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The Last Night of Ballyhoo

By: Alfred UhryDirector: Ron LagomarsinoSets: John Lee BeattyCostumes: Jane GreenwoodLighting: Kenneth PosnerSound: Tony MeolaIncidental Music: Robert WaldmanOpened: 2/97 at the Helen Hayes…

2002 MacArthur Foundation Awards

The MacArthur Foundation awards monetary prizes each year in order to provide financial assistance for selected innovators.Bonnie Bassler, 40, molecular ecobiologist; Princeton, N.J.Ann…

The Hunting of the Snark: The Vanishing

The Banker's Fate The Vanishing They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share;…

Brewer's: Mud-honey

So Tennyson calls the dirty pleasures of men-about-town. (Maud.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MudarraMucklewrath A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Milk and Honey

A land of milk and honey. That is, abounding in all good things, or of extraordinary fertility. Joel iii. 18 speaks of “the mountains flowing with milk and honey.” Figuratively used to…

Brewer's: Sugar and Honey

Rhyming slang for “money.” (See Chivy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sugared WordsSugar-lip A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…

kinkajou

(Encyclopedia) kinkajoukinkajoukĭngˈkəj&oomacr;ˌ [key], nocturnal, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, found from Mexico to Brazil and related to the raccoon. It has a long, slender body with soft,…

honey locust

(Encyclopedia) honey locust, leguminous deciduous tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to the eastern half of the United States but planted as a shade tree in…

1980 Olympics

MoscowTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern…

Winter Olympics: Figure Skating

Will the Russians sweep? by John Gettings and Christine Frantz Michelle Kwan Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics 2006 Figure Skating Medal StandingsFigure Skating Through the…