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  2. Banana republic - Wikipedia

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    Cover of Cabbages and Kings (1904 edition). In the 20th century, American writer O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862–1910) coined the term banana republic to describe the fictional Republic of Anchuria in the book Cabbages and Kings (1904), [1] a collection of thematically related short stories inspired by his experiences in Honduras, whose economy was heavily dependent on the export of ...

  3. Banana Wars - Wikipedia

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    The term "banana wars" was popularized in 1983 [2] by writer Lester D. Langley. Langley wrote several books on Latin American history and American intervention, including:The United States and the Caribbean, 1900–1970 and The Banana Wars: An Inner History of American Empire, 1900–1934. His work regarding the Banana Wars encompasses the ...

  4. The Banana Splits - Wikipedia

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    The Banana Splits was syndicated in 1970 to local stations, reformatted as a half-hour show under the title The Banana Splits and Friends Show. The Banana Splits formed a framework for episodes from three of Hanna-Barbera's animated series ( The Atom Ant Show , The Secret Squirrel Show , and The Adventures of Gulliver ) and the live-action The ...

  5. The Story Behind the Banana Split - AOL

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    According to sources such as vueweekly.com, banana splits came to life in 1904. Created by David Evans Strickler, a young 23-year-old apprentice at a pharmacy in Pennsylvania, these dishes served ...

  6. Carmen Miranda - Wikipedia

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    Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GCIH, OMC [1] (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj miˈɾɐ̃dɐ]), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress.

  7. Gros Michel - Wikipedia

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    Origin native from Southeast Asia , [ 1 ] selectively cultivated in Martinique , Jamaica [ 2 ] Gros Michel ( French pronunciation: [ɡʁo miʃɛl] ), often translated and known as " Big Mike ", is an export cultivar of banana and was, until the 1950s, the main variety grown. [ 3 ]

  8. United Fruit Company - Wikipedia

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    "Between 1936–1937, the Tela Railroad Company banana output fell from 5.8 to 3.7 million bunches" and this did not include independent farmers who also suffered from the same epidemics, "export figures confirm the devastating effect of the pathogen on non-company growers: between 1937-1939 their exports plummeted from 1.7 million bunches to a ...

  9. Minions (Despicable Me) - Wikipedia

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    In the 2010 short film Banana, the Minions are revealed to have an almost uncontrollable craving for fruit, especially bananas. Language The Minions speak in a fictional polyglot language , called Minionese, which features a combination of gibberish mixed with words from real languages such as but not limited to English, French, Spanish ...