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Ragtime (Play)

Book:Terrence McNallyMusic:Stephen FlahertyLyrics:Lynn AhrensDirector:Frank GilatiMusical Staging:Graciela DanielleProduction:Eugene LeeCostumes:Santo LoquastoLighting:Jules Fisher and Peggy…

Spitz's Seven

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…

Brewer's: Queen's College

(Oxford), founded in 1340 by Robert de Eglesfield, and so called in compliment to Queen Philippa, whose confessor he was. Queen's College (Cambridge), founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou…

Brewer's: Scaphism

Locking up a criminal in the trunk of a tree, bored through so as just to admit the body. Five holes were made- one for the head, and the others for the hands and legs. These parts were…

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…

Brewer's: Bolus

An apothecary. Apothecaries are so called because they administer boluses. Similarly Mrs. Suds is a washer-woman; Boots is the shoeblack of an inn, etc. George Colman adopts the name for…

Brewer's: Columbus

His signature was- S. i.e., Servidor S. A. S. Sus Altezas Sacras X. M. Y. Jesus Maria Isabel Xto. FERENS Christo-pher El Almirante El Almirante. In English, “Servant- of their Sacred…

Brewer's: Diddle

(To). To cheat in a small way, as “I diddled him out of ...” Edgar Allan Poe has an article on the art of “Diddling.” Rhyming slang is very common. (See Chivy.) Fiddle and diddle rhyme. “…

Brewer's: White Rose

The House of York, whose emblem it was. The White Rose. Cardinal de la Pole. (1500-1558.) White Rose of England. So Perkin Warbeck or Osbeck…