Mark Twain(Samuel Langhorne Clemens)writer, social observerBorn: 11/30/1835Birthplace: Florida, Missouri Writer and social observer considered a master of humor and sarcasm and one of the most…
Printers' marks on the first page of a sheet are called Signatures. (See Letters At Foot Of Page.) Serifs are the strokes which finish off Roman letters, top and bottom. A, B, C, are “…
Mark Burnettcreator of SurvivorBorn: 1960?Birthplace: England Burnett is responsible for the television phenomenon of 2000, Survivor—an experiment in social Darwinism, in which contestants…
Mark Harmon
actorBorn: 9/2/1951Birthplace: Burbank, California
The son of football player Tom Harmon and actress mother Elyse Knox, it is no surprise that Harmon is a gifted athlete and a…
Mark Chapter 14 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him…
(Encyclopedia) Martí, JoséMartí, Joséhōsāˈ märtēˈ [key], 1853–95, Cuban essayist, poet, and patriot, leader of the Cuban struggle for independence. One of the greatest prose writers of Spanish…
A mark adopted by a manufacturer to distinguish his productions from those made by other persons. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Trade WindsTrade A B C…
In good condition of health; well skilled in proposed work. “Not up to the mark” means a cup too low, or not sufficiently skilled. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
? is—that is, the first and last letters of quæstio (question). ! is . lo in Latin is the interjection of joy. S is a Greek p (), the initial letter of paragraph. is used by the Greek…
(Encyclopedia) Dorticós Torrado, OsvaldoDorticós Torrado, Osvaldoōsvälˈdō dōrtēkōsˈ tōr-räˈᵺō [key], 1919–83, president of Cuba (1959–76). A prosperous lawyer, he participated in Fidel Castro's…
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