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1964 Olympics Shooting Medalists

Event     Free Rifle (3 positions) Gary Anderson, USA 1153   Shota Kveliashvili, URS 1144   Martin Gunnarsson, USA 1136 Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Laszló Hammerl,…

Brewer's: Crishna

An incarnate deity of perfect beauty. King Canza, being informed that a child of the family of Devaci would overturn his throne, gave orders to destroy all the male infants that were born…

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…

Brewer's: Rove

(1 syl.). To shoot with roving arrows—i.e. arrows shot at a roving mark, either in height or distance. To shoot at rovers. To shoot at certain marks of the target so called; to shoot at…

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…

1972 Olympics

MunichTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern…

Sydney: 2000 Summer Olympics

ArcheryBadmintonBaseballBasketballBoxingCanoe/kayakCyclingDivingEquestrianFencingField hockeyGymnasticsHandballJudoModern PentathlonRowingSailingShootingSoccerSoftballSwimmingTable…

Entertainment News from August 1997

Princess DianaGlobe Photos1The Irish Supreme Court unanimously decides to let U2 perform at Dublin's Landsdowne Road stadium on August 30 and 31 as part of the band's PopMart tour. In July,…

Walt Whitman: A Song of Joys

A Song of JoysO to make the most jubilant song! Full of music—full of manhood, womanhood, infancy! Full of common employments—full of grain and trees.O for the voices of animals—O for the…

2000 Olympic Medalists by Name: F

MEDAL STANDINGS Choose a sport: Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics…