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Brewer's: String
Always harping on one string. Always talking on one subject; always repeating the same thing. The allusion is to the ancient harpers, some, like Paganini, played on one string to show…100-Meter Dash
1896 Thomas Burke, United States 12.00 1900 Francis W. Jarvis, United States 10.80…1988 Olympic Leading Medal Winners (Swimming,Gymnastics,Track,Canoeing)
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 7 Matt Biondi, USA Swimming 5-1-1 5 Vladimir Artemov,…200 meters
200 meters Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 200 meter race from 1900 to the present. Year Time Record1900 Walter Tewksbury, USA 22.2 1904 Archie Hahn, USA 21.6 OR1908…1976 Olympic 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 3 Hans van Helden, NED Sp. Skate 0-0-3 2 Bernhard…Brewer's: Ducks and Drakes
The ricocheting or rebounding of a stone thrown from the hand to skim along the surface of a pond or river. To make ducks and drakes of one's money. To throw it away as stones with which…Brewer's: Shakes
No great shakes. Nothing extraordinary; no such mighty bargain. The reference is to shingle for the roof of shanties, or to stubble left after harvest for the poor. “The cabin itself is…Brewer's: Though Lost to Sight, to Memory Dear
A writer in Harper's Magazine tells us that the author of this line was Ruthven Jenkyns, and that the poem, which consists of two stanzas each of eight lines, begins each stanza with “…Brewer's: Garratt
(g hard). The Mayor of Garratt. Garratt is between Wands-worth and Tooting; the first mayor of this village was elected towards the close of the eighteenth century; and his election came…2000-01 NBA Finals Box Scores Game 2
Date: June 8, 2001; Attendance: 18,997; Time: 2:39; Officials: Bernie Fryer, Ronnie Nunn, Steve Javie. 1 2 3 4 F Philadelphia 24 23 20 22 —89 LA Lakers 25…Trending
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