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I.Q. - INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT
N.B. - nota bene (mark well)
p.c. - per cent
O.K. - orl korrect (all correct)
p.m. - post meridiem (after noon)
Pro tem - pro tempore (for the time being)
Prox - proximo (in the next month)
P.S. - POST SCRIPT.
ult - ultimo (in the last month)page 513
TERMINOLOGY
BEAR: A stock exchange term denoting a falling market when speculators sell stock in the hope of buying again at lower prices ...
BULL: It refers to that sort of a speculator, who stands to gain with a rise in the price of shares and stockspage 529
TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH CRICKET:
ASHES, BOUNDARY, BOWLING, CAUGHT, CHINAMAN, COVER DRIVE, CREASE, DUCK, FOLLOW ON, GOOGLY, GULLY, HAT-TRICK, HIT WICKET, L.B.W., LEG-BREAK, LEG BYE, MAIDEN OVER, NO BALL, OFF BREAK, ON DRIVE, OUT, OVER, PITCH, POPPING CREASE, RUBBER, RUN DOWN, RUN OUT, SIXER, SILLY POINT, SQUARE LEG, STONE WALLING, STRAIGHT DRIVE, STUMPED, WICKET.
MEASUREMENTS
GROUND : Round or oval shaped
WICKETS: 22 yards apart
BALL: 8 13/16 to 9 inches (8.8125 - 9) in circumference and 5¾ oz. in weight
BAT: 4¼ inches max. width and 38 inches max. length
BOWLING CREASE: 8 ft and 8 inches in length
POPPING CREASE: 4 ft from the wicket and deemed unlimited in length
STUMPS: 27 inches out of the groundpage 534
'...The OLYMPIC MOTTO is CITIUS - ALTIUS - FORTIUS id est, faster - higher - stronger
page 571
'...English version of INDIA's NATIONAL ANTHEM as given by RABINDRA NATH TAGORE himself is:
Thou art the ruler of the mind of all people, dispenser of INDIA's destiny
Thy name rouses the hearts of PUNJAB, SIND, GUJARAT and MARATHA
Of DRAVIDA and ORISSA and BENGAL;
It echoes in the hills of VINDHYAS and HIMALAYAS
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