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Rosewood (Film)
Director: John SingletonWriter: Gregory PoirierDirector of Photography:Johnny E. JensenEditor:Bruce CannonMusic:John WilliamsProduction Designer:Paul SylbertProducer:Jon PetersWarner Bros.; R…Gwyneth Paltrow
A big Hollywood star of the 1990s, Gwyneth Paltrow won an Oscar for her starring role in 1998's Shakespeare in Love. Premiere magazine once called her the modern actress "most likely to assume the…British Museum
(Encyclopedia) British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and…July 2016: Police Shooting in Baton Rouge Triggers Federal Investigation
World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of july 2016. 1. No Charges Filed for Hillary Clinton 2. Police…A. E. Housman: "Terence, this is stupid stuff:
"Terence, this is stupid stuff: You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your beer. But oh, good Lord, the verse you make, It gives…Brewer's: Moratorium
A legal permission to defer for a stated time the payment of a bond, debt, cheque, or other obligation. This is done to enable the creditor to pull himself round by borrowing money,…Brewer's: Pound
The unit of weight (Latin, pondus, weight); also cash to the value of twenty shillings sterling, because in the Carlovingian period the Roman pound (twelve ounces) of pure silver was…Brewer's: Thelusson Act
The 39th and 40th George III., cap. 98. An Act to prevent testators from leaving their property to accumulate for more than twenty-one years. So called because it was passed in reference…Brewer's: Trap
A carriage, especially such as a phäeton, dog-cart, commercial sulky, and such like. It is not applied to a gentleman's close carriage. Contraction of trappings (whatever is “put on,”…Brewer's: Rupee
A silver coin = 2s. English (a florin). A lac of rupees = 10,000 sterling. Since the depreciation of silver the value of a rupee is considerably less. In 1870 an ounce of silver was worth…Trending
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