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They who play bowls must expect to meet with rubbers. Those who touch pitch must expect to defile their fingers. Those who enter upon affairs of chance, adventure, or dangerous hazard must…The Golden Bowl
Director:James IvoryWriter:Ruth Prawer JhabvalaLions Gate Films; R; 130 minutesRelease:5/01Cast:Kate Beckinsale, Uma Thurman, Nick Nolte The eloquent and elliptical upper-class syntax of…Bowling Summary
United States Bowling Congress OpenProfessional Bowlers AssociationBowling Proprietors' Association of America—MenUSBC Women's ChampionsUSBC Queens Tournament ChampionsOther PBA Tournaments,…powder
(Encyclopedia) powder, any mass of fine particles or dust prepared by various mechanical means, e.g., grinding of solid substances, or by chemical means, e.g., precipitation from solutions. In a…mohair
(Encyclopedia) mohair, hair of the Angora goat or a large group of fabrics made from it, either wholly or in combination with wool, silk, or cotton. The Angora goat, native of Asia Minor for 2,000…silverpoint
(Encyclopedia) silverpoint, method of drawing whereby a silver-tipped instrument is dragged across paper prepared with ground bone dust and gum water and then tinted with a pigment. The procedure…tomahawk
(Encyclopedia) tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with…Rice, Jerry Lee
(Encyclopedia) Rice, Jerry Lee, 1962–, American football player, b. Crawford, Miss. Winning national attention while at the otherwise obscure Mississippi Valley State College, Itta Bena, Miss., Rice…Moon, Warren
(Encyclopedia) Moon, Warren (Harold Warren Moon, Jr.), 1956–, African-American football player, b. Los Angeles. Moon quarterbacked the Univ. of Washington Huskies to a Rose Bowl title in 1978, but he…Hunt, Lamar
(Encyclopedia) Hunt, Lamar, 1932–2006, American business and sports executive, b. El Dorado, Ark. One of the Hunt brothers—sons of Texas oil magnate H. L. Hunt—Lamar Hunt had significant business…Trending
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