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Bowie, David
(Encyclopedia) Bowie, David, 1947–2016, British rock-and-roll singer and songwriter who successfully, merged rock, art, and fashion, b. London as David Robert Jones. After singing with five different…Walt Whitman: From Noon to Starry Night
From Noon to Starry NightThou Orb Aloft Full-DazzlingFacesThe Mystic TrumpeterTo a Locomotive in WinterO Magnet-SouthMannahattaAll Is TruthA Riddle SongExcelsiorAh Poverties, Wincings, and…Brewer's: Cotereaux
(French). Cut-throats. The King of England, irritated at the rising in Brittany in the twelfth century, sent the Brabancons (q.v. ) to ravage the lands of Raoul de Fourgères. These cut-…Brewer's: Hardouin
(2 syl.). E'on Hardouin would not object. Said in apology of an historical or chronological incident introduced into a treatise against which some captious persons take exception. Jean…Brewer's: Quick
Living; hence animated, lively; hence fast, active, brisk (Anglo-Saxon, cwic, living, alive). Our expression, “Look alive,” means Be brisk. Quick at meat, quick at work. In French, “Bonne…Brewer's: Costermonger
A seller of eatables about the streets, properly an appleseller (from costard, a sort of apple, and monger, “a trader;” Saxon, mangian, “to trade”), a word still retained in iron-monger,…apple
(Encyclopedia) apple, any tree (and its fruit) of the genus Malus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). Apples were formerly considered species of the pear genus Pyrus, with which they share the…Taylor, Jeremy
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Jeremy, 1613–67, English bishop and theological and devotional writer. He was distinguished as a preacher and as the author of some of the most noted religious works in English…1980 Academy Awards
The 1980 Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1981 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureCoal Miner's Daughter, Bernard Schwartz, producer (Universal)The Elephant Man…Top 50 All-Time Box Office Hits
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesMovies have come a long way since they were first invented in 1878 by Eadward Muybridge. Back then, his two-second long film, which featured consecutive shots sewn…Trending
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