Dick Shelton of Kent, Wash., asks what British term was the equivalent of "vaudeville" in the United States: the mixture of singers, comedians and specialty acts that once dominated the American entertainment business. The answer is "music hall." What Brits called "vaudeville" was a more lowbrow entertainment, roughly equivalent to "burlesque" in the U.S.

You've no doubt heard of Dr. Henry Jay Heimlich, of Heimlich maneuver fame. The good doct ...

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