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2001 Deaths: A - F

AaliyahLionel AbelLarry AdlerMortimer AdlerAffirmedTommie AgeeMichele AlboretoStephen AilesBlaise AlexanderGreat AlzanaJorge AmadoA. R. AmmonsPoul AndersonFrank AnnunzioJoe AndrewsEarl…

1951 Tony Awards

PlayThe Rose TattooMusicalGuys and DollsActor—PlayClaude Rains, Darkness at NoonActress—PlayUta Hagen, The Country GirlSupporting or Featured Actor—PlayEli Wallach, The Rose TattooSupporting…

Brewer's: Olympic Games

Games held by the Greeks at Olympia, in Elis, every fourth year, in the month of July. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894OlympusOlympian Jove A B C D E F…

Brewer's: Pyrrho

A sceptic. Pyrrho was the founder of the sceptical school of philosophy. He was a native of Elis, in Peloponnesos. Blessed be the day I'scaped the wrangling crew From Pyrrho's maze and…

Brewer's: Son of Belial

One of a wicked disposition; a companion of the wicked. (See Judges xix. 22.) “Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, they knew not the Lord.” - 1 Samuel ii. 12. Source: Dictionary of…

Oscars–Filmographies

Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Suppporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Original Music or Comedy Score Best Dramatic…

1990 Gramophone Awards

Benjamin BrittenArchive PhotosJohann Sebastian BachArchive PhotosBaroque VocalBach, St. Matthew Passion, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists (Archiv)…

Brewer's: Salmoneus

(3 syl.). A king of Elis, noted for his arrogancè and impiety. He wished to be called a god, and to receive divine honour from his subjects. To imitate Jove's thunder he used to drive his…