But when tiny, 145-pound Albert Gregory Pearson of the Los Angeles Angels, who once caught three straight fly balls in center field because, as a teammate explained, `` the other team thought no one was out there '', hits seven home runs in four months ( three more than his total in 1958, 1959, and 1960 ), his achievement borders on the ridiculous.

He was the third driver in NASCAR history to win both the Rookie of the Year and Cup Series championship in his career, joining David Pearson and Richard Petty.

Under Mountbatten's presidency and personal involvement, the United World College of South East Asia was established in Singapore in 1971, followed by the United World College of the Pacific ( now known as the Lester B Pearson United World College of the Pacific ) in Victoria, Canada, in 1974.

Mary Anne Evans was the third child of Robert Evans ( 1773 – 1849 ) and Christiana Evans ( née Pearson ) ( 1788 – 1836 ), the daughter of a local farmer.

It is an estimate of the probability distribution of a continuous variable and was first introduced by Karl Pearson.

Although the proposal was ridiculed and came to nothing ( and would almost certainly have failed if it had been built, due to the shortcomings of the technology proposed ), Pearson continued to lobby for a variety of railway schemes throughout the 1840s and 1850s.

In 1846, Pearson proposed with the support of the City Corporation a central railway station for London located in Farringdon that was estimated to cost £ 1 million ( approximately £ 71. 7 million today ).

In 1956, this idea was actualized by St-Laurent and his Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester B. Pearson in the development of UN Peacekeepers that helped to put an end to the Suez Crisis.

St-Laurent was succeeded as Liberal Party leader by his former Secretary of State for External Affairs and representative at the United Nations, Lester B. Pearson, at the party's leadership convention in 1958.

This too was shown to be incorrect by the Michelson – Gale – Pearson experiment, which detected the Sagnac effect due to Earth's rotation ( s. Aether drag hypothesis )

The touchdown was controversial because many felt that Pearson pushed off on Vikings defensive back Nate Wright, which is pass interference and a violation of the rules.

In 2000, the company was sold to Pearson for £ 62 million.

Bennett saw that Pearson was recognized with an O. B. E.

He was a sideman on many Blue Note recordings of the era, playing with Sam Rivers, Freddie Hubbard, Duke Pearson, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Horace Silver and others.

The book was published under anonymous authorship, and written by Ridley Pearson.

Parker Pearson speculates that the wooden circle at Durrington Walls was the centre of a ' land of the living ', whilst the stone circle represented a ' land of the dead ', with the Avon serving as a journey between the two.

On the other hand, Professor Mike Parker Pearson of Sheffield University has suggested that Stonehenge was part of a ritual landscape and was joined to Durrington Walls by their corresponding avenues and the River Avon.

It was called a " fast-back ", and because of this David Pearson was the series champion that year with Richard Petty dominating 1967, winning 27 of 48 races ( including 10 in a row ) in the boxier Plymouth Belvedere.

Perhaps the most talented player in the backfield was Halfback Preston Pearson ( no relation to receiver Drew Pearson ), who signed on the team as a free agent after being cut by the Steelers in the pre-season.

Dallas went on to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, 17 – 14, with a 50-yard touchdown pass from Staubach to Drew Pearson with less than a minute to play in what was called the " Hail Mary pass ".

Wide receiver Drew Pearson was the leading receiver on the team with 48 receptions for 870 yards, while Pro Bowl tight end Billy Joe Dupree recorded 28 receptions for 347 yards and provided blocking support on running plays.

To save the British from what he thought was a disastrous action, and to stop the war from a possible escalation, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, Lester B. Pearson, proposed the creation of the first United Nations peacekeeping force to ensure access to the canal for all, and an Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai.

In 1984, the Canadian Press named Mulroney " Newsmaker of the Year " for the second straight year, making him only the second prime minister to have received the honor both before becoming prime minister and when prime minister ( the other being Lester Pearson ).

The Greys were led by Matt Baxter with a 9-2 record and 2. 47 ERA while the bullpen was led by Terry Pearson, who recorded 20 saves and a. 50 ERA and stuck out 43 batters in 36 innings while only walking eight batters for the entire season.

By air, Kingston is served by Norman Rogers Airport with Air Canada Jazz providing regular service to Toronto Pearson only.

The most common of these is the Pearson correlation coefficient, which is sensitive only to a linear relationship between two variables ( which may exist even if one is a nonlinear function of the other ).

The Pearson correlation is defined only if both of the standard deviations are finite and both of them are nonzero.

In this case the Pearson correlation coefficient does not indicate that there is an exact functional relationship: only the extent to which that relationship can be approximated by a linear relationship.

* Ruth Pearson ( the only remaining original member )

Before him there were only John Selden, and, in a more restricted field, Thomas Gataker and Pearson.

His only child was the distinguished applied mathematician Louis Napoleon George Filon, who worked with Karl Pearson.

The American press — particularly Drew Pearson — made note of the fact that the Globetrotters were paid ( per game ) the equivalent of $ 4000, which could be spent only in Moscow.

A notable survivor is the only intact DD Valentine, this has been restored to running condition and is in private ownership in the United Kingdom by Mr John Pearson.

* Viz Top Tips with Reeves and Mortimer ( VHS only, Pearson New Entertainment, 1996 )

Pepe Pearson scored the second half's only touchdown for the Fire, leaving Rob Hart to attempt a game-tying field goal with eight seconds left ; it sailed left, and Scotland lost World Bowl VIII in what turned out to be Criner's last game as head coach as he would depart for the XFL

In 2005, Edexcel became the only large examination board to be held in private hands, when Pearson PLC took complete control.

The book Dish: The Inside Story of the World of Gossip, makes the dubious claim that some time after April 1957, journalist Drew Pearson appeared as a guest on the The Mike Wallace Interview and made the following claim live on air: " John F. Kennedy is the only man in history that I know who won a Pulitzer Prize for a book that was ghostwritten for him.

After explaining that smokers trying to quit are the only ones who see them, Dudley invites Pearson to a meeting of those who can see the " batmen ".

During the 1999 – 2000 season, he was a finalist for the Lester B. Pearson trophy as NHLPA MVP and he finished third in scoring, only 5 points behind Jaromír Jágr.

He was traded to the Quebec Nordiques during the 1993 NHL Entry Draft for Scott Pearson, and he lasted only 31 games for Quebec before being claimed on waivers by the Vancouver Canucks.

Therefore, by the Neyman – Pearson lemma, the most powerful test of this type of hypothesis for this data will depend only on.

For Galton, regression had only this biological meaning, but his work was later extended by Udny Yule and Karl Pearson to a more general statistical context.

In he finished second in the AL with an earned run average of 2. 95, trailing teammate Monte Pearson ( 2. 33 ); under modern rules ( one inning pitched per games played by team ), enacted in 1951, Harder would have been credited with the league lead, as Pearson only pitched 135 innings.

During the race, David Pearson made a pit stop, and thought the Wood brothers were going to change only two tires.

Pearson said later that he thought he had dropped the ball only to find it pinned against his hip and then " I just waltzed right into the end zone.