The Question:
From where and why did the American Red Cross obtain/use a "red cross" as their symbol or logo?
The Answer:
The symbol that the American Red Cross uses-a red cross on a white…
Red GrangeBorn: June 13, 1903Football HB 3-time All-America at Illinois who brought 1st huge crowds to pro football when he signed with Chicago Bears in 1925; formed 1st AFL with manager-…
Red AuerbachBorn: Sept. 20, 1917Basketball 4th winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years; as coach-GM, led Boston to 9 NBA titles, including 8…
Drawing a red herring across the path. Trying to divert attention from the main question by some side-issue. A red herring drawn across a fox's path destroys the scent and sets the dogs at…
Official formality; so called because lawyers and government officials tie their papers together with red tape. Charles Dickens introduced the phrase. “There is a good deal of red tape at…
Otis Reddingsinger, songwriterBorn: 9/9/1941Birthplace: Dawson, GA Legendary soul singer whose death at age 26 ended a career just as it was about to blossom. In 1962, Redding, a former choir…
Director: Jon AvnetWriter: Robert KingDirector of Photography:Karl Walter LindenlaubEditor:Peter E. BergerMusic:Thomas NewmanProduction Designer:Richard SylbertProducers:Jon Avnet, Jordan…
A pair of red boots. A Tartar phrase, referring to a custom of cutting the skin of a victim round the upper part of the ankles, and then stripping it off at the feet. A Tartar will say, “…
(The). The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. They cut to pieces General Wayne's brigade in the American War, and the Americans vowed to give them no quarter. So they mounted red feathers…
In the very act; with red blood still on his hand. “I had some trouble to save him from the fury of those who had caught him red-handed.” —The Times (a correspondent). Source: Dictionary…
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