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Winter Olympics: Bobsleigh
Offspring of the toboggan by John Gettings and Christine Frantz Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Bobsleigh Medal StandingsBobsleigh Through the YearsEncyclopedia:…Brewer's: Acutiator
Acutia′tor A person in the Middle Ages who attended armies and knights to sharpen their instruments of war. (Latin, acuo, to sharpen.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Redmond O'Neale
Rokeby's page, who is beloved by Rokeby's daughter Matilda. Redmond turns out to be Mortham's son and heir, and marries Matilda. (SirWalterScott: Rokeby.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Unguem
Ad unguem. To the minutest point. To finish a statue ad unguem is to finish it so smoothly and perfectly that when the nail is run over the surface it can detect no imperfection. Source…Brackets & Parentheses
Use brackets to set off words or letters in quoted matter that have been added by someone other than the author: “She [Willa Cather] is certainly one of the great American writers of the…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Insight
InsightPower that by obedience grows, Knowledge which its source not knows, Wave which severs whom it bears From the things which he compares, Adding wings through things to range, To his own…Easy Rider <span class="date" >(1969)</span>
Director: Dennis HopperCast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson and Karen Black This gutsy, low-budget road film features inspired performances, good writing, expressive camera work…Presidents Before Washington
The Question: One of my son's classmates mentioned that there was a president before George Washington. Does anyone know who he was? The Answer…Is the Red Sea red?
The Question: Is the Red Sea red? If so, why? The Answer: Of course it's not actually red, but sometimes it appears that way. Located between the East African coast and the Saudi Arabian…The Size of the Sun and Earth
The Question: What is the size difference between the Sun and Earth? The Answer: The difference is huge. The Sun is by far the largest…Trending
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