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  2. Kermes (dye) - Wikipedia

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    When alum is added to the dye substance as a mordant, a bright red-orange hue is obtained, which color is then made color-fast. Wool dyed with the scale insect kermes. Chemical analysis of the dye extract shows a high percentage of kermesic acid (C 16 H 10 O 8) (Ka; maximum at 480 nanometers [nm]) and flavokermesic acid (Fk; maximum at 432 nm).

  3. Culture of the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    The areas marked in purple are where the merger is complete for most speakers. Based on Labov , Ash, and Boberg 2006: 68. Southern American English is a group of dialects of the English language spoken throughout the Southern states of the United States, from West Virginia and Kentucky to the Gulf Coast , and from the mid-Atlantic coast to ...

  4. Vivian Howard - Wikipedia

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    Vivian Howard is an American chef, restaurateur, author and television host. From 2013 to 2018, Howard hosted the PBS television series A Chef's Life [1] focusing on the ingredients and cooking traditions of eastern North Carolina — using the backdrop of the Chef & the Farmer restaurant in Kinston, North Carolina, which Howard co-owned with her then-husband and business partner, artist Ben ...

  5. The Purple Gang - Wikipedia

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    The Michigan legislature prohibited the sale of liquor in 1917, three years before national Prohibition was established by a constitutional amendment. [1] [2] Along with temperance supporters, industrialist Henry Ford owned the River Rouge plant and desired a sober workforce, so he backed the Damon Act, [2] a state law that, along with the Wiley Act, prohibited virtually all possession ...

  6. Legally Blonde - Wikipedia

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    Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, based on Amanda Brown's 2001 novel of the same name.

  7. Pretty Woman - Wikipedia

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    Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton.The film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), Laura San Giacomo, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. [1]

  8. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School - Wikipedia

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    Katie Coyle (born 1986, class of 2004), author of the Vivian Apple series of young adult novels [98] Schuyler DeBree (born 1996), professional soccer player who plays as a defender for North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League [99]

  9. Crimson - Wikipedia

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    Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. [2] It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose. It is the national color of Nepal.