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2,000 Years of the Necktie: Celebrity and Rock Star Fashion
Celebrity and Rock Star Fashion by David Johnson Neckties Through the Ages Introduction210 B.C.China's First Emperor 113 A.D.Did Romans Wear Ties? 17th CenturyCroatian Cravats for the King…Riddles
Riddles What kind of bow can't you tie? What do you call a tropical bird in Alaska? Lost! How does an ocean say hello? It waves! What says abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, gulp? You,…June 2016: Zika Scaring Athletes Away from the Games
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of June 2016. 1. Novak…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, November 5, 1805
Day 988 Day 990 Clark, November 5, 1805 November 5th Tuesday 1805 Rained all the after part of last night, rain continues this morning, I slept but verry little last night for the noise…Brewer's: Ulysses
(3 syl.), King of Ithaca, a small rocky island of Greece. He is represented in Homer's Iliad as full of artifices, and, according to Virgil, hit upon the device of the wooden horse, by…Brewer's: Adore
(2 syl.). means to “carry to one's mouth” “to kiss” (ad-os, ad-orare). The Romans performed adoration by placing their right hand on their mouth and bowing. The Greeks paid adoration to…Brewer's: French Leave
To take French leave. To take without asking leave or giving any equivalent. The allusion is to the French soldiers, who in their invasions take what they require, and never wait to ask…Brewer's: Frenchman
Done like a Frenchman, turn and turn again (1 Henry VI., iii. 4). The French are usually satirised by mediæval English authors as a fickle, wavering nation. Dr. Johnson says he once read a…Brewer's: Gessler
(g hard). The Austrian governor of the three Forest Cantons of Switzerland. A man of most brutal nature and tyrannical disposition. He attempted to carry off the daughter of Leuthold, a…The Iliad of Homer: The Fifth Battle at the Ships; and the Acts of Ajax
Juno Deceives Jupiter by the G... The Sixth Battle, the Acts and... The Fifth Battle at the Ships; and the Acts of Ajax. Jupiter, awaking, sees the Trojans repulsed from the trenches…Trending
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