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All-Time Interception Leaders

All-Time Interception Leaders(Through 2005) Amount1.Paul Krause812.Emlen Tunnell793.Rod Woodson714.Dick Lane685.Ken Riley656.Ronnie Lott637.Dave Brown62 Dick LeBeau629.Emmitt Thomas5810.Mel…

Van Halen Biography

Van Halenrock group In the early 1970s, in Pasadena, California, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and his brother Alex Van Halen, a drummer, formed the group Mammoth with vocalist David Lee Roth and…

exobiology

(Encyclopedia) exobiology or astrobiology, search for extraterrestrial life within the solar system and throughout the universe. Philosophical speculation that there might be other worlds similar to…

Figure Skating–Men

1908 Ulrich Salchow, Sweden1920 Gillis Grafström, Sweden1924 Gillis Grafström, Sweden1928 Gillis Grafström, Sweden1932 Karl Schäfer, Austria1936 Karl Schäfer, Austria1948 Dick Button, United…

Brewer's: Dicilla

(in Orlando Furioso). One of Logistilla's handmaids, famous for her chastity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DickDicers' Oaths A B C D E F G H I J…

Brewer's: Tom and Jerry

i.e. Corinthian Tom and Jerry Hawthorn, the two chief characters in Pierce Egan's Life in London, illustrated by Cruikshank. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Tulip Mania

A reckless mania for the purchase of tulip-bulbs in the seventeenth century. Beckmann says it rose to its greatest height in the years 1634-1637. A root of the species called Viceroy sold…

Brewer's: Tun

Any vessel, even a goblet or cup. (Anglo-Saxon tunne.) “Tun, such a cup as jugglers use to show divers tricks by.” —Minshou: Spanish Dictionary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…

2005 Deaths: R - Z

Rainier IIIJohn RaittWilliam RehnquistPeter RodinoJoseph RotblatNipsey RussellHerb SargentMaria SchellMax SchmelingFritz ScholderBernard SchrieverJay SchulbergRoger ShattuckBobby ShortClaude…

Brewer's: Dickens

(See Boz.) Dickens is a perverted oath corrupted from “Nick.” Mrs. Page says - “I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.” - Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. 2. The three…