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Advertising copy frequently takes into account matters of special Negro concern.
On May 4, 1927, representatives from the two warring factions signed the Espino Negro accord, negotiated by Henry Stimson, appointed by U. S. President Calvin Coolidge as a special envoy to Nicaragua.
On June 5, 2008, Major League Baseball held a special draft of the surviving Negro league players to acknowledge and rectify their exclusion from the major leagues on the basis of race.
On June 5,, Major League Baseball held a special draft of the surviving Negro League players to acknowledge and rectify their exclusion from the major leagues on the basis of race.
In the days of segregation, five of the seven Louisiana councils maintained a separate summer camp for Negro scouts and the other two ran a special session at the regular council camp in order that black scouts would not be denied a camping program.
In November 2005, Miñoso's name was placed on a special ballot of Negro League players to be voted upon by a special committee of Negro Leagues historians and scholars, though he did not win induction.
: For exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility from June, 1941, to November, 1944, as an Inspector of troop units in the field, and as special War Department consultant on matters pertaining to Negro troops.
On May 4, 1927, representatives from the two warring factions signed the Espino Negro accord, negotiated by Henry Stimson, appointed by U. S. President Calvin Coolidge as a special envoy to Nicaragua.
In fact, the party has sent special representatives here to sabotage my work on behalf of U. S. Negro liberation.
He maintained that it was the principal “ duty ” of the Socialists to “ champion the cause of the African American and that the Socialists should undertake special efforts to reach African Americans as they had done with foreigners and women .” Perhaps most importantly, he emphasized that “ Politically, the Negro is the touchstone of the modern democratic idea ” and that true democracy and equality implies “ a revolution ... startling even to think of .”
" Nevertheless, by the end of the tour, all of the seven core acts originally featured in the Melody Maker special had recording contracts with either major or big independent labels – Orlando with WEA subsidiary Blanco y Negro Records, Plastic Fantastic with Mercury Records, Sexus with ZTT, Hollywood with U2's Mother Records label, DexDexTer with Island Records subdivision Trade2, Viva with Planet3 Records and Minty ( whose transvestite drummer Trevor Sharpe had filled in as drummer for Plastic Fantastic on the tour ) with Candy Records.
Pastor Stokes also served as the reporter for the special Negro Commission at the Congress.
Narratives from this period show that the climatae was benign and the soil rich in natural resources, with special mention of the coal mines of Candiota and Rio Negro.

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Okrent, based on discussions with colleagues at USA Today, credits Rotisserie league baseball with much of USA Today's early success, since the paper provided much more detailed box scores than most competitors and eventually even created a special paper, Baseball Weekly, that almost exclusively contained statistics and box scores.
However, due to the special 75th anniversary uniforms serving as the " alternates " for one game in 2007, the Eagles could not wear the alternate black jersey that season per league rules ( alternate uniforms are permitted twice per season but only one can be used ).
Teams ended up only playing nine regular season games, and the league conducted a special 16-team, four-round playoff tournament where divisions were ignored in the seeding.
Bergkamp featured in nine out of the last ten league games, forming a special partnership with Ljungberg.
* The Cup is automatically awarded to the team that wins the title of the previous Cup champion's league, without the need for any other special extra contest.
The Portland Country Club holds special summer events during its youth summer league and " Kids ' Week.
* Ellis Burks, former major league baseball player and current special assistant to the General Manager of the Cleveland Indians
Manchester United won the Premier League two months after Larsson had left the club, and although he had not played the required quota of 10 league games to qualify for a Premier League winners medal, he, alongside Alan Smith, was granted special dispensation by the Premier League after the club requested extra medals for the two.
The network also aired special coverage of Hayley Wickenheiser's debut in the Finnish men's hockey league.
Okrent, based on discussions with colleagues at USA Today, credits Rotisserie league baseball with much of the early success of USA Today, since the paper provided much more detailed box scores than most competitors and eventually even created a special paper, Baseball Weekly, that almost exclusively contained statistics and box scores.
The team wore them in their 2007 season opener vs. Arizona ( with special league permission ) after the death of NFL Hall of Famer Bill Walsh.
Members of the organization also have access to a special Members Only section of the ARRL web site that includes technical documents, expanded product reviews of amateur radio equipment, expanded contesting information, and a searchable database of all league publications.
In 2007 – 2008 five finalists in each league were determined in fan balloting on MLB. com, from 30 club nominees selected by a special panel assembled by Major League Baseball and MLB. com.
As a 10-year-old throwing three touchdown passes in a Boys Club league, his apparent football talents led coaches and his parents to keep special watch.
González was in the league top-ten in hit by pitches and the special helmet was constructed for his use.
In addition to the A-level team and youth teams, Denmark also have a special league national team named Ligalandsholdet, with the best Danish footballers from the Nordic leagues.
However, as with World War I, a special wartime league was played throughout the war years, with the FA Cup again suspended.
Pupils generally do well in examination league tables ( though the statistics are not directly comparable to state schools or are not published, such as value added ) and with university entrances, and the school typically sends between 6 and 12 students ( to whom it may have given special exam coaching ) to Oxford and Cambridge every year.
The luxury box is used only by major league scouts and Berra himself, who attends at least twice a year during special theme nights on which he signs autographs for fans.
The league used a special 16-team playoff tournament for that year.
On September 8, 1965, as part of a special promotion featuring the popular young player, Campaneris became the first player to play every position in a major league game.
For example, the NBA and its sister league, the WNBA, set aside a special room at their draft sites for invited top prospects to await their selection with their families and agents.
A special committee selects managers Connie Mack and John McGraw, former league presidents Morgan Bulkeley and Ban Johnson, and pioneer shortstop / promoter George Wright.

