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  • In addition, Mikan also stunned the basketball world by his unique ... led the Gears to the championship of the World Basketball Tournament, where ...
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  • and publications in the English-speaking world, a position of great import ... to public morality and in 1932 he gave a series of radio broadcasts on psychoanalysis ...
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  • It was use by the United States military during World War I that brought ... word jeep. R. Lee Ermey, on his television series Mail Call, disputes this ...
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  • #039;s books. Blyton is noted for numerous series of books based on recurring ... She is probably best known for several book series, including those ...
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  • almost five years in the military during World War II and the Korean War. ... (Williams also hit .400 in 1952 and .407 in 1953, both partial seasons.) ...
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  • constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional ... and American League arranged to meet in the World Series to determine the world ...
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  • Thornton, which became a hit for her in 1953. It also became a world-famous ... The duo formed Spark Records in 1953. Their hits during this time ...
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  • role as the witch Endora in the television series Bewitched. ... Sorry, Wrong Number also inspired writers of the television series ...
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  • teaching the younger players the way of the baseball world. ... in 1924 and 1925. He played in three World Series--in 1916, for the ...
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  • Kelly began a series of comic books based on fairy tales and nursery ... Perhaps the most famous quotation to come from this series is, "We ...
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  • pursuits. He was a war correspondent during World War II. He contributed--the ... to realize that no young artist starts the world all over again for himself ...
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  • * 5x Pro Bowl selection (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) * 10x All-Pro selection (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 ...
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  • MacNeice died in December 1914 after a series of illnesses including uterine ... service. Dan would return to England in 1953, but went to live permanently ...
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  • Bing Crosby Enterprises (BCE), gave the world's first demonstration ... similar to what RCA had demonstrated in 1953 (see below). CBS, RCA's ...
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  • 27, 1871, Berlin, German Empire – May 21, 1953, Freiburg im Breisgau, West ... centre for mathematical research in the world, where he completed his habilitation ...
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  • and highest-paid entertainers during World War II. Other film successes ... the morale of the American public during World War II. Eager to lend their ...
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  • Gielgud was convicted in 1953 of "persistently importuning for ... Caesar (1950) (which he immortalized in the 1953 film), Leontes in The Winter ...
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  • Walt Disney Productions, and the Disney World and Disneyland entertainment ... magic, and joy to millions throughout the world. The subjects of his films ...
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  • Past, the wild strawberries trigger a series of flashbacks in which both ... to lose. The game is interrupted by a series of episodes, including the ...
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  • was a key figure in the eyes of the world in challenging the moral ... Following evacuation in 1941 during the World War II, he graduated in Aşgabat ...
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  • 1904 – January 20, 1984) was one of the world's best swimmers in the ... On July 9, 1922, Weissmuller broke Duke Kahanamoku's world record ...
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  • had a substantial impact on the jazz world. One of their first (and ... sub-par record (and re-recorded the tune in 1953 for Verve Records, this time ...
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  • with 150 or more hits (17). He won one World Series ring with the Milwaukee ... Clowns to victory in the 1952 Negro League World Series. Shortly thereafter ...
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  • Ruth in 1948; Don Larsen's perfect World Series game in 1956; Roger ... ===The World Series=== Since its 1923 opening, 37 of 83 World Series ...
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  • during the Third Reich. Following the post-World War II division of Germany ... and remained in captivity until the end of World War II. At the end of the ...
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  • assault on the Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953, and ended on January 1, 1959 ... In the context of the Cold War between the Western world, led by the ...
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  • WABC-AM 880, to WCBS-AM in 1946. In 1953, WJZ in New York took on the ... time television network service. By mid-1953, Goldenson had begun a two ...
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  • 1934-1961, was a monumental synthesis of world history, a metahistory based ... of the roles of religious traditions world wide. Rejecting a natural ...
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  • both in the United States and around the world not just for its financial ... for freedom, peace, and prosperity in a world filled with challenges. ...
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  • Skelton also helped sell World War II war bonds on the top-rated show ... Skelton was drafted in March 1944, and the popular series was discontinued ...
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  • section, and participated as cellist in the world premiere of Verdi's ... his career in Italy, entrusted with the world premieres of Puccini's ...
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  • A.L. championship pennant winners and seven World Series championship clubs ... Among Mantle's many accomplishments are all-time World Series ...
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  • freedom, and education throughout the world. It provided funding for ... Throughout the 1950s, the foundation provided a series of arts and ...
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  • Theatre. She also played Herodias in Salome (1953). She returned to ... On May 10, 1953 she starred, together with Burgess Meredith, in a ...
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  • In 1953, Rogers married her fourth husband, lawyer Jacques Bergerac ... to Camp White for the war effort during World War II. Rogers loved to fish ...
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  • writer of the nouveau roman, published a series of essays on the nature and ... His first novel The Erasers (Les Gommes) was published in 1953, after ...
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  • Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1 ... The nation's entrance into World War II in 1941 marked the beginning ...
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  • as influenced, many modern languages of the world, including Hindi, Bengali ... is one of the largest poetic works in the world. While it is clearly a poetic ...
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  • Mayer who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of ... protecting the homefront during the Second World War in Mrs. Miniver, co-starring ...
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  • who pioneered bridging the Far Eastern world and the West by introducing ... was one of the invited speakers at the World Parliament of Religions held ...
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  • and is widely considered one of the world's greatest pianists ... from public performances (1936-1938, 1953-1965, 1969-1974, 1983-1985 ...
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  • public both in the US and around the world. Former Federal Reserve Board ... of Economics. He spent the academic year 1953-1954 as a Visiting Fellow ...
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  • drawn from his wide range of experiences in World War I, the Spanish Civil ... from isolation and entry into the first World War created a new, faster ...
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  • . The American League champion plays in the World Series against the National ... postseason play in 1903 with the inaugural World Series, won by the Boston ...
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  • were also featured in the 1951 CBS radio series, Your Tropical Trip. ... Ball to adapt her very popular radio series, My Favorite Husband, for ...
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  • announcer carried live on radio for the World Series game. Rice preferred ... announcer carried live on radio for the World Series game. ...
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  • fourth largest body of water of any of the world's principal oceans. ... oceanographers to be the youngest of the world's oceans, formed only ...
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  • establishment of the Republic of China, two World Wars and the rise of the ... After Japan surrendered at the end of World War II, Baishi again began ...
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  • | period = 1953 to 1964 | genre = Spy fiction, Children ... was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. Fleming ...
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  • middle classes. He continued to do so in a series of other films: I vinti ... a conventional narrative, he presented a series of apparently disconnected ...
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