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'''Badger All-Risk Fiduciary'''<br /> | '''Badger All-Risk Fiduciary'''<br /> | ||
11, Badger is a long-standing producer of fire extinguishers, primarily of the soda-acid and copper-and-brass varieties. "All-risk" is a type of insurance policy covering a broad range of events, a product which would not likely be offered by a fire extinguisher company. | 11, Badger is a long-standing producer of fire extinguishers, primarily of the soda-acid and copper-and-brass varieties. "All-risk" is a type of insurance policy covering a broad range of events, a product which would not likely be offered by a fire extinguisher company. | ||
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26, Count Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1929, the 25-year-old Basie became the pianist with the Bennie Moten band based in Kansas City. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie Wikipedia] | 26, Count Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1929, the 25-year-old Basie became the pianist with the Bennie Moten band based in Kansas City. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie Wikipedia] | ||
| − | '''Basnight, Lew'''<br /> | + | '''Basnight, Lewis "Lew"'''<br /> |
| − | 42, Thessalie refers Hicks to him for “insurance.” In ''Against the Day'' (2006), Pynchon’s sixth novel, Lew Basnight is a “spotter” for White City Investigations in Chicago. [https://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title= | + | 42, Thessalie refers Hicks to him for “insurance.” In ''Against the Day'' (2006), Pynchon’s sixth novel, Lew Basnight is a “spotter” for White City Investigations in Chicago. [https://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=B#basnight Read more about Lew Basnight]; "the nights go deepening to memories," 43; "'real' means dead," 45; |
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| + | Hughes, the Negro policy runner's Norwich terrier. | ||
| − | [[image:Blondell.jpg|thumb|150px|right]]'''Blondell, Joan (1906-1979)'''<br /> | + | [[image:Blondell.jpg|thumb|150px|'''Joan Blondell'''|right]]'''Blondell, Joan (1906-1979)'''<br /> |
| − | 39, American actress. Blondell was paired with James Cagney in several films, including ''The Public Enemy'' (1931) and ''Footlight Parade'' (1933), and was one-half of a gold-digging duo with Glenda Farrell in nine films. During the Great Depression, Blondell was one of the highest-paid individuals in the United States. Her stirring rendition of "Remember My Forgotten Man" in the Busby Berkeley production of Gold Diggers of 1933, in which she co-starred with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, became an anthem for the frustrations of unemployed people and the government's failed economic policies. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blondell Wikipedia] | + | 39, American actress. Blondell was paired with James Cagney in several films, including ''The Public Enemy'' (1931) and ''Footlight Parade'' (1933), and was one-half of a gold-digging duo with Glenda Farrell in nine films. During the Great Depression, Blondell was one of the highest-paid individuals in the United States. Blondell’s wiseacre attitude and hardworking sensibility soon made her the most popular actress on the Warner’s lot. She was one of the studio’s leading ladies, playing opposite of the likes of Cagney, William Powell, Lyle Talbot, and Warren William. Her stirring rendition of "Remember My Forgotten Man" in the Busby Berkeley production of Gold Diggers of 1933, in which she co-starred with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, became an anthem for the frustrations of unemployed people and the government's failed economic policies. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Blondell Wikipedia] [https://pre-code.com/famous-pre-code-actresses/joan-blondell/ More...] |
'''Bolshevik'''<br /> | '''Bolshevik'''<br /> | ||
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Since that time, pretty much anyone or any organization or group that is pro-worker, protests on behalf of workers, etc., is derogatorily called "Bolshevic" or "Commie" or, in our modern day, "radical left lunatics." | Since that time, pretty much anyone or any organization or group that is pro-worker, protests on behalf of workers, etc., is derogatorily called "Bolshevic" or "Commie" or, in our modern day, "radical left lunatics." | ||
| − | "'Bolshevik' was a popular insult being thrown around at strikes and marches, meaning people whose heads he [Hicks] was being paid to bust," 31; "Communist agitators," 31; | + | "'Bolshevik' was a popular insult being thrown around at strikes and marches, meaning people whose heads he [Hicks] was being paid to bust," 31; "Communist agitators," 31; "Red revolution," 66; |
