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The dan ranking indicates a level of proficiency, and often only applies to practitioners who have already earned a black belt. The dan ranking system is used in several Japanese and Korean martial arts. The “I” was added to Pakistan to make it easier to pronounce, and to fit the translation “Land of the Pure”. It comes from the abbreviation PAKSTAN, standing for Punjab – Afghan Province – Kashmir – Sindh – BaluchisTAN, all regions in the north of India. “Pakistan” is a relatively recent name, coined in 1933. One example is “Pakistan”, the Place of the Pure. The suffix “-stan” in many place names is Persian for “place of”.

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Over time, a professional using an optometer came to be known as an optometrist. Starting in the mid-1700s, a device known as an optometer was used for measuring prescriptions for eyeglasses. 33 Body parts rested at the optometrist’s : CHINS When the storyline for “Star Trek” was being developed, the writers introduced a weapon called a “phaser”, with the name “phaser” derived from PHoton mASER. A MASER (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is similar to a LASER, but microwaves are emitted rather than light waves. He definitely contributed to the delinquency of a minor … 25 Phaser setting : STUNĪ MASER is a device that was around long before LASERs came into the public consciousness.

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My grandfather was a telephone engineer and he showed me how to “tap out” the pulses on the “hook” at the top of a pay phone. I used to love rotary dial phones when I was a kid. When you dialed the number 5, say, the dial would rotate back to the start position, opening and closing electrical contacts five times and sending five pulses over the telephone line. This form of dialing was called “pulse dialing”. The first patent for a rotary dial mechanism for a phone was granted in 1898, and the familiar rotary dial phones (with holes for the finger) were introduced by the Bell System in 1919. 20 *Call again, on a rotary phone : REMEDIAL (giving “redial”) “She’s Gotta Have It” grossed over $7 million at the US box office. That film was shot over two weeks with a budget of $175,000. Most of Lee’s films are set in New York City, including his first feature film, 1986’s “She’s Gotta Have It”. 18 *Spike _ : MELEE (giving “Lee”)įilm director Spike Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia but has very much made New York City his home and place of work. Apparently folks had trouble pronouncing “Orpah”, so she’s now “Oprah”. Oprah’s name was originally meant to be “Orpah” after the Biblical character in the Book of Ruth, and that’s how it appears on her birth certificate. What can you say about Oprah Winfrey that hasn’t been said already? Born into poverty to a single mother and with a harrowing childhood, Oprah is now the greatest African American philanthropist the world has ever known. Stallion: non-castrated male horse four years or olderġ0 Anxiety about not being included, in modern lingo : FOMOįear of missing out (FOMO) 14 Start to trust? : ANTI-Īntitrust laws are those that protect market competition and regulate against anti-competitive activities by individuals and companies.

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The theme felt overdone to this jaded longtime solver, but it's an excellent gateway puzzle for those trying to crack the Thursday barrier. is genius-level wordsmithing.Īlong with a WATERBED LIMO RIDE? Feels like we've been dropped straight into an episode of Entourage! There's even a combination of wordplay and trivia in the clue for TACT. Trivia fans might enjoy learning that TOPEKA's Siouan name centers around digging potatoes or that PERU is home to the National University of San Marcos, running since 1551.

There's some wordplay, like a MIRROR as a "compact disc," i.e., a disc in a makeup compact.

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This theme type usually focuses on one fixed set of letters, so removing different ones - cut IN, scrub UP, take OFF, and strike OUT - provided a full range for people unfamiliar with this concept.Īnd for those of us who've seen it more often, there are a ton of witty clues to keep us occupied.