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Brewer's: Pantheon

The finest is that erected in Rome by Agrippa (son-in-law of Augustus). It is circular, 150 feet in diameter, and the same in height. It is now a church, with statues of heathen gods, and…

Brewer's: Panthera

A hypothetical beast which lived in the East. Reynard affirmed that he had sent her majesty the queen a comb made of panthera bone, “more lustrous than the rainbow, more odoriferous than…

Brewer's: Double-edged Sword

Literally, a sword which cuts either way; metaphorically, an argument which makes both for and against the person employing it, or which has a double meaning. “ `Your Delphic sword,' the…

National Football League Team Profiles

America's Favorite Pastime by Mark Zurlo With millions of fans across the globe, football has become one of the world's most popular sports, and has (arguably) replaced baseball…

Geysers in the United States

Geysers are natural hot springs that intermittently eject a column of water and steam into the air. They exist in many parts of the volcanic regions of the world such as Japan and South…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 1, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 31, 1804August 2, 1804August 1, 1804 August the 1st 1804 a fair morning, Sent out two men after the horses & one back to examine if the…

Brewer's: Hind

Emblematic of St. Giles, because “a heaven-directed hind went daily to give him milk in the desert, near the mouth of the Rhone.” (See Hart.) The hind of Sertorius. Sertorius was invited…

Non-Native Species: Land Animals

by Mark Hughes Prev Next Africanized Honeybee Native to Africa, this honeybee was imported to Brazil in 1956 to breed with European honeybees in the hope that they…

Amy Lowell: III

IIIThe gates stand wide at Malmaison, stand wide all day. The gravel of the avenue glints under the continual rolling of wheels. An officer gallops up with his sabre clicking; a mameluke…

2001 MTV Music Video Awards

The 2001 Video Music Awards were presented September 6, 2001.Video of the YearChristina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink featuring Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, “Lady Marmalade”Male…