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Roger Eugene Maris
Roger Eugene Maris , 1934-85, American baseball player, b. Hibbing, Minn. He played (1957-59) for Cleveland and the Kansas City Athletics before joining (1960) the New York Yankees. In 1961, Maris hit 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth 's record of 60 in one season. Ford C. Frick, commissioner of bas... Read more
Budd Schulberg
Budd Schulberg 1914-, American writer, b. New York City, grad. Dartmouth, 1936. Because his father worked for Paramount Studios, Schulberg could observe the corruption of the film industry. His novel What Makes Sammy Run? (1941) is about the rise of a ruthless film magnate. Among his other novels... Read more
Sam Snead
Sam Snead (Samuel Jackson Snead) , 1912-2002, American golfer, b. Ashwood, Va. An outstanding high school athlete, he turned to golf after injuring a hand as a football player. He attracted attention with several professional victories in 1937 and won his first major title, the Professional Golfer... Read more
baseball
baseball bat-and-ball sport known as the national pastime of the United States. It derives its name from the four bases that form a diamond (the infield) around the pitcher's mound. Basic Rules Teams consist of nine players who use a leather-covered hard ball, a wooden (in the professiona... Read more

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Davis Jr., Sammy
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Sammy Davis Jr. Born: December 8, 1925 New York...dancer, and actor American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. had a career that spanned more...Nevada. Learned to tap dance like a master Sammy Davis Jr., born on December 8, 1925...
Sammy Davis Jr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Sammy Davis Jr. American entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990) had a career that spanned more than...progressed to Broadway, film, and performing on the Las Vegas strip. Sammy Davis, Jr.'s death in 1990 robbed American audiences of a...
Sammy Sosa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sammy Sosa (Samuel Kevin Sosa Peralta) , 1968-, Dominican baseball player. An outfielder and designated hitter, he broke into the...
Sammy Baugh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sammy Baugh (Samuel Adrian Baugh), 1914-, American football player, b. near Temple, Tex. The first great passer in the game...
Cahn, Sammy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Cahn, Sammy. See High Button Shoes .
Sammy Cahn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sammy Cahn , 1913-93, American lyricist, b. New York City as Samuel Cohen. With his first collaborator, Saul Chaplin, he wrote...
Lee, (Samuel) Sammy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Lee, [Samuel] Sammy [ né Levy ] (1890–1968), choreographer. A New York native, he began his career as a dancer in The Firefly...
What Makes Sammy Run?
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature What Makes Sammy Run?, novel by Budd Schulberg .
Schulberg, Budd (Wilson)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...novelist, reared in Hollywood, which he satirized in What Makes Sammy Run? (1941), about a dynamic but vicious opportunist. His...1990). He collaborated on a musical version of What Makes Sammy Run? (1964) and dramatized The Disenchanted (1958). His...
High Button Shoes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...comedy by Stephen Longstreet (book), Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics). [New Century Theatre, 727 perf.] Con artist...Kops” ballet set on the beach at Atlantic City. Sammy CAHN (1913–93) was one of Hollywood's most successful...

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Cahn, Sammy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers CAHN, Sammy Lyricist. Nationality: American. Born: Samuel Cohen in New York City, 18 June 1913. Family: Married 1) Gloria Delson...
Kureishi, Hanif
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...x2014;originally for TV) (+ sc) 1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (Frears) (+ sc...films such as My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, are recognisable beyond...second collaboration with the director, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, is no less impressive...
Ambition
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Scythian bandit becomes king of Persia and ruler of Turkey and Babylon. [Br. Drama: Tamburlaine the Great in Magill I, 950] What Makes Sammy Run a dynamic but vicious opportunist attains success. [Am. Lit.: What Makes Sammy Run ]
Van Halen
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...lead vocals (born Malden, Massachusetts, 26 July 1961); Sammy Hagar, lead vocals (born Monterey, California, 13 October...a solo career. The band recruited the arena rock journeyman Sammy Hagar as lead vocalist, which began a more earnest but no less...
Mackendrick, Alexander
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Mandy ; Crash of Silence ) 1954 The Maggie (High and Dry ) (+ story) 1955 The Ladykillers 1957 Sweet Smell of Success 1963 Sammy Going South (A Boy Ten Feet Tall ) 1965 A High Wind in Jamaica 1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and...
Bloom, Claire
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Czarina Alexandra); Hold the Dream (Don Sharp—for TV) (as Edwina); Liberty (Sarafian—for TV) 1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (Frears) (as Alice); Intimate Contact (Hussein—for TV) (as Ruth) 1988 Beryl Markham...
Caron, Leslie
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as Vera); Valentino (Ken Russell) (as Alla Nazimova) 1978 The Contract (Hui) 1979 Goldengirl (Sargent) (as Dr. Sammy Lee); Tous vedettes (Michel Lang) 1981 Kontrakt (The Contract ) (Zanussi) (as Penelope); Chanel solitaire (Kaczender...
Crystal, Billy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Deconstructing Harry (Allen) (as Larry/Satan); I Am Your Child (Reiner—for TV) 1998 My Giant (Lehman) (as Sam "Sammy" Kamin) (+ pr, sc) 1999 Analyze This (Ramis) (as Ben Sobol) (+ exec pr); Get Bruce (doc) (Kuehn) (as himself...
De Niro, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Jimmy); The Deer Hunter (Cimino) (as Mike) 1980 Raging Bull (Scorsese) (as Jake LaMotta); The Swap (Shade) (as Sammy) 1981 True Confessions (Grosbard) (as Des Spellacy) 1982 The King of Comedy (Scorsese) (as Rupert Pupkin) 1984 Once...
Woods, James
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Ryan) 1977 The Choirboys (Aldrich) (as Harold Bloomgard); Raid on Entebbe (Kershner—for TV) (as Capt. Sammy Berg) 1978 The Gift of Love (Chaffey—for TV) (as Alfred Browning) 1979 The Onion Field (Becker) (as Gregory...

