Richard
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noun
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Sir Cliff , real name Harry Rodger Webb . born 1940, British pop singer. Film musicals include The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (1962)
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Maurice , known as Rocket . (1921–2000); Canadian ice hockey player
Example Sentences
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"All this comes as a major surprise," said Richard Haass, a former diplomat in president George W. Bush's administration.
From Barron's
Kevin Kline plays Richard Bean, a narcissistic stage actor.
From Los Angeles Times
To Richard’s horror, it has, for want of income, become a dinner theater, hosting touring productions of “Nunsense” and “Forever Plaid” instead of the great stage works on which he cut his teeth.
From Los Angeles Times
Richard’s attempt to stage his mother’s funeral, with her coffin being lowered from the ceiling, while “Also sprach Zarathustra” plays and smoke billows toward the audience, fortunately comes to naught; but he announces at the ceremony that he’ll direct a production of Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play “Our Town” at the theater, to “restore the soul of this town.”
From Los Angeles Times
Kline, of course, is himself an American classic, with a long stage and screen career that encompasses classical drama, romantic and musical comedy and cartoon voiceovers; the series makes room for Richard to perform soliloquies from “Hamlet” and “Henry V,” parts Klein has played onstage.
From Los Angeles Times
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