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2001–2002 Season: NCAA Men's Championship Game

Monday, April 1, 2002 64th NCAA Division I Championship Game. Date: Monday, April 1, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Coaches: Gary Williams of Maryland and Mike Davis of Indiana. Favorite:…

Brewer's: Goody Two-Shoes

This tale first appeared in 1765. It was written for Newbery, as it is said, by Oliver Goldsmith. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Goody-goodyGoody Blake A…

Brewer's: Goody

A depreciative, meaning weakly moral and religious. In French, bon homme is used in a similar way. “No doubt, if a Caesar or a Napoleon comes before some man of weak will ... especially if…

woodcut and wood engraving

(Encyclopedia) woodcut and wood engraving, prints made from designs cut in relief on wood, in contrast to copper or steel engraving and etching (which are intaglio). The term woodcutting is loosely…

Champions Since 1918

Champions Since 1918 Multiple winners: Montreal Canadiens (23); Toronto Arenas-St. Pats-Maple Leafs (13); Detroit Red Wings (11); Boston Bruins (6); Edmonton Oilers (5); NY Islanders, NY…

Casey At The Bat

Ernest L. ThayerJune 3, 1888The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play, And then when Cooney died at first, and…

Brewer's: Gill

(g soft) or Jill. A generic name for a lass, a sweetheart. (A contraction of Gillian = Juliana, Julia.) “Jack and Jill went up the hill ...” Nursery Rhymes. “Every Jack has got his Jill…

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem, seigneur de

(Encyclopedia) Montaigne, Michel Eyquem, seigneur deMontaigne, Michel Eyquem, seigneur demŏntānˈ, Fr. mēshĕlˈ ākĕmˈ sānyörˈ də môNtĕnˈyə [key], 1533–92, French essayist. Montaigne was one of the…

Pollaiuolo

(Encyclopedia) PollaiuoloPollaiuolopōl-läy&oomacr;-ôˈlō [key], family of Florentine artists. Jacopo Pollaiuolo was a noted 15th-century goldsmith. His son and pupil Antonio Pollaiuolo, 1429?–1498…

Johnson, Philip Cortelyou

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Philip Cortelyou, 1906–2005, American architect, museum curator, and historian, b. Cleveland, grad. Harvard Univ. (B.A., 1927). One of the first Americans to study modern…