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51The longest suicide note in history — is an epithet originally used by United Kingdom Labour Party MP Gerald Kaufman[1] to describe his party s left wing 1983 election manifesto. Contents 1 The document 2 Ot …
52The proof of the pudding is in the eating — is a proverb that means You will not fully comprehend it until you try it or results are what count. It is frequently rendered in the shorter form The proof is in the pudding, which dates back to the 1920s and came into common use in the United… …
53The whole world is watching — was an iconic chant by anti war demonstrators outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968.The event was broadcast from taped footage on the night of Wednesday, August 28, the third day of the convention. Demonstrators took up… …
54The dismal science — is a derogatory alternative name for economics devised by the Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle in the 19th century. The term is an inversion of the phrase gay science, meaning life enhancing knowledge , a reference to the technical skills of… …
55The buck stops here — is a phrase that was popularized by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. (Footage from Jimmy Carter s malaise speech shows the sign still on the desk during Carter s administration.) The …
56The wrong kind of snow — is a phrase coined by the British media in 1991 after severe weather caused disruption to many of British Rail s services. People who did not realise that there are different kinds of snow saw the reference as nonsensical; in the United Kingdom,… …
57The Quick and the Dead — is an English phrase and popular title for novels, films and other popular culture entities.The application of the phrase the quick and the dead to the common subject of gunfighting was due to a misunderstanding of its original meaning in the… …
58The mother of all — The mother of all... has become a stock phrase in English language public discourse and popular culture since the 1991 Gulf War. The phrase was popularised in January 1991 when the President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, promised in a speech the… …
59The American people — The phrase the American people is extensively used in political speeches in the United States. It serves as a generalizing term, describing the otherwise heterogeneous population of the United States as a single people. The phrase is also used… …
60The Eleventh Commandment (Ronald Reagan) — The Eleventh Commandment was a phrase used by former President of the United States Ronald Reagan during his 1966 campaign for Governor of California. The Commandment reads: : Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican. HistoryThe 11th… …
