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What It Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States
by Mary Church Terrell Washington, D.C., has been called "The Colored Man's Paradise." Whether this sobriquet was given to the national capital in bitter irony by a member of the handicapped…Democratic National Convention Keynote Address
Debt and Defense: 'A Bum Deal'Families and the NationStraight-Talking Democrats Now, I'm going to tell you, I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression, and missed the…Entertainment Bios — N
Mira NairJack NanceR. K. NarayanNasJosie NatoriLiam NeesonPola NegriSam NeillNellyJudd NelsonOzzie NelsonWillie NelsonAaron NevilleBob NewhartPaul NewmanOlivia Newton-JohnThandie NewtonWayne…Brewer's: Huggins and Muggins
Mr. and Mrs. Vulgarity, of Pretension Hall. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hugh Lloyd's PulpitHugger-mugger A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: Lizard Point
(Cornwall). A corruption of “Lazars' Point,” i.e. the place of retirement for lazars or lepers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lloyd'sLizard Islands A B…Liberal party, former British political party
(Encyclopedia) Liberal party, former British political party, the dominant political party in Great Britain for much of the period from the mid-1800s to World War I. By 1914 the Liberal government…Brewer's: Hugh Perry
An English perversion of “Euperion,” a predecessor of lucifer matches invented by Heurtner, who opened a shop in the Strand, and advertised his invention thus— To save your knuckles time…Brewer's: Loaf
Never turn a loaf in the presence of a Menteith. Sir John Stewart de Menteith was the person who betrayed Sir William Wallace to King Edward. His signal was, when he turned a loaf set on…World War I: Armistices and Treaties
Read about the agreements that were signed during and after World War I Versailles Related Links World War I Primer World War I Timeline The Deadliest Battles in World War I…The National Inventors Hall of Fame
The Inventors Hall of Fame, located in Akron, Ohio, was established in 1973 by the National Council of Patent Law Associations, now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations,…Trending
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