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Donora's nickname is " The Home of Champions " mainly because of the large number of famous athletes that have called Donora their home.
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But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.
The title refers to the nickname given his wife by the composer, who is also a member of the National Film Board of Canada.
* Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician ( born 1952 )
As king, Afonso IV is remembered as a soldier and a valiant general, hence the nickname the Brave.
Arizona State University's Division I athletic teams are called the Sun Devils, which is also the nickname used to refer to students and alumni of the university.
* Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly.
Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State.
There is a Mozart reference in the title — A Little Night Music is an occasionally used translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the nickname of Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525.
One well-known association the town has is with the ' Accrington Pals ', the nickname given to the smallest home town battalion of volunteers formed to fight in the first world war.
Strictly speaking, the ' Accrington Pals ' battalion is properly known as the ' 11th East Lancashire Regiment ': the nickname is a little misleading, since of the four 250-strong companies that made up the original battalion only one was actually composed of men from Accrington.
However, the nickname is also factually accurate, as the city ’ s tree coverage percentage is at 36 %, the highest out of all major American cities, and above the national average of 27 %.
The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed " Fort Apache ".
The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.
A common nickname for the intentional walk is four-finger salute, since most managers call for an intentional walk by holding up four fingers.
Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname " Braves " in ; the club eventually left Boston for Milwaukee and is now playing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ẓahīr ad-Dīn Muḥammad (, also known by his royal titles as al-ṣultānu ' l-ʿazam wa ' l-ḫāqān al-mukkarram bādshāh-e ġāzī ), is more commonly known by his nickname, Bābur (< big > بابر </ big >).
In the 2006 anime Black Lagoon, the nickname of the local Russian mob boss is " Balalaika ".
According to Hippolytus of Rome, John Mark is not Mark the Cousin of Barnabas, and Barnabas did not dispute with Paul because of personal favor to a blood relative, but due to his character as his nickname Barnabas (" Son of Encouragement ") indicates.
This area of Manhattan is often called the Theater District or the Great White Way, a nickname originating in the headline " Found on the Great White Way " in the February 3, 1902 edition of the New York Evening Telegram.
" Great White Way " is a nickname for a section of Broadway in the Midtown section of the New York City borough of Manhattan, specifically the portion that encompasses the Theatre District, between 42nd and 53rd Streets, and encompassing Times Square.
" The Big Apple " is a nickname for New York City.
It is possible that the writer simply understood " Big Apple " as an appropriate nickname for any large city:
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The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “ The Pilgrims At Home ” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“ Rory O ’ More ” melody ).
The city's official nickname is '" Home of the Classics ,"' a reference to the " classic " automobiles once manufactured there.
It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song " Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey " so well on the guitar.
It was mainly known as Highbury due to its location and was given the affectionate nickname of " The Home of Football " by the club.
Baker, who led the American League in home runs in, earned the nickname " Home Run " during the 1911 World Series in which he hit a go-ahead home run off Rube Marquard in Game 2, and a ninth-inning game-tying home run off Christy Mathewson in Game 3.
Operational from 1940 until 1944, the Home Guard – comprising 1. 5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, usually owing to age, hence the nickname " Dad's Army " – acted as a secondary defence force, in case of invasion by the forces of Nazi Germany and their allies.
He is best known for creating London's police department while Home Secretary, thus giving them their nickname of " Bobbies.
During World War II, Luke Field was the largest fighter training base in the Army Air Forces, graduating more than 12, 000 fighter pilots from advanced and operational courses earning the nickname, “ Home of the Fighter Pilot .”
Frank Baker, one of the best players of the dead-ball era, earned the nickname of " Home Run " Baker merely for hitting two home runs in the 1911 World Series.
He is best remembered for his work as an emissary shuttling between the commanders of the Home Army and the Polish Government in Exile in London and other Allied governments which gained him the nickname " Courier from Warsaw ", and for his participation in the Warsaw Uprising.
His trademark croak, utilized to the maximum on his 1956 debut hit " Ain't Got No Home ," earned Henry his nickname and jump-started a career that endures to this day.
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He would help United secure their second successive Premier League title on the final day and win the Champions League by saving the final penalty of the shoot-out from Nicolas Anelka gaining him the nickname " Van der Save ".
Lane garners, on average, 7-10 city-championships per year and has won 16 state championships since 1908 giving its nickname of " The School of Champions ".
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The regiment saw action in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 ( where it acquired the nickname Das Eiserne Regiment ), and during the First World War-as part of the 22nd Division-fought mainly on the Eastern Front.
Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, nickname Kuli ( 27 April 1921, Bremen14 August 1998, Seeham ) was a German actor and TV host, remembered mainly as host of Einer wird gewinnen, a quiz show that ran from 1964 to 1987.
Possibly because of the stiff competition of the mostly male business environment and partly because of her usually dour dress sense ( due mainly to frugality, but perhaps ascribable in part to her Quaker upbringing ), she was given the nickname the " Witch of Wall Street ".
The soundtrack for Mega Man 2 was composed mainly by Takashi Tateishi, credited as Ogeretsu Kun ( a nickname implying rudeness, geretsu ( 下劣 ) meaning rudeness or depraved in Japanese ).
* Tab ( nickname ), an affectionately derogative term for Cantabrigians used mainly by Oxonians
* Philip Mannering: A boy with a growth of hair which stands up above the forehead, earning him ( and his sister and mother, but mainly him ) the nickname " Tufty " from Jack.
When the cut fastball is working correctly, mainly against opposite-handed batters ( e. g., a right-handed pitcher facing a left-handed hitter ), the pitch can crack and split a hitter's bat, hence the pitch's occasional nickname of " the buzzsaw.
Since the early 1960s Inge Meysel mainly acted in made-for-TV films and got the nickname ( Fernseh -) Mutter der Nation ("( Television ) Mother of the Nation ").
This segment is a retelling of the story of John Chapman, who spent most of his life roaming Mid-Western America ( mainly Illinois and Indiana ) in the pioneer days, and planting apple trees, thus earning his famous nickname.
* Míchel ( nickname ), people with the given nickname ( mainly Spanish footballers )
The effects of coal mining in the valley, both from small family owned shafts and major pits alike, caused the river to become polluted and dirty with coal dust and other chemicals to the point at which it was once entirely black in colour, earning it the mainly local nickname of the " Black River ".
As the locomotives were operated mainly in South Wales, some railfans know the Class by the nickname " Taffy Tank "; ' Taffy ' being a derogatory term for someone of Welsh descent.
Aramco brats is a nickname applied to the children of ( mainly expatriate ) employees of Saudi Aramco oil company, some of whom may have been born in Saudi Arabia and others who came with their parents later in childhood.
Havard was sometimes referred to by the Inklings as the " Useless Quack ," mainly because Warren Lewis once called him so upon being irritated by his tardiness, and his brother, Jack, thought it quite amusing at the time and caused the nickname to continue.
He is known for his outspoken style and anti-statist politics in a province known for mainly supporting left-of-centre policies, but has nonetheless earned widespread popularity, earning the nickname le Roi Arthur (" King Arthur ").
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