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Timeline: Women in Sports, Part 2
From Mt. Olympus to Cooperstown, N.Y. by Chris Frantz Back: B.C. to the 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s 1960 Wilma Rudolph winning at the…Brewer's: Moon
means “measurer” of time (Anglo-Saxon, móna, masc. gen.). It is masculine in all the Teutonic languages; in the Edda the son of Mundilfori is Mâni (moon), and daughter Sôl (sun); so it is…2003 Deaths: M - Q
Lester MaddoxClark MacGregorHerbie MannLuis MardenBurke MarshallCarol MatthauBill MauldinRobert McCloskeyMark McCormackTex McCraryWill McDonoughRobert MertonDoug MichelsGeorge MillerPaul…Brewer's: Philosopher's Tree
(The), or Diana's tree. An amalgam of crystallised silver, obtained from mercury in a solution of silver; so called by the alchemists, with whom Diana stood for silver. Source:…Brewer's: Titania
Wife of O'beron, king of the fairies. According to the belief in Shakespeare's age, fairies were the same as the classic nymphs, the attendants of Diana. The queen of the fairies was…Brewer's: Dian's Worshippers
Midnight revellers. So called because they return home by moonlight. Dian means the moon. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DianoraDiana of Ephesus A B C D…America's Most Endangered Places 2013
The Astrodome in Houston, Texas is among American sites most at risk America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2012America's Most Endangered Places 2011America's Most…Prince William
by David Johnson Prince William and his younger brother, Prince Henry (Source:AP) Related Links Royal Family Tree Queen Elizabeth II King Charles III Prince Henry Quiz:…Brewer's: Notoriety
Depraved taste for notoriety: Cleombrotos, who leaped into the sea. (See Cleombrotos.) Empedocles, who leaped into Etna. (See Empedocles.) Herostratos, who set fire to the temple of Diana…Brewer's: Hunters and Runners
of classic renown: ACASTOS, who took part in the famous Calydonian hunt (a wild boar). ACTÆON, the famous huntsman who was transformed by Diana into a stag, because he chanced to see her…Trending
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