Richard Lederer assembled a taxonomy of oxymora in an article in Word Ways in 1990, running from single-word oxymora such as " pianoforte " ( literally, " soft-loud ") through " doublespeak oxymora " ( deliberately intended to confuse ) and " opinion oxymora " ( editorial opinions designed to provoke a laugh ).

Popular English language experts such as Richard Lederer and Barbara Wallraff have noted sniglets in their books, The Miracle of Language and Word Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice Is Done respectively.

Of the thirty-one targeted officials, one senator, Harrison A. Williams ( D-NJ ), and five members of the House of Representatives John Jenrette ( D-SC ), Richard Kelly ( R-FL ), Raymond Lederer ( D-PA ), Michael " Ozzie " Myers ( D-PA ), and Frank Thompson ( D-NJ ), were convicted of bribery and conspiracy in separate trials in 1981.

Summoning was formed sometime in 1993 by Silenius ( Michael Gregor ), Protector ( Richard Lederer ) and Trifixion ( Alexander Trondl ).

The first official historian of the Village of Scarsdale was Richard Lederer.

* Richard Lederer, English teacher and compiler of humorous errors in the use of the English language

According to the film's co-producer Richard Lederer, Exorcist II was conceived as a relatively low-budget affair: " What we essentially wanted to do with the sequel was to redo the first movie ... Have the central figure, an investigative priest, interview everyone involved with the exorcism, then fade out to unused footage, unused angles from the first movie.

* Richard Lederer, Spook Etymology on the Internet

* Protector, Richard Lederer, a member of the black metal band Summoning

Richard Lederer at the 2006 Mensa International | Mensa World Gathering

Richard Lederer ( born May 26, 1938 ) is an American author, speaker, and teacher best known for his books on word play and the English language and his use of oxymorons.

Lederer is the daughter of bestselling non-fiction author Richard Lederer and the sister of world-class poker players Howard Lederer and Annie Duke.

* TCM Remembers 2000: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Nancy Coleman, Rose Hobart, Muriel Evans, Steve Reeves, Gwen Verdon, Francis Lederer, Nan Leslie, director Don Weis, director Roger Vadim, Joan Marsh, Billy Barty, costume designer Bill Thomas, Max Showalter, Vittorio Gassman, Marie Windsor, Craig Stevens, David Tomlinson, Richard Farnsworth, director Claude Autant-Lara, film preserver James Card, Beah Richards, Julie London, Marceline Day, Nancy Marchand, Harold Nicholas, Nils Poppe, director Joseph H. Lewis, composer George Duning, director Lewis Allen, Ann Doran, Jean Peters, editor David Bretherlen, writer Curt Siodmak, screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr., Alec Guinness, Loretta Young, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Walter Matthau.

Duke was born Anne LaBarr Lederer in Concord, New Hampshire, the daughter of Rhoda S. ( née Spagenberg ) and Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St. Paul's School.

His father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire.

It was revived 10 years after his death thanks to Austrian biochemist Richard Kuhn and his student, German scientist Edgar Lederer as well as the work of Martin and Synge.

The British team was Richard Lederer and Willie Rose ; Harry Ingram and Stanley Hughes, with captain Walshe and A.

Richard Pryor referenced the dozens in his 1975 comedy routine That Nigger's Crazy saying that " white folks " did not know how to play.

* Richard Wright of Pink Floyd used a Minimoog mainly during the song Shine on you Crazy Diamond

** Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy

** Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy

Richard Belzer defines The Big Lie, in his book UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Believe, this way: " If you tell a lie that's big enough, and you tell it often enough, people will believe you are telling the truth, even when what you are saying is total crap.

" Shine On You Crazy Diamond " is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour.

He appeared in more than 200 films, including The Big Trail ( 1930 ), with John Wayne ; The Scarlet Letter ( 1934 ), with Colleen Moore ; Sitting Bull ( 1954 ), as Crazy Horse ; The Light in the Forest ( 1958 ) as Cuyloga ; " The Great Sioux Massacre " ( 1965 ), with Joseph Cotten ; Nevada Smith ( 1966 ), with Steve McQueen ; A Man Called Horse ( 1970 ), with Richard Harris ; and Ernest Goes to Camp ( 1987 ), as Chief St.

Recent motion pictures in which the agency has been involved in include Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Robert Duvall, and directed by Scott Cooper ; Richard Eyre ’ s The Other Man, starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney ; Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, starring Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams, and Kim Cattrall ; James Toback's documentary Tyson, which was the official selection in Un Certain Regard at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and won a specially named " Knockout " prize ; Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won a special jury prize ; and The Women, directed by Diane English and starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Candice Bergen, and Bette Midler.

In the comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love., a film starring Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling, released on July 29, 2011, Groban played a character named Richard, a caddish and nerdy attorney.

