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birling
birling , sport in which two competitors try to maintain balance on a floating log, each seeking to rotate the log and spill the other into the water. With origins in the spring log drives in New England, it became popular with American lumberjacks after the middle of the 19th cent. The first public... Read more |
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Yanni
Yanni Composer, keyboardist Many people think they've never heard Yanni's music. Yet in the early 1990s, the keyboardist's work was heard by more people than perhaps that of any other composer; from commercials to soundtracks to sporting events, this Greek-born synthesizer wiz has been everywhere,... Read more |
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Molotov
Molotov Heavy metal group The Mexican rap-metal quartet Molotov, like the bomb of the same name, burst onto the Spanish-language rock scene in the mid-1990s with an explosive mix of hard-driving rock, rapid-fire rap, funk, and traditional Mexican influences, combined with controversial,... Read more |
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fire of London
London, fire of, 1666. The dangers of fire in any early town with close-packed wooden buildings were always considerable, but the blaze that started in Thomas Farriner's bakehouse in Pudding Lane, near London Bridge, in the early hours of Sunday, 2 September, has become known as the ‘Great... Read more |
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Bealtaine
Bealtaine (1 May), the first day of summer and one of the four traditional ‘quarter days’, important in the calendar customs of Goidelic‐speaking areas up to the twentieth century. The name's derivation is uncertain: ‐taine has been taken to mean ‘fire’,... Read more |
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Derek Parra
Derek Parra: 1970—: Athlete When Derek Parra set a new world record in the men's 1,500-meter speedskating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics, he also became the first Mexican-American to win a gold medal at the Salt Lake City Games. Parra was an unlikely victor in the sport of long-track... Read more |
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