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Brewer's: Durbar

(Indian word). A levée. “Durbars which might rival in splendour of colour and jewelled bravery the glories of the court of Byzantium.” —McCarthy: England under Gladstone, chap. iv. p. 60…

Brewer's: Bouquet

French for nosegay. “Mr. Disraeli was able to make a financial statement burst into a bouquet of flowers.” —McCarthy: Our Own Times, vol. iii. chap. xxx. p. 11. The bouquet of wine, also…

Homeland Security, United States Department of

(Encyclopedia) Homeland Security, United States Department of (DHS), executive department of the federal government charged with protecting the security of the American homeland as its main…

Williams, Tennessee

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Tennessee (Thomas Lanier Williams), 1911–83, American dramatist, b. Columbus, Miss., grad. State Univ. of Iowa, 1938. One of America's foremost 20th-century playwrights and…

Holiday Movie Preview, 2000 - Part 3

What Women Want, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and All the Pretty Horses by Beth Rowen What Women Want Opens December 15 Prerelease buzz has blockbuster written all over this film…

1921–1930

1921—New York N.L. 5 (John J. McGraw); New York A.L. 3 (Miller Huggins). WP—New York N.L.: Barnes (3, 6), Douglas (4, 7), Nehf (8); New York A.L.: Mays (1), Hoyt (2, 5). LP—New York N.L.:…

Baseball Hall of Fame: Officials and Others

This page lists officials and others, such as Sparky Anderson, Thomas Yawkey, and William Evans, who have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.Alston,…

The Cold War

Key events and moments during the tense time between the Western and Eastern Blocs 1945 Soviet army marches into Berlin; the German capital city falls. World War II ends. Soviet Union, United…