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The Devil's Dictionary: Right
by Ambrose Bierce RIDICULERIGHTEOUSNESSRIGHT -n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the…A Plea for the Right of Recall
A Plea for the Right of Recallby AMICUS appeared in the Columbian Herald, August 28, 1788.See also Federalist No. 53Some time before a Convention of the United States was held, I mentioned in…The Roots of Women's Rights
July 19 marks the anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention by Elissa Haney Susan B. Anthony (standing) and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were leaders in the struggle for women's rights. The "…Declaration of the Rights of Man
Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of…Human Rights Day
A celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Related Links Encyclopedia: Human Rights Human Rights Treatieis, Speeches, and Documents The World's Most Repressive…Something So Right
ABCTuesday 8:30–9:00 p.m.Cast: Mel Harris, Jere Burns, Marne Patterson, Billy L. Sullivan, Emily Ann Lloyd, Christine Dunford, Michael Milhoan and Barry Jenner ABC has revived this “extended…Brewer's: Bill of Rights
The declaration delivered to the Prince of Orange on his election to the British throne, confirming the rights and privileges of the people. (Feb. 13th, 1689.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Anon-rightes
Right quickly. He had in town five hundred knightes, He hem [them ] of [off ] sent anon-rightes. Arthur and Merkin, p. 88. Ansarian The Moslems of Medina were called Ansarians (auxiliaries…Brewer's: Right as a Trivet
The trivet is a metallic plate-stand with three legs. Some fasten to the fender and are designed to hold the plate of hot toast, etc. (Anglo-Saxon, thryfot, three-foot, tripod.) Source:…Brewer's: Right Foot
Put the shoe on the right foot first. The twelfth symbol of the Protreptics of Iamblichus. This audition is preserved in our word “awkward,” which means “left-handed” (awke, the left hand…Trending
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