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Hace 1 día · Name. The name "Ghibli" was chosen by Miyazaki from the Italian noun ghibli (also used in English), the nickname of Italy's Saharan scouting plane Caproni Ca.309, in turn derived from the Italianization of the Libyan Arabic name for a hot desert wind (قبلي qibliyy).The name was chosen by Miyazaki due to his passion for aircraft and also for the idea that the studio would "blow a new wind ...
Hace 1 día · A motion picture content rating system classifies films based on their suitability for audiences due to their treatment of issues such as sex, violence, or substance abuse, their use of profanity, or other matters typically deemed unsuitable for children or adolescents. Most countries have some form of rating system that issues determinations variously known as certifications, classifications ...
Hace 1 día · James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic.He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles ...
Hace 1 día · The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging to the religious cult known as the Branch Davidians between February 28 and April 19, 1993. The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in unincorporated McLennan County, Texas, 13 miles (21 ...
Hace 1 día · 21 May: Tumbling Inflation Seen As Key To Bank Rate Cut. HSBC has unveiled its new fixed-rate mortgage deals for residential and buy-to-let borrowers, following a cut of up to 0.18 percentage ...
Hace 1 día · Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC / ˈ eɪ p ɛ k / AY-pek) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Following the success of ASEAN's series of post-ministerial conferences launched in the mid-1980s, APEC started in 1989, in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and ...
Hace 39 minutos · Frankenstein (1910), the first film adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.A print was discovered in the mid-1970s. This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought lost, have since been discovered, in whole or in part.See List of incomplete or partially lost films and List of rediscovered film footage for films that are not wholly lost.
