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111the best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley — Often used allusively in shortened form (see quot. 1911). Gang aft agley means ‘often go awry’. 1786 BURNS Poems 140 The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley. 1911 D. H. LAWRENCE Letter 21 Sept. (1979) I. 305 I am sorry the… …
112Super Dollfie — often abbreviated SD, is a brand of ball jointed doll, or BJD, made by the Japanese company Volks. They are cast in polyurethane resin, a porcelain like, hard, dense plastic. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040726… …
113Interstellar Alliance — Often used in science fiction works, [http://www.amazon.com/s?url=search alias%3Dstripbooks field keywords=interstellar+alliance] an Interstellar Alliance is an alliance between two or more distinct solar systems. Often in these pieces, there are …
114STEP Eiken — ; often called STEP Eiken or the STEP Test mdash; is an English language test conducted by a Japanese non profit organization, the Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP), and backed by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,… …
115John Edward Thompson — Often called the dean of Colorado painters, John Edward Thompson introduced modern art to Denver in 1918, when he and his group of artist followers presented an exhibition at the Colorado Armory. Contemporary critics were not pleased.OverviewBorn …
116Sots Art — Often referred to as “Soviet Pop Art,” Sots Art (short for Socialist Art) originated in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s as a reaction against the official aesthetic doctrine of the state Socialist Realism.Socialist Realism was marked by… …
117dragon lady — (often caps.) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power. [after the villainous Oriental woman in the cartoon strip Terry and the Pirates (1934 1973) created by U.S. cartoonist Milton Caniff (born… …
118French dressing — (often l.c.) 1. salad dressing prepared chiefly from oil, vinegar, and seasonings. 2. a creamy and often sweet dressing, usually orange in color. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * …
119mickey mouse — (often caps.) Informal. 1. trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music. 2. useless, insignificant, or worthless: mickey mouse activities just to fill up one s time. 3. trivial or petty: mickey mouse regulations. [1930 35; …
120pro forma earnings — Often used in two ways. First, pro forma earnings refers to projections of earnings. This is often used internally or on a road show for an IPO. Second, it refers to a way of reporting earnings that excludes non recurring items such as… …
