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The Movies of 2001

About Adam A.I. Artificial Intelligence Ali Along Came a Spider Amelie American Outlaws American Pie 2 America's Sweethearts Amores Perros Angel Eyes The…

Notable Summer Olympians, A-Z

Abebe Bikila Related Links All-Time Leading Medal Winners Quiz: Memorable Ceremonies Olympics Timeline Summer Olympics Through The Years A-D | E-J | K-P | R-Z Agassi, Andre, Tennis Ali,…

John Keats: La Belle Dame sans Merci

For There's Bishop's TeignLines Rhymed in a Letter from OxfordLa Belle Dame sans Merci A Ballad Original version Oh what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering?…

Brewer's: Nicholas

(St.). The patron saint of boys, as St. Catherine is of girls. In Germany, a person assembles the children of a family or school on the 6th December (the eve of St. Nicholas), and…

Brewer's: James

A sovereign; a jacobus. A gold coin circulated in the reign of James I. Worth about 25s. James (St.). Patron saint of Spain. At Padron, near Compostella, they used to show a huge stone…

Brewer's: Glasgow Arms

An oak tree, a bell hanging on one of the branches, a bird at the top of the tree, and a salmon with a ring in its mouth at the base. St. Kentigern, in the seventh century, took up his…

caste

(Encyclopedia) caste [Port., casta=basket], ranked groups based on heredity within rigid systems of social stratification, especially those that constitute Hindu India. Some scholars, in fact, deny…

Brewer's: Swan

Fionnuala, daughter of Lir, was transformed into a swan, and condemned to wander for many hundred years over the lakes and rivers of Ireland till the introduction of Christianity into that…

1973–1974 Emmy Awards

Alan Alda, M*A*S*HArchive PhotosActor of the Year, SeriesAlan Alda, M*A*S*HActress of the Year, SeriesMary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSupporting Actor of the YearMichael Moriarty,…