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watch and ward watch and ward
watch and ward was an attempt at a more effective policing system, which started in 1233 with a specific incident and became firmly established. After disturbances, Henry III ordered all vills (townships) to arrange guards at night and apprehend suspicious persons. The instructions were repeated... Read more
Blackwater Blackwater
Black Watch or Royal Highland Regiment, Scottish infantry regiment. The first companies were raised in 1725 to watch the rebellious Scottish highlands and keep the peace, and the regiment was formed 1739-40. It became known as the Black Watch because of the dark colors of the regimental tartan.... Read more
Besancon Besancon
Besançon , city (1990 pop. 119,134), capital of Doubs dept., E France, in Franche-Comté, on the Doubs. An industrial town with metallurgical, textile, and food-processing industries, it is especially famous for its clock and watch manufactures; its watch school is world renowned. Of... Read more
October Club October Club
October Club. A ginger group of Tory MPs formed after the election victory of 1710 to watch Harley and the moderates and hound the Whigs. They took their name from October ale, beloved of country gentlemen, and met regularly at the Bell Tavern, Westminster. At its peak, the club numbered 150 and its... Read more
MeShell Ndegeocello MeShell Ndegeocello
Me’shell Ndegéocello 1968– Singer songwriter, musician Running From the Devil Crafted “Mesmerizing” Soul Music Troubled Toil on Plantation Struggled With Sexuality, Spotlight Provocative Peace “I’m Not Willing to Let It Destroy Me” Selected... Read more
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigates human rights abuses throughout the world, publishing its findings in books and reports every year. These activities often generate significant coverage in local and international media. This publicity in turn prompts governments to change... Read more
Maurice Ashley Maurice Ashley
Maurice Ashley 1966— Chess player Maurice Ashley helped shatter stereotypes by becoming the top-ranked black chess player in the world, as well as by coaching championship school teams made up mostly of minority children. "For kids, it's what they see," he said in the New Yorker. "And they... Read more
Tom Seaver Tom Seaver
Tom Seaver 1944- American baseball player As Tom Seaver himself put it, there was nothing like "seeing someone do what they love, and do it so well … then later on being able to do it myself." For millions of fans, Seaver was the epitome of a baseball pitcher, and for nearly two... Read more
wake wake
wake watch kept over a dead body, usually during the night preceding burial . Ancient peoples in various parts of the world observed the custom. As an ancient ritual, it was rooted in a concern that no person should be buried alive. After it was adopted by Christians and as it is practiced today,... Read more
Helsinki Watch Helsinki Watch
Helsinki Watch (1978),a division of the U.S.‐based nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch, was founded to monitor and promote the human rights provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. Those accords focused primarily on the security and economic dimensions of East–West Cold War... Read more

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