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Gail Borden
Gail Borden A pioneer in Texas, Gail Borden (1801-1874) became an inventor whose most notable contributions lay in condensing and preserving foods, particularly milk. Gail Borden was born in Norwich, N.Y., on Nov. 9, 1801. His family moved to Kentucky in 1814. Taught surveying by his father,... Read more |
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev , 1857-1918, Russian general, chief of staff (1915-17) of Czar Nicholas II . With other officers he urged the czar to abdicate in favor of the czarevich in order to save the dynasty prior to the Russian Revolution. Alekseyev was briefly chief of staff in the... Read more |
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Didymus of Alexandria
Didymus of Alexandria d. c.396, Greek grammarian and theologian, also called Didymus the Blind. His treatise On the Holy Ghost was translated by St. Jerome, who studied briefly with him. Although Didymus had been trusted with teaching theology by St. Athanasius, he was condemned for Origenism by... Read more |
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Aleksey Alekseyevich Brusilov
Aleksey Alekseyevich Brusilov , 1853-1926, Russian general. As a commander in World War I, he won victories in Galicia. In 1916 he organized the Russian offensive against Austria, which relieved the pressure on the Allies. The offensive, successful at first, cost Russia at least a million lives.... Read more |
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encaustic
encaustic painting medium in which the binder for the pigment is wax or wax and resin. Examples of encaustic tomb portraits from Roman Egypt bear witness to the durability of the medium, which is thought to have been widely used in ancient times. Pliny describes the process in which hot liquid... Read more |
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Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller 1608-61, English clergyman and author. He was an able preacher and a noted wit. He adhered to the royalist cause during the civil war and the Commonwealth and served briefly as a royal chaplain. He is best known for his posthumously published Worthies of England (1662), an... Read more |
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Libby Prison
Libby Prison a notorious prison of the Civil War in Richmond, Virginia. It was in three relatively new buildings, formerly a chandlery, that were commandeered for prison use following the first battle of Bull Run (1861), owing to the stream of prisoners entering Richmond. More than 50,000 men... Read more |
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Flora Macdonald
Flora Macdonald 1722-90, Scottish Jacobite heroine. She aided Charles Edward Stuart , known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, to escape to France after the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden Moor in 1746. For smuggling the prince, disguised as a woman, to the Isle of Skye, she was imprisoned briefly in... Read more |
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Giovanni Paisiello
Giovanni Paisiello , 1740-1816, Italian composer. Paisiello served in St. Petersburg at the court of Catherine II from 1776 to 1784. He was also briefly Napoleon's maître de chapelle. Paisiello composed some 100 operas, church music, keyboard concertos, string quartets, and other works. His... Read more |
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Eric Honeybrook Partridge
Eric Honeybrook Partridge 1894-1979, British lexicographer; b. New Zealand. He studied in Australia and at Oxford, taught briefly in England, and founded a small publishing company. For 50 years he devoted himself to the study of English and its correct usage, compiling 16 lexicons on such subjects... Read more |
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Prussia, relations with
...preoccupied large French forces in Europe. Prussia and Britain were briefly allied against France in 1793–5, but their most significant...harsh peace against France in 1814–15, and Castlereagh briefly aligned Britain with Austria and France to reduce Prussian... |
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Elliott, Maxine
...S. Willard, in a repertory of plays for two years. She briefly joined the company of Augustin Daly, but his policy of frequently...productions there failed, so she retired in 1911, returning briefly as Cordelia in Trimmed in Scarlet (1920). Of her work in... |
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gaze
...shifts of gaze. The line of sight or direction of gaze rests briefly on one object, before jumping to the next, as often as three...occur. This pattern, in which the line of sight is either briefly fixed or rapidly jumping to another position (rather than... |
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Conway, Frederick B(artlett)
...Macbeth, Lady Gay Spanker, Lady Teazle, and Viola. Conway briefly managed the Metropolitan Theatre in New York, but Mrs...she ran until her death. T. Allston Brown, after noting briefly that Conway was “a good ‘all 'round’ actor” and... |
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Marshall, John
...1807). Marshall resumed his legal studies in 1780 by briefly attending the law lectures of George Wythe at William and Mary. With little...for the moderate Federalism of President Adams. He served briefly but effectively as secretary of state before assuming his duties... |
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vegetative state
