The novels Moment in Peking () ( 1939 ), A Leaf in the Storm ( 1940 ), and The Vermillion Gate () ( 1953 ) were well received epics of China in turmoil, while Chinatown Family ( 1948 ) presented the lives of Chinese Americans in New York.

* ( 1941 ) A Leaf in the Storm, A John Day Book Company

The town first appears in García Márquez's short story " Leaf Storm ".

O ' Neill was the first overall selection of the Guelph Storm in the 1992 OHL Priority Selection, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in June 1992.

After Konnan, Awesome, and Skipper were sent into the Penalty box, Storm applied the Maple Leaf on Kidman forcing him to submit, thus winning for Team Canada.

The new Maple Leaf was the first collaboration between the two companies and the first New York to Toronto passenger service in a decade.

Bill Haley's compositions included " Four Leaf Clover Blues ", " Crazy Man, Crazy ", " What ' Cha Gonna Do ", " Fractured ", " Live It Up ", " Farewell, So Long, Goodbye ", " Real Rock Drive ", " Rocking Chair on the Moon ", " Sundown Boogie ", " Birth Of The Boogie ", " Two Hound Dogs ", " Rock-A-Beatin ' Boogie ", " Hot Dog Buddy Buddy ", " R-O-C-K ", " Rudy's Rock ", " Calling All Comets ", " Tonight's the Night ", " Hook, Line and Sinker ", " Sway with Me ", " Paper Boy ( On Main Street U. S. A .)", " Skinny Minnie ", " B. B.

Sometimes non-monetized bullion coins such as the Canadian Maple Leaf and the American Gold Eagle are minted with nominal face values less than the value of the metal in them, but as such coins are never intended for circulation, these value numbers are not market but fiat values.

The rivalry truly began heating up with the 1998 draft and the selections of Peyton Manning by the Colts and the ill-fated Ryan Leaf by the Chargers.

Manning's Colts defeated the Chargers in 1998 and 1999, but in 2004 with Leaf long gone from the game the revamped Chargers behind Drew Brees erupted into playoff contention ; on December 26 with both teams at 11-3 the Colts hosted the Chargers with Manning close to matching Dan Marino's touchdown record ; the Chargers stormed to a 31-16 lead, but Dominic Rhodes ' kickoff return put the Colts within eight points, then with one minute remaining Manning rifled a 21-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokley, breaking Marino's record ; the two-point try succeeded, then after Brees was intercepted the game went to overtime and the Colts won 34-31 on a field goal.

* 2007 Interview with Mario Botta in The Leaf Review

From the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces, he was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross and an Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Cross.

On Fairy-Stories was subsequently published with Leaf by Niggle in Tree and Leaf, as well as in The Tolkien Reader, published in 1966.

For at least 12 years after its publication, the " Maple Leaf Rag " heavily influenced subsequent ragtime composers with its melody lines, harmonic progressions or metric patterns.

Beathard drafted quarterback Ryan Leaf after the Indianapolis Colts selected Peyton Manning with the first pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.

Leaf wound up having a disappointing career with the Chargers after a great deal of controversy with both the Charger management as well as the press and his teammates.

Leaf size is the chief criterion for the classification of tea plants, with three primary classifications being: Assam type, characterized by the largest leaves ; China type, characterized by the smallest leaves ; and Cambod, characterized by leaves of intermediate size.

It fell out of fashion for a while in the middle 1980s, principally due to the emergence of polyphonic and later digital synthesizers, but has enjoyed a huge resurgence of popularity since the 1990s — with contemporary artists highlighting the instrument, including Radiohead, Portishead, The Album Leaf, D ' Angelo, Erykah Badu, Chick Corea, Jamiroquai, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, The Doors and Stevie Wonder.

For his military service, he received 18 decorations, medals and awards, including the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with Valor device, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Belgium's Order of the Crown and France's Croix de Guerre.

* 60px Distinguished Flying Cross with two Gold Stars and two Oak Leaf Clusters

* 60px Air Medal with three Silver Stars and two Oak Leaf Clusters

The pigeon was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal with a palm Oak Leaf Cluster for his heroic service in delivering 12 important messages in Verdun.

Cher Ami, a homing pigeon in World War I, was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal with a palm Oak Leaf Cluster for his service in Verdun and for delivering the message that saved the Lost Battalion of the 77th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Argonne, October 1918.

Leaf persistence in evergreen plants varies from a few months ( with new leaves constantly being grown as old ones are shed ) to several decades ( over thirty years in the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine ).

The quest for world tidal dominance has led to a rivalry between the Minas Basin in the Bay of Fundy and the Leaf Basin in Ungava Bay, over which body of water lays claim to the highest tides in the world, with supporters in each region claiming the record.

It continues to perform, including at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in June 2008, a program consisting of: Ruth St. Denis ' The Incense ; Graham's reconstruction of Ted Shawn's Serenata Morisca ; Graham's Lamentation ; Yuriko's reconstruction of Graham's Panorama, performed by dancers from Skidmore College ; excerpts from Yuriko's and Graham's reconstruction of the latter's Chronicle from the Julien Bryan film ; Graham's Errand into the Maze and Maple Leaf Rag.

