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Stephen Lee (born 12 October 1974) is an English former professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1992 and was ranked in the top 16 between the 1997/1998 and 2007/2008 snooker seasons, reaching a career-high of fifth in the rankings. He won four ranking titles between 1998 and 2006, reached the semi-finals of the 2003 world championship and the final of the 2008 Masters. Thereafter, his form declined dramatically and as a result he dropped out of the top 16 after a run of eleven consecutive seasons, meaning he would no longer automatically qualify for tournaments. A return to form in the 2011/2012 season saw Lee reach two consecutive finals in ranking tournaments and collect his fifth title, as well as regaining his top 16 seeding. Lee was a heavy break-builder compiling 174 competitive century breaks during his career, and his smooth cue action is regarded by some pundits as the most natural the game has seen.
Lee's playing career came to a premature end when he was suspended from WSA competition on 12 October 2012 on match-fixing charges. He was found guilty by an independent tribunal in September 2013 of influencing the outcome of seven matches in 2008 and 2009. He received a twelve-year ban backdated to the start of his suspension and which will run until 12 October 2024.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either passively, openly or via sabotage.
As a phrase meaning "the boss" it dates from at least 1918.
In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
The use of this term was expanded to counterculture groups and their battles against authority, such as the Yippies, which, according to a May 19, 1969 article in U.S. News and World Report, had the "avowed aim ... to destroy 'The Man', their term for the present system of government". The term eventually found its way into humorous usage, such as in a December 1979 motorcycle ad from the magazine Easyriders which featured the tagline, "California residents: Add 6% sales tax for The Man."
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan, OBE (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player, and one of the most successful players in the sport's modern era. Regarded by many commentators as the most naturally gifted player in snooker history, and frequently described as a genius, he is also noted for his mercurial temperament and for his ambivalent relationship with the sport, from which he has taken prolonged sabbaticals and repeatedly threatened to retire.
A childhood snooker prodigy, O'Sullivan made his first century break at age 10 and his first maximum break at age 15. He turned professional in 1992, at the age of 16, and soon earned the nickname "The Rocket" because of his rapid playing style. He achieved his first major professional success when he won the 1993 UK Championship at the age of 17 years and 358 days, making him the youngest player ever to win a ranking title, a record he still holds. He is also the youngest player to have won the Masters, having captured his first title in 1995 at the age of 19 years and 69 days.
Actors: Douglas Olsson (actor), Keely M. Stanley (producer), Alvin Shen (producer), Alvin Shen (director), Stephen Sugay (actor), Bijan Zaimi (actor), Dick Martin (actor), Mitchell Roth (writer), Yoni Rappaport (actor),
Plot: Sydney, a young Jewish Chinese boy encounters an unpredictable first day upon moving to San Francisco to live with his estranged father. When his father leaves him for the day in the hands of the next door neighbor, a disgruntled French chef, he's forced to quickly adapt to a day filled with surprising events and mischief.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Gerry Kim (editor), Gerry Kim (producer), Gerry Kim (writer), Gerry Kim (director), Tana Sarntinoranont (actor), Mayuran Tiruchelvam (producer), Greg Connolly (actor), Erica Sweany (actress), Maiken Wiese (actress),
Plot: Stephen Lee is a surgical resident at New York Presbyterian, wandering the streets of Manhattan in the budding hours of a cold January day. Stephen is about to conduct his first heart bypass surgery, but during the procedure, a terrible secret that he's been actively withholding will now finally be revealed.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Stephen Fung (actor), Manfred Wong (producer), Manfred Wong (writer), Patrick Kong (writer), Christy Chung (actress), Fu-Sheng Chiu (producer), Natalie Ng (actress), Sheung Mo Lam (actor), Yi-tung Cheung (actress), Yui-bun Chu (director),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: John Newland (actor), Gloria McGehee (actress),
Plot: Stephen Lee wants his relative Wally not to marry chorusgirl Violet, because he thinks all chorus girls have a low morale standard. Violet's friend Jerry decides to teach Stephen a lesson, by behaving like he expects, to show what an unselfish girl Violet is, but then Jerry falls for Stephen...
Genres: ,Actors: Phyllis Calvert (actress), Brock Williams (miscellaneous crew), Joss Ambler (actor), Roland Pertwee (writer), David Horne (actor), Harold Huth (producer), Amy Veness (actress), Roland Pertwee (actor), James Mason (actor), Edie Martin (actress), Thorley Walters (actor), Yvonne Caffin (costume designer), Brefni O'Rorke (actor), Helen Goss (actress), Pamela Mason (actress),
Plot: The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character as their individual and widely-different married lives unfold. One sister (Phyllis Calvert) is happily married but childless; the second promiscuously plays through years of an unhappy and loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted on her by a domineering husband (James Mason).
Keywords: alcohol, based-on-novel, marital-abuseActors: William Bakewell (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Neely Edwards (actor), Louise Beavers (actress), Helen Foster (actress), Julia Swayne Gordon (actress), Gertrude Short (actress), Lilyan Tashman (actress), De Leon Anthony (writer), Robert Lord (writer), Earl Luick (costume designer), Roy Del Ruth (director), William Holmes (editor), Larry Ceballos (miscellaneous crew), Armand Kaliz (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Alec B. Francis (actor), John Harron (actor), Jed Prouty (actor), Wyndham Standing (actor), Louise Beaudet (actress), Louise Beavers (actress), Anne Cornwall (actress), Louise Fazenda (actress), Margaret Seddon (actress), Gertrude Short (actress), David Belasco (producer), Harry Beaumont (director), Frank Mitchell Dazey (editor), Avery Hopwood (writer), Hope Hampton (actress),
Plot: Stephen Lee doesn't want his nephew Wally Sanders to marry chorus girl Violet Dayne, because he believes all chorus girls to be ruthless gold diggers, always chasing after the men's money. Violet's friend Jerry La Mar decides to 'gold dig' Stephen, to show him what a nice and unselfish girl Violet is, but then she realizes that she's really in love with Stephen Lee....
Keywords: based-on-play, lost-filmActors: Léonce Perret (director), Bayard Veiller (writer), Creighton Hale (actor), Léonce Perret (writer), Marc McDermott (actor), Walter Law (actor), Fraunie Fraunholz (actor), Georges Deneubourg (actor), Marie Shotwell (actress), Christine May (actress), Yvonne Delva (actress), Suzanne Colbert (actress),
Genres: Mystery,