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Provided by the compucert bravura \bruh-VYUR-uh; brah-; -VUR-\, noun:
- A florid, brilliant style of music that emphasizes the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.
- A showy or brilliant display.
Pullin' a Palin
- Quitting when the going gets tough; abandoning the responsibility entrusted to you by your neighbors for book advances and to make money on the lecture circuit.
- Bizarre move that will damn ambitions for higher office.
Trivia
Who was the first guest host on The Tonight Show after Jay Leno took over the popular late-night TV talk show?
- Newswoman Katie Couric, who swapped jobs with Leno for a day in May 2003—11 years after he replaced Johnny Carson.
- Monkey Trial: proceedings began against John Scopes, who broke Tennessee state law by teaching evolution to high school students (1925)
- Meher Baba: Indian spiritual master began a silence "to save mankind from monumental ignorance," which ended up lasting 44 years till his death (1925)
- Telstar: the first communications satellite was launched into orbit (1962)
- Coca-Cola Classic: the Coca-Cola Co. announced it would bring back its original formula after customers reacted negatively to New Coke (1985)
- Camille Pissarro (1830-1903): Impressionist painter
- Marcel Proust (1871-1922): novelist, Remembrance of Things Past; other authors born on this date include Robert Chambers (1802-1871), Jorge Icaza (1906-1978), Saul Bellow (1915-2005) and Alice Munro (78)
- Carl Orff (1895-1982): composer of Carmina Burana; composers Jerry Herman (78?) and Arlo Guthrie (62) were also born on this date
Jake LaMotta (88): boxing great portrayed by Robert De Niro in Raging Bull; tennis champ Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) was also born on this date
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