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Brownfield (Mining and Oil Industries)

Joel — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:14:22 +0000

In the mining and oil and gas industries, “brownfield” is an existing mine or well that is currently producing.

More commonly, “brownfield” is an abandoned, and often polluted, industrial site in a city. This “brownfield” is producing nothing and is a liability for its neighborhood and city.

Brownfield Land

Joel — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:02:30 +0000

Brown Bag (Meal)

Joel — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:39:21 +0000

When used in conjunction with a meal, “Brown Bag” is an expression meaning that the meal has been prepared at and brought from home for eating at another usually public location. The expression comes from the plain brown bag that for decades was frequently used as the container for the food.

Bloomindale’s Brown Bags

Joel — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:54:21 +0000

New York City department store Bloomdale’s brown bags variously described as “iconic,” “signature,” and “trademark.” These shopping bags were designed in 1967 by Massimo Vignelli, a major figure in design in the second half of the 20th Century, who also designed, among many other projects, the American Airlines logo and the New York City Subway signage.

The brown bags come in three sizes: “big,” “medium,” and “little.”

Asian Brown Cloud

Joel — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:09:16 +0000

Brown-Water Navy

Joel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:58:30 +0000

The Brown Decades

Joel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:29:05 +0000

“The Brown Decades” was the nickname that American critic Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) gave to the three decades after the American Civil War in his book The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America, 1986-1895 (1931).

The Civil War shook down the blossoms and blasted the promise of spring. The colours of American civilization abruptly changed. By the time the war was over, browns had spread everywhere: mediocre drabs, ding chocolate browns, sooty browns that merged into black. Autumn had come…

“While these changes [industrial and financial transformations of the American economy] were no doubt as important in their total consequences as the abolition of human slavery, the most visible transformation of all has been forgotten. The nation not merely worked differently after the Civil War: the country looked different—darker, sadder, soberer. The Brown Decades had begun.”—Lewis Mumford. The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America, 1986-1895. 1931. Reprint. New York: Dover Publications, 1955, p. 2.

Brownie (Folklore)

Joel — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:35:02 +0000

A brownie is a friendly elf in British folklore.

The Brown Bomber

Joel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:46:01 +0000

“The Brown Bomber” was the nickname for Joe Louis, the heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949.

The Brown Derby

Joel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:37:28 +0000

Brown Bread

Joel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:06:04 +0000

The Five Cases Consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education

Joel — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:38:36 +0000

Brown v. the Board of Education (Topeka, Kansas)
Briggs v. Elliott (Clarendon County, South Carolina)
Davis v. the School Board of Prince Edward County (Farmville, Virginia)
Bulah v. Gebhart and Belton v. Gebhart (Wilmington, Delaware)
Bolling v. Sharpe (Washington, DC)