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51Grunge, a Fleeting Fashion Rage — ▪ 1994 In the MTV era, music groups reign as trendsetters in the realm of clothing styles for U.S. youth. This phenomenon helped provide an explanation for the relatively short lived explosion of grunge, which started in Seattle, Wash., and …
52Christian community of Najran — The existence of a Christian community in Najran is attested by several historical sources of the Arabic peninsula, where it recorded as having been created in the 5th century CE or perhaps a century earlier. According to the Arab Muslim… …
53Clarence Hatry — Clarence Charles Hatry (1888–1965) was a company promoter, financier, bankrupt, bookseller and publisher. The fall of the Hatry group in September 1929 is widely credited as a contributing factor to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. J. K. Galbraith… …
54Crime in Los Angeles — Los Angeles Crime rates (2008 to date (% change from 2007)) Crime type Rate* Homicid …
55Vidkun — m Scandinavian: from an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements víðr wide + kunnr wise, experienced. It was borne by Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), the Norwegian collaborator with the Nazis, whose surname has become a byword for treachery …
56SYBARIS — an ancient city of Magna Græcia, on the Gulf of Tarentum, flourished in the 17th century B.C., but in 510 B.C. was captured and totally obliterated by the rival colonists of Crotona; at the height of its prosperity the luxury and… …
57proverbially — adverb in the manner of something that has become a byword this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood • Derived from adjective: ↑proverbial …
58CHEB — (Ger. Eger), town in West Bohemia, Czech Republic. The community there, one of the oldest in Bohemia, dated from the 13th century. The privileges granted to Cheb Jewry by the rulers were successively endorsed by the kings of Bohemia, from Ottokar …
59CHELM — (Heb. חלם, חלמא), city in Lublin district, Poland. The community is considered one of the oldest in Poland, possibly dating from the 12th century, although the first recorded evidence of its existence is a tombstone dating from 1442. The ancient… …
60catchword — catchword, byword, shibboleth, slogan mean a phrase that catches the eye or the ear and is repeated so often that it becomes a formula. Catchword usually applies to a phrase that serves as the formula or identification mark of an emotionally… …
