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- The Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics) are the worlds premier multi-sport international athletic competition held every ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
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- He was the primary force in the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 ... A growing interest in the ancient Olympic Games, fed by the archaeological ...10 KB (1,541 words) - 05:26, 24 November 2022
- the Temple of Zeus, but also hosted the Olympic Games. Held every four years, the games dated back possibly further than 776 B.C.E. The games quickly ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- to the publication of the classic Theory of Games and Economic Behavior which ... behavior. In 1944, they wrote Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, recognized ...9 KB (1,193 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- time, most innings pitched all-time, most games started all-time, and most ... and sometimes took part in old timers’ games. Robba died in 1933. Young ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times. Looking ... in 2004, when Athens hosted the Olympic Games and the shot put competitions ...17 KB (2,779 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- == Role-playing games == Role-playing games often involve a casual form of improvisational ...10 KB (1,481 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- The Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics) are the worlds premier multi-sport international athletic competition held every ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- uncovered the site of the original Olympic Games, including the stadium which ... of the Olympic stadium, where the Olympic Games took place in Ancient Greece. ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- the Washington Senators, Johnson won 417 games—only Cy Young won more. when he led the American League in wins, games, starts, complete games, ...12 KB (1,766 words) - 22:27, 3 May 2023
- he retired. His feat of winning 20 or more games in each of 13 seasons was ... Spahn won more games than any other lefty (363) and is the fifth-winningest ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- team's typical baseball season was 152 games, without including World ... Sisler did even better in 1922, hitting safely in 41 consecutive games ...12 KB (1,757 words) - 10:58, 13 December 2023
- A video game is a game that involves the interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Video games may have ...26 KB (4,049 words) - 20:12, 3 May 2023
- Pythian, Isthmian and Nemean Games. Rich and allusive in style, they ... ::But, my heart, would you chant the glory of games, :look no farther ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 06:16, 24 November 2022
- have played more than 20,000 exhibition games in 118 countries. ... the Harlem Globetrotters only lost two more games in the next 38 years (12 ...13 KB (1,878 words) - 09:11, 19 January 2024
- social organization based on a theory of games of strategy, as explained ... ==Representation of games== The games studied by game theory are well ...30 KB (4,403 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- and lawn bowling, are still popular games around the world. ... was, undoubtedly, one of the more popular games brought to the British colonies ...13 KB (2,040 words) - 20:02, 20 November 2023
- C.E. In the classical era, the Panhellenic Games were held throughout Europe ... 1866, held the first English championship games for unpaid "gentlemen ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- winning six consecutive World Series games. He also won 20 regular season ... years later the 6'2" Gomez won 21 games for the Yankees with the ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 19:03, 25 October 2022
- be understood as a series of 'language games', in which it is a mistake ... the question of why and how all kinds of games are called "games." ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- Poker is a popular card game, or group of card games, in which players compete against one another by gambling on the values of each player& ...21 KB (3,695 words) - 08:29, 24 November 2022
- were created for expert players, beginning games in a seemingly random manner. ... random from a set of accepted openings. Two games are played with the chosen ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
- Miller spent 13 years at Wichita State (WSU), winning 255 games, earning ... roster for the Shockers won a school-record 27 games. Miller's ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 00:29, 8 December 2022
- for broadcasting 3,338 consecutive Lakers games starting on November 21, ... Hearn's streak of 3,338 consecutive Lakers games came to an end ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- with 31 touchdowns and 3,362 yards in only 20 games. Less than a week ... touchdowns against Nebraska. In seven games as a sophomore he ran for ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 02:25, 8 December 2022
- as Koreans; they participated in the games as a member of the Japanese ... *Large, David Clay. 2007. Nazi games the Olympics of 1936. New York: ...8 KB (1,228 words) - 15:58, 14 October 2022
- that his team had won more than 100 straight games. The game was played ... the struggling NBA with doubleheader games featuring his Harlem Globetrotters ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 04:45, 14 June 2023
- he threw touchdown passes in 47 consecutive games, considered by many to be ... still excelled. One of the most memorable games of the season came in a 59 ...15 KB (2,068 words) - 23:26, 3 August 2022
- === Video games === The same concept of flow is used in video games. After mastering the ...13 KB (1,998 words) - 17:43, 28 March 2024
- mainly to the Yankees, often attending games at Yankee Stadium with his ... 1958. Ford pitched two consecutive one-hit games in 1955, to tie a record ...20 KB (3,113 words) - 18:40, 4 May 2023
- Summer Olympics. Adolf Hitler was using the games to show the world a resurgent ... After the games he had difficulty making a living and became a sports ...10 KB (1,557 words) - 08:12, 3 April 2024
- ===Ancient Games=== [[Image:Greece_olympics-1.jpg|right|300px|]] While most recognize the Olympic Games as the start of track and field ...24 KB (3,812 words) - 04:52, 1 May 2023
- time Major League leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), and at-bats ... accusations that he gambled on baseball games while playing for and managing ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 01:04, 24 November 2022
- of which were renovated for the 15th Asian Games, held in December 2006, for ... Stadium (the main venue for the 2006 Asian Games), the Khalifa Tennis Stadium ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 16:36, 29 January 2024
- routinely playing in neighborhood pickup games. At night he would shoot ... and gold medalists, Greece. The University Games, held in Zagreb in 1987, ...21 KB (3,024 words) - 19:21, 14 August 2020
- Television programs, computer and video games, films, music, websites, ... was used to describe a package of software games for the Oric 1 and Spectrum ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- looks attracted many female fans to attend games. Best's habit of playing ... #039; to the USA, where he played nine games with the San Jose Earthquakes ...22 KB (3,398 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- From his first NCAA college games for DePaul, Mikan dominated his ... player for scoring 120 points in three games, including 53 points in a ...19 KB (3,019 words) - 16:27, 15 August 2021
- at least one hit in a PCL-record, 61 consecutive games. ... at least one hit in each of the last 19 games of spring training, then ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 13:46, 1 August 2022
- #039;s leaders. Accounts of his death, at games held in Caesaria in 44 C ... After Passover in 44, Agrippa went to Caesarea, where he had games ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- sporting events, including several Olympic Games (1964, 1972, 1992, 1994, ... * Tokyo Olympic Summer Games in Japan, 1964 * Sapporo Winter Olympic ...18 KB (2,543 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- were augmented by numerous exhibition games and barnstorming trips across ... to-be-duplicated record of pitching 29 games in a single month. After ...14 KB (2,119 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- second straight season. The Twins won 91 games, six more than in their championship ... upset the favored Toronto Blue Jays in five games in the 1991 American League ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- team to a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in a spectacular event known ever since as the Miracle on Ice. The Miracle on Ice was Brooks ...18 KB (2,744 words) - 14:09, 9 February 2022
- After compiling a 8-5 record in Bakersfield he was 11-11 in 28 games ... Drysdale lead the National League (NL) in games started every year ...16 KB (2,353 words) - 17:18, 30 January 2024
- of the National League and had lost 100 games in each of the three previous ... career, although he played in 144 or more games in each season from 1960 ...16 KB (2,464 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- medal sport at the modern Summer Olympic Games; it was played at four of ... forward. Rugby union is one of the few ball games where the ball cannot be ...32 KB (5,080 words) - 20:33, 17 April 2023
- to the New York Yankees, where he played 12 games as an outfielder in the major ... Cubs, who permitted the Bears to play their games at Wrigley Field. ...14 KB (2,238 words) - 00:17, 10 November 2022
- the Greenville Spinners. During one of the games, mid-inning, he removed the ... Between 1908 and 1909, Jackson appeared in only ten games. ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 20:02, 21 April 2023
- 1923, hitting two home runs to win the two games the Giants won in that Series ... and took the Series from the New York Giants four games to two. ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 14:22, 29 November 2023
- 1800 meter relay team, in the 1924 Olympic games in Paris. He served as chairman ... He was the first college coach to win 100 football games and the first ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 17:21, 26 July 2023
- Another classic in play theory is Man, Play and Games by Roger Caillois ... In computer games the word gameplay is often used to describe the ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- was becoming numb and he had to leave some games early. A vascular specialist ... as saying, "I can see how he won 25 games. What I don't understand ...22 KB (3,298 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- league baseball prior to competing in the games, thus violating the amateur ... 25 touchdowns and 198 points (over 12 games). Carlisle's 1912 record ...24 KB (3,676 words) - 21:00, 3 April 2024
- ===Traditional games=== A variety of folk games are played on Chuseok to celebrate the coming ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- excellence in the film, television and games industries. ... and development of the film, television and games industries. We celebrate ...26 KB (3,803 words) - 02:24, 22 November 2023
- black and not occupied during baseball games. Known as a "batter ... and 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Games were held there, as well ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- has been played at each summer Olympic Games since 1908 (excluding 1924). ... used for Olympic field hockey at the 1976 Games in Montreal. Today all international ...19 KB (3,188 words) - 13:06, 1 February 2024
- pdf#page=13 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Emblem] *[http://www.freespiritgallery.ca/inuitinukshukolympics.htm 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 11:05, 6 March 2024
- It was first introduced in the Olympic Games in 1912 although the format ... home the silver metal at the 1968 Olympic Games. The history of show-jumping ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 19:15, 13 February 2024
- alike as his teams never won more than six games and in 1948 and 1949 fell ... For its first two seasons, the team played games against other teams from ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- a 3–1 deficit by winning the last 3 games by 2, 2, and 1 point margins ... 67–15 and defeated the Rockets in six games, is generally considered ...29 KB (4,389 words) - 22:36, 22 October 2022
