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Brewer's: Kriss Kringle

A sort of St. Nicholas (q.v.). On Christmas Eve Kriss Kringle, arrayed in a fur cap and strange apparel, goes to the bedroom of all good children, where he finds a stocking or sock hung up…

Brewer's: Fig Sunday

Palm Sunday is so called from the custom of eating figs on that day. The practice arose from the Bible story of Zaccheus, who climbed up into a fig-tree to see Jesus. Many other festivals…

U.S. Direct Investment in Other Countries, 2002

(in millions of dollars) DollarsAll countries, all industries$108,950By country Canada 17,329 Europe 67,650 Austria 315 Belgium 3,523 Denmark 2,334 Finland 61 France 3,633 Germany –2,526 Greece 143…

spurge

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Snow-on-the-mountain, Euphorbia marginata spurgespurgespûrj [key], common name for members of the Euphorbiaceae, a family of herbs, shrubs, and trees of greatly varied…

1966–1967 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Dramatic SeriesMission: Impossible (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesBill Cosby, I SpyOutstanding Continued Performance By…