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2010 Top 10 Most Played Songs

The following table lists the title and artist of the top ten most played songs in the United States during 2010. Rank Song ArtistTotal Audience1. Need You KnowLady…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 5, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 4, 1806May 6, 1806May 5, 1806 Monday May 5th 1806. Collected our horses and set out at 7 A.M. at 41/2 miles we arrived at the entrance of the…

Brewer's: Khedive d'Egypte

An old regal title revived by the sultan in 1867, who granted it to Ismael I., who succeeded as Pasha of Egypt in 1863. The title is higher than viceroy, but not so high as sultan. (…

Brewer's: Chiar-oscuro

[pronounce ke-ar-ros-ku'-ro . A style of painting now called “black and white.” “Chiar-oscuro ... is the art of representing light in shadow and shadow in light, so that the parts…

Brewer's: Æschylus

Ees′-ke-lus the most sublime of the Greek tragic poets. He wrote 90 plays, only 7 of which are now extant. Æschylus was killed by a tortoise thrown by an eagle (to break the shell) against…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 6, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 5, 1806March 7, 1806March 6, 1806 Thursday March 6th 1806. This morning the fishing and hunting parties set out agreeably to their…