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Nelson Mandela: A Look Back at a Remarkable Life
Read about the former president of South Africa Revisiting September 11 Ten Years Later Post-9/11 Changes By the U.S. Government An in-depth look at how government responsed to 9/11…Kicked in the Head
Director: Matthew HarrisonWriters: Kevin Corrigan and Matthew HarrisonDirectors of Photography:John Thomas and Howard KrupaEditor:Michael BerenbaumMusic:Stephen EndelmanProduction Designer:…Brewer's: Head
(Latin, caput; Saxon, hedfod; Scotch, hafet; contracted into head.) Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse. Better be foremost amongst commoners than the lowest of the…Brewer's: Dog-head
(in machinery). That which bites or holds the gun-flint. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-headed TribesDog-grass A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Boar's Head
[The Christmas dish.] Freyr, the Scandinavian god of peace and plenty, used to ride on the boar Gullinbursti; his festival was held at Yuletide (winter solstice), when a boar was…Brewer's: Brazen Head
The following are noted:- One by Albertus Magnus, which cost him thirty years' labour, and was broken into a thousand pieces by Thomas Aquinas, his disciple. One by Friar Bacon. “Bacon…Brewer's: Long-headed
Clever, sharp-witted. Those who believe in the shape and bumps of the head think that a long head indicates shrewdness. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long…Brewer's: Head of Cattle
Cattle are counted by the head; manufacturing labourers by hands, as “How many hands do you employ?” horses by the nose (See Nose); guests at dinner by the cover, as “Covers for ten,” etc…Brewer's: Head and Ears
Over head and ears [in debt, in love, etc.], completely; entirely. The allusion is to a person immersed in water. The French phrase is “Avoir des dettes pardessus la tete.” Source:…Brewer's: Head and Shoulders
A phrase of sundry shades of meaning. Thus “head and shoulders taller” means considerably tall; to turn one out head and shoulders means to drive one out forcibly and without ceremony.…Trending
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