The Studebaker Dictator is an automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana (United States) from 1927-1937. Model year 1928 was the first full year of Dictator production.
In the mid-1920s, Studebaker began renaming its vehicles. The model previously known as the Studebaker Standard Six became the Dictator during the 1927 model year-internally designated model GE. The name was intended to connote that the model "dictated the standard" that other automobile makes would be obliged to follow.
In retrospect, the choice of the model name might seem unfortunate. One writer began a history of American perceptions of dictators with the introduction of the Studebaker Dictator. He noted there were political problems in the name 'Dictator', making it unusable in European monarchies. The same applied in British Empire countries which imported the car. Diplomatically, Studebaker marketed its Standard Six as the Director in these countries. In the United States the name initially caused no problems.
At the time, the only dictator that would have immediately come to an American mind was Benito Mussolini, whose popular image was one of audacity and strength, in spite of well-publicized fascist violence. However the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany tainted the word 'dictator'. Studebaker abruptly discontinued the name 'Dictator' in 1937, resurrecting the Commander name which had been dropped in 1935.
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Yes, I misspelled 'Dictator' in the question (but it has been corrected).
In my defense, it was late, I was tired.
Mark. was first, and correct, with:
The Studebaker Dictator.
Kevin K. in Washington, DC, wrote:
Studebaker made the Dictator.
Mac Mac said:
Studebaker
Alan J answered:
Studebaker.
Tom L responded:
no automaker ever produced a "dicatator". studebaker came close in 1927, though, by naming its new sedan the dictator.
Dave replied:
Studebaker. The name was coined because the car was supposed to so wonderful that it dictated the standard the competition would be obliged to follow. By 1936 the despicable Adolf Hitler's rise made people to not want to buy a Dictator so Studebaker dropped the name.
Cal in Vermont responded:
There was not a "Dicatator" car model. But Studebaker made a "Dictator" model during that time.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
The Studebaker Dictator was an automobile produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana
Steve in Wonderful Sacramento, CA, said:
"Dicatator"? No one ever made a car named Dicatator but Studebaker made a model called the Dictator for ten years from 1927-1937. Their lowest cost model and an attractive car at that. In several body style from a coupe to a four door sedan.
Joe S wrote:
I had to look it up, I just couldn't imagine some one naming a car the Dictator. Well maybe Trump. But anyway.... it was Studebaker. I've always been partial to Studebaker since I first saw one when I was a young child and I could not figure out if I was looking at the back or the front. In case you're interested, Bob Dylan may have showed up at the Leap Year Ball last night. There was someone there that never took off his dark glasses. So I've been told, I wasn't there.
Randall answered:
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• Soprano Frances Alda gave many concerts throughout the United States during her life, and sometimes she ran into travel problems. Once, a blizzard kept her from reaching a destination in time for a concert, and since she knew she could not sing on the day she was scheduled, she telegraphed to say that she would sing the following day, which happened to be Sunday. This shocked a local clergyman, who wrote to the town newspaper that holding a concert on Sunday was a sin. Ms. Alda also wrote a letter to the town newspaper to say that she also preferred to rest one day out of seven. However, she added, if God had to choose between the singing at the clergyman's church and the singing at her concert, there wouldn't be much difference - unless God truly had a musical ear, in which case He was much more likely to choose her concert.
• Conductor Arturo Toscanini never gave encores. While giving the first performance of Euryanthe by Carl Maria von Weber, Toscanini was at first pleased by the applause of the audience following the overture. However, the audience kept applauding and demanding an encore. For 10 minutes, Toscanini stood with his back to the audience, and he grew angrier and angrier because he wished to proceed with the performance. Finally, he turned around, screamed "No bis [encore]" to the audience, broke his baton and threw the pieces at the audience, then left the stage. The première was postponed until the following week.
