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Brewer's: Heads I Win, Tails you Lose

In tossing up a coin, with such an arrangement, the person who makes the bargain must of necessity win, and the person who accepts it must inevitably lose. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Head, Sir Edmund Walker

(Encyclopedia) Head, Sir Edmund Walker, 1805–68, British governor-general of Canada (1854–61), cousin of Sir Francis Bond Head. An Oxford scholar and tutor, he published several books. His success as…

Head, Sir Francis Bond

(Encyclopedia) Head, Sir Francis Bond, 1793–1875, British administrator in Canada. A soldier (1811–25) and unsuccessful mining adventurer in South America, he had had little experience to prepare him…

rivet

(Encyclopedia) rivet, headed metal pin or bolt whose shaft is passed through holes in two or more pieces of metal, wood, plastic, or other material in order to unite them by forming the plain end…

Hilton Head Island (town), SC Census Data

People QuickFactsHilton Head IslandSouth CarolinaPopulation, 2003 estimate 34,4074,147,152Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.6%3.4%Population, 2000 33,8624,012,…