(Encyclopedia) Hooker, John Lee, 1917–2001, American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Clarksdale, Miss. From a cotton-sharecropping family, he learned the blues from his stepfather and various…
Under the lee of the land. Under the shelter of the cliffs which break the force of the winds. (Anglo-Saxon, hleo, a shelter.) Under the lee of a ship. On the side opposite to the wind,…
Lee, Muna[1895-1965](1)Miss Lee spent her early life in Oklahoma, and first came into notice as a poet by gaining a prize given by `Poetry', of Chicago, for the best lyric verse by a young…
Jeanette LeeBorn: July 9, 1971Billiards known as “The Black Widow”; won the 1994 Women's Professional Billiards Assoc. (WPBA) National Championship and vaulted to the No. 1 women's player in…
Sammy LeeBorn: Aug. 1, 1920Diving won Olympic gold medals for U.S. in the platform diving event in 1948 and 1952, the first male diver in history to win 2 golds in that event; Sullivan Award…
Never a Dull MomentMCA It'd be mighty tough to make anyone actually long for the halcyon days of Motley Crue, but with this album, the band's ex-drummer Tommy Lee has actually accomplished…
There are lees to every wine. The best things have some defect. A French proverb. “Doubt is the lees of thought.” Boker: Doubt, etc., i. 11. Settling on the lees. Making the best of a…
by Richard Henry Lee Resolution introduced in the Continental Congress by Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) proposing a Declaration of Independence, June 7, 1776 Resolved, That these…
(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Elliot Lee, 1920–99, U.S. government official, b. Boston. Admitted to the bar in 1949, he was (1957–59) assistant secretary of health, education and welfare under President…
