(A). A pole, elaborately carved, erected before the dwelling of certain American Indians. It is a sort of symbol, like a public-house sign or flagstaff. “Imagine a huge log, forty or fifty…
Eleanor C. LambertsenAge: 82 a leader in American nursing education. She introduced the concept of team nursing to improve patient care. Died: March 30, 1998.Akira KurosawaG - LHalldor…
Eleanor Holm WhalenAge: 90? swimmer who won a gold medal in 100-meter backstroke at the 1932 Olympics. She created an Olympic-sized scandal in 1936 when she was kicked off the U.S. swimming…
(Under) implies that the weather is rough and the wind so high that the ship displays no sails on the masts. Figuratively applied to a man reduced to the last extremity. Figuratively, a…
The gilt knob at the end represents a brass basin, which is sometimes actually suspended on the pole. The basin has a notch cut in it to fit the throat, and was used for lathering…
(Encyclopedia) Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939–, Canadian novelist and poet. Atwood is a skilled and powerful storyteller whose novels, set mainly in the near future, sometimes make use of such…
NORTON Eleanor Holmes , a Delegate from the District of Columbia; born in Washington, D.C.,
June 13, 1937; graduated from Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C.; B.A.,
Antioch College of Antioch…
(Encyclopedia) Ferraro, Geraldine AnneFerraro, Geraldine Annefərärˈō [key], 1935–2011, American political leader, b. Newburgh, N.Y., grad. Marymount College (1956), Fordham Law School (1960). A…
Give over work. The cry in hop-gardens when the pickers are to cease working. “When the sun set, the cry of `No more poles' resounded, and the work of the day was done.” —The Ludgate…
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