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The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 3

The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…

2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…

Brewer's: Fagin

An infamous Jew, who teaches boys and girls to rob with dexterity. (Dickens: Oliver Twist.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FagotFagged Out A B C D E F…

Brewer's: Fairservice

(Andrew). A shrewd Scotch gardener at Osbaldistone Hall. (Sir Walter Scott: Rob Roy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FairyFairlimb A B C D E F G H…

Brewer's: Fathom

(Count). A villain in Smollet's novel so called. After robbing his benefactors, and fleecing all who trusted him, he is at last forgiven. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Minuit

(2 syl.). “Enfants de la messe de minuit, ” pickpockets. Cotgrave gives “night-walking rakehells, such as haunt these nightly rites only to rob and play the knaves.” Source: Dictionary…

1997 NFL Top Recieving Yards By Game

AFCCtYdsTDYancey Thigpen, Pit. vs. Jax. (10/26)*111960Yancey Thigpen, Pit. vs. Den. (12/7)61753Shannon Sharpe, Den. vs Car. (11/9)81740Tim Brown, Oak. vs. Jax. (12/21)141640Jimmy Smith, Jax.…

Brewer's: Stuck Up

An Australian phrase for robbed on the highway. (See Gone Up.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Stuck-up PeopleStuck Pig A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

2002 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards

The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 2, 2002.Play: Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?Musical: Thoroughly Modern…