v. orig. Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen born Dec. 26, 1921, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 30, 2000, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. entertainer and songwriter. He appeared as a comedian on radio in the 1940s before moving to late-night television, where he created and hosted The Tonight Show (1953-57) and The Steve Allen Show (1957-60). He hosted several other television shows, including Meeting of Minds (1977-81). He composed over 3,000 songs, including "Picnic" and "Impossible," and appeared in films such as The Benny Goodman Story (1956) and The Sunshine Boys (1975)
{i} Stephen Bantu Biko (1946-1977), black South African anti-Apartheid activist who was arrested many times and died in police custody after severe beatings, founder of the Black Consciousness Movement
a black South African political leader who started the Black Consciousness Movement, an organization that fought against apartheid (=the system in which black people had no political rights, and black and white people had to live in different areas) . He died while being questioned by the police (1946-77)
in full Steven Norman Carlton born Dec. 22, 1944, Miami, Fla., U.S. U.S. baseball pitcher. Carlton pitched in junior college before signing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1965. A left-handed pitcher, he won 20 or more games in a single season six times and was a four-time Cy Young Award winner for best pitcher. He played for the Cardinals (1966-70), the Philadelphia Phillies (1971-83), and several other teams. His career total of 4,136 strikeouts is second only to that of Nolan Ryan
a British snooker player who was extremely successful in the 1980s. He played very calmly and quietly, and was often called "boring" as a joke (1958- )
(born 1945) United States comic actor and screenwriter, star of "The Jerk" and "All of Me", former cast member on the television series "Saturday Night Live
born Aug. 14, 1945, Waco, Texas, U.S. U.S. comedian and writer. He began writing for the Smothers Brothers in 1967. In the 1970s he wrote for and performed on shows such as Saturday Night Live. His slapstick and absurdist humour were showcased in The Jerk (1979), which he both wrote and starred in. His other film comedies include All of Me (1984), Roxanne (1987), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Parenthood (1989), L.A. Story (1991), Bowfinger (1999), and Bringing Down the House (2003). He wrote the stage play Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1995)
born March 24, 1930, Beech Grove, Ind., U.S. died Nov. 7, 1980, Juárez, Mex. U.S. film actor. He served time in a reform school and a stint in the U.S. Marines before studying acting in New York City. He won notice on Broadway in A Hatful of Rain (1955) and made his screen debut in Somebody up There Likes Me (1956), then starred in the television series Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958-61). Cool and stoical, his loner heroes spoke through actions and rarely with words in films such as The Great Escape (1963), The Sand Pebbles (1966), Bullitt (1968), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Papillon (1973), and The Towering Inferno (1974)
in full Stephen Michael Ovett born Oct. 9, 1955, Brighton, Sussex, Eng. British runner. He was the winner of gold (in the 800-m race) and bronze medals at the 1980 Olympic Games. In the course of his career, Ovett set six world records; however, his best-known races were those that pitted him against his countryman and rival Sebastian Coe
orig. Stephen Michael Reich born Oct. 3, 1936, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. composer. He majored in philosophy at Cornell University. After musical study with Darius Milhaud and Luciano Berio, he pursued interests in Balinese and African music, learning drumming in Ghana. His early music explored the process of simultaneous repeated patterns gradually slipping out of phase ("process music"). With Terry Riley (b. 1935) and Philip Glass, he was among the most prominent of the early "minimalists" of the 1970s. His early works include Drumming (1971) and Music for 18 Musicians (1976); later works such as The Desert Music (1983) and Different Trains (1988) show a considerably expanded compositional vocabulary
A phrase, often satirical, recasting the Biblical couple of Adam and Eve as a homosexual couple, Adam and Steve. In context, it may be used as a pejorative against either homosexuality or religious opposition to it