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(AOL Autos) -- With car companies going in into bankruptcy and shedding famous names left and right, it's important to remember that today's automotive titans started out as tiny startups, not unlike Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

General Motors was almost called International Motors Co.

Names like Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota and Porsche call to mind the huge corporate successes of the past and the great automotive families that survive today.

But behind every brand name, there is a flesh-and-blood inventor, entrepreneur or industrialist. Most of the time, they gave their name to the companies. And that fame was often about all they ended up with.

David Buick, who invented the overhead valve engine, founded the Buick Motor Car Co. in 1903. William C. Durant, the industrialist who would eventually found GM, took over the company in 1904, when it ran into financial trouble.

Buick stayed on as a director, but left in 1908, never making much money from the enterprise. He reportedly died in 1929, unable to afford one of his cars.

Durant kept the name for one of his company divisions and for the car, even though he worried that people might pronounce it "Boo-ick," according to one author. Strangely enough, the man who practically created General Motors single-handedly never really liked the idea of a 'Durant' car.

In another example, Robert Hupp invented the Hupmobile,'a two-seat runabout, in 1908. But he sold his stock in his Hupp Motor Car Company in 1911. He turned around and founded the Hupp Corp. that same year. Investors in his first firm took him to court to make him drop the "Hupp" from his new company's name and they won. His own automotive glory quickly faded, although the Hupmobile survived until the 1940s.
1. What company was almost call International Motors?
2. Who invented the overhead valve engine?
3. What company did he found?
4. Who took over the company?
5. When did this happen?
6. What did Buick do after that?
7. Did he become rich?
8. When did he die?
9. What did Durant worry about Buick?
10. What did he worry it would be pronounced?
11. Who invented the Hupmobile?
12. And when?
13. When did the Hupmobile die?

Numbered answers:
1. General Motors
2. David Buick
3. Buick Motor Car Co
4. William C. Durant
5. 1904
6. stayed on as a director
7. no
8. 1929
9. mispronounciations
10. "Boo-ick,"
11. Robert Hupp
12. 1908
13. 1940s

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In a surprising result, the No. 69 Middle School girls' football team yesterday beat their school's boys' team. The boys' team often helped the girls with their training . They had never lost to the girls before, but this time the girls beat them 4 -- 3. After the game, Wu Nai, head of the boys' team, was very unhappy. "We all thought this would be an easy game," he said. "We never thought a team of girls could beat us. This is the saddest day of my life. " But Mr Hu, the boys' PE teacher, said he thought the girls should win. "The boys were too confident ," he said. "I told them before the match that they needed to play well. They all thought that girls' football was a joke. Now they know better. They didn't play carefully, and they lost." The match had started well for the boys. After 30 minutes, they were winning 2 - 0. Their best player, Lu Ming, scored in the thirtieth minute. Earlier, the mid-field player, Ma Zhengquan, had scored the first goal in only the second minute of the match. After the first half hour, the boys seemed to become too confident. At first, the girls had felt a bit nervous , but then they became more and more confident. Just before half time, Li Xiaolin made the score 2 - 1. In the second half, the boys were the first to score. It was from Lu Ming. After that the boys became lazy, but the girls kept on working hard. Hao Meiling scored in the 68th minute, to make the score 3 -- 2. Then Li Xiaolin scored twice in the last six minutes to make the last score 4-3. It was a surprising finish. The girls' PE teacher, Miss Wang, was very pleased with their work. "They were great!" She said. "I told them they could win. I told them that the most important thing was teamwork. The boys' team had some good players, but my girls were a better team!"
1. Who beat the schools boys team in football?
2. Who scored twice in the last 6 miniutes?
3. What as the score after 30 minutes?
4. Was the head of the boys team happy aftery the game?
5. Did he think it would be an easy game?
6. Why did Mr. Hu think the girls deserved to win?
7. Were the girls confident playing from the begining of the game?
8. Who scored first in the second half?
9. Who scored in the 68th minute?
10. What was the final score of the ,game?
11. Had the boys ever lost to the girls before?

Numbered answers:
1. the No. 69 Middle School girls' football team
2. Li Xiaolin
3. 2 - 0.
4. no
5. Yes
6. The boys didn't play carefully
7. no
8. the boys did
9. Hao Meiling
10. 4-3.
11. no

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Binomial nomenclature (also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature) is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, binominal name or a scientific name; more informally it is also called a Latin name. The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs; the second part identifies the species within the genus. For example, humans belong to the genus "Homo" and within this genus to the species "Homo sapiens". The "formal" introduction of this system of naming species is credited to Carl Linnaeus, effectively beginning with his work "Species Plantarum" in 1753. But Gaspard Bauhin, in as early as 1623, had introduced in his book "Pinax theatri botanici" (English, "Illustrated exposition of plants") many names of genera that were later adopted by Linnaeus.

The application of binomial nomenclature is now governed by various internationally agreed codes of rules, of which the two most important are the "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature" ("ICZN") for animals and the "International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants" ("ICN"). Although the general principles underlying binomial nomenclature are common to these two codes, there are some differences, both in the terminology they use and in their precise rules.
1. What is Binomial nomenclature?
2. What gramatical forms does it use?
3. who governs the application of binomial nomenclature?
4. What does the first part of a species name mean in it?
5. and the second?
6. What is binomial name shortened to?
7. informally what is another term used for it?
8. Who is the formal intoduction of the system credited to?
9. In what work if his did it effectivly begin?
10. Can words from other languages besides Latin be used?
Numbered answers:
1. is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts
2. Latin grammatical forms
3. governed by various internationally agreed codes of rules
4. The first part of the name identifies the genus
5. the second part identifies the species within the genus
6. which may be shortened to just "binomial"
7. a Latin name
8. Carl Linnaeus
9. with his work "Species Plantarum" i
10. Yes