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Biographies: Selected Opera and Concert Performers
Selected Opera and Concert Performers Placido Domingo See also Notable Women Musicians and Dancers Notable African-American Musicians Notable African-American Visual and…Brewer's: Lud
A mythical king of Britain. General Lud. (See Luddites.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lud's BulwarkLucy and Colin A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…Brewer's: Collapse
The scheme collapsed. Came to nothing. An inflated balloon is said to collapse when the gas has escaped and the sides fall together, or pucker into wrinkles. As a collapsed balloon will…Brewer's: Lucy
(St.). Patron saint for those afflicted in the eyes. It is said that a nobleman wanted to marry her for the beauty of her eyes; so she tore them out and gave them to him saying, “Now let…Brewer's: Colemira
(3 syl.). A poetical name for a cook; being, of course, compounded of coal and mire. `Could I,' he cried, `express how bright a grace Adorns thy morning hands and well-washed face, Thou…European
Scoring Leaders Avg1Ernie Els (S. Africa)68.962Colin Montgomerie (Scotland)69.393Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain)69.794Bernhard Langer (Germany)69.88 Nick Faldo (England)69.886Eduardo Romero (…2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…Fall Film Preview, 1998, Part 4
Pixar hopes for another special-effects coup with A Bug's Life. Adam Sandler portrays another hapless hero in Touchstone's The Water Boy. Colonies of another kind — those inhabited by ants —…1962–1963 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…The 100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century
The Board of the Modern Library, a division of Random House, published its selections in July 1998. Ulysses, James Joyce (1922) The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) A Portrait of the…