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1961–1962 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of DramaThe Defenders (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Series (Lead)E.G. Marshall, The DefendersOutstanding Continued…

Brewer's: Master Humphrey

Narrator of the story called The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Master LeonardMast A B C D E F G H I J K…

1956 Emmy Awards

Best Series, Half Hour or LessPhil Silvers Show (CBS)Best Series, One Hour or MoreCaesar's Hour (NBC)Best Continuing Performance By an Actor in a Dramatic SeriesRobert Young, Father Knows…

Brewer's: Master Magrath

The dog which won the Waterloo Cup for three successive years, and was introduced to the Queen. “Waterloo” is on the banks of the Mersey, about three miles north of Liverpool. Source:…

Brewer's: Leonidas of Modern Greece

Marco Bozzars, who with 1,200 men put to rout 4,000 Turco-Albanians, at Kerpenisi, but was killed in the attack (1823). He was buried at Missolonghi. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Election Outlook 1998

None of the Above This year's dismal election outlook by Beth Rowen This feature appeared in November 1998. "Waitress moms" are content with President Clinton's performance, though…

2006 Golden Globe Awards

The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards were presented January 15, 2007 at the Beverly Hilton. Here are the movie awards. Best Motion Picture—Drama…

Rare and Deadly Diseases: Marburg

MarburgRare and Deadly DiseasesIntroductionHemorrhagic FeversEbola: Africa's Bloody DiseaseMarburgHantavirus: Four Corners, United StatesMad Cow DiseaseCJD: Mad Cow's Human…

Tropical Diseases: African Sleeping Sickness

African Sleeping SicknessTropical DiseasesIntroductionLeishmaniasis: The Sand Fly's BugGiardiasis: A One-Celled WonderSchistosomiasis: Snail FeverAfrican Sleeping SicknessRiver Blindness Human…

Food-Borne Diseases: Introduction

IntroductionFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosisIn 1993 in Seattle, Washington, several school-aged children became ill, suffering from…