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  2. Parson Brownlow - Wikipedia

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    Brownlow was born in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1805, the eldest son of Joseph A. Brownlow and Catherine Gannaway.Joseph Brownlow, an itinerant farmer, was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1782 and died during 1816 in Blountville, Tennessee and Catherine Gannaway followed three months later, leaving William orphaned at the age of 10.

  3. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    "When Hell freezes over" [2] and "on a cold day in Hell" [3] are based on the understanding that Hell is eternally an extremely hot place. The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by Johnny Mathis. "On Tibb's Eve" refers to the saint's day of a saint who never existed. [5] "When two Sundays come ...

  4. Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination - Wikipedia

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    On July 5, 1987, NAACP executive director Benjamin Hooks described their position on the Bork nomination: "We will fight it all the way – until hell freezes over, and then we'll skate across on the ice." [14] A brief was prepared for Joe Biden, head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called the Biden Report.

  5. Points of Interest: Hell Freezes Over (for Realz), Bourdain ...

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    Hell freezing over, Anthony Bourdain planning a New York City street food market and Brazil's World Cup problems are among today's points of interest. Points of Interest: Hell Freezes Over (for ...

  6. Samuel Leibowitz - Wikipedia

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    Back in New York after the trial, Leibowitz vowed to defend the defendants "until hell freezes over." Speaking before enthusiastic audiences sometimes numbering in the thousands, he promised to take guilty verdicts to the US Supreme Court and back until Alabama finally gave up: "It'll be a merry-go-round, and if some Ku Kluxer doesn't put a ...

  7. Hell Freezes Over - Wikipedia

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    Hell Freezes Over is the second live album by the Eagles, released in 1994. The album is the first to be released after the Eagles had reformed following a fourteen-year break up. The band's lineup was that of the Long Run era: Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit.

  8. Trump, accustomed to friendly crowds, confronts repeated ...

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    Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID ...

  9. When pigs fly - Wikipedia

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    Similar phrases in English include "when hell freezes over" and "monkeys might fly out of my butt", popularized in Wayne's World skits and movies. They are examples of adynata. [5] An exact phrase exists in Spanish, Cuando los chanchos vuelen, literally meaning "when pigs fly".