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Brewer's: Louis Dix-huit

was nicknamed Des Huîtres, because he was a great gourmand, and especially fond of oysters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LouisianaLouis A B C D E F…

St. Louis Rams (14-2)

St. Louis Rams (14-2)at PhiladelphiaW, 20-17*at San Fran.W, 30-26MiamiW, 42-10at DetroitW, 35-0NY GiantsW, 15-14at NY JetsW, 34-14New OrleansL, 31-34OPEN—CarolinaW, 48-14at N. EnglandW, 24-…

St. Louis Rams (10-6)

St. Louis Rams (10-6)DenverW, 41-36at SeattleW, 37-34San Fran.W, 41-24at AtlantaW, 41-20San DiegoW, 57-31OPEN—AtlantaW, 45-29at Kansas CityL, 34-54at San Fran.W, 34-24CarolinaL, 24-27at NY…

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is a professor at Harvard University, the author of many books of literary criticism and African American history, and the director of Harvard's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for…

Louis Satchmo Armstrong Biography

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrongjazz musicianBorn: 8/4/1901Birthplace: New Orleans Jazz musician known for his virtuosic skills on the cornet and trumpet. Armstrong popularized the scat style of…

Louis B. Mayer Biography

Louis B. Mayer(Lazar Meir, Eliezer Mayer)movie executiveBorn: 7/4/1885Birthplace: Minsk, Russia From 1924 to 1951, Mayer reigned over Metro-Goldwin-Mayer (MGM). With his production supervisor, Irving…

Louis Gossett, Jr. Biography

Louis Gossett, Jr.actorBorn: 5/27/1936Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Lanky actor equally able to play the hero or the villain, Gossett won an Emmy for his appearance in the TV mini-series Roots (1977…

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Biography

Julia Louis-Dreyfus actressBorn: 1/13/1961Birthplace: New York City Film and television actress best known as Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1990–98). Louis-Dreyfus got her start in…

Louis, Joe

(Encyclopedia) Louis, Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow)Louis, Joel&oomacr;ˈĭs [key], 1914–81, American boxer, b. Lafayette, Ala. His father, a sharecropper, died when Louis was four years old, and in…

Louis I, emperor of the West

(Encyclopedia) Louis I or Louis the Pious, Fr. Louis le Pieux or Louis le Débonnaire, 778–840, emperor of the West (814–40), son and successor of Charlemagne. He was crowned king of Aquitaine in 781…