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Brewer's: Academics
Academ′ics The followers of Plato were so called, because they attended his lectures in the Academy, a garden planted by Academos. “See there the olive grove of Academus, Plato's retreat…Brewer's: Adonis River
A river in Phoenicia, which always runs red at the season of the year when the feast of Adonis is held. The legend ascribes this redness to sympathy with the young hunter; others ascribe…Brewer's: Comus
God of revelry. Milton represents him as a male Circe. (Greek, komos, carousal.) This nymph [Circe], that gazed upon his [Bacchus's] clustering locks, ... Had by him, ere he parted thence…The Devil's Dictionary: Logomachy
by Ambrose Bierce LOGICLOGANIMITYLOGOMACHY -n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem - a kind of contest in which, the vanquished…Theresa Bernstein 2002 Deaths
Theresa BernsteinAge: 111? painter of the Ash Can school and one of the first women to paint in the Realist style. She was known for her urban landscapes. Died: Manhattan, Feb. 12, 2002Milton…Dave Berg 2002 Deaths
Dave BergAge: 81 cartoonist who created Mad magazine's “The Lighter Side Of” comic strip that satirized the absurdities of American life. Died: Marina del Rey, Calif., May 16, 2002Mildred…Vittorio Gassman 2000 Deaths
Vittorio GassmanAge: 77 Italian film and stage actor, known as the “Olivier of Italy,” whose credits include The Big Deal on Madonna Street, The Easy Life, and Profumo di Donna, for which he…Gunther Gebel-Williams 2001 Deaths
Gunther Gebel-WilliamsAge: 66 circus animal trainer who was the main attraction of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1968 to 1990. He trained lions and tigers to jump…Jack Gardner 2000 Deaths
Jack GardnerAge: 90 legendary college basketball coach who pioneered the fast-break style in the 1950s with Kansas State and then Utah during a time when many teams still relied on set shots…Knights of the Golden Circle
(Encyclopedia) Knights of the Golden Circle, secret order of Southern sympathizers in the North during the Civil War. Its members were known as Copperheads. Dr. George W. L. Bickley, a Virginian who…Trending
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