![]() ![]() “Time” named Albert Einstein as Person of the Century in 1999, with Franklin D. Madame Chiang Kai-shek (1937), Queen Elizabeth II (1952) and Corazon Aquino (1986). Prior to 1999, the magazine did recognize four females as “Woman of the Year”: Wallis Simpson (1936), Soong May-ling a.k.a. “Time” magazine started naming a “Man of the Year” in 1927, only changing the concept to “Person of the Year” in 1999. A Tesla Roadster belonging to Musk was carried into space as a dummy payload. Musk received a lot of publicity in early 2018 during a test launch by SpaceX of the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. 16 First name of Time’s 2021 Person of the Year : ELONĮlon Musk is a successful businessman who has founded or led some very high-profile companies, namely PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX. The program governs two annual competitions for scholarships, one open to all students and one open to only African Americans. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a privately-funded, not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1955. Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) 15 Exam that qualifies one for a National Merit Scholarship : PSAT In Homer’s “Odyssey”, Odysseus was given the herb called “moly” to protect him from the magical powers of Circe. The goddess of magic, she was fond of transforming those who did not please her into animals by using magical potions. 14 Sorceress who turned Odysseus’ men into pigs : CIRCEĬirce was a minor goddess in Greek mythology. So, imported records playing on American equipment didn’t sound quite as they were intended. The US record was designed to play at 78.26 rpm, whereas the standard in the rest of the world was 77.92 rpm. Like so many things it seems, the US version of “78” was slightly different from that for the rest of the world. The first standard for the rotational speed of gramophone records was 78 rpm. The first long play (LP) 33⅓ rpm disc was introduced by Columbia Records many years later in 1948, with RCA Victor following up with a 45 rpm “single” the following year, in 1949. The first vinyl records designed to play at 33⅓ rpm were introduced by RCA Victor in 1931, but were discontinued due to quality problems. McGwire fell out of public favor due to stories of steroid abuse (stories which he later admitted were true) while Sosa fell out of favor when he was found to be using a corked bat in a 2003 game. Sammy Sosa was firmly in the public eye in 1998 when he and Mark McGwire were vying to be the first to surpass the home run record held by Roger Maris. In French, “milieu” is the word for “middle”. We use the French term “milieu” (plural “milieux”) to mean “environment, surroundings”. “Mad Men” became the first show created by a basic cable channel to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. Set in the sixties, it’s all about an advertising agency located on Madison Avenue in New York (hence the title). “Mad Men” was the flagship show on the AMC television channel for several seasons. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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