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Gibson, Bob

(Encyclopedia) Gibson, Bob (Pack Robert Gibson), 1935–2020, American baseball player, b. Omaha, Nebr. Gibson, a right-hander with a reputation for being both intense and intimidating, was one of…

Feller, Bob

(Encyclopedia) Feller, Bob (Robert William Andrew Feller), 1918–2010, American baseball player, b. Van Meter, Iowa. Famous for his blazing fastball, he also had extraordinary curveballs and sinkers…

Hawke, Bob

(Encyclopedia) Hawke, Bob (Robert James Lee Hawke), 1929–2019, Australian statesman. A Rhodes scholar at Oxford, he gained a reputation as a skillful labor mediator during his tenure at the…

pendulum

(Encyclopedia) pendulum, a mass, called a bob, suspended from a fixed point so that it can swing in an arc determined by its momentum and the force of gravity. The length of a pendulum is the…

1992–1993 Emmy Awards

Outstanding Drama SeriesPicket Fences (CBS)Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesTom Skerritt, Picket FencesOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesKathy Baker, Picket FencesOutstanding…

Mackie, Bob

designerBirthplace: Monterey Park, Calif.Born: 3/24/40

Crosby, Bob

musicianBirthplace: Spokane, Wash.Born: 1913Died: 1993

Bob Patterson

ABCTuesday 9:00–9:30 p.m.; cancelledCast:Jason Alexander, Jennifer Aspen, Robert Klein, Chandra Wilson, Phil Bruckman Alexander's Bob Patterson quickly went the way of fellow Seinfeld alum…

Brewer's: Bob

A shilling. A “bender” is a sixpence. (Compare BAWBEE.) Bob. A set of changes rung on [church] bells: as a “bob major,” a “bob-minor,” a “triple bob.” To give the bob to any one. To…