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1977 Tony Awards
PlayThe Shadow BoxMusicalAnnieActor—PlayAl Pacino, The Basic Training of Pavlo HummelActress—PlayJulie Harris, The Belle of AmherstFeatured Actor—PlayJonathan Pryce, ComediansFeatured Actress…The Raven
The Raven There was once a queen who had a little daughter, still too young to run alone. One day the child was very troublesome, and the mother could not quiet it, do what she would. She…Brewer's: Cock-crow
The Hebrews divided the night into four watches: 1, The “beginning of the watches” or “even” (Lam. ii. 19); 2, “The middle watch” or “midnight” (Judg. vii. 19); 3, “The cock-crowing;” 4, “…Sidney Sheldon
Name at birth: Sidney SchechtelSidney Sheldon was a prolific screenwriter, TV producer and the author of several bestselling novels, including 1974's The Other Side of Midnight. He grew up in Chicago…1978 Academy Awards
The 1978 Academy Awards were presented April 91, 1979 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureComing Home, Jerome Hellman, producer (United Artists)The Deer Hunter, Barry…Brewer's: Drawlatches
Thieves, robbers, wasters, and roberdsmen (5 Edward III. c. 14). About equal to door-openers and shop-lifters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DrawnDrawing…Brewer's: Bandit
plural banditti or bandits , properly means outlaw (Italian, bandito, banished, men pronounced “banned”). As these outlaws very often became robbers, the term soon came to signify banded…Brewer's: Mosstrooper
A robber, a bandit. The marauders who infested the borders of England and Scotland were so called because they encamped on the mosses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Halloo when out of the Wood
or Never halloo till you are out of the wood. Never think you are safe from the attacks of robbers till you are out of the forest. “Call no man happy till he is dead.” “Many a slip 'twixt…Brewer's: Pine-bender
(The). Sinis, the Corinthian robber; so called because he used to fasten his victims to two pinetrees bent towards the earth, and then leave them to be rent asunder by the rebound.…Trending
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