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The word yo-yo probably comes from the Ilocano term yóyo, or a cognate word from the Philippines. [1] [2]Boy playing with a terracotta yo-yo, Attic kylix, c. 440 BC, Antikensammlung Berlin (F 2549) A 1791 illustration of a woman playing with an early version of the yo-yo, which was then called a "bandalore" Lady with a yo-yo, Northern India (Rajasthan, Bundi or Kota), c. 1770 Opaque ...
Midaregami (みだれ髪, Tangled hair) is a collection of tanka (短歌, “Short poem”), written by the Japanese writer Akiko Yosano during the Meiji period in 1901. [1] Although later celebrated for its softly feminist depictions of a woman's sexual freedom , her work suffered heavy criticism at the time of publication for subverting ...
In the mid 19th century, decadence came to refer to moral decay, and was attributed as the cause of the fall of great civilizations, like the Roman Empire. The decadent movement was a response to the perceived decadence within the earlier Romantic, naturalist and realist movements in France at this time. [52]
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Pedro Edralin Flores (26 April 1896 – 3 January 1964) [1] was a Filipino businessman and yo-yo maker who has been credited with popularizing yo-yos in the United States.He patented an innovation to yo-yos that used a loop instead of a knot around the axle, allowing for new tricks such as the ability to "sleep".
Giannina Braschi was born to an upper-class family of Italian ancestry in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [5] [6] In her teen years, she was a founding member of the San Juan Children's Choir, a fashion model, and a tennis champion. [7]
Geese (genus Anser) are an important motif in Chinese poetry.Examples of goose imagery have an important place in Chinese poetry ranging from the Shijing and the Chu Ci poets through the poets of Han poetry and later poets of Tang poetry such as Li Bai, Wang Wei, Du Fu, and the Xiaoxiang poetry, especially in the poetry of the Song dynastic era.
John Whitworth (11 December 1945 - 20 April 2019) [1] was a British poet.Born in India in 1945, he began writing poetry at Merton College, Oxford.He went on to win numerous prizes and publish in many highly regarded venues.