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unusual facts about Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory



A Different Kind of Love Song

No accompanying music video was commissioned for "A Different Kind of Love Song"; however, the track was performed a few times by Cher, including on a Will & Grace episode, her concert tour Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, and during the 50th American Bandstand in 2002.

Abraham Higginbotham

Higginbotham got his big break after submitting a spec script for Will & Grace.

Abraham Higginbotham is a writer, producer, and occasional actor for popular comedy series such as Arrested Development, Will & Grace, Back to You and Do Not Disturb.

BlueBilly Grit

BlueBilly Grit, commonly abbreviated BBG, is an American bluegrass band originating from Maysville, Georgia.

In addition, BlueBilly Grit has performed in numerous radio and television broadcasts, including Nuts and Bolts of Fishing which aired on Turner South and the Moby in the Morning Show which airs on WNGC.

Boroughbridge

The stones are of millstone grit, probably quarried from Plompton, the closest source of this material.

Charles Portis

Both Norwood and True Grit were adapted as movies starring fellow Arkansan Glen Campbell and Kim Darby, and were commercially successful.

Christopher Randolph

His on-screen guest appearances include TV shows such as Will & Grace, Doogie Howser, M.D., Mad About You, and NewsRadio.

Clear Grits

The name derives from a quote by party member David Christie who describes the movement as "all sand and no dirt; clear grit all the way through", a reference to the type of sand preferred in the preparation of masonry.

Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground

A further eight years elapsed from that match to the next first-class match at the ground, which came in 1888 when an England XI played the Australians during their tour of England, with three further first-class matches on the ground from 1880 to 1900, which included CE de Trafford's XI playing the Australians in 1896, the South playing the Australians in 1899 and WG Grace's XI.

David Christie

David Christie also coined the term Clear Grit according to Charles Dent, who traces the term to a discussion between Christie and George Brown where Christie criticised any Reformer who would hang back like Brown, declaring "We want only men who are Clear Grit".

David Kohan

Kohan and Mutchnik formed a name with their two last names: KoMut, which would be the name of the company they own, making Will & Grace and $#*! My Dad Says.

David Secter

Also in 2005, David Secter directed and released a documentary film on the Gay Games, Take the Flame! Gay Games: Grace, Grit, and Glory.

Deb Carson

Beyond her radio and television broadcasting accomplishments, Carson has also appeared in numerous television shows and movies such as Dexter, Desperate Housewives, The Mentalist, The Unit, Will & Grace, Ghost Whisperer, Evan Almighty, and many others.

Eastern Oval

The ground was an important early centre of cricket in Victoria, hosting the Australia team, as well as personal teams from important cricketing figures such as George Parr, W. G. Grace and John Lillywhite to name a few.

Edward Chandos Leigh

He died, in the same year as W. G. Grace and his good friend Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane, of a broken heart mourning the loss of his two sons and the end of the golden age of cricket.

Edward Peake

Peake played in 46 first class cricket matches, 26 of them for Gloucester, and played alongside E. M. and W. G. Grace.

Ellen Idelson

As a television producer and writer she worked on the series The Nanny, Caroline in the City, Ellen, Boy Meets World, Will & Grace, Suddenly Susan, Grosse Pointe and Working (only as a producer).

Eric Midwinter

A recognized cricket historian (he was for seven years President of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians), he is Chairman of the Cricket Society Cricket Book of the Year Award and is a biographer of W.G. Grace.

Godrevy Head to St Agnes

The SSSI is predominantly situated on Devonian sandstones and shales, with the area around St Agnes formed from Grampound grit.

Grace Institute

In 1897, William R. Grace, twice Mayor of New York City, and his brother, Michael P. Grace, with the help and support of William’s wife, Lillius, established Grace Institute as a tuition-free nonsectarian educational and vocational school for immigrant women.

Grit Hammer

Grit Hammer, née Haupt (born 4 June 1966 in Saalfeld, Thuringia) is a retired German shot putter.