- Emperor Theodosius abolished the Olympic Games, which by then had become ... in the first "modern" Olympic Games in 1896. However, from then ...18 KB (2,771 words) - 07:20, 28 July 2023
- 24, 1963, when the NFL played a full schedule of games (untelevised) only two days after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, while the rival ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:05, 24 November 2022
- Star Game in 1959 in spite of missing 45 games due to an appendix operation. ... league, Major League Baseball had added 8 games to the schedule. In the middle ...20 KB (3,164 words) - 02:38, 16 December 2022
- League enforced a schedule of seventy games (ten games against each team). ... to Philadelphia. The A.A. offered Sunday games and alcoholic beverages in ...21 KB (3,060 words) - 14:46, 11 November 2022
- is the highlight of Naadam (Наадам, games) a traditional outdoor festival ... , games) a traditional festival held every summer in Mongolia. The ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 19:59, 9 November 2022
- books, CDs, DVDs, videocassettes, computer games, and other forms of publishing ... the late 1990s also through video and computer games. *Journalism involves ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- for a yellow card in more than 700 professional games. ==Early Career== ... After playing 698 games in the English Football League, Matthews coached ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 19:52, 9 February 2023
- He was selected and ran for Great Britain at the Stockholm Olympic Games, and was team manager as well as a competitor for the British track ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 03:20, 24 November 2022
- training facility for competitors in public games. It was also a place for ... which provided gymnasiums for exercise and games.YMCA, [http://www.ymca.net/about_t ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- and 1939, he played in 2,130 consecutive games. The streak was broken when ... as a pinch hitter—he played in only 23 games and was not on the Yankees ...26 KB (4,116 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- major scoring records: Most consecutive games scoring at least one point ... when he intercepted eight passes in only ten games. ===Retirement=== ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- regular season, each team plays sixteen games over a seventeen-week period ... in one of the more exciting championship games ever played. It came at precisely ...39 KB (6,001 words) - 14:44, 11 November 2022
- ===Olympic Games=== the remaining four gold medals at the 1924 Games, with Clas Thunberg winning ...27 KB (4,168 words) - 15:19, 27 April 2023
- 378 goals and 120 assists in just 85 games with the Brantford Nadrofsky ... later. However, he only played eight games for Indianapolis. With the ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 23:22, 3 May 2023
- triples, runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, and games played. ... but resigned the position after only five games. He returned to the Pirates ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 13:38, 2 February 2024
- In Pete's second year he missed 16 games in 1971-1972 and averaged ... with minor injuries. He played only 62 games but shot a career-high .459 ...25 KB (3,756 words) - 14:43, 28 March 2023
- and Ray Dandridge. Batting .477 in 35 games and playing excellent defense ... .274 average, 68 RBI and 20 homers (in 121 games) were among the lowest of ...29 KB (4,418 words) - 15:22, 14 May 2023
- listen." After winning a combined four games the previous three years ... National Championships until after all the games for the season had been played—including ...18 KB (2,706 words) - 03:11, 26 September 2023
- was a staple of the ESPN 2 Extreme Games. Public skateboard parks ... major skateboarding events, such as the X-games, the Gravity Games, and the ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 22:58, 23 April 2023
- to short change customers, nor did they allow games of chance such as Three Card Monte and shell games on their lots. This reputation for clean ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 22:24, 10 December 2023
- A center fielder, Doby appeared in seven All-Star games and finished ... limited playing time and was 5-for-32 in 29 games. Only two weeks later the ...22 KB (3,428 words) - 17:46, 25 October 2022
- (rugby league, and rugby union) and related games. Each of these codes (games ... Football-like games were a prehistoric activity. Later, the Ancient ...41 KB (6,352 words) - 10:33, 10 November 2023
- of young children through educational games within the family. He noticed ... chairs, and the other with open space for games and play. Outside was a garden ...15 KB (2,345 words) - 06:41, 15 April 2024
- travel, the contract was written only for games played in and around the ... the Cleveland Browns, having attended many games in disguise in their "Dawg ...21 KB (3,165 words) - 21:13, 17 January 2024
- and later became a broadcaster for Celtics games. He was elected into the ... Cousy had enough playing time in games to score 227 points for the ...19 KB (2,900 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- droves to see ex-Cardinal Cy Young win 33 games for Boston with a 1.63 ERA ... The profitable American League expanded its schedule to 154 games ...19 KB (2,735 words) - 03:36, 24 July 2023
- to differentiate it from other football games. In Australia and New Zealand ... the intercollegiate football rules for the games they played. This meeting ...31 KB (5,091 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- contests (most notably the Tailteann Games), feasting, matchmaking, ... 2008, ISBN 978-0816075560). The funeral games in her honor were called ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- print journalists a special role in its games; they were named official ... Sports stories often transcend the games themselves and take on socio ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 21:42, 7 February 2023
- Consider for example the proceedings that we call `games'. I mean board games, card games, ball games, Olympic games, and so on. What is ...32 KB (5,041 words) - 02:42, 8 January 2024
- In 1927, Foxx would play in 37 games. This was a significant year ... out the 1943 season and appeared only in 15 games in 1944, mostly as a pinch hitter. ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 13:10, 1 August 2022
- genre such as in books, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Although not as well known as dragons or unicorns, most popular lore concerning ...11 KB (1,834 words) - 04:53, 26 December 2022
- * Love Games (1975, Bell) * There Goes My First Love (1975, Bell) ... * "Love Games" (1975, Bell) UK: #33 * "There Goes My ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- ===Video games=== Video game consoles were not operated with wireless ... * Kent, Steve L. 2001. The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong ...20 KB (3,126 words) - 03:59, 8 December 2022
- The play is divided into three acts–"Fun and Games," "Walpurgisnacht" and "Exorcism." The "Fun and Games ...15 KB (2,221 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- The sport of Fencing is a sport of armed combat that is one of the remaining original events that was in the 1908 Olympic Games. Its three main ...26 KB (4,245 words) - 17:16, 26 March 2024
- fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political ... with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires ...20 KB (2,843 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- from taking place on Sundays, when most NFL games took place. ... 28 total points in the final nine games of the season, including ...18 KB (2,818 words) - 10:50, 16 August 2023
- bribery in sport is the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal, where ... 80___14/Olympic_Games.html Olympic Games] Encarta. Retrieved May 3 ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- He finished the season hitting .237 in 35 games. In 1905, the Tourists' ... season, Cobb managed to bat only .240 in 41 games. Nevertheless, he showed ...28 KB (4,394 words) - 20:36, 4 January 2024
- emotions that are expressed vigorously during the games. organized crime syndicates betting on the games and bribing referees or players ...38 KB (6,157 words) - 21:43, 30 January 2023
- ppg, an astonishing amount considering most games were won by teams scoring ... won the first league title 4-1 (four games to one). The first year of ...32 KB (4,894 words) - 01:38, 11 November 2022
- same time he began training for the Olympic Games with swim coach William Bachrach ... meter freestyle at the 1924 Summer Olympic Games, beating both Duke and Samuel ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:44, 15 April 2023
- movement, automatic writing was one of many games played by artists to stimulate ... discussing surrealism and playing various games. Automatic writing was a ...13 KB (1,841 words) - 07:04, 23 August 2023
- software applications, traditional strategy games like computer chess, and ... In March 2016, AlphaGo won 4 out of 5 games of Go in a match with ...15 KB (2,061 words) - 17:40, 16 August 2023
- decorated and then feasting, dancing, and games took place around it. ... decorated horses with garlands, played games like apple-bobbing, and had ...11 KB (1,816 words) - 21:47, 22 September 2022
- for casual play, including half court games, where only one basket is ... Yale University began sponsoring men's games. By 1910, frequent injuries ...42 KB (6,657 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- is not often used explicitly. The role-playing games Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering have used somewhat traditional basilisk-like ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- The result is a plurality of language-games (a term coined by WittgensteinJean ... and always locally legitimated language games. Postmodernists attempt to ...13 KB (1,834 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- comic books, films, television shows, and games. This use covers a wide range ... in fantasy-based video and role playing games. The golem has even been ...13 KB (2,171 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- before the bombs went off. From 1968 to 2006 the games started early, in the morning, around 11:00 am. The early start to these games usually resulted ...16 KB (2,205 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- differ significantly from reality, as in VR games. In practice, it is currently ... ====Games==== [[Image:AC89-0437-20 a.jpeg|right|thumb|Classic Virtual ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- of their best players. Attendance at Eagles games also plummeted, from 120 ... People (NAACP) and often used Eagles games to promote civic causes, ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 02:46, 17 January 2023
- In computer games which depict a three-dimensional virtual world, the need for very fast computations resulted in the adoption of a binary, 256 ...6 KB (932 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- Hartford of the Eastern League (.214 in 17 games) and Raleigh of the Piedmont ... handed pitching. Greenberg played in 117 games, batted .301, hit 12 homers ...29 KB (4,518 words) - 21:15, 17 January 2024
- championship in 1917 and won 33 straight games. He concluded his coaching ... In 1904-5, 44 players had been reported killed in football games, ...22 KB (3,381 words) - 06:56, 8 April 2024
- ===Folk games=== to the next, form the core of many folk games, especially the three rites ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- gesture to the Greek origins of the Olympic Games, Michel Bréal came up with ... The marathon races in the first few Olympic Games were not of a set length ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 03:03, 6 November 2022
- which is characterized by a witty style, games with words, simple vocabulary ... which is characterized by a witty style, games with words, simple vocabulary ...19 KB (2,991 words) - 10:37, 9 March 2023
