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1997-98 Season: Reserves

48th NFL Pro Bowl Game and 28th AFC-NFC contest (NFC leads series, 15-13). Date: Feb. 1 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. Attendance— 49,995. Coaches: Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh (AFC) and Steve…

Singles—Women

NATIONAL 1887 Ellen F. Hansel 1888–89 Bertha Townsend 1890 Ellen C. Roosevelt…

Biographies: Notable Boxers

Notable Boxers See also Muhammad Ali: Timeline, Biography, and Stats People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Boxing: Encyclopedia Boxing Summary Olympics: Boxing…

1961–1962 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of DramaThe Defenders (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Series (Lead)E.G. Marshall, The DefendersOutstanding Continued…

Brewer's: Moot Point

(A). A doubtful or unsettled question. The Anglo-Saxon motian is “to debate”, and a moot point is one sub judice, or under debate. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Village Blacksmith

(The), in Longfellow's poem, we are told in an American newspaper, was Henry Francis Moore, of Medford, Massachusetts, born 1830. But as the Village Blacksmith was published in 1842, this…

Brewer's: Bulbul

The nightingale. A Persian word, familiarised by Tom Moore. “'Twas like the notes, half-ecstasy, half-pain, The bulbul utters.” Moore: Lalla Rookh (Veiled Prophet, part 1, stanza 14).…

Brewer's: Cava

Cava's traitor sire. Cava or Florinda was the daughter of St. Julian. It was the violation of Cava by Roderick that brought about the war between the Goths and the Moors. St. Julian, to…

Easter, 1916

Easter, 1916I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words…

2002 Deaths: M - Q

John MabeeHarold (Mush) MarchPrincess MargaretStanley MarcusNed MartinHarvey MatusowLee MayeNobu McCarthyKathleen McGrathBill McCutcheonArthur MelinCésar MilsteinJoshua MinerPatsy MinkReggie…