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unusual facts about Farina



Action of 14 April 1655

After sailing back and forth between Sardinia, Tunis and Sicily for nearly two months, and sending the demands again, he arrived at Porto Farina, where the Barbary ships had gathered for their intended voyage to the Dardanelles to help the Turks that season, on 13 April.

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens

That background is retained in the 1931 Our Gang episode "Little Daddy", in which Farina and Stymie crawl inside an empty chicken coop to hide from a social worker who has come to take Stymie to the orphanage.

Alessandro Farina

Alessandro Farina (born 20 February 1979, in Olbia) is an Italian football defender who currently plays for S.S. Cavese 1919.

Austin A40 Farina

In the film The Fast Lady, the unlikely hero Murdoch Troon, takes his first driving lesson in an Austin A40 Farina.

In the TV series Heartbeat, the character of Dr Tricia Summerbee, portrayed by Clare Calbraith, drives a blue & black Austin A40 Farina Mk II Saloon Deluxe (ADO44) bearing the registration plate BNK228A (1963).

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

On April 30, 1966, two days after the publication of his book, Fariña attended a book-signing ceremony at a Carmel Valley Village bookstore, the Thunderbird (to be followed the next day by another at the Discovery Bookshop in San Francisco).

Carmen Fariña

Carmen Fariña (Galicia, 1942) is the current New York City Schools Chancellor, the head of the New York City Department of Education.

El Factor X

The winner of season one was Julio César Meza from solo-singers-aged-25+ category; the runners-up were Enygma (group made up of Ricardo García, Manuel Peña, Germán ‘Tito’ Núñez and Iván Peña) from vocal groups category and in third place was the controversial reggaeton-singer Farina (full name Pao Paucar Franco) from the solo-singers-aged-25-and-over category, famous for her quote Yo soy Farina! (from Spanish: I am Farina)

Farina bona

Farina bòna or farina sec'a is a traditional product from Valle Onsernone in Switzerland.

The written and verbal testimonies certify the production of farina bòna in Vergeletto.

Frank Farina

Farina spent part of his childhood in Papua New Guinea and grew up in Cairns, north Queensland and went to school at St Augustine's College.

In 2005, after an unconvincing 2–1 win over Iraq during a friendly, Farina was involved in an incident with former SBS reporter Andrew Orsatti in an informal post-match interview conducted in a corridor outside the dressing room.

Giuseppe Farina

Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina (30 October 1906, Turin, Piedmont – 30 June 1966, Aiguebelle, Savoy) was an Italian racing driver.

Gregory Webb

In October 2008, SPIKE TV's revived "Unsolved Mysteries," hosted by Dennis Farina, featured Webb's case again and provided an update on his case.

Mimi Fariña

Fariña used her connections with the folksinging community to elicit help in her focus with Bread and Roses, including Pete Seeger, Paul Winter, Odetta, Judy Collins, Taj Mahal, Lily Tomlin, Carlos Santana, and Bonnie Raitt, amongst others.

The life of Mimi Fariña is partially chronicled in David Hajdu's book, Positively 4th Street.

Mimi Baez Fariña (born Margarita Mimi Baez, April 30, 1945 – July 18, 2001) was a singer-songwriter and activist, the youngest of three daughters to a Scottish mother and a Mexican-American physicist, Albert Baez.

Seeing the World

Finally, the entourage ends up in Paris, where Farina manages to falls off the side of the Eiffel Tower.

The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket

Gloria Swanson - Farina, Elvira's Daughter (as Gloria Mae Swanson)

U.S. Mills

Their brands include Uncle Sam Cereal, Erewhon, New Morning, Skinner's Raisin Bran, and, formerly, Farina.

WENZ

Personalities during this period included Jim Bosh, Maria Farina, Liz Luke, John Landecker, Gina St. John, Cat Thomas, "Little Stevie Z" Steve Szabo, Rick Michaels, Cathy Cruise, Scott James, Mark Allen, Downtown Eddie Brown, and Sunny Joe, among others.

William Farina

The grandson of Sicilian immigrants on his father’s side, Farina is also a Mayflower descendant from his mother’s family.


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