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Fairy Tales

  The Brothers Grimm The text is based on translations from the Grimms' "Kinder und Hausmarchen" by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. Contents The Golden Bird Hans in Luck Jorinda…

1931–1940

1931—St. Louis N.L. 4 (Gabby Street); Philadelphia A.L. 3 (Connie Mack). WP—St. Louis: Hallahan (2, 5), Grimes (3, 7); Phila.: Grove (1, 6), Earnshaw (4). LP—St. Louis: Derringer (1, 6),…

P - S

palmA hand-held computer. PCPersonal computer. Generally refers to computers running Windows with a Pentium processor.printed circuit boardPC boardPrinted Circuit board. A board printed or…

Animal Books

The world beyond Charlotte's Web by Holly Hartman Since the days of Aesop's fables, animal stories have brought readers closer to the animal kingdom while pointing up truths…

Brewer's: Moussa

Moses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MoussaliMouse Tower A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Real Presence

The doctrine that Christ Himself is really and substantially present in the bread and wine of the Eucharist after consecration. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Show

Show him an egg, and instantly the whole air is full of feathers. Said of a very sanguine man. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Shrew-mouseShovel-board A B…

Brewer's: Shrieking Sisterhood

(The). Women who clamour about “women's rights.” “By Jove, I suppose my life wouldn't be worth a moment's purchase if I made public these sentiments of mine at a meeting of the Shrieking…

2006 Deaths: R - Z

RajkumarLou RawlsSid RaymondDana ReeveJean-François RevelJason RhoadesAnn RichardsLloyd RichardsHam RichardsonPaul RigbyA.M. RosenthalJoe RosenthalMarie RudisillIbrahim RugovaLouis…

MLB American League Annual Home Runs

American League Multiple winners: Babe Ruth (12); Harmon Killebrew (6); Home Run Baker, Harry Davis, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, Ken Griffey Jr., Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams (4…