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Staple, Kent

From 1916 to 1948 the village was served by Staple railway station on the East Kent Light Railway, which was north of the village at Durlock Bridge.

Staple is situated near the end of one of the arms of the Wantsum Channel, all that survives of which is the Durlock stream (possibly derived from the Celtic *duro- "settlement" and *loccu- "lake, pool", attesting the presence of the former channel).


16 Horsepower

A post-rock interpretation of "Black Soul Choir" sung by Brandy Bones became a live staple of Canadian band Big John Bates during their 2012 Battered Bones tour.

Ala Moana Center

Hula dances are a staple for Ala Moana Centerstage as well as performances by the Royal Hawaiian Band, the oldest municipal band in the United States.

Appam

It is a staple diet and a cultural synonym of the Nasranis (also known as Saint Thomas Christians or Syrian Christians) of Kerala, India.

Betty Azar

Betty Azar is a teacher and the author of several English grammar workbooks that are a staple in the English as a second language teaching industry.

Big Monday

Since debuting on January 5, 1987, it has broadcast games from numerous conferences, including: the Big East, which had been a Big Monday staple from 1987 until 2013; the Big Ten (1987–1991); the Big Eight (1992–1996); the Big 12 (1997–present); and either the Mountain West or the WAC.

Bill Bellamy

For many years, Bellamy was a staple on MTV, a VJ and the host of several MTV programs including MTV Jamz and MTV Beach House.

Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots

It has also been recorded by Joan Morris and William Bolcom and has become a staple of their concert repertoire.

Breadnut

Brosimum alicastrum, also known as "Maya nut" or ramón, theorized to be a staple crop of the Maya

Brookes Brothers

Their first release was "Hard Knocks/Mistakes", receiving major radio support from Zane Lowe, Pete Tong and the Trophy Twins, as well as staple drum & bass DJ’s such as Andy C, Grooverider, and Adam F.

Carl Leopold Sjöberg

His song "Tonerna" ("Visions") was a staple of the famous tenor Jussi Björling's and still appears in the concert repertory.

Comprehensive Child Development Bill of 1972

Nixon's veto and his accompanying rationale reveal several staple thought processes of Cold War politics in the United States.

Cotter pin

Split pin, a metal fastener with two tines that are bent during installation used to fasten metal together, like with a staple or rivet

Crystal City, Texas

By March 26, 1937, the growers had erected a statue of the cartoon character Popeye in the town because his reliance on spinach for strength led to greater popularity for the vegetable, which had become a staple cash crop of the local economy.

Empire, Nevada

Gypsum mining was the historic staple of the local economy until 2011.

Facing heaven pepper

This dried chili pepper is described as a "pantry staple" in the Sichuan province of China by Fuchsia Dunlop in her cookbook "Land of Plenty".

Family Theater Productions

One such program was Family Theater which aired from 1947 to 1957 as a staple on the now defunct Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS).

Gemma Doyle Trilogy

Gemma thinks that stories like it (a popular staple of Victorian literature) about a "poor, timid girl" who is greatly put upon by her wicked peers, before eventually being found to be of noble birth, are "poppycock".

Gerry Harrison

Anglia's staple football programme Match of the Week chronicled a superb spell for Ipswich Town under the guidance of Bobby Robson, as well as the fortunes of Norwich City, Luton Town, Cambridge United, Peterborough United, Colchester United, Southend United and Northampton Town.

Honky Tonk Angels

The album had been a long-rumored project between the country singers for over a decade and received much publicity and acclaim upon its release, although its only single release, a remake of the longtime country female vocalist staple "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", barely dented the charts (its accompanying video, however, received heavy rotation from CMT and TNN).

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

The song was a staple of Thelonious Monk's live sets from the early 1950s, and he recorded it a number of times Thelonious Himself (1957)

Isaw

While popular throughout the Philippines, Isaw has taken on an iconic status as a campus staple at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

KSCA

By the early 1980s it became one of the original stations in the United States to launch a format that would later become a staple for Urban contemporary, playing the latest Funk, R&B and New wave music, featuring local DJs such as "Humble Harve", Brian Roberts and "Lucky Pierre."

Love Won't Let Me Wait

Written by Vinnie Barrett and Bobby Eli, the single is considered to be a staple of classic soul playlists, and was Harris' only entry into the top five on both the soul and pop charts.

