Nick Foles is off to a good start with the St. Louis Rams. During the first quarter, he completed 3 of 5 passes for 69 yards. This includes a 35 yard connection to receiver Tavon Austin.
Mother Shipton (circa 1486-1561) was a legendary English witch and soothsayer, known as the Yorkshire Sibyl. She is supposed to have been born at Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, in about the year 1486.
The general public in the United States often used the colloquial term Ma Bell (as in Mother Bell) to refer to any aspect of this conglomerate, as it held a near-complete monopoly over telephone service in most areas of the country, and is still used by many to refer to any telephone company.