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Adolph Green 2002 Deaths

Adolph GreenAge: 86 playwright and lyricist who, with Betty Comden, wrote the beloved Broadway musicals On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Singin' in the Rain. Green and Comden collaborated for…

Thomas Green, 2001 News

proud polygamist, was found guilty on four counts of bigamy and failure to pay child support by a Utah jury in May. A fundamentalist Mormon, Green lives with his five wives and 29 children…

Walt Whitman: Camps of Green

Camps of GreenNor alone those camps of white, old comrades of the wars, When as order'd forward, after a long march, Footsore and weary, soon as the light lessens we halt for the night, Some…

Green Bay Packers (9-7)

Green Bay Packers (9-7)NY JetsL, 16-20at BuffaloL, 18-27PhiladelphiaW, 6-3at ArizonaW, 29-3ChicagoL, 24-27at DetroitL, 24-31San Fran.W, 31-28OPEN—at MiamiL, 20-28MinnesotaW, 26-20*at Tampa…

Greene County, IN Census Data

Indiana Greene County, Indiana People QuickFactsGreene CountyIndianaPopulation, 2005 estimate 33,4796,271,973Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 1.0%3.1%Population, 2000…

Green Bay Packers (12-4)

Green Bay Packers (12-4)DetroitW, 28-6WashingtonW, 37-0at CarolinaW, 28-7at Tampa BayL, 10-14BaltimoreW, 31-23at MinnesotaL, 13-35OPEN—Tampa BayW, 21-20at ChicagoW, 20-12AtlantaL, 20-23at…

Brewer's: Knights of the Green Cloth

Same as CARPET KNIGHTS (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the HandcuffsKnights of the Garter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: Green Bag Inquiry

Certain papers of a seditious character packed in a green bag during the Regency. The contents were laid before Parliament, and the committee advised the suspension of the Habeas Corpus…

Brewer's: Green Baize Road

(Gentlemen of the). Whist players. “Gentlemen of the Green Cloth Road,” billiard players. (See Bleak House, chap. xxvi. par. 1.) Probably the idea of sharpers is included, as “Gentlemen of…

Brewer's: Green-Eyed Jealousy

or Green-eyed Monster. Expressions used by Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, iii. 2; Othello, iii. 3). As cats, lions, tigers, and all the green-eyed tribe “mock the meat they feed on,” so…