Manny Mota

As one of the all-time great pinch hitters and a Los Angeles staple in the 1970s, Mota was referenced in a joke in the movie Airplane! As we hear Ted Striker's inner-dialogue echo in his mind, it resembles a stadium public address and we hear him think "Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbón... Manny Mota... Mota... Mota..."

Megacorporation

Such organizations are a staple of science fiction long predating cyberpunk, appearing in the works of writers such as Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Thea von Harbou (Metropolis), Robert A. Heinlein (Citizen of the Galaxy), Robert Asprin (The Cold Cash War) and Andre Norton (the Solar Queen novels).

Meyer's Parrot

Seeds of the various leguminous trees of the African woodlands are especially favoured, providing their staple food in some areas.

Miang kham

In Vientiane, the capital of Laos, the preparation is very often folded in either cooked cabbage leaves (kaalampii' - a local staple) or lettuce.

Midget professional wrestling

The hardcore wrestling troupe the Half Pint Brawlers simulated sex, used staple guns as weapons, and performed using other hardcore antics in January 2008 during a Delta Upsilon fraternity event at Northwestern University.

Miniseries

The term serial is preferred for serialised dramas, which have been a staple of UK television schedules since the early 1950s when serials such as The Quatermass Experiment (1953) established the popularity of the form.

Nathaniel Milljour

His gig poster artwork is usually a staple in downtown Vancouver, predominantly on the heavily postered Granville Street.

Nowoszów

Founded in the 13th century, the small Town was destroyed in 1366 by the Lusatian League when the Archbishop of Breslau decided to establish a Staple for Woad.

Palästinalied

With the increased popularity of Medieval rock, Neofolk and related musical styles in the late 1980s and 1990s, Palästinalied became a sort of staple song for such genres and is now well known to modern audiences due to performances by mainly German bands, including

Pound sterling in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania

The silver Spanish pieces of eight that had formed the staple international currency for nearly four hundred years were mostly minted at the new world mints at Potosi, Mexico, and Lima.

Purple Onion

Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band) adds slide guitar on the "Buzzards of Green Hill" and Fish Fisher (Fishbone drummer) guests on "Whamola." "Whamola" was a live show staple named after the unique instrument Les employs -- a one-string bass played with a drumstick.

Roti

Roti, pronounced "Rooti" in Cape Town, is also a staple food source amongst many of the Indian, Asian and Cape coloured communities living in South Africa and is either eaten as a flat bread or a wrap with locally made curries.

South Coast Martial Arts

Founded by Joaquin Sahagun and Gina Sahagun in 1993, South Coast Martial Arts has become a staple of its Orange County community, best known for achievements in the realm of martial arts instruction and youth outreaches.

Sukuma wiki

It forms part of the staple dish in this region commonly known as Ugali or Sima.

The Irony of Fate

The film is traditionally broadcast in Russia and the former Soviet republics every New Year's Eve, and is widely regarded as a classic piece of Russian popular culture: Andrew Horton‏ and Michael Brashinsky likened its status to that held by Frank Capra's 1946 It's a Wonderful Life in the United States as a holiday staple.

The Staple

For a time after 1353, staple ports were established in England, under the Statute of the Staple: thus various English localities named "Stapleton" or "Stapleford."

The Staple Singers

In 1976, they collaborated with The Band for their film The Last Waltz, performing on the song "The Weight" (which The Staple Singers had previously covered on their first Stax album).

Tom Roberts

Shearing the Rams, based on a visit to a sheep station (large farm) at Brocklesby in southern New South Wales, depicted the wool industry that had been Australia's first export industry and a staple of rural life.

Too Much Junkie Business

Thunders also interjects some studio-recorded interjections throughout the album, including one where he claims that the title track, another live staple, was co-written by Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley along with its actual author, longtime Thunders co-conspirator Walter Lure.

Von Grüning

Von Grüning uses a staple of artistic Embroidery inspired mainly by Rococo/Victorian art and religious controversy.

Walkin'

The album's title track, a staple of Davis's live set for many years, was also covered by Bobby McFerrin on his 1987 album Spontaneous Inventions.

William Dauntesey

A merchant of the Staple at Calais he was the son of John Dauntesey of West Lavington in Wiltshire.

WQAD-TV

He was long the staple on the anchor desk and was known for his "On The Road" series of reports and for his longtime role as the emcee of the station's annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethons from 1971 to 1998.

WZLX

Barry Scott and The Lost 45s retro radio show was a Sunday night staple (he was also the Marketing & Promotions Director there from its inception until 1992).


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