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Brewer's: Wig

A variation of the French perruque, Latin pilucca, our periwig cut short. In the middle of the eighteenth century we meet with thirty or forty…

Montreal Expos 2001 Roster By Statistics

Batting (135 AB)AvgABRHHRRBISBJose Vidro.3194868215515594Vladimir Guerrero.3075991071843410837Mike Mordecai.28025428713322Orlando Cabrera.27662664173149619Fernando Tatis.25514520372110Michael…

A Beaming Beamon

Unknown athlete sets track record by Mike Morrison Bob Beamon at the 1968 Mexico City games. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview 2008Track & Field PreviewEncyclopedia: Track…

Top 10 Recordings of 2001

By Kevin O'Hare1.Bob DylanLove and TheftColumbia2.The StrokesIs This ItRCA3.Alicia KeysSongs in A MinorJ Records4.Pete YornmusicforthemorningafterColumbia5.BjorkVespertine Elektra6.Jimmy Eat…

Brewer's: Cuthbert Bede

A nom de plume of the Rev Edward Bradley, author of Verdant Green. (1827-1889.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cutler's PoetryCuthbert A B C D E F G…

Brewer's: Astronomer Royal:

(1) Flamsteed, 1675; (2) Halley, 1719; (3) Bradley, 1742; (4) Bliss, 1762; (5) Maskelyne, who originated the Nautical Almanack, 1765; (6) Pond, 1811; (7) Airy, 1835, (8) Christie, 1881.…