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May 5, 2009
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Elliot L. Gilbert, 60, chairman of the English department at UC Davis.
Feb. 14, 1991
Movies
Regarding the July 5 Off-Centerpiece on the aging of Geena Davis’ character in “A League of Their Own”: As the wife of a special-effects makeup artist and having been privy to some of the “insides” of the makeup industry, I found Elliot Abbott’s remarks (“We had never seen anybody do any of the older makeup that looked very good”) to be that of an obvious makeup oaf.
July 19, 1992
Books
WRONGFUL DEATH: A Medical Tragedy by Sandra M. Gilbert (W.W. Norton: $22.50; 365 pp.).
March 26, 1995
California
About $900 has been raised by employees at Bob’s Big Boy restaurants around Orange County for the 21-month-old daughter of a waitress killed Jan. 5.
Jan. 28, 1990
Politics
* The other energy crisis in California--Gov. Gray Davis. ELLIOT SEMMELMAN Los Angeles
April 11, 2001
Sports
Northern Colorado’s unseeded Nancy Roe took advantage of second-seeded teammate Sandra Elliot’s poor serving and won the NCAA Division II women’s singles championship, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, Saturday at Cal State Northridge.
May 11, 1986
Local Lakes Recover Quickly From Runoff-Related Die-Off
May 22, 1998
“CB4” (citywide), a musical comedy about three gangsta rappahs from Locash, Calif., is part satire, part celebration.
March 12, 1993
A Sonoma County judge has turned down a state request to delay an order freeing a convicted killer after 18 years in prison.
June 12, 2002