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Brewer's: Look as Big as Bull Beef
(To). To look stout and hearty, as if fed on bull beef. Bull beef was formerly recommended for making men strong and muscular. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Geopolitical Issues a Big Concern in PyeongChang
Nuclear tensions intensify surrounding the Olympic Games Source: AP Photo/Jae C. HongSouth Korean Protestor Tears Image of North Korean Flag Related Links North Korea The…Diomede Islands
(Encyclopedia) Diomede IslandsDiomede Islandsdīˈəmēd [key], pair of rocky islands in Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. The larger island, Big Diomede, is Russian, while the smaller is part of…Allen, Frederick Lewis
(Encyclopedia) Allen, Frederick Lewis, 1890–1954, American social historian and editor, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1912; M.A., 1913). He is best remembered for his journalistic but nonetheless…Johnson, Walter Perry
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Walter Perry, 1887–1946, American baseball player, b. Humboldt, Kans. He began playing with the Washington Senators of the American League in 1907. A right-handed pitcher, he…Tillett, Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Tillett, BenjaminTillett, Benjamintĭlˈĭt [key], 1860–1943, English labor organizer, b. Bristol, England. With Tom Mann and John Burns, he led the dock strike of 1889, the first big…hunting
(Encyclopedia) hunting, act of seeking, following, and killing wild animals for consumption or display. It differs from fishing in that it involves only land animals. Hunting was a necessary activity…Halévy, Jacques François Fromental Élie
(Encyclopedia) Halévy, Jacques François Fromental ÉlieHalévy, Jacques François Fromental Éliezhäk fräNswäˈ frômäNtälˈ [key]Halévy, Jacques François Fromental Élie älāvēˈ [key], 1799–1862, French…Hurd, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Hurd, Peter, 1904–84, American painter, b. Roswell, N.Mex. Hurd left West Point to study art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He worked as apprentice to the painter N. C.…Hopkins, Mark, American railroad builder and merchant
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Mark, 1813–78, American railroad builder and merchant, b. Henderson, N.Y. A clerk in a village store and later a commission merchant in New York City, he was more than 35…Trending
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