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The Cold War

Key events and moments during the tense time between the Western and Eastern Blocs 1945 Soviet army marches into Berlin; the German capital city falls. World War II ends. Soviet Union, United…

Is It a Cold or the Flu?

SymptomsColdFlu feverrarecharacteristic, high (102°–104° F); lasts 3–4 days headacherareprominent general aches, painsslightusual; often severe fatigue, weaknessquite mildcan last up to 2–3…

The Common Cold

Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. The problem. In the course of a year, individuals in the United States suffer one billion colds,…

Cold Feet

NBCFriday 10:00–11:00 p.m.; canceledCast:David Sutcliffe, Jean Louisa Kelly, William Keane, Dina Spybey, Alicia Coppola, and Anthony Starke Based on the British series, the show follows three…

Brewer's: Starved with Cold

Half-dead with cold. (Anglo-Saxon, steorfan, to die.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894StationsStarvation Dundas A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Brewer's: Stone Cold

Cold as a stone. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Stone DeadStone Blind A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Key-cold

Deadly cold, lifeless. A key, on account of its coldness, is still sometimes employed to stop bleeding at the nose. Poor key-cold figure of a holy king! Pale ashes of the house of…

Cold War on the Courts

U.S. and Russian basketball teams play the most controversial game in Olympic history by Gerry Brown Russian Aleksander Belov scores the controversial winning basket in 1972. (Source: AP)…

Elián and the Cold War

Elián González, a young Cuban boy found clinging to an inner tube off the Florida coast in Nov. 1999, became the subject of an international dispute between the U.S. and Cuba. The boy's…

Brewer's: Diplomatic Cold

(A). An excuse to get over a disagreeable engagement. Mr. Healy M.P. (1885) said that Lord Hartington and Mr. Gladstone had “diplomatic colds,” when they pleaded indisposition as an excuse…