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Brewer's: Spun
(To be) Exhausted, undone, ruined. I shall be spun. There is a voice within Which tells me plainly I am all undone; For though I toil not, neither do I spin, I shall be spun. Robert Murray…2000 Gramophone Awards
The 2000 Gramophone Awards were published in the December 2000 issue of the magazine.Orchestral (Record of the Year)Mahler, Symphony No 10 in F sharp, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon…2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards
The 2004 BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards (combined into one ceremony), were presented Feb. 15, 2004 in London. These are the film awards.FilmThe Lord of the…Brewer's: Good Regent
James Stewart, Earl of Murray, appointed Regent of Scotland after the imprisonment of Queen Mary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Good SamaritanGood…Black Baseball Players
Notable African-American Baseball Players Satchel Paige Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…The Prize
The winnings, the winners by Beth Rowen The Winnings Each winner of a Nobel Prize, which can go to individuals and institutions, takes home a medal, a diploma, and cash, which varies…U.S. News: Major U.S. news stories, from Occupy Wall Street to Penn State
Major U.S. news stories, from Occupy Wall Street to Penn State by Jennie Wood Gabrielle GiffordsRelated Links 2011 Year in Review 2011 News of the…PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, established in 1980, annually honors an American fiction writer with a $15,000 prize. Three judges choose five finalists before…Brewer's: Este
The house of Este had for their armorial bearing a white eagle on an azure shield. Rinaldo, in Jerusalem Delivered, adopted this device; and Ariosto, in his Orlando Furioso, gives it both…Brewer's: Libel
means a little book (Latin, libellus). A lampoon, a satire, or any defamatory writings. Originally it meant a plaintiff's statement of his case, which usually “defames” the defendant. The…