to pick a quarrel
61Panga — This article is about the panga fish. See machete for information about the African cutting tool. See panga (boat) for information about the small watercraft used by commercial fishermen in Central America. See Panga, Burkina Faso for the town in …
62The public scandal of the Dreyfus Affair — The scandal over falsely accused Alfred Dreyfus grew into a public scandal of unprecedented scale. Almost the entire french nation became divided between pro and anti Dreyfusards.Attitude of the pressAgainst this odious campaign was set in motion …
63William Frank Carver — Dr. W. F. Carver William Frank Doc Carver (May 7, 1851 – Aug. 31, 1927) was a late 19th century sharpshooter and creator of a popular diving horse attraction. He was born at Winslow, Illinois, to William Daniel Carver, a physician, and Deborah… …
64Anglo-Scottish Wars — The Anglo Scottish Wars were a series of wars fought between England and Scotland during the sixteenth century.After the Wars of Scottish Independence, England and Scotland had fought several times during the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth… …
65Bankipur — was an ancient village on the Hugli river in Bengal, near the modern Palta above Barrackpore. It has disappeared from the map, but is famous as the principal settlement of the ill fated Ostend Company, the one great effort made by Germany to… …
66John Penington — Sir John Penington, (1584?–1646), was an English admiral who served under Charles II of England, BiographyJohn Pennington was the second cousin of Sir Isaac Penington or Pennington, and the son of Robert Penington of Henham in Essex, described as …
67Bizet, Georges — orig. Alexandre César Léopold Bizet born Oct. 25, 1838, Paris, France died June 3, 1875, Bougival French composer. Son of a music teacher, he gained admission to the Paris Conservatoire at age 9, and at age 17 he wrote the precocious Symphony in… …
68Huron Indians — • If language may be taken as a fair criterion to go by, the Hurons proper were the original stock from which sprang all the branches of the great Iroquoian family, whether included in the primitive federation of the Five Nations, or standing… …
69Mungo Mackay — (April 1, 1740 March 29, 1811) was a Scottish seafarer from the Orkney Islands who made a fortune in the Boston shipping trades in Massachusetts. Mungo was a highly regarded ship master, successful privateer owner and bonder, and operated a store …
70call out — to challenge to a duel The contest took place in the open air, and those who pick a quarrel still invite their opponent to come outside : If you were not my brother I d call you out for saying that. (Deighton, 1987 a son had spoken… …
