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John Kay
John Kay 1704-64, English inventor. He patented (1733) the fly shuttle, operated by pulling a cord that drove the shuttle to either side, freeing one hand of the weaver to press home the weft. Workers in the weaving industry who regarded Kay's invention as a threat to their jobs mobbed Kay and... Read more |
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weaver bird
weaver bird name for the Ploceidae, a family of Old World seed-eating birds closely resembling finches (hence the alternate name weaver finch). It includes a number of so-called goldfinches and waxbill finches that are actually weaver birds, rather than true finches of the family Fringillidae. The... Read more |
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Earl Warren
Earl Warren 1891-1974, American public official and 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953-69), b. Los Angeles. He graduated from the Univ. of California Law School in 1912. Admitted (1914) to the bar, he practiced in Oakland, Calif., and held several local offices. He served (1939-43) as... Read more |
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Norman Jewison
Jewison, Norman 1926-PERSONALFull name, Norman Frederick Jewison; born July 21, 1926, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; son of Percy Joseph (manager of a general store and post office) and Dorothy Irene (maiden name, Weaver) Jewison; married Margaret Ann "Dixie" Dixon (a model), July 11, 1953 (died... Read more |
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Thomas Deloney
Thomas Deloney , c.1543-c.1600, English ballad writer, fiction writer, and pamphleteer. He was a silk weaver. Deloney's chief works are three prose narratives— Jack of Newbury, Thomas of Reading, and The Gentle Craft (all c.1597)—relating to the clothier's, weaver's, and shoemaker's... Read more |
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James Baird Weaver
James Baird Weaver 1833-1912, American political leader, b. Dayton, Ohio. Reared in frontier areas of Michigan and Iowa, he practiced law in Iowa. He served in the Union army in the Civil War and rose from the rank of private to that of brevet brigadier general. He held several offices in Iowa... Read more |
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damask
damask [from Damascus ], fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or man-made fibers, with a pattern formed by the weaving; e.g., the ground may be in twill weave, and the contrasting design in satin. True damasks are flat and reversible, thus differing from brocades. Splendid patterns, silks, and... Read more |
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oriole
oriole common name applied to various perching birds of the Old (family Oriolidae) and New (family Icteridae) Worlds. The European orioles are allied to the crows, while the American orioles, of the hangnest group, belong to the blackbird and meadowlark family. Old World orioles are found in... Read more |
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Robert Clifton Weaver
Robert Clifton Weaver 1907-, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1966-68), b. Washington, D.C. He was successively adviser to the Secretary of the Interior (1933-37), special assistant with the Housing Authority (1937-40), and an administrative assistant with the National Defense... Read more |
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Weaver elected to Hall of Fame: `Earl of Baltimore' won 1,480 games as...
...likely be former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver kicking it up as...s most successful managers and known as much...and another former Oriole manager from the turn of...general ... |
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Baltimore's Earl Is Crowned; Ornery Oriole Manages Way Into Hall of Fame
Earl Weaver had taken about three...to an era when the Orioles were something special...emotional little manager named Earl Weaver. In 17 seasons...deemed a genius, Earl Weaver was ... |
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Former Orioles Leave Baltimore, Worries Behind
...against the Orioles, he had two...leaving the Orioles after the...stellar general manager, Doug Melvin...is an ex-Oriole, too. Oates...manager of the Orioles, when he...Orioles, Earl ... |
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1977: When Earl Weaver became Earl Weaver.(The SABR Era)
...argue that no manager this side...as much as Earl Weaver. In his seminal...whether managers, players...the games. Managers may resort...Weaver was a manager with a plan...The Earl of ... |
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KICKING, SCREAMING TO COOPERSTOWN FEISTY EARL OF ORIOLES ENTERS HALL OF FAME...
...years in the Baltimore organization...seasons with the Orioles, Baylor was...Jackson to the Orioles. Baylor was...here's the manager crying...manager was Earl Weaver, who will be...in Chicago. ... |
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The Earl of Baltimore
...latest inductee, Earl Weaver, manager of the Baltimore Orioles. For all of its...year reign in Baltimore seems to bear out...success. In 1969, Baltimore fell to New York...used by today's ... |
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Oriole Weaver to retire again
...Don't look for Earl Weaver to manage the Baltimore Orioles next season. Owner...New York Yankee manager Lou Piniella...quits managing Baltimore. Do look for Oriole coaches Cal Ripken...replace ... |
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ORIOLES NOTEBOOK; Paper Trail Leads Back To Weaver
...first spring training as manager of the Baltimore Orioles, and he says that he's...suspecting that the dean of all Orioles managers, Earl Weaver, would be pleased as well...wanted to do it the way the ... |
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Baltimore Orioles pitcher was the first Latino to win the Cy Young Award
...lead the Baltimore Orioles to the 1970 World...into a star. In Baltimore, the Cuban-born...Mr. Cuellar led Baltimore to three straight...performance at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium...Orioles Hall of Fame ... |
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WEAVER FIGHTS BACK TEARS.(SPORTS)
...He is The Earl of Baltimore, and the fans of the Baltimore Orioles let Earl Weaver know where he...d say a good manager means 10 more...said. ''A bad manager can screw up...find that bad ... |
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