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What the 2010 Census Tells Us About Poverty in the U.S.
The 2010 Census reveals which Americans were hurt the most by the recession. by Jennie Wood Related Links Poverty in the United States, 2007 Economy 101 Business Basics Quiz…Brewer's: Chevaux de Frise
(French). Horses of Friesland. A beam filled with spikes to keep off horses, so called from its use in the siege of Groningen, Friesland, in 1594. A somewhat similar engine had been used…Brewer's: Ripon
True as Ripon steel. Ripon used to be famous for its steel spurs, which were the best in the world. The spikes of a Ripon spur would strike through a shilling-piece without turning the…Brewer's: More of More Hall
A legendary hero who armed himself with an armour of spikes; and, concealing himself in the cave where the dragon of Wantley dwelt, slew the monster by kicking it on the mouth, where alone…Brewer's: Hearse
(1 syl.) means simply a harrow. Those harrows used in Roman Catholic churches (or frames with spikes) for holding candles are called in France herses. These frames at a later period were…Helen Gray Cone: The Ride to the Lady
The Ride to the LadyHelen Gray Cone"Now since mine even is come at last, — For I have been the sport of steel, And hot life ebbeth from me fast, And I in saddle roll and reel, — Come bind me…Baron Munchausen: An encounter between the Ba...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe In which the Baron proves h... Reflections on Saint Hubert... An encounter between the Ba... An encounter between the Baron's nose and a door-post, with…Brewer's: Spick and Span New
Quite and entirely new. A spic is a spike or nail, and a span is a chip. So that a spick and span new ship is one in which every nail and chip is new. Halliwell mentions “span new.”…2006
Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has recognized journalists, writers, and public figures who pursue social injustice and public policy for the common good. Book Robert Kuttner, The…Brewer's: Gad-steel
Flemish steel. So called because it is wrought in gads, or small bars. (Anglo-Saxon, gad, a small bar or goad; Icelandic, gaddr, a spike or goad.) I will go get a leaf of brass, And with a…Trending
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