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Brewer's: Kaiser
The German Emperor. He receives the title from Dalmatia, Croatia, and the line of the Danube, which, by the arrangement of Diocletian, was governed by a prince entitled Caesar of the Holy…Brewer's: Henchman. Henchboy
The Anglo-Saxon hinc is a servant or page; or perhaps henges-man, a horse-man; henges or hengst, a horse. I do but beg a little changeling boy To be my benchman. Shakespeare: Midsummer…Gerald Ford Biography
Gerald FordBorn: July 14, 191338th President of the U.S. lettered as center on undefeated Michigan football teams in 1932 and '33; MVP on 1934 squad.Doug FlutieD - FWhitey FordBill Hartack
Bill HartackBorn: Dec. 9, 1932Jockey won Kentucky Derby 5 times (1957,60,62,64,69), Preakness 3 times (1956,64,69), and the Belmont once (1960).Leon HartG - JDoug HarveyBrewer's: Wolf's-bane
The Germans call all poisonous herbs “banes,” and the Greeks, mistaking the word for “beans,” translated it by kuamoî, as they did “hen-bane” (…Brewer's: Grey Mare
The Grey Mare is the better horse. The woman is paramount. It is said that a man wished to buy a horse, but his wife took a fancy to a grey mare, and so pertinaciously insisted that the…Brewer's: Guineapig
(Stock Exchange term). A gentleman of sufficient name to form a bait who allows himself to be put on a directors list for the guinea and lunch provided for the board. (See Floaters.)…Walter Bishop Jr. 1998 Deaths
Walter Bishop Jr.jazz pianist recorded with Miles Davis and Charlie ParkerBorn: 1928?Died: 1998Ilse BingA - FDoug BlosserJay Monahan 1998 Deaths
Jay Monahanlawyer, NBC News legal analyst husband of Katie Couric, co-host of NBC's Today showBorn: 1956?Died: 1998Doug MillerM - QCorbett MonicaGeorge Miller 2003 Deaths
George MillerAge: 61 stand-up comedian who appeared on Late Night with David Letterman 56 times, more than any other comic. Died: Los Angeles, March 5, 2003Doug MichelsM - QPaul Monash…