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3 unusual facts about stalk


Stalk

The Stalk, a 1994 science fiction novel by Chris Morris and Janet Morris

Plant stem, one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant

Stalking, an act of intrusive behavior or unwanted attention towards a person


Asterix and the Falling Sky

Centurion Polyanthus - Polyanthus are a cultivated variety of primrose, with several flowers on one stalk, bred in vivid colors.

ATP5E

The epsilon subunit is located in the stalk region of the F1 complex, and acts as an inhibitor of the ATPase catalytic core.

Cornstalk fiddle

Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem The Corn-Stalk Fiddle describes the construction of the fiddle and playing it at a square dance.

Elyse Pahler

David and Lisanne Pahler claimed that the Slayer songs "Postmortem" and "Dead Skin Mask" (from the albums Reign in Blood and Seasons in the Abyss, respectively) gave the three killers detailed instructions to "stalk, rape, torture, murder and commit acts of necrophilia" on their daughter.

Ferula communis

In Greek mythology, Prometheus steals fire from the gods to give to man by hiding it in a fennel stalk.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Meanwhile, Michael kills Rachel (Ellie Cornell) with a pair of scissors, and begins to stalk her friend, Tina (Wendy Kaplan), as well as her friends, Samantha (Tamara Glynn), Spitz (Matthew Walker) and her boyfriend Mike (Jonathan Chapin).

Henry, Sweet Henry

Based on the novel The World of Henry Orient by Johnson's daughter Nora and the subsequent film of the same name, the plot focuses on Valerie and Marian, two wealthy, love-struck teenagers who stalk an avant-garde composer and aging philanderer.

High place

This rendering is etymologically correct, as appears from the poetical use of the plural in such expressions as to ride, or stalk, or stand on the high places of the earth, the sea, the clouds, and from the corresponding usage in Assyrian; but in prose bamah is always a place of worship.

Hitler's British Girl

Unity returns to Germany in the summer of 1934 and proceeds to stalk Hitler until she is eventually invited to his table at the Osteria Bavaria Restaurant in Munich.

Kent Harper

Harper went acted in and produced three short films including Kung-fu Cowboys and You Always Stalk the Ones you love, starring James Franco and Scott Caan.

Midford Castle

In 1810, the castle was bought by one of the Conollys of Castletown House in County Kildare, who added the porch (said to give the clubs symbol its stalk) and built the nearby stables and chapel, known as the priory.

Peduncle

Cerebral peduncle, a band of neurons, resembling a stalk, which connect varied parts of the brain

In stalked barnacles, one of two external divisions of the body, a stalk attached to the substrate by cement glands

Ranna

Modern scholars see similarities between Ranna's usage of the "adult imps" (called murulgal) that stalk the battlefield of Kurukshetra and warn Kaurava prince Duryodhana (Bhima's adversory in battle) about his impending death, and the description of witches by later day famed English play write, Shakespear.

Rostellum

In Catasetum flowers the rostellum projects forward at each side as an "antenna", and the pollen masses are connected by a bent stalk or pedicel to a sticky disc kept moist at the back of the flower.

Shane McCutcheon

Ahead of the series debut in December 2003, a reporter from the PR Newswire wrote that Tammy Lynn Michaels had been cast as Shane's "jilted lover" Lacey, who proceeds to stalk her.

Something Positive

He constantly needed his own opinions on fandom considered right, and would stalk and argue with anyone who was either famous, or went against him (including Steve Jackson and Gary Gygax).

Wovenhand

September 2012 saw the release of Wovenhand's sixth studio album, The Laughing Stalk, produced by Alexander Hacke (who along with Edwards is participating in the reunion of Australian post-punk band Crime And The City Solution).


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