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Brewer's: Figaro
A type of cunning dexterity, and intrigue. The character is in the Barbier de Séville and Mariage de Figaro, by Beaumarchais. In the former he is a barber, and in the latter a valet; but…“The Double”
In 1994, John Andretti became the first driver to attempt "The Double," an auto racing double-header that involves racing in the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR Winston Cup Series' Coca-Cola 600…Biographies: Selected Activists and Reformers
Selected Activists and Reformers Sojourner Truth See also Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline African-American Religious Leaders Civil Rights…Boston Red Sox 1997 Roster By Statistics
Batting (135 AB)AvgABRHHRRBISBReggie Jefferson.3194897415613671Mo Vaughn.3155279116635962Jeff Frye.3124045612635119Troy O'Leary.3094996515415800John Valentin.3065759517618777Nomar Garciaparra…King, Martin Luther, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston…Brewer's: Chimneypot Hat
(A). The ordinary cylindrical black-silk hat, generally worn as more dressy than the soft felt hats or stiff billycocks. Called by the French cheminée. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Chingachgook
The Indian chief in Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans, Pathfinder, Deerslayer, and Pioneer. Called in French Le Gros Serpent. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Ever-Victorious Army
(The). Ward's army, raised in 1861, and placed under the charge of General Gordon. By 1864 it had stamped out the Taëping rebellion, which broke out in 1851 (See Chinese Gordon.) Source…Brewer's: Gorgibus
An honest, simple-minded burgess, brought into all sorts of troubles by the love of finery and the gingerbread gentility of his niece and his daughter. (Molière Les Précieuses Ridicules…2005 Deaths: G - L
Carlo Maria GiuliniGnassingbé EyadémaFrank GorshinL. Patrick Gray IIIJimmy GriffinHenry GrunwaldRafik HaririJune HaverEdward HeathHoward HeflinRobert HeilbronerAl HeldGeorge HermanPaul…Trending
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