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A special presentation was made to Mrs. Geraldine Thompson of Red Bank, who is stepping down after 35 years on the committee.
The International Organization for Standardization, ISO, has a special technical committee for cycles, TC149, that has the following scope: " Standardization in the field of cycles, their components and accessories with particular reference to terminology, testing methods and requirements for performance and safety, and interchangeability.
In addition as a member of the Association of Caribbean States ( ACS ), Cuba was re-appointed as the chair-of the special committee on transportation issues for the Caribbean region.
Nonetheless due to such concerns, the Council decided to adjourn and appoint a special committee to investigate the orthodoxy of Leo's Tome, judging it by the standard of Cyril's Twelve Chapters, as some of the bishops present raised concerns about their compatibility.
In 1925 a special committee was inaugurated to build the city ; city expansion plans were designed and city rights were granted in 1926, and tax privileges were granted for investors in 1927.
In 1933 a plan of development providing for a population of 250, 000 was worked out by a special commission appointed by a government committee, in collaboration with the municipal authorities.
The remaining constitutional functions of the Monarch are to open the annual session of the Riksdag, to chair the foreign advisory committee, to preside at the special cabinet council when a new Prime Minister takes office, and to be kept informed by the Prime Minister on matters of state.
* 1973 – Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the " Nixon tapes " to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
International Kendo Federation ( FIK ) grading rules allow national kendo organisations to establish a special committee to consider the award of those grades.
During the second russification period, at the start of the First World War, the Dowager Empress, travelling by her special train through Finland to Saint Petersburg, expressed her continued disapprobation for the russification of Finland by having an orchestra of a welcoming committee to play the March of the Pori Regiment and the Finnish national anthem " Maamme ", which at the time were under the explicit ban from Franz Albert Seyn, the Governor-General of Finland.
Therefore, when a merger with a controlling stockholder was: 1 ) negotiated and approved by a special committee of independent directors ; and 2 ) conditioned on an affirmative vote of a majority of the minority stockholders, the business judgment standard of review should presumptively apply, and any plaintiff ought to have to plead particularized facts that, if true, support an inference that, despite the facially fair process, the merger was tainted because of fiduciary wrongdoing .″
In Iran a special committee receives observations of every new moon to determine the beginning of each month.
Various irregularities have been exposed during the investigation by a special parliamentary committee into the Lew Rywin affair.
This question he referred to the special committee of experts appointed to study the general liturgical reform.
As a special occasion, the MCC committee arranged the 1898 Gentlemen v Players match to coincide with his fiftieth birthday and he celebrated the event by scoring 43 and 31 not out, though handicapped by lameness and an injured hand.
In 1979, the Tony Awards committee gave Fonda a special award for his achievements on Broadway.
MacArthur was called to appear before a special Congressional committee in 1901, where he testified against cadets implicated in hazing, but downplayed his own hazing even though the other cadets gave the full story to the committee.
Major decisions during this period were made by the Communist head in Shanghai, Chen Duxiu, the Party's general secretary, with a special committee of eight party officials coordinating Communist actions.
In 2012, a special committee finally inducted the Comets into the hall.
In response, a special committee was appointed, which proceeded to draw up a report called the Concept Plan of Redress.
During the strike a special strike committee was set up to print their own money, control food prices and publish newspapers.
Typically, professional misconduct cases are heard in the first instance by a bar committee or special master, with appeals from rulings made at that level directly to the state supreme court, which has original jurisdiction over the case and can consider new evidence.
Once Republicans regained control of the Senate, Glenn also served as the ranking minority member on a special Senate investigative committee chaired by Tennessee senator Fred Dalton Thompson that looked into illegal foreign donations by China to U. S. political campaigns for the 1996 election.

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