- years. The 1947 team also won 17 straight games at one point during the season ... as a coach, Auerbach won 938 regular season games, a record that stood for ...21 KB (3,308 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- food stalls, entertainment, and carnival games to keep people entertained ... food such as takoyaki(octopus balls), and games, such as snatching goldfish ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- videos or playing massively multiplayer online games. [[Image:Star ... channels dedicated to broadcasting video games on TV as spectator sport ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- 2K Games, Inc. 2006. Stronghold legends. New York: 2K Games. He is portrayed as a young and heroic character, who in many ways could be seen as ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- during a series of summer exhibition games in 1964, organized because ... gentleman and sporting icon. With all its games at Wembley, England had got ...23 KB (3,813 words) - 05:17, 17 November 2023
- ==Olympic games film== She also went to Greece to film on the Games' original location. ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:46, 6 March 2023
- the Greek world competed in the Pythian Games. Additionally, Delphi was ... of this legend, the winners at the Pythian Games received a wreath of laurel ...21 KB (3,318 words) - 09:23, 28 January 2024
- dynamite can be found in many cartoon-style computer games and is usually very powerful in contrast to other weapons in a particular game. ...6 KB (937 words) - 01:17, 16 January 2023
- * All Star Games: 12 * National League Rookie of the Year: 1956 ... 1812 runs batted in, and 2,943 hits in 2808 games played. At his retirement ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 05:08, 9 April 2024
- Numerous role-playing fantasy games incorporate goblins, following the traditions of the inherently evil and malicious, with varying coloring ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- and Romans. There were various hockey-like games throughout Europe during ... within ten years. Entering the Olympic Games in 1928, India won all five ...33 KB (5,580 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- developing into a variety of related games. In the West, it became chess ... the Heian period. According to this theory, games such as xiangqi from China ...60 KB (9,463 words) - 14:25, 27 January 2023
- up to him. Williams opted to play in both games of the day's doubleheader ... of reaching base for the most consecutive games, 84. In addition, Williams ...17 KB (2,672 words) - 21:15, 28 October 2022
- she remained with her current strategy. For games in which players randomize ... by the experience of cooperation in earlier games allowing trust to build up ...41 KB (6,536 words) - 23:01, 30 November 2022
- more years and played in five Pro Bowl games before a severe Achilles ... records. Including non-conference games, he rushed for 824 yards ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- A number of games and past-times are popular within Chinese culture. The most common game is Mah Jong. The same pieces are used for other styled ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- taking him to watch professional hockey games at Madison Square Garden ... winner Tal, who won all four of their individual games. ...53 KB (7,890 words) - 08:45, 16 November 2023
- were magnificent and included spectacular games, ludi saeculares, and theatrical ... religion, together with the holding of games, was due to his insistence ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- to him in most pedagogical ways: through games, conversation, exercises of solitary meditation, etc., but never through books. Music was played ...14 KB (2,276 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- scored 800 points in his first 16 games, finished with a season average ... Championships (1957,1958). In 48 Varsity games, Wilt scored 1,433 points ...36 KB (5,732 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- to alter some of the rules for particular games. Other rules supplement the ... and when there is bad light. Some one-day games are now played under floodlights ...49 KB (7,998 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
- Busan was the host city of the 2002 Asian Games and APEC 2005. It was also ... Pusan to declare bid to host 2020 Olympic Games. July 21, 2007. People's ...19 KB (2,764 words) - 03:33, 7 December 2022
- == Modern Internet, television, movies and video games == ... Haiku also makes an appearance in several video games and online games ...26 KB (4,075 words) - 16:44, 21 January 2024
- seasons, playing in 13 of the 15 All-Star Games held during those years. ... on September 17 at age 22 and playing in 10 games at Wrigley Field. He was ...50 KB (7,278 words) - 21:34, 25 April 2024
- (in the form of animated movies and video games) is perhaps the most well ... also used in most early video and computer games; and are still used for card ...34 KB (4,961 words) - 02:33, 8 January 2024
- . After losing several games as a pitcher, Speaker converted to outfielder ... Speaker played in seven games for the Americans in 1907 ...49 KB (6,990 words) - 18:09, 25 April 2024
- modern fantasy literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the ... of fantasy, such as comic and role playing games (such as Dungeons and Dragons ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- the ISU. These include the Winter Olympic Games, the World Championships ... Figure skating is a very popular part of the Winter Olympic Games ...29 KB (4,650 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- of buyers and sellers participate in economic games, in reality it is far from that. He wrote: "[a]ny thing which makes buyers prefer one seller ...8 KB (1,083 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- the field for the final tournament. These games are held within the six FIFA ... in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games. The cumulative audience ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- Rugby league is one of the few ball games where the ball cannot be ... will have two jersey designs, one for home games and a different design for ...29 KB (4,628 words) - 20:33, 17 April 2023
- single defining characteristics common to all games. Just like members of the same family resemble each other, all games are more or less similar. Likewise ...16 KB (2,254 words) - 16:10, 15 October 2020
- Site, and bids for a Winter Olympic Games, are an attempt to claim ... During the 2007 Asian Winter Games, which were held in Changchun, ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- Senate House; he refused. After the last Olympic Games in 393 C.E., Theodosius cancelled the games, and the reckoning of dates by Olympiads soon came ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- also have facilities for playing informal games of adult sports, such as ... Children have devised many playground games and pastimes. However ...16 KB (2,295 words) - 08:03, 24 November 2022
- was the supreme contest of the Olympic Games. The ancient Romans borrowed ... Plato was known for wrestling in the Isthmian games. This continued ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- warriors was only one part of the game. Games could be played on a pitch ... ball had to pass through. These lacrosse games lasted from sun-up to sun ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 22:41, 30 April 2023
- coverage of both the summer and winter Olympic Games. Goldenson would also set ratings records in the airing of mini-series such as Roots, and made for ...8 KB (1,119 words) - 20:12, 25 October 2022
- As the youngest runner in the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich he was passed with 150 m remaining in the 5000 m race by eventual winner Lasse ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- has participated in every summer Olympic Games and every Commonwealth Games. Australia has hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- tales, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games, and recently were made popular ... and fairy tales. The popular role-playing games Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer ...15 KB (2,408 words) - 15:51, 24 September 2020
- For the season, Berg batted .187 and made 21 errors in 47 games, his ... batting over .300. Berg played in only 41 games, batting .221. ...35 KB (5,280 words) - 23:09, 26 April 2024
- The term originated when most console games were distributed on cartridges ... ROM images of commercial games usually contain copyrighted software ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 19:08, 16 April 2023
- celebrated with various traditions of food, games, special prayers, and gift ... ==Hanukkah games== ===Dreidel=== Dreidel [[Image:Dreidel 001.jpg|thumb ...28 KB (4,314 words) - 19:38, 29 January 2022
- A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. ...41 KB (6,246 words) - 04:50, 1 May 2023
- used to be sung by the victors in the Olympic games.Greek rhetors credited him with the invention of iambic poetry and its application to satire. ...8 KB (1,240 words) - 06:18, 12 August 2023
- world today. Several popular modern board games, including Chess, Parcheesi ... == Traditional board games == [[Image:Shatranj.jpg|thumb|200px|left ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- of Minneapolis, Minnesota organized outdoor games as exercise for firefighters; ... landmark biomechanical study on pitching during the games. ...50 KB (8,173 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games. It also hosted the most ... successful bid to stage the 2004 Olympic Games. The Greek Government, aided ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- however, such as role-playing and video games, include the banshee among their mythical creatures. ==Notes== == References == * Briggs, Katharine ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- establishes that in certain zero sum games involving perfect information ... and extended the minimax theorem to include games involving imperfect information ...30 KB (4,433 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- ; the rest are from odes on victors in the games, hyporchemes, dirges, hymns to the gods and other varieties. ==Ethics== In addition to his gifts ...7 KB (1,177 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- ==Computer games== in the way it updated text adventure games by adding color graphics ...24 KB (3,558 words) - 10:38, 10 March 2023
- ==Video games== * 1988 The Scoop, published by Spinnaker Software and ... * 2005 And Then There Were None, the Adventure Company, AWE Games ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 06:43, 16 June 2023
- Coming 36 years after Hitler's propaganda Olympic Games of 1936 ... The participation of an Israeli team in an Olympic Games held in Germany ...51 KB (8,065 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- were killed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and also when her country ... Following the 1972 Munich murders at the summer Olympic Games, Meir ...15 KB (2,415 words) - 06:44, 1 January 2024
- series feature pixies. Many role-playing and video games that incorporate European medieval mythology, such as dragons and knights, often include pixies ...8 KB (1,284 words) - 06:21, 24 November 2022
- to the team, and fans often wear Uncle Sam hats to games or other functions. In music, rock group Grateful Dead featured a skeletal Uncle Sam ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- medical software, databases, and computer games. Businesses are probably ... examples include office suites and video games. Application software is ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 02:36, 8 January 2024
- nearly 500 years, with the last recorded games being held there as late ... sea battles. Accounts of the inaugural games held by Titus in 80 C.E. ...28 KB (4,452 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- as apple bobbing, and various divination games often concerning future romance ... ===Games=== [[Image:Apple bobbing.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Apple bobbing.]] ...37 KB (5,487 words) - 23:07, 3 August 2023
- has recently diversified into cinema, video games, and finance. Panasonic& ... (digital music and movies on demand, games, interactive moving maps ...25 KB (3,633 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- shows at special events such as football games or at marching band competitions. ... and competitions, such as American football games. They often perform a field ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- and his decision was made well before the Olympic Games began. Liddell spent the intervening months training for the 400 meters race, an event in which ...8 KB (1,362 words) - 19:25, 13 February 2024
