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Wimbledon Preview

by John Gettings From the Spotlight Archive: This feature appeared in June 1998 The Duke and Duchess of Kent politely applaud American Pete Sampras' victory in 1997, but the royals and the home…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1792

by Robert Burns 179117931792ContentsI do Confess Thou Art Sae FairLines On Fergusson, The PoetThe Weary Pund O' TowWhen She Cam' Ben She BobbedScroggam, My DearieMy Collier LaddieSic A Wife As…

All-CFL Team

The All-CFL team as selected by a Football Reporters of Canada panel. Holdovers from the 1996 team are in bold type. Offense DefenseWRMilt Stegall, Win.EElfrid Payton, Mon.WRAlfred Jackson,…

Brewer's: Ceelict

(St.) or St. Calixtus, whose day is the 14th of October, the day of the Battle of Hastings. Brown Willis tells us there was a tablet once in Battle parish church with these words: This…

Brewer's: Almack's

A suite of assembly rooms in King Street, St. James's (London), built in 1765 by a Scotchman named Macall, who inverted his name to obviate all prejudice and hide his origin. Balls,…

Brewer's: Annie Laurie

was eldest of the three daughters of Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwellton, born December 16, 1682. William Douglas, of Fingland (Kirkcudbright), wrote the popular song, but Annie married, in…

Brewer's: Athens

The Modern Athens, i.e. Edinburgh. Willis says that its singular resemblance to Athens, approached from the Piræus, is very striking. “An imitation Acropolis is commenced on the Calton…

All-CFL Team

The All-CFL team as selected by a Football Reporters of Canada panel. Holdovers from the 1997 team are in bold type. Offense DefenseWRTerry Vaughn, Calg.EJoe Montford, Ham.WRDon Narcisse,…

All-Century Team

All-Century Team Major League Baseball presented its All-Century Team before Game 2 of the World Series at Atlanta's Turner Field on Oct. 24, 1999. A 25-man roster was selected by fan vote,…