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roaring forties

(Encyclopedia) roaring forties, name applied, especially by sailors, to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S, where the prevailing westerly winds are strong and steady. Unlike the winds in the…

Middleton, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Middleton, Thomas, 1580–1627, English dramatist, b. London, grad. Queen's College, Oxford, 1598. His early plays were chiefly written in collaboration with Dekker, Drayton, and others…

Dekker, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Dekker, Thomas, c,1570–1632, English dramatist and pamphleteer. Little is known of his life except that he frequently suffered from poverty and served several prison terms for debt. He…

Brewer's: Roaring Boys

or Roarers. The riotous blades of Ben Jonson's time, whose delight it was to annoy quiet folk. At one time their pranks in London were carried to an alarming extent. And bid them think on…

Brewer's: Roaring Forties

(The). What seamen understand by this term is a zone of strong winds about lat. 40S., where a strong wind prevails throughout the year, from W.N.W. to E.S.E. There is a similar zone in the…

Brewer's: Roaring Game

(The). So the Scotch call the game of curling. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Roaring TradeRoaring Forties A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Brewer's: Roaring Trade

He drives a roaring trade. He does a great business; his employees are driven till all their wind is gone. Hence fast, quick. (See above.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Girl Scouts

(Encyclopedia) Girl Scouts, recreational and service organization founded (1912) in Savannah, Ga., by Juliette Gordon Low. It was originally modeled after the Boy Scouts (see Scouts) and Girl Guides…

Low, Juliette Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860–1927, American founder of the Girl Scouts, b. Savannah, Ga., as Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon. From a prominent Southern family, she met Robert Baden-Powell…

Different for Girls

Director: Richard SpenceWriter: Tony MarchantDirector of Photography:Sean Van HalesEditor:David GambleMusic:Stephen WarbeckProduction Designer:Grenville HornerProducer:John ChapmanFirst Look…