Symptoms of tumour lysis syndrome may be mild at first. They get worse as the levels of abnormal substances in the blood increase. Symptoms of TLS include: nausea. vomiting. diarrhea. muscle cramps or twitches. weakness.
The True Story Behind the Banana Republic Brand. Mel and Patricia Ziegler co-founded Banana Republic back in 1978. The company was bought by Gap in 1983 and now operates as a division, now with over 600 stores located internationally. They also co-founded The Republic of Tea and ZoZa.com. The Republic of Tea spawned an entirely new food category, specialty tea.
His Cabbages and Kings (1904) is the origin of the term banana republic.. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut largely takes place in a fictional banana republic, the island of San Lorenzo. Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel Nostromo is set in Costaguana, a fictional South American banana republic that is also prone to revolution. Much political power is held by a foreign mining company.