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The Capeman

Book and Lyrics:Paul Simon and Derek WalcottMusic:Paul SimonDirector/Choreographer:Mark MorrisMusical DirectorOscar HernandezSets/Costumes:Bob CrowleyLighting:Natasha KatzSound:Peter J.…

Year in Review 2018

Top events for the nation and the world Slideshows News of the NationPhoto source: Office of the President The #MeToo movement, the Zuckerberg testimony, diplomatic talks with North…

TIME Person of the Year

How “Lucky Lindy”—and a slow week for news—gave birth to a memorable annual tradition The founders of TIME Magazine, Henry Luce and Briton Haddon, were strong believers in the idea…

March 2021 Current Events: US News

Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

Brewer's: Jew's-harp

called by Bacon jeutrompe, by Beaumont and Fletcher, jew-trump, by Hakluyt, jew's-harp. The best players on this instrument have been Koch, a Prussian soldier under Frederick the Great;…

Brewer's: Ruffe

(1 syl.). A game at cards, now called slamm; also playing a trump, when one cannot follow suit. “A swaggerer is one that plays at ruffre, from whence he took the denomination of ruffyn.” J…

income tax

(Encyclopedia) income tax, assessment levied upon individual or corporate incomes. Although personal incomes were occasionally taxed in medieval Italian cities, the income tax is essentially a modern…