- The
Brunner Mine
disaster happened at 9:30 am on
Thursday 26
March 1896 (NZMT; UTC+11:30), when an
explosion deep in the
Brunner Mine, in the West Coast...
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neutral or
euphemistic expressions.
Dysphemism may be
motivated by fear,
distaste, hatred, contempt, or humour. The word
dysphemism was
composed from the...
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treatise written by King
James VI and I in 1604. In it he
expresses his
distaste for
tobacco and tobacco-smoking. It is
probably the
earliest anti-smoking...
- The 1968
movement in
Italy or
Sessantotto was
inspired by
distaste or
discontent with
traditional Italian society and by
similar international protests...
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House in 1841, due to "the
condition of his
private affairs and a
growing distaste for
political life."
Nisbet was
later elected as one of the
three initial...
- for the
Republican party among Cuban Americans. The
supposed immediate distaste for
Kennedy among early Cuban exiles has also
inspired conspiracy theories...
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vocalist of the rock band the Boxmasters.
Thornton has been
vocal about his
distaste for
celebrity culture,
choosing to keep out of the
public eye. He has been...
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conservative wing of the
Republican Party,
despite the
mutual personal distaste the two
candidates had for each other. The Dole–Kemp
ticket ultimately...
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comparisons to
Black Sabbath.
Pentagram frontman Bobby Liebling has
expressed distaste for the "doom metal" terminology,
instead preferring Pentagram to be referred...
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president of the
United States,
George H. W. Bush
frequently mentioned his
distaste for broccoli,
famously saying: "I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked...
