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Brewer's: Dalai-Lama

[grand lama]. Chief of the two Tartar priests—a sort of incarnate deity. The other lama is called the “Tesho-lama.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Little Men

Life at Plumfield With Jo's BoysLouisa May AlcottDedicationTo Freddy and Johnny, the little men to whom she owes some of the best and happiest hours of her life, this book is gratefully…

Brewer's: Gowan

A daisy; a perennial plant or flower. The ewe-gowan is the common daisy, apparently denominated from the ewe, as being frequently in pastures fed on by sheep. “Some bit waefu' love story,…

Major Bouts, 1997-98: Welterweights (147 lbs)

DateWinnerLoserResultTitleSiteOct. 17Pernell WhitakerAndrei PastriaevWu 12—Ledyard, Conn.Oct. 17Ike QuarteyJose Luis LopezDm 12WBALedyard, Conn.Oct. 18Daniel SantosMiguel A. GonzalezTKO 7—…

New First Pets

Spot, Ernie, and India go to Washington by Holly Hartman This article was posted on February 4, 2000. Socks on the podium in the White House briefing room. The former First Cat belongs to…

Class Day

Class DayThe clerk of the weather evidently has a regard for young people, and sends sunshine for class days as often as he can. An especially lovely one shone over Plumfield as this…

John Brooke

John Brooke"Wake up, Demi, dear! I want you." "Why, I've just gone to bed; it can't be morning yet;" and Demi blinked like a little owl as he waked from his first sound sleep. "It's only ten…

Huckleberries

HuckleberriesThere was a great clashing of tin pails, much running to and fro, and frequent demands for something to eat, one August afternoon, for the boys were going huckleberrying, and…