- became a part of the Far Eastern Games. *1916-1919 In 1916, in the ... was added to the program of the Olympic Games in 1964. The sport is now ...62 KB (10,612 words) - 21:01, 3 May 2023
- dollars) home in Houston in 1958. In 113 games in 1940 he hit .311, while ... in his hitting ability. During 87 games with Springfield, Musial ...76 KB (11,075 words) - 20:55, 25 April 2024
- or modal particles. For example, "We go to the games" can be modified to give "We should go to the games," and "We can go to ...31 KB (4,895 words) - 20:58, 3 November 2022
- Buenos Aires has been a candidate city for the Summer Olympic Games ... Buenos Aires hosted the 1951 Pan American Games - the first and was ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- Hayashi) competed in the annual castle games for status and the position ... (120!)2 = 4.5×10397 different (no-capture) games, for a total of about 9.3×10567 ...59 KB (9,909 words) - 08:05, 24 January 2023
- series of movies. Today's computer games also make extensive use of ... television, and video sequences on computer games make photorealistic animation ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 00:25, 8 January 2024
- all but two (one win and one tie) of the 12 games they played in the 1958 season ... One of the most famous games in the history of football was the NFL ...16 KB (2,531 words) - 20:23, 3 May 2023
- However, the games were often difficult for the USF squad. Russell ... rejoining the Celtics, Russell played 48 games, averaging 14.7 points per ...74 KB (11,022 words) - 16:07, 31 October 2023
- ===Southeast Asian Games=== The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as the SEA Games, is a biennial ...43 KB (5,937 words) - 05:04, 18 August 2023
- in the United States from early bat-and-ball games played in Britain and is known as the "national pastime" of the United States, although ...67 KB (11,273 words) - 11:05, 20 September 2023
- connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls ... It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as ...64 KB (9,860 words) - 20:09, 29 April 2023
- The Pythian Games that were held every four years at Delphi, were ... E., the Ludi Apollinares ("Apollonian Games") were also instituted ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- books, radio, television, movies, video games, board games, roleplaying ... Eyes of Heisenberg and the Deus Ex computer games, or spacepunk including the ...54 KB (7,938 words) - 02:35, 21 April 2023
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- Band performs at football and basketball games as well as University functions ... has hosted more NCAA Tournament basketball games than any other facility. ...31 KB (4,374 words) - 13:08, 3 May 2023
- friends. It is a day for watching football games, parades, and television ... Princeton University in 1876. Professional games are traditionally played ...36 KB (5,333 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- form and violent nature, are much employed in video games and other products of market-directed culture. ==Notes== ==References== *Apollodorus ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- often waived for age group or high school games if such a facility is unavailable ... ball is different for men's and women's games. ...54 KB (9,243 words) - 23:17, 3 May 2023
- fashion], [http://www.eswapnow.com books, videos, games, music], and [http://www.swapitshop.com online trading for kids and teenagers]. Interestingly ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 10:59, 20 September 2023
- for whom the Gandharvas dance, sing and play games in Svarga ("the good kingdom"), his glorious abode atop the mythical Mount Meru. They ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
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- building of theaters and promoted athletic games. He also banned the killing ... ==== Nero the artist and the Olympic Games ==== [[Image:As-Nero-Ara ...39 KB (6,311 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- jumping to drum line cadence. At most pre-games they act out a skit as well ... off the field in a snake line after home games and performs the song "sonic ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- yet to equal that of UAE. The 15th Asian Games brought further liberalization ... and within Qatar. For the 15th Asian Games in Doha in 2006, it established ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- with whom he began to write about the history of games. Cushing died on April 10, 1900, after he choked to death on a fishbone, while on a research ...10 KB (1,434 words) - 05:03, 9 April 2024
- Seoul hosted the 1988 Olympic Games as well as the 1988 Paralympic Games, serving as well as one of the host cities of the 2002 FIFA World Cup ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- The speed of an object is the rate of motion of the object, or the rate at which the object changes its position. It is usually expressed as ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- ===Games and activities=== Wei-pang conducted research on traditional games among men, women, and children ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- Brisbane hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games, 1988 World's Fair ... Brisbane staged the successful Commonwealth Games during 1982, and ...24 KB (3,443 words) - 02:23, 22 November 2023
- ===Sports and games=== Hearkening back to its British occupation, the country's most loved sport is cricket. Local, regional, and international ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- to defeat the New York Yankees four games to three in the 1926 World Series. *His career .358 batting average is the highest by a right-handed ...9 KB (1,520 words) - 02:42, 16 December 2022
- used for love, mental clarity, and good luck in card games. In addition, Persian magi are known to have prized agate rings in their work and beliefs ...9 KB (1,311 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- account, Gunther outmaneuvers her in three warlike games with the help of Siegfried (who is equipped with an invisibility cloak). First, Brünnhilde ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- to 1932, where his teams played in three Rose Bowl games, including the classic 1925 game against Knute Rockne and the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. In ...11 KB (1,567 words) - 09:23, 24 November 2022
- Monument of Indonesia), and hosted the 1962 Asian Games. ... sport events. Jakarta hosted the Asian Games in 1962, and was host of ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- Almaty was an official candidate to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games, but was eliminated from consideration after it failed to be included ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- === Computer and video games === * In the game Sid Meier's Pirates! Blackbeard plays a minor role as a rival pirate (at the start of the ...25 KB (4,026 words) - 23:53, 12 February 2024
- fathers for recreation. They also played many games. In winter the ... Culture and Heritage Program teaches hand games, powwow dancing and songs ...23 KB (3,297 words) - 21:30, 11 August 2023
- was in fact an official sport in the 1964 games. Thanks to Dutchman Anton ... judo into the sport seen at the Olympic Games and World Championships. ...35 KB (5,669 words) - 21:02, 4 October 2022
- used repeatedly in fantasy, fairy tales, video-games, film, and role-playing games of pop culture fame. While still seen as powerful and often dangerous ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- CDs, MP3 format, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture ... newspapers, DVDs, graphic novels, gifts, games, and music. Video games and ...27 KB (3,849 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- Siren is sometimes used in video and role-playing games, mentioned occasionally in comic books and music. ===Loreley=== Sirens are sometimes considered ...10 KB (1,575 words) - 22:34, 29 January 2023
- events, where local people presented songs, dances, games, and food from their home countries. Inspired by the ideas of William Morris and John ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 17:12, 13 February 2024
- Having cut a potential title song for the film War Games that was not used, the band released it as a single and hastily assembled concert recordings ...21 KB (3,245 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- Hammond only played two more first-class games, for MCC in 1950 and Gloucestershire in 1951. Hammond emigrated to South Africa, where he lived ...9 KB (1,521 words) - 22:26, 3 May 2023
- The Olympic Games have been host to many boycotts, international in ... male athletes during the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Speaking ...24 KB (3,816 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- to warm relations in preparations for the games. The year 2005 was designated ... The Soviets, eager to participate in the games, received honored treatment ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 10:44, 10 November 2023
- in novels, film, television, computer games, and comics. In the classic 1976 film Carrie, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, Sissy ...21 KB (3,027 words) - 23:15, 2 December 2022
- by the fantasy genre of role-playing games, movies, and novels. It is common for both role-playing and computer games to frequently involve Mage ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- exhibits], [http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/Games/index.html free online games], [http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/Teacher/index_noflash.html educational ...12 KB (1,742 words) - 20:36, 3 May 2023
- Salzburg was a candidate city for 2010 Olympic Winter Games. It was a favorite in its 2010 bid, but lost to Vancouver, Canada. On January 24 ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- women's singles gold, losing only four games--three of them in the final ... tournament in 1925, surrendering only five games en route to the title, victories ...24 KB (3,518 words) - 14:14, 28 April 2023
- active and creative, always jumping into new games, hobbies and ideas including writing poems and plays, acting and sketching. She developed an interest ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
- W. 2001. Ball, Bat, and Bishop: The Origin of Ball Games. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0252069927 *Kirsch, George B. Baseball in ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 09:07, 18 July 2023
- football elite national league with seven teams. All games are played at the island's only stadium, Linkbelt Oval. Other sports include softball ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 04:23, 11 March 2023
- Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American heavyweight boxing champion. At 21, Patterson became the youngest man then ...10 KB (1,626 words) - 17:44, 28 March 2024
- Band, which performs regularly at football games and other campus events. ... rivals in football. With more than 1204 games played since their first ...42 KB (5,828 words) - 03:33, 8 January 2024
- such as comic books and video and role-playing games, often mismatched with other such mythological creatures as stock-characters, a contemporary ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- Incubi also appear in a number of popular video games and is the name of several rock bands. ==Notes== ==Refereences== *Carus, Paul. 1991. The ...10 KB (1,633 words) - 19:43, 28 February 2018
- grandfather would mail him videos of NBA games for Bryant to study. ... a strong bench led to the Lakers winning 67 games, tied for fifth-most in NBA ...95 KB (13,365 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- has been a full medal event at the Olympic Games since the Summer Olympics ... it was first practiced at the Caledonian Games. Initially, vaulting poles ...22 KB (3,728 words) - 00:14, 12 April 2023
