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Brewer's: Pater Patrum
St. Gregory of Nyssa was so entitled by the Nicaean Council. (332-395.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Paternoster RowPater Noster A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Pathfinder
Major-General John Charles Fremont, who conducted four expeditions across the Rocky Mountains. (1842). Pathfinder, in Fenimore Cooper's five novels, is Natty Bumppo, called the Pathfinder…Brewer's: Rotundity of the Belt
(Washington Irving). Obesity; a large projecting paunch; what Shakespeare calls a “fair round belly with good capon lined.” (As You Like It, ii. 7.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…1976 Olympics
MontrealTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern…1988 Olympics
SeoulTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTennisTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern…Olympics Highlights: 2004
Day-to-day news from Athens by Shmuel Ross and Erin Teare Martin Sunday, August 29 Highlights of the Day A man with a history of disrupting sporting events runs onto the marathon course,…The Judicial Branch
The Supreme Court Building. The figures up top include Chief Justices Taft and Marshall, Order, Liberty, and Authority. Familiarize yourself with the United States Supreme Court, made up of nine…2005 George Polk Awards
The George Polk Awards in Journalism, administered by Long Island University, honors excellence in print and broadcast journalism. The award was esablished in 1949 and named for CBS correspondent…Brewer's: Toyshop of Europe
(The). So Burke called Birmingham. Here “toy” does not refer to playthings for children, but small articles made of steel. “Light toys” in Birmingham mean mounts, small steel rings, sword…Brewer's: Chriem-hilda
or Chriem-hild. A woman of unrivalled beauty, sister of Gunther, and beloved by Siegfried, the two chief heroes of the Nibelungenlied. Siegfried gives her a talisman taken from Gunther's…Trending
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