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Brewer's: Sui Generis
(Latin). Having a distinct character of its own; unlike anything else. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sui JurisSugared Words A B C D E F G H I J K…Brewer's: Shebeen
A small Irish store for the sale of whisky and something else, as bacon, eggs, general provisions, and groceries. Drinking your health wid Shamus O'Shea at Katty's shebeen. Tennyson: To-…Brewer's: Foxglove
called by the Welsh Fairy's glove and by the Irish Fairy-bells, is either a corruption of Folk's glove —i.e. the glove of the good folks or fairies, or else of the Saxon fox [es]glofa,…Brewer's: Orkneys
Either the Teutonic Orkn-cys (the water or islands of the whirlpool), in allusion to the two famous whirlpools near the Isle of Swinna; or else the Norwegian Orkeyjar (northern islands),…Oddball Holidays
Five state holidays you may not know by Elissa Haney Related Links Confederate Heroes' Day: TexasBunker Hill Day: MassachusettsEmancipation Day: Puerto RicoWest Virginia DayBennington Battle Day…Purple in Pasadena
It started in September and never really diminished. One upset. Then another. Then another. And another. The national championship in college football may have belonged once again to…Professional Baseball: 1998-99 Season Recap
Big Apple Bliss Is there really anything left to say about the Yankees of the late nineties that hasn't already been said. Quite simply, they're good. Very good. The best ever? Well that's just…Memorable Olympic Moments: Mark Spitz
Ambitious Mark Spitz claims seven golds and an Olympic record by Mike Morrison Mark Spitz swims for the first of seven gold medals in 1972. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview…George Harrison 2001 Deaths
George HarrisonAge: 58musician lead guitarist for the Beatles, Harrison died in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. “He left this world as he lived in it, conscious of God, fearless…Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 13
Part 13Allons! to that which is endless as it was beginningless, To undergo much, tramps of days, rests of nights, To merge all in the travel they tend to, and the days and nights they…Trending
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