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2013 GLAAD Media Awards
Here are the winners of the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Outstanding Comedy Series: The New Normal…Brewer's: Little Corporal
(The). Napoleon Bonaparte. So called after the battle of Lodi, in 1796, from his low stature, youthful age, and amazing courage. He was barely 5 ft. 2 in, in height. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Quasimodo
A foundling, hideously deformed, but of amazing strength, in Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Quasimodo SundayQuasi A B…Brewer's: Wapping Great
means astonishingly great. (Anglo-Saxon, wafian, to be astonished; wafung, amazement.) A “wapper” is a great falsehood. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Parlous
A corrupt form of perilous, in slang = our modern use of “awful,” amazing, wondrous. “Oh! 'tis a parlous lad.” Shakespeare: As You Like It, iii. 2. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Maddie's Time Travel Essay
Maddie imagines being a daughter of King George III during the American Revolution Related Links American Revolution How to Write a…2000-01 Season Recap for the Tour de France
Thrice as Nice Is there anything left for this man to do? Simply put, no conversation about the most amazing accomplishments in sports history is complete without a discussion of Lance Armstrong…Memorable Olympic Moments: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, 1932
Babe Didrickson competed in baseball, golf, and Olympics track and field by Mike Morrison Babe Didrikson (second from left) winning the hurdles in 1932. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics…The Garden
The Garden How vainly men themselves amaze To win the Palm, the Oke, or Bayes; And their uncessant Labours see Crown'd from some single Herb or Tree, Whose short and narrow verged Shade Does…Winter Olympics Memorable Moments
The legends and foibles of the Winter Olympics Alpine and Nordic Skiing An Avalanche Named Killy A controversial sweep in alpine skiing Franz Klammer The man who gave himself "…Trending
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