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Camp Laurence

Camp LaurenceBeth was postmistress, for, being most at home, she could attend to it regularly, and dearly liked the daily task of unlocking the little door and distributing the mail. One…

Death Penalty Update

Here & Abroad by John Gettings Related Links Deadly Questions: New Study Raises ConcernsCountries of the World and Their Death Penalty StatusMethods of Execution in the U.S.U.S. Prisoners…

Brewer's: File

To cheat. The allusion is to filing money for the sake of the dust which can be used or sold. A file is a cheat. Hence “a jolly file,” etc. “Sorful becom that fals file.” Cursor Mundi MS…

Brewer's: Town

(A) is the Anglo-Saxon tún, a plot of ground fenced round or enclosed by a hedge; a single dwelling; a number of dwelling-houses enclosed together forming a village or burgh. “Our…

Brewer's: Chrisom

or Chrism signifies properly “the white cloth set by the minister at baptism on the head of the newly anointed with chrism”— i.e. a composition of oil and balm. In the Form of Private…

1960 Olympics Shooting Medalists

Event     Free Rifle (3 positions) Hubert Hammerer, AUT 1129   Hans Spillmann, SUI 1127   Vasiliy Borissov, URS 1127 Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Peter Kohnke, GER…

1976 Olympics Shooting Medalists

Event     Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Karlheinz Smieszek, FRG 599   Ulrich Lind, FRG 597   Gennadiy Lushchikov, URS 595 Small-Bore Rifle (3 positions) Lanny Bassham…

1980 Olympics Shooting Medalists

Event     Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Karoly Varga, HUN 599   Hellfried Heilfort, GDR 599   Petar Zapianov, BUL 598 Small-Bore Rifle (3 positions) Viktor Vlassow,…