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Tour de France—2007

(July 7–29, 2007) Cyclist, country Team Behind 1. Alberto Contador, Spain Discovery Channel…

Brewer's: Roque Guinart

A famous robber, whose true name was Pédro Rocha Guinarda, leader of los Nicerros, which, with the los Cadelles, levied heavy contributions on all the mountain districts of Catalonia in…

Brewer's: Pattens-Money

(Chapins de la Reina). A subsidy levied in Spain on all crown tenants at the time of a royal marriage. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PatterPatten A B C…

Women's Olympic Cross Country Skiing

Multiple gold medals (including relays): Lyubov Egorova, Marit Bjorgen (6); Larissa Lazutina (5); Galina Kulakova and Raisa Smetanina (4); Claudia Boyarskikh, Olga Danilova and Marja-Liisa…

Baghdad

(Encyclopedia) Baghdad or Bagdad Bagdad both: băgˈdăd, bägdädˈ [key], city (2020 pop.…

October 2016: FCC Fines Comcast $2.3 Million

World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of October 2016. 1. Police Kill Black Man in L.A. 2. FBI Announces Arrest of NSA…

Brewer's: Excise

(2 syl.) means literally, a coupon, or piece cut off (Latin, excido). It is a toll or duty levied on articles of home consumption—a slice cut off from these things for the national purse…