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Brewer's: Chriss-cross Row

(row to rhyme with low). The alphabet in a horn-book, which had a cross at the beginning and end. Philosophy is all the go, And science quite the fashion; Our grandams learnt the Chriss-…

Brewer's: Town and Gown Row

(A), A collision, often leading to a fight, in the English universities between the students or gownsmen, and non-gownsmen - principally bargees and roughs. (See Philistines.) Source:…

1900 Olympic Rowing Medalists

Event   Time Single Sculls Henri Barrelet, FRA 7:35.6   André Gaudin, FRA 7:41.6   St. George Ashe, GBR 8:15.6 Coxed Pairs Netherlands 7:34.2   France I…

Beth-shan

(Encyclopedia) Beth-shanBeth-shanbĕth-shănˈ [key] or Beth-sheanBeth-sheanbĕth-shēˈən [key], ancient town, at the meeting of the Vale of Jezreel with the Jordan valley. It was the most strategic point…

Entertainment News from October 1999

4In an interview with the British magazine Hello!, Minnie Driver announces that she and actor Josh Brolin are engaged. Driver has had a string of very public relationships and breakups; the…

Entertainment News from November 1997

Geraldo RiveraArchive Photos1Apparently trying to pick up where his former wife left off, Prince Charles brings Prince Harry to South Africa where the 13-year-old royal meets Britpop phenoms…