- Channel Island sportsmen and women compete in the Commonwealth Games for their respective islands, and the islands have been enthusiastic supporters ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- types of flight simulators range from video games up to full-size cockpit replicas ... the simplest ones, which resemble video games, to very specific and extremely ...23 KB (3,448 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- Guangzhou will hold the 16th Asian Games in November 2010. The city ... & Sightseeing Tower for the 2010 Asian Games, 610 meters tall. ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- quot; in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, held in Atlanta. [[Image:Stevie Wonder 2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Wonder in concert, 2006]] ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- system, and organized leisure activities (sport, games, etc.). Finally, superstructure incorporates the aesthetic component of society, including art ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- century with the increasing popularity of games between national teams. The English-oriented Football Association had chaired many discussions ...12 KB (1,724 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- allowing them to be seated next to him at the games. Domitian appears ... Both Titus and Domitian were fond of gladiatorial games, and realized ...53 KB (7,893 words) - 19:45, 12 July 2023
- of New York. She attended boxing matches, baseball games and other public events, dressed in what became her signature garb: a tricorn hat and a black ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 04:13, 6 November 2022
- Rome during Saturnalia, and scores of dice games took place in the streets. A "king" was crowned from among the commoners by way of ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- From Heaven, The Persian Boy, and Funeral Games. He also appears in her non ... * __________. 1981. Funeral games. New York, NY: Pantheon Books. ISBN ...22 KB (3,249 words) - 23:34, 2 December 2022
- educational animation, simulations, games, learning management software, electronic voting systems and more, with possibly a combination of ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 08:09, 14 January 2023
- The game theory Bateson drew from was based on Theory of Games by ... peers, television, internet, and computer games. “In the face of all these ...24 KB (3,689 words) - 00:39, 25 March 2024
- and commercials, and print media. Video games most often use real-time ... to produce professional grade films, games, and fine art from their ...30 KB (4,494 words) - 19:11, 7 February 2023
- revived the memory of the ancient Olympic Games and contributed toward the establishment of modern Olympics, in 1896. After his return from Olympia ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- Silver Medal; 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Silver Medal. ... *Jesse Owens—Track and Field 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Four Gold Medals. ...40 KB (5,731 words) - 10:21, 11 March 2023
- and the Arab World, and play their home games at Cairo International Stadium ... sporting events, including the African Games, and the Football World Championship ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- over his friend and held many funeral games in his honor. His mother ... with those of Patroclus, and funeral games are held. He was represented ...34 KB (5,355 words) - 15:14, 24 December 2023
- With the announcement that the Commonwealth Games will be held in ... Venues/ 2014 Commonwealth Games Venues] * [http://www.esgherefordshire ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- *Kaminski, Marek M. 2004. Games Prisoners Play. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691117217. *Kenney, Patrick. 2003. A Carnival of Revolution: ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 00:48, 4 February 2023
- Every hundred years festivals, called the Secular Games, were held in his honor. ==Epithets and other names== Hades, god of the dead, was a fearsome ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- . In 2003 they won the AL Pennant in seven games over the 2003 Boston Red ... World Champion Boston Red Sox three games to none (3-0) and 3 outs ...36 KB (5,317 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- for summer concerts, picnics, baseball games, tennis courts, and lakes ... World's Fair, which led the Olympic Games to be moved from Chicago ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- In 1994, the city of Hiroshima hosted the Asian Games. ... The Astram Line opened for the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, with ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- average of 28,304 fans for the 12 opening round games, including 51,578 to the opening game at the Seoul World Cup Stadium between Seongnam and Turkish ...12 KB (1,783 words) - 07:06, 23 November 2022
- They are designed for holding high-definition video, games, and other forms of data. They support larger capacities, enabled by the use of short-wavelength ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 10:36, 11 March 2023
- They are likewise featured in artwork, and video games. Salamanders provide great benefit to humans, consuming mosquito larvae and helping to ...12 KB (1,655 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- Video games based on popular NCAA sports such as football and basketball ... who compete in Division I FBS and four bowl games—has arranged to place the ...28 KB (3,819 words) - 04:10, 11 March 2023
- Games between teams hitting an object with curved sticks have been ... in popular use meant goal. Many of these games were developed for fields ...69 KB (11,304 words) - 17:15, 10 February 2024
- In some role-playing games, including RuneScape, Dungeons & Dragons, EverQuest, Horizons: Empire of Istaria, and World of Warcraft, gnomes ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- songs are performed to tell stories, play games and tease or charm others. ... but neither of the two consider those games full internationals. It has ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- also found use as a money substitute in games, similar to modern casino ... the production shifted to jetons for use in games and toys, sometimes copying ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 05:56, 25 August 2020
- and interactive content including games, office applications and ... Internet forums have sections devoted to games and funny videos; short cartoons ...48 KB (7,277 words) - 23:46, 30 November 2022
- of the characters made, as well as posters and games. ==Drug synergism== Drug synergism occurs when drugs can interact in ways that enhance or ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 01:57, 27 February 2023
- that celebrated athletic victories in the games at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea ... valuable chronological study of the Olympic Games. Polybius was born about ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- also competed at the Summer Olympic Games of 1908, where they earned 1x GOLD (Rugby Union), 2 x SILVER and 2 x BRONZE medals, and again at the ...24 KB (3,586 words) - 05:58, 10 January 2023
- and the ancient Greek tradition of the Olympic Games, which originated in the early eighth century B.C.E. The Japanese tradition of physical exercise ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- Muirthemni where there would be meetings, games, and feasting. In Aislinge ... Maclise, shows people playing divination games on October 31 in Ireland]] ...35 KB (5,443 words) - 16:28, 20 September 2023
- around the time of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, acting as a television commentator for synchronized swimming events and being an honored guest ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 04:22, 22 March 2024
- in the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games: I woke with this marble head in my hands; It exhausts my elbows and I don't know ...11 KB (1,573 words) - 20:33, 29 August 2021
- public funds to pay for the high costs of the games, so the games were moved to Innsbruck, Austria. The notoriety of becoming the only city ever to ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- In addition to sports, a wide variety of games are played. Among the most ... sent its first competitors to the Olympic Games in 1964, and has also competed ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- She was an active child who enjoyed such sports and games as playing lion-hunt with other children, swimming and tennis. She would often accompany ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:00, 8 September 2022
- received opinion pieces on reality TV or video games that confused the traditional readership of the magazine. Due to poor results of the new ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 10:18, 25 November 2023
- such as rectangular counters used in playing games. In the past 20 years, the technology surrounding porcelain tiles and glass tiles has advanced ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- Quoted by Alison Futrell (ed.), A Sourcebook on the Roman Games, p ... * Futrell, Alison. Bread and Circuses a Sourcebook on the Roman Games ...23 KB (3,632 words) - 01:57, 15 January 2023
- Category:Politicians and reformers Category:Media Professionals Category:Biography Bates, Daisy Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (November 11, 1914 – ...13 KB (1,959 words) - 07:47, 12 January 2024
- #039; which includes film, DVD, Internet, and Games, 'Stages' which is further split into Theatre, Dance, Opera, and Comedy, 'Sounds ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 17:36, 30 April 2023
- New York hosted the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, the Games ... , although both teams play their home games in Giants Stadium in nearby ...44 KB (6,512 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- such as DVDs, music CDs, computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, toys, and others. They also provide a platform for individuals ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- *[http://www.ultimatecampresource.com Camp Games, Camp Songs, and Other Activities] – UltimateCampResource.com. *[http://www.ccamping.org/ Canadian ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- Microsoft sells computer games that run on Windows PCs, including ... develops and publishes its own video games for this console, with the ...49 KB (6,708 words) - 10:40, 10 March 2023
- representing them on the screen as avatars. Games do not have to stop at the avatar-player level, but current implementations aiming for more ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 02:18, 15 January 2023
- thousand and three monitors, for the Olympic Games being held in Seoul. In 1996, Nam June Paik had a stroke, which left him partially paralyzed ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- activities included gambling and lacrosse games. Food was shared so that ... the Tribe to conduct gambling, including games such as baccarat, blackjack ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 12:59, 10 March 2023
- the radio broadcast rights to the team's games. Baseball executives were so impressed by his approach that he was persuaded to become the owner ...12 KB (1,776 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- rejoined the rest of the people for feasts, games, competitions and races. ... descending from the mountain to enjoy games and entertainment. ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- and won the bid for the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta. Many sporting facilities such as the Senayan sports complex (now Bung Karno Stadium ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- to professional football and baseball games in the New York City area ... and local TV sales boomed, since the games were telecast in New York ...26 KB (4,061 words) - 14:41, 11 November 2022
- *Floor Games (1911)* *The Great State: Essays in Construction (U.S ... Sort of Girls who Like Boys' Games and Books (1913) ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- daily hours indoors watching TV, playing video games or chatting online.[http://www.nwf.org/greenhour NWF Greenhour Program] Retrieved July 8, 2008. ...15 KB (2,010 words) - 04:19, 11 March 2023
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- Indies team to compete in international games. One of the most highly regarded ... while it incorporates music, dance, and games. The largest and most important ...33 KB (4,815 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- having scheduling conflicts with sports games and concerts nearly every ... Angeles Sparks play an extended length of road games. Since 2000, the ...32 KB (4,552 words) - 19:47, 20 February 2023
- and also sometimes appear in role-playing fantasy games, such as Dungeons and Dragons. ==Footnotes== ==References== *Burkert, Walter. 1985. Greek ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
