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Bob Hope
Bob Hope 1903-2003, American comedian, b. London as Leslie Townes Hope; he came to the United States at the age of five. Famous for his "ski-jump" nose, topical humor, superb timing, brashly irreverant attitude, and rapid-fire delivery, Hope enjoyed immense popularity. He began his show-busines... Read more
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby , 1903-77, American singer and film actor, b. Tacoma, Wash., as Harry Lillis Crosby. He sang with dance bands from 1925 to 1930 and in 1931 began work in radio and films. Crosby gained enormous popularity for his "crooning" style and was an important influence on the development of A... Read more
vaudeville
vaudeville , originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. Similar to the English music hall , American vaudeville was a live entertainment consisting of unrelated songs, dances, acrobatic and magic ... Read more
Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz American swimmer Mark Spitz (born 1950) is considered to have been the fastest swimmer in history. For six years, beginning in 1966, he dominated the sport, winning a world record seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, West Germany. This was the most gold medals won by ... Read more
William Jefferson Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton (born 1946) won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1992 and then defeated incumbent George Bush to become the 42nd president of the United States. He was re-elected to a second term in 1996 William Jefferson (Bill) Clint... Read more
motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more
Republican party
Republican party American political party. Origins and Early Years The name was first used by Thomas Jefferson's party, later called the Democratic Republican party or, simply, the Democratic party . The name reappeared in the 1850s, when the present-day Republican party was founded. At ... Read more
West Virginia
West Virginia E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. (2000) 1,808,344, a 0.8% increase over 1980 pop. Capital ... Read more
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry (born 1926), creator of the "duck walk" and known as the "father of rock and roll," has been a major influence on popular music. Even though his career and life reached great peaks and declined to low valleys, he still prevails in music while his contemporaries have vanish... Read more

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Bob Hope
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Bob Hope In addition to his successes...television, and in live shows, Bob Hope (born 1903) has developed...need the short dancing act that Hope and Byrne performed. Vaudeville...appearance he changed his name to Bob because he felt that would be...
Bob Mathias
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Bob Mathias Bob Mathias (born 1930) was the youngest person...person ever to win two Olympic decathlons. Bob Mathias was born on November 19, 1930...first child a son, Lillian Mathias had her hopes set on a baby girl for her second child...
Hope, Bob
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Bob Hope Born: May 29, 1903 Eltham...television, and in live shows, Bob Hope entertained members of...fired within a month, however. Hope got his first chance to work...1928. He changed his name to Bob because he felt that would be...
Hope, (Leslie Townes) Bob
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Hope, [Leslie Townes] Bob (1903–2003), comic actor. Born in England but raised in Cleveland, he made his professional debut in vaudeville...
Traveling Salesman, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...x201D; she is naive enough to hope that no one will bid against...auctioned off for back taxes. Bob Blake ( Frank McIntyre ), a...property make it appear that Bob has cheated Beth out of the land. By the time she realizes Bob is innocent, she has accepted...
Johnny Carson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...that would become so useful when entertaining people like Bob Hope, Steve Martin, politicians, musicians, and other performers...Carson made a recording of all his favorite comedians like Bob Hope, Jack Allen, and Milton Belle, for his final thesis...
USO
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...x201C;home away from home,” and began a tradition of entertaining the troops that continues today. Comedian Bob Hope presented his first USO tour in 1942, a practice he continued into the 1990s. USO regrouped in 1950 for the Korean War...
Sweet Charity
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Palace Theatre , 608 perf.] Charity Hope Valentine ( Gwen Verdon ) is a dance hall...Yet somehow Charity continues on with hope for better things. Notable songs : Baby...the dynamic choreography of her husband, Bob Fosse , it was often perceived as essentially...
Rivals, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...revealing his deception to Lydia in case he loses her; while Bob Acres, who is also Lydia's suitor and has heard of Beverley...Lydia, after a pretty quarrel with her lover for shattering her hopes of a romantic elopement, finally forgives him. Another plot...
vaudeville
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Will Rogers , Ed Wynn, Eddie Cantor , Jimmy Durante, Irene Franklin, Fred Allen, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Bob Hope , Jack Benny , Edgar Bergen, and the Marx Brothers began their careers playing the vaudeville circuits. Beginning in...

