The Buchan peninsula, the Moray Firth estuarine flats, and the plain of Caithness—all low-lying areas—contrast sharply with the mountain scenery and show smoother outlines than do the glacier-scoured landscapes of the west, where northeast-facing hollows, or corries, separated by knife-edge ...
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
Five days after the attack, Cazaly left Little Bookham and drove to Scotland. He was found beside his car on a remote road. He had taken a fatal overdose of paracetamol. Although Surrey police say they do not have proof 'that puts the knife in Cazaly's hand', they believe they hav...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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...
Common ritual tools include a censer of incense, a chalice, a pentacle, a wand, and a knife known as an athame, which is not used to draw blood. Some Wiccans perform rituals naked (or “skyclad”), while others wear robes or everyday clothing. Rituals are typically described as magical...
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