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British sailor, finished a solo 27,000-mile circumnavigation in February, in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds, breaking the world record for sailing around the world alone. She…
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(A ). An Austrian soldier. So called because he wears a white coat. Similarly, an English soldier is called a red-coat. In old Rome, ad saga ire meant…
It is said that the devil has no white in his eyes, and hence the French locution, “Celui qui n`a point de blanc en l'oeil. ” “Do you see any white in…
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