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1999 British Academy of Film and Television Awards
The 1999 BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards (combined into one ceremony), were presented April 11, 1999 in London. These are the film awards.FilmShakespeare in…Brewer's: Palsy
The gentlemen's palsy, ruin from gambling. (Elizabeth's reign.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PaludamentumPalmy Days A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Bruce Willis
Name at birth: Walter WillisonBruce Willis hit it big in Hollywood as the scrappy action hero John McClane in the 1988 terrorists-in-the-skyscraper film Die Hard. He went on to an unusual career of…Brewer's: King of Bath
Richard Nash, generally called Beau Nash, who was leader of fashion and master of the ceremonies at that city for some fifty-six years. He was ultimately ruined by gambling. (1674-1761…Brewer's: Mark of the Beast
(The). To set the “mark of the beast” on an object or pursuit is to denounce it, to run it down as unorthodox. Thus, many persons set the mark of the beast on theatres, some on dancing,…Dow 101
Five Fundamental Facts About the Dow Jones Industrial Average The Index Is Not Truly Industrial Though its name would lead you to believe it is composed of only industrial companies, in fact the…AFC East
1999 NFL Preview AFC East • NFC East AFC Central • NFC Central AFC West • NFC West New York Jets - Well that didn't take long, did it? In just two seasons, coach Bill Parcells took a team…2,000 Years of the Necktie: Cravats Go to England
Cravats Go to England by David Johnson Neckties Through the Ages Introduction210 B.C.China's First Emperor 113 A.D.Did Romans Wear Ties? 17th CenturyCroatian Cravats for the King of…Make Sense of Scholarships
by Roxana Hadad, FastWeb.com Scholarship dollars come from sources as diverse as the students who receive them. An understanding of who's giving away this money for college will help you…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, April 20, 1806
Day 1338 Day 1340 Lewis, April 20, 1806 Sunday April 20th 1806. some frost this morning. The Enesher an Skillutes are much better clad than they were last fall, there men have generally…Trending
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