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The Breaking of the Bells
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) was the target of a suit filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act and faced charges of operating a nationwide monopoly on telephone services. By…Brewer's: Break In
(To). To interpose a remark. To train a horse to the saddle or to harness. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Break of DayBreak Ground A B C D E F G H I…Breaking the Waves
Director/Writer: Lars von Trier Director of Photography: Robby Müller Editor: Anders Refn Music: Ray Williams Production Designer: Karl Juliusson Producers: Vibeke…Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (table)
(Encyclopedia) Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Year Recipient(s) 1969 Ragnar FrischJan Tinbergen 1970 Paul A. Samuelson 1971 Simon Kuznets 1972 Sir John R…parody
(Encyclopedia) parody, mocking imitation in verse or prose of a literary work. The following poem by Robert Southey was parodied by Lewis Carroll: “You are old, Father William,” the young man cried…carpe diem
(Encyclopedia) carpe diemcarpe diemkärˈpĕ dēˈĕm [key], a descriptive term for literature that urges readers to live for the moment [from the Latin phrase “seize the day,” used by Horace]. The theme,…Hereditary Western European Titles of Nobility (table)
(Encyclopedia) HEREDITARY WESTERN EUROPEAN TITLES OF NOBILITY ENGLISH GERMAN FRENCH ITALIAN SPANISH Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine Masculine…pentameter
(Encyclopedia) pentameterpentameterpĕntămˈətər [key] [Gr.,=measure of five], in prosody, a line to be scanned in five feet (see versification). The third line of Thomas Nashe's “Spring” is in…limerick, in poetry
(Encyclopedia) limerick, type of humorous verse. It is always short, often nonsensical, and sometimes ribald. Of unknown origin, the limerick is popular rather than literary and has even been used in…hyperbole
(Encyclopedia) hyperbolehyperbolehīpûrˈbəlē [key], a figure of speech in which exceptional exaggeration is deliberately used for emphasis rather than deception. Andrew Marvell employed hyperbole…Trending
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