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Brewer's: Caleys

(A Stock Exchange term). Caledonian Railway Ordinary Stock. A contraction of Cale-donians. (See Stock Exchange Slang.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Calf…

Hassan Rouhani

Name at birth: Hassan FeridonHassan Rouhani took office as Iran's 7th president on 4 August 2013, succeeding President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Rouhani has a clerical background, but has been politically…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Prologue

by Robert Burns Verses Intended To Be Written ...The Bonie Moor-HenPrologue Spoken by Mr. Woods on his benefit-night, Monday, 16th April, 1787. When, by a generous Public's…

Brewer's: King of the World

So the Caledonians, in Ossian's time, called the Roman emperor. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King Chosen by the Neighing of a HorseKing of the World A B…

New Caledonia

(Encyclopedia) New Caledonia, Fr. Nouvelle Calédonie, officially Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, internally self-governing dependency of France (2015 est. pop. 269,000), land area 7,241…