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Third World
(Encyclopedia) Third World, the technologically less advanced, or developing, nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, generally characterized as poor, having economies distorted by their…The Large Hadron Collider: Fiction vs. Fact
The Five Most Common Fears Related Links The Large Hadron Collider CERN Forces Energy Atoms The world's most expensive and sophisticated science experiment -- the…Sedna: Planetoid or Planet?
On March 15, 2004, astronomers confirmed the discovery of the most distant object ever identified in our solar system. Twice as far from the Sun as any known object, this red mass has an…O.J. Simpson
Name at birth: Orenthal James SimpsonFormer football star O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder after a sensational 1995 trial, then convicted of armed robbery in a separate incident 13 years later.…Movies and Film: How a Film is Made
How a Film is MadeMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing So how does a film get made? What are the…Brewer's: Alkahest
The hypothetical universal solvent. The word was invented by Paracelsus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Al RakimAl Kader A B C D E F G H I J K L…Brewer's: Romulus
We need no Romulus to account for Rome. We require no hypothetical person to account for a plain fact. Romulus and Remus were suckled by a wolf; Atalanta by a she-bear. Source:…Brewer's: Zif
Hypothetical stock, entered in “salted accounts,” to give a colourable balance “to the good.” (Hebrew ziphr, a book.) (Vidocq: Les Voleurs, vol. ii. pp. 81, 87.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Men in Buckram
Hypothetical men existing only in the brain of the imaginer. The allusion is to the vaunting tale of Falstaff to Prince Henry. (Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., ii. 4.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Freeport
(Sir Andrew). A London merchant, industrious, generous, and of great good sense. He was one of the members of the hypothetical club under whose auspices the Spectator was published.…Trending
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