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1992 Women's Olympic Track & Field Results
Event Time 100m Gail Devers, USA 10.82 Juliet Cuthbert, JAM 10.83 Irina Privalova, UT 10.84 200m Gwen Torrence, USA 21.81 Juliet Cuthbert, JAM…Brewer's: Verdant Green
An excessivley `green' or unsophisticated young man. The character was epitomized in The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green (1853) by `Cuthbert Bede, BA' (Rev Edward Bradley). Verdant's…Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: 200-Meter Dash
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Netherlands 24.40 1952 Marjorie Jackson, Australia 23.70 1956…400 meters
400 metersYear Time 1964 Betty Cuthbert, AUS 52.0 1968 Colette Besson, FRA 52.03 OR1972 Monika Zehrt, E. Ger 51.08 OR1976 Irena Szewinska, POL 49.29 WR1980 Marita Koch, E. Ger 48.88 OR1984…Brewer's: Dickey
or Dicky. A donkey; anciently called a Dick-ass, now termed Jack-ass. It is a term of endearment, as we call a pet bird a dicky-bird. The ass is called Dick-y (little Richard), Cuddy (…Brewer's: Eden Hall
The luck of Eden Hall. An old painted drinking-glass, supposed to be sacred. The tale is that the butler once went to draw water from St. Cuthbert's Well, in Eden Hall garden, Cumberland,…1964 Olympics
TokyoTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsBoxingCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern…Brewer's: Nom
“Nom de guerre ” is French for a “war name,” but really means an assumed name. It was customary at one time for everyone who entered the French army to assume a name, this was especially…Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: 100-Meter Dash
1928 Elizabeth Robinson, United States 12.20 1932 Stella Walsh, Poland 11.90 1936…Brewer's: Death in the Pot
During a dearth in Gilgal, there was made for the sons of the prophets a pottage of wild herbs, some of which were poisonous. When the sons of the prophets tasted the pottage, they cried…Trending
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