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Known for his hitting brilliance, Ruth set career records for home runs ( 714 ), slugging percentage (. 690 ), runs batted in ( RBI ) ( 2, 217 ), and on-base plus slugging ( OPS ) ( 1. 164 ).
Known as Tractarians after their production of Tracts for the Times on theological issues, they advanced the case for the Church of England being essentially a part of the ' Western Church ', of which the Roman Catholic Church was the chief representative.
Known for his murals at the Harlem Hospital and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building.
Known for excommunicating noblemen who protected the Cathars, Castelnau excommunicated Raymond as an abettor of heresy following an allegedly fierce argument during which Raymond supposedly threatened Castelnau with violence.
Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed " Lynchian ", a style characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design.
Known for its harshness, draconian has come to refer to similarly unforgiving rules or laws.
Known as The Hype, the band members created characters for themselves and wore elaborate costumes that prefigured the glam style of The Spiders From Mars.
Known as the " Dreadnoughts ", the team continued to play at the Essendon Cricket Ground until the expansion of the Jolimont Railway Yards into the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1922 meant that the " Same Olds " were looking for a new home.
Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, and is widely revered.
Known to have been played as far back as prehistoric times, games are generally distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration.
Known as an Argive grip, it placed the handle at the edge of the shield, and was supported by a leather fastening ( for the forearm ) at the centre.
Known for recognizing inequality with marginalised groups including women and Māori using geography.
Known for his hedonistic lifestyle of " sex, drugs and rock ' n roll ," Brood was an enfant terrible and a cultural figure whose suicide, apparently caused by a failure to kick his drug and alcohol habit, only strengthened his controversial status.
Known as the Hackett Medical College for Women ( 夏葛女子醫學院 ), this College was located in Guangzhou, China, and was enabled by a large donation from Mr. Edward A. K.
John Lennon played harmonica on early Beatles ' hits as " Love Me Do ", " Please Please Me ", " I'll Get You " and " I Should Have Known Better ", in the later songs such as " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Known to have been used for 124 launches from 1958 to 1975, reaching up to 1158 kilometers altitude.
Known versions are KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701 and KOMPILER 3 for the IBM 704.
ARM originated as an acronym for " Amalgamation of Regional Militia ", though this is not a term in current usage by the time of the Known Space novels.
Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou ( 1965 ), he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles.
Known initially by the code name " EP " ( for " Electronic Paper "), it was introduced in 1982 as a competitor for VisiCalc.

Known and dry
Known in the Middle East by various names, including the khamsin, this dry, sirocco-style wind is usually accompanied by great dust clouds.
Known variously as the Rockette, Cutlass, and Turbo-Rocket by Oldsmobile ( and as Fireball and Skylark by Buick ), it was a compact, lightweight engine measuring long, wide, and high ( same as the small-block Chevy ), with a dry weight of only.
Known as " wet riser " and " dry riser " respectively in the United Kingdom.
Known for his strong " box-to-box " play and ability to score from midfield, Jenas ' last two years with Newcastle were marked by a series of inexplicably bland displays, both goals and energy started to dry up, leading to Jenas starting fewer games.

Known and humor
Known for their humor and light-heartedness, the meetings typically start with a movie made for Berkshire shareholders.
" Known for often injecting slapstick and absurdist humor into his performances, Bennink has had especially fruitful long-term partnerships with pianist Misha Mengelberg and saxophonist Peter Brötzmann.
Known also as a " charming king of jovial pop ", his concerts are never mere repetitions of recorded songs, but a mixture of musical improvisation and humor exploiting all aspects of human nature in a crude manner.
Known for the occasional wisecrack, and having a slightly strange sense of humor, he was still a very capable soldier.
Known more for humor and originality than in-depth analysis, he's best known for his creative reviews of bad films, clever skewering of glitzy performers, and passionate advovacy for those in whose talents he believed.
Known for his humor, Shlonsky earned the nickname " Lashonsky " from the wisecrackers of his generation ( lashon means " tongue ", i. e., " language ") for his unusually clever and astute innovations in the newly evolving Hebrew language.
Known for his sense of humor and first hand knowledge of the sport, Rutten quickly became a fan favorite commentator.

Known and engaging
In the Known Space stories, Niven had created a number of technological devices ( GP hull, stasis field, Ringworld material ) which, combined with the " Teela Brown gene ", made it very difficult to construct engaging stories beyond a certain date — the combination of factors made it tricky to produce any kind of creditable threat / problem without complex contrivances.
Known for his close relationship with his fanbase, and his charismatic and engaging stage presence, O ' Donnell's music has been described as a mix of country and Irish folk, and he has sold over ten million records to date.

Known and writing
Known for penning concept suites and songs inspired by literature, music fan opinions of his writing have varied greatly, running the gamut from cerebral and insightful to pretentious and preachy.
Seton was an early pioneer of the modern school of animal fiction writing, his most popular work being Wild Animals I Have Known ( 1898 ), which contains the story of his killing of the wolf Lobo.
Known for writing " Worked Up So Sexual " performed by The Faint.
Known for writing " the Kingdom of God is anarchy " he believed that freedom ultimately comes from God, in direct opposition to atheist anarchists such as Mikhail Bakunin, who saw God as the ( symbolic ) enslaver of humanity.
Known for writing about culture clash between Indian urban and rural societies, Markandaya's first published novel, Nectar in a Sieve, was a bestseller and cited as a American Library Association Notable Book in 1955.
Known as the first writing system of Arda, Sarati was invented by the Ñoldorin chronicler Rúmil of Valinor in the Valian Year of 1179.
Known for his lyrical writing and his ability to convey not only the dangers of mountaineering but the pure exaltation of the climb, Rébuffat authored several books.
Known for his straight forward views in his writing he was called ' Writer & Fighter Of Maharashtra ' by Former Indian President Dr. K. R. Narayanan.
Known as " organic " search engine optimization ( SEO ), this practice involves the strategic placement and repetition of keywords and keyword phrases on web pages, writing in a manner that human readers would consider normal.
Known for his writings, Fraziers ' Ph. D dissertation was critically acclaimed as one of the most important reads since an earlier writing by William Du Bois, also someone Frazier called his mentor.
Known for being a gifted student who had a particular proficiency in creative writing, he continued his studies informally with his mother — a schoolteacher.
Known for having drawn some of the most advanced ancient world maps, as well as writing on travels and geography.
Known for his controversial writing style, Su is regarded as one of the pioneering novelists in China.

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