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Zemeckis, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Trainor. Career: Following graduation, with Bob Gale, asked to develop material for Steven...Times, 14 July 1992. Carpenter, T., "Hope I Die before I Get Old," in Premiere...March/April 1995. Morgenstern, Joe, "Bob Z Can Read Your Mind," in Playboy (Chicago...
The Last Picture Show
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Scott Herndon; music: Hank Williams, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Eddy Arnold...Thurman (Coach Popper ); Barc Doyle (Joe Bob Blanton ); Jessie Lee Fulton (Miss Mosey...s story is its haunting theme of lost hopes and half-forgotten dreams. Bogdanovich...
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Zant, lead vocals. Former members: Bob Burns, drums; Allen Collins, guitar...keyboards, Leon Wilkeson on bass, and Bob Burns on drums. Their debut album contains...one of the verses Van Zant belted, "I hope Neil Young will remember, Southern man...
Day, Doris
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Barry Comden, 1976. Career: 1940—singer with Bob Crosby's band in Chicago; 1940–46—...contract with Warners; 1948—appeared with Bob Hope on weekly radio shows and concert tours; 1955—...
Russell, Jane
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...graduated from Van Nuys High School. Family: Married 1) the athlete Bob Waterfield, 1943 (divorced 1968), three adopted children: Thomas...inevitable even, that she would find a special if temporary niche partnering Bob Hope, most of who
Bank of America
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...West, enabling California to become the nation's symbol of hope and inspiration for generations. Born in 1870 in San Jose to...of American Banking. New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1990. Bob Batchelor See also Banking ; Credit ; Credit Cards .
Hawke, Ethan
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...enjoyable light entertainment somewhat reminiscent of those Bob Hope comedy-thrillers of the 1940s in which, through mistaken...misadventures, comes out on top, and gets the girl. In place of Hope's smartass wisecracks, we have Hawke's vulnerability...
Reeve, Christopher
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Day (Ivory) (as Lewis) 1994 Speechless (Underwood) (as Bob "Bagdad" Freed); Black Fox: The Price of Peace (Stern...Gloaming (for TV) (d); Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope (for TV) (exec) Publications By REEVE: book—...On REEVE: articles— Rosenblatt, Roger, "New Hopes, New Dreams," ...
Du Rififi Chez les Hommes
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...underworld it describes. Along with Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le flambeur and Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au Grisbi, Rififi...le Stephanois is marked down for destruction. The best he can hope for is a good death, according to his own strict code of honor...
Burlesque
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Bert Lahr, W. C. Fields, Mae West, Jackie Gleason, Bobby Clark, Phil Silvers, and Bob Hope began their careers in burlesque. Some burlesque striptease artists also graduated to stardom, most notably fan dancer...

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morale
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus morale • noun  Bob Hope was the champion of troop morale synonyms : confidence, self-confidence, self-esteem, spirit(s), team spirit, enthusiasm.

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Bob is a nice name, so where are the Bobs on all-area teams?(Sports Extra)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/30/2007; 700+ words ; Byline: Bob Frisk Bob Hope. Bob Newhart. Bobby Jones...Woodward. Bob Knight. Bobby Orr. Bob Costas. Bobby Bowden. Buffalo Bob. SpongeBob SquarePants. Bob the Builder. Yes, there have been some famous Bobs through the years. It's ranked...
LOVE THAT BOB DON'T CALL THEM ROBERT, BOBBY. AND CERTAINLY NOT ROB.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/2/1991; 700+ words ; ...come up with some startling facts. People like Bob Hope, Bob Dylan, Bob Dole, Bob Denver, Bob Newhart and Bob Costas, they say, share a similar personality. "Bobs are a decent, dependable sort," they found...
They keep Bob, Bob, Bobbing along
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/22/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...don't like to read about themselves. This book is for those who want to emulate Bobs such as Bob Hope, Bob Vila, Bob Falls, Bob Evans and Bob Uecker. Bobs know who they are. If therapists had to depend on patients named Bob, therapists...
What about Bob?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/25/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...did, and I'm glad, and I hope nobody tries to call it Robert...Bob or anything. Just plain Bob, Everyman, or woman, for...has always been a nowhere, Bob kind of place in the shadow...skied Vail" or "I crossed Bob," you know where Middle America...many fancy names. We need more Bobs. ...
Bob, Joe traffic in miracles
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/18/2002; ; 700+ words ; Bill Janz Bob, Joe traffic in miracles By...2002 My heroes are always named Bob. Or Joe. Bob Herbert, 54...plans for the future and still hopes and has much faith in God...miracle, there's gotta be a Bob. Bill Janz's column appears...
Bob Marley and the wheeler-dealers
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 8/4/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...at Marley's former home on Hope Road, a posh residential area light years away from Bob's earlier home in rundown...The Marley mansion is now the Bob Marley Museum, and the Rastafarian...the courtyard is a statue of Bob with his guitar and football...
Buying Bob Hope's Stuff
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday; 10/18/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Edition - Saturday 10-18-2008 Buying Bob Hope's Stuff Host: SCOTT SIMON Time...a record album, and it says "To Bob Hope, From Tony Bennett" that he engraved...you think this collection says about Bob Hope? Mr. JULIEN: The collection of...
Battle of two `Bob's' returns to federal court ; Connecticut-based Bob's wants Lewiston-based Bob's to stop using the `Bob's' name - period.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 2/11/2005; ; 672 words ; ...another attorney for the Connecticut Bob's, said the sides hope to resolve those issues in a settlement...comes in the case, as the Maine Bob's appeal must be processed first...of Farris Law, said the Maine Bob's appeal hinges on the question...
Bob Hope Turns 100
Transcript from: CBS Evening News with John Roberts; 5/25/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...s given to us over the years. The Bob Hope century is the focus of tonight...he was the third generation to see Bob Hope; that his father had seen Bob in...him in the South Pacific. AXELROD: Bob Hope learned the ropes in Vaudeville houses...
Bob's Red Mill Wins World Porridge Making Champion 2009 Title and Takes Home Coveted Golden Spurtle Trophy.
PR Newswire; 10/11/2009; 700+ words ; ...Carrying the culinary hopes of the USA on his shoulders, American Matthew Cox from Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods has...based whole grains company Bob's Red Mill in the international...prepared Steel Cut Oats from Bob's Red Mill for the competition...http://twitter.com/Bobs_Red_Mill -- ...