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- National League (4871 bytes)
7: ...n divided into three divisions (East, West and Central), with the addition of a [[wild card|Wild Card]...
9: ...ican League. Often characterized as being a more "traditional" or "pure" league, the National League n...
19: *[[Washington Nationals]] (Montreal Expos through 2004)
21: ===Central Division===
23: The NL Central Division is the only division in either league ... - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Series has been an annual event ...
4: ==Introduction==
7: ...layers' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the World Series winner, the World Serie...
11: ...earcher [[Doug Pappas]] refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World'...
13: ... International Baseball Federation ([[IBAF]]) has tried to lobby MLB into suspending play during the S... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
5: ...h century)|American Association]] in [[1884]] and transferred to the National League in [[1890]].
7: ...14]] through [[1931]]) and the ''[[Trolley dodger|Trolley Dodgers]]'' -- originally a pejorative term ...
8: ...Avenue in Brooklyn. [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/Dodgers/dodgers.html Part of the wall...
10: ...:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a red streaming baseball
16: :'''Manager''': [[Jim Tracy]] - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
18: ...Sox]], [[Cleveland Indians|Cleveland Blues]], [[Detroit Tigers]], [[Baltimore Orioles|Milwaukee Brewer...
20: ...rceable in the state of Pennsylvania. Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland Broncos (now the [[Cleveland...
24: ... with the allure of the [[Federal League]] had distracted the team.
30: ...ntial paying fans. The Athletics finished 5th in 1934, then last in 1935. Though he intended to rebuil...
32: ... broken. During that year the team wore uniforms trimmed in blue and gold, in honor of the Golden Jub... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
5: ...n [[Saint Louis, Missouri]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]]. They are t...
16: ...' (16): [[1926]], [[1928]], [[1930]], [[1931]], [[1934]], [[1942]], [[1943]], [[1944]], [[1946]], [[1964...
17: ...] championships won''' (9): [[1926]], [[1931]], [[1934]], [[1942]], [[1944]], [[1946]], [[1964]], [[1967...
18: ... the season with a record of 93-69. The Houston Astros, in the same division as the Cardinals finished...
24: ...o resolution. St. Louis won the [[1886]] Series outright. The vigorous Chicago-St. Louis rivalry conti... - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: ..., golf is increasingly popular and continues to attract ever more players around the world.
6: ... strokes as possible may be impeded by various obstructions, such as bunkers and [[water hazard]]s.
8: ...e as many points as possible. Another variant of stroke play, the ''Modified Stableford'' method, awar...
12: ...ch it with the first stroke, so that one or more strokes are played from the ''fairway'' (where the gr...
16: ...nclude ''hazards'', namely ''bunkers'' (or ''sand traps''), from which the ball is more difficult to p... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ... or [[machine]] for making [[calculation]]s or controlling operations that are expressible in [[number...
8: ...s, nearly all popular types of computers have electronic components.
10: ...ical phenomena being exploited. For example, electron flows might be used to model the flow of water ...
12: In most computers today, the problem is first translated into mathematical terms by rendering all ...
14: ...ty of information processing problems that can be translated into mathematical ones). This basic idea,... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
31: ...dowska-Curie|Maria Skłodowska-Curie]], (1867-1934), Polish-born French radiation physicist
33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
41: ...st, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...was raised by his mother, [[Henrietta Grace]], a strong woman determined her children would succeed, o...
7: ...e also played the piano and violin, was an ambidextrous artist of some talent, and enjoyed acting. Hol...
13: ...rred to the British secret service. He frequently travelled disguised as a butterfly collector, incorp...
15: ...uits. Using this and other methods he was able to train them to think independently, to use their init...
17: ...g (non-existent) barbed wire while moving between trenches. - Philo Farnsworth (6489 bytes)
5: ... Young Philo developed an early interest in [[electronics]] after his first [[telephone]] conversation...
11: ...aded to sever its relationship with Farnsworth in 1934.
13: ...ting regular entertainment programs; that year he travelled to England and formed an alliance with [[J...
21: ...eveloped the Image Dissector, a practical all-electronic image scanning device that made it possible t...
25: ...orth to create [[nuclear fusion]]. Unlike most controlled fusion systems, which slowly heat a magnetic... - Italy (17022 bytes)
2: ...e boundary with [[France]], [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is a founding member of ...
