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Way of the Gun

Director/Writer:Christopher McQuarrieArtesian Entertainment; 120 minutes; RRelease:9/00Cast:Ryan Phillippe, Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis Way of the Gun opens with a strong, idiosyncratic…

Amy Lowell: The Way

The WayAt first a mere thread of a footpath half blotted out by the grasses Sweeping triumphant across it, it wound between hedges of roses Whose blossoms were poised above leaves as pond…

Abebe on the Appian Way

Runner Abebe Bikila became the first black African to win gold by Gerry Brown Abebe Bikila runs barefoot at the Rome Olympics in 1960. Related Links Olympics Overview 2012Track & Field…

Going All the Way

Director: Mark PellingtonWriter: Dan WakefieldDirector of Photography:Bobby BukowskiEditor:Leo TrombettaMusic:TomandandyProduction Designer:Therese DeprezProducers:Tom Gorai and Sigurjon…

Brewer's: Covered Way

in fortification. (See Glacis.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Covering the FaceCovers were laid for A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…

Brewer's: Appian Way

The oldest and best of all the Roman roads, leading from the Porta Capena of Rome to Capua. This “queen of roads” was commenced by Appius Claudius, the decemvir, B.C. 313. Source:…

Brewer's: Sacred Way

(The) in ancient Rome, was the street where Romulus and Tatius (the Sabine) swore mutual alliance. It does not mean the “holy street,” but the “street of the oath.” Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Right of Way

(The). The legal right to make use of a certain passage whether high-road, by-road, or private road. Watercourses, ferries, rivers, etc., are included in the word “ways.” Private right of…

Brewer's: Waldemar's Way

So the Milky Way is called in Denmark. This was Waldemar or Valdemar the Victorious, who substituted the Danebrog for the national banner of Denmark…

Brewer's: Way-bit

A Yorkshire way-bit. A large overplus. Ask a Yorkshireman the distance of any place, and he will reply so many miles and a way-bit (wee-bit); but the…