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Red GrangeBorn: June 13, 1903Football HB 3-time All-America at Illinois who brought 1st huge crowds to pro football when he signed with Chicago Bears in 1925; formed 1st AFL with manager-…Red Holzman
Red HolzmanBorn: Aug. 10, 1920Basketball played for NBL and NBA champions at Rochester (1946,51); coached NY Knicks to 2 NBA titles (1970,73); Coach of Year (1970); ranks 13th on all-time NBA…pika
(Encyclopedia) pikapikapīˈkə [key], short-haired mammal related to rabbits and hares, also called mouse hare and rock rabbit. Pikas live above the timber line in the mountains of N Asia and W North…Canyonlands National Park
(Encyclopedia) Canyonlands National Park, 337,598 acres (136,679 hectares), SE Utah; est. 1964. Located in a desert region, the park contains a maze of deep canyons and many unusual features carved…Rock Gets Wired
Consumers still flocked to record stores made of bricks and mortar to purchase these albums, but more and more they turned to the Internet for their musical needs. Amazon.com launched a music site…Brewer's: Lady of the Rock
(Our). A miraculous image of the Virgin found by the wayside between Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo in 1409. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ladies' MileLady…Brewer's: Firm as a Rock
(See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894First-class Hard LabourFire and Water A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Brewer's: Metamorphic Rocks
Those rocks, including gneiss, mica-schist, clay-slate, marble, and the like, which have become more or less crystalline. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Plutonic Rocks
Granites, and certain porphyries, supposed to be of igneous, but not of volcanic, origin. So called by Lyell from Pluto, the principle of elemental fire. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Jurassic Rocks
Limestone rocks; so called from the Jura; the Jurassic period is the geological period when these rocks were formed. Our oolitic series pretty nearly corresponds with the Jurassic.…Trending
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