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Flores has been credited with popularizing the yo-yo in the U.S., [1] but he never claimed to have invented the yo-yo. Yo-yos were introduced to the Philippines in the 1800s. The word "yóyo" was a Tagalog word that means "come and go" [1] or "come back". [4] Flores is sometimes referred to as the original patent holder of the yo-yo.
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 ...
Black riders came from the sea. Three little birds in a row; In the Desert; Yes, I have a thousand tongues; Once there came a man; God fashioned the ship of the world carefully; Mystic shadow, bending near me, I looked here; I stood upon a high place, Should the wide world roll away, In a lonely place, "And the sins of the fathers shall be"
In 1965, a federal court ruled that Duncan did not have exclusive rights to the word "yo-yo" because the word had become a part of common speech. [5] In 1968, Duncan Toys became a division of Flambeau. In October of 2024, Duncan Toys spun out of Flambeau to become an entirely separate and independent corporate entity. [6] [7]
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]
Yo-Yo Boing! (1998) is a postmodern novel in English, Spanish, and Spanglish by Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The cross-genre work is a structural hybrid of poetry , political philosophy , musical , manifesto , treatise , memoir , and drama . [ 3 ]
Old English religious poetry includes the poem Christ by Cynewulf and the poem The Dream of the Rood, preserved in both manuscript form and on the Ruthwell Cross. We do have some secular poetry; in fact a great deal of medieval literature was written in verse, including the Old English epic Beowulf .
A Bird Came down the Walk: for viola and piano: Chamber music: 1994: 径 – ヴィトルド・ルトスワフスキの追憶に – Paths: In Memoriam of Witold Lutosławski: for trumpet: composed in memory of composer Witold Lutosławski: Chamber music: 1995: エア: Air for flute: last published work Chamber music: 1995