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Robert Moses Grove
Robert Moses Grove (Lefty Grove), 1900-1975, American baseball player, b. Lonaconing, Md. A left-handed pitcher, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1925-33) and Boston Red Sox (1934-41). In 1931 his season record of 31 victories against four defeats (including 16 consecutive wins that equaled an American League record) earned him the league's Most Valuable Player award. In his 17 years he won 300 and lost 141 games for a lifetime winning percentage of .680; he led the league in earned run average nine times and in strikeouts seven times. Grove was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947.
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Where is Robert Moses now that we need him?(influence of New York developer)
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 3/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...wonderful award-winning book on Robert Moses titled "The Power Broker." The...s theme and characterization of Robert Moses was probably miscast and that he...than 100 State parks, topped by Robert Moses Power Dam on the St. Lawrence...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Robert Moses Returns: Power Broker Spurs Caro-Jackson Bout.(Finance)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 1/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...Columbia was planning a big exhibit on Robert Moses, New York's master builder from...part exhibit opening next week, Robert Moses and the Modern City, which includes...publication in 1974, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York has sold...
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Robert Moses, Reconsidered
Magazine article from: The Next American City; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Robert Moses, Reconsidered Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson, eds. Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation...redeems the "Power Broker" IN 1942, ROBERT MOSES, then identified merely as "author...
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Robert Moses: the master builder. (Municipal Art Society, New York) (Architecture) (column)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 4/24/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...Neither the good nor the evil that Robert Moses did has been interred with his...At a two-day conference on "Robert Moses' New York" at the Columbia University...Downs said ruefully. "Do we wish Robert Moses had never happened to New York...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Bloodlines; Robert Moses' new piece touches on racial identity.(Preview)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/13/2006; 700+ words
; ...school archery class in Orange County, Calif., Robert Moses might never have become a dancer. ``As brilliant...San Francisco and American Ballet Theater, Moses formed his own company, Robert Moses' Kin, in 1995. These days, the dancer and...
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ROBERT MOSES STATE PARK CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/27/2008; 700+ words
; ...commemorated the 100th anniversary of Robert Moses State Park, the oldest state park...celebrate the 100th anniversary of Robert Moses State Park at a time when we are...continue our efforts and ensure that Robert Moses State Park remains vital and accessible...
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 "Newsday (Melville, NY)")
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In reappraisal of Robert Moses, much praise: Three-part exhibit offers a less cynical blueprint of the master builder's mixed legacy.
Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY); 2/7/2007; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Justin Davidson Feb. 7--Robert Moses was a man of many titles, but...A new three-part exhibit, "Robert Moses and the Modern City," examines...biography, "The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York." Ballon...
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Robert Moses 1888-1981. (Recroom).(R. I. P.)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Parks & Recreation; 12/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...works that spanned half a century, Robert Moses earned his title, `the master...from Yale, Oxford and Columbia, Robert Moses started his career in public works...St. Lawrence power projects, Robert Moses State Park, Oak Beach, Wildwood...
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The career of Robert Moses: city planning as a microcosm of socialism.(Cameo)
Magazine article from: Independent Review; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Robert Moses was the dominant figure in shaping the built environment...the Henry Hudson Parkway, the Long Island Expressway, the Robert Moses Power Dam at Niagra, the Robert Moses Power Dam at Massena, the Grand Central Parkway, the Southern...
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Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York
Magazine article from: The Architects' Journal; 7/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; BOOK By Robert Cowan Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation...omelette without breaking eggs,' Robert Moses was fond of saying. The eggs were...winning 1974 book Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. In the...
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Robert Moses
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Robert Moses Robert Moses (1888-1981), New York City's controversial impressario of public works, did more to reshape his city and, by example, to influence the course of American urban development than did any other figure of the mid...
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Robert Moses Grove
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Robert Moses Grove (Lefty Grove), 1900-1975, American baseball player, b. Lonaconing, Md. A left-handed pitcher, he played for...
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Moses, Robert Parris 1935—
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Robert Parris Moses 1935 — Educator, civil rights...x2019; s account of those years. Robert Moses ’ s paternal grandfather...competitive city-wide examinations, Robert Moses was admitted to Stuyvesant, a high...
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Moses, Robert
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Moses, Robert 1888-1981 Robert Moses is known as the “ master builder ” of New...Broker or Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson ’ s 2007 Robert Moses and the Modern City ). Both viewed averages and aggregates as...
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Moses, Robert 1888-1981
Book article from: American Decades
MOSES, ROBERT 1888-1981 Urban planner and administrator Master Builder Robert Moses did more than anyone else in the twentieth...parks for New York State. Early Years Robert Moses was born in New Haven, Connecticut...
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