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	World Wide Words: Brownie points
		Though the term Brownie point for one of the demerits is only recorded from 1942, it is almost certainly older.
		However, it seems that Brownie points is actually an allusion to the junior branch of the Girl Scouts (the Girl Guides in other countries), which was named by Lady Baden Powell after the elves that do helpful things around the house for small rewards.
		Brownie by itself is recorded as student slang from 1944 in this sense in the journal American Speech, which defined it as “A person who is always asking and answering questions in class to impress the instructor.
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-bro3.htm (929 words)

	Brownie points - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brownie points are a hypothetical currency, which can be accrued by doing good deeds or earning favor in the eyes of another, often one's superior.
		American railroad employees soon began referring colloquially to "brownie points", and at some point, the term entered the general vocabulary.
		"Brownie" itself in the sense of "brown-noser" was in use in the 1940s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brownie_points (355 words)

	BACKGAMMON BY THE BAY: Brownie Points Formula
		Brownie Points are awarded to club members who place in BACKGAMMON BY THE BAY tournaments.
		Brownie Points are named for the scrumptious treats that are part of the prize.
		Points for third and fourth places may be awarded (or not) at the discretion of the tournament director, depending on the number of players in a division.
	www.backgammon.org /bgbb/formula.html (118 words)

	Brownie Points - The Boston Globe
		A fudgy brownie, on the other hand, is moist through and through, so you practically need a spoon to eat it.
		Bake the brownies in the hot oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the edges are set and the middle is just firm when pressed with a fingertip.
		Bake the brownies for 25 to 30 minutes or until the edges are set and the middle is just firm when pressed with a fingertip.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/03/14/brownie_points (1316 words)

	Brownie points
		The term 'brownie points' is often spelled with a capital 'B' when assumed to be in relation to the Brownies (junior Girl Scouts) is known since the late 1940s.
		Again, this doesn't argue strongly for Superintendent Brown as the instigator, as 'brownie points' are merits not demerits.
		Lighter points out the probability of the military slang meaning being a stimulus to the wider use of the phrase.
	www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/brownie-points.html (1128 words)

	SoMA Review - No Brownie Points for This Brownie - Mary Beth Crain
		The word “brownie” has numerous connotations, none of which is particularly flattering to the male of the species.
		Brownies were one race of the “feys” of English and Celtic folklore.
		Their age range is six to eight, and they got their name from the Brownie of fairy lore, who was the helper and quietly went around doing good.
	www.somareview.com /nobrowniepoints.cfm (1229 words)

	BACKGAMMON BY THE BAY: Brownie Points Formula
		Brownie Points are awarded to club members who place in BACKGAMMON BY THE BAY tournaments.
		Brownie Points are named for the scrumptious treats that are part of the prize.
		Points for third and fourth places may be awarded (or not) at the discretion of the tournament director, depending on the number of players in a division.
	www.bgbythebay.com /bgbb/formula.html (118 words)

	Chessmen:
		First, brownie points are used to purchase equipment for the heroic super agent and they are not used for to increase reputation.
		Additional brownie points are awarded to Pawns and Knights for successful completion of missions, commendations, injury in the line of duty, and for other meritorious conduct – whenever the GM awards experience points, brownie points should also be awarded.
		Brownie points may be deducted from agents for misconduct, unsuccessful missions, death of civilians, or unjustified killing of criminals.
	www.mactyre.net /archives/chessmen/brownie.htm (358 words)

	Brownie points - Recipes - Epicure - Entertainment - theage.com.au
		Following our call for favourite brownie recipes, we were thrilled to receive more than 40, many with interesting and humorous comments about the provenance and virtues of the beloved brownies.
		Natalie Paull, of pastry and baking business Rackham + Paull, spent several years perfecting her favourite brownie recipe,which she says can be eaten as is or heated and served as a pudding with vanilla ice-cream "and chocolate sauce, to be extra indulgent".
		She made the recipe twice - the first, with the addition of espresso and beating in all the cream cheese,made a rich, gooey brownie; the variation pictured was made with orange zest and with larger pieces of cream cheese folded in with a spatula at the end of the recipe.
	www.theage.com.au /news/epicure/brownie-points/2005/08/08/1123353245728.html?oneclick=true (1576 words)

	swell baby: brownie points program
		Swell Baby Brownie Points are good for the life of your Swell Baby account.
		You can view your brownie points balance in the account management area, or also during the checkout process.
		Your brownie points balance can always be viewed in your account information.
	www.swell-baby.com /content/sb_browniepoints.html (326 words)

	Problem E: Brownie Points II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Some brownie points are located in the plane, at integer coordinates.
		The quadrant containing points with arbitrarily large positive coordinates is the top-right quadrant.
		If a brownie point is crossed by a line, it doesn't count.
	acm.uva.es /p/v108/10869.html (322 words)

