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Warren Gamaliel Harding

Warren Gamaliel HardingBorn: 11/2/1865Birthplace: Morrow County, Ohio Warren Gamaliel Harding was born in Morrow County, Ohio, on Nov. 2, 1865. After attending Ohio Central College, Harding…

Hard Core Logo

Director: Bruce McDonaldWriter: Noel S. BakerMiramax; R; 92 minutesRelease:11/98Cast: Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie, Bernie Coulson , John Pyper-Ferguson and Julian Richings Imagine Spinal…

Can't Hardly Wait

Directors/Writers: Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan Director of Photography: Lloyd Ahern Editor: Michael Jablow Music: David Kitay and Matthew Sweet Production Designer: Marcia…

Brewer's: Hard as Nails

Stern, hard-hearted, unsympathetic; able to stand hard blows like nails. Religious bigotry, straitlacedness, rigid puritanical pharisaism, make men and women “hard as nails.” “I know I'm…

Brewer's: Hard as a Stone

“hard as iron,” “hard as brawn,” “hard as ice,” “hard as adamant,” etc. (See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hard as the Nether MillstoneHard as…

Brewer's: Hard Lines

Hard terms; “rather rough treatment;” exacting. Lines mean lot or allotment (measured out by a line measure), as, “The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly…

Brewer's: Hard Up

Short of money. “N'avoir pas de quibus. ” “Up” often = out, as, “used up,” “worn out,” “done up,” etc. “Hard up” = nearly out [of cash]. In these, and all similar examples, “Up” is the Old…

Hard and soft money

The Question: Can you explain the difference between 'hard' and 'soft' money contributions. I am trying to teach this to a group of ninth graders without…

Brewer's: Die-hards

The 57th Foot. Their colonel (Inglis) in the battle of Albuera (1811), addressing his men, said, “Die hard, my lads; die hard!” And they did die hard, for their banner was pierced with…

Tonya Harding Biography

Tonya HardingBorn: Nov. 12, 1970Figure skater 1991 U.S. women's champion; involved in bizarre plot hatched by ex-husband Jeff Gillooly to injure rival Nancy Kerrigan on Jan. 6, 1994 and keep…