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Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance drama film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the Civil War and the Reconstruction era, the film tells the ...
When the Eagle Flies. When the Eagle Flies is the seventh studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1974. The album featured Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood and Chris Wood, with Rosko Gee on bass guitar. Percussionist Rebop Kwaku Baah was fired prior to the album's completion, but two tracks feature his playing.
Velella. Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella, [ 2] a cosmopolitan (widely distributed) free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella.
Tracks. The lyrics of the title track concern the fate of a 'pool-shooting son-of-a-gun' by the name of 'Big' Jim Walker when his 'mark', Willie 'Slim' McCoy, from South Alabama, shows up to get a refund from being hustled or get revenge. The song is notable for the line, "You don't tug on Superman 's cape/You don't spit into the wind/You don't ...
The name, Cave of the Winds, relates to a legend involving the Apache, who were said to believe the cave was the home of a Great Spirit of the Wind. The first documented mention of the cave came in 1880 when two brothers, John and George Pickett, discovered the cave during a hike in Williams Canyon led by the Rev. Roselle T. Cross, pastor of ...
Tacking (sailing) Tacking: Sailing the craft into the wind from the port tack to the starboard tack. Beating to windward on a series of port and starboard tacks, tacking between each at points 1, 2, and 3. Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing craft ( sailing vessel, ice boat, or land yacht ), whose next destination ...
Like a good spice rub, similes and metaphors can add flavor to a poem, David L. Harrison writes. But you don't want to over- or underseason.
The engraving shows U.S. soldiers destroying telegraph poles and railroads, and freed slaves assisting U.S. soldiers and making their way to safety. " Marching Through Georgia " (sometimes spelled as " Marching Thru' Georgia " or " Marching Thro Georgia ") is a marching song written by Henry Clay Work at the end of the American Civil War in 1865.