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Brewer's: Ale
is the Scandinavian öl, called ealo in our island. Beer, written bere, even in the reign of James I, is the Anglo-Saxon beor, from bere (barley). A beverage made from barley is mentioned…2007 Current Events: World, U.S., and Business/Science/Society
2007 Month-By-Month World Former Communist Countries Admitted into European Union (Jan. 1): Romania and Bulgaria's entry expands the European Union to 27 nations and a population of about 490…Summer 1906 Olympics Leading Medal Winners
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 6 Louis Richardet, SWI Shooting 4-2-0 5 Martin Sheridan…1906 Men's Olympic Track & Field Medalists
Event Time 100m Archie Hahn, USA 11.2 400m Paul Pilgrim, USA 53.2 800m Paul Pilgrim, USA 2:01.5 1500m Jim Lightbody, USA 4:12.0 5 Miles Henry Hawtrey,…January 2007
Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Former Communist Countries Admitted…Brewer's: Dwarfs
(under the three feet in height). ANDROMEDA, 2 ft. 4 in. One of Julia's free maids. (See below, gonopas.) ARISTRATOS, the poet, was so small that Athenæos says, “no one could see him.”…Brewer's: Moon
means “measurer” of time (Anglo-Saxon, móna, masc. gen.). It is masculine in all the Teutonic languages; in the Edda the son of Mundilfori is Mâni (moon), and daughter Sôl (sun); so it is…Smelliest Plant
Rafflesia arnoldii Each bloom can be as big as 3 feet wide and can weigh up to 24 pounds. The reddish-brown flower, which emits a revolting odor, is found in Southeast Asia (primarily Borneo and…1908 Men's Olympic Track & Field Medalists
Event Time 100m Reggie Walker, S. Afr. 10.8 =OR James Rector, USA 10.9 Bobby Kerr, CAN 11.0 200m Bobby Kerr, CAN 22.6 …Brewer's: Months
January. So called from “Janus,” the Roman deity that kept the gates of heaven. The image of Janus is represented with two faces looking opposite ways. One face is old, and is emblematical…Trending
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