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The Statue of Liberty: Facts, History & Profile

Top of Page Image Source: Getty ImagesFast Statue of Liberty Facts Height: The statue stands at a total of 305 feet, with 151 feet for the statue itself.  Weight: The statue weighs 225 tons or…

2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…

Brewer's: Amys

and Amylion The Pylades and Orestes of mediæval story. —Ellis's Specimens. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AnabaptistsAmyris plays the fool A B C D E F…

Brewer's: Exeter Domesday

A record containing a description of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall; published by Sir Henry Ellis (in 1816) as a Supplement to the Great Domesday-Book (q.v.). Called “Exon,”…

Dick Howser Trophy

Dick Howser Trophy Presented to the College Player of the Year since 1987, by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) from 1987-98 and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers…

Other Worldwide Champions

1997 UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) Elite ResultsMenMediterranean Tour (FRA)Emmanuel Magnien, FRARuta del Sol (SPA)Erik Zable, GERTour of Valencia (SPA)Juan Carlos Dominguez, SPAHet…

1998–1999 Obie Awards

The 1998–1999 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 17, 1999, at New York's Webster Hall.Best Production:…

Brewer's: Sizings

The quota of food allowed at breakfast, and also food “sized for” at dinner. At Cambridge, the students are allowed meat for dinner, but tart, jelly, ale, etc., are obtained only by paying…