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Brewer's: Chase

(A). A small deer-forest held, for the most part, by a private individual, and protected only by common law. Forests are royal prerogatives, protected by the “Forest Laws.” Chase (A).…

The Magna Carta

JOHN, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters…

Rapunzel

Rapunzel There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire. These people had a little window at the…

The Divine Comedy: Inferno: Canto XIII

Inferno: Canto XIIInferno: Canto XIVInferno: Canto XIII Not yet had Nessus reached the other side, When we had put ourselves within a wood, That was not marked by any path whatever.…

Gerd Karl Binnig

Gerd Karl BinnigBorn: 1947Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany Scanning tunneling microscope—Binnig and Rohrer's microscope can trace details smaller than a single atom and has provided views of…

John Deere

John DeereBorn: 1804Birthplace: Rutland, Vt. Plow—Deere's plow had a cutting part made of steel and a moldboard made of polished wrought iron which proved more effective than implements then…

Clarence Birdseye

Clarence BirdseyeBorn: 1886 Food Preservation. During an expedition to Labrador, a young Birdseye observed native fishermen freezing their catch. He later observed that rapid freezing…

Brewer's: Wild Huntsman

The German tradition is that a spectral hunter with dogs frequents the Black Forest to chase the wild animals. (SirWalterScott: Wild Huntsman…

NCAA Tournament (24 teams)

East Regional First Round Princeton 84, George Washington 67 St. Bonaventure 86, Rhode Island 76 Wake Forest 97, St. John's 74 Semifinals St. Joseph's-PA 72, Princeton 67…