Guillotine, instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced in France in 1792. It consists of two posts surmounted by a crossbeam and grooved so as to guide an oblique-edged knife, the back of which is weighted to make it fall fo
Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, andRoy Orbisonin a loose amalgam known as theTraveling Wilburys, but, for most of the 1980s and ’90s, he had a low profile as a musician while acting as the producer of several successfulfilms. After surviving a knife attack at his home in 1999, Harrison...
16. In Turkey, there’s a type of ice cream called “dondurma” that has a chewy texture and is so thick, you can actuallyeat it with a knife and fork. 17. Ever heard of the Ice Cream Diet? Yes, it exists! The idea is that you eat a small portion of ice cream every day as ...
I Can't Bear to Believe It, but I Must Face Up to the Facts.Maybe Richard DID Stab Abi; in an Exclusive Interview the Girlfriend of Prime Suspect Reveals How He: . Prowled the Crime Scene the Day before Knife Attack . Empathised with the Wanted Man . Often Failed to Take Drugs ...
“pass the buck” which came from the players passing a buckhorned knife around the card table to show who was dealing. Card playing then, was the source of an expression which came to mean pass on the responsibility. Harry Truman’s Oval Office desk sign “The Buck Stops Here” was ...
United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. It comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. Its capita
Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, andRoy Orbisonin a loose amalgam known as theTraveling Wilburys, but, for most of the 1980s and ’90s, he had a low profile as a musician while acting as the producer of several successfulfilms. After surviving a knife attack at his home in 1999, Harrison...
After surviving a knife attack at his home in 1999, Harrison succumbed to a protracted battle with cancer in 2001. Early in the 1990s McCartney, Harrison, and Starr had joined to add harmonies to two previously unreleased vocal recordings by Lennon. These new songs by “the Beatles” served ...
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Chaney had a dual role as aScotland Yardinspector and asinistervampire. Chaney played “Dead-Legs” Phroso, a paralyzed former magician who raises the daughter of his hated rival in a brothel but does not know she is actually his own, inWest of Zanzibar(1928).The Big City(1928; now los...