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A Portuguesa

Inspired by the outrage felt by the Portuguese people, the lyricist, Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, accepted Keil's request to create words to suit his melody.

Acheron

The same words were used by Sigmund Freud as the dedicatory motto for his seminal book The Interpretation of Dreams, figuring Acheron as psychological underworld beneath the conscious mind.

Afgar

It is based on Cuvillier's 1909 French operetta of the same name, with words by André Barde and Michel Carré.

Anguish Languish

Anguish Languish, an ersatz language constructed from English language words, was created by Howard L. Chace, who collected his stories and poems in the book Anguish Languish (Prentice-Hall, 1956).

Biblical accommodation

In the Epistle to the Hebrews (xiii, 5) the words spoken to Josue, "I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Jos., i, 5), are applied to all Christians.

Bilabial trill

In addition, the Knorkator song "Buchstabe" (the actual title is a glyph) on the 1999 album Hasenchartbreaker uses a similar sound to replace "br" in a number of German words (e.g. ˈʙaːtkaʁˌtɔfəln for Bratkartoffeln).

Brayon

Classification of Brayon as a dialect within Quebec French is largely disputed, as unlike Acadian French, for example, Brayon does not possess its own words or definition.

Cartoon Orbit

To comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Cartoon Orbit instead had a list of pre-written words and phrases that players could send in a chat box.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy

According to Faustina's words, Jesus himself in a vision asked to pray the Divine Mercy Novena as a preparation for the Feast of the Divine Mercy, celebrated each year on 1st Sunday after Easter.

Charles G. Oakman

On February 8, 1954, Oakman introduced a bill to the U.S. House that would add the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.

Chinese exonyms

"London Heathrow Airport" is usually rendered in Chinese text as 倫敦希斯路機場 (Lúndūn Xīsīlù Jīchǎng), with the English pronunciation of 'London' fairly accurate, and of 'Heathrow' less accurate: literally as Chinese this means "kinship, honest" (for London), "hope/rare, given/this, road" (for Heathrow), "aircraft, field", with the last syllable of "Heathrow" rendered as "lu" although the more accurate "lo" and "lou" are known Chinese words.

Clown Virus

When the United States Army asks the Goodies to get rid of a large container, with the words Tomato soup on its side, they take it out to sea in an attempt to ditch it — but without success.

Distinguished Service Medal of the National People's Army

On the reverse side are the state coat of arms of East Germany, surrounded with the words FÜR DEN SCHUTZ DER ARBEITER- UND-BAUERN- MACHT (FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORKERS-AND-FARMERS-POWER) surrounded by two branches of laurel.

Don Procopio

The words were a reduced version of I pretendenti delusi (1811) by Giuseppe Mosca (1772-1839).

Eerie Materials

In 2000, the label released a 7" by the Evolution Control Committee called "Rocked By Rape", a criticism and parody of violence on television which used words spoken by Dan Rather and sampled music from AC/DC.

Elix Skipper

In December 2005, the Diamonds in the Rough exchanged heated words with Major League Baseball catcher A.J. Pierzynski.

Eric Herman

Several of Herman's songs have words written by or with noted children's poetry author, Kenn Nesbitt (who has also provided voice characters for some recordings, including the voice of Bluebeard on "Blackbeard, Bluebeard and Redbeard"), and Herman credits his wife, Roseann, with co-writing many of his songs and co-producing his albums.

Fabel

The play itself might be by Farquhar or Gerhart Hauptmann, Lenz or Molière, but ‘the writer’s words are only sacred insofar as they are true’.

For Those About to Rock We Salute You

The gladiators' final words to the emperor were "Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant" – or, "Hail Emperor, those who are about to die salute you".

Frank Melli

In the words of Barbara Pyle: “If we are going to save the environment, it’s not going to come from any one big decision, but from many individual choices – choices by people like you and I. The media has a responsibility to educate and help people make these choices.”

Franz Anton von Sporck

Many creative operatic works were first performed in the Sporck theater, including the first opera to use the original settings and character names from the tradition of Don Juan dramatizations: the opera La pravità castigata (1730) with words by Antonio Denzio and music mainly by Antonio Caldara.

Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine

The Witter Bynner Fellowship, the LEAW Family Foundation, and the Grand Marnier Foundation provided the funding for the Healing Words Productions to complete the film.

Henry Sherfield

In 1629 he inflamed the situation by pointing out, on 7 February, that Richard Neile, bishop of Winchester, had inserted words into the pardons of Richard Montagu and others which freed them from the penalties of erroneous and unorthodox opinions.

Inka Dinka Doo

"Inka Dinka Doo" is a 1933 popular song whose words were written by Ben Ryan, and whose music was composed by James Francis "Jimmy" Durante.

Japanese pronouns

Some linguists suggest that the Japanese language does not have pronouns as such, since, unlike pronouns in most other languages that have them, these words are syntactically and morphologically identical to nouns.

Khandeshi languages

Borrowing and bending the words from Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati, Ahirani has created its own words not found in any of these languages.

