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Pole VaultYear Height 2000Stacy Draglia, USA15- 1OR2004 Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS16-11/4WR2008 Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS16-6WR2012 Jennifer Suhr, USA15-5High JumpWomen's Olympic Track &…tent
(Encyclopedia) tent, portable shelter of canvas, skins, felt, matting, or other material usually supported by poles and used chiefly by nomads, hunters, and campers. Tents have been used by pastoral…Brewer's: May-pole
(London). The races in the Dunciad take place “where the tall May-pole overlooked the Strand.” On the spot now occupied by St. Mary-le-Strand, anciently stood a cross. In the place of this…Brewer's: No More Poles
Give over work. The cry in hop-gardens when the pickers are to cease working. “When the sun set, the cry of `No more poles' resounded, and the work of the day was done.” —The Ludgate…Brewer's: Totem Pole
(A). A pole, elaborately carved, erected before the dwelling of certain American Indians. It is a sort of symbol, like a public-house sign or flagstaff. “Imagine a huge log, forty or fifty…Brewer's: Guards of the Pole
The two stars b and g in the Great Bear. Shakespeare, in Othello, ii. l, refers to them where he says, the surge seems “to quench the guards of the ever-fixéd pole.” “How to knowe the…Brewer's: Barber's Pole
The gilt knob at the end represents a brass basin, which is sometimes actually suspended on the pole. The basin has a notch cut in it to fit the throat, and was used for lathering…Brewer's: Bare Poles
(Under) implies that the weather is rough and the wind so high that the ship displays no sails on the masts. Figuratively applied to a man reduced to the last extremity. Figuratively, a…North Pole Quiz
The North Pole is not only the top of the world but also the home of Santa Claus at Christmas. Test your northern knowledge here on Infoplease!Eleanor Mondale Poling
Eleanor Mondale Poling was the daughter of Walter Mondale, the prominent Minnesota politician who was vice president under Jimmy Carter and later U.S. ambassador to Japan. Eleanor Mondale graduated…Trending
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