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Women's Olympic Luge

SinglesYear Time1964 Ortrun Enderlein, GER 3:24.67 1968 Erica Lechner, ITA 2:28.66 1972 Anna-Maria Müller, E. Ger 2:59.18 1976 Margit Schumann, E. Ger 2:50.6211980 Vera Zozulya, USSR 2:…

San Diego Padres Roster: 1998

Batting (135 AB)AvgABRHHRRBISBTony Gwynn.3214616514816693Wally Joyner.2984395813112801Greg Vaughn.2725731121565011911Chris Gomez.267449551204391Quilvio Veras.2675177913864524Jim Leyritz.…

Brewer's: Frondeur

A backbiter; one who throws stones at another. “`And what about Diebitsch?' began another frondeur.” —Vera, p. 200. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Cortés, Hernán

(Encyclopedia) Cortés, Hernán, or Hernando CortezCortés, Hernán,kôrtĕzˈ, Span. ārnänˈ, ārnänˈdō kōrtāsˈ [key], 1485–1547, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Mexico. In Cortés's absence his enemies…

Typhoons

Below is a list of the strongest and deadliest typhoons since 1900. Typhoons are cyclones that occur over the West Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes and typhoons have identical definitions. 1906…

Brewer's: Quadrivium

The four higher subjects of scholastic philosophy up to the twelfth century. It embraced music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy. The quadrivium was the “fourfold way” to knowledge; the…

Brewer's: Veronica

It is said that a maiden handed her handkerchief to our Lord on His way to Calvary. He wiped the sweat from his brow, returned the handkerchief to the owner, and went on. The handkerchief…