One Letter Stock Symbols
V: You might get a charge out of this financial services company
Visa
In this saga Edward vamps things up & Jacob gets into some hairy situations in Washington State
Twilight
In 1932 & '33 Stalin decimated Ukraine by exporting most of its grain, bringing on the Holodomor, or "Great" this
Famine
An adynaton is an idiom referring to an impossibility, like "when" this event involving swine happens
when pigs fly
Friendship bracelets inspired Kim Shui's designs for this rhyming brand of high-tech trackers
Fitbit
Z: This online real estate & rental marketplace
Zillow
At Camp Half-Blood, this young demigod learns things like how to ride winged horses & sword fighting
Percy Jackson
During the French Revolution, thousands, including Louis XVI, had the misfortune of meeting this, aka the Louisette
Guillotine
Rover knows it's the hottest period during the summer
dog days
Shhh...in 2014 this lingerie retailer sold a $75 sports bra with electrodes that hooked up to a heart rate monitor
Victorias Secret
F: It offered the Torino & the Tempo
Ford
Flee from Grievers stalking the labyrinth & become one of these, the title of a James Dashner young adult series
The Maze Runner
This began in Latin America in 1928, a little before it hit the United States
The Great Depression
Watch what you consume according to this; in German it's a pun, "Man ist was man isst"
you are what you eat
It's just a blue T to me, but the men's UA Tech 2.0 vibe print short sleeve by this sports brand somehow has "anti-odor technology"
Under Armour
M:This corporation that began as a small dry goods store on the corner of 14th Street & 6th Avenue
Macys
Books about this title simian include his visit to an aquarium & him making pancakes
Curious George
In 1794 a Paris factory for this military stuff exploded, devastating what's now the 15th arrondissement
gunpowder
To gain experience is "to cut" these canine teeth of the upper jaw
the eye teeth
A 2014 BBC review called this alliterative eyewear from a search engine company "promising, sometimes brilliant... but a failure"
Google Glass
S: Formerly the symbol for Sears, later for this telecom company
Sprint
In this bestseller by Angie Thomas, 16-year-old Starr Carter sees her friend shot dead by a police officer
The Hate U Give
In 1258 Baghdad made the mistake of resisting these invaders who promptly sacked the city & slaughtered its inhabitants
Mongols
A humorist wrote, "Why not go here, take a chance in unknown territory? "Isn't that where the fruit is?"
out on a limb
An experimental tattoo ink developed in Germany for diabetics changes color in response to the levels of this sugar
glucose