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21upper crust — Synonyms and related words: FFVs, Vanity Fair, ancienne noblesse, aristocracy, baronage, baronetage, barons, beau monde, beautiful people, best people, blue blood, cafe society, carriage trade, chivalry, cream, cream of society, drawing room,… …
22The upper hand — Upper Up per, a.; comp. of {Up}. Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature. [1913 Webster] {The… …
23Ten-pin bowling — is a competitive sport in which a player (the “bowler”) rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic (polyurethane) lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible. The convert|41.5|in|cm|0|lk=on|sing=on… …
24Upperten thousand — (engl., spr. öpper tenn thausend), »die obern Zehntausend«, d. h. die Reichen, die Aristokratie; oft bloß: the upper ten, oder the upper crust …
25A Thousand Miles — Infobox Single Name = A Thousand Miles Artist = Vanessa Carlton from Album = Be Not Nobody B side = Red Ditty Released = February 12 2002 (U.S.) Format = CD single [ Recorded = ] Genre = Piano pop Length = 3:57 (album version) 3:59 (single… …
26Nigeria, Upper and Lower — Upper and Lower Nigeria † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Upper and Lower Nigeria A colony of British East Africa extending from the Gulf of Guinea to Lake Chad (from 4° 30 to 7°N. lat., and from 5° 30 to 8° 30 E. long.), is bounded on the… …
27Battle of the Thousand Islands — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Thousand Islands partof=the French and Indian War caption=WIlliamson s gunboats capture the French corvette L Outaouaise near Point au Baril, painted by Thomas Davies date=16–24 August 1760… …
28List of stories within One Thousand and One Nights — This article provides a list of stories within Richard Francis Burton s translation of One Thousand and One Nights . Burton s first ten volumes were published between 1885 and 1886. The Supplemental Nights were published between 1886 and 1888 as… …
29Steamboats of the Upper Fraser River — [ thumb|right|220px|Chilco and crew with Frank Swannell s workers (1910)] Twelve paddlewheel steamboats plied the upper Fraser River in British Columbia from 1863 until 1921. They were used for a variety of purposes: working on railroad… …
30Zehntausend — Zu den oberen Zehntausend gehören: zu der begütertsten Gesellschaft, zu den Prominentesten oder zu denen, die sich dafür halten, gezählt werden. Die Redensart geht zurück auf einen Leitartikel des Journalisten Nathaniel Parker Willis (1807 67) im …
