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Brewer's: Jack o' the Bowl
The most famous brownie or house-spirit of Switzerland; so called from the custom of placing for him every night on the roof of the cow-house a bowl of fresh sweet cream. The contents of…Brewer's: Jack o' the Clock
The figure which comes out to strike the hours on the bell of a clock. A contraction of Jaquemart (q.v.). King Richard. Well, but what's o'clock? Buckingham. Upon the stroke of ten. K. R.…Brewer's: Jack Out of Office
One no longer in office. I am left out; for me nothing remains. But long I will not be Jack-out-of-office Shakespeare: 1 Henry VI., I. I. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: House that Jack Built
(The). There are numerous similar glomerations. For example the Hebrew parable of The Two Zuzim. The summation runs thus: 10. This is Yavah who vanquished 9. Death which killed 8. The…Jack Kent Cooke Biography
Jack Kent CookeBorn: Oct. 25, 1912Football sole owner of NFL Washington Redskins from 1985-97; teams won 2 Super Bowls (1988,92); also owned NBA Lakers and NHL Kings in LA; built LA Forum for…Sumner, James Batcheller
(Encyclopedia) Sumner, James Batcheller, 1887–1955, American biochemist, b. Canton, Mass., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School, 1914. He was a professor at Cornell from 1914 until his death in 1955. In 1946…boxing
(Encyclopedia) boxing, sport of fighting with fists, also called pugilism and prizefighting. Amateur boxing, while not free from debate, has in recent decades taken steps to ensure safety and…At the Movies with the Civil War
The following is a list of movies featuring the Civil War by Jennie Wood Related Links Battle of Gettysburg Fact Sheet…The Civil War and Gettysburg in Pop Culture
The following is a list of movies and books featuring the Civil War and Gettysburg. by Jennie Wood Related Links Battle of…Oswald, Lee Harvey
(Encyclopedia) Oswald, Lee Harvey, 1939–63, presumed assassin of John F. Kennedy, b. New Orleans. Oswald spent most of his boyhood in Fort Worth, Tex. Later, he attended a Dallas high school, and…Trending
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