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Desi Arnaz
Name at birth: Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha, IIIDesi Arnaz was the Cuban bandleader married to Lucille Ball, both in real life and on the 1950s TV show I Love Lucy. Arnaz was also a business…1974 Tony Awards
PlayThe River NigerMusicalRaisinActor—PlayMichael Moriarty, Find Your Way HomeActress—PlayColleen Dewhurst, A Moon for the MisbegottenSupporting or Featured Actor—PlayEd Flanders, A Moon for…Stephen Mallory WHITE, Congress, CA (1853-1901)
Senate Years of Service: 1893-1899 Party: Democrat WHITE Stephen Mallory , a Senator from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., January 19, 1853; moved with his parents to Santa Cruz County,…Marion Cotillard
French actress Marion Cotillard has been a global star ever since she won a 2008 Oscar as best actress for her portrayal of singer Edith Piaf in the movie La Vie En Rose (2007, original title La Môme…Brewer's: Fleet Book Evidence
No evidence at all. The books of the Old Fleet prison are not admissible as evidence to prove a marriage. (Wharton: Law Dictionary.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Trials at Bar
Trials which occupy the attention of the four judges in the superior court, instead of at Nisi Prius. These trials are for very difficult causes, and before special juries. (See Wharton:…Brewer's: Green Wax
Estreats delivered to a sheriff out of the Exchequer, under the seal of the court, which is impressed upon green wax, to be levied (7 Henry IV. c. 3). (Wharton: Law Lexicon.) Source:…Brewer's: Broad Arrow
on Government stores. It was the cognisance of Henry, Viscount Sydney, Earl of Romney, master-general of the ordnance. (1693-1702.) It seems like a symbol of the Trinity, and Wharton says…The Second Book of Modern Verse: Foreword
ForewordIt was my intention, when preparing `The Little Book of Modern Verse', published in 1913, to continue the series by a volume once in five years, but as it seemed inadvisable to issue…2006 PEN Literary Award Winners
PEN/Nabokov AwardPhilip RothPEN/Voelcker Award for PoetryLinda GreggRobert Manheim Medal for TranslationEdith GrossmanPEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for WritersChristopher Coake, We're In…Trending
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