earl

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To find the city as spellbound by its basketball team, you have to go back to the 1970 and 1973 champions, with the likes of Walt Frazier, Willis Reed and smooth Earl “The Pearl” Monroe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Earl Warren, began insisting on the enforcement of the desegregation mandate of Brown v.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

The play, directed by Whitney White, opened at the James Earl Jones Theatre on Broadway in October 2025 and ran until February 2026.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

D. Earl Stephens served as managing editor of Stars and Stripes from 1998 to 2009.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

“Like a sandwich is named after the Earl of Sandwich.”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg