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1946 Cannes Film Festival

Grand PrixThe Red Earth, Lau Lauritzen (Denmark)The Lost Weekend, Billy Wilder (United States)Symphonie Pastorale, Jean Delannoy (France)Brief Encounter, David Lean (United Kingdom)Neecha…

1992 Canoe Slalom Medalists

MEN Event   Score Kayak 1 Pierpaolo Ferrazzi, ITA 106.89   Sylvain Curinier, FRA 107.06   Jochen Lettmann, GER 108.52 Canadian 1 Lukas Pollert, CZE 113.69…

July 2019 Current Events: World News

Top of Page US News | Science & Technology News | Disaster News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…

1984 Women's Olympic Swimming Medalists

Event   Time   100m Free Nancy Hogshead, USA / Carrie Steinseifer, USA 55.92     Annemarie Verstappen, NED 56.08   200m Free Mary Wayte, USA 1:59.23…

1996-97 IHL Scoring Leaders

  G A Pts PM Rob Brown, Chi 37 80 117 98 Steve Maltais, Chi 60 54 114 62 Steve Larouche, Que 49 53 102 78 Michel Picard, GR 46 55…

Brewer's: Michon

according to Cotgrave, is a “block, dunce, dolt, jobbernol, dullard, loggerhead.” Probably michon, Mike (an ass), mikel, and cousin Michel, are all from the Italian miccio, an ass. (See…

Brewer's: Fra Diavolo

(Michele Pozza). A celebrated brigand and renegade monk, who evaded pursuit for many years amidst the mountains of Calabria. (1760-1806.) Auber has made him the subject of an opera.…

Brewer's: Diavolo

(Fra). Michele Pozza, an insurgent of Calabria (1760-1806). Scribe wrote a libretto on this hero for Auber. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DibsDiaper A B…