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Bowling Tournament Results, 1996-1997: PBA

Late 1996 Fall TourFinalEventWinnerEarningsScoreRunner-upOct. 30Touring Pro-Senior Doubles Eric Forkel/ Gene Stus$22,000231-201Jason Couch/ Larry LaubNov. 6Greater Harrisburg OpenW.R.…

Oklahoma City, Okla.

Mayor: Mick Cornett (to 2018)City Manager: James D. Couch2010 census population (rank): 579,999 (31); Male: 285,556 (49.2%); Female: 294,443 (50.8%); White: 363,646 (62.7%); Black: 87,354 (…

Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish

(Encyclopedia) Coomaraswamy, Ananda KentishCoomaraswamy, Ananda Kentishäˌnəndäˈ kĕnˈtĭsh k&oobreve;mäˌrəswäˈmē [key], 1877–1947, art historian, b. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Raised in London by an…

Garrick, David

(Encyclopedia) Garrick, David, 1717–79, English actor, manager, and dramatist. He was indisputably the greatest English actor of the 18th cent., and his friendships with Diderot, Samuel Johnson,…

Lodge, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Lodge, Thomas, 1558?–1625, English writer, grad. Oxford, 1577. After abandoning the study of law for literature, he published (c.1580) his defense of poetry and other arts, usually…

Porter, Katherine Anne

(Encyclopedia) Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890–1980, American author, b. Indian Creek, Tex., as Callie Russell Porter. Although she published infrequently, she is regarded as a master of the short story…

Furness, Horace Howard

(Encyclopedia) Furness, Horace HowardFurness, Horace Howardfûrˈnĭs [key], 1833–1912, American Shakespearean scholar, b. Philadelphia; son of William Henry Furness. He was the editor of the New…

Kite, Tom

(Encyclopedia) Kite, Tom (Thomas O. Kite, Jr.), 1949–, American golfer, b. Austin, Tex. The 1973 Professional Golfers Association Rookie of the Year, he was also the 1989 Player of the Year. He won…