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1904 Men's Olympic Rowing Medalists

Event     Single Sculls Frank Greer, USA 10:08.5   James Juvenal, USA     Constance Titus, USA   Double Sculls USA 10:03.2   USA     USA  …

John Donne: Prayer XXIII. Metusque, relabi.

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who, though thou beest ever infinite, yet enlargest thyself by the number of our prayers, and takest our often petitions to thee to be an…

Brewer's: Colour

(See Rank.) Colour Colours. A man of colour. A negro, or, more strictly speaking, one with negro blood. (See Colours.) “There are three great classes: (1) the pure whites; (2) the…

Innocent III

(Encyclopedia) Innocent III, b. 1160 or 1161, d. 1216, pope (1198–1216), an Italian, b. Anagni, named Lotario di Segni; successor of Celestine III. Innocent III was succeeded by Honorius III. Amid…

1979 Tony Awards

PlayThe Elephant ManMusicalSweeney ToddActor—PlayTom Conti, Whose Life Is It Anyway?Actresses—PlayConstance Cummings, WingsCarole Shelley, The Elephant ManFeatured Actor—PlayMichael Gough,…

John Donne: The Will

The Will Before I sigh my last gasp, let me breathe, Great Love, some legacies; I here bequeath Mine eyes to Argus, if mine eyes can see; If they be blind, then, Love,…

1999–2000 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Broadway PlayCopenhagenOff-Broadway PlayDinner with Friends Play RevivalA Moon for the MisbegottenActor in a PlayDerek Jacobi, Uncle VanyaActress in a PlayEileen Heckart, The Waverly…

Women's History Month

A celebration of women's many accomplishments The women of the U.S. Supreme Court Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisWomen's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize…

Brewer's: Boden-See

The Lake of Constance; so called because it lies in the Boden, or low country at the foot of the Alps. (Latin, Senus Bodamicus. ) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…