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Brewer's: Sleave

The ravelled sleave of care Shakespeare: Macbeth). The sleave is the knotted or entangled part of thread or silk, the raw edge of woven articles. Chaucer has “sleeveless words” (words like…

2005–2006 Obie Awards

The 2005–2006 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 15, 2006, at New York…

3-Pt Field Goal Percentage

3-Pt Field Goal PercentageMinimum 1.5 Three-Point FG made per game. ClGmFGFGAPctKent McCausland, IowaSo.297013452.2Bill Slack, Central Mich.Sr.26499651.0Ross Land, N. ArizonaFr.286412650.…

NFC: Playoff Game Summaries, 1999–2000 Season

Buccaneers, 14-13Washington (11-6)03100—13Tampa Bay (11-5)0077—14Date—Jan. 15. Att—65,835. Time—3:01.2nd Quarter: WASH—Brett Conway 28-yd FG, 9:23.3rd Quarter: WASH—Brian Mitchell 100-yd…

Brewer's: El Dorado

Golden illusion; a land or means of unbounded wealth. Orellana, lieutenant of Pizarro, pretended he had discovered a land of gold ( el dorado) between the rivers Orinoco and Amazon, in…

Brewer's: Fairy

of nursery mythology is the personification of Providence. The good ones are called fairies, elves, elle-folks, and fays; the evil ones are urchins, ouphes, ell-maids, and ell-women.…

San Jose, Calif.

Mayor: Chuck Reed (to Nov. 2014) City Manager: Debra Figone 2010 census population (rank): 945,942 (10); Male: 475…

Katha-Upanishad: Sixth Valli

  Sixth Valli 1. “There is that ancient tree, whose roots grow upward and whose branches grow downward;—that indeed is called the Bright, that is called Brahman, that alone is called the…