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• road|man — «ROHD MAN», noun, plural men. 1. = roadbuilder. (Cf. ↑roadbuilder) 2. = traveling salesman. (Cf. ↑traveling salesman) 3. an agent or representative …   Useful english dictionary

• road — [rōd] n. [ME rode, a riding < OE rad, a ride, traveling on horseback, way; akin to ridan, to RIDE] 1. a way made for traveling between places, esp. distant places, by automobile, horseback, etc.; highway 2. a way; path; course [the road to… …   English World dictionary

• Travelling salesman problem — The travelling salesman problem (TSP) is an NP hard problem in combinatorial optimization studied in operations research and theoretical computer science. Given a list of cities and their pairwise distances, the task is to find a shortest… …   Wikipedia

• Bear Camp Road — Map of Bear Camp Rd and surrounding wilderness. Bear Camp Road is a rugged mountain road traversing the Klamath Mountains in Josephine and Curry counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Bear Camp Road is a combination of Bureau of Land Management… …   Wikipedia

• on the road — travelling (especially as a salesman or performer) Her husband is a salesman and is often on the road …   Idioms and examples

• Nova express off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg — by Carolyn Cassady (1990)    Though Carolyn Cassady does not consider herself a Beat, this is one of the most important memoirs that was written about the Beat era. Carolyn was commissioned by a publisher to write her memoirs in 1970, but she was …   Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

• Charing Cross Road (film) — Charing Cross Road is a 1935 British drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring John Mills, June Clyde, Derek Oldham and Belle Baker.[1] The film takes its title from the Charing Cross Road which runs through Central London. Cast… …   Wikipedia

• knight of the road — noun (plural knights of the road) 1. obsolete : highwayman 2. : traveling salesman 3. : tramp * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• knight of the road — informal a man who frequents the roads, e.g. a salesman, tramp, or (formerly) a highwayman. → knight …   English new terms dictionary

• embalming — Introduction       the treatment of a dead body so as to sterilize it or to protect it from decay. For practical as well as theological reasons a well preserved body has long been a chief mortuary concern. The ancient Greeks, who demanded… …   Universalium

• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium