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Brewer's: Fire-new

Spick and span new (q.v.). “You should have accosted her; and with some excellent jests fire-new from the mint.” —Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, iii. 2. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

A Guide to New Nations

Fledgling countries that have emerged since the 1990s by David Johnson NEW NATIONS Former Soviet Union Baltic Region: EstoniaLatviaLithuania Eastern Europe:…

New York Power

PosGmMinGAPtsTiffeny MilbrettF19160510828Emily JanssM2113368117Tammy PearmanF/D201569419Linda OrmenF141032237Krista DaveyD/M20727215Anita RappM191364215Minna MustonenF12505124Ronnie…

A History of the New Year

A move from March to January New Year's Features New Year's Traditions Rosh Hashannah, Jewish New Year Chinese New Year Muharram, Islamic New Year Saying "Happy New Year!"…

The New Millennium Quiz

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of U.S. History during the new millennium, from 2000 onward. This period in history is filled with significant events that shaped the United States we…

New Neptunian Moons

In Jan. 2003, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the National Research Council of Canada announced that three new moons had been discovered orbiting Neptune…

New $20 Bill

The U.S. Treasury adopted a new design for the $20 dollar bill in fall 2003. The new bill incorporates security features introduced in the 1990s, including a watermark and a security thread—…

New Events for 2008

The 2008 Olympics in Beijing will include 302 different events will nine of them being new additions. These new events will include BMX racing in the cycling discipline, a women's 3000m…

New Horizons (U.S.)

Image of Pluto sent back by New Horizons. Source: NASA Destination: Pluto-Kuiper Belt. Launched: Jan. 19, 2006. Arrival: Summer 2015. Mission: To study the worlds at the edge of our solar…