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Brewer's: Spaie

A red deer of the third year. “The young male is called in the first yeere a calfe, in the second a broket, the third a spaie, the fourth a stagon or stag, the fifth a great stag, the…

Brewer's: Faint

Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. “The bold a way will find or make.” King: Orpheus and Eurydice. “Faint harts faire ladies neuer win.” (1569.) Philobiblion Society's Publications (1827…

The Presidency on Film

by Beth Rowen Presidential Trivia Eight of the first nine American presidents —Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, and Harrison— were…

Werner Klemperer

Werner KlempereractorBorn: 3/22/1920Birthplace: Cologne, Germany Emmy Award-winning actor who played bumbling, monocled Nazi Col. Wilhelm Klink on television's Hogan's Heroes. His true love,…

Mira Sorvino Biography

Mira Sorvino actressBorn: 9/28/1967Birthplace: Tenafly, New Jersey Sorvino's films include Amongst Friends (1993), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress…

Werner Klemperer Biography

Werner KlempereractorBorn: 3/22/1920Birthplace: Cologne, Germany Emmy Award-winning actor who played bumbling, monocled Nazi Col. Wilhelm Klink on television's Hogan's Heroes. His true love,…

Hildegard Knef Biography

Hildegard Knefactress and singerBorn: Dec. 28, 1925Birthplace: Ulm, Germany Knef, a German actress and smoky-voiced singer, earned fame in the U.S. for her performance as a Soviet commissar…

October Current Events 2023: U.S. News

Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…

Backstreet Boys

Black & Blue Jive The Backstreet Boys were supposedly looking for a more mature sound on this follow-up to the 21-million-selling Millennium, but they never quite reached that destination.…