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Soissons

(Encyclopedia) SoissonsSoissonsswäsôNˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 32,144), Aisne dept., N France, on the Aisne River. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Soissons was an old Roman town and early…

Ricky Martin, 1999 News

27, Latino pop singer, burst onto the music scene in the U.S. after his hip-shaking performance at the February Grammy Awards. His self-titled English-language debut album hit stores in May…

Storm King Art Center

(Encyclopedia) Storm King Art Center, sculpture park and museum in Mountainville, N.Y., some 55 mi (89 km) north of New York City. Founded in 1960, it comprises 500 acres (202 hectares) of lawns,…

John Lewis GERVAIS, Congress, SC (1741-1798)

GERVAIS, John Lewis, a Delegate from South Carolina; born of Huguenot parents in Hanover, Germany, circa 1741; attended schools and colleges in Hanover; immigrated to England and later to the…

Brewer's: Gertrude of Wyoming

The name of one of Campbell's poems. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GervaisGertrude A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

Brewer's: Geryon

(g hard). A human monster with three bodies and three heads, whose oxen ate human flesh, and were guarded by a two-headed dog. Hercules slew both Geryon and the dog. This fable means…

Brewer's: Swithin

(St.). If it rains on St. Swithin's day (15th July),there will be rain for forty days. (See Gervais.) St. Swithin's day, gif ye do rain, for forty days it will remain; St. Swithin's day,…