a going to and fro
11up-and-down — [up′əndoun′] adj. 1. going alternately up and down, to and fro, etc. 2. variable; fluctuating 3. vertical …
12Comparison between Esperanto and Novial — Esperanto and Novial are two different constructed international auxiliary languages. Their main difference is that while Esperanto is a schematic language, with an invarying grammar, Novial is a naturalistic language, whose grammar and… …
13Beijing city fortifications — The city wall of Beijing was a fortification built around 1435. It was 23.5 km long. The thickness at ground level was 20m and the top 12m. The wall was 15m high, and it had nine gates. This wall stood for nearly 530 years, but in 1965 it was… …
14Eighty Years' War — Relief of Leiden after the siege, 1574. Date 1568 1648 Location …
15shuttle — n. & v. n. 1 a a bobbin with two pointed ends used for carrying the weft thread across between the warp threads in weaving. b a bobbin carrying the lower thread in a sewing machine. 2 a train, bus, etc., going to and fro over a short route… …
16Objectivist poets — The Objectivist poets were a loose knit group of second generation Modernists who emerged in the 1930s. They were mainly American and were influenced by, amongst others, Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams. The basic tenets of Objectivist… …
17Second voyage of HMS Beagle — The second voyage of HMS Beagle from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836 was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle , under captain Robert FitzRoy who had taken over command of the ship on its first voyage after her previous captain committed… …
18Rockaby — is a short, one woman play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in 1980, in English, at the request of Daniel Labeille who produced it on behalf of Programs in the Arts, State University of New York, for a festival and symposium in commemoration of… …
19Albert Adu Boahen — (May 24, 1932 ndash; May 24, 2006), born Albert Kwadzo Adu Boahen, was a Ghanaian academic, historian, and politician. He was the first Ghanaian to receive a Ph.D in African history from the School of Oriental and African Studies. [… …
20Common Raven — For the German band named after this bird, see Corvus Corax (band). For the butterfly, see Papilio castor. Common Raven At Bodega Head State Park, USA …