• When Ignaz Joseph Pleyel came to Vienna from Paris, his newest string quartets were played at Prince Lobkowitz's. Beethoven was in the audience, and after the string quartets were played, he was asked to play. After being coaxed for a long time, he finally consented angrily, and sat at the piano with the music from the second violin part of one of Pleyel's quartets in front of him. He improvised for a long time, using the notes of the music of the second violin, and when he was finished, an astonished Pleyel kissed his hands.
• At one time, opera/lieder singer Kathleen Ferrier had trouble producing a top A note. Therefore, for one of her performances at Glyndebourne, Benjamin Britten wrote for her an F sharp instead of a top A. However, during her performance he was startled when she produced the top A. Later, she confessed that she had gotten excited and forgotten about the F sharp. After that performance, she continued to sing the top A.
• The night before the premiere of Don Giovanni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was having a good time at a party when the conductor rushed in looking for him. "Where is the overture?" the conductor asked, anxious because so little time was left for rehearsing it. "Don't worry," Mozart said. "It's all up here, in my head." During the rest of the night, Mozart wrote out the overture and in the morning he gave it to the copyists. (Even so, the overture arrived at the theater only a half-hour before opening, and no time was left to rehearse it.)
• Leopold Stokowski once surprised his Philadelphia Orchestra by meticulously rehearsing Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" since it was not scheduled to be played at any concert that year. The mystery was explained when Maestro Stokowski was in the audience for a summer concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra, which was being guest conducted. Maestro Stokowski was asked to conduct something, and after making a pretense of reluctance, he conducted the orchestra in Strauss' "Blue Danube."
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'The Neighborhood', followed by a RERUN'Bob Hearts Abishola', then a RERUN'All Rise', followed by a RERUN'Bull'.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Ty Burrell, John Heilemann, and James Taylor.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Mark Wahlberg, Iliza Shlesinger, and Rob Haze.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'Manifest'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Rachel Maddow, Pamela Adlon, and Joji.
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ABC starts the night with a FRESH'The Bachelor', followed by a FRESH'The Good Doctor'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Freddie Highmore, and Tame Impala.
The CW offers a FRESH'All American', followed by a FRESH'Black Lightning'.
Faux has a FRESH'9-1-1: Lone Star', followed by a RERUN'Prodigal Son'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Live PD: Police Patrol', another 'Live PD: Police Patrol', followed by a FRESH'Live PD: Police Patrol', then another FRESH'Live PD: Police Patrol', followed by a FRESH'Live Rescue'.
AMC offers the movie 'Hacksaw Ridge', followed by a FRESH'Better Call Saul', then a FRESH'Dispatches From Elsewhere'.
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[6:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Statistical Probabilities
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - The Magnificent Ferengi
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Waltz
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Who Mourns for Morn?
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - One Little Ship
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Far Beyond the Stars
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Honor Among Thieves
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Change of Heart
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Inquisition
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - In the Pale Moonlight
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - His Way
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - The Reckoning
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[1:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - Change of Heart
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[4:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - In the Pale Moonlight
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[11:30pm] The General's Daughter
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As promised, the surviving members of the Lovin' Spoonful reunited onstage for the first time in 20 years Saturday at an all-star benefit concert celebrating the Sixties hitmakers.
John Sebastian and former band mates Joe Butler and Steve Boone performed together for the first time since their 2000 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, with the group delivering their hits "Summer in the City" and "Do You Believe in Magic?" Sebastian also played his solo single "Welcome Back."
Micky Dolenz, Carnie Wilson, Dave Alvin, Iain Matthews, Susan Cowsill and more covered the Lovin' Spoonful's music at the Glendale, California benefit concert, the Wild Honey Orchestra's annual show in support of the Autism Think Tank.
In the lead-up to the performance, Sebastian reiterated that the concert was not a proper Lovin' Spoonful reunion, since co-founding member Zal Yanovsky died in 2002.
Public Enemy announced Sunday they are permanently "moving forward" without Flavor Flav, firing one of hip-hop's most memorable hypemen after more than 35 years. The abrupt dismissal comes just two days after the rapper sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bernie Sanders over Chuck D's concert at the campaign's Los Angeles rally Sunday.
"Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav," the hip-hop legends said in a brief statement Sunday. "We thank him for his years of service and wish him well."
The group reiterated that Public Enemy Radio - a Chuck D-led offshoot featuring DJ Lord, Jahi and the S1Ws - would still perform at the free, livestreamed Sanders rally gig at 6 p.m. PST at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Prior to Flavor Flav's firing - and after the hypeman accused Sanders of using his "unauthorized likeness, image and trademarked clock" to promote the rally - Chuck D said of his bandmate of more than three decades in a statement, "Flavor chooses to dance for his money and not do benevolent work like this. He has a year to get his act together and get himself straight or he's out."
The Ellen DeGeneres Show will welcome Judge Judy Sheindlin on Monday and in a preview of the episode, Sheindlin will be striking the gavel for the last season of the long-running and wildly popular court series Judge Judy after 25 years - but she's not hanging up her robe just yet. She already has her new series Judy Justice waiting in the wings.
"CBS sort of felt, I think, they wanted to optimally utilize the repeats of my program," Sheindlin told DeGeneres. "Now they have 25 years of my reruns. What they decided to do is sell a couple of years' worth of reruns. But I'm not tired, so Judy Justice will be coming out a year later."
As for where Judy Justice will be airing, the tough-as-nails Sheindlin isn't sharing that news. "I can't tell you yet" she admits.
Sheindlin said that next year there will be a full year of new episodes of Judge Judy in 2021 before it wraps its 25th season. She added that in the following years you can watch reruns on stations that CBS has sold to stations currently playing Judge Judy.
A bisexual pageant queen in New York has been banned from appearing in a local St Patrick's Day parade, reviving discrimination controversies that have plagued the city's celebrations after LGBT+ groups were notoriously blocked from participating.
The night that Miss Staten Island Madison L'Insalata came out to The New York Post on Saturday, parade organisers in the borough alerted the pageant director that the 23-year-old was forbidden from the parade, citing "safety" concerns, the paper reported.
Parade organisers have rejected the participation of the borough's LGBT+ groups for several years following similar bans throughout the city. New York City's St Patrick's Day parade dropped its longtime ban in 2014, leaving Staten Island as the last-remaining borough with a discriminatory ban in place for its parade.
Also banned from this weekend's event were Miss Richmond County's Outstanding Teen, 17-year-old Victoria Montouri. Miss Staten Island's Outstanding Teen Angelica Mroczek and Miss Richmond County Gabrielle Ryan had already boycotted the parade because of its restriction on LGBT+ people.
France's famed Louvre museum closed Sunday as coronavirus cases mounted across Europe and beyond, with the global death toll nearing 3,000 and Italy reporting a near doubling of cases in 48 hours.
The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, was shuttered Sunday after staff refused to open the museum over coronavirus fears.
Some tourists turning up Sunday afternoon complained they had booked their tickets that same morning with no warning of the closure.
France, which has 130 confirmed cases and two deaths from COVID-19, said it would ban gatherings of 5,000 people or more, closing schools and cancelling religious services in some of the hardest-hit zones. Sunday's half-marathon in Paris was cancelled.
The Vatican unseals the archives of history's most contentious popes on Monday, potentially shedding light on why Pius XII stayed silent during the extermination of six million Jews in the Holocaust.
Two hundred researchers have already requested access to the mountain of documents, made available after an inventory that took more than 14 years for Holy See archivists to complete.
Award-winning German religious historian Hubert Wolf will be in Rome on Monday, armed with six assistants and two years of funding to start exploring documents from the "private secretariat" of the late pope.
Wolf, a specialist on the relationship of Pius XII with the Nazis, is anxious to discover the notes of the his 70 ambassadors -- the pontiff's eyes and ears during his time as head of the Catholic Church between 1939 and his death in 1958.
A New Hampshire man "shattered" the state's record after catching an enormous lake trout while ice fishing in West Stewartstown, officials said.
