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- Dictionaryfly-by-night/ˈflʌɪbʌɪnʌɪt/
adjective
- 1. unreliable or untrustworthy, especially in business or financial matters: "cheap suits made by fly-by-night operators"
noun
- 1. an unreliable or untrustworthy person.
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19 hours ago · Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
19 hours ago · The historic cathedral was all but destroyed together with most of the city centre in the massive firestorm. Only one bomber was lost, to anti-aircraft fire, despite the RAF flying 125-night sorties. No follow-up raids were made, as OKL underestimated the British power of recovery (as Bomber Command would do over Germany from 1943 to 1945).
19 hours ago · Muhammad [a] ( / moʊˈhɑːməd /; Arabic: مُحَمَّد, romanized : Muḥammad [mʊˈħæm.mæd]; c. 570 – 8 June 632 CE) [b] was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. [c] According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam ...
19 hours ago · Howard Hughes. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. [2] He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then ...
19 hours ago · The global African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas. [39] The African populations in the Americas are descended from haplogroup L genetic groups of native Africans. [40] [41] The term most commonly refers to the descendants of the native West and Central ...
19 hours ago · Expert who broke his own rule ended up stranded at the airport
19 hours ago · Theria. Marsupialia. Placentalia. A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') [1] is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia ( / məˈmeɪli.ə / ). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk -producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle ear bones.
