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Brewer's: Screwed on Right
His head was screwed on right. He was clear-headed and right-thinking. “His heart was in the right place ... and his head was screwed on right, too.” —Boldrewood: Robbery under Arms, xv…Brewer's: Beeswing
The film which forms on the sides of a bottle of good old port. This film, broken up into small pieces, looks like the wings of bees. A port drinker is very particular not to “break the…Brewer's: Ignaro
Foster-father of Orgoglio. Whatever question Arthur asked, the old dotard answered, “He could not tell.” Spenser says this old man walks one way and looks another, because ignorance is…Brewer's: Bad
Charles le mauvais.Charles II of Navarre (1332–1387). He is gone to the bad. Has become a ruined man, or a depraved character. He has gone amongst bad people, in bad ways, or to bad…Geometry: Non-Euclidean Geometry
Non-Euclidean GeometryGeometryWhose Geometry Is It Anyway?Non-Euclidean GeometryHyperbolic Geometry: Saddle Up!Spherical GeometryTaxi-Cab GeometryMax GeometryHow Many Shapes Can a Circle Have?…Meteors and Meteorites
This crater in Arizona was caused by a 30 m wide, 100,000 ton meteor. The impact crater is 1.1 kilometers wide and 200 m deep. (Source: US Geological Survey) The term meteor for what is…Affirmative Action History
A History and Timeline of Affirmative Action Related Links Affirmative Action Affirmative Action Setbacks Black History Month African American History Timeline Affirmative…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Woodrow Wilson: First Inaugural Address
William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson First Inaugural Address Tuesday, March 4, 1913 THERE has been a change of government. It began two years ago, when the House of…Marinette
(Encyclopedia) MarinetteMarinettemârĭnĕtˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 11,843), seat of Marinette co., NE Wis., on Green Bay at the mouth of the Menominee River; inc. 1887. A port of entry, it is the…Niebuhr, Karsten
(Encyclopedia) Niebuhr, KarstenNiebuhr, Karstenkärˈstən [key]Niebuhr, Karsten nēˈb&oobreve;r [key], 1733–1815, German traveler in Arabia. He was sole survivor of a party of five (of whom the best…