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Harry Potter Movie Stars

Bringing the Potter books to the big screen by Shmuel Ross Daniel Radcliffe Related Links Order of the Phoenix Movie ReviewHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireQuiz: Order of the Phoenix…

Brewer's: Black Strap

Bad port wine. A sailor's name for any bad liquor. In North America, “Black-strap” is a mixture of rum and molasses, sometimes vinegar is added. “The seething blackstrap was pronounced…

Brewer's: Drivers

in the Irish uprising about 1843, were persons engaged by landlords to drive all the live stock of defaulting tenants and lodge them in a pound [like that at Carrickmacross]. They were…

Brewer's: Keepers

A staff of men employed by Irish landlords in 1843, etc., to watch the crops and prevent their being smuggled off during the night. They were resisted by the Molly Maguires. Source:…

1996 Outer Critics Circle Awards

The 46th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were presented on May 24, 1996, at New York's venerable Sardi's restaurant. The Outer Critics Circle includes theater writers who review New York…

Brewer's: Peg

or Peggy, for Margaret, corrupted into Meg or Meggy. Thus, Pat or Patty for Martha; Poll or Polly, for Mary, corrupted into Moll or Molly; etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…

The Tall Ships Set Sail

Powerful 18th and 19th century sailing ships converge on Boston by David Johnson Take the Tall Ships Quiz! The HMS Bounty Interesting Tall Ships The Kruzenshtern…

1996 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results

Class   Light-Flyweight (–1051/2 lbs) Sim Kwon-Ho, S. Kor   Aleksandr Pavlov, BLR   Zafar Gulyov, RUS Flyweight (1141/2) Arman Nazaryan, ARM   Brandon Paulson, USA…

1961 Tony Awards

PlayBecket, Jean AnouilhMusicalBye, Bye BirdieActor—PlayZero Mostel, RhinocerosActress—PlayJoan Plowright, A Taste of HoneySupporting or Featured Actor—PlayMartin Gabel, Big Fish, Little…