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Eulenspiegel, Till

(Encyclopedia) Eulenspiegel, TillEulenspiegel, Tilltĭl oiˈlən-shpēˌgəl [key] [Ger.,=owl-mirror, hence English Owlglass], a north German peasant clown of the 14th cent. who was immortalized in…

Emmett Till

The brutal 1955 murder of teenager Emmett Till helped ignite the civil rights movement in America in the 1950s. It's not clear exactly what Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, said or did to…

till

(Encyclopedia) till: see drift.

Brewer's: Tap the Till

(To). To pilfer from a till Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tap-up SundayTap the Admiral A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

The Murder of Emmett Till

A "grotesque miscarriage of justice" Related Links Black History Month Black History Time Timeline Encyclopedia: Civil Rights For Kids: Civil Rights Heroes Martin Luther…

Cox, George Barnsdale

(Encyclopedia) Cox, George Barnsdale, 1853–1916, American politician, Republican boss of Cincinnati, b. Cincinnati. A former bootblack, he turned to real estate and local politics after selling his…

moraine

(Encyclopedia) morainemorainemərānˈ [key], a formation composed of unsorted and unbedded rock and soil debris called till, which was deposited by a glacier. The till that falls on the sides of a…

drift

(Encyclopedia) drift, deposit of mixed clay, gravel, sand, and boulders transported and laid down by glaciers. Stratified, or glaciofluvial, drift is carried by waters flowing from the melting ice of…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Till the End

by EmilyDickinsonXXXVVoidTill the End Till the End I should not dare to leave my friend, Because — because if he should die While I was gone, and I — too late — Should reach the heart that…