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1956 Olympic Cycling Results
Event Individual Road Race (116 3/4 miles) Ercole Baldini, ITA 5:21:17.0 Arnaud Geyre, FRA 5:23:16.0 Alan Jackson, GBR 5:23:16.0 Team Road Race France…Brewer's: Biddy
(i.e. Bridget). A generic name for an Irish servant-maid, as Mike is for an Irish labourer. These generic names are very common: for example, Tom Tug, a waterman; Jack Pudding, a buffoon;…Brewer's: Lazarone
(3 syl.); Italian Lazzaro, plu. Lazzaroni. The mob. Originally applied to all those people of Naples who lived in the streets, not having any habitation of their own. So called from the…2003 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards
The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 8, 2003.Play: Take Me OutMusical: HairsprayRevival—Play: Long Day's Journey into NightRevival—…Other American Library Association Awards for Children's Books, 1999
Also see the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal winnners.1998 Coretta Scott King Awards, honoring black authors and illustrators: (author): Heaven, Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster…Brewer's: Capfull of Wind
Olaus Magnus tells us that Eric, King of Sweden, was so familiar with evil spirits that what way soever he turned his cap the wind would blow, and for this he was called Windy Cap. The…Brewer's: Caul
The membrane on the heads of some new-born infants, supposed to be a charm against death by drowning. To be born with a caul was with the Romans tantamount to our phrase, “To be born with…Brewer's: Cinque Cento
An epithet applied to art between 1500-1600; called in France Renaissance, and in England Elizabethan. It was the revival of the classical or antique, but is generally understood as a…Brewer's: Marino Faliero
The forty-ninth doge or chief magistrate of the republic of Venice, elected 1354. A patrician named Michel Steno, having behaved indecently to some of the women assembled at the great…Brewer's: Rococo Architecture
A debased style, which succeeded the revival of Italian architecture, and very prevalent in Germany. The ornamentation is without principle or taste, and may be designated ornamental…Trending
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