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- #039;s sport was officially added to the Olympic Games program at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. There, Naismith handed out the medals to three ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 08:49, 18 March 2024
- Mantids have been used by Chinese in fighting games, their prayerful form was considered a help to travelers to find their way home, and even the martial ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- patients. At one period, he used his childhood games (sand play and building blocks) to release in him streams of fantasy, which he recorded. He recorded ...15 KB (2,390 words) - 22:33, 7 January 2024
- seasons. NCAA teams usually play their first games the weekend of Labor Day, with the NFL traditionally playing their first game the Thursday following ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 05:32, 4 March 2023
- Chargers. It also hosts international soccer games. Three NFL Super Bowl championships and many college football bowl games have been held there. Balboa ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- quot; or "heroic" style, raising games to the level of ancient combat and their heroes to the status of demigods. He became even better ...14 KB (2,078 words) - 14:51, 31 December 2022
- by all ages. National and international games are played at the Antiguan ... who have represented Antigua at the Olympic Games. Other athletes to watch ...27 KB (3,940 words) - 06:23, 31 July 2023
- area of Brooklyn, made history with many of the games in the regular season against the New York Giants, and especially in the post-season, where ...28 KB (4,109 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- Brazil also hosted the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, where the Brazil football ... São Paulo organized the IV Pan American Games in 1963, and Rio de Janeiro ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- on slaves and watch bloody gladiatorial games with glee. In 33 C.E., Tiberius ... troupe of young men during a series of games held for the Divine Augustus ...28 KB (4,511 words) - 18:28, 25 November 2023
- opening ceremonies of the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Africa), John Glenn (The Americas), Kazuyoshi ...29 KB (4,198 words) - 18:50, 25 October 2022
- Greek anthology, which is a collection of number games and strategy puzzles. One of the puzzles is: This tomb holds Diophantus. Ah, what a marvel! ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- titles and played in four other NFL Championship Games during his career. The jump pass, in which he would fake a plunge, then step back a yard ...14 KB (1,992 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- Duchy has been represented as a total 21 Games, including every one since ... 82.5 kg+ 3 events weightlifting at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- In online computer games players form groups called "player guilds" who perform some of the functions of ancient guilds. They organize ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- ===Religious reforms and games=== Claudius, as the author of a treatise ... Claudius performed the Secular games, marking the 800th anniversary ...58 KB (9,002 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- Football during the 1800s; some intramural games still take place there. ... Indian costume to serve as a mascot during games, came under criticism. During ...29 KB (4,327 words) - 22:24, 25 January 2024
- their men's basketball team, whose games Cosby frequently attends ... public events, such as the 100th Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden ...28 KB (4,183 words) - 16:03, 31 October 2023
- Goguryeo people loved to drink, sing, and dance. Games such as wrestling attracted curious spectators. The Dongmaeng Festival, held every October ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- action-adventure, romance, sports and games, historical drama, comedy ... towards digital entertainment such as video games, computer and cell phones ...39 KB (5,688 words) - 21:37, 11 January 2024
- * Uncertainty is designed into games, most notably in gambling, where chance is central to play. * Uncertainty is often an important factor in ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- of the large viewership of NFL playoff games, this was intended to boost ... Sunday nights since CBS only airs NFL afternoon games. Joe Otterson ...36 KB (5,125 words) - 21:44, 6 January 2024
- 15) and is held in Pyongyang. The Mass Games involve performances of dance ... The most well known sporting event in North Korea is the Mass Games ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- criticizes the Roman tradition of public games and condemns Christians who patronize them. In “Concerning the Value of Chastity,” he emphasizes ...17 KB (2,510 words) - 22:16, 16 November 2022
- #039;s refusal to race at the Olympic Games on Sunday—the Sabbath. ... the Rugby World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, although notably not the ...48 KB (6,984 words) - 23:12, 30 July 2023
- shaped in this Axial Age. The ancient Olympic games saw the birth of competitive sport and of the idea that sport can help to promote generosity, understanding ...15 KB (2,330 words) - 07:19, 23 August 2023
- people could sit and watch ceremonies and games. There was also a circular ... events such as annual festivals, ball-games, and language classes. The ...29 KB (4,264 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
- Surrealists played collaborative drawing games and discussed the theories ... * Brotchie, Alastair and Mel Gooding, eds. A Book of Surrealist Games ...46 KB (6,796 words) - 23:55, 26 February 2023
- Conan Doyle] – Site includes articles, quotes, games, and little-known facts. * [http://www.crimefiction.com/slater.htm The Oscar Slater Case] ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 11:09, 16 August 2023
- in the sauna–-for example if they slept, played games, argued, were noisy, or behaved otherwise "immorally" there. ===Saunas and sex=== ...15 KB (2,539 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- to the Promemeikos altar in the Akademeia. Funeral games also took place in the area as well as a Dionysiac procession from Athens to the Hekademeia ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- Arena, where the Detroit Red Wings play their NHL games. A memorial to Louis was dedicated in Detroit (at Jefferson Avenue & Woodward) on October ...15 KB (2,326 words) - 06:38, 5 April 2024
- to the annual home-and-home varsity hockey games between the two institutions, yet the McGill's/Queen's challenge also survives in ...36 KB (4,859 words) - 09:30, 10 March 2023
- has been better known for hosting the annual Bislett Games track and field event in the IAAF Golden League. The stadium was rebuilt in 2004/2005, and ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
- At the Chu court, Mozi engaged in simulated war games with Gongshu Ban, the chief military strategist of Chu, and overturned each one of his stratagems ...15 KB (2,461 words) - 17:52, 10 November 2022
- The new Stanford Stadium, site of home football games.]] ... had won 182 Olympic medals at the summer games; "In fact, in every ...29 KB (4,059 words) - 19:49, 9 February 2023
- teams. Many of NYU's varsity teams play their games at various facilities and fields throughout Manhattan because of the scarcity of space for ...33 KB (4,775 words) - 09:32, 11 March 2023
- dollars in funding at the time of the 1996 Olympic Games. ===Remarks at Vigil for Religious Freedom=== Lowery was a vocal supporter against religious ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:42, 11 August 2022
- . In 1896, the Olympic Games were revived in Athens, and the Opening ... of which the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896 was symbolic. This ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- early Mesopotamia, in the original Olympic games in Ancient Greece, and in ... dominated the Olympics and World Equestrian Games in Dressage (competitive ...30 KB (4,944 words) - 19:37, 21 February 2022
- recently in evidence during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in China, where the government went to great lengths to suppress public protests of its human ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- Ballroom dance refers to a set of learned partner dances, which are enjoyed socially and engaged in competitively around the globe. Any of the ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- Additionally, Edmonton hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Games, the 1983 ... astersgames.html 2005 World Master Games] In 2006, it played host to ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- school. These riots often occur after football games, and can be seen as a form of hooliganism; however, sports are not always the cause of such riots ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
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- hill events for the Czech Republic at those games along with his silver in the team event. The official break-up occurred right in the middle ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 09:17, 15 January 2023
- and they would then eat moderately, enjoy jokes and games, and participate in serious discussion. In summer they would eat in the open air, in winter ...15 KB (2,286 words) - 07:58, 3 August 2022
- episodes of thirty minutes. Comic books, computer games, movies, and TV cartoons have all been produced based on Blyton's works. ...16 KB (2,376 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- seeding in Beijing just before the 2008 Olympic Games in hopes of clearing the air of pollution. Boston Globe, [http://www.boston.com/news/science/arti ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- during the Opening Ceremonies of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2002 Charles headlined during the Cognac festival in southern ...14 KB (2,284 words) - 01:32, 8 December 2022
- featured in comic books, novels and video games. In these sources, the characterizations vary wildly, from villainous and malicious trickster ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- An amusement park section has rides and games, an art museum, a sculpture garden, a Korean Folk Museum, and a World Folk Museum which highlights ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 00:49, 18 November 2022
- probe into manufacturers of violent video games, and proposed making the ... com/1999/5/4/19443559/hatch-assails-violent-games Hatch assails violent games ...48 KB (6,423 words) - 21:40, 4 December 2022
- of the means by which software like video games may be made available for ... | Games || Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Simulation, First-person shooter ...50 KB (7,240 words) - 00:24, 8 January 2024
- or some other item. Modern playing cards and board games developed from this type of divination. Augury: Divination that ranks a set of given ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- in Ludo Aleae or The Value of all Chances in Games of Fortune, 1657] Christiaan Huygens' book on probability theory. An English translation ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- of the bandy season and always draws large crowds. Games traditionally begin at 1:15 pm. Berndt Rosqvist, [http://www.dn.se/sport/festligt-och ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- and 1945. The football team plays its home games at Michie Stadium, where ... so there are now two Goat–Engineer games, played back to back the ...49 KB (7,478 words) - 11:57, 3 May 2023
- In modern times, particularly since the Olympic games of 1980, during which visitors from around the world were introduced to and purchased samovars ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 01:15, 21 April 2023
- * Long, Lynette. Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun. New York: J. Wiley, 2003. ISBN 978 ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- he and his brother Paul would win a combined 45 games during the year. This would prove to be the year of years for the big right hander as he would ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
- other sporting events including the Pan-American Games, the Central American Games, and the Caribbean World Series. Boxing, baseball, and basketball ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- At the 11th Asian Games in 1990, wushu was included for the first time and the 42 Forms was chosen to represent tai chi. The International Wushu ...44 KB (6,584 words) - 00:21, 16 February 2024
