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2001Last RdTournamentWinnerEarningsRunner-UpJan. 21MasterCard ChampionshipLarry Nelson (197)$240,000J. Thorpe (198)Jan. 28@Senior Skins GameHale Irwin (7 skins)320,000J. Nicklaus (10 skins…

Pomponius Mela

(Encyclopedia) Pomponius MelaPomponius Melapŏmpōˈnēəs [key]Pomponius Melamēˈlə [key], fl. c.a.d. 50, Roman geographer, b. Spain. His De situ orbis, a description of the then known world, was…

Tappan, Lewis

(Encyclopedia) Tappan, Lewis, 1788–1873, American abolitionist, b. Northampton, Mass. He became a partner in his brother Arthur's New York mercantile house in 1828 and in 1841 founded the first…

Amadas, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Amadas or Amidas, PhilipAmadas or Amidas, Philipboth: ămˈədăs [key], 1550–1618, English navigator. With Arthur Barlowe he was sent by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 to explore the North…

Grenfell, Bernard Pyne

(Encyclopedia) Grenfell, Bernard PyneGrenfell, Bernard Pynegrĕnˈfĕl [key], 1869–1926, English classical scholar and Egyptologist. With Arthur Surridge Hunt he discovered at Oxyrhynchus the Logia of…

Hays, Arthur Garfield

(Encyclopedia) Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881–1954, American lawyer, b. Rochester, N.Y. He was admitted (1905) to the bar and practiced in New York City. He was active in many cases concerned with civil…

Bliss, Sir Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Bliss, Sir Arthur, 1891–1975, English composer. Bliss's teachers included Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Gustav Holst. He was made Master of the Queen's Musick in 1953.…

Clough, Arthur Hugh

(Encyclopedia) Clough, Arthur HughClough, Arthur Hughklŭf [key], 1819–61, English poet. He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, where he became friends with Matthew Arnold. After…

Brewer's: Con Spirito

(Italian). With quickness and vivacity. A musical term. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ConanCon Commodo A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…

Brewer's: Concert Pitch

The degree of sharpness or flatness adopted by a number of musicians acting in concert, that all the instruments may be in accord. Generally, a particular note is selected for the standard…