(A). A legislative act imposing punishment (less than capital) upon a person charged with treason or other high crimes. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bill…
founder of Microsoft and philanthropist, was made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in March for his charity work and for his astute…
Before the Great Fire the space for foot-passengers in London was defended by rails and posts; the latter served for theatrical placards and general announcements, which were therefore…
like Philip and Mary on a shilling. The reference is to coins struck in the year 1555, in which Mary and her consort are placed face to face, and not cheek by jowl, the usual way. Still…
(Encyclopedia) PeruPerupər&oomacr;ˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 12,843), seat of Miami co., N Ind., on the Wabash River; inc. 1847. It is a trade, processing, and rail center for a fertile…
(Encyclopedia) Norrish, Ronald George Wreyford, 1897–1978, British chemist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1925. He joined the faculty at Cambridge in 1925 and was a professor there until he retired in 1965.…
age 22, was found guilty of attempting to extort $40 million from Bill Cosby, whom she alleges is her father. Cosby had paid the woman's mother approximately $40,000 per year for her care,…