- the Olympic Hymn for the 1936 Olympic Games, and also befriended some highly-ranked Nazis. Evidently his intent was to protect his daughter-in ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 01:47, 14 December 2022
- *At public games and performances they had a reserved place of honor *Unlike most Roman women, they were not subject to the patria potestas and ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
- adults. Before the advent of television and video games, origami was a common form of indoor entertainment for Japanese children. Stationery shops carry ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- date of composition unknown), containing many word games, episodes from the lives of famous literary authors, and plays on the different dialects from ...16 KB (2,381 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- to stand or sit on. Mandan children often played games on the roof while adults sat and talked, or simply dozed in the sun. Carl Waldman, Encyclopedia ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- for the United States in the Olympic Games.Stanford Magazine, Class Notes: Otis Chandler, ’50, 1927-2006, [http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazin ...18 KB (2,752 words) - 04:45, 18 November 2022
- even more to the group. Activities and games provide an enjoyable way ... weeks. Activities at these events include games, scoutcraft competitions ...39 KB (5,942 words) - 22:31, 20 November 2023
- are more likely to be hyperactive, enjoying active games. Despite what was previously believed, XYY boys are no more likely than other boys to be violent. ...15 KB (2,079 words) - 00:18, 14 January 2023
- netball and rugby, have influenced the way the games are played in New Zealand. Success for a Tongan means the ability to contribute to the extended ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- in a period of trade of various commodities, games such as Trobriand cricket, feasts, catching up on the news, and various other social events. ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- and comic books, and in several popular video games. ==Notes== ==References== *Lip, Evelyn. 1996. The 108 heroes of the water margin. Singapore: ...17 KB (2,616 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- Indian literary tradition is the use of word games, such as stanzas that read the same backwards and forwards, words that can be split in different ...19 KB (2,849 words) - 03:17, 23 December 2022
- Thuggee as a plot vehicle in his books Shadow Games (June 1989), and Dreams of Steel (April 1990). The books and later ones that continue the storyline ...16 KB (2,481 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- Canadian city to host the Olympic Winter Games. The metropolis is also home ... when the city hosted the XV Olympic Winter Games. The success of these games ...52 KB (7,693 words) - 18:23, 25 November 2023
- festival there also featured the famous Olympic Games. Outside of Olympia and other major sanctuaries, there were certain modes of worship to Zeus that ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- music CDs, and computer software such as video games, sometimes long before the official release of a title. Innovations in consumer DVD and CD burners ...19 KB (2,879 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- tourists visiting the Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea. In 2000, Pulmuone expanded the museum while improve its facilities for ...18 KB (2,571 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- peace, were used to crown the victors of friendly games and bloody war, and the oil of its fruit has anointed the noblest of heads throughout history ...31 KB (4,932 words) - 00:21, 18 November 2022
- as well as modern fantasy and role-playing games. They commonly appear as ... featured in fantasy novels and role-playing games. The wizard Gandalf in J ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- 270 cm). Ski jumping is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but can also be performed in summer on artificial surfaces (porcelain or frost rail track ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- Internet media providers and video games publishers who need to encode, track, and distribute video in a variety of formats. It provides a unique ...20 KB (2,903 words) - 13:24, 7 February 2023
- Electronic Arts flight simulator video games: Chuck Yeager's Advanced ... Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer] Moby Games. Retrieved October 16, 2023. ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- called the Panathenaea that rivaled the Olympic Games in popularity. During the festival, a procession moved through Athens up to the Acropolis and ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- certain input, and playing chess and other games which require human-like intelligence. A new field of science has developed to study the processes ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- activity (e.g. going to the movies, playing video games) for Lent, or they may instead decide to take on a Lenten discipline such as devotions, volunteering ...19 KB (2,974 words) - 20:02, 25 October 2022
- as a character in several video and computer games. ==Notes== ==References== *Inoue, Yasushi, and Yoko Riley. 2006. The Samurai banner of Furin ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 03:54, 27 February 2023
- Henry Winter, [http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/mind-games-reach ... * Winter, Henry. [http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/mind-games ...35 KB (5,067 words) - 15:13, 30 April 2023
- * The former chain retail computer and video-games store "Babbage's" (now GameStop) was named after him. * Mr Babbage, the computer ...17 KB (2,481 words) - 01:55, 4 December 2023
- poems, debated questions of love, and played word games of flirtation. Diane Bornstein, 1986. ==Notes== ==References== * Benton, John F. "The ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 06:12, 11 January 2024
- such as Japan. Just as with popular board games such as chess, shogi, and go, local, regional, and national competitions in abacus use are held ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- is a staple of horror genres and role-playing games, the werewolf phenomenon can be traced all the way back to shape-shifting practices of shamans ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- would often come to the settlement and play games. During a time when the colonists were starving, Pocahontas with her attendants brought Smith ...18 KB (2,818 words) - 08:11, 24 November 2022
- read, and filled his paper with pictures, games, and contests that drew in readers, particularly those who used English as a second language ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 09:56, 23 May 2023
- many well-established teams. In the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta, Jamaica sent a national bobsled team (even thought most of them had never ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- 039;s population attends this event to play games, give thanks to the moon ... Popular games include cockfighting, and kicking a sey, which is similar ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- * The International Festival of Games, a festival of bridge, belote, backgammon, chess, draughts, tarot and more, which takes place each February. ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- development is addressed through circle games (songs, poems, and games ... languages, handwork and crafts, eurythmy, games and gymnastics, and so forth. ...49 KB (7,066 words) - 17:42, 22 December 2022
- Nationals. They played their home games at the Olympic Stadium. ... Montreal was the host of the 1976 Summer Olympics. The Montreal Games ...44 KB (6,520 words) - 21:16, 9 November 2022
- the regular right fielder. He also played a few games at shortstop and third base from 1952 to 1955. He moved to center field in 1952, replacing ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 17:26, 9 November 2022
- night or two near their relatives' tombs. Card games, eating, drinking, singing and dancing are common activities in the cemetery, probably to alleviate ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- (male nature spirits) dance, sing and play games. Despite his exalted divinity, Indra is not a perfect being, and is ascribed with more human ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- . More recently, adaptations inspired by video games such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil have been brought to the big screen. One of the most ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 14:21, 7 February 2024
- The stickball games would involve as few as twenty or as many as 300 ... includes Choctaw social dancing, stickball games, Choctaw princess contest ...38 KB (5,802 words) - 17:09, 10 December 2023
- That same year, she opened the XV Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. She also hosted Prince Edward, who presented the Royal Letters Patent signed ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- In preparation for the Olympic Games in 2008, the Chinese government completed a new expressway from Zhengzhou to Shaolin, and constructed a ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- twentieth century. His 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, which includes friendlies ... goalscorer for Brazil with 77 goals in 92 games. At the club level, he was ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- === Video games === * Lydia Kavina's solo theremin is featured on the soundtrack for the 2006 MMORPG computer game Soul of the Ultimate Nation ...52 KB (7,562 words) - 23:57, 12 March 2023
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- event with an anti-disco theme between games at a White Sox doubleheader for disgruntled rock fans. However, the backlash against disco was tame ...17 KB (2,430 words) - 15:28, 29 January 2024
- to the general public), competitions and juggling games. The Internet Juggling Database maintains a searchable database of all conventions in the past ...19 KB (3,015 words) - 21:04, 4 October 2022
- 12, 2004, with a series of NFL football games. FOX hit a milestone in February 2005 by scoring its first-ever sweeps-month victory among all viewers ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 05:48, 27 September 2022
- "childish amusements" of toys, and games, which were seen as distractions from the “Inner Light.” In 1826, when the Quakers split ...18 KB (2,853 words) - 13:58, 28 April 2023
- sporting competitions such as the Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games, as well as more eclectic attractions. According to Alberta Economic Development ...36 KB (5,234 words) - 05:03, 17 June 2023
- had to complete a variety of sexualized games. The club was suspended for ... Hazing also occurs in sports societies. A report on Gaelic games county ...40 KB (5,725 words) - 16:55, 30 June 2022
- Athens failed to secure the 1996 centenary Olympic Games. ==Legacy== Democracy, widely considered to the be the ideal form of governance, owes ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- survey of participants in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games showed that 15 percent had been diagnosed with asthma, and that 10 percent were taking asthma ...39 KB (5,772 words) - 18:20, 19 August 2023
- nuts were then used by the children in their games. The parish of Baħrija is dedicated to Saint Martin and on his feast a fair with agricultural ...18 KB (2,840 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- sports. Both teams play their home games at Canberra Stadium, which ... have played, or are planning to play some games at Manuka Oval. The historic ...37 KB (5,453 words) - 19:15, 25 November 2023
- and physicality, thus the Olympic Games were born, where fitness was rewarded. And even during colonial times in early America, farming and ...19 KB (2,829 words) - 05:08, 24 November 2022
- Virtual Product Placement Infiltrates TV, Film, Games] E-Commerce Times, February 23, 2006. Retrieved March 27, 2020. Internet advertising developed ...19 KB (2,738 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- reducing the great epics to children’s party games like “telephone” or “Chinese whispers.” While games provide amusement by showing how messages ...37 KB (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
