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Brewer's: Mass
High Mass or “Grand Mass” is sung by choristers, and celebrated with the assistance of a deacon and sub-deacon. Low Mass is simply read without singing; there is one between these two…2001-02 Basketball Colonial Athletic Association
Conference Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct *NC-Wilmington 14 4 .778 23 10 .697 †George Mason 13 5 .722 19 10 .655 Va. Commonwealth…Women's History Month
A celebration of women's many accomplishments The women of the U.S. Supreme Court Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisWomen's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize…1984 Grammy Awards
Record of the Year“What's Love Got to Do With It,” Tina TurnerAlbum of the YearCan't Slow Down, Lionel Richie (Motown)Song of the Year“What's Love Got to Do With It,” Graham Lyle and Terry…2001 NBA All-Star Game
East, 111-110 50th NBA All-Star Game. Date: Feb. 11, at The MCI Center in Washington, D.C.; Coaches: Larry Brown, Philadelphia (East) and Rick Adelman, Sacramento (West); MVP: Allen Iverson,…Brewer's: Flirt
A coquette. The word is from the verb flirt, as, “to flirt a fan.” The fan being used for coquetting, those who coquetted were called fan-flirts. Lady Frances Shirley, the favourite of…Brewer's: Minstrel
simply means a servant or minister. Minstrels were kept in the service of kings and princes for the entertainment of guests. James Beattie has a poem in Spenserian verse, called The…Brewer's: Thalestris
Queen of the Amazons, who went with 300 women to meet Alexander the Great, under the hope of raising a race of Alexanders. “This was no Thalestris from the fields, but a quiet domestic…International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(Encyclopedia) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (IBRD), independent specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Washington, D.C.; one of five closely…Gorges, Sir Ferdinando
(Encyclopedia) Gorges, Sir FerdinandoGorges, Sir Ferdinandogôrˈjĭz [key], c.1566–1647, English colonizer, proprietor of Maine. He was knighted (1591) for his services to Henry IV of France in the…