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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…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, September 27, 1804
Day 304 Day 306 Clark, September 27, 1804 27th of Septr. Thursday 1804 I rose early aftr a bad nights Sleep found the Chief all up, and the bank as usial lined with Spectators we gave the…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…