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And Baby Makes 300?

Prolific fathers provide new twist to "all in the family" Highest U.S. Birthrates   State Birthrate* Utah Texas Arizona California…

Brewer's: Babies in the Eyes

That is, love in the expression of the eyes. Love is the little babe Cupid, and hence the conceit, originating from the reflection of the onlooker in the pupil of another's eyes. In each…

Brewer's: Baby Charles

So James I used to call his son Charles, afterwards Charles I. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BabylonBabouin A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: Flanders' Babies

The wooden jointed dolls common in the early part of the nineteenth century, and now almost entirely superseded by “wax dolls.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Celebrity Baby Names

The interesting, odd, and downright crazy names celebrities give their children compiled by Erin Teare Martin Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. Celebrity…

Percentage of Premature Babies

The Question: What percentage of live births yearly in the United States are premature? The Answer: Of the 4.2 million babies born in the…

vigil

(Encyclopedia) vigilvigilvĭjˈəl [key] [Lat.,=watch], in Christian calendars, eve of a feast, a day of penitential preparation. In ancient times worshipers gathered for vespers before a great feast…

Yom Kippur

(Encyclopedia) Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day…

Ryazanov, Eldar Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia) Ryazanov, Eldar Aleksandrovich, 1927–2015, Russian film director and screenwriter, b. Samara, grad. State Institute of Cinematography (1950). Probably Russia's most popular filmmaker,…

galago

(Encyclopedia) galago: see bush baby.