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Brewer's: Fairy

of nursery mythology is the personification of Providence. The good ones are called fairies, elves, elle-folks, and fays; the evil ones are urchins, ouphes, ell-maids, and ell-women.…

Brewer's: Fi

or Fie! An exclamation indicating that what is reproved is dirty or indecent. The dung of many animals, as the boar, wolf, fox, marten, and badger, is called fiants, and the “orificium…

Brewer's: Eblis

or Ibleis. A jinn, and the ruler of the evil genii, or fallen angels. Before his fall he was called Azazel or Hharis. When Adam was created, God commanded all the angels to worship him;…

Brewer's: Demogorgon

A terrible deity, whose very name was capable of producing the most horrible effects. Hence Milton speaks of “the dreaded name of Demogorgon” (Paradise Lost, ii. 965). This tyrant king of…

Brewer's: O'gier the Dane

(2 syl.). One of the paladins of King Charlemagne. Various fairies attended at his birth, and bestowed upon him divers gifts. Among them was Morgue, who when the knight was a hundred years…

Mother's Day Quiz

Answer Key Who played Mrs. Robinson, the seductress mother who slept with the young Dustin Hoffman, in The Graduate?Faye DunawayAnne BancroftElizabeth TaylorLauren BacallWhich network…

Notable Stage and Screen Actresses

    Parker Posey Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and…

1969 Grammy Awards

Record of the Year“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” 5th DimensionAlbum of the YearBlood, Sweat and Tears, Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)Song of the Year“Games People Play,” Joe South,…

LPGA

Final 1996 TPCMFinish1-2-3Earnings1Karrie Webb25244-5-1$1,002,0002Laura Davies19184-3-1927,3023Annika Sorenstam20203-2-1808,3114Liselotte Neumann24233-2-1625,6335Dottie Pepper23214-1-1589,…