- Browns proved to be consistent by winning two games, then losing one over the course of the year to finish with a 9-3 mark. The team's 37-34 loss ...20 KB (3,076 words) - 04:46, 18 November 2022
- to wait their turn in conversation, games, or activities; will interrupt or intrude on conversations or games. * A lack of forethought or consideration ...46 KB (6,136 words) - 00:44, 23 January 2024
- Traditional stickball games were sometimes major events that could ... Traditionally stickball had many different purposes. Some games were ...50 KB (7,562 words) - 14:54, 5 December 2023
- Games and all arts of pleasure, were an integral part of Māori life ... * Brown, Harko. Nga Taonga Takaro: Maori Sports and Games. Raupo, ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- Albania participated at the Olympic Games in 1972 for the first time. The country made their Winter Olympic Games debut in 2006. Albania missed ...58 KB (8,519 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- is an example. His role is to play tricks and games and so doing, raises awareness and acts as an equalizer. Some classical examples of Tricksters ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- read, and filled his paper with pictures, games, and contests that drew in readers, particularly those who used English as a second language ...20 KB (2,955 words) - 07:39, 27 February 2023
- thrower Beatrice Faumuina was twice a Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and became world champion in 1997. ==Notes== ==References== ...18 KB (2,581 words) - 11:51, 6 September 2022
- in other media as well, including novels, video games, and music. A notable example is Susanna Clark's novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, ...19 KB (2,984 words) - 00:29, 25 March 2024
- the form of dance, art, processions, rituals and games. The high regional diversity is a result of the mutual isolation of Alpine communities. In the ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 08:34, 23 July 2023
- ===In computer games=== * In the 1999 PC game System Shock 2, the main starship is named the Von Braun. * In the 2004 Playstation 2 game Metal ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- Olympics and the 2009 World Police and Fire Games. Swangard Stadium, just across ... 2010] - 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, Official Web Site. ...51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- and many away, as well as most hockey and basketball games throughout the winter. Yale intramural sports are a vibrant aspect of student life ...40 KB (5,720 words) - 10:04, 22 May 2023
- in fantasy works and in fantasy role-playing games. ==Fairy tales involving elves== All links retrieved December 13, 2011. *[http://www.sacred ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- Southern festivals like Georgia's "Redneck Games." |right|250px|The watermelon is the state vegetable of Oklahoma In 2007, the ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
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- Niels (Henrik David) Bohr (October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- an injury limited his playing time to fifty games. During the following winter ... his batting average was .248 over 499 games, about the median for the ...47 KB (7,375 words) - 22:05, 3 February 2022
- Experiential learning uses various tools like games, simulations, ... * [http://www.experiential-learning-games.com/ Experiential learning Games] ...47 KB (6,690 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- Park Chung-hee (September 30 or November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) stands as the dominant figure in the Republic of Korea's history ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- climbing, canoeing, ropes courses, and group games. Survival training, a discipline that instructs individuals on the methods of surviving in ...21 KB (3,090 words) - 05:58, 18 November 2022
- swearing by the sun or moon, and "diabolical games and dancing or chants." [[Image:Collinaditara.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hill of Tara ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- Child oriented websites with on-line educational games and programs specifically designed for younger library users are becoming increasingly common ...23 KB (3,301 words) - 23:36, 2 December 2022
- that stated prayer at school football games violates the Establishment ... in May 2010 offering free lesson plans, games, and interactive videogames ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- admires Mexicans, is a student of classical chess games and classical music. He will refuse a prospective client’s money if he is ethically unsatisfied ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- and his brother took an interest in cricket. Their games on the grounds off and inside the mosque often necessitated apologies from their father to Muslim ...28 KB (4,101 words) - 13:13, 6 March 2024
- scouting skills was through stalking and cooking games while avoiding teachers in the nearby woods, which were strictly out-of-bounds. He also played ...20 KB (2,990 words) - 03:11, 15 December 2022
- in a number of other sports at the Commonwealth Games and the Island Games, as well as cricket, football, gymnastics, hockey and rugby union. ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- with a crew of two. It has been in the Olympic Games since 1976. It was designed in 1967 by Rodney March of Brightlingsea, England, with help from ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- especially those involving outdoor games like cricket, football, and badminton or indoor games like carrom, are regularly organized on an inter ...53 KB (7,578 words) - 04:08, 4 March 2023
- American school" as football games, fashion styles, romantic and sexual behavior, and not much devotion to academics or studying. ...22 KB (3,260 words) - 22:21, 30 November 2022
- hailed the work as a return to puns and verbal games familiar from Heller's first novel. God Knows (1984) was a modern version of the story of ...20 KB (3,184 words) - 17:07, 19 December 2022
- ===Games=== Hunting was popular among Assyrian kings. Boxing and wrestling feature frequently in art, and some form of polo was probably popular ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 19:20, 25 March 2024
- *The Olympic Games have five interlocked rings as their symbol, representing the number of inhabited continents represented by the Olympians ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- has also gained influence among players of strategy games. Many scholars of Chinese history have criticized the use of individual quotations from ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- Chicago hosted the 1959 Pan American Games. It was selected in 2007 to represent the United States internationally for the bid for the 2016 Summer ...42 KB (6,247 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- Despite efforts by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) and the Olympic Games Committee, numerous controversies have arisen over the abuse of steroids ...21 KB (3,083 words) - 23:54, 24 March 2024
- in Pyeongchang. South Korea hosted the Asian Games in 1986 and 2002. In football (soccer), South Korea and Japan co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- mental calculator, and was known to win card games by mentally calculating the odds. An expert in statistics, he was the originator of several economic ...21 KB (3,378 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- Los Angeles has twice played host to the summer Olympic games, in 1932 and in 1984. Super Bowls I and VII were also held in the city, as well ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
- *The cave is linked with computer games; one of the earliest such games, Adventure, is based on parts of the cave system (the Colossal section ...40 KB (6,197 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- use of computers, playing video games, use of the internet and ... Similarly, shopping and playing video games are associated with compulsive ...52 KB (7,118 words) - 05:48, 15 June 2023
- charge of the Sibylline Books and the Secular Games. he, as praetor, assisted in the Secular Games held by Domitian, which are ...43 KB (6,444 words) - 02:48, 27 February 2023
- ==== Diplomatic front, Pt 2: Political games ==== With the tide turning ... front. Additionally, the political games of Joseph Stalin, chief political ...77 KB (11,326 words) - 23:09, 8 October 2023
- The game theory Bateson drew from was based on Theory of Games by von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. In this theory, the tendency of “winning” ...23 KB (3,325 words) - 14:02, 31 January 2023
- Nero, who was known to watch the gladiatorial games using an emerald. Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (trans. John Bostock), [http://www ...22 KB (3,347 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- the countryside and consume transportation and games to stabilize society. ===Political ideologies=== Dystopian societies come in all forms of ...24 KB (3,679 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- the world of competing interests and power games. It opens up a world where justice is possible and provides the foundation upon which all purely ...23 KB (3,797 words) - 22:12, 29 January 2023
- house, where there are celebrations and games. Gifts are exchanged. At ... Other popular games on horseback are tyiyn or tenghe enish (picking ...39 KB (5,879 words) - 16:28, 21 March 2024
- with the team around the U.S., covering its games. In 1957, he also wrote a ... "No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. ...43 KB (6,622 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2024
- and cast for the 2012 London Olympic Games, is the largest harmonically ... (used at the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games), Great Paul (St Paul's ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- season college football American football bowl games. For example, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, which is accompanied by the Tournament of ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- kick and scratch her playmates during games; she was affronted because ... like their mother and elder sisters, played games of checkers and billiards ...45 KB (6,850 words) - 00:19, 3 January 2024
- to join in the traditional family touch-football games. Once, she broke her leg in a game of baseball with them. ==First Lady of the United States== ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
- However, this move to making an analogy with competitive games cannot preclude the worry that ethical egoism is not sufficiently public for it ...28 KB (4,468 words) - 23:59, 12 February 2024
- roots in African-American vernacular, games, and literary traditions and should be protected. Asked by NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about how Gates ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- Great games and celebrations were held on April 21, to honor Caesar’s great victory. Along with the games, Caesar was honored with the right ...44 KB (7,133 words) - 19:23, 4 February 2024
- he was buried again with full honors and funeral games were held every year. Pausanias, 3.14.1 "Descriptions of Greece," Tufts University ...47 KB (7,440 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
- Lebanon has hosted the Asian Cup and the Pan-Arab Games. The country was to host the Winter Asian Games in 2009. To meet the needs of these international ...55 KB (7,922 words) - 06:11, 6 March 2023
- as well as pan-Pacific national military war games and exercises such as RIMPAC and RSOI. ==Republic of Korea Armed Forces== The Constitution ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- enjoyed a variety of leisure activities, including games. Senet, a board game where pieces moved according to random chance, was particularly popular ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- Chennai served as the venue of the South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 1995. {{cite news | last=Thyagarajan | first=S | title = On the road to restoratio ...44 KB (6,123 words) - 14:52, 5 December 2023
- for an entire month with live plays, concerts, and games. A holiday on February 3 each year is the feast of Sveti Vlaho (Saint Blaise), the city's ...22 KB (3,146 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