* Meander ( album ), the first album of the band Carbon Leaf

The other stories are " The Clarion Call ", " The Last Leaf ", " The Ransom of Red Chief " ( starring Fred Allen and Oscar Levant ), and " The Gift of the Magi ".

* Stephen Brown: Shadow of a Leaf, soprano and marimba ( 2006 ), a ten song cycle sung as one

* The animator Caroline Leaf created The Street ( 1976 ), based on Richler's 1969 short story of the same name.

Leaf litter and other decaying parts of a kauri ( Agathis australis ), a tree species found in New Zealand, decompose much more slowly than those of most other species.

* Alexander Muir ( 1830 – 1906 ), author of The Maple Leaf Forever ( 1867 ), Canada's early ( unofficial ) National Anthem

While sunken ships from the Spanish Main ( such as Nuestra Señora de Atocha in the Florida Keys ) are the most commonly thought of type of treasure salvage, other types of ships including German submarines from World War II which can hold valuable historical artifacts, American Civil War ships ( the USS Maple Leaf in the St. Johns River, and the CSS Virginia in Chesapeake Bay ), and sunken merchant ships ( the SS Central America off Cape Hatteras ) have all been the subject of treasure salvage awards.

Plimpton appeared alongside Joaquin Phoenix ( then credited as Leaf Phoenix ), the younger brother of her former boyfriend, River, who portrayed her on-screen brother.

( The river, originally given the Indian name Hassan ( Maple Leaf ), is now called the Crow River.

John Calhoun Johnson, Sierra explorer and founder of " Johnson's Cutoff " ( now U. S. Route 50 ), was the first white man to see Meeks Bay and from a peak above the lake he named Fallen Leaf Lake after his Indian guide.

Citation: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Major General William Frederic Marquat ( ASN: 0-6533 ), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as Anti-Aircraft Officer for the United Nations Command in Korea during the period 29 September to 4 October 1950.

This market began in 1992 when Leaf Systems Inc. released their first digital camera back ( 4 Mpix ), named, fittingly enough, the " DCB " ( often described as ' a brick ').

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix ; ( born October 28, 1974 ), formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix, is an American film actor.

He later co-starred in Ron Howard's Parenthood ( 1989 ), in which he was credited as Leaf Phoenix.

Leon Roppolo's compositions include the jazz standards " Farewell Blues " and " Milenberg Joys ", " Gold Leaf Strut " or " Golden Leaf Strut ", " Tin Roof Blues " ( 1923 ), and " Make Love to Me ", which was a pop song using Leon Roppolo's music ( from " Tin Roof Blues "), recorded by Jo Stafford in 1954, and by Anne Murray and B.

Important Canadian races include the Gold Cup and Saucer at Charlottetown Driving Park, North America Cup ( for pacers ), the Canadian Pacing Derby, and the Maple Leaf Trot.

Nel ( 2007 ) shows that the wartime experiences of authors Theodor Geisel ( Dr. Seuss ), Philip D. Eastman, and Munro Leaf shaped their successful postwar children's books, especially the use of simple language, and some of the themes.

Acts range from newer bands just emerging onto the scene ( such as Tea Leaf Green, Nellie McKay and Raq ) to big name acts and jam rock staples, such as Les Claypool, Blues Traveler, and Mike Gordon ( of Phish fame ), to pop rock icons, such as Leo Kottke, The Flaming Lips, The Violent Femmes, and most recently, Perry Farrell.

The Pallas's Leaf Warbler or Pallas's Warbler ( Phylloscopus proregulus ) is a leaf warbler which breeds in southern Siberia ( from Novosibirsk Oblast east to Magadan Oblast ), northern Mongolia, and northeastern China.

The only real possibility of confusion is with the similar-looking Hume's Leaf Warbler ( P. humei ), which in the limited area of overlap has duller colours, a faint second wing bar and dark legs and lower mandible.

Other popular bands, most largely unknown outside the country, include Negligence ( thrash metal ), Elvis Jackson ( ska punk ), Lačni Franz, Bohem, Puppetz ( Indie ), Tabu, Društvo Mrtvih Pesnikov ( pop-rock ), Naio Ssaion ( Gothic metal ), Terrafolk, Leaf Fat ( screamo ), Avven, Perpetuum Jazzile, Carpe Diem, Šank Rock, Big Foot Mama, Yogurt, Adam, Levitan, Dan D, Time to time, Flirrt, Zablujena generacija, Slon in Sadež, Katalena, Rock Partyzani, Shyam, Eroika, Hic et Nunc, Devil Doll ( experimental rock ), Chateau, Posodi mi jürja, Rok ' n ' band, Čuki, Juliette Justine, Zaklonišče Prepeva, Psycho-Path, Dekadent ( black metal ) and Buldožer ( progressive rock ).