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Brewer's: Constable

(Latin, comes-stabuli) means “Master of the Horse.” The constable of England and France was at one time a military officer of state, next in rank to the crown. To overrun or outrun the…

Brewer's: Vesper Hour

is said to be between the dog and the wolf; “betwixt and between,” neither day nor night; a breed between the dog and wolf; too much day to be night, and too much night to be day. Probably…

Centinel: Centinel XI

Centinel XIThe Hobgoblins of Anarchy and Dissentions Among the StatesCentinel16 January 1788by CentinelSee also Federalist No. 6The evils of anarchy have been portrayed with all the imagery…

Michael Scanlon, 2005 News

Republican political operative, pleaded guilty in November to conspiring to bribe a Congressman and other officials. He also agreed to pay $19.6 million in restitution to Indian tribes—…

Tony Rudy, 2006 News

former high-level aide to Rep. Tom DeLay, pleaded guilty in March to conspiring with embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Rudy admitted to accepting gifts and money in exchange for using his…

Zacarias Moussaoui, 2005 News

member of al-Qaeda, pleaded guilty in April to planning a terrorist attack against the United States. He was charged with conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks, but in court he denied…

John Walker Lindh, 2002 News

20, American Taliban soldier, reached a deal with U.S. prosecutors in July in which he avoided a life sentence by pleading guilty to serving in the Taliban's army. In exchange, the…

Robert Blake, 2002 News

actor, was arrested in April and charged with murdering his wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley, who was shot in the head in a car parked outside a California restaurant in May 2001. Blake said he went…

John Walker

Name at birth: John Philip Walker LindhRaised in suburban Washington, D. C. and central California, John Walker was captured in Afghanistan in November of 2001, calling himself Abdul Hamid and…