Imogene CocaAge: 92 comedienne whose limitless expressions prompted a million laughs and who hilariously mimicked housewives, divas, and socialites. Coca starred with Sid Caesar on NBC's Your…
Arch WardBorn: Dec. 27, 1896Promoter and sports editor of Chicago Tribune from 1930-55 founder of baseball All-Star Game (1933), Chicago College All-Star Football Game (1934) and the All-…
Glenn (Pop) WarnerBorn: Apr. 5, 1871Football innovator coached at 7 colleges over 49 years; 319 career wins 2nd only to Bear Bryant's 323 in Div. I-A; produced 47 All-Americas, including Jim…
Taken from final UPI coaches' poll.11Providence22–4Joe Mullaney22–512Nebraska20–5Joe Ciprianosame13Utah21–6Jack Gardner23–814Oklahoma City24–3Abe Lemons24–415Houston21–5Guy Lewis23–616Oregon…
One of the eighty-one celebrated literary characters of the 19th century published in Fraser's Magazine (1830-1838). Amongst them are Harrison Ainsworth, the countess of Blessington,…
(3 syl.). A song or discourse recanting a previous one. A good specimen of the palinode is Horace, book i. ode 16, translated by Swift. Watts has a palinode in which he retracts the praise…
A measure of force. Watt estimated the “force” of a London dray-horse, working eight hours a day, at 33,000 foot-pounds (q.v.) per minute. In calculating the horse-power of a steam-engine…
(Encyclopedia) O'Neill, Eugene (Gladstone), 1888–1953, American dramatist, b. New York City. He is widely acknowledged as America's greatest playwright.
Near the end of his life O'Neill renounced…
Jim ColemanAge: 89 colorful writer whose career as one of Canada's best-known sportswriters spanned nearly 70 years; most recently a columnist at the Vancouver Province; wrote two books about…
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