...opening the eyes may rove around randomly, and they may turn briefly with the head towards a sudden loud noise, when there may...of the whole body. In some vegetative patients the eyes may briefly focus on an object and follow it when it moves. There are... |
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Harrison, William Henry
...Benjamin Harrison. William Henry Harrison studied medicine briefly, then served in the Northwest Territory as a soldier, territorial...his North Bend estate near Vincennes, Ohio, Harrison served briefly in local offices and in both houses of Congress. In 1836... |
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Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th earl of
...negotiation of the peace of Paris in 1814. In 1828 he became foreign secretary in Wellington's administration and he was briefly secretary for war and the colonies in 1834–5. In 1841 he was once again foreign secretary under Peel. Through patience... |
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Adams, Maude
...colleague who said the star was “true to the fairy idea, true to the child nature, lovely, sweet, and wholesome.” After briefly portraying Viola in Twelfth Night (1908), she scored again in yet another Barrie play, as Maggie in What Every Woman Knows... |
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Al Aaraaf
...stress lines.Al Aaraaf in Mohammedan mythology is a sort of limbo, but in the present allegory it is the brilliant star, briefly observed by Tycho Brahe, which the poet imagines to be the birthplace of the “Idea of Beauty.” To this haven of ideal... |
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flash
...flashing light. ∎ [tr.] cause to shine briefly or suddenly: the oncoming car flashed its lights...screen or electronic sign, typically briefly or repeatedly: suddenly the screen flashes a...esp. of a man) show one's genitals briefly in public. 3. [intr.] move or pass very ... |
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flicker
...emotion) be experienced or show itself briefly and faintly, esp. in someone's eyes: amusement flickered briefly in his eyes. 2. make small, quick...of a facial expression) appear briefly: a look of horror flickered across his... |
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dip
...put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid): he dipped a brush in the paint. ∎ [intr...turns. ∎ an act of sinking or dropping briefly before rising again: a dip in the share price...s toe into (or in) put one's toe briefly in (water), typically to check ... |
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flambé
...flämˈbā/ • adj. 1. (of food) covered with liquor and set alight briefly: crêpes flambé. 2. denoting or characterized by a red copper...bé·ing) [tr.] cover (food) with liquor and set it alight briefly. |
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Ibáñez (del Campo), Carlos
...President Arturo Alessandri. When the latter was restored, he briefly became his Minister of War before seizing power himself in...the Great Depression, forcing his resignation. In 1937, he briefly returned from exile to lead a series of abortive Fascist uprisings... |
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glance
...at first glance when seen or considered for the first time, esp. briefly: good news, at first glance, for frequent travelers. glance one's eye archaic look briefly: glancing his severe eye around the group.DERIVATIVES: glanc·ing·ly... |
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Henderson, Arthur
...countries, including Britain's wartime enemies. He was briefly out of Parliament from 1918 until 1919, but was Home Secretary...MacDonald formed the National Government in 1931, Henderson briefly became Labour leader. He lost his seat in 1931, but was returned... |
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nod
...nod·ding ) 1. [intr.] lower and raise one's head slightly and briefly, esp. in greeting, assent, or understanding, or to give...signal. PHRASAL VERBS: nod off inf. fall asleep, esp. briefly or unintentionally: some of the congregation nodded off during... |
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Hungary
...independence, first under Károlyi's democratic republic, then briefly under Béla KUN's communist regime. Dictatorship followed...and a communist one-party system. This was resented and, briefly, in 1956, the HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION saw resistance to the... |
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word
...s word fail to do what one has promised. have a word speak briefly to someone: I'll just have a word with him. in other words...told him in so many words, but he'd understand. in a word briefly. keep one's word do what one has promised. a man/woman... |
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briefly
briefly • adverb 1. Henry paused briefly synonyms: momentarily, temporarily, for a moment, fleetingly. 2. briefly, the plot is as follows synonyms: in short, in brief, to make/cut a long story short, in a word, in sum, in a nutshell, in essence. |
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word
...watchword, password, catchword.phrases: in a word in a word, he is madsynonyms: in short, in a nutshell, briefly, to put it briefly, succinctly, concisely.word for word synonyms: verbatim, literal, exact, precise, accurate, close... |
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pop
...stop by; inf. drop in/by.pop out/off just popping out to get a newspapersynonyms: go out quickly/briefly, leave quickly/briefly.pop up snowdrops popping up all over the yard | a new case popped up every few weekssynonyms: appear... |
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short
