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(Encyclopedia) love-in-a-mist, hardy annual garden plant (Nigella damascena) of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), having finely cut foliage and blue or white flowers surrounded by a…Richards, Ann Willis
(Encyclopedia) Richards, Ann Willis, 1933–2006, American politician, b. Lakeview, Tex., as Dorothy Ann Willis. She began her career in politics in the early 1970s after having raised four children. A…Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
(Encyclopedia) Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897–1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903–84), and John O. Merrill (1896–1975…Gorsuch, Neil McGill
(Encyclopedia) Gorsuch, Neil McGill, 1967–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2017–), b. Denver. A graduate of Harvard Law School (1991), he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Kennedy and…Brewer's: Presbyterian
(See Blue.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PrescottPreposterous A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Presents
Know all men by these presents- i.e. by the writings or documents now present. (Latin, per presentes, by the [writings] present.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Oddball Holidays
Five state holidays you may not know by Elissa Haney Related Links Confederate Heroes' Day: TexasBunker Hill Day: MassachusettsEmancipation Day: Puerto RicoWest Virginia DayBennington Battle Day…Mitchell, George John
(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, George John, 1933–, U.S. public official, b. Waterville, Maine. An attorney in private and government practice in the 1960s and 1970s, he was a protege of Senator Edmund…honeysuckle
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Trumpet honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens honeysuckle, common name for some members of the Caprifoliaceae, a family comprised mostly of vines and shrubs of the Northern…torture
(Encyclopedia) torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish. In international law,…Trending
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