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Brewer's: Pro.'s

Professionals- that is, actors by profession. A big crowd slowly gathers, And stretches across the street; The pit door opens sharply, And I hear the trampling feet; And the quiet pro.'s…

2008 National Board of Review Awards

The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review. Find out…

2010–2011 Primetime Emmy Awards

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on September 18, 2011, in Los Angeles, Calif.Drama Series: Mad Men (AMC) Actor: Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights Actress:…

2006 United States Medalists

Alpine SkiingMen's Combined—GOLD—Ted LigetyLadies' Giant Slalom—GOLD—Julia MancusoBobsleighWomen—SILVER—Shauna Rohbok, Valerie FlemingCurlingMen—BRONZE—Pete Fenson, Scott Baird, Shawn Rojeski…

Brewer's: Hip

(To). A hip means a hypochondriac. To hip means to make melancholy; to fret; to make one dismal or gloomy with forebodings. Hipped means melancholy, in low spirits. For one short moment…

Brewer's: Flummux

(To). To bamboozle, to deceive; to be in a quandary. “I am regularly flummuxed” —i.e. perplexed. The first syllable is probably a variant of flam, humbug, deception, and the word seems to…

Brewer's: Keep your Powder Dry

Keep prepared for action; keep your courage up. Go forth and conquer, Strephon mine, This kiss upon your lips retaining; A precept that is also thine For bids the teardrop hot and…

Brewer's: Dagonet

(Sir). In the romance La Mort d' Arthure he is called the fool of King Arthur, and was knighted by the king himself. “I remember at Mile-End Green, when I lay at Clement's Inn, I was then…

Brewer's: Iblis

or Eblis. The Lucifer of Mozlem theology. Once called Azazel (prince of the apostate angels). (See Eblis.) He has five sons: (1) Tir, author of fatal accidents; (2) Awar, the demon of…

Brewer's: All the go

All the fashion. Drapers will tell you that certain goods “go off well.” They are in great demand, all the mode, quite in vogue. Her carte is hung in the West-end shops, With her name in…