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Borneo
(Encyclopedia) Borneo Borneo bôrˈnēōˌ [key], island, c.287,000 sq mi (743,330 sq km), largest of the Malay…Don Budge 2000 Deaths
Don BudgeAge: 84 tennis champion who used his attacking backhand stroke to sweep all four major tournaments in 1938, becoming the world's first Grand Slam champion; born John Donald Budge;…Carl Reiner Biography
Carl Reineractor, writer, directorBorn: 3/20/1922Birthplace: Bronx, New York Emmy Award-winning actor, writer and director considered one of television's most creative minds. His credits include…Charles Bronson Biography
Charles Bronson(Charles Buchinsky)actorBorn: 11/3/1921Birthplace: Ehrenfield, Pennsylvania He is best-known for his portrayals of steely eyed, impassive tough guys, as the harmonica-playing…Pierce Brosnan Biography
Pierce BrosnanactorBorn: 5/16/1953Birthplace: Navan, Meath, Ireland Irish-born actor whose starring role in the American TV detective series Remington Steele (1982–87) made him a popular sex…Baron Munchausen: Preface to the Second Volume
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron insists on the ve...Preface to the Second Volume Baron Munchausen has certainly been productive of much benefit to the literary world; the numbers of…Brewer's: Coup de Theatre
An unforeseen or unexpected turn in a drama to produce a sensational effect. In ordinary life, something planned for effect. Burke and his dagger was meant for a coup de théâtre, but it…Brewer's: Fourth Estate of the Realm
(The). The daily press. The most powerful of all. Burke, referring to the Reporters' Gallery, said, “Yonder sits the Fourth Estate, more important than them all.” Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Tenth Wave
It is said that every tenth wave is the biggest. (See Wave.) “At length, tumbling from the Gallic coast, the victorious tenth wave shall ride, like the boar, over all the rest.” —Burke.…Brewer's: Great Unwashed
(The). The artisan class. Burke first used the compound, but Sir Walter Scott popularised it. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great Wits JumpGreat Unknown A…Trending
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