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As You Like It

The Question: I'm looking for a Shakespeare quote that begins: Tongues in trees, . . . in brooks . . . Any ideas? The Answer: What a…

simile

(Encyclopedia) similesimilesĭmˈəlē [key] [Lat.,=likeness], in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which an object is explicitly compared to another object. Robert Burns's poem “A Red Red Rose” contains…

vaudeville

(Encyclopedia) vaudevillevaudevillevôdˈvĭl [key], originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. Similar…

Fires and Explosions

Worst U.S. Forest Fires Whether you're talking about forest fires or kitchen fires, factory explosions or arson, when fires get out of control, the…

The Supreme Court: Fighting for Freedoms

Fighting for FreedomsThe Supreme CourtFighting for FreedomsUsing Illegal CommunicationProtecting PornographyPreventing Children from Accessing Pornography on the InternetAllowing Cross…

Isaac Harding DUVAL, Congress, WV (1824-1902)

DUVAL, Isaac Harding, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Va. (now West Virginia), September 1, 1824; attended the common schools; as a youth he went to Fort…

1996 CMA Awards

Entertainer of the YearBrooks & DunnSingle of the Year“Check Yes or No,” George StraitAlbum of the YearBlue Clear Sky, George StraitSong of the Year“Go Rest High on That Mountain,” Vince…

Fröding, Gustaf

(Encyclopedia) Fröding, GustafFröding, Gustafgŭsˈtäv fröˈdĭng [key], 1860–1911, Swedish lyric poet. His first two volumes of poems, Guitar and Concertina (1891) and New Poems (1894), both translated…

liquefied petroleum gas

(Encyclopedia) liquefied petroleum gas or LPG, mixture of gases, chiefly propane and butane, produced commercially from petroleum and stored under pressure to keep it in a liquid state. The boiling…

1990 CMA Awards

Entertainer of the YearGeorge StraitSingle of the Year“When I Call Your Name,” Vince GillAlbum of the YearPickin' on Nashville, Kentucky HeadHunters (Mercury)Song of the Year (Songwriter's Award)“…