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Brewer's: Crow over One

(To), is to exult over a vanquished or abased person. The allusion is to cocks, who always crow when they have vanquished an adversary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Jim CHAPMAN, Congress, TX (1945)

CHAPMAN Jim , a Representative from Texas; born in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1945; graduated from Sulphur Springs High School, Sulphur Springs, Tex., 1963; B.B.A., University of Texas, Austin,…

William Evans CROW, Congress, PA (1870-1922)

Senate Years of Service: 1921-1922 Party: Republican CROW William Evans , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in German Township, Fayette County, Pa., March 10, 1870; attended the public schools…

digital art

(Encyclopedia) digital art, contemporary art in which computer technology is used in a wide variety of ways to make distinctive works. Digital art was pioneered in the 1970s but only came into its…

Russell, Lillian

(Encyclopedia) Russell, Lillian, 1861–1922, American singer and actress, b. Clinton, Iowa. Her original name was Helen Louise Leonard. She first appeared in light opera in 1879. In the early 1880s…

Jobs Involving Law

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The Devil's Dictionary: Law

by Ambrose Bierce LAURELLAWFULLAW -n. Once Law was sitting on the bench, And Mercy knelt a-weeping. "Clear out!" he cried, "disordered wench! Nor come before me creeping…

Chemistry: Gas Laws

Gas LawsChemistryGas LawsBoyle's Law: Why Compressed Gas Is SmallCharles's Law: The Incredible Imploding CanGay-Lussac's Law: Spray Paint + Campfire = Bad NewsThe Combined Gas LawAvogadro's Law and…

Geometry: The Law of Detachment

The Law of DetachmentGeometryTaking the Burden out of ProofsThe Law of DetachmentThe Importance of Being DirectProof by Contradiction: The Advantage of Being IndirectThe Given Information: Use It or…