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Top 30 Movies Filmed in Texas

Top of Page Source: iStockAlthough US films are synonymous with Hollywood, the Lone Star state of Texas has been the setting for some of the most memorable movies of all time. Both its wide-open…

Winter Olympics: Luge

One of the fastest Olympic sports by Gerry Brown and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics Luge Through the YearsEncyclopedia: LugeOlympic Preview: Skeleton Did You Know?…

Winter Olympics: Luge

One of the fastest Olympic sports Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Luge Through the YearsEncyclopedia: LugeOlympic Preview: Skeleton Did You Know? The only Olympians to win…

Winter Olympics: Luge

One of the fastest Olympic sports by Gerry Brown and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics Luge Through the YearsEncyclopedia: LugeOlympic Preview: Skeleton Did You Know?…

2022 Winter Olympics: Luge

One of the fastest Olympic sports Source: AP Photo/Roman KoksarovRelated Links 2022 Winter Olympics Luge Through the Years Encyclopedia: Luge Olympic Preview: Skeleton Did…

2022 Winter Olympics: Skeleton

Face first down an icy track Source: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, FileRelated Links 2022 Winter Olympics Skeleton Through the Years Olympic Preview: Luge Did You Know?…

Brewer's: Beauty Sleep

Sleep taken before midnight. Those who habitually go to bed, especially during youth, after midnight, are usually pale and more or less haggard. “Would I please to remember that I had…

Brewer's: Jess

(pl. Jesses). A short strap of leather tied about the legs of a hawk to hold it on the fist, Hence a bond of affection, etc. If I prove her haggard, Though that ber jesses were my dear…

Brewer's: Coach-and-four

(or Coach-and-six). It is said one may drive a coach-and-four through an Act of Parliament, i.e. lawyers can always find for their clients some loophole of escape. “It is easy to drive a…

Brewer's: Come Down a Peg

Humiliated; lowered in dignity, tone, demands, etc. “Well, he has come down a peg or two, and he don't like it.” —Haggard. A come down. Loss of prestige or position. “ `Now I'm your…