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Walt Whitman: Passage to India, Part 8

Part 8O we can wait no longer, We too take ship O soul, Joyous we too launch out on trackless seas, Fearless for unknown shores on waves of ecstasy to sail, Amid the wafting winds, (thou…

2018 Winter Olympics: Nordic Combined

Long dominated by Scandinavian countries Source: AP Photo/Kerstin JoenssonRelated Links 2018 Winter Olympics The Winter Olympics Encyclopedia: Skiing     The Nordic…

Brewer's: Central Sun

That body or point about which our whole system revolves. Mädler believed that point to be eta in Taurus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CentreCento A B…

Brewer's: Centumviri

A court under whose jurisdiction the Romans placed all matters pertaining to testaments and inheritances. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CenturionCentre of…

Brewer's: Eccentric

means deviating from the centre; hence irregular, not according to rule. Originally applied to those planets which wander round the earth, like comets, the earth not being in the centre of…

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…

Boxing

First Olympic Appearance: 1904 by Gerry Brown and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? Olympic boxers can be no younger than 17 years old and no older than 34. Also the fighters cannot have beards…