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San Pedro High School boys win basketball title
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The San Pedro boys basketball team took home its second
championship in 101 years of the sport at the school March 4.
The California Interscholastic Federation Los Angeles City
Invitational title came when the Pirates defeated Cleveland 54-49 in
the game played at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
The Los Angeles City Section playoffs are composed of the top 16
teams. The invitational playoff is made up of 16 teams.
"I've been to seven title games now and this was the most special
to me," said Coach John Bobich. "I say that for two reasons. First,
just to see how far these kids have come over the ...
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Herman Melville, Matthew Perry, and the narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the china seas and Japan.
Magazine article from: Leviathan
; ...the fastest ships in the navy. Perry chose his brother-in-law...it. Also on board were two of Perry's sons: twenty-one-year-old Lieutenant Matthew Calbraith Perry, Jr. and seventeen-year-old...
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The incredible saga of Matthew Perry
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Would you believe that Commodore Perry, visiting Japan in 1853 to open...Island in 1794 of proud family, Matthew Calbraith Perry became a midshipman at 15 and...1812, but Oliver died young and Matthew aimed to outdo him. Matthew commanded...
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Perry's mission to Japan paved way to modern world
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...1901, the 48th anniversary of Perry's landing, the Japanese themselves...impressive monument at Yokohama to Perry, a memorial that survived World...American history, including "Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat...
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Commodore Perry as White Phantom: Moby-Dick in the context of the modern age.
Magazine article from: Leviathan
; ...the "white phantom" personified by Commodore Perry. I propose that Perry can be interpreted as the threatening figure...reasoning" whiteness personified in Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry who threatened the Japanese during 1853-1854...
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Fowler was first: nine years after Kitty Hawk, the first flier touched down on Mississippi's Gulf Coast.(LOOKING BACK)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Magazine
; ...persuaded him to give up the quest. Meanwhile, Calbraith "Cal" Perry Rodgers, whose great-grandfather Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (sailing the first U.S.S. Mississippi...
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Flying ACROSS AMERICA
Magazine article from: Montana; The Magazine of Western History
; ...newspapers announced that a third contestant, Calbraith "CaI" Perry Rodgers, had set out to fly a Wright-built...the accomplishments of his ancestors Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry and Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, Rodgers believed...
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A 'Valuable Perspective' on Early U.S.-Japan Relations
Magazine article from: Army
; ...reclusive orthodoxy that excluded it. Neither Perry nor those who had preceded him knew or understood...off, setting an example to be followed by Perry on his subsequent visit. Matthew Calbraith Perry was a middle-aged sea dog, a veteran of...
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Business In Great Waters
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...the Decaturs, Preble, Macdonough and Oliver Hazard Perry. His narrative of the 30 years after the War of 1812...Exploring Expedition in the Pacific, 1839-1842, Matthew Calbraith Perry in Japan, and the elderly Andrew Jackson's conversion...
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JAPANESE EXPORT ARCHITECTURE FOR CU EXHIBIT.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...just about everyone: When U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry made his first landing in Japan, in July 1853, it...Desiring to open trade and seek a coaling port, Perry was rebuffed, but returned in March 1854 and sailed...
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Nuggets worth noting
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize for "Matthew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat" (Naval Institute Press). Perry led an expedition to Japan in 1853 to establish formal...
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