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Charles Pinckney: A Steady and Open Republican

A Steady and Open RepublicanCharles PinckneyMonday, May 5, 1788Mrs. Timothy The enclosed,[23] copied from a paper sent me by a friend, seems so peculiarly adapted to our present situation,…

Homework Help: Writing Research Papers

Transition Words and Phrases Transition words and phrases help establish clear connections between ideas and ensure that sentences and paragraphs flow together smoothly, making…

Daily Health Minute - New Drugs For Impotence

                    Daily Health Minute - New Drugs For Impotence           Two new drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (impotence) are expected to be on the market in early…

100 Years of Girl Scouts

In 2012, the Girls Scouts of the USA celebrated their 100th anniversary. by Jennie Wood Two Girl Scouts with Juliette Gordon Low (center) Related Links Girl Scouts Official…

Sochi: the Host City

The port city and subtropical resort was established in 1902 Sochi Seaport Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia:…

Brewer's: Attics, Attic Storey

Attics are the rooms in the attic storey, and the attic storey generally is an extra storey made in the roof. In the Roman and Renaissance styles of architecture the low storey above the…

Brewer's: Gulf

A man that goes in for honour at Cambridge —i.e. a mathematical degree—is sometimes too bad to be classed with the lowest of the three classes, and yet has shown sufficient merit to pass.…

Brewer's: Hatches

Put on the hatches. Figuratively, shut the door. (Anglo-Saxon, hæc a gate. Compare haca, a bar or bolt.) Under hatches. Dead and buried. The hatches of a ship are the coverings over the…

Brewer's: Havock

A military cry to general massacre without quarter. This cry was forbidden in the ninth year of Richard II. on pain of death. Probably it was originally used in hunting wild beasts, such…