nudity.

54 Some corporate IP: TMS

Trademark (TM)

55 displays that can have rotating shelves: DESSERT BOX

Our word "dessert" comes from the French verb "desservir" and means "to clear the table". The idea is that dessert is usually the last dish to be removed from the table.

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1 "The Sun Is Also A __" de Nicola Yoon: ESTRELA

Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American author known for her young adult novels. Her debut novel Everything, Everything was made into a film in 2017. When Yoon started writing this first book, she was on maternity leave from her job as a finance specialist. She completed the first draft of Everything, Everything in just three months, and the book became a New York Times bestseller.

2 pieces of cribbage: HEGEL

Cribbage is one of my favorite card games. There was always a certain mystique to me growing up watching people play games in local pubs, sitting with cards and the intriguing cribbage board with its pegs for scoring. Apparently, cribbage was invented in the early 1600s by an English poet named John Suckling, who based it on an old game called Noddy. Cribbage is often referred to simply as "cradle", and the name "cribbage" likely derives from this term. The "Crib" is a deck of cards that appears in the game.

4 Fully coated product: PAN

All-Clad is a premium kitchenware brand founded in 1971 by John Ulam, who was a metalworker by trade. He was working in the aerospace industry in the 1960s when he began experimenting with joining different metals together to create a more efficient conductor of heat. He applied this knowledge to cookware and developed a unique process for joining multiple layers of metal, including stainless steel and aluminum, to create cookware that heats evenly and retains heat for a long time.

5 "Steps in Time" memorialista: ASTAIRE

Dancer, actor and singer Fred Astaire never won an Academy Award competition and received only one nomination: Best Supporting Actor in 1974's Towering Hell. contributions to the technique of musical images" was awarded an honorary Academy Award. This honorary Oscar was presented by his longtime film and dance partner, Ginger Rogers.

7 Keurig Shots: K-CUPS

A K-Cup is a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate in which the beverage is freshly brewed. K-Cup packs are used with brewing machines made by Keurig, a coffee maker based in Reading, Massachusetts. I personally use a Nespresso machine...

8 Concerns of some orthopedic surgeons, initially: ACLS

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

9 HS Aptitude Test: GED

The General Educational Development (GED) tests are a series of four tests designed to demonstrate that a student has the academic ability of someone who graduated from an American or Canadian school.

10 Juice: ENERVATE

Enervate means withdraw energy. "Enervare" is the Latin word for "to weaken".

11 Hit Doja Cat With Lyrics "Send Your Location, Come On": STREETS

Doja Cat is a singer and rapper who first rose to fame with her hit 'Mooo!' in 2018. Her real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini.

13 Scrooge, At Last: REDEEMABLE

Ebeneezer Scrooge is the main character in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol. As the story progresses, Scrooge is haunted by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, showing him the consequences of his petty behavior. His name "Scrooge" became part of the English language to describe someone stingy and stingy with money.

22 One of the “black” parents: DRE

Black-ish is a comedy starring Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross that premiered in 2014. The main characters play Dre and Rainbow Johnson, a married couple raising an upper-middle-class black family. The show is known for tackling difficult issues such as racism, police brutality, attitudes towards the LGBT community, and the 2016 United States presidential election.

23 NOLA cages: SKIN

The New Orleans Hornets joined the NBA in 1988 as an expansion team originally based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team was supposed to be named Charlotte Spirit, but the name was changed after a local "Name the Team" contest. During the Revolutionary War, Lord General Cornwallis dubbed Charlotte the 'real hornets' nest' due to the city's resistance to British occupation, which explains the fondness of local fans for the name 'Hornets'. The franchise was moved to New Orleans for the 2002 season as attendances were not large enough to support the Charlotte team. The team was forced to play two seasons in Oklahoma City due to damage from Hurricane Katrina and played as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. After a few years in New Orleans, the franchise was renamed the Pelicans, an homage to the Brown Pelican, the state bird of Louisiana.

24 Brewery equipment: OASTS

A roaster is an oven used to dry hops as part of the brewing process. This structure can also be called "Osthaus" or "Hopfendarre". The term "roasting" can also refer to an oven used to dry tobacco.

26 Mud Slide Element: IRISH CREAM

A "cream liqueur" is one that contains heavy cream. The best-known example is Baileys Irish Cream, made from cream and Irish whiskey. A "cream liqueur", on the other hand, is a liqueur with lots of added sugar but no cream. Examples are crème de cacao (chocolate aroma), crème de menthe (mint aroma) and crème de cassis (blackcurrant aroma).

The landslide cocktail is basically a white Russian with Baileys Irish cream added.

A White Russian is a cocktail made with vodka, kahlua or tia maria and cream, served in an old fashioned glass with ice. White Russian is similar to Black Russian, i.e. the same drink without the cream. Both cocktails are called "Russian" because they are vodka-based, and both have been around since the late 1940s, although no one seems to know which drink came first.

28 Target section: GANG

Target Corporation was originally founded in 1902 as a haberdasher called Goodfellow's by George Dayton in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Only in 1962 was the first Target store opened, conceived as a discount store with a modern and sophisticated atmosphere.

37 The bulls of Lascaux, for example: CAVE ART

Cave paintings in a complex of caves near the village of Lascaux in southwest France are perhaps the world's best-known examples of Upper Paleolithic art. The paintings are around 17,300 years old, around 2,000 years old, and mostly depict large animals and human figures. The cave complex was discovered by an 18-year-old in 1940 and opened to the public in 1948. However, public access has caused many problems with damage to the paintings caused by carbon dioxide, fungus and mold. Currently, human access to the caves is extremely limited.

40 shower element: METEOR

A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body traveling through space. Once in the atmosphere, the meteoroid is called a "meteor" or "shooting star". Almost all meteoroids burn up, but if one is big enough to survive and hit the ground, we call it a meteorite. The word "meteor" comes from the Greek "meteōros" and means "high in the air".

42 Ator Jean-Claude Van __ : DAMME

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a Belgian actor and martial arts expert. Due to his origin he is nicknamed "The Muscles of Brussels". He even competed in bodybuilding and won the Mr. Belgium in 1978.

45 Old-fashioned dancing: DANCE

The hula is an indigenous Hawaiian dance that uses arm movements to tell a story. The hula can be performed sitting down (a Noho dance) or standing up (a Luna dance).

The term "hula kahiko" is reserved for more traditional hula dances composed before 1900 that do not use modern instruments (such as guitars and ukuleles).

46 Trojan God of War: ARES

The ancient city of Troy was located on the west coast of present-day Turkey. The Trojan War of Greek mythology was triggered by the elopement of Helen, wife of the King of Sparta, with Paris of Troy. The war itself largely consisted of a nine-year siege of Troy by the Greeks. We know more about the last year of this siege because it is detailed in Homer's "Iliad". The city eventually fell when the Greeks hid soldiers on the Trojan horse, which the Trojans brought inside the city walls. Beware of Greeks with gifts...

47 __ Majesty: READ

"Late to Majesty" is the crime of offending the dignity of "Majesty" or the sovereign or the State. The term 'Lesse to Majesty' originated in French law and derives from ancient Roman law. In Latin, "laesa maiestas" means "damaged majesty". The term has no relevance in the United States, but the law is occasionally cited in other countries, including many in Europe.

51 Pollenhalter: SAC

The stamen is the male reproductive organ of a flower. The part of the stamen known as the anther sits on a stalk called a filament, which carries the pollen. The pollen is ingested by insects, mainly bees, which then transfer the pollen from flower to flower. The pistil is the female reproductive organ and absorbs pollen.