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Brewer's: Mitten

The Pardoner's mitten. Whoever put this mitten on would be sure to thrive in all things. He that his hondë put in this metayn, He shal have multiplying of his grayn, Whan he hath sowen, be…

Brewer's: Hangman's Wages

131/2d. The fee given to the executioner at Tyburn, with 1 1/2d. for the rope. This was the value of a Scotch merk, and therefore points to the reign of James, who decreed that “the coin…

Litigation Paralegal

Karen Gillette Tell us about your work---what do you do? Insurance Defense work specializing in construction defect claims…

2016 Presidential Election Campaign

Election history and statistics, candidates, and party politics     Presidential Candidates Democratic Hillary Clinton Republican Donald Trump Vice Presidential…

2002 LPGA Majors Season Results: LPGA Championship

Edition:48thDates:June 6–9Site:DuPont CC, Wilmington, Del.Par:35-36–71 (6408 yards)Purse:$1,500,000 1 234TotEarnings1Se Ri Pak71-70-68-70—279$225,0002Beth Daniel67-70-68-77—282136,9873Annika…

British (Wimbledon) Champions: Doubles—Women

Doubles—Women1913Winifred McNair–Dora Boothby1914 Agatha Morton–Elizabeth Ryan1919–23Suzanne Lenglen–Elizabeth Ryan1924 Hazel Wightman–Helen Wills1925Suzanne Lenglen–Elizabeth Ryan1926Mary…

Sino-Tibetan languages

(Encyclopedia) Sino-Tibetan languages, family of languages spoken by over a billion people in central and SE Asia. This linguistic family is second only to the Indo-European stock in the number of…