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Other NCAA & NIT Tournament Teams

(In alphabetical order) Before TournsHead CoachFinal RecordArkansas14–10Eugene Lambert15–11CCNY17–7Nat Holman17–8Loyloa-IL22–5Tom Haggerty25–6Manhattan18–7Ken Norton18–8NYU12–7Howard Cann12–…

Brewer's: Boeotian Ears

Ears unable to appreciate music or rhetoric. “Well, friend, I assure thee thou hast not got Boeotian ears [because you can appreciate the beauties of my sermons].”- Le Saye: Gill Blas, vii…

Brewer's: Forgive, blest Shade

This very celebrated epitaph is in Brading churchyard, Isle of Wight, and is attributed to Mrs. Anne Steele (Theodosia), daughter of a Baptist minister of Bristol, but was touched up by…

city

(Encyclopedia) city, densely populated urban center, larger than a village or a town, whose inhabitants are engaged primarily in commerce and industry. In the United States a city is legally an…

spider

(Encyclopedia) spider, organism, mostly terrestrial, of the class Arachnida, order Araneae, with four pairs of legs and a two-part body consisting of a cephalothorax, or prosoma, and an unsegmented…

1998-99 NBA All-Rookie Team Winners

Voting by NBA's 29 head coaches, who cannot vote for players on their team. Each ballot has entries for two five-man teams, regardless of position; two points given for 1st team, one for 2nd. First…

The Celtic Twilight: Our Lady of the Hills

by W. B. Yeats The Eaters of Precious StonesThe Golden AgeOur Lady of the Hills When we were children we did not say at such a distance from the post- office, or so far from the butcher's…

2003–2004 Obie Awards

The 2003–2004 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 17, 2004, at New York's Webster Hall.Direction: Lee…

Brewer's: Tappit-hen

(A). A huge pewter measuring-pot, containing at least three English quarts. Readers of Waverley will remember (in chap. xi.) the Baron Bradwardine's tappit-hen of claret from Bordeaux. To…