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Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | US 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 world…William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene I
Scene IA lane by the wall of Capulet's orchardEnter RomeoRomeoCan I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.He climbs the wall, and leaps down within…Brewer's: Nail
Down on the nail, Pay down on the nail. In ready money. In Latin: “Super unguem;” in French: “Sur Vongle;” as, “Boire la goutte sur Vongle ” (see Supernaculum), “Payer rubis sur Vongle, ”…The 2004 Class of Inductees
Frederick Banting, 1891–1941, Charles Best, 1899–1978, James Collip, 1892–1965, Purified Insulin. Canadian scientists Banting, Best, and Collip determined that insulin injections would help…Maitrayana-Brahmaya-Upanishad: Sixth Prapathaka
Sixth Prapatraka1. He (the Self) bears the Self in two ways, as he who is Prâna (breath), and as he who is Aditya (the sun). Therefore there are two paths for him, within and without, and…Baron Munchausen: The Baron proceeds on his v...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe Preparations for the Baron'... The Baron secures his chari... The Baron proceeds on his v... The Baron proceeds on his voyage-Convoys a squadron to…Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Sphinx
The SphinxThe Sphinx is drowsy, Her wings are furled: Her ear is heavy, She broods on the world. "Who'll tell me my secret, The ages have kept?— I awaited the seer While they…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Pine Forest of the Cascine Near Pisa
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Jane: The RecollectionWith a Guitar, to JaneThe Pine Forest of the Cascine Near Pisa This, the first draft of "To Jane: The Invitation, The Recollection", was…Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress in Religion
The Templeton Prize, an award to encourage progress in religion, was established in 1972 by Sir John Templeton, a Tennessee-born financial analyst and…Brewer's: Pin
(A). A cask holding 4 1/2 gallons of ale or beer. This is the smallest of the casks. Two pins = a firkin or 9 gallons, and 2 firkins = a kilderkin or 18 gallons. Pin Not worth a pin.…Trending
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