	Brownie Points - Frugal Village Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If you haven't been given any brownie points as of yet, this doesn't mean you don't participate well.
		One day a brownie point may simply appear based on an original thread or useful reply.
		It is also to keep moral high and there just may be surprises in store in the future based on brownie points.
	www.frugalvillage.com /forums/showthread.php?t=53394 (178 words)

	Brownie points - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Frankly, "blond brownie" -- the pale cousin of the traditional all-American fudge bar -- is an oxymoron.
		A brownie is a bar cookie that has chocolate in its batter.
		The brownies are easiest to cut if you chill them before cutting, but they are best served at room temperature.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/living/s_294577.html (1687 words)

	Brownie points \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Brownies are commonly baked in a 9-by-14-by-2-inch pan that's known as a brownie pan.
		Brownies, like all bar cookies, tend to bake with crusty edges, and dark, nonstick pans amplify the process.
		Per brownie (based on 12 with caramel): 500 calories (48 percent from fat), 5 g protein, 69 g carbohydrates, 26 g fat, 80 mg cholesterol, 80 mg sodium, 3 g fiber.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040303/news_lz1f3brownie.html (1155 words)

	Halfbakery: Real Brownie Points
		Charitable donation points should be based not on how many dollars are given but on percentage of your total assets.
		Hm...when you said "brownie pts" i thought you might mean something like what i do with my theater group: they do what i say often enough, and i bake them brownies (and no, not your herb-enhanced ones, i'm afraid....just plain ole sugar/flour/chocolate).
		If you distribute Brownies for good deeds, then pretty soon all of your do-gooders will be too overweight to get around well enough to do enough good deeds to get more Brownies.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Real_20Brownie_20Points (845 words)

	Brownies
		Our brownie samplers can be shipped overseas to an APO or FPO box, although we can not guarantee a delivery date or time, we will ship your order the next business day for delivery as soon as possible.
		Our brownie samplers come in two great sizes, the regular brownie sampler has a tantalizing assortment of one dozen different brownies, and our mini sampler comes with a half dozen assorted mouth watering brownies.
		Our brownie sampler box comes with a pre-selected assortment of 12 brownies.
	www.sendacake.com /brownie/index.htm (201 words)

	AuctionBytes :: View topic - Brownie Points for the Holidays!
		One of the amazing results is a reserve of more than a bazillion (that a one with 1.5 million zeros after it) Brownie Points in a special account just for patrons of the AuctionBytes Forums.
		You may be a lurker, regular, or irregular and be eligible to lavish and bestow Brownie Points upon your peers in celebration of their generosity, kindness, smarts, wit, cleverness and all other redeeming features during the holiday season.
		As with all things in the world of Brownies they can be found only by those of good cheer with generosity of spirit and appear in the form of a rich, dark, chocolate substance that is baked and found to be irresistible.
	www.auctionbytes.com /forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2492 (399 words)

	Brownie points - includes recipes Vegetarian Times - Find Articles
		These brownies are packed with big flavor for the chocolate lover in me, but they are low enough in fat for my calorie-counting alter-ego who knows the effect that traditional brownies can have on my ability to button my pants.
		Both of our brownies get their flavor from unsweetened cocoa, which has far less fat and fewer calories than chocolate meant for baking and eating.
		These brownies may be low in fat and calories, but you're guaranteed a big blast of bliss.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0820/is_n254/ai_21233271 (729 words)

	Brownie Points - November 23, 2005 - The New York Sun
		I'd already eaten a lot of chocolate by that point in the day, but it was hard to stop eating this brownie.
		Brownies, incidentally, are an American invention - unlike pumpkin pies, which can be traced back to England.
		Malgieri's brownies (see accompanying recipe), which are sweet but not cloying, rich but not heavy, and stake out a good middle ground between fudgy and cake like.
	www.nysun.com /article/23487 (609 words)

	CPRR Discussion Group - Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
		The expression "Brownie points" in the American language and the railroaders' term "brownies" for demerits come from an august and enlightened railroad practice.
		It always amuses me that the term changed from a negative (demerits) to a positive (earning Brownie points) – though with sort of a implied negative slant on the means of earning the same.
		Hence, the "Brown System," as it came to be called, had positive and negative Brownie points.
	cprr.org /CPRR_Discussion_Group/2006/03/brownie-points.html (743 words)

	PRIMUS: Brownie Points Explained
		Additional Brownie Points are awarded to agents for successful completion of missions, commendations, injury in the line of duty, and for other meritorious conduct — whenever the GM awards experience points, Brownie Points should also be awarded.
		Brownie Points are the currency by which agents purchase their equipment.
		For every eight Brownie Points subsequently earned, five equipment points are added.
	www.mactyre.net /scm/primus/game/bps.html (467 words)

