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United States

The Washington Monument, as seen from the Lincoln Memorial at night.  It seems like there's always something big going on in the United States. From business to politics to culture, it can be hard…

The Infoplease Survival Guide

Features, fun stuff, and other armchair adventures     Related Links Great Disasters Disasters of 2000 More... Surviving life isn't easy. Whether you're marooned on a…

Movies and Film: Distribution

DistributionMovies and FilmFilm Financing, Production, and DistributionProduction, Distribution, ExhibitionDistributionExhibition(ists)Stars' BucksIndependent Films TodayForeign FilmsSome Films About…

Watergate: 40 Years After the Break-in

Take a look back at the Watergate scandal, the laws passed in response to it, and key players by Beth Rowen The Watergate ComplexThe scandal that ended the Nixon presidency began more than…

Brewer's: Finality John

Earl Russell, who maintained that the Reform Bill of 1832 was a finality, yet in 1854, 1860, and 1866 brought forth other Reform Bills. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Finch Lane

(London). So called from a family of consideration by the name of Finch or Finke. There was once a church in the lane called St. Benet Finke. There is an Irish saint named Finc, in Latin…