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1998–1999 Obie Awards
The 1998–1999 Obie Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, were presented on May 17, 1999, at New York's Webster Hall.Best Production:…Brewer's: Mandarin'
is not a Chinese word, but one given by the Portuguese colonists at Maca'o to the officials called by the natives Khiouping (3 syl.) It is from the verb mandar (to command). The nine…Brewer's: Kaaba
(Arabic, kabah, a square house). A shrine of Mecca, said to have been built by Abraham on the spot where Adam first worshipped after his expulsion from Paradise. In the north-east corner…Brewer's: Himiltrude
(3 syl.). Wife of Charlemagne, who surpassed all other women in nobleness of mien. “Her neck was tinged with a delicate rose, like that of a Roman matron in former ages. Her locks were…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Ode to Beauty
Ode to BeautyWho gave thee, O Beauty, The keys of this breast,— Too credulous lover Of blest and unblest? Say, when in lapsed ages Thee knew I of old? Or what was the service For which I was…Amy Lowell: The Bombardment
The BombardmentSlowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and trickling over his stone cloak. It…1944 College Basketball Recap: NCAA & NIT Tournament Teams
(In alphabetical order) Before TournsHead CoachFinal RecordBowling Green22–3Harold Anderson22–4Canisius15–5Allie Seelbach15–6Catholic17–5John Long17–7Dartmouth17–1Earl Brown19–2DePaul20–3Ray…Brewer's: Agate
Ag′ate(2 syl.). So called, says Pliny (xxxvii. 10), from Achates or Gagates, a river in Sicily, near which it is found in abundance. These, these are they, if we consider well, That…Amy Lowell: Part Second
Part Second Herr Concert-Meister Altgelt played, And the four strings of his violin Were spinning like bees on a day in Spring. The notes rose into the wide sun-mote Which…The Celtic Twilight: Dreams That Have No Moral
by W. B. Yeats The Friends of the People of FaeryBy the RoadsideDreams That Have No Moral The friend who heard about Maive and the hazel-stick went to the workhouse another day. She found…Trending
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