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Alan Rothenberg
Alan RothenbergBorn: Apr. 10, 1939Soccer president of U.S. Soccer 1990-98; surprised European skeptics by directing hugely successful 1994 World Cup tournament; successfully got oft-delayed…Alan Webb
Alan Webb Born: Jan. 13, 1983Track on May 27, 2001 at the Prefontaine Classic, he ran a mile in 3:53.43 to break Jim Ryun's 36-year-old national high school record; collegiate track star at…Seeger, Alan
(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Alan, 1888–1916, American poet, b. New York City, grad. Harvard, 1910. During World War I he served in the French Foreign Legion and was killed in battle in 1916. He is famous…Keyes, Frances Parkinson
novelistBirthplace: Charlottesville, Va.Born: 1885Died: 1970Biographies of Key Figures
T. E. Lawrence Golda Meir Mahmoud Abbas George Mitchell Tzipi LivniBrewer's: Bluebeard's Key
When the blood stain of this key was rubbed out on one side, it appeared on the opposite side; so prodigality being overcome will appear in the form of meanness; and friends, over-fond,…Brewer's: Key and the Bible
(A). Employed to discover whether plaintiff or defendant is guilty. The Bible is opened either at Ruth, chap. i., or at the 51st Psalm; and a door-key is so placed inside the Bible, that…Brewer's: Key of a Cipher
or of a romance. That which explains the secret or lays it open (“La clef d'un chiffre ” or “La clef d'un romance”). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Key of…Brewer's: Key-cold
Deadly cold, lifeless. A key, on account of its coldness, is still sometimes employed to stop bleeding at the nose. Poor key-cold figure of a holy king! Pale ashes of the house of…Brewer's: Key of the Mediterranean
The fortress of Gibraltar; so called because it commands the entrance thereof. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Key of RussiaKey of a Cipher A B C D E F…