Word: chamberlaine
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...only unteachable in English classrooms, but virtually unperformable on the English stage from the end of the 17th century until the 1960s. In 1962, the first professional revival of Women, Beware Women (by the Royal Shakespeare Company) was produced at the Arts Theatre, a private club, because the Lord Chamberlain would not license it for "public" performance...
...many coaches would have had the temerity to bench Wilt Chamberlain in the final moments of a championship game. But for the earthy, profane, hyper-animated Butch Van Breda Kolff, above, who held 13 head-coaching jobs in a 30-year career, the 1969 decision was no big deal--even though his Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics and V.B.K., as he was known, was fired. An ex--New York Knick, he coached teams including the Detroit Pistons, the Phoenix Suns and Bill Bradley's Princeton squad--and treasured teamwork and unselfishness above all. "Life isn't much...
...Bush Administration has resisted, preferring instead to use gentler arguments to build a broad coalition that emphasizes diplomacy. "State doesn't want to do anything," complains Pletka, a former adviser to former Sen. Jesse Helms. "State is all about accommodation and trying to sit down and have a Chamberlain-style peace with Iran...
REVERSE LAYUPS WHILE WEDGED between defenders. Fadeaway jumpers in traffic. Three-pointers shot from Catalina. Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant hit them all one Hollywood night in January, scoring 81 points, the second highest total in NBA history (Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 in 1962), in the Lakers' 122-104 win over the Toronto Raptors. In the second half alone, Bryant outscored the entire Toronto team...
...electorate’s grave mistake; there are no hanging chads to save America this time. But we hope that by shedding light on the nonexistent Democratic “plan,” someone will be able to terminate the San Francisco-born, Harvard-educated, Neville Chamberlain-admiring, pansexual liberals. Yes, Arnold, we’re looking...