Magnus Lindgren Fyra

The project’s success was perhaps best captured by Sweden’s Orchestra Journal, who reviewed the concerts with the words, “Sweden’s answer to Quincy Jones”.

Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540

The words "of dett bill playnte" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.

Moments to Remember

According to the Four Lads Frank Busseri, the introductory verses were sung by Lois Winters of the Ray Charles Singers and the spoken words in mid-song were recited by Pat Kirby of the Steve Allen Tonight Show.

New Birth of Freedom Council

Another feature of the Mall is a reflection area where Scouts can read a bronze plaque bearing the words of Rudyard Kiplings's poem If— The recently renovated indoor chapel at the top of the mall was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Goode, one of the Four Chaplains from the USAT Dorchester.

Nicknames of Houston

The first words transmitted by Neil Armstrong from the moon, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed", are written in 15 languages on bronze plaques placed along the main entrance of Tranquility Park in downtown Houston.

People Nation

Gangs demonstrate their particular alignment by "representing" through symbols, colors, graffiti, hand signs, and words.

Peter Francisco

In a petition Francisco wrote 11 November 1820 to the Virginia Legislature in his own words, he said that at Camden, he had shot a grenadier who had tried to shoot his Colonel (Mayo); he escaped by bayoneting one of Banastre Tarleton's cavalrymen and fled on the horse making cries to make the British think he was a Loyalist, and gave the horse to Mayo.

Pitkern language

Both Geordie and West Country have obvious links to some phrases and words, such as "whettles", meaning food, from "victuals".

Predictably Irrational

In other words, decisions about future LCD television purchases become coherent after an initial price has been established in the consumer's mind.

Samuel A. Ward

Ward's music combined with the Bates poem was first published in 1910 and titled "America the Beautiful", with words by Katharine Lee Bates.

Schöner Náci

He walked around the Old Town and in particular the stretch from Michael's Gate to the river, in top hat and tails, greeting women with the words, “I kiss your hand” in German, Hungarian and Slovak.

Seersucker

The word came into English from Hindustani (Urdu and Hindi), and originates from the words "kheer aur shakkar", literally meaning "rice pudding and sugar", probably from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth texture of milk and the bumpy texture of sugar.

Somerset Arthur Maxwell

The service was almost inaudible as planes taking off nearby drowned everything, except the words of the 23rd. Psalm.

Steve Vaillancourt

Shawn Jasper, R-Hudson, Rep. David Hess, R-Hooksett, and Rep. David B. Campbell, D-Nashua) was formed in order to compel Vaillancourt to form an acceptable apology to the House; Vaillancourt offered two unaccepted apologies, one offering never to mention any German words on the floor, until his third apology was finally accepted by the House.

Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

The Sisters of Mercy song "Dominion/Mother Russia" features the line "stuck inside of Memphis in a mobile home", as a play on words on this song's title.

Talking cure

Diane Keaton attributes her recovery from bulimia to the talking cure: "All those disjointed words and half-sentences, all those complaining, awkward phrases...made the difference. It was the talking cure; the talking cure that gave me a way out of addiction; the damn talking cure".

The Karnival Kid

Mickey's first words may have inspired the "Hot Dog" song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

The Wallet of Time

Its title is taken from the words of William Shakespeare: "Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion,..." American stage actors and actresses, most of whom had been born in Europe, of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century are the subjects covered in the publication.

The Westing Game

Each of the characters were arranged with partners with different sets of clues.The clues provided to the heirs are mostly words from the song "America the Beautiful", taken out of order.

Three Little Fishies

In a 1981 Episode of Three's Company, a wacky misunderstanding occurs when Jack and Janet overhear a psychiatrist played by Jeffrey Tambor repeatedly saying "boom, boom, dittum dottem..." while trying to remember the words to this song to help him get through to a patient.

Uxfest

Sikth, PDHM, Electric Eel Shock, Aconite Thrill, Johnny Truant, JOR, The Blueprint, Hiding With Girls, Frowser, Twoday Rule, 17 Stitches, Ako, Kenisia, Project Abner, SiZE, Beecher, Lamb Quartet, Dopamine, Joski, coMA Kai, Needleye, Blind Eye Policy, Fog Donkey, Fourway Kill, My Pet Junkie, The Mirrormen, Severed State, Planet of Women, One Man Down, Lost for Words.

Vietnamese poetry

Imagery, or the use of words to create images, is another fundamental aspect of Vietnamese poetry.

Wang Lang

Cao Zhen called for his subordinates to help, and Wang Lang decided to try and persuade him to surrender (even though Guo Huai was skeptical about it) and engaged Zhuge Liang in a battle of words, but was soundly defeated, with Zhuge Liang scolding him as a dog and a traitor and other nasty words and from the shock of this, he fell off his horse, and died on the spot.

Wasta

Roughly equivalent words in other languages include Sociolismo in Cuba; Blat in Russia; Guanxi in Chinese and Vetternwirtschaft in German, protektzia in Israeli slang; in Brazilian-Portuguese it is called "Pistolão", or in the slang "peixada".


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