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Brewer's: Yeoman's Service
Regular hard work; effectual service; excellent service whether in a good or bad cause. The reference is to the yeomen of the Free Companies. “The whole training of Port Royal did him…Brewer's: Substitution of Service
(The), in Ireland. Instead of serving a process personally, the name of the defaulter was posted on the walls of a Catholic chapel in the parish or barony, or in some other public place…Brewer's: Eye-service
Superficial service. “Service qu'on rend sous les yeux du maître.” “Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters ...; not with eye-service, as men pleases; but as the servants of…Brewer's: Lip Service
Verbal devotion. Honouring with the lips while the heart takes no part nor lot in the matter. (See Matt, xv. 8, Isa. xxix. 13.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Service Academy Websites
U.S. Military Academy: www.usma.edu U.S. Air Force Academy: www.usafa.af.mil U.S. Naval Academy: www.nadn.navy.mil U.S. Coast Guard Academy: www.cga.edu U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: www.usmma.…Chambers, William
(Encyclopedia) Chambers, William, 1800–1883, and Robert Chambers, 1802–71, Scottish authors and publishers. Their firm of W. and R. Chambers is best known for Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which…Younger, Cole
(Encyclopedia) Younger, Cole (Thomas Coleman Younger), 1844–1916, American outlaw, b. Jackson co., Mo. After the Civil War he joined the outlaw band of Jesse James, with whom he had served as a…Cabinet Members Under G. H. W. Bush
Secretary of State James A. Baker 3d, 1989Lawrence S. Eagleburger, 1992Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady (Cont.)Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney, 1989Attorney General Richard L.…Hobart, city, Australia
(Encyclopedia) Hobart, city, capital and principal port of Tasmania, SE Australia, at the foot of Mt. Wellington (4,166 ft/1,270 m high). Hobart's…Grew, Joseph Clark
(Encyclopedia) Grew, Joseph Clark, 1880–1965, American diplomat, b. Boston. Entering diplomatic service in 1904, he held posts of increasing importance in different capitals until 1924, when he…Trending
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