New Hampshire Fish and Game shared an image of Thomas Knight's record-breaking fish on its Instagram page, explaining, "After a lengthy battle, Knight was able to bring the fish onto the ice and marvel at its size. An experienced lake trout angler, Knight knew that the prevailing record was 28 pounds and his fish seemed to be much bigger.
After a few phone calls to some close fishing buddies, Knight made his next call to Andy Schafermeyer, a Fisheries Biologist with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
In order to certify a fish's size as a state record, it must be inspected and verified by a biologist. The two met and began the process of measuring the characteristics that would certify this fish as the largest lake trout ever caught in New Hampshire."
When they placed the fish on a scale, it exceeded the device's maximum weight of 30 pounds. According to Schafermeyer, that's when both men realized they had "a new state record."
The two men then went on a "quest" for a larger, certified scale. Once they found one, they were able to confirm that the trout weighed 37.65 pounds, making it a state record.
According to the post, "The fish measured over 40 inches in length with a 27-inch girth. Schafermeyer estimated the fish to be between 50 and 60 years old."
Humans' ability to brainstorm solutions, share them with others, and improve upon them over time sets us apart from even our closest primate relatives. This has allowed us to develop complex learning systems and innovative tools to ensure humanity's success since the Stone Age.
But just how ancient humans deployed and built upon existing information 300,000 years ago has long mystified scientists, which is why researchers from the University of Zurich and Central European University in Budapest set out to determine how social interactions between various groups of hunter-gatherers helped to spur advanced communication. To do so, the team turned to one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer societies left in the world: the Agta people in the Philippines.
The Agta people have a strong social structure built around small family units linked by friendship. Members of various family groups will often travel to neighboring campsites to exchange information and socialize. To see how ideas were spread, tracking devices were put on 53 individuals to record social interactions every hour over the course of one month. Study participants were then paired together and given six medicinal plants that they could use to treat various ailments. They were told to come up with different combinations and share their findings among their connections.
Over the course of the study, the tracking devices documented thousands of interactions both between people of their own camp as well as daily visits to outside camps. Researchers then developed a computer model based on the recorded interactions and simulated what it would look like if a fictitious plant-based medicinal product was created. This coexistence of ideas allowed for a variety of perspectives to offer different medicinal solutions to similar health-related problems; people share knowledge with every encounter, eventually leading to improved remedies over time.
The Elisabeth Moss-led thriller "The Invisible Man" rode a wave of good reviews to a very visible spot atop the box office this weekend. Universal Pictures on Sunday estimated that the film from writer-director Leigh Whannell earned $29 million from North American theaters. Internationally, the Blumhouse production picked up an additional $20.2 million.
"The Invisible Man" carried a relatively modest budget, costing under $10 million to produce, and exceeded expectations by a few million dollars. The film, which had been well-received by critics, drew diverse audiences to the theaters (46% Caucasian, 20% African American and 18% Hispanic), according to exit polls.
Paramount Pictures' "Sonic the Hedgehog" slid to second place in its third weekend in theaters adding $16 million and bringing its domestic total to $128.3 million. "The Call of the Wild," with Harrison Ford, placed third in its second weekend with $13.2 million.
Fourth place went to the anime superhero film "My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising" which opened to $6.3 million from just 1,260 screens.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Invisible Man," $29 million ($20.2 million international).
2. "Sonic The Hedgehog," $16 million ($26.8 million international).
3. "The Call of the Wild," $13.2 million ($11 million international).
4. "My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising," $6.3 million ($117,000 international).
5. "Bad Boys for Life," $4.3 million ($4.9 million international).
6. "Birds of Prey," $4.1 million ($4.6 million international).
7. "Impractical Jokers: The Movie," $3.5 million.
8. "1917," $2.7 million ($5.3 million international).
9. "Brahms: The Boy II," $2.6 million ($2.4 million international).
10. "Blumhouse's Fantasy Island," $2.3 million ($1.9 million international).
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