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Brewer's: Peter

(See Blue Peter.) Great Peter. A bell in York Minister, weighing 10 3/4 tons, and hung in 1845. Lord Peter. The Pope in Swift's Tale ej'a Tub. Rob Peter to pay Paul. (See Robbing.) St…

2013 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards

The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 9, 2013. Play: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Musical…

Snowboarding Winter X Games Through the Years

The following tables list the Winter X Games snowboarding winners for men's and women's events, including Big Air, Boarder X, Halfpipe, Superpipe, and Slopestyle. Year Men's Big Air 1997…

Southeast Asia

(Encyclopedia) Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the…

Gehry, Frank Owen

(Encyclopedia) Gehry, Frank OwenGehry, Frank Owengĕrˈē [key], 1929–, American architect, b. Toronto, Ont., as Frank Owen Goldberg. He is widely considered one of the finest and most artful of…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 5, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 4, 1806March 6, 1806March 5, 1806 Wednesday March 5th 1806. This morning we were visited by two parties of Clatsops. they brought some fish…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 7, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 6, 1806March 8, 1806March 7, 1806 Friday March 7th 1806. The wind was so high that Comowol did not leave us untill late this evening.…

2009 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards

The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 7, 2009.Play: God of Carnage Musical: Billy Elliot, The…

Brewer's: Index, Roman

(The). The “Roman Index” contains both the Index Librorum Prohibitorum and the Index Expurgatorius. The former contains a list of such books as are absolutely forbidden to be read by…