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Anita Hill Biography

Anita Hill lawyer, educator, author, activistBorn: 7/30/1956Birthplace: Lone Tree, Okla.   Hill received her law degree from Yale University, and after a stint at the Equal Employment Opportunity…

Notting Hill Carnival

Caribbean food, steel bands, calypso, and parades make the Notting Hill Carnival an international draw every August by Liz Olson Related Links Queen's Birthday United…

Brewer's: Dragon's Hill

(Berkshire) is where the legend says St. George killed the dragon. A bare place is shown on the hill, where nothing will grow, and there the blood of the dragon ran out. In Saxon annals we…

Brewer's: Brent-hill

means the eyebrows. Looking or gazing from under brent-hill. In Devonshire means “frowning at one;” and in West Cornwall to brend means to wrinkle the brows. It is very remarkable that…

Brewer's: Old as the Hills

“Old as Panton Gates.” (See Panton Gates.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old Age Restored to YouthOld As Methuselah A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Hill-folk

The Cameronian Scotch Covenanters, who met clandestinely among the hills. Sometimes the Covenanters generally are so called. Sir W Scott used the words as a synonym of Cameronians.…

Brewer's: Hill-people

or Hill-folk. A class of beings in Scandinavian tradition between the elves and the human race. They are supposed to dwell in caves and small hills, and are bent on receiving the benefits…

Brewer's: Hill Tribes

The barbarous tribes dwelling in remote parts of the Deccan or plateau of Central India. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HillsHill-people A B C D E F G…

Brewer's: Salt Hill

(Eton). The mound at Eton where the Eton scholars used to collect money from the visitors on Montem day. The mound is still called Salt Hill, and the money given was called salt. The word…

Brewer's: Man of the Hill

(The). A tedious “hermit of the vale,” which encumbers the story of Tom Jones, by Fielding. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the SeaMan of Straw A B…