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Watergate: 40 Years After the Break-in
Take a look back at the Watergate scandal, the laws passed in response to it, and key players by Beth Rowen The Watergate ComplexThe scandal that ended the Nixon presidency began more than…Brewer's: Deal-fish
So called because of some fancied resemblance to a deal-board, from its length and thinness. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DeanDeal A B C D E F G H…Campaign 2000: Facts About Governors
How many governors have become President? by Ann-Marie Imbornoni This article was posted in September 2002. In all, 16 governors have become president of the United States. Van…Brewer's: Drapier's Letters
A series of letters written by Dean Swift to the people of Ireland, advising them not to take the copper money coined by William Wood, by patent granted by George I. These letters crushed…Brewer's: Dear
Oh, dear me! Regarded, but without evidence, as a corruption of the Italian O Dio mio! Dear Bought and Far Brought or Dear bought and far felt. A gentle reproof for some extravagant…Summer Sizzlers | August 2000
by Beth Rowen Cecil B. DeMented John Waters lashes out against mainstream film in his latest entry, which the outlandish auteur named after himself. (It's his nickname.) Stephen Dorff plays the…Brewer's: Bernard's Inn
Formerly called Mackworth Inn, from Dean Mackworth, who died 1454. “This house was, in the thirty-first year of the reign of Henry VI., a messuage belonging to Dr. John Mackworth. dean of…Brewer's: Bottled Beer
is said to have been discovered by Dean Nowell as a most excellent beverage. The Dean was very fond of fishing, and took a bottle of beer with him in his excursions. One day, being…Brewer's: White Lies
A conventional lie, such as telling a caller that Mrs. A. or Mrs. B. is not at home, meaning not “at home” to that particular caller. It is…Brewer's: Euphemisms
Words or phrases substituted, to soften down offensive expressions. Place never mentioned to ears polite. In the reign of Charles II., a worthy divine of Whitehall thus concluded his…Trending
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