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Fanny Adams (30 April 1859 – 24 August 1867) was an eight-year-old English girl who was murdered by a solicitor's clerk, Frederick Baker, in Alton, Hampshire, in 1867. Her murder was extraordinarily brutal and caused a national outcry in the United Kingdom.
Boris Johnson. Al, used by his friends and family as a shortening of his legal first name Alexander. [ 122] Boris, Johnson has been described as one of the few politicians to be more commonly referred to by his given name than his last name. [ 123] BoJo, a portmanteau of his forename and surname.
A few crosswords have achieved recognition beyond the community of crossword solvers. Perhaps the most famous is the November 5, 1996, puzzle by Jeremiah Farrell, published on the day of the U.S. presidential election, which has been featured in the movie Wordplay and the book The Crossword Obsession by Coral Amende, as well as discussed by ...
Fanny continued to infiltrate the rock ’n’ roll boys’ cub, touring with bands like Jethro Tull and Humble Pie (Sounds magazine once called them “the support group to everyone these days ...
A vaudeville performer is sometimes known as a "vaudevillian". Comic duo consisting of William (Bud) Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) and Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959). Abbott began working in vaudeville in 1918, producing a "tab show" on the Gus Sun circuit with his wife.
Hints About Today's NYT Connections Categories on Friday, August 9. 1. These words describe someone who isn't around. 2. Someone who favors a specific cause. 3. Related to a specific type of music ...
Emma. Text. Mansfield Park at Wikisource. Mansfield Park is the third published novel by the English author Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until 1821. The novel tells the story of Fanny ...
Jane Arthur (1827–1907) – educationalist, feminist and activist; campaigned for women's suffrage. Margaret Ashton (1856–1937) – suffragist, local politician, pacifist. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879–1964) – politician, socialite, first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons.