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Brewer's: Bottled Moonshine

Social and benevolent schemes, such as Utopia, Coleridge's Pantisocracy, the dreams of Owen, Fourier, St. Simon, the New Republic, and so on. “Godwin! Hazlitt! Coleridge! Where now are…

NASCAR

(Encyclopedia) NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1948 and…

February 2019 Current Events: World News

Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | US News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…

Brewer's: Bottled Beer

is said to have been discovered by Dean Nowell as a most excellent beverage. The Dean was very fond of fishing, and took a bottle of beer with him in his excursions. One day, being…

Brewer's: Bottom

A ship's bottom is that part which is used for freight or stowage. Goods imported in British bottoms are those which come in our own vessels. Goods imported in foreign bottoms are those…

Poems: Conversation Galante

by T. S. Eliot HysteriaLa Figlia Che PiangeConversation Galante I observe: "Our sentimental friend the moon! Or possibly (fantastic, I confess) It may be Prester John's balloon Or an old…

Poem: Conversation Galante

Poem 22 Poem 24 Conversation Galante I observe: "Our sentimental friend the moon! Or possibly (fantastic, I confess) It may be Prester John's balloon Or an old battered lantern hung aloft…

Triple Crown Races—2005

Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., May 7, 2005.) Purse: $2,000,000. Distance: 11/4 mi. Order of finish: 1. Giacomo (Smith), mutuel returns: $102.60, $45.80, $19.80. 2. Closing…