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Evolution (Film)

Director:Ivan ReitmanWriters:David Diamond, David Weissman, Don JakobyDreamWorks; PG-13; 103 minutesRelease:6/01Cast:David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore Evolution needs more…

Enemy at the Gates

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Writers: Alain Godard and Jean-Jacques Annaud Paramount Pictures R; 133 minutes Release: 3/01 Cast: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz…

Brewer's: Fairies

good and bad. AFREET or EFREET, one of the Jinn tribe, of which there are five. (See Story of the Second Calendar.) APPARITION. A ghost. ARIEL. (See Ariel.) BANSHEE or BENSHEE, an Irish…

Brewer's: Pixy-led

(Devonshire), Poakeledden (Worcestershire). Misled into bogs and ditches. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Place aux DamesPixies A B C D E F G H I J…

arum

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum, a member of the arum family arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and…

Brewer's: Bogomili

A religious sect of the twelfth century, whose chief seat was Thrace. So called from their constant repetition of the words, “Lord, have mercy upon us,” which, in Bulgarian, is bog (Lord…

Brewer's: Bogtrotters

Irish tramps; so called from their skill in crossing the Irish bogs, from tussock to tussock, either as guides or to escape pursuit. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Slough of Despond

A deep bog which Christian has to cross in order to get to the Wicket Gate. Help comes to his aid. Neighbour Pliable went with Christian as far as the Slough, and then turned back again. (…

1928 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Winners

Event   Bantamweight (-123 1/2 lb) Kaarlo Mäkinen, FIN   Edmond Spapen, BEL   James Trifunov, CAN Featherweight (-134 1/2 lb) Allie Morrison, USA   Kustaa Pihlajamäki,…