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Black Basketball Players

Notable African-American Basketball Players Browse by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious Leaders Scientists…

1999 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards

The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 6, 1999.Play: Side ManMusical: FosseRevival—Play: Death of a SalesmanRevival—Musical: Annie…

Movies and Film: Shooting (in) the War

Shooting (in) the WarMovies and FilmBritish Film HistoryThe BeginningsShooting (in) the WarThe Lean YearsEngland's Left Foot: Irish Cinema Not all movies made in England between 1940 and 1945…

Brewer's: Alliteration

DR. BETHEL OF ETON. Didactic, dry, declamatory, dull, Big, burly Bethel bellows like a bull. Eton College. CARDINAL WOLSEY. Begot by butchers, but by bishops bred, How high his Honour…

Brewer's: Great Men

(Social status of). ÆSOP, a manumitted slave. ARKWRIGHT (Sir Richard), a barber. BEACONSFIELD (Lord), a solicitor's clerk. BLOOMFIELD, a cobbler, son of a tailor. BUNYAN, a travelling…

Winter Holiday Roundup

Learn More About Major December Celebrations Advent: Variable, beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas.  The start of the Christmas season Hanukkah: Variable…