The active sponsor of Jefferson's measure for religious liberty in Virginia, Madison played the most influential single role in the drafting of the Constitution and in securing its ratification in Virginia, founded the first political party in American history, and, as Jefferson's Secretary of State and his successor in the Presidency, guided the nation through the troubled years of our second war with Britain.

In the following year her father undertook to give a course in Hebrew theology to Johns Hopkins students, and this brought to the Szold house a group of bright young Jews who had come to Baltimore to study, and who enjoyed being fed and mothered by Mamma and entertained by Henrietta and Rachel, who played and sang for them in the upstairs sitting room on Sunday evenings.

This huge hulk played the guitar and he would take it along on our walks and play for us as we sat alone in the woods or by the stream.

The CTCA program of activities was profuse: William Farnum and Mary Pickford on the screen, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder on the stage, books provided by the American Library Association, full equipment for games and sports -- except that no `` bones '' were furnished for the all-time favorite pastime played on any floor and known as `` African golf ''.

You'd never guess it from the way they've played so far this spring, but there remains a feeling among some around here that the Orioles still have a chance to battle for the pennant in 1961.

At the end of work one day, the personnel man took the applicants one at a time, asked them to sit behind the receptionist's desk and he then played the role of a number of people who might come to the receptionist with a number of queries and for a number of purposes.

Babe Ruth, as he always did in the Stadium, played right field to avoid having the sun in his eyes, and Tommy Thevenow, a rather mediocre hitter who played shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals, knocked a ball with all his might into the sharp angle formed by the permanent stands and the wooden bleachers, where Ruth could not reach it.

Now a quiet-spoken, middle-aged man, Fiedler is an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed's Missiles and Space Division at Sunnyvale, where he played a key role in the development of the Navy's Polaris missile.

President Kennedy couldn't stay away from his desk for the 75-minute young people's concert played on the White House lawn yesterday by the 85-piece Transylvania Symphony Orchestra from Brevard, N. C..

Music lovers who are not familiar with this literature may hear an excellent example, played for RCA by Emil Gilels.

Accordingly, at the Comedie last year, Jean Meyer played a sympathetic Arnolphe and drew criticism for turning the comedy into a tragedy.

Just to test himself, he played roulette for quarters on his old combination, five and seventeen, and within an hour, he had won, surprisingly, twenty dollars.

She sat down and played two slots at once, looking grim, as if bested by mechanical devices, and Owen felt sorry for the lay-sisters depending on her support.

Performed thousands of times in recent years, Mr. Dragon's arrangement has been played for state occasions such as the memorial services for Presidents Ford and Reagan and at tribute concerts for events such as the Oklahoma City bombing and 9 / 11.

This education, history, and background are hinted at in the Margaret Rutherford films ( see below ), in which Miss Marple mentions her awards at marksmanship, fencing and equestrianism ( although these hints are played for comedic value ).

He played three matches against Kasparov for the title from 1986 to 1990, before becoming FIDE World Champion once again after Kasparov broke away from FIDE in 1993.

In 1893 he played for the French organist Charles-Marie Widor ( at Saint-Sulpice, Paris ), for whom Johann Sebastian Bach's organ-music contained a mystic sense of the eternal.

In the First Test ( the first played at Edgbaston ), after scoring 376 England bowled out Australia for 36 ( Wilfred Rhodes 7 / 17 ) and reduced them to 46 – 2 when they followed on.

The 1948 series ended with one of the most poignant moments in cricket history, as Bradman played his final innings for Australia in the Fifth Test at The Oval, needing to score only four runs to end with a career batting average of exactly 100.

The formal study of architecture in academic institutions played a pivotal role in the development of the profession as a whole, serving as a focal point for advances in architectural technology and theory.

* Indianapolis ABCs, a Negro league baseball team that played in the early to mid 1900s

Indianapolis has played host for the men's tournament on three occasions to date.

The Indianapolis Colts played in the RCA Dome from 1984 until 2007.

* 1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In 1978, he signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association ( WHA ), where he briefly played before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers.

Gretzky only played eight games for Indianapolis.

* May 2 – The first game of Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In 1946, Hellman entered and won the eleventh ACA American tournament held at Nashville, Tennessee, and also the third NCA American tournament played in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Over his career, Stairs has played for six other minor league teams: The Indianapolis Indians ( Triple-A ) in 1992, the Ottawa Lynx ( Triple-A ) in 1993, the New Britain Red Sox ( Double-A ) in 1994, the Pawtucket Red Sox ( Triple-A ) in 1995, the Edmonton Trappers ( Triple-A ) in 1996 and a few rehab games for the Nashville Sounds ( Triple-A ) in 2003.

It is also the home of Albert Bentley, who attended and played football at Immokalee High School and went on to play for the Miami Hurricanes and the Indianapolis Colts.

Wall, from Milledgeville, played fullback for the University of GA and had short stints with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Indianapolis Colts.

* Robert C. " Bob " Dro, who played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and basketball on the Indianapolis Kautskys team.

* Cory Bird ( born 1978 ), safety who played for the Indianapolis Colts.

* Cory Bird ( born 1978 ), safety who played for the Indianapolis Colts.

* Colin Ferrell ( born 1984 ), defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts, who played collegiate football at Kent State University.

Bourbon Bondurant, an insurance agent with prior pro football experience with the Fort Wayne Friars ; Joe Windbiel, a local high school coach who played professionally with the Detroit Heralds ; architect Earl Warweg, who had played semi-pro football for five years in Indianapolis ; cigar company traffic manager Clarence Specht ; and June Talley, an insurance adjuster also with college football experience, soon joined the team.

One of those games against an independent team, the Indianapolis Belmonts, was played in a snowstorm.

" Speros had started calling his new franchise the Baltimore CFL Colts and the NFL sued because of possible public confusion with their Indianapolis Colts, who had played in Baltimore from 1953 until 1983.

Five former NBA teams also trace their history back to the NBL: the Anderson Packers, Denver Nuggets, Indianapolis Jets ( as the Kautskys ), Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks played in the BAA / NBA.

While beating Wisconsin ( Leaders Division Champions ) in regular season play on a last second Hail-Mary pass, they lost in dramatic fashion to the Badgers in the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game played in Indianapolis.

Killebrew finished the season with 38 games played in Indianapolis and 86 in Chattanooga, where he hit. 308 with 17 home runs.

The following week, Brady again played well during the rematch at Indianapolis, with a passer rating of 148. 3 in a 38 – 17 win.

The Patriots and Colts had faced each other twice in the previous three postseasons at Foxborough ; this game, however, was played at Indianapolis.