(Encyclopedia) Lombardi, Vince (Vincent Thomas Lombardi), 1913–70, American football coach, b. New York City. As a student at Fordham, he was a member of the famed “Seven Blocks of Granite” line.…
(Encyclopedia) Gill, Eric Rowland, 1882–1940, English sculptor, wood engraver, typographer, and writer. His sculpture includes Stations of the Cross (Westminster Cathedral, London); Prospero and…
(Encyclopedia) Gill, Sir DavidGill, Sir Davidgĭl [key], 1843–1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen. He made observations of the transits of Venus and Mars and investigated the…
(g soft) or Jill. A generic name for a lass, a sweetheart. (A contraction of Gillian = Juliana, Julia.) “Jack and Jill went up the hill ...” Nursery Rhymes. “Every Jack has got his Jill…
(g hard). Wipe your gills (your mouth). The gills of fishes, like the mouth of man, are the organs of respiration. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
Brendan GillAge: 83author, preservationist The quintessential urban society man, Gill wrote for The New Yorker for more than 60 years. A champion of architectural preservation and other…
Vince LombardiBorn: June 11, 1913Football coached Green Bay to 5 NFL titles; won first 2 Super Bowls (1967-68); died as NFL's all-time winningest coach with percentage of .740 (105-35-6);…
Vince Vaughn
actor
Born: 3/28/1970
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vaughn had roles in Rudy (1993) and At Risk (1994) before making his breakthrough in Swingers (1996). That performance…
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