Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007) was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs.
Evans, who was born Jewish, but later moved away from organized religion, citing it as a major cause of violence in the world was born in Salamanca, New York to Philip and Frances Lipsitz Evans. He was valedictorian of his high school class, where he played clarinet in the band. The Salamanca High School yearbook from 1931 states: "His original themes and brilliant oral talks are the despair of his classmates. Ray's quite a humorist, too. At times, his satire is positively killing." He received a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in 1936, writing a senior thesis on "The relation between the central bank, member banks and the money market."
Evans met Jay Livingston while a student at Penn. Together they played in the University's college dance orchestra, "The Continentals." During school vacations the orchestra was engaged to play on several international cruises. After graduation the duo continued their partnership, seeking a career as a song-writing team in New York and later Hollywood. Their first big break came after auditioning for comedians Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson in 1939. Their song "G'Bye Now" made it into Olsen and Johnson's Broadway revue Hellzapoppin'. In 1946 Livingston and Evans signed a contract with Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
Raymond Richard Evans (September 22, 1922 – April 24, 1999) was an American football halfback. He was an All-American in football and a two time All-American in basketball at the University of Kansas and is considered possibly the greatest overall athlete to ever attend KU. In addition to his multi-sport prowess in college, Evans would go on to play professional football and basketball, and was even offered a contract to play baseball for the New York Yankees.
He played both halfback on offense and defensive back on defense at KU. During his 1947 All-American season, Evans led the Jayhawks to a Big Six Conference championship and an appearance in the Orange Bowl. He also holds the distinction as the only NCAA football player ever to lead the nation in passing on offense and interceptions on defense in the same season. In fact, Evans is still the Jayhawks single-season (10) and career (17) leader in interceptions.
Evans was also a standout guard on the basketball team where he played for the legendary Phog Allen. He was an All-American member of the 1943 conference championship team (which also featured Charles B. Black and Otto Schnellbacher) that is regarded as one of the greatest in the basketball program's proud history.
Raymond Leslie "Ray" Evans (born 20 September 1949) is a former English footballer who played in the position of full back in England and the United States. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, Millwall, Fulham and Stoke City.
Evans was born in Edmonton, London and joined Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice in May 1965, and signed as a full professional in 1967, making his league debut in March 1969 at Arsenal. He made 181 appearances including four as substitute in all competitions for the club between 1969–1974 and scored two goals. Evans featured in both legs of the 1974 UEFA Cup Final against Feyenoord with Spurs losing 4–2 on aggregate.
He joined Millwall for a fee of £35,000 in January 1975. He helped the Lions win promotion to the Second Division in 1975–76 and made 91 appearances for the club in three seasons.During the summer of 1977, Evans played for the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League. He transferred to Fulham in March 1977 where he played 91 for the Craven Cottage side as they posted three season of mid-table in the Second Division. In 1978, he returned to the United States where he played for the California Surf. He was selected for the First Team All-Star team in 1978. In August 1979 he return to England and signed for Stoke City. He played 44 times for Stoke in 1979–80 scoring a penalty against Aston Villa. He played in 36 matches in 1980–81 and 26 times in 1981–82. He returned to the United States after making 106 appearances for the Potters.
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The Fight is a 1975 non-fiction book by Norman Mailer about the boxing title fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman at Kinshasa in Zaire in 1974, known as the Rumble in the Jungle.
The author is both the narrator and, in an example of illeism, a central figure in the story. To begin with, "Norman" goes to Ali's training camp at Deer Lake, Pennsylvania and observes his preparations. Clearly, Ali is his hero. He meets his entourage, among them Bundini, and the sparring partners such as Larry Holmes, Eddie Jones, and Roy Williams. The next scene is in Kinshasa where President Mobutu of Zaire has underwritten the fight, a showcase of "Black honour", a victory for "Mobutuism". Ali is stationed at Nsele and getting ready. The fight, however, is postponed when Foreman incurs a cut during his training. "Norman" can go back to the United States.
One month later, Mailer is back in Kinshasa, staying at the Inter-Continental hotel where most of George Foreman's people are staying as well, also the promoters, and even some of Ali's retinue. Mailer glows in the admiration of the black Americans: "A man of wisdom" (Ali)," the champ among writers" (Foreman), "a genius" (Don King). He reads "Bantu Philosophy" and learns that "humans (are) forces, not beings".
"The Fight" is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 74th overall. It originally aired on December 8, 2008.
A bartender, Doug (Will Sasso), gets Ted and Barney involved in a fight with a group of guys sitting in the gang's favorite booth (Doug is very loyal to the regular customers). Marshall and Lily try to warn them off, but Barney vows to join in when Robin reveals that she thinks fights (particularly fight scars) are sexy. Ted also joins in as an experience he thinks he should have sometime in his life.
When they arrive in the back alley, Doug has knocked out the guys single-handedly. Ted and Barney try to give him credit, but he insists they were in the fight as well. Afraid of appearing unmasculine, they take the credit after Barney creates "battle wounds" by blackening his own eye and punching Ted in the nose. They earn the admiration of everyone except Marshall, who claims that he used to fight with his brothers and Ted and Barney wouldn't stand a chance. Ted and Barney laugh it off.
Ray Evans (1915–2007) was an American songwriter.
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It was me and mike in our hometown
We were hangin out playin on the playground
We were runnin round doin our thing
Then up walks James and his gang
We said hey we dont want any trouble
Then james said well I hate to burst your bubble
But your about to get your butt kicked bad
Your bout to get shot, your bout to get stabbed
Then james sent two of his guys
We punched them in the eye and they both began to cry
Mike said james you better back up
You keep talkin smack you gon get smacked up
James said go attack right now
The situation turned into a real fight now
2 vs 2 were the two man crew
Yeah its true cuz we stick together just like glue
It's a fight to the finish a battle to the death
The only one who leaves is the last man left
We're the toughest of the tough, we're the best of the best
We're the best and we're better than the rest
It's a fight to the finish, a battle to the death
The only one who leaves is the last man left
We're the toughest of the tough, we're the best of the best
We're the best and we're better than the rest
Bulldog chased me to the top of the slide
I kicked him off the side, everybody thought he died
But he didn't cuz he never does
Bulldog is the toughest bad guy that there ever was
Mike was fighting like he never fought before
He punched snake eyes and he knocked him on the floor
But snake eyes is a crafty little guy
He grabbed Mike's leg and he stabbed him in the thigh
Mike pulled out the knife, he was fighting for his life
Then bulldog shot me in the left arm twice
It felt like a spike, I ran over to Mike
I looked at Bulldog and said you better take a hike
Me and Mike locked arms and we started spinning round
To the average human being we looked like a couple clowns
But me and mike both knew what to do
Them punks came runnin' and they both went boom
It's a fight to the finish a battle to the death
The only one who leaves is the last man left
We're the toughest of the tough, we're the best of the best
We're the best and we're better than the rest
It's a fight to the finish a battle to the death
The only one who leaves is the last man left
We're the toughest of the tough, we're the best of the best