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Brewer's: Napoleon III

Few men have had so many nicknames. MAN OF DECEMBER, so called because his coup detat was December 2nd, and he was made emperor December 2nd, 1852. MAN OF SEDAN, and, by a pun, M.…

Brewer's: George III

was nicknamed “Farmer George,” or “The Farmer King.” (See Farmer.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894George IVGeorge II A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

III. Ozone FAQ

What is the ozone layer and why is it important? The ozone layer is a concentration of ozone molecules in the stratosphere. About 90% of the planet's ozone is in the ozone layer. The layer…

Dream Team III

Dream Team III Head coach Lenny Wilkens' 12-man NBA All-Star squad that represented the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta— Anfernee Hardaway, Grant Hill, Karl Malone, Reggie Miller…

III. The Taittiriyaka-Upanishad

III. The Taittirîyaka-Upanishad The Taittirîyaka-upanishad seems to have had its original place in the Taittirîya-ranyaka. This ranyaka consists, as Rajendralal Mitra has shown in the…

Wittelsbach

(Encyclopedia) WittelsbachWittelsbachvĭˈtəlsbäkh [key], German dynasty that ruled Bavaria from 1180 until 1918. The family takes its name from the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach in Upper Bavaria. In…