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willow-pattern ware
(Encyclopedia) willow-pattern ware, sometimes porcelain but frequently opaque pottery, originated in Staffordshire, England, c.1780. Thomas Minton (see Minton, family), then an apprentice potter,…Upshaw, Gene
(Encyclopedia) Upshaw, Gene (Eugene Upshaw, Jr.), 1945–2008, American football player and labor union leader, b. Robstown, Tex. He attended Texas College of Arts and Industries (now Texas A&M,…The Golden Bowl
Director:James IvoryWriter:Ruth Prawer JhabvalaLions Gate Films; R; 130 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Kate Beckinsale, Uma Thurman, Nick Nolte The eloquent and elliptical upper-class syntax of…Paul Bowles
Paul Bowles is best known as the expatriate author of the 1949 novel The Sheltering Sky, and is a literary icon for his connections with legendary 20th century artists such as Gertrude Stein,…Brewer's: Bowled
He was bowled out. A term in cricket. (Pronounce bold.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BowlingBowing A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Bowling
Tom Bowling. The type of a model sailor in Smollett's Roderick Random. (To rhyme with rolling.) The Tom Bowling referred to in Dibdin's famous sea-song was Captain Thomas Dibdin, brother…Brewer's: Bowls
They who play bowls must expect to meet with rubbers. Those who touch pitch must expect to defile their fingers. Those who enter upon affairs of chance, adventure, or dangerous hazard must…Rose Bowl
(at Pasadena, Calif.) 1902 Michigan 49, Stanford 0 1916 Washington State 14, Brown 0 1917 Oregon 14,…Orange Bowl
(at Miami) 1933 Miami (Fla.) 7, Manhattan 0 1934 Duquesne 33, Miami (Fla.) 7 1935 Bucknell 26, Miami (…Sugar Bowl
(at New Orleans) 1935 Tulane 20, Temple 14 1936 Texas Christian 3, Louisiana State 2 1937…Trending
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