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Kate Expectations

      Kate Expectations   Great expectations and much speculation followed the announcement of Kate Middleton's pregnancy. Related Links Prince William and Kate Middleton Wedding…

Tales from Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors The states of Syracuse and Ephesus being at variance, there was a cruel law made at Ephesus, ordaining that if any merchant of Syracuse was seen in the city of Ephesus he…

John Keats: To * * * *

by JohnKeatsOn Receiving a Curious Shell, ...To HopeTo * * * * Hadst thou liv'd in days of old, O what wonders had been told Of thy lively countenance, And thy humid eyes that dance In the…

Brewer's: Twinkling

(See Bed-Post.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TwinsTwig 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…

Idaho NPR Member Stations

StationCityFrequencyKBSU-AMBoise730KBSU-FMBoise90.3KBSX-FMBoise91.5KIBX-FMBonners Ferry92.1KBSY-FMBurley88.5KNWO-FMCottonwood90.1KBSK-FMMcCall89.9KBSM-FMMcCall91.7KBSQ-FMMcCall90.7KRFA-…

Most Popular Kids' Names in America

The most popular names of the last century If you had taken a random survey of names in a playground at the turn of the century, you might have counted a fair number of Johns and even an Ethel or…

Brewer's: Twist

(Oliver). A boy born in a workhouse, starved and ill-treated; but always gentle, amiable, and pureminded. Dickens's novel so called. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Pigeon Pair

A boy and girl, twins. It was once supposed that pigeons always sit on two eggs which produce a male and a female, and these twin birds live together in love the rest of their lives.…

Brewer's: Si Quis

A notice to all whom it may concern, given in the parish church before ordination, that a resident means to offer himself as a candidate for holy orders; and SI QUIS —i.e. if anyone knows…

Some Giant Telescopes

Radio (dish-antenna) telescopes: The fixed-dish telescope (1963) near Arecibo, Puerto Rico: 1,000 ft (305 m) in diameter, covering 25 acres. Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope (1980)…