…a rope or line fixed to the ground to secure a tent or other structure…
…a rope or line fixed to the ground to secure a tent or other structure…
…a person who makes sarcastic or cheeky remarks to demonstrate their cleverness…
…(1911–63), British Foreign Office official and spy; full name Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess. Acting as a Soviet agent from the 1930s, he worked for MI5 while ostensibly employed by the BBC. After the war he worked at the British Embassy in Washington, under Kim Philby; charged with espionage in 1951, he fled to the USSR with Donald Maclean…
…(1570–1606), English conspirator. He was hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605. The occasion is commemorated annually on Bonfire Night with fireworks, bonfires, and the burning of a guy…
…(1902–77), US bandleader; born in Canada; full name Gaetano Alberto Lombardo. His dance band, formed in 1920 and named the Royal Canadians in 1927, played the “sweetest music this side of heaven,” and his New Year’s Eve broadcasts from New York City’s Waldorf Astoria hotel became a national tradition…
…(circa 1300–68), French physician. His Chirurgia Magna (1363) was the first work to describe many surgical techniques…
…(1850–93), French novelist and short-story writer; full name Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant. He wrote about 300 short stories and six novels in a simple, direct narrative style. Notable novels: Une Vie (1883) and Bel-Ami (1885)…
…(1886–1957), British archaeologist. He pioneered the use of aerial photography in the detection of previously undiscovered or buried archaeological sites and monuments…
…denoting a person or thing that may be relied on or is regularly sought out in a particular situation…
…(1911–63), British Foreign Office official and spy; full name Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess. Acting as a Soviet agent from the 1930s, he worked for MI5 while ostensibly employed by the BBC. After the war he worked at the British Embassy in Washington, under Kim Philby; charged with espionage in 1951, he fled to the USSR with Donald Maclean…
…(1850–93), French novelist and short-story writer; full name Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant. He wrote about 300 short stories and six novels in a simple, direct narrative style. Notable novels: Une Vie (1883) and Bel-Ami (1885)…
