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.

Andersson's next project was Mamma Mia !, a musical built around 24 of ABBA's songs, which has become a worldwide box-office blockbuster with versions in several languages currently being played in many countries, including the UK ( West End premiere in April 1999 ), Canada ( Toronto premiere in 2000 ), the USA ( Broadway premiere in 2001 ), and Sweden ( Swedish language premiere in 2005 ).

The Toronto Blue Jays are the only team to have never played in the ALDS and are the last team to win the World Series under the old 4 division format.

The Lions also played a test against Canada on their way home, winning 19 to 8 in Toronto.

The first documented gridiron football match was a game played at University College, a college of the University of Toronto, November 9, 1861.

* 2008 – The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 16 – 3.

* 1861 – The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, University of Toronto.

* 1946 – The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game.

On November 1, 1946, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, in a game the NBA now regards as the first played in its history.

He also played at the two Days of Blues Festival in Toronto in 1974.

The Gretzkys won, and Wayne played Junior B hockey with the Toronto Nationals.

Walter Gretzky had played Junior B hockey, but was slowed by chicken pox and failed in a tryout for the Junior A Toronto Marlboros, ending his playing career.

Matches were played in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, London, New York, Philadelphia and Boston.

In June 2010, X played a free show at the North by Northeast Festival ( NXNE ) in Toronto, ON, Canada, and on June 18, 2011 the band headlined the 3rd Annual Johnny Cash Music Festival in Ventura, CA, USA.

During his 21-year baseball career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers ( 1978 – 1992 ), Toronto Blue Jays ( 1993 – 1995 ), and Minnesota Twins ( 1996 – 1998 ).

Crafts keep himself busy playing for the Arena Football League's New Jersey Red Dogs then played for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts in 2000 before joining the XFL's LA Xtreme

Most notably, Bassett's Toronto Northmen were forced to find a new home after the Canadian government threatened to ban any American football team from competing with the Canadian Football League ( despite the fact that the Toronto Rifles of the Continental Football League had played in Toronto just seven years prior ); though the Canadian Football Act never passed, the mere threat of it prompted Bassett to move the team to Memphis, where they became the Memphis Southmen, but were generally referred to by fans, local media, and even some official team materials as the " Grizzlies ".

They played their first game on November 17 when they played the Toronto St. Patricks in the Chicago Coliseum.

She was played in Toronto by Monigue Lund and in London by Alexandra Bonnet.

Olerud played with the Toronto Blue Jays ( 1989 – 96 ), New York Mets ( 1997 – 99 ), Seattle Mariners ( 2000 – 2004 ), New York Yankees ( 2004 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 2005 ).

A left winger, Henderson played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames and 5 in the World Hockey Association ( WHA ) for the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls.

The gag originated in a sketch in which Scott Thompson played a homophobic man who took offense at another man's ( McKinney ) attempt to seduce him by taking him to a Maple Leafs game: " Every time I come to this city, some guy picks me up at the bus station, takes me to a Leaf game, gets me pissed, then tries to blow me.

He only played 45 games for the Islanders before being sent to the Maple Leafs.

The Perth Citizens Band played " The Maple Leaf Forever " as the Mammoth Cheese departed to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.

He struggled with a groin injury and played only 40 games for the Maple Leafs who missed the playoffs.

Bassett offered Henderson a five-year contract worth twice the annual $ 75, 000 salary the Maple Leafs were paying, including a $ 50, 000 signing bonus and performance bonuses based on how he played in his final year with the Maple Leafs.

Following a 24-goal campaign to end his tenure with the Maple Leafs, Henderson officially moved to the WHA where he played in another tournament against the Soviets.

He played the next four seasons with the Triple-A Toronto Maple Leafs in the International League.

* James van Riemsdyk ( born 1989 ), drafted second overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, he has played for the Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs.

In addition, the Air Canada Centre was under construction just down the road, and selling highly desired boxes for the civic favourite Toronto Maple Leafs and new upstart Toronto Raptors, who originally played in the SkyDome since their establishment in 1995.

During his National Hockey League career, Gilmour played for 7 NHL clubs: the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens, serving as captain for Calgary, Toronto and Chicago.

Gilmour's Blackhawks played against the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 13, 1999 as the last game in historic Maple Leaf Gardens was played.

* February 13 Last ever Ice Hockey game played at the historic Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the game was a 6 – 2 loss for the Toronto Maple Leafs to Chicago Blackhawks.

However Conacher refused this, so Gorman hired King Clancy, who had previously played for Gorman with the Ottawa Senators and had retired from the Toronto Maple Leafs the previous season.

The trophy's design is similar to Maple Leaf Gardens, the arena in which the Maple Leafs played their home games from 1931 to 1999, with a botanically-correct maple leaf further embellishing it as well.

The team is third behind the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs for merchandise sales of Canadian sports teams, and in 2009 the team played in 5 of the 6 most viewed games on television as well as breaking a ratings record for the West Final against the Calgary Stampeders and a Grey Cup ratings record of 43 % of the national population against the Montreal Alouettes.

On 5 October 2005, opening night for the 2005 – 06 NHL season, the Senators played the Maple Leafs, with the newly acquired Dany Heatley playing on the top line with Jason Spezza and Brandon Bochenski.