Search

Search results

Displaying 111 - 120

Brewer's: Lud

A mythical king of Britain. General Lud. (See Luddites.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lud's BulwarkLucy and Colin A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Collapse

The scheme collapsed. Came to nothing. An inflated balloon is said to collapse when the gas has escaped and the sides fall together, or pucker into wrinkles. As a collapsed balloon will…

Brewer's: Lucy

(St.). Patron saint for those afflicted in the eyes. It is said that a nobleman wanted to marry her for the beauty of her eyes; so she tore them out and gave them to him saying, “Now let…

Brewer's: Colemira

(3 syl.). A poetical name for a cook; being, of course, compounded of coal and mire. `Could I,' he cried, `express how bright a grace Adorns thy morning hands and well-washed face, Thou…

European

Scoring Leaders Avg1Ernie Els (S. Africa)68.962Colin Montgomerie (Scotland)69.393Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain)69.794Bernhard Langer (Germany)69.88 Nick Faldo (England)69.886Eduardo Romero (…

2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…

Fall Film Preview, 1998, Part 4

Pixar hopes for another special-effects coup with A Bug's Life. Adam Sandler portrays another hapless hero in Touchstone's The Water Boy. Colonies of another kind — those inhabited by ants —…

1962–1963 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of DramaThe Defenders (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Series (Lead)E.G. Marshall, The DefendersOutstanding Continued…