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2002 Bowling Season: PBA

2001-02 SeasonFinalEventWinnerEarningsScoreRunner-upSept. 9Oronamin C Japan CupBob Learn Jr.$50,000176-172Ryan ShaferSept. 25Peoria OpenKurt Pilon40,000202-182Paul Koehler Oct. 2Greater…

Movies and Film: Postproduction

PostproductionMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing Postproduction takes place in the time from "That…

Algebra: Whipping Word Problems

Whipping Word Problems Algebra Whipping Word Problems Interest Problems Area and Volume Problems Speed and Distance Problems Mixture and Combination Problems The mythological Greek gods were…

Brewer's: Cramp-ring

To scour the crampring. To be put into fetters; to be imprisoned. The allusion is obvious. “There's no muckle hazard o' scouring the cramp-ring.” —Sir W. Scott: Guy Mannering, chap. xxiii…

Brewer's: Dandie Dinmont

A jovial, true-hearted store-farmer, in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. Also a hardy hairy short-legged terrier. “From this dog descended Davidson of Hyndlee's breed, the original Dandie…

Brewer's: Sampson

A dominie Sampson. A humble pedantic scholar, awkward, irascible, and very old-fashioned. The character occurs in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…

Brewer's: Baga de Secretis

Records in the Record Office of trials for high treason and other State offences from the reign of Edward IV. to the close of the reign of George III. These records contain the proceedings…

Brewer's: Bites and Bams

Hoaxes and quizzes; humbugery. “[His] humble efforts at jocularity were chiefly confined to ... bites and bams.” —SirW.Scott: Guy Mannering, chap. 3. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…