'''bowling'''<br /> | '''bowling'''<br /> | ||
| − | 5, Skeet tries to clean Knuckle's bowling ball in the oven; "'BBH.' Bowling Ball Hospital," 33; | + | 5, Skeet tries to clean Knuckle's bowling ball in the oven; "'BBH.' Bowling Ball Hospital," 33; ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'', 54; New Nuremberg Lanes, 63; ''gal devotees of the hardwood sphere'', 64; "Curse of the Dago Bowling Ball, rolling forever down the alleys of fate," 68; |
Bowling has a long history in Milwaukee despite some challenges. It was originally introduced by German immigrants in pre-Civil War times, eventually becoming hugely popular with blue-collar workers and housewives alike. In 1905, Milwaukee became “bowling capital of America” when, following a major tournament, the American Bowling Congress (ABC) relocated its headquarters to the city. | Bowling has a long history in Milwaukee despite some challenges. It was originally introduced by German immigrants in pre-Civil War times, eventually becoming hugely popular with blue-collar workers and housewives alike. In 1905, Milwaukee became “bowling capital of America” when, following a major tournament, the American Bowling Congress (ABC) relocated its headquarters to the city. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:39, 6 October 2025
Bad Puns
54, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea;
Badger All-Risk Fiduciary
11, Badger is a long-standing producer of fire extinguishers, primarily of the soda-acid and copper-and-brass varieties. "All-risk" is a type of insurance policy covering a broad range of events, a product which would not likely be offered by a fire extinguisher company.
Basie, "Count" (1904-1984)
26, Count Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1929, the 25-year-old Basie became the pianist with the Bennie Moten band based in Kansas City. Wikipedia
Basnight, Lewis "Lew"
42, Thessalie refers Hicks to him for “insurance.” In Against the Day (2006), Pynchon’s sixth novel, Lew Basnight is a “spotter” for White City Investigations in Chicago. Read more about Lew Basnight; "the nights go deepening to memories," 43; "'real' means dead," 45;
Bensonhurst
Hughes, the Negro policy runner's Norwich terrier.
39, American actress. Blondell was paired with James Cagney in several films, including The Public Enemy (1931) and Footlight Parade (1933), and was one-half of a gold-digging duo with Glenda Farrell in nine films. During the Great Depression, Blondell was one of the highest-paid individuals in the United States. Blondell’s wiseacre attitude and hardworking sensibility soon made her the most popular actress on the Warner’s lot. She was one of the studio’s leading ladies, playing opposite of the likes of Cagney, William Powell, Lyle Talbot, and Warren William. Her stirring rendition of "Remember My Forgotten Man" in the Busby Berkeley production of Gold Diggers of 1933, in which she co-starred with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, became an anthem for the frustrations of unemployed people and the government's failed economic policies. Wikipedia More...
Bolshevik
15, The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, were a radical faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). The Bolshevik party, formally established in 1912, seized power in Russia in the October Revolution of 1917 and was later renamed the Russian Communist Party, All-Union Communist Party, and ultimately the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Its ideology, based on Leninist and later Marxist–Leninist principles, became known as Bolshevism. Wikipedia; "the four-eyed Bolshevik," 37;
Since that time, pretty much anyone or any organization or group that is pro-worker, protests on behalf of workers, etc., is derogatorily called "Bolshevic" or "Commie" or, in our modern day, "radical left lunatics."
"'Bolshevik' was a popular insult being thrown around at strikes and marches, meaning people whose heads he [Hicks] was being paid to bust," 31; "Communist agitators," 31; "Red revolution," 66;
bowling
5, Skeet tries to clean Knuckle's bowling ball in the oven; "'BBH.' Bowling Ball Hospital," 33; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 54; New Nuremberg Lanes, 63; gal devotees of the hardwood sphere, 64; "Curse of the Dago Bowling Ball, rolling forever down the alleys of fate," 68;
Bowling has a long history in Milwaukee despite some challenges. It was originally introduced by German immigrants in pre-Civil War times, eventually becoming hugely popular with blue-collar workers and housewives alike. In 1905, Milwaukee became “bowling capital of America” when, following a major tournament, the American Bowling Congress (ABC) relocated its headquarters to the city.
