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Brewer's: Happy Arabia
A mistranslation of the Latin Arabia felix, which means simply on the right hand —i.e. to the right hand of Al-Shan (Syria). It was Ptolemy who was the author of the threefold division…Brewer's: Yemen
Arabia Felix. Felix is a mistranslation by Ptolemy of Yemen, which means to the “right” —i.e. of Mecca. (See Stony Arabia.) Beautiful are the maids that glide On summer-eves through Yemen'…Mann, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Mann, ThomasMann, Thomastōˈmäs män [key], 1875–1955, German novelist and essayist, the outstanding German novelist of the 20th cent., b. Lübeck; brother of Heinrich Mann. A writer of…1998-99 Boxing Welterweights <span class="rm" >(147 lbs)</span>
Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Nov. 20 Oba Carr Verdell Smith Wu 8 — Las Vegas Nov. 28 Ahmed Kotiev Santos Cardona Wu 12 WBO Lubeck, GER Dec…1999-2000 Boxing Welterweights <span class="rm" >(147 lbs)</span>
Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Jan. 22 Shane Mosley Willy Wise KO 3 — Las Vegas Jan. 22 Vernon Forrest Vince Phillips Wu 10 — Las Vegas Feb.…2000-01 Boxing Junior Middleweights <span class="rm" >(154 lbs)</span>
(Super Welterweights) Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Dec. 2 Felix Trinidad Fernando Vargas TKO 12 WBA/IBF Las Vegas Dec. 16 Ronald “Winky” Wright…2003 Deaths: R - Z
Vera Hruba RalstonNoel ReddingDonald ReganNatalya ReshetovskayaLeni RiefenstahlJohn RitterFred RogersTony RomaBurns “Bud” RoperWalt RostowLaura RothenbergPrince Sadruddin Aga KhanPeter…Men's Olympic 400-meter Hurdles Through the Years
400-meter Hurdles Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 400m hurdles race from 1900 to the present. Year Time Record 1900 Walter Tewksbury, USA 57.6 1904…1999-2000 Boxing Junior Middleweights <span class="rm" >(154 lbs)</span>
(Super Welterweights) Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Dec. 4 Fernando Vargas Ronald “Winky” Wright Wm 12 IBF Lincoln City, Ore. Dec. 12 Tony Ayala Tony…Men's Olympic Luge
SinglesYear Time1964 Thomas Köhler, GER 3:26.77 1968 Manfred Schmid, AUT 2:52.48 1972 Wolfgang Scheidel, E. Ger 3:27.58 1976 Dettlef Günther, E. Ger 3:27.6881980 Bernhard Glass, E. Ger 2…Trending
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