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Brewer's: Corpus Delicti

(Latin). The fundamental fact that a crime has really been committed; thus finding a murdered body is “corpus delicti” that a murder has been committed by someone. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Magna Charta

The Great Charter of English liberty extorted from King John, 1215; called by Spelman- “Augustissimum Anglicarum, liberta tum diploma et sacra anchora.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: Magnanimous

(The). Alfonso V. of Aragon (1385, 1416-58). Chosroes or Khosru, twenty-first of the Sassanides, surnamed Noushirwan (the Magnanimous) (531-579). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…

Friday the 13th

Unlucky No. 13 combines Christian and pagan beliefs Related Links Our Favorite Phobias Sports and the Number 13 The Hoax Files Phobias Quizzes Quiz: Phobias, Part I If you…

Career Individual: Pitching

PitchingGames Yrs GmWhitey Ford, NY Yankees 11 22Mike Stanton, Atlanta-NY Yankees620Mariano Rivera, NY Yankees620Rollie Fingers, Oakland 3 16Jeff Nelson, NY Yankees5 16Allie Reynolds, NY…

impressionism, in painting

(Encyclopedia) impressionism, in painting, late-19th-century French school that was generally characterized by the attempt to depict transitory visual impressions, often painted directly from nature…

1995 Gramophone Awards

Concerto (Record of the Year)Prokofiev and Shostakovich, Violin Concertos No. 1, Mstislav Rostropovich conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solo: Vengerov (EMI)Baroque VocalRameau, Les…