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Cast: A horse situated on its side or back, and wedged in the starting stalls, such that it cannot get up. [2] Cast a plate: Lost a racing plate. Ch.: An abbreviation for a chestnut horse, as it appears in race books, pedigrees and stud books. Chaff bandit: a derogatory term for a horse with little hope of winning; as in "stealing" its food.
Re-narrated Horizon episode, first aired in the UK in 1972. [4]We give you a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a nature film. Oxford Scientific Films Unit shows how it tackles such problems as filming a wood wasp laying its eggs inside trees, the hatching of a chick and the courtship rituals of the stickleback.
Caucasians with makeup to try to make them appear Asian were typically cast in Asian roles until the 1960s. By the 1970s and 1980s, Japanese people started being portrayed as a "fusion of tradition and high tech", with the historical references being to ninja and samurai , which are both "part of the 'mysterious East'" (e.g. Gung Ho [ 64 ] (1986)).
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) [1] is an American actress and author. With a career spanning over 70 years, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Volpi Cups, and two Silver Bears.
Monster High is an American CGI-animated teen monster horror fantasy [2] [3] comedy [1] television series based on the eponymous fashion doll franchise and its 2022 television film by Mattel and Mattel Television respectively, that aired on Nickelodeon in the United States and globally from October 6, 2022 to October 26, 2024.
In South African mythology, Betelgeuse was perceived as a lion casting a predatory gaze toward the three zebras represented by Orion's Belt. [ 212 ] In the Americas, Betelgeuse signifies a severed limb of a man-figure (Orion)—the Taulipang of Brazil know the constellation as Zililkawai, a hero whose leg was cut off by his wife, with the ...
— Lawrence Oates, British army officer and Antarctic explorer (17 March 1912), prior to walking out of tent and into blizzard on Terra Nova Expedition "Last Entry — For God's sake look after our people" [53] — Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer (c. 29 March 1912); final diary entry on doomed Terra Nova Expedition