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Fun Fact: One of the oldest gay bars in Dallas is called "Zippers" which made the first cake even MORE hilarious.
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– 'Zippers' are conceptually at work in the DNA double helix, which is "unzipped" for replication and transcription
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After a campus-wide contest to name the school's athletic teams in 1925, freshman Margaret Hamlin won ten dollars for her suggestion of "Zippers" after a popular rubber overshoe of the same name made by local company B.F. Goodrich.
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The school's unusual nickname originated in 1926 as the "Zippers," named for a popular rubber shoe of that time invented by Akron's B.F. Goodrich Co.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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The school's unusual nickname originated in 1926 as the "Zippers," named for a popular rubber shoe of that time invented by Akron's B.F. Goodrich Co.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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Zips was originally short for "Zippers," rubber overshoes made by the BF Goodrich Company.
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$0.99 (Also available in a free version, Zips Lite) "Zippers," reads the promotional copy.
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After a campus-wide contest to name the school's athletic teams in 1925, freshman Margaret Hamlin won ten dollars for her suggestion of "Zippers" after a popular rubber overshoe of the same name made by local company B.F. Goodrich.
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After a campus-wide contest to name the school's athletic teams in 1925, freshman Margaret Hamlin won ten dollars for her suggestion of "Zippers" after a popular rubber overshoe of the same name made by local company B.F. Goodrich.
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Patrick Soluri , who runs the Salon a co-presenter of, among other events, the annual Liberty Belle Spectacular on July 4, notes that Retro Nouveau events can be traced back to the "retro swing" scene of 15 years ago that produced bands like Squirrel Nut Zippers.
A Retro Jazz Movement With a Good Dance Beat Will Friedwald 2011
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