To sign up cable operators and undercut the perception that the new channel would appeal only to blacks, Johnson shed the original name--Black Entertainment Television--calling it simply BET.
To understand, one must first go back thousands of years to Phoenician times, when black-hooved pigs (another name for the breed is pata negra, or black hoof) were introduced to an oak-grove ecosystem in southwestern Spain known as the dehesa.
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Each fictitious applicant was randomly assigned either a black-sounding name, such as Jamal or Lakisha, or a white one, such as Emily or Greg.
The end of French rule meant the colony of Saint Domingue, renamed Haiti after its original Taino Indian name, became the first black-led independent nation in the world.
If the Ravens win, the San Francisco zoo has agreed to re-name the enclosure of its black rhino "Boone, " who is named after the 49ers offensive tackle Alex Boone, in honor of the Ravens.
The shell is flexible and covered in a black leathery skin - hence the name leatherback.
The company (which just changed its name to Sun-Times Media Group) and Lord Black are suing each other for damages.
He was a welder who gave his name as Rock, which was the name of the armored vehicle on his black T-shirt.
Weighing 320g, the stone has been given the formal name Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 - but is nicknamed "Black Beauty".
The name Dark Patterns itself (what hacker-types might think of as black-hat user experience) names and helps shine a light on a previously murky area.
Nationwide, unions are making what they have labeled as their biggest election-year turnout effort in decades on behalf of Democrats, and big-name campaign stars such as President Clinton have tried to galvanize black voter turnout.
My boss-to-be was waiting with a small sign that had my name in large black letters.
Some states provide fill-in-the-black forms, requesting standard information such as the LLC's name, business purpose and type of management (such as membermanaged, where all owners take part in management, or manager- managed, where some owners manage while others act as passive investors).
These include another racist black nationalist, Don Warden, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Khalid al-Mansour .
The Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee featured well-known bands like The Black Crowes, and also a band that's rapidly making a name for itself.
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Wolfowitz sat down next to a slight middle-aged man in a fraying denim jacket and a black wool cap, who said that his name was Bedir Yasa and that until recently he had been living on the streets.
At the top of the home screen, you'll see a black toolbar featuring your Kindle's name ("Brian's 3rd Kindle" for me -- I'd have preferred something with more zest like BattleBook), your wireless connection (3G, suckers), battery life and the time.
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