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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Atmosphere atmosphere [Gr.,=sphere of air], the mixture of gases surrounding a celestial body with sufficient gravity to maintain it. Although some details about the…Railroad Accidents
While trains are convenient for travel and for transporting goods, they have become a greater danger over the years as their speed has…William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act II, Scene III
Scene IIIAn ante-chamber adjoining Imogen's apartmentsEnter Cloten and LordsFirst LordYour lordship is the most patient man in loss, the most coldest that ever turned up ace.ClotenIt would…State of the Union Address: George H.W. Bush (January 31, 1990)
George H.W. Bush (January 31, 1990) Tonight, I come not to speak about the "State of the Government", not to detail every new initiative we plan for the coming year, nor describe every line in the…fire fighting
(Encyclopedia) fire fighting, the use of strategy, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish, to confine, or to escape from fire. Ancient Rome is known to have had a fire department consisting by the…Class Day
Class DayThe clerk of the weather evidently has a regard for young people, and sends sunshine for class days as often as he can. An especially lovely one shone over Plumfield as this…Our Foreign Correspondent
Our Foreign CorrespondentLondonDearest People, Here I really sit at a front window of the Bath Hotel, Piccadilly. It's not a fashionable place, but Uncle stopped here years ago, and won't go…Gossip
GossipIn order that we may start afresh and go to Meg's wedding with free minds, it will be well to begin with a little gossip about the Marches. And here let me premise that if any of the…William Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II
Act IIScene IA wood near AthensEnter, from opposite sides, a Fairy, and PuckPuckHow now, spirit! whither wander you?FairyOver hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over…Brewer's: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: F
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 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 F is written on his face. F Sharp ff F.E.R.T. F.O.B. F's Fa' Fabian Society…