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Brewer's: Quarry

(A). The place where stone, marble, etc., are dug out and squared. (French, quarré, formed into square blocks.) (Tomlinson.) Quarry Prey. This is a term in falconry. When a hawk struck…

Brewer's: Forks

The gallows. (Latin, furca.) Cicero (de Divinitate, i. 26) says, “Ferens furcam ductus est, ” often quoted in proof that criminals condemned to the cross were obliged to carry their own…

Tony Baker 1998 Deaths

Tony BakerAge: 53 running back who played eight seasons in the NFL; garnered a Pro Bowl nod in 1969 when he averaged a league-high 4.8 yards per carry with the New Orleans Saints; also played…

John Corbett Biography

actorBorn: May 9, 1961Birthplace: Wheeling, West VirginiaBest Known as: Aidan, Carries' former finance on the television series Sex and the City While he may…

Phil Sokolof 2004 Deaths

Phil SokolofAge: 82 businessman who used his considerable wealth to promote low-fat and low-cholesterol diet. Sokolof, who had a near-fatal heart attack at age 44, took out full-page ads in…

Eddie Donovan 2001 Deaths

Eddie DonovanAge: 78 former general manager and coach of the N.Y. Knicks; drafted Willis Reed in 1964 and dealt for Dave DeBusschere in 1968, two moves that helped New York win its first NBA…

Candide: Candide's Voyage to Constantinople

Candide and Martin Sup with S... What Befell Candide, Cunegund... Candide's Voyage to Constantinople The trusty Cacambo had already engaged the captain of the Turkish ship that was…

Brutus XIV (pt. 1)

Brutus XIV (pt. 1)21 February 1788by BrutusHaving in the two preceding numbers, examined the nature and tendency of the judicial power, as it respects the explanation of the constitution, I…

2 Chronicles: 36

2 Chronicles Chapter 36 1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years…