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Brewer's: Fish it Out

(To). This is the Latin expiscor. Fish out of Water Out of place; without one's usual occupation; restless from lack of employment. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Fisherman

The fisherman who was father of three kings. Abu Shujah al Bouyah was a Persian fisherman in the province of Delem', whose three sons, Imad, Ruken, and Moez, all rose to sovereign power…

2006 NCAA Championship Playoffs

  DIVISION I-AA Quarterfinals (Dec. 2, 2006)   Massachusetts 24, New Hampshire 17   Appalachian State 38, Montana State 17   Youngstown State 28, Illinois State 21  …

Annual Awards: Men

Hermann Trophy College Player of the Year. Voted on by Division I college coaches and selected sportswriters and first presented in 1967 in the name of Robert Hermann, one of the founders of…

2000-01 NBA Finals Box Scores Game 2

Date: June 8, 2001; Attendance: 18,997; Time: 2:39; Officials: Bernie Fryer, Ronnie Nunn, Steve Javie.   1 2 3 4 F Philadelphia 24 23 20 22 —89 LA Lakers 25…

Kushner, Tony

(Encyclopedia) Kushner, TonyKushner, Tonyk&oobreve;shˈnər [key], 1956–, American playwright, b. New York City. He was a little-known off-Broadway playwright with several interesting works, e.g.,…

Early, Jubal Anderson

(Encyclopedia) Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816–94, Confederate general, b. Franklin co., Va., grad. West Point, 1837. After fighting against the Seminole in Florida he resigned from the army (1838),…