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2001-02 NFL Single Game Highs for Receiving Yards
AFC Ct Yds TD Eric Moulds, Buf. vs. Mia. (11/25) 6 196 2 Derrick Mason, Ten. vs. Cin. (1/6) 9 186 2 Marvin Harrison, Ind. vs. Mia. (11/11) 9 174 3 Jerome…2000-01 NFL Single Game Highs for Receiving Yards
AFC Ct Yds TD Jimmy Smith, Jax vs. Bal. (9/10) 15 291 3 Rod Smith, Den. vs. SD (11/19) 11 187 1 Tim Brown, Oak. vs. SF (10/8) 7 172 2 Eric Moulds, Buf.…Brewer's: Promised Land
or Land of Promise. Canaan; so called because God promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that their offspring should possess it. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Israel, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) IsraelIsraelĭzˈrēəl, ĭzˈrāəl [key] [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, the…Royal Society
(Encyclopedia) Royal Society, oldest scientific organization in Great Britain and one of the oldest in Europe. It was founded in 1660 by a group of learned men in London who met to promote scientific…Psalms
(Encyclopedia) PsalmsPsalmssämz [key] or PsalterPsaltersôlˈtər [key], book of the Bible, a collection of 150 hymnic pieces. Since the last centuries b.c., this book has been the chief hymnal of Jews…Carolina campaign
(Encyclopedia) Carolina campaign, 1780–81, of the American Revolution. After Sir Henry Clinton had captured Charleston, he returned to New York, leaving a British force under Cornwallis to…Brewer's: Fraserian
One of the eighty-one celebrated literary characters of the 19th century published in Fraser's Magazine (1830-1838). Amongst them are Harrison Ainsworth, the countess of Blessington,…Brewer's: Fustian Words
Isaac Taylor thinks this phrase means toper's words, and derives fustian from fuste, Old French for a cask, whence “fusty” (tasting of the cask). It may be so, but we have numerous phrases…Brewer's: Newton
(Sir Isaac) discovered the prismatic colours of light. (1642-1727.) Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night, God said, `Let Newton be,' and all was light. Pope. The Newton of Harmony.…Trending
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