born June 20, 1837, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire died March 28, 1910, Washington, D.C., U.S. U.S. jurist. Born to U.S. missionaries, he grew up in Connecticut and practiced law in Kansas from 1858. He served in local judgeships (1861-70), on the state supreme court (1870-84), and on the federal circuit court. Appointed by Pres. Benjamin Harrison to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1889, he generally joined conservatives in resisting the trend toward increased federal power and responsibility. In 1895-97 he led the panel that settled the boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana
born June 20, 1837, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire died March 28, 1910, Washington, D.C., U.S. U.S. jurist. Born to U.S. missionaries, he grew up in Connecticut and practiced law in Kansas from 1858. He served in local judgeships (1861-70), on the state supreme court (1870-84), and on the federal circuit court. Appointed by Pres. Benjamin Harrison to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1889, he generally joined conservatives in resisting the trend toward increased federal power and responsibility. In 1895-97 he led the panel that settled the boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana
A brew of several things is a mixture of those things. Most cities generate a complex brew of pollutants. a potent brew of smooth salesmanship and amateur psychiatry
If a storm is brewing, large clouds are beginning to form and the sky is becoming dark because there is going to be a storm. We'd seen the storm brewing when we were out in the boat
drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"