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Robber baron (industrialist) Robber baron is a term first applied as social criticism by 19th century muckrakers and others to certain wealthy, powerful, and unethical 19th-century American businessmen. The term appeared in that use as early as the August 1870 issue of The Atlantic Monthly [1] magazine. By the late 19th century, the term was ...
A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the creation or ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or ...
Clarence Walker Barron (July 2, 1855 – October 2, 1928) was an American financial editor and publisher who founded the Dow Jones financial journal, Barron's National Financial Weekly, later renamed Barron's Magazine. He was one of the most influential figures in the history of Dow Jones. As a career newsman described as a "short, rotund ...
Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. ... are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and BARON. A coronet is a crown worn by one whose rank is below that of royalty ...
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber, KG (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass.
The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper's website and mobile apps as part of The New York Times Games. [1][2][3][4][5] The puzzle is created by various freelance constructors and has ...
Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet and peer. [1][2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3][4][5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of British poets. [6] Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's ...
Acrostic (puzzle) An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer. The second part is a long series of numbered blanks and spaces ...