Starting with a formatting sweep, including adding Pat's [] breaks.

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@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ angry god*
 
 	Why so unforgiving?
 	And why so cold?
-		[ Robin Trower, "Bridge of Sighs" ]
+		[ Bridge of Sighs, by Robin Trower ]
 anhur
 	An Egyptian god of war and a great hunter, few gods can match
 	his fury.  Unlike many gods of war, he is a force for good.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ ankh-morpork
 	the river, in Morpork's mazy alleys, supplemented their
 	meagre incomes by filling some small role for one or other
 	of the competing gangs.
-	    [ The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett ]
+	    [ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
 anshar
 	A primordial Babylonian-Akkadian deity, Anshar is mentioned
 	in the Babylonian creation epic _Enuma Elish_ as one of a
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ athen*
 	Athene was the offspring of Zeus, and without a mother.  She
 	sprang forth from his head completely armed.  Her favourite
 	bird was the owl, and the plant sacred to her is the olive.
-	    [ Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch ]
+	    [ Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch ]
 axolotl
 	A mundane salamander, harmless.
 bag
@@ -1518,6 +1518,7 @@ gremlin
 	The gremlin is a highly intelligent and completely evil
 	creature.  It lives to torment other creatures and will go
 	to great lengths to inflict pain or cause injury.
+		[]
 
 	Suddenly, Wilson thought about war, about the newspaper
 	stories which recounted the alleged existence of creatures in
@@ -1532,6 +1533,7 @@ grid bug
 	These electronically based creatures are not native to this
 	universe.  They appear to come from a world whose laws of
 	motion are radically different from ours.
+	    []
 
 	Tron looked to his mate and pilot.  "I'm going to check on
 	the beam connection, Yori.  You two can keep a watch out for
@@ -2094,7 +2096,7 @@ knight
 	And was a bugbear in men's eyes;
 	But had the fortune in his age
 	To live a fool and die a sage.
-		[ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
+		[ Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miquel de
 		  Cervantes Saavedra ]
 ~kobold ??m*
 *kobold*
@@ -2211,7 +2213,7 @@ lance
 	his lance into shivers, carrying him and his horse after it,
 	and finally tumbled him a good way off from it on the field in 
 	evil plight.
-		[ Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miquel de
+		[ Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miquel de
 		  Cervantes Saavedra ]
 leash
 	They had splendid heads, fine shoulders, strong legs, and
@@ -2290,7 +2292,7 @@ leprechaun
 	and from out the folds of the tattered sere-cloth a gaunt arm
 	arose, and fleshless, taloned fingers laden with glowering gems,
 	reached out and fumbled for my throat . . .
-		[ The Abominations of Yondo, Clark Ashton Smith, 1926 ]
+		[ The Abominations of Yondo, by Clark Ashton Smith ]
 lichen
 	The chamber was of unhewn rock, round, as near as might
 	be, eighteen or twenty feet across, and gay with rich
@@ -2786,6 +2788,7 @@ naginata
 	section.  Seen in profile, the curve is slight or non-
 	existent near the tang, becoming more pronounced towards the
 	point.
+	    []
 
 	"With his naginata he killed five, but with the sixth it
 	snapped asunder in the midst and, flinging it away, he drew
@@ -2794,7 +2797,7 @@ naginata
 	once styles of fencing and cutting down eight men; but as he
 	brought down the ninth with a mighty blow on the helmet, the
 	blade snapped at the hilt."
-	[ Story of Tsutsui no Jomio Meishu from Tales of Heike ]
+	    [ Story of Tsutsui no Jomio Meishu from Tales of Heike ]
 nalfeshnee
 	Not only do these demons do physical damage with their claws
 	and bite, but they are capable of using magic as well.
@@ -2875,7 +2878,7 @@ nunchaku
 	become a hero, suddenly knew then what most heroes learn
 	later -- and some too late -- that joy blots suffering and
 	that the road to nymphs is beset by monsters."
-	    [ The Minotaur by Bernard Evslin ]
+	    [ The Minotaur, by Bernard Evslin ]
 odin
 	Also called Sigtyr (god of Victory), Val-father (father of
 	the slain), One-Eyed, Hanga-god (god of the hanged), Farma-
@@ -2975,20 +2978,6 @@ pear
 	can't find out what it is like unless you can get to that
 	country and taste it for yourself.
 		[ The Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis ]
-pyrolisk
-	At first glance around the corner, I thought it was another 
-	cockatrice. I had encountered the wretched creatures two or
-	three times since leaving the open area. I quickly ducked my 
-	head back and considered what to do next. My heart had begun
-	to thump audibly as I patted my pack to make sure I still had 
-	the dead lizards at close reach. A check of my attire showed
-	no obvious holes or damage. I had to keep moving. One deep
-	breath, and a count of three, two, one, and around the corner 
-	I bolted. But it was no cockatrice! I felt a sudden intense 
-	searing of the skin around my face, and flames began to leap
-	from my pack. I tossed it to the ground, and quickly retreated
-	back, around that corner, desperately striving to get out of 
-	its sight.
 *orb of detection
 	This Orb is a crystal ball of exceptional powers.  When
 	carried, it grants ESP, limits damage done by spells, and
@@ -3253,6 +3242,20 @@ ptah
 	few minutes.  These worms are always on guard, sensitive
 	to the most minute vibrations in the earth, but may also
 	be awakened by a remote shriek.
+pyrolisk
+	At first glance around the corner, I thought it was another 
+	cockatrice. I had encountered the wretched creatures two or
+	three times since leaving the open area. I quickly ducked my 
+	head back and considered what to do next. My heart had begun
+	to thump audibly as I patted my pack to make sure I still had 
+	the dead lizards at close reach. A check of my attire showed
+	no obvious holes or damage. I had to keep moving. One deep
+	breath, and a count of three, two, one, and around the corner 
+	I bolted. But it was no cockatrice! I felt a sudden intense 
+	searing of the skin around my face, and flames began to leap
+	from my pack. I tossed it to the ground, and quickly retreated
+	back, around that corner, desperately striving to get out of 
+	its sight.
 quadruped
 	The woodlands and other regions are inhabited by multitudes
 	of four-legged creatures which cannot be simply classified.
@@ -3325,6 +3328,7 @@ rat
 * rat
 	Rats are long-tailed rodents.  They are aggressive,
 	omnivorous, and adaptable, often carrying diseases.
+		[]
 
 	"The rat," said O'Brien, still addressing his invisible
 	audience, "although a rodent, is carnivorous.  You are aware
@@ -3343,7 +3347,7 @@ raven
 	Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'other friends have flown before--
 	On the morrow *he* will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'
 		Then the bird said, 'Nevermore.'
-				[ The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe ]
+				[ The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe ]
 ring
 * ring
 ring of *
@@ -3403,7 +3407,7 @@ rogue
 	quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cut-purse; a
 	good nose is requisite also, to smell out work for the other
 	senses.  I see this is the time that the unjust man doth
-	thrive. <...> The prince himself is about a piece of iniquity,
+	thrive.  ...  The prince himself is about a piece of iniquity,
 	stealing away from his father with his clog at his heels:  if
 	I thought it were a piece of honesty to acquaint the king
 	withal, I would not do't:  I hold it the more knavery to
@@ -4067,7 +4071,7 @@ tree
 	Who intimately lives with rain.
 	Poems are made by fools like me,
 	But only God can make a tree.
-		[ Trees - Joyce Kilmer ]
+		[ Trees, by Joyce Kilmer ]
 tripe
 tripe ration
 	If you start from scratch, cooking tripe is a long-drawn-out