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Rodgers

[roj-erz]

noun

  1. James Charles Jimmie, 1897–1933, U.S. country-and-western singer, guitarist, and composer.

  2. Richard, 1902–79, U.S. composer of popular music.

  3. William Henry Bill, born 1947, U.S. distance runner.



Rodgers

/ ˈɒə /

noun

  1. Richard . 1902–79, US composer of musical comedies. He collaborated with the librettist Lorenz Hart on such musicals as A Connecticut Yankee (1927), On Your Toes (1936), and Pal Joey (1940). After Hart's death his librettist was Oscar Hammerstein II. Two of their musicals, Oklahoma! (1943) and South Pacific (1949), received the Pulitzer Prize

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Stafford and Adams were on opposite sides of the field for years when Stafford played for the Detroit Lions while Adams caught passes from Rodgers with the Packers.

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This season, Brendan Rodgers' side won the Scottish Premiership and League Cup, while also reaching the knockout stage of the Champions League.

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The Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart spotted Arnaz in a Miami Beach club called La Conga, and with his collaborator, Richard Rodgers, invited him to audition for their new Broadway musical, “Too Many Girls.”

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Celtic had the scent of a treble in their nostrils and Brendan Rodgers had the air of invincibility in his demeanour.

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The New York Jets, minus Aaron Rodgers, and New England Patriots won’t get as many prime-time appearances as they once did.

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