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1994 Winter Olympic Leading Medal Winners

Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No   Sport G-S-B 4 Bjorn Dählie, NOR X-country 2-2-0 3 Johann Olav Koss,…

Curie

(Encyclopedia) CurieCuriekürēˈ [key], family of French scientists. Pierre Curie, 1859–1906, scientist, and his wife, Marie Sklodowska Curie, 1867–1934, chemist and physicist, b. Warsaw, are known for…

Glass, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Glass, Philip, 1937–, American composer, b. Baltimore. Considered one of the most innovative of contemporary composers, he was a significant figure in the development of minimalism in…

iconoclasm

(Encyclopedia) iconoclasmiconoclasmīkŏnˈōklăzəm [key] [Gr.,=image breaking], opposition to the religious use of images. Veneration of pictures and statues symbolizing sacred figures, Christian…

Brewer's: Bertramo

The fiend-father of Robert le Diable. After alluring his son to gamble away all his possessions, he meets him near the rocks St. Irene, and Helena seduces him in the “Dance of Love.” When…

1999–2000 Obie Awards

The 1999–2000 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 15, 2000, at New York's Webster Hall.Best Production:…

Brewer's: Probole

(3 syl.), as applied to Jesus Christ, is this: that He was divine only because He was divinely begotten; in fact, He was a shoot of the divine stem. This heterodox notion was combated by…

Brewer's: Fathers of the Church

The early advocates of Christianity, who may be thus classified:—(1) Five apostolic fathers, who were contemporary with the apostles—viz. Clement of Rome, Barnabas, Hermas, Ignatius, and…

Major Bouts, 2001–02: Flyweights (112 lbs)

DateWinnerLoserResultTitleSiteNov. 9Irene PachecoMike TrejoTKO 4IBFSan AntonioDec. 6Pongsaklek WonjongkamLuis LazarteTKO 2WBCPattaya, ThailandJan. 11Eric Morel*Alex Ali BabaWu 10—Caguas,…