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5 unusual facts about Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr.


Cuisine of California

Santa Maria is famous for the Tri-tip, a special kind of beef cut that can be grilled, baked, braised, or roasted.

Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Federal Building

The Beatles also stayed at the Madison Hotel when in town for a Boston Garden concert in 1964.

Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel

The state legislature and the Massachusetts delegation to Congress (all of whom were Democrats) opposed the choice, and it was officially named after O'Neill (a longtime Speaker of the United States House of Representatives) by Section 1930 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which was passed by Congress and signed by then-President George W. Bush in 2005.

Tip-magnetic driving

Tip-magnetic driving (TMD) is a fan technology invented by Yen Sun Technology Corporation (also known as Y.S. Tech).

Tri-tip

Shortly thereafter, it became a local specialty in Santa Maria, California, rubbed with salt, pepper, fresh garlic, and other seasonings, grilled directly over red oak wood to medium-rare.


1918 flu pandemic

Academic Andrew Price-Smith has made the controversial argument that the virus helped tip the balance of power in the later days of the war towards the Allied cause.

Adansonia suarezensis

The Suarez baobab grows in the northern tip of the island of Madagascar near Antsiranana Bay.

Apple Bottoms

The term is also used in the songs "Tip Drill" and "Paradise" by Nelly, in the Eminem single, "Shake That" and in "Lee Majors Come Again" by the Beastie Boys.

Arctic view

Arctic View is the name of a viewpoint and restaurant located on the northwestern tip of the island of Havøya in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

Bernard Arps

Since 1979 Arps spent four years on fieldwork in Indonesia, in the regions of Surakarta and Yogyakarta in central Java, Banyuwangi on the eastern tip of the island, and Cilacap on the south coast.

Bleak House

Bleak House in Broadstairs, on the far northeast tip of Kent adjoining Margate, is where Dickens stayed with his family for at least one month every summer, from 1839 until 1851, when he was becoming established as a successful writer.

BMW GS

which was documented in the book and TV series Race to Dakar, and again in 2007 when both used the R1200GS Adventure in their journey Long Way Down, in which they rode from John o'Groats at the northern tip of Scotland, to Cape Agulhas in South Africa at the southern tip of the African continent.

Bramble Cay

It is also 55 km southeast of the mouth of the Fly River of Papua New Guinea, at the southeastern tip of Kiwai Island.

Caerau Hillfort

Caerau Hillfort (ST13377498) is a large triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort occupying the western tip of an extensive ridge-top plateau in the western suburbs of Caerau and Ely, Cardiff, Wales.

Columbia Bar

The Columbia Bar is part of a set of major marine coastal hazards along the Pacific Northwest coast, including Cape Flattery at the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula and Cape Scott, which is at the north tip of Vancouver Island.

Crime in Burma

Burma is a major source of prostitutes (an estimate of 20,000–30,000) in Thailand, with the majority of women trafficked taken to Ranong, a location that borders Burma at its south, and Mae Sai, which is located at the eastern tip of Burma.

Denny Regrade, Seattle

A 2009 map from northwestplaces.com treats the term as synonymous with Belltown and shows both names as referring to a triangle bounded on the north by Denny Way, on the southwest by Western Avenue (two blocks inland of the Central Waterfront), and on the southeast by Stewart Street; the southern tip of this triangle falls in the northern part of Pike Place Market.

Ear pick

Figurines: A plastic or wooden figure, such as a small Daruma or cartoon characters are placed at the opposite end of the tip.

Franklin County, Florida

The extreme eastern tip of the county is bordered by the Ochlockonee River.

Hellweg Börde

The Hellweg Börde (German: Hellwegbörde) refers to the countryside and natural region on the southern edge of the Westphalian Lowland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which embraces the old Hellweg trading route cities and towns of Dortmund, Unna, Werl and Soest extending to Salzkotten and from there in an ever narrower strip to its northeastern tip at Schlangen on the edge of the town of Bad Lippspringe.

History of transport in Hong Kong

The Kowloon Canton Railway (now the East Rail Line on the MTR system) was built from the southern tip of Kowloon to Canton (now Guangzhou) in the Kwangtung Province (now Guangdong Province) in the 1900s.

Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō

American reconnaissance aircraft reported two Japanese heavy cruisers northeast of Misima Island in the Louisiade Archipelago off the eastern tip of New Guinea at 0735 and two carriers at 0815.

Jepara Regency

People believed to have come from South Yunnan region migrated into the northern tip of Java during a time when Jepara was still separated by the Juwana Strait.

Kabakumba Masiko

In November 2011, members of the Uganda Police Force, acting on a tip-off, confiscated a radio transmitter and a radio mast from the premises of Kings Broadcasting Sercvice (KBS), in the town of Masindi, in Western Uganda.

Karkinagri

Karkinagri is a village near the southwestern tip of the Aegean island of Ikaria, Greece.

Langobardia Minor

So became subject to the two duchies the entire Adriatic coast between Byzantine strongholds of Ancona in the north and Otranto in the south; the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian, however, only partially fell under the authority of the duke of Benevento, which was never able to permanently occupy Naples, the Salento and the tip of Calabria (south of Cosenza and Crotone), and of course, Rome and its suburbs.

