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Chauncey Judd

by Israel P. Warren Published in 1874 Reprinted from the original by The Perry Press Naugatuck, Conn. 1906 Contents Preface Special Notice Returning From Mill The Tories…

Brewer's: Cart before the Horse

To put the cart before the horse is to reverse the right order or allocation of things. French: “Mettre la charrette avant les boeufs.” Latin: “Currus bovem trahit Praepostere.” Greek…

Brewer's: Satyrane

(3 syl.). A blunt but noble knight who delivered Una from the fauns and satyrs. The meaning is this: Truth, being driven from the towns and cities, took refuge in caves and dens, where for…

Brewer's: Cockatrice

(3 syl.). A monster with the wings of a fowl, tail of a dragon and head of a cock. So called because it was said to be produced from a cock's egg hatched by a serpent. According to legend…

Passing

AFC Att/Cmp Yds TD Drew Bledsoe, NE vs. Mia. (11/23)28/544232Vinny Testaverde, NYJ vs. Sea. (12/6)42/634182Glenn Foley, NYJ vs. SF (9/6)†30/584153John Elway, Den. vs. KC (12/6)22/324002Mark…

Men's Olympic 200-Meter Freestyle

1900 Frederick Lane, Australia 2:25.20   1904 Charles Daniels, United States 2:44.20 1 1968 Michael Wenden, Australia 1:55.20   1972 Mark Spitz, United States…

1932 Olympics 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 István Pelle, HUN Gymnastics 2-2-0 4 Giulio Gaudini,…