HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is a global bank with many branches in New York City. Marine Midland Bank was based in Buffalo, New York; HSBC acquired full ownership of Marine…
The Austin Chronicle weekly newspaper has held a Hot Sauce Festival since 1991. Austin ChronicleSixteenth Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest WinnersAustin, TX - August 27, 2006 - The…
M. Stanton Evans wrote in the late 1980s about the Reagan Republicans who came to Washington: "Most conservatives know when they come to Washington that it is a sewer; the trouble is, too many…
A "hot button issue" (also "hot-button issue") is an emotional, explosive, highly divisive political issue (such as abortion). The issue touches a "hot button" (like a…
Dixon Place runs the annual HOT! NYC Celebration of Queer Culture performing arts festival. http://hot.dixonplace.org/HOT!The 15th Annual NYC Celebration of Queer CultureJune 29th to August 26th,…
A parking garage has been called a "hotel for cars." "Hotel for Autos, 25 Stories High, Is Chicago Plan" was a headline in the Atlanta (GA) Constitution on February 20, 1922. A…
The Wall Street Journal reported on March 12, 2009 that so many Goldman Sachs employees were put up in the Embassy Suites New York at Battery Park City that it was dubbed "Hotel Goldman."…
The Alman Brothers Band played a song called "Hot'Lanta" in 1971. The Atlanta Constitution is being digitized and we'll soon know if there are any earlier citations, but…
"Hotteok" (also spelled "hoddeok" and "hodduk") has been called a "Korean sweet pancake" and is a winter street food. The wheat flour dough has a filling…
"Hotumn" (hot + autumn) is any unseasonably hot period in the fall season. "It's Hotumn" was printed in the Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) on November 6, 2003.…
The House of Commons (HOC) is the lower house and de facto primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Some critics of the House of Commons have called it the "House of…
Entry in progress -- B.P. 13 May 1944, New York (NY) Amsterdam News, "Dan Burley's Back Door Stuff," pg. 6B:Light jiving on a Diminished Seventh:(...)It was a deuce of haircuts on…
The 19th century brownstone at 14 West 10th Street, in Manhattan, has been dubbed the "House of Death" since at least 2005. It's reported that 22 people have died in the house,…
The United States House of Representatives is one of two houses (along with the Senate) of the United States Congress; there are also state houses of representatives. The derogatory nickname of…
"Housemade" (or "house-made") is another food industry term for the over-used "homemade." The terms "housemade" and "homemade" imply that the…
The city of Houston was founded by the brothers Augustus Chapman Allen (1806-1864) and John Kirby Allen (1810-1838). The "Town of Houston" was advertised in the August 30, 1836 Telegraph…
Houston is the name of the most populated city in Texas, named after Sam Houston in 1836. it is pronounced "Hew-ston" or "Heuston." Houston Street in New York City is named (by…
The Houston Chronicle was first printed in 1901 and is one of the top ten largest circulation newspapers in the United States. One newspaper nickname (used since at least 2002) is the Houston…
The Houston Chronicle was first printed in 1901 and is one of the top ten largest circulation newspapers in the United States. The nickname Houston Chronic has been popular since at least 1997. The…
The Houston Chronicle is a daily newspaper published in Houston, Texas. The Chronicle began in 1901 and now has the ninth largest newspaper circulation in the United States and the largest in…