Lisičji Potok

On the northern tip of the neighborhood is the Beli Dvor, a court of the Serbian former royal dynasty Karađorđević and the present residence of the pretender Aleksandar Karađorđević and his family.

Mel Thomas

Although she had not heard of the school, prior to a tip from colleague Ann Strother that the Eagles were looking to fill the position, head coach Karl Smesko had heard of Thomas.

Mike Moreno

He has also recorded and played with maintream artists such as Bilal and Q-Tip, as well as peers John Ellis, Jeremy Pelt, and Marcus Strickland.

Moyers Corners Fire Department

Presently at Station 1 a 2006 Pierce Quantum (Engine Company 11), 2008 Pierce Straight Tip 100 feet (Ladder Company 1), and a 2002 Ford Expedition (Squad Company 1).

Muehlenbeckia astonii

astonii is found only at the southern tip of the North Island (Palliser Bay) and on the eastern side of the South Island from northern Marlborough to Birdlings Flat at the south-west edge of Banks Peninsula.

Nuttin' But Love

The first track on the album, "Friend & Respect", featured spoken intros by the likes of LL Cool J, Buju Banton, KRS-One, Kool G Rap, Little Shawn, MC Lyte, Martin Lawrence, Pete Rock, Positive K, Q-Tip, Queen Latifah, Spike Lee and Treach.

Outline of Christmas Island

Christmas Island supports about 1,600 residents who live in a number of "settlement areas" on the northern tip of the island: Flying Fish Cove (also known as Kampong), Silver City, Poon Saan and Drumsite.

Paiwan people

In 1871, an Okinawan vessel shipwrecked on the southern tip of Taiwan, and the crew of fifty-four were beheaded by the Paiwan aborigines.

Patrick William Forbes

After reaching Bulawayo, Forbes received a tip about the whereabouts of the Ndebele King.

Pierre Pinoncelli

He has also thrown a bottle of red ink over André Malraux, the French minister of culture at the time, robbed a bank in Nice of 10 francs using a sawn-off shotgun, and cut the tip off one of his own fingers at an art exhibition in Colombia, V Festival de Performance de Cali, in protest at FARC guerillas holding the French-Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt hostage.

Postage stamps and postal history of Jordan

Jordan's only port is at its southern tip, at the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba, which it shares with Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.

Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen

His area of responsibility stretched from the northern tip of Lake Garda to Trento on the west side of the Adige River.

Pulau Tiga

Located 48 km south of Kota Kinabalu and the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, Pulau Tiga National Park is reached by driving the 140 km to Kuala Penyu, a small settlement on the tip of the Klias Peninsula.

Radio Tip Top

Produced by the Tip Top Organisation (co-founded by Nigel Proktor), the show was a retro take on 1960s broadcasting, presented by The Ginger Prince and Kid Tempo.

Red-legged pademelon

In Australia it has a scattered distribution from the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to around Tamworth in New South Wales.

Repentigny, Quebec

Repentigny and Charlemagne are the first towns off the Eastern tip of the island of Montreal.

Saint Botvid

The spring is located at the southeastern tip of Lake Bornsjöns in Salem Municipality (Salems kommun) in Stockholm County.

Season

For example, at the military and weather station Alert located at 82°30′05″N and 62°20′20″W, on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island, Canada (about 450 nautical miles or 830 km from the North Pole), the sun begins to peek above the horizon for minutes per day at the end of February and each day it climbs higher and stays up longer; by 21 March, the sun is up for over 12 hours.

Skagit City, Washington

Today, the city of Cedardale, Washington, is the closest city to the former townsite, and the name "Skagit City" has become simply a placename on the northeastern tip of Fir Island at where two distributaries diverge and carry Skagit River water into Skagit Bay, which branches off the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Southampton Parish, Bermuda

It is located in the southwest of the island chain, occupying all of the western part of the main island, except for the westernmost tip (which is part of Sandys Parish).

Southern Highlands

Southern Highlands, Tanzania, Africa, a region of rich biodiversity at the southern tip of the East African Rift

The FBI Story

After receiving a tip, Hardesty and Crandall head to Spider Lake, Wisconsin on April 22, 1934, but after barking dogs alerted the gangsters they scattered.

The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent

The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent is the debut full-length album by psychedelic folk band Circulus.

Txindoki

It stands out as the westernmost mountainous tip of the Aralar mountain range, with an easily recognized image that has become a symbol for all the Goierri valley.

Walland, Tennessee

These included Montvale Springs, on the other side of Chilhowee Mountain to the north, and Kinzel Springs at the northern tip of Tuckaleechee Cove to the south.

William Head Institution

William Head Institution is a Canadian minimum-security federal correctional institution for men located in Metchosin, British Columbia, about 25 kilometers southwest of Victoria on the southernmost tip of Vancouver Island.

Zañartu

Guardiamarina Zañartu Airport (IATA: WPU, ICAO: SCGZ), airport serving Puerto Williams in the southern tip of Chile


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