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2008 News of the World - Palestine
2008 news of the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe Flag of Israel Related Links 2008 Year in Review 2008 News of the Nation 2008 People in the News 2008…Brewer's: Persevere
(3 syl.). This word comes from an obsolete Latin verb, severo (to stick rigidly); hence severus (severe or rigid). Asseverate is to stick rigidly to what you say; persevere is to stick…Brewer's: Mortstone
He may remove Mortstone. A Devonshire proverb, said incredulously of husbands who pretend to be masters of their wives. It also means, “If you have done what you say, you can accomplish…Brewer's: Painting
It is said that Apelles, being at a loss to delineate the foam of Alexander's horse, dashed his brush at the picture in despair, and did by accident what he could not accomplish by art.…Brewer's: Jourdain
(Monsieur), in Molière's comedy of Le Bourgeis Gentithomme. He represents a bourgeois placed by wealth in the ranks of gentlemen, and making himself extremely ridiculous by his endeavours…Brewer's: Fall Through
(To). To tumble through [an insecure place]; to fail of being carried out or accomplished. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fall toFall Sick A B C D E F…2000-01 Season Recap for the Tour de France
Thrice as Nice Is there anything left for this man to do? Simply put, no conversation about the most amazing accomplishments in sports history is complete without a discussion of Lance Armstrong…Memorable Olympic Moments: Mark Spitz
Ambitious Mark Spitz claims seven golds and an Olympic record by Mike Morrison Mark Spitz swims for the first of seven gold medals in 1972. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview…laser
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Ordinary light sources produce incoherent light, while a laser produces a beam of coherent light. laser [acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation],…State of the Union Address: Theodore Roosevelt (December 7, 1903)
Theodore Roosevelt (December 7, 1903) To the Senate and House of Representatives: The country is to be congratulated on the amount of substantial achievement which has marked the past year both as…Trending
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