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Brewer's: Comazants
Called St. Elmo fires by the French, Castor and Pollux by the Romans. A celestial light seen occasionally to play round mast-heads, etc. (Latin, coma, hair.) Virgil makes good use of this…2002 Tour de France Winners
The 89th Tour de France (July 6-28) ran 20 stages plus a prologue, covering 2,050 miles starting in Luxembourg, passing through the Alps and Pyrenees in France and finishing on the Avenue des Champs…Brewer's: Rights
Declaration of Rights. An instrument submitted to William and Mary, on their being called to the throne, setting forth the fundamental principles of the constitution. The chief items are…Brewer's: Smoke Farthings
An offering given to the priest at Whitsuntide, according to the number of chimneys in his parish. “The Bishop of Elie hath out of everie parish in Cambridgeshire a certain tribute called…1982 National Book Awards
Autobiography/BiographyHardcoverMornings on Horseback, David McCulloughPaperbackWalter Lippmann and the American Century, Ronald SteelChildren's Books, FictionHardcoverWestmark, Lloyd…Brewer's: Tariff
A list in alphabetical order of the duties, drawbacks, bounties, etc., charged or allowed on exports and imports. The word is derived from Tarifa, a seaport of Spain about twenty miles…May 2009 Current Events: Business/Science News
U.S. News | World News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of May 2009. FDA Warns of Danger of Diet Drug Hydroxycut, Suggests Stopping Use (May 1): The Food and…Jupiter
Jovian MoonsThe Magnetosphere of Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system—a gaseous world as large as 1,300 Earths. Its equatorial diameter is 88,736 mi (142,800 km), while…Federalist No. 40
No 39 No 41 The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained From the New York Packet.Friday, January 18, 1788.Madison To the People of…K - M
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