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Brewer's: Shylock
The grasping Jew, who “would kill the thing he hates.” (Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice.) Shylock (A). A grasping moneylender. (See above.) “Respectable people withdrew from the trade…Operation Condor
Director: Jackie ChanWriters: Jackie Chan and Edward TangDirector of Photography:Wong Ngok TaiEditor:Cheung Yiu ChungMusic:Stephen EndelmanProducer:Leonard HoMiramax in association with Media…Order of Operations
When you have a math problem that involves more than one operation—for example, addition and subtraction, or subtraction and multiplication—which do you do first? Example #1: 6 – 3 x 2 = ? Do you…Algebra: Radical Operations
Radical Operations Algebra Wrestling with Radicals Introducing the Radical Sign Simplifying Radical Expressions Unleashing Radical Powers Radical Operations Solving Radical Equations When…Brewer's: Base of Operation
in war. That is, a fortified or otherwise secure spot, where the magazines of all sorts can be formed, whence the army can derive stores, and upon which (in case of reverse) it can fall…Brewer's: Cæsarian Operation
or Cesarean Operation. The extraction of a child from the womb by cutting the abdomen (Latin, cæso, cut from the womb). Julius Caesar is said to have been thus brought into the world.…Brewer's: Line of Operation
(The) in war. The line between the base of operation (q.v.) and the object aimed at. Thus, if a fleet is the base and the siege of a city is the object aimed at, the line of operation is…Hoffman, Dustin
(Encyclopedia) Hoffman, DustinHoffman, Dustinhŏfˈmən, hôfˈ– [key], 1937–, American actor, b. Los Angeles. Not glamorous in the manner of earlier stars, Hoffman began on Broadway, but gained…Macklin, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Macklin, CharlesMacklin, Charlesmăkˈlĭn [key], 1697?–1797, English actor and dramatist, whose original name was Charles McLaughlin, b. Ireland. He began his career as a strolling…Devrient, Ludwig
(Encyclopedia) Devrient, LudwigDevrient, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭkh dəvrēăNˈ [key], 1784–1832, German actor. He abandoned a commercial career in 1804 to join a traveling theatrical company. In Berlin…