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Faulkner, William

(Encyclopedia) Faulkner, William, 1897–1962, American novelist, b. New Albany, Miss., one of the great American writers of the 20th cent. Born into an old Southern family named Falkner, he changed…

Young, La Monte

(Encyclopedia) Young, La Monte, 1935-, American minimalist composer, b. Bern, Id., U.C.L.A. (B.A., 1958). Young’s family relocated several times…

New York Mets 2001 Roster By Statistics

Batting (135 AB)AvgABRHHRRBISBDesi Relaford.302301439183613Mike Piazza.3005038115136940Joe McEwing.28328341808308Benny Agbayani.27729628826274Tsuyoshi Shinjo*.2674004610710564Todd Zeile.…

Brewer's: Reef

He must take in a reef or so. He must reduce his expenses; he must retrench. A reef is that part of a sail which is between two rows of eyelet-holes. The object of these eyelet-holes is to…

Blues Foundation Hall of Fame

The Blues Foundation, established in 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee, promotes and preserves blues music. The Blues Hall of Fame, also founded in 1980,…

Brewer's: Doric Land

Greece, Doris being a part of Greece. Through all the bounds Of Doric laud. Milton: Paradise Lost, book 1. 510. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Doric…

Brewer's: Doricourt

A sort of Tremaine of the eighteenth century, who, having over-refined his taste by the “grand tour,” considers English beauties insipid. He falls in love with Letitia Hardy at a…

Brewer's: Ree

Right. Thus teamers say to a leading horse, “Ree!” when they want it to turn to the right, and “Hey!” for the contrary direction. (Saxon, reht; German, recht; Latin, rectus; various…