MOREY Henry Lee , a Representative from Ohio; born in Milford Township, near Collinsville, Butler
County, Ohio, April 8, 1841; attended the common schools and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio;…
Notable Economists Beatrice Potter Webb See also Three Economists and Their Theories People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Overview of Economics…
A drinking-glass; a rummer. (Greek, bikos, a wine jar.) “Here, Gerard, reach your beaker.” Browning: Blot in the Scutcheon, i. 1. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…
ATKESON William Oscar , a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Buffalo, Putnam
County, Va. (now West Virginia), August 24, 1854; attended the public schools
and the University of…
Several flowers are so called. Red Bachelor's Buttons, the double red campion; yellow Bachelor's Buttons, the “upright crowfoot”; white Bachelor's Buttons, the white ranunculus and white…
The Solan goose. The strange tales of this creature have arisen from a tissue of blunders. The Latin pernacula is a “small limpet,” and bernacula (Portuguese, bernaca; French, barnache) is…
The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 9, 1999.Outstanding PlayWitOutstanding MusicalParadeOutstanding Musical RevivalYour a Good Man,…
(genre 1 syl.). A painter of domestic, rural, or village scenes, such as A Village Wedding, The Young Recruit, Blind Man's Buff, The Village Politician, etc. It is a French term, and means…
