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Without Limits

Director: Robert Towne Writers: Robert Towne and Kenny Moore Warner Bros. PG-13; 118 minutes Release: 9/98 Cast: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, William…

Brewer's: Cold Without

An elliptical expression, meaning spirits mixed with cold water without sugar. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ColdbrandCold Water Ordeal A B C D E F G…

Doctors Without Borders

(Encyclopedia) Doctors Without Borders, Fr. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), international organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people suffering from a natural or societal…

Passover: Feast Without the Yeast

Why are some foods kosher and others not? Passover Dates (from sundown to sundown of the following dates) 2020: April 92021: March 282022: April 162023: April 62024: April 232025: April…

Presidents Elected Without a Majority

In order to win a plurality, a candidate must receive a greater number of votes than anyone running against him. If he receives 50 votes, for example, and two other candidates receive 49 and 2, he…

Coleridge: Work without Hope

Youth and AgeWork without Hope 62, 5-*the sole unbusy thing*. Cf. George Herbert's "Employment:" "All things are busie; onely I Neither bring hony with the bees, Nor flowers…

Brewer's: Flying without Wings

(No). Nothing can be done without the proper means. “Sine pennis volare haud facile est.” Plautus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flyman's PlotFlying…

Brewer's: Leaves without Figs

Show of promise without fulfilment. Words without deeds. Keeping the promise to the ear and breaking it to the sense. Of course, the allusion is to the barren figtree referred to in Luke…

Brewer's: Go without Saying

(To). Cela va sans dire. To be a self-evident fact; well understood or indisputable. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GoatGo to the Wall A B C D E F G…