omnibus \OM-nuh-buhs\, noun:
1. A volume of reprinted works of a single author or of works related in interest or theme.2. A bus.
adjective:
1. Pertaining to, including, or dealing with numerous objects or items at once.
Omnibus means “for all” in Latin.
barside manner
- manner or conduct of a bartender, when waiting on customers.
That bartender hasn't acknowledged me since I've sat down. What bad barside manner!
History
- William Tell: legendary Swiss archer shot an arrow through an apple on his son's head, his life depended on success in this challenge after he defied his canton's Austrian bailiff (1307)
- time zones: US and Canadian railroad companies implemented a system of five standard time zones so that train travelers would be able to keep time (1883)
- Steamboat Willie: Mickey Mouse made his big screen debut in the Walt Disney-directed feature (1928)
- Calvin and Hobbes: comic strip about a boy and his stuffed tiger (named for the French theologian and the English political philosopher) debuted (1985)
- Jonestown: over 900 people died from drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid — or through other means — in a murder/suicide pact led by preacher Jim Jones in Guyana (1978)
- Louis Daguerre 1789
- Cesare Lombroso 1836
- William Gilbert 1836
- Eugene Ormandy 1899
- Imogene Coca 1908
- Amelita Galli-Curci 1916
- Jocelyn Brando 1919
- Alan Shepard, Jr. 1923
- Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler) 1926
- Brad Sullivan 1931
- Hank Ballard 1936
- Brenda Vaccaro 1939
- Margaret Atwood 1939
- Gary Bettenhausen 1941
- Linda Evans 1942
- Susan Sullivan 1944
- Jackie Ward 1946
- Andrea Marcovicci 1948
- Herman Rarebell (The Scorpions) 1949
- Graham Parker 1950
- Jameson Parker 1950
- Kevin Nealon 1953
- Warren Moon 1956
- Kim Wilde 1960
- Elizabeth Perkins 1960
- Kirk Hammett 1962 - Musician (Metallica)
- Tim DeLaughter (Tripping Daisy) 1965
- Owen Wilson 1968
- Duncan Sheik 1969
- Peta Wilson 1970
- Chloë Sevigny 1974 (right)
- Aneta Smrhová (aka Anetta Keys) 1983 (bottom)
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