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2000-01 MLS Leading Scorers

Points   Gm G A Pts Alex Pineda Chacon, Mia 25 19 9 47 Diego Serna, Mia 22 15 15 45 John Spencer, Col 23 14 7 35 Jeff Cunningham, Clb 22…

TIME Person of the Year

How “Lucky Lindy”—and a slow week for news—gave birth to a memorable annual tradition The founders of TIME Magazine, Henry Luce and Briton Haddon, were strong believers in the idea…

Brewer's: All for a Song!

The exclamation of Burleigh, when Queen Elizabeth ordered him to give #100 to Spencer for a royal gratuity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894All to break (…

Brewer's: Wilmington

invoked by Thomson in his Winter, is Sir Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, the first patron of our poet, and Speaker of the House of Commons…

Brewer's: Acrasia

Acra′sia (Self-indulgence). An enchantress who lived in the “Bower of Bliss,” situate in “Wandering Island” She transformed her lovers into monstrous shapes, and kept them captives. Sir…

Wimbledon Preview

by John Gettings From the Spotlight Archive: This feature appeared in June 1998 The Duke and Duchess of Kent politely applaud American Pete Sampras' victory in 1997, but the royals and the home…