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| + | '''St. Barbara'''<br /> | ||
| + | 81; "patron saint of artillery men" | ||
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'''St. Cosmo, Randolph'''<br /> | '''St. Cosmo, Randolph'''<br /> | ||
24; Ship Commander of ''The Inconvenience'' | 24; Ship Commander of ''The Inconvenience'' | ||
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| + | '''St. Masque'''<br /> | ||
| + | 108; Indian Ocean island; volcano, 109; | ||
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| + | '''St. Paul'''<br /> | ||
| + | 107; Indian Ocean island | ||
'''Saint-Saën, Camille'''<br /> | '''Saint-Saën, Camille'''<br /> | ||
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'''Salisbury, Lord (1830-1903)'''<br /> | '''Salisbury, Lord (1830-1903)'''<br /> | ||
58; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister on three occasions, for a total of over 13 years; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury Wikipedia entry] | 58; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister on three occasions, for a total of over 13 years; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury Wikipedia entry] | ||
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| + | '''San Miguel County'''<br /> | ||
| + | 80; where Merle Rideout and Dally lived, in Colorado | ||
'''sap-head'''<br /> | '''sap-head'''<br /> | ||
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'''Saratoga chips'''<br /> | '''Saratoga chips'''<br /> | ||
39; | 39; | ||
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| + | '''Schiff'''<br /> | ||
| + | 131; | ||
'''Schmidt, Chief'''<br /> | '''Schmidt, Chief'''<br /> | ||
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'''scuttlebutt'''<br /> | '''scuttlebutt'''<br /> | ||
3; The origin of the word scuttlebutt which is nautical parlance for a rumor, comes from a combination of scuttle - to make a hole in the ship's side causing her to sink - and butt - a cask or hogshead used in the days of wooden ships to hold drinking water; thus the term scuttlebutt means a cask with a hole in it. Scuttle; describes what most rumors accomplish if not to the ship, at least to morale. (from [http://www.goatlocker.org The Goat Locker Website]) | 3; The origin of the word scuttlebutt which is nautical parlance for a rumor, comes from a combination of scuttle - to make a hole in the ship's side causing her to sink - and butt - a cask or hogshead used in the days of wooden ships to hold drinking water; thus the term scuttlebutt means a cask with a hole in it. Scuttle; describes what most rumors accomplish if not to the ship, at least to morale. (from [http://www.goatlocker.org The Goat Locker Website]) | ||
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| + | '''Self-reference'''<br /> | ||
| + | 117; "my harmless little intraterrestrial scherzo" | ||
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| + | '''Sentience'''<br /> | ||
| + | 177; | ||
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| + | '''Sentient Rocksters'''<br /> | ||
| + | 133; 149; | ||
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| + | '''Seven Sisters'''<br /> | ||
| + | 159; | ||
'''Siege of Paris'''<br /> | '''Siege of Paris'''<br /> | ||
19; | 19; | ||
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| + | '''Sigurd, King'''<br /> | ||
| + | 127; | ||
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| + | '''Sillery'''<br /> | ||
| + | 162; drinking; | ||
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| + | '''Silver Act'''<br /> | ||
| + | 89; repeal of in 1893, 89; | ||
[[Image:ball-lightning.jpg|thumb|Ball Lightning|right]]'''Skip'''<br /> | [[Image:ball-lightning.jpg|thumb|Ball Lightning|right]]'''Skip'''<br /> | ||
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'''Sloane laboratory'''<br /> | '''Sloane laboratory'''<br /> | ||
29; | 29; | ||
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| + | '''Snidell, Burt'''<br /> | ||
| + | 75; former husband of Erlys | ||
'''Socialism'''<br /> | '''Socialism'''<br /> | ||
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'''Suckling, Darby'''<br /> | '''Suckling, Darby'''<br /> | ||
| − | 3; the baby of the ''Inconvenience'' crew who serves "as both factotum and mascotte" | + | 3; the baby of the ''Inconvenience'' crew who serves "as both factotum and mascotte"; 109-110; |
| + | '''Sue, Marie Eugène (1804-1857)'''<br /> | ||
| + | 125; a ''roman-feuilleton'' by; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Sue M. Eugène Sue] was a French novelist, born in Paris. A ''feuilleton'' (a diminutive of French ''feuillet'', the leaf of a book) was originally a kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers. A ''roman-feuilleton'' is a serialized novel; | ||
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{{ATD_Alpha_Nav}} | {{ATD_Alpha_Nav}} | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 18 October 2006
St. Barbara
81; "patron saint of artillery men"
St. Cosmo, Randolph
24; Ship Commander of The Inconvenience
St. Masque
108; Indian Ocean island; volcano, 109;
St. Paul
107; Indian Ocean island
Saint-Saën, Camille
27; his "wonderful 'Bacchanale'"; from his opera "Samson and Delila which premiered in Weimar, Germany on December 2, 1877;
Salisbury, Lord (1830-1903)
58; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister on three occasions, for a total of over 13 years; Wikipedia entry
San Miguel County
80; where Merle Rideout and Dally lived, in Colorado
sap-head
7; a fool: a person who lacks good judgment
Saratoga chips
39;
Schiff
131;
Schmidt, Chief
59; Cleveland cop
Scioto
66;
Scorcher cap
42;
scuttlebutt
3; The origin of the word scuttlebutt which is nautical parlance for a rumor, comes from a combination of scuttle - to make a hole in the ship's side causing her to sink - and butt - a cask or hogshead used in the days of wooden ships to hold drinking water; thus the term scuttlebutt means a cask with a hole in it. Scuttle; describes what most rumors accomplish if not to the ship, at least to morale. (from The Goat Locker Website)
Self-reference
117; "my harmless little intraterrestrial scherzo"
Sentience
177;
Sentient Rocksters
133; 149;
Seven Sisters
159;
Siege of Paris
19;
Sigurd, King
127;
Sillery
162; drinking;
Silver Act
89; repeal of in 1893, 89;
73; sentient ball lightning; Ball lightning reportedly takes the form of a short-lived, glowing, floating object often the size and shape of a basketball, but it can also be golf ball sized or smaller. It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms, but unlike lightning flashes arcing between two points, which last a small fraction of a second, ball lightning reportedly lasts many seconds. There have been some reports of production of a similar phenomenon in the laboratory, but some still disagree on whether it is a real phenomenon; Wikipedia entry
sky-dogs
14; canines who rode in the airships
Sloane laboratory
29;
Snidell, Burt
75; former husband of Erlys
Socialism
32;
Somble, Strool & Fleshway
34;
South Seas Pavilion
26; at the Chicago World's Fair
Stockmen's Hotel
31;
straw "skimmer"
13; straw hat with a narrow brim, popular boating hat during the 1890's File:Example.jpg
Suckling, Darby
3; the baby of the Inconvenience crew who serves "as both factotum and mascotte"; 109-110;
Sue, Marie Eugène (1804-1857)
125; a roman-feuilleton by; M. Eugène Sue was a French novelist, born in Paris. A feuilleton (a diminutive of French feuillet, the leaf of a book) was originally a kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers. A roman-feuilleton is a serialized novel;
