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Brewer's: Abram-Man

or Abraham Cove A Tom o' Bedlam; a naked vagabond; a begging impostor. The Abraham Ward, in Bedlam, had for its inmates begging lunatics, who used to array themselves “with party-coloured…

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

(Encyclopedia) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in central Manhattan, New York City, between 62d and 66th streets W of Broadway. Lincoln Center is both a complex of buildings and the arts…

Maine: Temperature Extremes

MonthMaximum°FYearPlaceMinimum°FYearPlaceJan.651932Orono*–481925Van BurenFeb.691994Woodland–441993JackmanMarch881998Sanford*–401943Lac FrontiereApril941990West Buxton–141964Clayton…

National Recovery Administration

(Encyclopedia) National Recovery Administration (NRA), in U.S. history, administrative bureau established under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. In response to President Franklin Delano…

greenback

(Encyclopedia) greenback, in U.S. history, legal tender notes unsecured by specie (coin). In 1862, under the exigencies of the Civil War, the U.S. government first issued legal tender notes (…

Cabot, Sebastian

(Encyclopedia) Cabot, Sebastian, b. 1483–86?, d. 1557, explorer in English and Spanish service; son of John Cabot. He may well have accompanied his father on the 1497 and 1498 voyages, and he was for…

Calder Trophy—Rookie

Calder Trophy—Rookie1962 Bobby Rousseau, Montreal1963 Kent Douglas, Toronto1964 Jacques Laperriere, Montreal1965 Roger Crozier, Detroit1966 Brit Selby, Toronto1967 Bobby Orr, Boston1968 Derek…