3: The independent countries of [[San Marino]] and the [[Vatican City]] are...
29: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 71st]] <br>[[1 E11 m2|301,230 k...
32: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 22nd]] <br>57,998,353<br>...
38: ...) per capita|19th]]) <br/> $25,429 ([[List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita|20th]]) - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...y described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the structure of the power in that age was the one of a r...
5: ... Roman Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] depo...
17: ...t the Republican institutions at Rome had been destroyed over the preceding [[century]] and Rome had b...
26: *Development of [[Roman commerce|trade links]] with regions as far as India and China...
27: ...rvice]] outside of the [[Roman Senate|Senatorial structure]], leading to a continuous weakening of Sen... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
33: *[[Treffle Berthlaume]] (1803 - 1884)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
148: *[[Ismail Fatah Al Turk]] (1934-2004)
190: *[[Pietro Masni]] - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
19: ...opulation_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) |
39: ...ar system]], the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] and the [[Transamerica Pyramid]].
42: ...ived, they found the area inhabited by the Yelamu tribe, belonging to a linguistic grouping later call...
48: ...food to the site. The first of many environmental transformations was the city's reliance on filled ma...
51: ...pulation are still present today, notably [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] clothing, [[Ghirardelli Chocolate Com... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
31: ...orytelling gifts to flesh out the game. Once in [[1934]], during the ninth inning of a Cubs-[[St. Louis ...
38: ..., and he attained the rank of [[captain]]. Reagan tried repeatedly to go overseas for combat duty, but...
40: ...touching speeches he ever made as president was a tribute to his wife.[http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/re...
42: ...from host and program supervisor of ''General Electric Theater'' to actually producing and claiming an...
48: ... candidate. Soon after, several top Republican contributors visited Reagan at his home in [[Pacific Pa... - Gerald Ford (28942 bytes)
18: ...ss in 1948 from [[Michigan's 5th congressional district]].
20: ...Vietnam]]; Ford did not intervene, but did help extract friends of the U.S. At home, the economy suffe...
22: After experiencing health troubles and being admitted to the hospital four tim...
27: ...s they signed a petition to enforce the [[1939 Neutrality Act]]. This petition was circulated nationa...
32: ... operations in the [[South Pacific]], including [[Truk]], [[Saipan]], and the [[Philippines]]. His clo... - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
31: ...ating, the two were married on [[November 17]], [[1934]]. The couple later had two daughters, Lynda Bird...
33: ...ame the head of the Texas [[National Youth Administration]]. His new post enabled him to use the powe...
39: ... to represent Austin and the surrounding Hill Country. He ran on a [[New Deal]] platform and was effe...
41: ...ohnson was expected to win, he was defeated by controversial late returns in an election marked by mas...
51: ...der Johnson was an observer, developed mechanical trouble and was forced to turn back alone, presentin... - Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
24: ... "Quaker saint." Nixon's early life was marked by tragedy in the deaths of two of his brothers, one fr...
28: ...irst school dance, forbidden by the Quakers. In [[1934]] he graduated second in his class, and went to [...
34: ...the same..." Although Nixon's allegations were untrue, they succeeded and Voorhis was booed by the cr...
37: ...ctivities Committee]] and was instrumental in the trial of [[State Department]] Undersecretary and Gen...
39: ...agged Nixon with the name he would never shake: "Tricky Dick". - Harry S. Truman (30022 bytes)
3: {{Infobox President | name=Harry S. Truman
5: | image name=harry-truman.jpg
16: | wife=[[Bess Truman]]
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27: <caption><font size="+1">'''Harry S. Truman'''</font></caption> - Herbert Hoover (27123 bytes)
19: ... 31 years after leaving office, during the administration of [[Lyndon Johnson]] — his fifth succ...
23: ...oarded a [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] train headed west to [[Oregon]]. Sewn into his cloth...
30: ... the reluctant candidate was elected student body treasurer on the "Barbarian" slate, then wiped out a...
39: ...anslation remains the definitive English language translation of Agricola's work.
41: ...Hoover's countrymen, penniless and confused, were trapped on the wrong side of the Atlantic and needed...
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