Search

Search results

Displaying 491 - 500

Rick Perry: Campaign Issues (2012)

  Where he stands   Rick Perry Related Links Barack Obama: Campaign Issues Campaign 2012 Closest Presidential Races Presidential Gallery Rick Perry's campaign…

Brewer's: Drive at

(To). What are you driving at? What do you want to prove? What do you want me to infer? We say the “wind drove against the sails,” i.e. rushed or moved violently against them. Falstaff…

Brewer's: Fire Away!

Say on; say what you have to say. The allusion to firing a gun; as, You are primed up to the muzzle with something you want to say; fire away and discharge your thoughts. “`Foster, I have…

Brewer's: Wans Dyke

Sir Richard Colt Hoare tells us, was a barrier erected by the Belgae against the Celts, and served as a boundary between these tribes. Dr. Stukeley…

Brewer's: Cutter's Law

Not to see a fellow want while we have cash in our purse. Cutter's law means the law of purse-cutters, robbers, brigands, and highwaymen. “I must put you in cash with some of your old…

Brewer's: Weigh Anchor

Be off, get you gone. To weigh anchor is to lift it from its moorings, so that the ship may start on her voyage. As soon as this is done the ship is…

International Trade: The Argument for Free Trade

The Argument for Free TradeInternational TradeIntroductionExports, Imports—Why Bother?The Argument for Free TradeArguments Against Free TradeBarriers to International TradeInternational Trade…

Clauses: Adverb Clauses: Hot Shots

Adverb Clauses: Hot ShotsClausesIntroductionSubordinating Conjunctions Link 'Em TogetherAdverb Clauses: Hot ShotsAdjective Clauses: Paint by NumbersNoun Clauses: What's in a Name? Dependent clauses…

Chemistry: Covalent Compounds Get Mysterious

Covalent Compounds Get MysteriousChemistryBonding and Structure in Covalent CompoundsCovalent Compounds Get MysteriousThe Mystery and Wonder of Hybrid OrbitalsDrawing Lewis StructuresResonance…