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Back to School yielded $91.3 million domestically, [2] and was the 6th highest-grossing film of 1986, as well as the second highest grossing comedy film of the year, behind Crocodile Dundee (records state that in addition to the rental and theatrical gross it received, it went on to gross $108,634,920 globally). [citation needed]
The use of "420" started in 1971 at San Rafael High School, where a group of students would go to smoke at 4:20 pm. Xmas did not originate as a secular plan to "take Christ out of Christmas". [ 1 ] X represents the Greek letter chi , the first letter of Χριστός ( Christós ), "Christ" in Greek, as found in the chi-rho symbol (ΧΡ) since ...
Ernest Goes to School is a 1994 American comedy film directed and co-written by Coke Sams. It stars Jim Varney , Linda Kash and Bill Byrge . It is the seventh film to feature the character Ernest P. Worrell , and the sixth film in the Ernest series, after Ernest Rides Again (1993).
Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (December 29, 1830 – April 2, 1882) was an American socialite and member of the Vanderbilt family. After having a troubled relationship with his father, Cornelius Vanderbilt , he eventually committed suicide at the age of 51.
Timothy David Olyphant (/ ˈ ɒ l ɪ f ən t / OL-ih-fənt; [1] born May 20, 1968) [2] is an American actor. He made his acting debut in an off-Broadway theater in 1995, in The Monogamist, and won the Theatre World Award for his performance, and then originated David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries in 1996.
The contract specified a commission of either 2.5 percent or 5 percent of revenue and disbursements, depending on whether he opted to cap his annual salary at $60,000. Cornelius Vanderbilt, a director of the company, recruited him as the Commodore prepared for an extended vacation. Garrison sailed for San Francisco just a few weeks later. [1]
The series focuses on the lives of Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Henry Ford. It tells how their industrial innovations and business empires revolutionized modern society. The series is directed by Patrick Reams and Ruán Magan and is narrated by Campbell Scott. It averaged 2.6 million total ...
Vanderbilt in 1926. The Illustrated Daily News was founded in 1923 in Los Angeles by Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, who wished to start his own newspaper chain. [1] The young Vanderbilt had served as a news reporter in New York for four years, but had no experience running a paper.