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Brewer's: Ventre-saint-Gris!

The usual oath of Henri IV. About equal to “Corpus Christi.” A similar juron is “Par le ventre de Dieu ” (Ventre-dieu! or Ventrebleu!). Cris for Christ is familiarised by our common phrase…

New Orleans Saints (7-9)

New Orleans Saints (7-9)at BuffaloW, 24-6OPEN—at NY GiantsL, 13-21MinnesotaW, 28-15at CarolinaW, 27-25AtlantaL, 13-20at St. LouisW, 34-31NY JetsL, 9-16at San Fran.L, 27-28IndianapolisW, 34-…

New Orleans Saints (10-6)

New Orleans Saints (10-6)DetroitL, 10-14at San DiegoW, 28-27at SeattleL, 10-20PhiladelphiaL, 7-21OPEN—at ChicagoW, 31-10CarolinaW, 24-6at AtlantaW, 21-19at ArizonaW, 21-10San Fran.W, 31-15at…

Buffy Sainte-Marie Biography

Buffy Sainte-Marie(Beverly) singer, songwriter, activist, artistBirthplace: Piapot Reservation, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, CanadaBorn: February 20, 1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie caught the…

Eva Marie Saint Biography

Eva Marie SaintactressBorn: 7/4/1924Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey Saint's film career was launched with her remarkable performance as Marlon Brando's girlfriend in On the Waterfront (1954), for…

Selected International Organizations

Learn about various international organizations that operate cooperatively throughout the world. Each organization is composed of several or many countries with a joint goal…

Saint-Malo

(Encyclopedia) Saint-MaloSaint-MalosăN-mälōˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 49,274), Ille-et-Vilaine dept., NW France, on the English Channel. Built on a rocky promontory, Saint-Malo is a fishing port and…

Saint, for Christian saints, use their given names

(Encyclopedia) Saint. For canonized and uncanonized saints, see under the proper name, e.g., Ambrose, Saint. For surnames and place names beginning thus, see in alphabetical position here: thus,…

Lichfield

(Encyclopedia) Lichfield, town (1991 pop. 25,408) and district, Staffordshire, W central England. Lichfield is a market town with light industries, famous for its three-spired cathedral and its close…

Saint-Gelays, Mellin de

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Gelays or Saint-Gelais, Mellin deSaint-Gelays or Saint-Gelais, Mellin demĕlăN də săN-zhəlāˈ [key], c.1490–1558, French poet. He lived in Italy for many years, and he helped to…