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2 unusual facts about 'Tis


'Tis

Frank McCourt: The narrator and author of the book and an immigrant from Ireland, he has a deep love for literature and eventually goes on to marry Alberta after attending NYU.

He then decides to return to the US, where he attends New York University – despite never having graduated from high school.


A Monk Swimming

This book was written and published before the elder McCourt published his own sequels, 'Tis and Teacher Man.

Communist Organization of Greece

People who collaborate with Drómos tis Aristerás include Mumia Abu-Jamal, political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, Communist Party of the Philippines leader Jose Maria Sison, and American historian, author, and social activist Max Elbaum.

Dimitris Rontiris

He returned to Greece and appointed in 1933 director of the Royal Theatre other than the Odeio Theatre where he appeared first as a director, with the musical drama by Kalomiri To daktili tis manas (Το δαχτυλίδι της μάνας "Mother's Ring").

Fess Williams

During this time he recorded many of his own compositions such as Friction, Here 'Tis and his highest selling record, Hot Town.

I Have a Dream

The closing passage from King's speech partially resembles Archibald Carey, Jr.'s address to the 1952 Republican National Convention: both speeches end with a recitation of the first verse of Samuel Francis Smith's popular patriotic hymn "America" (My Country ’Tis of Thee), and the speeches share the name of one of several mountains from which both exhort "let freedom ring".

Taxiarch

In the Hellenic Air Force, the equivalent rank (Air Commodore) is denoted as Taxiarchos tis Aeroporias ("Air Force Brigadier") or simply Taxiarchos.

The Forward Pass

The Forward Pass, also known as To match tis doxis in Greece, is a 1929 black-and-white American football musical film directed by Edward F. Cline, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Loretta Young.

Tianjin International School

The Tianjin International School (TIS) is a non-profit private school in Hexi District of Tianjin, China.

Tis Hazari Courts Complex

Tis Hazari Courts Building was inaugurated in 1958, though in the earlier days, Tis Hazari was the only District Level courts complex in Delhi -- At Present, Tis Hazari Houses only Courts having their jurisdiction over Central Delhi, North Delhi, West Delhi.

Titanocene dichloride

With NaSH and with polysulfide salts, one obtains the sulfido derivatives Cp2Ti(SH)2 and Cp2TiS5.

To Ximeroma Tou Erota

# "Anatolika tis dysis" - 3:53 - (Thanasis Polykandriotis-Ifigeneia Giannopoulou) - (Greek: Ανατολικά της δύσης)

Travelers' information station

The concept is not limited to the United States; TIS stations operate in Canada (on both AM and FM bands), in France (at 107.7 MHz FM along selected autoroutes), in Australia in some areas on 87.6–88 MHz FM, and other countries as well.

Trolleybuses in Varna

83 Varna railway station – Mladost – main bus depot – TIS North (line runs from Monday through Friday)

You're Breaking My Heart

Though credited to Pat Genaro and Sunny Skylar, (With acknowledgements to the owners of the copyright in "Tis the Day") the song is just an American version of the famous Italian song 'Mattinata' written by Ruggero Leoncavallo in the beginning of 20th century.


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