![]() ![]() Monuments are built to remind us of some person or event. In turn, “monumentum” comes from the Latin “monere” meaning “to remind”. Our word comes directly from the Latin “monumentum”, which describes the same thing. The term “monument” can describe a stone or building erected in remembrance. ![]() ![]() The Bureau’s name was changed to the Food, Drug and Insecticide Organization in 1927, and to the Food and Drug Administration in 1930. President Theodore Roosevelt gave responsibility for examination of food and drugs to the Bureau of Chemistry with the signing of the Pure Food and Drug Act. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its roots in the Division of Chemistry (later “Bureau of Chemistry”) that was part of the US Department of Agriculture. All of the country’s legislative, executive and judiciary power resides with the hereditary sultan. Oman is a monarchy, and the official name of the state is the Sultanate of Oman. Oman lies on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula and is neighbored by the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. ![]() The company name today is “Nabisco”, an abbreviated form of “National Biscuit Company”. The National Biscuit Company was formed in 1898 with the merger of three existing bakery businesses. The current embossed design was introduced in 1952. Usually the company name “Nabisco” is inside the oval, but for the cookie it’s the brand name “Oreo”. Those elements are an oval with a cross on top, a cross with two bars. If you take a close look at the embossed design on the front and back of an Oreo cookie, you’ll spot the main elements of the Nabisco logo. The idea is that rosemary can in fact grow in some arid locations with only the moisture that is carried by a sea breeze. The name of the herb comes from the Latin “ros marinus” which means “dew of the sea”. The character Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” utters the line “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance”. For example, mourners might throw sprigs of rosemary into graves, symbolically remembering the dead. As such, rosemary has been used as a symbol of remembrance, especially in Europe and Australia. The herb known as rosemary is reputed to improve the memory. Responding to pressure from the Moroccan government of King Mohammed V, the USAF pulled out in 1963. After WWII, the United States maintained a major Air Force Base in Rabat, part of Strategic Air Command (SAC). Rabat is the capital city of the Kingdom of Morocco. If you hold the palm of your hand up in front of you, the radius is the bone on the “thumb-side” of the arm, and the ulna is the bone on the “pinky-side”. The radius and ulna are bones in the forearm. A new generation of tram, a so-called light-rail system, was introduced in London in 2000. Even though the trams disappeared in the early fifties, many of the rails that carried the trams remained in some streets for many years afterwards (I remember them well as a child). Trams were gradually replaced by diesel buses after WWII, with the last tram running in 1952. Trams were a common form of transport in London starting with horse-drawn versions in 1860. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across ![]()
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