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Campion, Jane
(Encyclopedia) Campion, Jane, 1954–, New Zealand film director, b. Wellington; grad. Victoria Univ., Wellington (1975), Sydney College of the Arts, Australia (1979), Australian School of Film and…Botha, Louis
(Encyclopedia) Botha, LouisBotha, Louisbōˈtə [key], 1862–1919, South African soldier and statesman. A Boer (Afrikaner), he participated in the founding (1884) of the New Republic, which joined (1888…Butt, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Butt, Isaac, 1813–79, Irish politician and nationalist leader. A member of both the Irish and the English bar, he was a noted conservative lawyer and scholar and an opponent of Daniel…Charles VII, king of France
(Encyclopedia) Charles VII (Charles the Well Served), 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son and successor of Charles VI. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years War. Although excluded from the…Brewer's: January
The month dedicated by the Romans to Janus (q.v.). Janus had two faces, and January could look back to the year past, and forwards to the current year. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Japanese
(3 syl.). The language of Japan, a native of Japan, anything pertaining thereto. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Japheth's StoneJa nus A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Jawbone
(2 syl.). Credit, promises. (Jaw, words or talk; bon, good.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894JayJa-wab A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Jaw
Words of complaint; wrangling, abuse, jabber. “To jaw,” to annoy with words, to jabber, wrangle, or abuse. The French gueule and gueuler are used in the same manner. Hold your jaw. Hold…green flash
(Encyclopedia) green flash or emerald flash, a refractive phenomenon of the atmosphere where the top edge of the setting (or, less frequently, rising) sun will momentarily turn emerald green. The…Crichton, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Crichton, MichaelCrichton, Michaelkrīˈtən [key], 1942–2008, American novelist, screenwriter, and director, b. Chicago, grad. Harvard Medical School (1969). He wrote several thrillers…Trending
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