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Blackie Sherrod, longtime Texas sports writer, dead at 96

Edit WPTV 29 Apr 2016
DALLAS (AP) — The East Coast had Red Smith. The West Coast had Jim Murray. Texas had Blackie Sherrod.  . Sherrod, the longtime Texas sports writer revered for his dry wit, died Thursday afternoon at his Dallas home after a week in hospice care, wife Joyce Sherrod told The Dallas Morning News. He was 96 ... His trademark was the use of a country-fied Texas vernacular — sort of Damon Runyon or Ring Lardner by way of Jett Rink ... ....

Patrick Bateman is morphing into an antihero for the masses thanks to Benjamin Walker's portrayal ...

Edit The Los Angeles Times 23 Apr 2016
And this week, Bret Easton Ellis' Patrick Bateman joins Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Damon Runyon's Nathan Detroit and Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera in that rarefied ......

High-velocity dancing right on target in ‘Bullets Over Broadway’

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 20 Apr 2016
‘BULLETS OVER BROADWAY’. Highly recommended. When. Through May 1. Where. PrivateBank Theatre, 18 W. Monroe. Tickets. $19 – $85. Info ... But Olive’s gangsterland bodyguard, Cheech (Jeff Brooks, who easily steals the show with his deadpan commentary), sits in on rehearsals and turns out to be not only a crackerjack critic (“people don’t talk like that,” he tells David), but a natural-born Damon Runyon-like playwright....

Exposure to routine viruses makes mice better test subjects (Washington University in Saint Louis)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
(Source. Washington University in Saint Louis) Audio Player. Vaccines and therapeutics developed using mice often don't work as expected in humans. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St ... That's what we're working on now.' ... This research was supported by the National Institute of Health eHealth awards R24 OD019793, R01 OD011170, R01 AI111918, and R01 DK101354, as well as the Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship....

Team wins Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting (University of Colorado at Boulder)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Apr 2016
(Source. University of Colorado at Boulder) ... The winners are Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project and T. Christian Miller of ProPublica. The duo will receive a $2,000 prize and be honored as part of the Denver Press Club's 22nd Annual Damon Runyon Award banquet on Saturday, April 16, at the Denver Marriott City Center ... This year's Runyon Award banquet also will honor former editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson. Contact. ... (noodl....

Reporting team wins CU-Boulder, Denver Press Club Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting (University of Colorado at Boulder)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Apr 2016
(Source. University of Colorado at Boulder) ... The winners are Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project and T. Christian Miller of ProPublica. The duo will receive a $2,000 prize and be honored as part of the Denver Press Club's 22nd Annual Damon Runyon Award banquet on Saturday, April 16, at the Denver Marriott City Center ... This year's Runyon Award banquet also will honor former editor of the New York Times, Jill Abramson. Contact. ... (noodl....

The Pursuit of Happiness

Edit Huffington Post 08 Apr 2016
Here is what I know. no. Most of the time. A brief history.. I am what you would call a veteran tv/film writer. At the feeble age of 40, a professional baseball writer is considered to be in his twilight Mr.Magoo years and if you know who Mr. Magoo is then so you are you. Put it this way, I have already gone deathbed shopping at Sleepy's ... The dialog will be "Wait. This am not my poop ... Yes is Damon Runyon having a really good day at the track ... ....

“Guys and Dolls” is a landmark for growing theatre program (Indiana University Southeast)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
(Source. Indiana University Southeast). By Steven Krolak. When the curtain rises on 'Guys and Dolls' in the Robinson Theater at the Ogle Center this week, audiences will be treated to one of the most ambitious productions ever mounted by the IU Southeast theatre program ... Written by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, the play is based on the stories of legendary newspaperman and writer, Damon Runyon....

William Raveis Real Estate Gears Up for Second Annual Fundraising Event for Cancer Research

Edit Business Wire 25 Mar 2016
SHELTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In Summer 2015, William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage & Insurance hosted their first annual fundraising event to benefit the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. The Raveis Ride + Walk raised over $500,000 for cancer research ... The fellowship was awarded to two very deserving cancer research scientists identified by Damon Runyon. The Charitable Fund is l ... ....

WKU departments to present ‘Guys and Dolls’ April 1-3 (Western Kentucky University)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Mar 2016
(Source. Western Kentucky University). 'He's Only Doing It for Some Doll.' So describes the behavior of the 'Guys' in Frank Loesser's classic musical Guys and Dolls. This joint production of WKU's Departments of Music and Theatre & Dance is based on Damon Runyon's stories of New York gamblers in the '40s and will be presented April 1-3 at Van Meter Hall ... The show will be presented April 1-3 at Van Meter Hall ... April 1-2 and 3 p.m ... Contact....

Stanford scientists develop new technique for imaging cells and tissues under the skin (Stanford University)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Mar 2016
(Source. Stanford University) Stanford Report, March 18, 2016. A team of Stanford Bio-X scientists developed the first technique for viewing cells and tissues in three dimensions under the skin. The work could improve diagnosis and treatment for some forms of cancer and blindness ... Air Force, the National Institutes of Health Directors Office, the National Science Foundation, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, the Susan G....

|Royston Pike Talk: On Broadway: The Life and Adventures of Damon Runyon (Elmbridge Borough Council)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Mar 2016
The Life and Adventures of Damon Runyon will be the topic of the next Royston Pike talk to be held at St James' Parish Centre, Church Lane, Weybridge KT13 8DN on Thursday 24 March at 7.30pm ... Although best known for writing the stories that are the source of the classic musical 'Guys and Dolls', Damon Runyon's unique style and use of language has entered our everyday speech....

How cancer cells fuel their growth (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Mar 2016
(Source. MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Cancer cells are notorious for their ability to divide uncontrollably and generate hordes of new tumor cells. Most of the fuel consumed by these rapidly proliferating cells is glucose, a type of sugar ... Burning up ... Refocusing the question ... The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, and the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation ... (noodl....
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