...inadequate, disappoint, fail, not fulfill expectations; inf. not come up to scratch.in short synonyms: briefly, to put it briefly, in a word, in a nutshell, in essence, to cut a long story short, to come to the point.sell short always... |
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glance
glance • verb 1. glance at the strangersynonyms: look quickly/briefly, take a quick look, cast a brief look, look hurriedly, glimpse, peek, peep; inf. sneak a look. 2. glance through the papersynonyms... |
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mention
mention • verb 1. he only mentioned itsynonyms: allude to, refer to, touch on, speak briefly of, hint at. 2. he mentioned your namesynonyms: say, state, name, cite, quote, call attention to, adduce. 3. don't... |
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obliterate
obliterate • verb 1. I briefly contemplated trying to obliterate the logo with nail polish remover synonyms: erase, eradicate, expunge, efface, wipe out, blot out... |
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temporarily
...meantime, in the meanwhile; provisionally, pro tem; informal for the minute.antonym: permanently. 2. he was temporarily blinded by the light synonyms: briefly, for a short time, momentarily, fleetingly.antonym: permanently. |
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time
...the moment, for the present, in the interim, for the nonce, in/for the meantime, in the meanwhile, for a short time, briefly; temporarily, provisionally, pro tem. from time to time See at times (above). in no time I'll be dressed in no timesynonyms... |
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burn
...the sauce). Sear is also a term used in cooking, where it means to brown the outside of a piece of meat by subjecting it briefly to intense heat to seal in the juices. When it's human flesh that's being seared in surgery, the correct verb is cauterize... |
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Briefly Stated Reveals New Booth at MAGIC Marketplace.
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2004 Briefly Stated, Inc. (Booth # CA9010), an...Las Vegas, February 23 - 26, 2004. Briefly Stated's new booth will showcase the...collage of original artwork created by Briefly Stated Art Director, Jim Litterio and... |
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Briefly Stated Announces New Line of Catwoman Sleepwear & Daywear for Women &...
...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2004 Briefly Stated, Inc. (MAGIC Marketplace Booth...calls for this famous, feisty kitten. Briefly Stated's design team worked to capture...for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "Briefly Stated has captured the feisty feline... |
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Russians briefly leave Georgian village BRIEFLY: TBILISI, Georgia
...International Herald Tribune 12-13-2008 Russians briefly leave Georgian village BRIEFLY: TBILISI, GeorgiaByline: The New York Times Media GroupEdition: 4Section: NEWSRussian forces briefly withdrew from the Georgian village of Perevi near... |
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2 journalists 'very briefly' entered North Korea, one told relatives; Freed...
...Tribune 08-08-2009 2 journalists 'very briefly' entered North Korea, one told relatives...after her release that she had "very briefly" crossed into the Communist country...after her release that she had "very briefly" crossed into the Communist country... |
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Briefly: Science
...International Herald Tribune 04-14-2010 Briefly: ScienceByline: Henry FountainSection: Briefly: ScienceType: NewsThe number of lizard...found on Luzon island in the Philippines. Briefly Science Scientists add huge lizard to list... |
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Briefly: Middle East
...International Herald Tribune 05-05-2009 Briefly: Middle EastByline: The New York Times...CAIRO: Journalist on hunger strike briefly hospitalized in Iran The American journalist...to protest her imprisonment in Iran was briefly hospitalized after she intensified her... |
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Nikkei briefly hits fresh five-month high in morning trade
Nikkei briefly hits fresh five-month high in morning...Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Nikkei index briefly hit a fresh five-month high Friday...Thursday to 10,074.55. The index briefly rose as high as 10,130.23, the highest... |
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Anti-Koran film posted on Internet briefly BRIEFLY: AMSTERDAM
...03-28-2008 Anti-Koran film posted on Internet briefly BRIEFLY: AMSTERDAMByline: ReutersEdition: 4Section: NEWSThe...Freedom Party's Web site but could be watched only briefly before the Web site said it was not available for technical... |
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Tokyo stocks briefly dive 6.64 pct in afternoon trading
Tokyo stocks briefly dive 6.64 pct in afternoon trading TOKYO...27 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stock markets briefly dived more than 6 percent Monday afternoon...at the outset of trading. However, it briefly jumped 3 percent in the morning. It ended... |
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Nusseibeh held briefly after police ban Id al-Fitr reception
...18-2001 Headline: Nusseibeh held briefly after police ban Id al-Fitr receptionByline...Authority representative in Jerusalem, was briefly detained by the police yesterday morning...reporters after his release. Among those briefly detained were Jawad Boulous, the attorney... |
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