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February 2010 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Science/Disasters News Here are the key events in world news for the month of February 2010. Three American…Brewer's: Top-heavy
Liable to tip over because the centre of gravity is too high. Intoxicated. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Top RopesTop A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Brewer's: Roads
All roads lead to Rome. All efforts of thought converge in a common centre. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RoanRoad-agent A B C D E F G H I J K L…Women's Suffrage: The Decisive Battle
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Fighting ForcesMore Victories and More DefeatsThe Decisive BattleTo even a casual observer at the close of 1916 it must have been clear…Brewer's: Alexandrine Age
From A.D. 323 to 640, when Alexandria, in Egypt, was the centre of science and literature. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Alexandrine PhilosophyAlexandrian…Modern Pentathlon
First Olympic Appearance: 1912 (men); 2000 (women) by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? American George Patton (yes, that George Patton) was a strong challenger for the modern…Brewer's: Naseby
(Northamptonshire) is the Saxon nafela (the navel). It is so called because it was considered the navel or centre of England. Similarly, Delphi was called the “navel of the earth,” and in…Brewer's: Hanoverian Shield
This escutcheon used to be added to the arms of England; it was placed in the centre of the shield to show that the House of Hanover came to the crown by election, and not by conquest.…Brewer's: Escutcheon of Pretence
(An). That of a wife, either heiress or coheiress, placed in the centre of her husband's shield. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894EsingæEscurial A B C D…Brewer's: Meru
A fabulous mountain in the centre of the world, 80,000 leagues high, the abode of Vishnu, and a perfect paradise. It may be termed the Indian Olympos. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Trending
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