Max Youngstein movie executive Youngstein was one of the film executives to turn around the beleaguered movie company United Artists in the 1950s. In his role as head of production and…
'Tis Midsummer-moon with you. You are stark mad. Madness is supposed to be affected by the moon, and to be aggravated by summer heat; so it naturally follows that the full moon at…
(Encyclopedia) Delbrück, Max Ludwig HenningDelbrück, Max Ludwig Henningdĕlˈbrük [key], 1906–1981, American biophysicist, b. Berlin, Germany. Ph.D, Univ. of Göttingen, 1930. He spent most of his…
Olivia says to Malvolio, “Why, this is very midsummer madness” (Twelfth Night, iii. 4). The reference is to the rabies of dogs, which is generally brought on by Midsummer heat. Source:…
The pen name of M. Blouet, author of John Bull and his Island, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MaximumMax A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…
by Gerry Brown Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and his Blue Devils hope to be cutting down the nets at the Final Four in St. Petersburg three weeks from now. Until then they'll savor their ACC…
(Encyclopedia) Cleland, Max, 1942-2021, American politician, b. Atlanta, GA, as Joseph Maxwell Cleland, Stetson Univ. (B.A., 1964), Emory Univ. (M.A., 1968). Cleland enlisted in the Army in 1965…
(See Hare.) The French say, “Il est fou comme un jeune chien.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mad CavalierMacrocosm A B C D E F G H I J K L M…
Max PerutzAge: 87 molecular biologist who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John Kendrew for “their studies of the structures of globular proteins.” Died: Cambridge, England, Feb…
Mad BlakeWilliam Rose BenétBlake saw a treeful of angels at Peckham Rye,
And his hands could lay hold on the tiger's terrible heart.
Blake knew how deep is Hell, and Heaven how high,
And…
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