MOCA, London, as curated by the artist Michael Petry, is a free museum located in Peckham Rye dedicated to exposing and showcasing new cutting-edge artists and their work.

Although the novel is set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, Petry identified the 1938 storm as the source for the storm that is at the center of her narrative.

He is also a character in the book " Tituba of Salem Village " by Ann Petry, another work of fiction relating to the witch trials.

The 5 Abril newspaper is considered the first newspaper published in the city of Novo Hamburgo, this was set up by Leopoldo Petry who decided to create the newspaper to defend the interests of the city.

Tituba is also the main character in the 1956 book Tituba of Salem Village by Ann Petry.

On February 22, 1938, she married George D. Petry of New Iberia, Louisiana, which brought Petry to New York.

The pitching staff was bolstered by ace Jack Morris ( 19 – 11, 3. 60 ERA ), Dan Petry ( 18 – 8 ), Milt Wilcox ( 17 – 8 ), and closer Willie Hernández ( 9 – 3, 1. 92 ERA with 32 saves ).

Petry had a strong family foundation with well-traveled uncles, who had many stories to tell her when coming home ; her father, who overcame racial obstacles, opened a pharmacy in the small town ; and her mother and aunts set a strong example: Petry, interviewed by the Washington Post in 1992, says about her tough female family members that “ it never occurred to them that there were things they couldn ’ t do because they were women .”

Impacted by her Harlem experiences, Ann Petry used her creative writing skills to bring this experience to paper.

She was outlived by her husband, George Petry, who died in 2000, and her only daughter, Liz Petry.

* The Street ( novel ), a 1946 novel by Ann Petry

* Abell, R., M. Thieme, C. Revenga, M. Bryer, M. Kottelat, N. Bogutskaya, B. Coad, N. Mandrak, S. Contreras-Balderas, W. Bussing, M. L. J. Stiassny, P. Skelton, G. R. Allen, P. Unmack, A. Naseka, R. Ng, N. Sindorf, J. Robertson, E. Armijo, J. Higgins, T. J. Heibel, E. Wikramanayake, D. Olson, H. L. Lopez, R. E. d. Reis, J. G. Lundberg, M. H. Sabaj Perez, and P. Petry.

In an " Open Slam ," the most common slam type, competition is open to all who wish to compete, given the number of slots available.

The current ( 2012 ) Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion is Dominique Ashaheed, who was also part of Denver's Slam Nuba in 2011.

A " Theme Slam " is one in which all performances must conform to a specified theme, genre, or formal constraint.

For example, at Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Slam Poetry is now available as a Minor course of study.

Tennis is enjoyed by millions of recreational players and is also a hugely popular worldwide spectator sport, especially the four Grand Slam tournaments ( also referred to as the " Majors "): the Australian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the US Open played also on hard courts.

Of the Grand Slam tournaments, the US Open and Australian Open use hard courts ( though both used grass courts in the past, and the US Open used clay courts from 1975 through 1977 ), the French Open is played on clay ( though it too was played on grass before 1928 ), and Wimbledon has always been played on grass.

* Grand Slam ( Fly-Fishing Caribbean ), when an angler is able to catch a bonefish, tarpon and permit during one day of fishing

Former world # 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic | Novak Đoković is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

Đoković, in particular, is very popular and is currently the World No. 2 tennis player in the ATP Rankings, a former World No. 1 and a five-time Grand Slam champion.

Ivanović, also known for her popularity worldwide, is a former World No. 1 and, like Djokovic, has experienced Grand Slam success, winning the French Open in 2008.

* Slam Bam from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is a four-armed Yeti and comes in the Empire of Ice Adventure pack.

Spit, also referred to as Slam or Speed, is a game of the shedding family of card games for two players.

The other three Grand Slam tournaments have tiebreaks in every set other than the last set ( i. e. the fifth set for men and third set for women ), and therefore their last set continues indefinitely until a two-game lead is reached.

In 1970, the US Open became the first Grand Slam tournament to use a tiebreak to decide a set that reached a 6 – 6 score in games and is the only major to use a tiebreak in the deciding set ; the other three grand slams play out the deciding set until a two-game margin is achieved.

The US Open is the only Grand Slam tournament that has been played every year since its inception.

Each year The Championships, Wimbledon, better known as simply Wimbledon, one of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments ( along with the US, French and Australian Opens ) is held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Church Road Wimbledon.

First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.

France is notable for holding and winning the FIFA World Cup in 1998, and holding the annual cycling race Tour de France, and the tennis Grand Slam tournament the French Open.

Chippewa Falls is the birthplace and hometown of the fictional characters Grand Slam of G. I.

It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon.

Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam held on clay and ends the spring clay court season.

For instance, they sometimes allow performance of work by another poet ( e. g. the " Dead Poet Slam ", in which all work must be by a deceased poet ).

In 1998, after Rafter defeated Sampras in the Cincinnati Masters final, Sampras, at the time winner of 11 Grand Slams, when asked about the difference between himself and Rafter, famously stated " Ten grand slams ", that a controversial line-call cost him the match, and that a player had to come back and win another Grand Slam title in order to be considered great.

Following his successful defense of his 1997 U. S. Open title by defeating Mark Philippoussis in the 1998 final, when asked about Sampras ' earlier comments about having to win another Grand Slam in order to be considered great, Rafter replied: " Maybe you can ask him that question, if he thinks that now.

For me, I won another Slam, and it hasn't sunk in yet.

Speculation was rife at the beginning of 1989 about the possibility of Graf winning another Grand Slam.

Borg never played another Grand Slam event.

Unlike the Grand Slam, the Triple Crown winners are not necessarily the tournament winners, since France or Italy – or even another of the home nations – could outperform them within the Championship as a whole.

:" David Sole is another of those players who is remembered and virtually defined by one moment: in this case it was when he made the decision for his side to take the now famous walk onto the pitch for the Grand Slam decider against England at Murrayfield in 1990.

Shriver won another women's doubles Grand Slam title at the US Open in 1991, partnering with Natasha Zvereva.

Tiger Woods had a good final round to claim second place, but talk of his winning a Grand Slam was ended for another year.

Originally, Slam was slated to appear, but another editor had plans for Slam.

Despite accomplishing another Grand Slam, this time in only one season, Roberts lost his crown, finishing second to Gary Scott in the 1975 national championship.

This tournament was also notable for the rise of future French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, who upset the 3rd seed Amélie Mauresmo in the third round, before defeating another future champion in Francesca Schiavone on her way to her first Grand Slam quarter-final appearance in what was just her second Grand Slam tournament.

He went on to lose another quarterfinal to Federer at the French Open ; in that match Robredo became the first man since Andy Roddick in the 2006 U. S. Open to win a set from Federer in a Grand Slam tournament, snapping Federer's record winning streak of thirty-six consecutive sets in Grand Slam matches.

3 ) Jelena Janković in round 3, also in three sets, after coming within two points of another Grand Slam upset.

London Wasps No. 8 Hugo Ellis, another product of Richmond's youth section, captained Wales U16s, as well as England at U19 and was the England U20 Captain in the 2008 Grand Slam winning side, also reaching the finals of the iRB Junior World Championship.

She recorded another notable win over Anna Smashnova in Amelia Island, and won her first two Grand Slam main draw matches at the Australian Open and French Open.