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RN Nurse (B. Johnson)

Betty Johnson, R.N. Tell us about your work--what do you do? I am responsible for the daily operations of a department that monitors inpatient hospitalizations at…

The Common Application

by Michael Pugh, FastWeb.com You've narrowed your choice of colleges down to seven different schools. Now comes the fun part: filling out seven different applications. This means entering…

Hispanic Heritage Month

  Notable Hispanic Americans Biographies A to Z Athletes Film, Television, and Theater Personalities Leaders and Activists Musicians and Visual Artists…

Finance---Certified Financial Planner

William W. Davis, CFP Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am an independent Certified Financial Planner and Registered Investment Advisor…

Brewer's: Bills of Mortality

took their rise in 1592, when a great pestilence broke out, which continued till 1595. The term is now used for those abstracts from parish registers which show the births, deaths, and…

Brewer's: Cærite Franchise

(The). The franchise of a Roman subject in a præfecture. These subjects had the right of self-government, and were registered by the Roman censor as tax-payers; but they enjoyed none of…

Brewer's: Leuh

The register of the Recording Angel, in which he ènters all the acts of the member of the human race. (According to the Koran.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Divan'

(Arabic and Persian, diwan) means a register kept on a white table exactly similar to our board. Among the Orientals the word is applied to a council-chamber or court of justice; but in…

Brewer's: Parian Chronicle

A chronological register of the chief events in the mythology and history of ancient Greece during a series of 1,318 years, beginning with the reign of Cecrops, and ending with the…

Brewer's: Sock a Corpse

(To). To shroud it. (French, sac, a cerement or shroud.) “1591. Item paid for a sheet to sock a poor man that died at Byneons, 1s. 6d.” —Parish Register. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…