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Brewer's: Burying at Cross Roads

(See Cross-Roads.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BusBurying A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Royal Road to Learning

Euclid, having opened a school of mathematics at Alexandria, was asked by King Ptolemy whether he could not explain his art to him in a more compendious manner. “Sir,” said the…

Brewer's: Green Baize Road

(Gentlemen of the). Whist players. “Gentlemen of the Green Cloth Road,” billiard players. (See Bleak House, chap. xxvi. par. 1.) Probably the idea of sharpers is included, as “Gentlemen of…

2000 World Road Championships

at Plouay, France (Oct. 10-15)MenElite Road Race (268.9 km) Romans Vainsteins, LAT6:19:29Under-23 Road Race (169.8 km) Evgeni Petrov, RUS3:56:51Junior Road Race (127.4 km) Jeremy Yates, NZE2…

Most Congested Roads, 2014

Below are the most congested roads in the United States, including the average speed and travel time delay on the worst days in 2014. Rush hour traffic in Los AngelesAP…

Hampton Roads Peace Conference

(Encyclopedia) Hampton Roads Peace Conference, meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln…

Latin Road

(Encyclopedia) Latin Road: see Roman roads.

Latin Way

(Encyclopedia) Latin Way: see Roman roads.