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A Christmas Carol: The Second of the Three Spirits
The First of the Three Spirits The Last of the Spirits The Second of the Three Spirits AWAKING in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts…1998 Deaths: A - F
General Sani Abacha Bella Abzug Uvaldo AcostaAlbatrossFrederick Pitt AldermanLionel AldridgeJohn Maury Allin Ella Maria Gonzalez AlvarezEric Ambler Cleveland Amory Harry AndersonJohn…Poems: Gerontion
by T. S. Eliot Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleis...Gerontion Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both. Here I am, an old man in a dry…1997–1998 Obie Awards
The 1997–1998 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 18, 1998, at New York's Manhattan Center.Best Play:…Brewer's: Grangousier
(4 syl.). King of Utopia, who married, in “the vigour of his old age,” Gargamelle, daughter of the king of the Parpaillons, and became the father of Gargantua, the giant. He is described…Featherweight
1889 Dal Hawkins11890 Billy Murphy1892– 1900 George Dixon1900–01 Terry McGovern1901 Young Corbett11901–12 Abe Attell1912–23 Johnny Kilbane1923 Eugene Criqui1923–25 Johnny Dundee11925–27…Sacks
AFCNoTrace Armstrong, Mia16.5Jason Taylor, Mia.14.5Eric Hicks, KC14.0Jason Gildon, Pit.13.5Trevor Pryce, Den.12.0Jevon Kearse, Ten.11.5Rob Burnett, Bal.10.5Joey Porter, Pit.10.5Marcellus…Brewer's: Burn
His money burns a hole in his pocket. He cannot keep it in his pocket, or forbear spending it. To burn one's boats. To cut oneself off from all means or hope of retreat. The allusion is…Brewer's: Achilles
A-kil-leez(3 syl.). King of the Myrmidons (in Thessaly), the hero of Homer's epic poem called the Iliad. He is represented as brave and relentless. The poem begins with a quarrel between…Brewer's: Bay
Supposed to be an antidote against lightning, because it was the tree of Apollo. Hence Tiberius and some other of the Roman emperors wore a wreath of bay as an amulet, especially in…Trending
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