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2013 GLAAD Media Awards
Here are the winners of the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Outstanding Comedy Series: The New Normal…Other NCAA & NIT Tournament Teams
(In alphabetical order) Before TournsHead CoachFinal RecordArkansas14–10Eugene Lambert15–11CCNY17–7Nat Holman17–8Loyloa-IL22–5Tom Haggerty25–6Manhattan18–7Ken Norton18–8NYU12–7Howard Cann12–…Pole, English noble family
(Encyclopedia) Pole, English noble family. The first member of importance was William de la Pole, d. 1366, a rich merchant who became the first mayor of Hull (1332) and a baron of the exchequer (1339…Vane, Sir Henry, 1613–62, English statesman
(Encyclopedia) Vane, Sir Henry, 1613–62, English statesman; son of Sir Henry Vane (1589–1655). Early converted to Puritanism, he went to New England in 1635 and became governor of Massachusetts in…Portuguese literature
(Encyclopedia) Portuguese literature, writings in Portuguese. The literature of Brazil is considered separately (see Brazilian literature). The modern period in Portuguese letters dates from the…Brewer's: Fat Men
Edward Bright, of Essex, weighed 44 stone, or 616 pounds, at death. He was 5 feet 9 inches high, 5 feet round the chest, and 6 feet 11 inches round the paunch. He died 1750, aged thirty.…Brewer's: Epsom Races
Horse races held in May, and lasting four days. They are held on Epsom Downs, and were instituted by Charles I. The second day (Wednesday) is the great Derby day, so called from Lord Derby…Brewer's: Beghards
A brotherhood which rose in the Low Countries in the twelfth century, and was so called from Lambert Bégue. The male society were Beghards, the female, Beguins. They took no vows, and were…Brewer's: Alexandrines
(4 syl.). Iambic verses of 12 or 13 syllables, divided into two parts between the sixth and seventh syllable; so called because they were first employed in a metrical romance of Alexander…Trending
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