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World Cup Finals: 1954
West Germany 3, Hungary 2(at Berne, Switzerland) 1 2-TJuly 4 West Germany (4-1) 2 1-3 Hungary (4-1) 2 0-2Goals: West Germany-Max Morlock (10th minute), Helmut Rahn (18th), Rahn (84th);…1998 Olympic Four-Man Bobsledding Results
Time 1 Germany II 2:39.41 2 Switzerland I 2:40.01 3 Great Britain I 2:40.06 3 France I 2:40.06 GER II— Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs…Wilco Biography
Wilcorock group Founded after the 1994 breakup of Uncle Tupelo and including four of that group's original members, Wilco (1994–present) has carried on in Uncle Tupelo's alternative-country-…Brewer's: Great Wits Jump
Think alike; tally. Thus Shakespeare says, “It jumps with my humour.” (1 Henry IV., iv. 2.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great Wits to Madness nearly are…Brewer's: Greatest
The greatest happiness of the greatest number. Jeremy Bentham's political axiom. (Liberty of the People.) (1821.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Coggeshall
A Coggeshall job. The saying is, that the Coggeshall folk wanted to divert the current of a stream, and fixed hurdles in the bed of it for the purpose. Another tale is that a mad dog bit a…Brewer's: Macrocosm
(Greek, the great world), in opposition to the microcosm (the little world). The ancients looked upon the universe as a living creature, and the followers of Paracelsus considered man a…Brewer's: Frantic
Brain-struck (Greek, phren, the heart as the seat of reason), madness being a disorder of the understanding. “Cebel's frantic rites have made them mad.” Spenser. Source: Dictionary of…Theories of the Universe: Cracks in a Newtonian World
Cracks in a Newtonian WorldTheories of the UniverseCracks in a Newtonian WorldFaster Than a Speeding Light WaveIt All Depends on Your PositionThe Relative Nature of Space and TimeGeological TimeHow…February 2021 Current Events: US News
Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…Trending
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