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Brewer's: Riddle of Claret
(A). Thirteen bottles, a magnum and twelve quarts. So called because in golf matches the magistrates invited to the celebration dinner presented to the club a “riddle of claret,” sending…Summer Sizzlers | August 2000
by Beth Rowen Cecil B. DeMented John Waters lashes out against mainstream film in his latest entry, which the outlandish auteur named after himself. (It's his nickname.) Stephen Dorff plays the…Year in Review, 1998: Top 10 Sports Moments of the Year, Part 2
Twenty-year-old Se Ri Pak acknow-ledges the gallery after finishing the second round of the U.S. Women's Open on July 3.6. Nykesha Sales Breaks the Record? It was really a cruel joke. Nykesha…Brewer's: Scrape
I've got into a sad scrape a great difficulty We use rub, squeeze, pinch, and scrape to express the same idea. Thus Shakespeare says, “Ay, there's the rub” (difficulty); “I have got into…Brewer's: Bandy
I am not going to bandy words with you—i.e. to dispute about words. The reference is to a game called Bandy. The players have each a stick with a crook at the end to strike a wooden or…UK Sports
Cricket Twenty20 County Championship Division I Friends Provident Cup Formula One Formula One Horse Racing Major National Hunt Winners Major Flat Winners Rugby Challenge Cup Winners Super…Brewer's: Kid
(A). A faggot or bundle of firewood. To kid is to bind up faggots. In the parish register of Kneelsal church there is the following item: “Leading kids to church, 2s. 6d.,” that is,…Long Beach, Calif.
Mayor: Robert Garcia (to June 2018) City Manager: Patrick H. West 2010 census population (rank): 462,257 (36);…The Wage Gap in Pro Sports: Cashing In On Fame
by John Gettings Eighteen-year-old Martina Hingis, who earned $10.1 million in 1998, was the only female athlete to crack Forbes magazine's list of the top 40 highest-paid athletes. Related…June 2016: Zika Scaring Athletes Away from the Games
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of June 2016. 1. Novak…Trending
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