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Entertainment News from November 1999

1The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Will Smith and Barry Sonnenfeld have agreed to put the kibosh on plans for a Muhammad Ali film. Sony plans to keep the project in development, with…

1968 Olympics Shooting Medalists

Event     Free Rifle (3 positions) Gary Anderson, USA 1157   Vladimir Kornev, URS 1151   Kurt Müller, SUI 1148 Small-Bore Rifle (Prone) Jan Kurka, TCH 598…

1988 Olympic Equestrian Medalists

Event     Three-Day Event Mark Todd, NZL 42.60   Ian Stark, GBR 52.80   Virginia Leng, GBR 62.00 Three-Day Event (Team) FRG 225.95   Great Britain 256.…

2006

Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has recognized journalists, writers, and public figures who pursue social injustice and public policy for the common good. Book Robert Kuttner, The…

Men's Olympic 200-Meter Freestyle

1900 Frederick Lane, Australia 2:25.20   1904 Charles Daniels, United States 2:44.20 1 1968 Michael Wenden, Australia 1:55.20   1972 Mark Spitz, United States…

Brewer's: Kettle

(A), a watch. A tin kittle is a silver watch. A red kittle is a gold watch. “Kettle,” or rather kittle, in slang language is a corrupt rendering of the words to-tick read backwards. (…

Brewer's: The Acmonian Wood

Acmon′ian The trystplace of unlawful love. It was here that Mars had his assignation with Harmonïa, who became the mother of the Amazons. “C'est là que ... Mars eut les faveurs de la…

Brewer's: Chop

and Chops. Chop and change (To). To barter by the rule of thumb. Boys “chop” one article for another (Anglo-Saxon, cip-an, or ceáp-ian, to sell or barter). A mutton chop is from the…

Brewer's: Close as a Clam

A clam is a bivalve mollusca, which burrows in sand or mud. It is about the size of a florin, and may be eaten raw or fried like an oyster. Clams are gathered only when the tide is out.…