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Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan (Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr.), 1947-, American baseball player, b. Refugio, Tex. A right-handed pitcher with a blazing fastball, he played with the New York Mets, the California Angels, the Houston Astros, and the Texas Rangers while in the major leagues (1967-93). He had 324 career wins,... Read more |
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Peter Victor Ueberroth
Peter Victor Ueberroth 1937-, American business and sports executive, b. Evanston, Ill. As president of the organizing committee for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Ueberroth created a financially successful competition that reversed a trend of heavy deficit spending by host cities and resulted in a... Read more |
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Tony Gwynn
Tony Gwynn 1960- American baseball player Tony Gwynn is one of the greatest players and most prolific hitters in major league baseball history, ranking with Ted Williams and Stan Musial for batting average. Finishing his twenty-year career with the San Diego Padres at age forty-one in 2001, he... Read more |
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Tom Seaver
Tom Seaver 1944- American baseball player As Tom Seaver himself put it, there was nothing like "seeing someone do what they love, and do it so well … then later on being able to do it myself." For millions of fans, Seaver was the epitome of a baseball pitcher, and for nearly two... Read more |
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Natvar Corp. (City of Industry California)
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson (Jack Roosevelt Robinson), 1919-72, American baseball player, the first African-American player in the modern major leagues, b. Cairo, Ga. He grew up in Pasadena, Calif., where he became an outstanding athlete in high school and junior college. While attending (1939-41) the Univ. of... Read more |
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Tim Burton
BURTON, Tim Nationality:American. Born:Burbank, California, 1958. Education:Studied animation at California Institute of Arts, B.A., 1981. Family:Married Lena Gieseke, February 1989 (divorced). Career:Cartoonist since grade school in Burbank;... Read more |
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California) Old Globe Theatre (San Diego
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Richard J Riordan
Richard J. Riordan , 1930-, American businessman and politician, b. Flushing, N.Y. He moved to Los Angeles, where he amassed a fortune through venture capitalism, real estate investment, and leveraged buyouts. In 1993 the conservative Riordan was elected mayor of Los Angeles, the first Republican to... Read more |
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