Grit, Guts and Gumption

The book documents the story of transformation of State Bank of India from 2006 to 2010 under the chairmanship of O. P. Bhatt.

History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883

This was followed in 1863/64 by another tour to both Australia and New Zealand, led by George Parr and including the amateur E. M. Grace, older brother of W. G..

The match was fiercely contested, as evidenced by W. G. Grace's gamesmanship in running out the naïve 21-year-old Sammy Jones, who had been batting well with his captain.

Huby, Harrogate

A rocky outcrop known as Almscliffe Crag is about one mile north-west of the village; it is formed from millstone grit and is very popular with climbers and boulderers.

Jeff Greenstein

He won the 2000 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series as a co-executive producer of Will & Grace, sharing the award with David Kohan, Max Mutchnick, James Burrows, Alex Herschlag, Adam Barr, Jhoni Marchinko and Tim Kaiser.

John Hopley

He took 6/37 off just 9.3 overs in the first innings, which included the wicket of W. G. Grace.

Keep the Car Running

The song was covered by the Foo Fighters on 17 August and 18 November 2007 during their European Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour at the The O2 in London.

Luciano Giancarlo

Born as Luciano Giancarlo Guizzardi and raised in Bologna, Italy, Giancarlo appeared in such TV shows and films as Gypsy Rose, What I Like About You, Gilmore Girls, Will & Grace, Out of Practice and Arrested Development.

Movimento Italiano Genitori

The association has accused the television shows Will & Grace (broadcast on Italia1) and I Fantastici 5 (the Italian edition of Queer Eye, broadcast on La7) to be a pathetic and unacceptable form of proselytism against children, where is harmful showing homosexuals as happy people and integrated in the society.

Murray Gershenz

He began his acting career late in life, at the age of 79, when he starred in a 2001 episode of Will & Grace.

Patrick Grace

Patrick H. Grace (1832–1896), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

Patrick Kerr

Other television appearances in Kerr's repertoire are on Law & Order, The Drew Carey Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Will & Grace, Friends and the Friends spin-off Joey.

Paul de Leeuw

De Leeuw also remarked that Rouvas and his female co-presenter Maria Menounos reminded him of Will & Grace.

Peter Randall Johnson

Against W. G. Grace's London County side, he took four for 99 and these remained the best bowling figures of his long career.

Raffles, Gentleman Thug

Playing cricket against the world famous W. G. Grace, cheating him and then beating him up in the toilets

Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore

Lord Donoughmore married at St. Michael´s church, Chester-square, on 21 December 1901, Elena Maria Grace, daughter of Michael P. Grace.

Robert Michael Morris

Morris has had notable guest appearances in such series as Will & Grace, How I Met Your Mother, and 2 Broke Girls.

Ron Huberman

The mentoring component and process for identifying the at-risk students were highlighted in Paul Tough’s 2012 book, “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character.”

Roy Fegan

Some of his other acting credits include the television series The Shield, Will & Grace, The Jamie Foxx Show, Matlock, Touched by an Angel, Martin, Married... with Children and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.

Tam O'Shanter – Sullivan

Famous residents of Bridlewood include Mike Myers, whose Wayne's World character was inspired by growing up in the area, Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), and David Furnish, who all attended Bridlewood Public School.

Walnut

However, an investigation of a fatal Boeing CH-47 Chinook crash which occurred on September 11, 1982 in Mannheim, Germany, revealed that the accident was caused by an oil port clogged with walnut grit, leading to the discontinuation of walnut shells as a cleaning agent.

William Moberly

In a match against Yorkshire in Cheltenham 1876, Moberly scored 103 and his captain W. G. Grace an unbeaten 318 when they put on 261 runs for the fifth wicket.

Willie Quaife

Quaife also played for W. G. Grace's London County team and spent the winter of 1912-13 playing for Griqualand West in South Africa.


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