	ReidBlog: Brownie points
		And once the storm hit, Brown apparently began a long, wierd mental vacation...) But signs increasngly point to Chertoff as the bigger villain in the Katrina tragedy, and of the president as at best, absent minded...
		Not that any of this will sway the dwindling cadre of die-hard Bushies, who apparently can find nothing that the president could do (or fail to do) that would cost him their absolute, prostrate allegiance.
		Anyway, Paul at Wizbang schools those of us in the reality based community on the fine points of difference between "breaching," "topping," "Warning" and "briefing," and how those differences clearly get the president off the hook.
	blog.reidreport.com /2006/03/brownie-points.html (479 words)

	Brownie Points » Trendylicious: Your guide to what’s hip and chic in Mumbai and Delhi
		And on her recommendation, we sampled the Brownie Cottage, where we discovered their unusually Trendylicious hampers for Diwali.
		You can try the silver and gold boxes with kundan flowers on top, filled with their premium dark chocolate brownies with perfect crusty outsides and gooey insides.
		The brownies are baked fresh everyday, don’t require refrigeration and are free of chemical additives or artificial flavours.
	www.trendy.in /2006/10/19/brownie-points (236 words)

	Brownie Points Cookbook by Slater, Lisa - Cooking.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Discover how to make the perfect classic brownie that tastes just the way you always wanted: moist and rich with an unforgettable chocolate glaze.
		Brownie Points, the brownie-lover's bible, features tested and proven, easy-to-make recipes for every imaginable kind of those deep, dark delicacies.
		Lisa Slater clearly and concisely explains everything about brownie baking methods including choosing the right chocolate, other ingredients and the equipment needed.
	www.cooking.com /products/shprodde.asp?SKU=316287 (190 words)

	Brownie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brownies, a nickname for the Cleveland Browns, an American football team
		Brownie (slang), a sexual slur for a homosexual man
		Brownie (guitar) was the nickname of one of Eric Clapton's guitars that he used in the early 70's primarily on the Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brownie (219 words)

	Brownie Points: Closed case?
		I was just trying to point out that Yanks didn't actually save as many dollars as Vince mentioned.There is a difference of abt 15 million between the figure Vince gave abt saving and the actual savings.
		And don;t get me wrong, i know karstens and rasner are not the gems but they are formidible replacements...johnson is only being signed to two years not because he has that left in him but arizona needs him to reach 300 wins to help save their entire franchise.
		I hope this, in time, becomes a moot point based on the fact that Pedroia lives up to his scouted potential and proves his worth at second base and at the plate.
	browniepoints.mlblogs.com /brownie_points/2007/01/closed_case.html (7642 words)

	Brownie Points - NESTLE VeryBestBaking.com
		Brownie Points are set to zero on January 1 of each year.
		Be sure to register with VeryBestBaking.com and you can potentially earn Brownie Points when you submit a baking memory, review a recipe or participate in our other activities.
		Find out which Very Best Bakers have the most Brownie Points, and which ones are getting close to earning a "Share the Love" Sweepstakes entry.
	www.verybestbaking.com /promotions/sweepstakes/bp (187 words)

	What are the brownie points all about? - Frugal Village Forums
		Brownie points are points given by myself or by one of the mods to members that participate well.
		I didn't know this on the brownie points or mood....
		I have been wondering about the brownie points, also.
	www.frugalvillage.com /forums/showthread.php?t=17602 (416 words)

	Brownie Points - Cardinals should give Green pink slip \| EastValleyTribune.com
		Brownie Points - Cardinals should give Green pink slip
		He had 22 goals and 57 points in 69 games while playing responsible defensively (minus-3) last year in Nashville.
		In addition, he wins 62 percent of his faceoffs and had 10 powerplay goals last season, and he surely couldn’t hurt a Phoenix team that doesn’t have a top line or a checking line to stop the opposition’s stars.
	www.eastvalleytribune.com /index.php?sty=77872 (475 words)

	Milk Street Cafe Ordering Brownie Points
		These points can be redeemed for gifts, trips, or free catering.
		In each case a gift certificate will be issued for you to redeem with the Brownie Point Corporate Partner of your choice.
		Brownie Points are redeemable upon payment of invoice.
	www.milkstreetcafe.com /brownie.aspx (389 words)

	Feeback to Luv's
		Brownie Points are earned with your purchase, or the person receiving your gift can earn Brownie Points by giving us their feedback.
		On your next purchase, Brownie Points can be redeemed for free delivery in the San Francisco/San Jose/Monterey California Bay Area or free postage on any of our mail order items.
		By providing your feedback, you have granted Luv's Brownies the right to use your name, quote or likeness in any advertising, print, or broadcast material.
	www.luvsbrownies.com /feedback.html (199 words)

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