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1961 Tony Awards

PlayBecket, Jean AnouilhMusicalBye, Bye BirdieActor—PlayZero Mostel, RhinocerosActress—PlayJoan Plowright, A Taste of HoneySupporting or Featured Actor—PlayMartin Gabel, Big Fish, Little…

Lost Islands of the World

Traveler's guide to deserted islands for when you really, really want to be alone by Borgna Brunner Smoke rises from McDonald Island's volcano. Coming Up Clipperton Island…

1966 College Basketball Recap: Second 10

Taken from final UPI coaches' poll.11Providence22–4Joe Mullaney22–512Nebraska20–5Joe Ciprianosame13Utah21–6Jack Gardner23–814Oklahoma City24–3Abe Lemons24–415Houston21–5Guy Lewis23–616Oregon…

Men's Olympic 400-Meter Individual Medley

1964 Dick Roth, United States 4:45.40   1968 Charles Hickox, United States 4:48.40   1972 Gunnar Larsson, Sweden 4:31.98   1976 Rod Strachan, United States 4:…

Brewer's: Balmy

“I am going to the balmy ”—i.e. to “Balmy sleep;” one of Dick Swiveller's pet phrases. (Dickens: Old Curiosity Shop.) Balmy-stick (To put on the). In prison slang means to feign…

2003 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards

The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 8, 2003.Play: Take Me OutMusical: HairsprayRevival—Play: Long Day's Journey into NightRevival—…

1964 College Football Final UPI, 11-20

Coaches' poll taken before bowl games. Regular SeasonHead CoachAfter Bowls11Florida St.8–1–1Bill Peterson9–1–112Syracuse7–3–0Ben Schwartzwalder7–4–013Princeton9–0–0Dick Colmansame14Penn St.…

Brewer's: Durden

(Dame). A notable housewife. Dame Durden, of the famous English song, kept five serving girls to carry the milking pails, and also kept five serving men to use the spade and flail. The…

Brewer's: Colt

(A). A piece of knotted rope eighteen inches long for the special benefit of ship boys; a cat-o'-nine-tails. “Look alive there, lads, or as sure as my name is Sam Weston I'll give the colt…

Brewer's: Rantipole

(3 syl.). A harum-scarum fellow, a madcap (Dutch, randten, to be in a state of idiotcy or insanity, and pole, a head or person). The late Emperor Napoleon III. was called Rantipole, for…