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AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
Howard Joseph Ruff (December 27, 1930 – November 12, 2016) was a financial adviser and writer of the pro-hard money investing newsletter The Ruff Times.Ruff was the author of Famine and Survival in America (1974), How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years (1979), Survive and Win in the Inflationary Eighties (1981), Making Money (1984), and other books.
"Hard, Hard Times" (Roud 876) is a traditional Newfoundland folk song/ballad, adapted from an earlier English song, "Rigs of the Times" by William James Emberley. The song has been sung and recorded by a number of Newfoundland musicians.
Three days after ripping his team following a home loss to Michigan, UCLA coach Mick Cronin turned his disdain toward the officials. Cronin was ejected with 5:11 remaining in a 79-61 loss at ...
"Hard Times Come Again No More" has been included in the following: Jennifer Warnes, from her 1979 album Shot Through The Heart. Dolly Parton opens her 1980 song "Hush-A-Bye Hard Times" with an a cappella verse from the song. The North Carolina band Red Clay Ramblers featured the song on their 1981 album Hard Times.
The prayers also make great additions to birthday cards, sympathy gifts, or social media captions, if you struggle to think of the right thing to say at times. A Blessing for Friendship May you be ...
to move on foot across rough terrain carrying heavy amounts of equipment and supplies without mechanised support (Royal Marines slang popularised by the Falklands War of 1982, army equivalent is to tab). Also used informally for any walk across rough ground. yonks a long time, ages. "I've not seen her for yonks." (colloquial)
A churl (Old High German karal), in its earliest Old English (Anglo-Saxon) meaning, was simply "a man" or more particularly a "free man", [1] but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelled ċeorl(e), and denoting the lowest rank of freemen.