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Red Auerbach 2006 Deaths

Red AuerbachAge: 89 voted the greatest coach in N.B.A. history by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America in 1980. As coach, he led the Boston Celtics to nine championships…

Leon (Red) Romo Biography

Leon (Red) RomoAge: 78 athletic trainer at the Naval Academy from 1956-97; guided midshipmen like Roger Staubach and David Robinson; played running back at LSU in the 1940s; assistant and…

Amy Lowell: Red Slippers

Red SlippersRed slippers in a shop-window, and outside in the street, flaws of grey, windy sleet!Behind the polished glass, the slippers hang in long threads of red, festooning from the…

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the hero of an American Christmas story which is the basis for a popular song and a very popular annual TV special. Rudolph, a reindeer with a glowing red nose,…

Red River (North America)

Red River. 1 River, 1,222 mi (1,967 km) long, southernmost of the large tributaries of the Mississippi River. It rises in two branches in the Texas Panhandle and flows SE between Texas and Oklahoma…

Brewer's: Cardinal's Red Hat

Some assert that Innocent IV. made the cardinals wear a red hat “in token of their being ready to lay down their life for the gospel.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Red Basque Cap

The cognisance of Don Carlos, pretender to the Spanish throne. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Red BookRed A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

Brewer's: Red Book of the Exchequer

(The). Liber Rubens Scaccarii in the Record Office. It was compiled in the reign of Henry III. (1246), and contains the returns of the tenants in capitc in 1166, who certify how many…

Brewer's: Red Hand of Ulster

In an ancient expedition to Ireland, it was given out that whoever first touched the shore should possess the territory which he touched; O'Neill, seeing another boat likely to outstrip…