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Walt Whitman: First O Songs for a Prelude

First O Songs for a PreludeFirst O songs for a prelude, Lightly strike on the stretch'd tympanum pride and joy in my city, How she led the rest to arms, how she gave the cue, How at once with…

Brewer's: Gamelyn

(3 syl., g hard). The youngest of the three sons of Sir Johan de Boundys. On his death-bed the old knight left “five plowes of land” to each of his two elder sons, and the rest of his…

The History of Black Friday

The hours keep extending, the crowds keep growing and the deals keep expanding, but is it all worth it? Target Shoppers on Black Friday   Related Links Consumer Resources Personal…

Women in the 113th Congress

This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 113th Congress, which began in 2013. There are 81 women in the House of Representatives and 20 women in the Senate. State…

Mother's Day Quiz

Answer Key Who played Mrs. Robinson, the seductress mother who slept with the young Dustin Hoffman, in The Graduate?Faye DunawayAnne BancroftElizabeth TaylorLauren BacallWhich network…

Brewer's: Great Men

(Social status of). ÆSOP, a manumitted slave. ARKWRIGHT (Sir Richard), a barber. BEACONSFIELD (Lord), a solicitor's clerk. BLOOMFIELD, a cobbler, son of a tailor. BUNYAN, a travelling…

Brewer's: Coals

To blow the coals To fan dissensions, to excite smouldering animosity into open hostility, as dull coals are blown into a blaze by a pair of bellows. To carry coals To be put upon. “…