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Sammy in the suitcase.(Short Story)
Magazine article from: Boy's Quest; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Sammy, a matted, mixed terrier lived with an...Pizzeria. During the day, the old man took Sammy on walks around the city. They visited the...old man would slip into his cardboard box; Sammy would curl up nearby inside a small, tattered...
Sammy the Spartan reflects on SJSU mascot career
News Wire article from: University Wire; 5/12/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...bleeding Spartan blue and gold. Just ask Sammy the Spartan. A few days before the search for a new Sammy the Spartan began on Wednesday night, the Spartan Daily caught up with the current Sammy. It's not that hard, really. Sammy the...
Sammy Sosa Commemorative Online Auction Set for Sept 30, Bidhit.com Auction Features Exclusive Sosa Collectibles.
Business Wire; 9/29/1999; 700+ words ; ...announce the items to be featured in the Sammy Sosa Commemorative Online Auction. Bidding...this is a "one-day only" event. Sammy Sosa star outfielder for the Chicago Cubs...items to be auctioned are as follows: - Sammy Sosa 1995-96 Game Used black Rawlings...
Sammy's Story They'll be cremating Sammy Johnstone today. Health officials say he is one of 34 victims of a rogue batch of heroin being dealt in Scotland and the north of England. But, on the streets of Glasgow, those who were closest to Sammy aren't so sure...
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/13/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Beaming out from each is the face of Sammy Johnstone, the cousin she grew up with...to be made," she reflects, "But when Sammy came into a room he was always smiling...observation seems to be true. There's Sammy in his twenties, with all his mates...
SAMMY WAS THE PET WHO ROARED.(FRONT)(THE TALK)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 10/19/2006; 700+ words ; ...a name Gino disliked. He renamed him Sammy. Not too long after that, the name was changed again. We started calling him Big Sammy, Gino said. By that time the lion weighed...Gino said. But like a lot of youngsters, Sammy could be rambunctious. In their living...
Sammy Davis, Jr.'s 'Music, Money, Madness'
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 9/16/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...CONAN NPR Talk of the Nation 09-16-2008 Sammy Davis, Jr.'s 'Music, Money, Madness...Conan in Washington. There's the legend Sammy Davis Jr. we remember as a brilliant performer...Straighten Up and Fly Right") Mr. SAMMY DAVIS JR.: (Singing) A buzzard took...
Nothing Sammy Sosa can say will erase doubts.
Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX); 2/24/2007; 700+ words ; ...Allegations of steroid use have stained Sammy Sosa's good name. That's the sad reality...must ask questions about steroid use. Sammy, of course, isn't interested in talking...going away. Nor should they. Not when Sammy has been linked with Bonds, McGwire...
Sammy to use PowerVR based system-on-chip; Hitachi to supply Sammy with highly integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) device with PowerVR Technology.
M2 Presswire; 6/6/2002; 700+ words ; ...June 2002-IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES: Sammy to use PowerVR based system-on-chip; Hitachi to supply Sammy with highly integrated System-on-Chip...property (IP), today announced that Sammy Corporation of Japan (TSE:6426) will...
Sammy Davis Jr. 1925-1990: the legacy of the world's greatest entertainer. (includes quotations)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 7/1/1990; ; 700+ words ; SAMMY DAVIS JR. 1925-1990 GEORGE Burns said "a phenomenon like him" comes...Cos [Bill Cosby], and Sidney [Poitier] would not be Sidney, if Sammy had not been Sammy." Sammy Davis Jr., the rare and extravagant spirit who was the object...
SAMMY THE BULL: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN JOHN GOTTI
Transcript from: ABC Primetime Live; 4/16/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...against organized crime, in part because of Sammy The Bull Gravano, who agreed to turn against...quite like this. ANNOUNCER: “Sammy The Bull: The Man Who Brought Down John...PrimeTime Live -- tonight, “Sammy The Bull: The Man Who Brought Down John...