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Larry Doby
Larry Doby 1924-2003 American baseball player Larry Doby is the invisible man in the struggle to bring black players into major league baseball. For most of his career Doby lived in the long shadow cast by Jackie Robinson , the first African-American to play major league baseball. Doby, who... Read more |
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Green Ribbon Club
Green Ribbon Club. An important Whig venue in London, formed in the mid-1670s and so-called from the colours its members wore in their hats. Based at the King's Head in Chancery Lane, it played a major part in staging rowdy pope-burning processions and other demonstrations during the Exclusion... Read more |
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Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby 1896-1963, American baseball player and manager, b. Winters, Tex. He started in major league baseball in 1915 as a shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals and later (1920) became a second baseman, and managed the club in 1926-27. The "Rajah" was the National League batting champion... Read more |
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Palestinian Americans
PALESTINIAN AMERICANS by Ken Kurson Overview Historical Palestine stretched from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to lands east of the Jordan River, according to commentators, and was bordered by Syria on the north and Egypt on the south. Most of this land is now controlled by... Read more |
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Alfred Moore
MOORE, ALFRED As an associate justice, Alfred Moore served on the U.S. Supreme Court for five years. The ardent federalist, whose life and political career involved danger, controversy, and principled stands, left little mark on the Court's business during his service from 1799 to 1804. Although he... Read more |
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Sir Thomas North
Sir Thomas North 1535?-1601?, English translator. He is famous for his translation of Plutarch, entitled Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (1579), which he made from the French of Jacques Amyot. This work, ornate but vivid, was a source for many of Shakespeare's plays, among them Antony and... Read more |
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Dogger Bank
Dogger Bank , extensive sandbank, c.6,800 sq mi (17,610 sq km), central North Sea, between Great Britain and Denmark. Covered by shallow water (c.55-120 ft/17-36 m deep), it is a major breeding ground for many types of fish. Important cod and herring fisheries are there.... Read more |
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