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Alfred John (Jack) WESTLAND, Congress, WA (1904-1982)
WESTLAND Alfred John (Jack) , a Representative from Washington; born in Everett, Snohomish County, Wash., December 14, 1904; attended the local schools and was graduated from the University of…Brewer's: Rubens' Women
The portrait of Helena Forman or Fourment, his second wife, married at the age of 16, introduced in several of his historical paintings; but the woman in Rubens and His Wife, in the Munich…Brewer's: Ruchiel
God of the air. (Hebrew, ruch, air; el, god.) (Jewish mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RudderRuby A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…1999 NAACP Image Awards
MOTION PICTUREOutstanding Motion Picture: How Stella Got Her Groove BackOutstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: Angela Bassett, How Stella Got Her Groove BackOutstanding Actor in a Motion…Brewer's: Rubicon
To pass the Rubicon. To adopt some measure from which it is not possible to recede. Thus, when the Austrains, in 1859, passed the Ticino, the act was a declaration of war against Sardinia…Brewer's: Elixir of Life
A ruby, supposed by the alchemists to prolong life indefinitely. The tincture for transmuting metals was also called an elixir. (Arabic, el or al iksir, the iksir (? coction).) (See Amrita…Brewer's: Liris
A proud but lovely daughter of the race of man, beloved by Rubi, first of the angel host. Her passion was the love of knowledge, and she was captivated by all her lover told her of heaven…Brewer's: Rubric
(from the Latin rubrica, “red ochre,” or “vermilion”). An ordinance or law was by the Romans called a rubric, because it was written with vermilion, in contradistinction to praetorian…Ohio
Ohio State Information Capital: Columbus Official Name: State of Ohio Organized as a territory: May 7, 1788 (Northwest Territory) Entered Union (rank): March 1, 1803 (17th) Present constitution…gold rush
(Encyclopedia) gold rush, influx of prospectors, merchants, adventurers, and others to newly discovered gold fields. One of the most famous of these stampedes in pursuit of riches was the California…Trending
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