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December 2022 Current Events: US News

Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

Angola Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Angola Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Angolan Relations GEOGRAPHYAngola is…

The U.S. Highway System

At the beginning of the 20th century, an uninterrupted system of nationwide highways did not exist. Beginning in 1811, a National Road had been constructed between Cumberland in western Maryland and…

Social Worker

What is this job like? Social workers help people overcome problems and make their lives better. They might work with people who are homeless, sick, or having family problems. Or they might…

April 2010 Current Events: Business News

U.S. News | World News | Science/Disasters News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of April 2010. Sales of New Cars Rise in March, Due Partly to Toyota's Recalls (…

Brewer's: Boiley

or Boily. Bread soaked in water. A word used in baby-farming establishments (French, boullie). (Pall Mall Budget, Aug. 22, 1889.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…

Brewer's: Nay-word

Pass-word. Slender in The Merry Wives of Windsor, says- “We have a nay-word how to know each other I come to her in white and cry Mum, she cries Budget, and by that we know one another” —…