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brandy

(Encyclopedia) brandy [for brandywine, from Du.,=burnt, i.e., distilled, wine], strong alcoholic spirit distilled from wine or from marc, the residue of the wine press. The most noted brandy is…

Ravalomanana, Marc

(Encyclopedia) Ravalomanana, MarcRavalomanana, Marcmärk rävälōmänänˈ [key], 1949–, Malagasy political leader. He made a fortune manufacturing dairy products and began his political career in 1999…

Federal Theatre

(Encyclopedia) Federal Theatre (1935–39), branch of the Work Projects Administration designed to provide employment for actors, directors, writers, and scene designers. As well as providing a…

Presidential Pardons

An explanation of the power to pardon granted to U.S. presidents by the Constitution President Gerald Ford testifying before the House Judicial Committee about his pardoning of former president…

Denise Rich., 2001 News

fugitive billionaire financier, received a last-minute pardon in January from President Clinton. The move outraged many on both sides of the political aisle. In 1983, Rich and his partner…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Riches

RichesHave ye seen the caterpillar Foully warking in his nest? 'T is the poor man getting siller, Without cleanness, without rest. Have ye seen the butterfly In braw claithing drest? 'T…

Rich Pirone 2001 Deaths

Rich PironeAge: 51 grandson of Babe Ruth; son of Ruth's daughter, Dorothy Ruth Pirone; N.Y. Yankees fan who reportedly bore a remarkable resemblance to the legendary sluggger.Died: Meriden,…

Walt Whitman: To Rich Givers

To Rich GiversWhat you give me I cheerfully accept, A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money, as I rendezvous with my poems, A traveler's lodging and breakfast as journey…

Writing Well: An Embarrassment of Riches

An Embarrassment of RichesWriting WellCast a Critical EyeAn Embarrassment of RichesOn the Right Track Author! Author! The average professional (that's you!) is required to read about four million…

Brewer's: Contentment is true Riches

The wise saw of Democritos, the laughing philosopher. ( B.C. 509-400.) Content is wealth, the riches of the mind; And happy he who can such riches find. Dryden: Wife of Bath's Tale.…