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Brewer's: Cassio

(in Shakespeare's Othello). Michael Cassio was a Florentine, and Othello's lieutenant. Iago made him drunk, and then set on Roderigo to quarrel with him. Cassio wounded Roderigo, and a…

Brewer's: Colly my Cow

A corruption of Calainos, the most ancient of Spanish ballads. Calainos the Moor asked a damsel to wife, who said the price of winning her should be the heads of the three paladins of…

Brewer's: Roderigo

A Venetian gentleman in Shakespeare's Othello. He was in love with Desdemona, and when the lady eloped with Othello, hated the “noble Moor.” Iago took advantage of this temper for his own…

Brewer's: Moonstone

A mineral so called on account of the play of light which it exhibits. Wilkie Collins has a novel called The Moonstone. “The moonstone contains bluish-white spots, which, when held to the…

Brewer's: Mozaide

(2 syl.) or Monzaida. The “Moor,” settled in Calient, who befriended Vasco da Gama when he first landed on the Indian continent. The Moor attends, Mozaide, whose zealous care, To Gama's…

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William JaggardThomas JamesJeremiah Whipple JenksGeorg JensenNicolas Jenson William Stanley JevonsSteve JobsJohn of SpeyerEldridge Reeves JohnsonEmory Richard JohnsonHoward JohnsonTom Loftin…

CART Results: FedEx Championship Series

LATE 1998DateEventLocationWinner (Pos.)TimeAvg.mphPoleQual.mphOct. 18IndyCarnival Gold CoastAlex Zanardi (2)2:01:51.17085.328D. Franchitti109.028Nov. 1Marlboro 500CaliforniaJimmy Vasser (2)3:…

1998-99 Season: NCAA Men's Championship Game

61st NCAA Division I Championship Game. Date: Monday, March 29, at Tropicana Field. Coaches: Jim Calhoun of Connecticut and Mike Krzyzewski of Duke. Favorite: Duke by 91/2. Attendance: 41,…