She also had a recurring role on It Takes Two opposite Richard Crenna and Patty Duke, three episodes of Crazy Like a Fox, four episodes of Charlie & Co. opposite Flip Wilson, 227 with best friend Marla Gibbs, MacGyver, Night Court, Dream On, Designing Women, Picket Fences, That's So Raven and The Young and the Restless.

#" Shine On You Crazy Diamond ( Parts I – V )" ( David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright )

Their second album Communiqué ( 1979 ) made the Top 20 in many countries and earned another gold record award in the U. S. WBR also enjoyed renewed success with comedy recordings in this period, transferring Richard Pryor from Reprise and signing rising star Steve Martin, whose second Warner album A Wild and Crazy Guy ( 1978 ) became one of the label's biggest comedy hits — it reached # 2 on the pop album chart, won the 1979 Grammy for ' Best Comedy Album ', and Martin's novelty single " King Tut " was a US Top 20 hit.

This approach, however, did not work, and Lafayette-Circuit City fell due to competition from other New York area electronic retailers such as Newmark and Lewis, Trader Horn, The Wiz, Crazy Eddie and PC Richard.

He then went to Hollywood and in 1981 landed a role in the movie Stir Crazy, directed by Sidney Poitier starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is based on the novel originally titled The Chase ( later renamed Pursuit ) by Richard Unekis, and published in 1963.

Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as down-on-their-luck friends who are given 125-year prison sentences after being framed for a bank robbery ; while in prison they befriend other inmates and ultimately escape.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts lists works including A Modern Mass for the Dead ( Requiem ) by György Ligeti, A Rainbow in Curved Air by Terry Riley, Volumina by György Ligeti, Wind on Water by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band by Terry Riley, Cachaca by Patrick Moraz, Shine on You Crazy Diamond ( intro ) by Pink Floyd, Rock and Roll Music by The Beatles, Also sprach Zarathustra ( intro ) by Richard Strauss, Katakomben by Gruppe Between, Space Theme by Stomu Yamashta, Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre, That's Entertainment by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, Over Fire Island by Eno ( with Fripp ), Miracles of the Gods by Absolute Everywhere, Mikrophoniet by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Melodien by György Ligeti, The Engulfed Cathedral by Isao Tomita, Volkstanz by Gruppe Between and What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.

For example, in one scene Marvin " hums " like Pink Floyd, using the opening to " Shine on You Crazy Diamond ", then " sings " " Rock and Roll Music " by the Beatles, and finally the theme music from 2001: A Space Odyssey, the opening " Sunrise " movement from Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra.

Brainsic featured members of Fear Factory, Louisiana Switchblade ( Richard Rogers / The Richard, formerly of Crazy White man with Kim Fowley as vocalist ) and Bodybag ( Justin Mitkentin on bass ).

In 2003, American musician Richard Cheese covered "( You Drive Me ) Crazy " and included it on his album Tuxicity.

The song also contains a sample from a Richard Pryor quote found on " That Nigger's Crazy ", the same Richard Pryor quote that is used in Ol ' Dirty Bastard's Shimmy Shimmy Ya.

* Richard Jeni: Crazy from The Heat ( 1992 )

* 1609 – Richard Bennett, English Governor of the Colony of Virginia ( d. 1675 )

* 1792 – Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor ( b. 1732 )

* 1979 – Richard Harwood, English cellist

* 1973 – Richard Reid, English terrorist, attempted the 2001 shoe bomb plot

* 1976 – Richard McCourt, English comedian and actor

* 1987 – Richard Stearman, English footballer

* 1918 – Richard Greene, English actor ( d. 1985 )

* 1963 – Richard Illingworth, English cricketer

* 1923 – Richard Attenborough, English director

* 1913 – Richard Stone, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1991 )

She translated English documents for him, including Richard Kirwan's Essay on Phlogiston and Joseph Priestley's research.

* 1345 – Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer ( b. 1287 )

Among Canova's English pupils were sculptors Sir Richard Westmacott and John Gibson.

* 1673 – Richard Mead, English physician ( d. 1754 )

* 1722 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician ( d. 1797 )

* 1176 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English military leader ( b. 1130 )

* 1900 – Richard Hughes, English novelist ( d. 1976 )

* 1222 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier ( d. 1262 )

* 1980 – Richard Dawson, English cricketer

* 1694 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect ( d. 1753 )

* Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry, a play by English journalist Richard Norton-Taylor

The disc contained a recording of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie ( in English, An Alpine Symphony ), played by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

When the production of Richard Kelly's debut film, Donnie Darko, was threatened, Barrymore stepped forward with financing from Flower Films and took the small role of Karen Pomeroy, the title character's English teacher.

* 1753 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect ( b. 1694 )

* 1951 – Richard Desmond, English publisher and businessman, founded Northern & Shell