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Veryl Miller Biography

Veryl MillerAge: 28 center for the 1990 co-national champion Georgia Tech football team; of spiral meningitisDied: Norcross, Ga., Mar. 22, 1997Rod Milburn1997 DeathsRobert Mitchum

Brewer's: Miller's Eye

(A). Lumps of unleavened flour in bread; so called because they are little round lumps like an eye. To put the miller's eye out. To make broth or pudding so thin that the miller's eye…

Brewer's: Miller's Thumb

(A). A small fish, four or five inches long, so called from its resemblance to a miller's thumb. The fish is also called Bullhead, from its large head. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: Drown the Miller

(To). To put too much water into grog or tea. The idea is that the supply of water is so great that even the miller, who uses a water wheel, is drowned with it. Source: Dictionary of…

Bode Miller Biography

Bode MillerBorn: Oct. 12, 1977Alpine Skier won 2 silver medals at 2002 Winter Games; 2 golds, 1 silver at 2003 World Championships; 2nd overall in 2003 World Cup standings; 2004 Giant Slalom…

Dennis Miller Biography

Dennis Millercomedian/actorBorn: 11/3/1953Birthplace: Philadelphia Emmy Award winning comedian and actor, Miller got his start in comedy after college, and got his big break when he was discovered by…

Arthur Miller Biography

Arthur MillerplaywrightBorn: 10/17/1915Birthplace: New York City Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright whose works deal with familial turmoil and moral and political issues. His…

Tamm, Igor Yevgenyevich

(Encyclopedia) Tamm, Igor Yevgenyevich, 1895–1971, Soviet physicist, Ph.D. Moscow State Univ., 1933. He was a researcher at the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow from 1934 until his death in…