Although Aaron himself downplayed the " chase " to surpass Babe Ruth, baseball enthusiasts and the national media grew increasingly excited as he closed in on the home run record.

Richler acknowledged his 1977 error on the PQ song, blaming himself for having " cribbed " the information from an article by Irwin Cotler and Ruth Wisse published in the American magazine, Commentary.

Ruth himself was so impressed by the feat that he asked that his homer be measured.

Babe Ruth is there, playing himself with fidelity and considerable humor ; so are Yankees Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig.

* Jack from David Ives ' 1990 play Ancient History refers to himself and his girlfriend Ruth as Nick and Nora.

Boaz fulfilled the promises he had given to Ruth, and when his kinsman ( the sources differ as to the precise relationship existing between them ) would not marry her because he did not know the halakah which decreed that Moabite women were not excluded from the Israelitic community, Boaz himself married her ( Ruth Rabba to iv.

" He said he gave false testimony to protect himself and his wife, Ruth, and that he was encouraged by the prosecution to do so ; " I would not sacrifice my wife and my children for my sister.

In response, Arthur Kurlan sued CBS on behalf of himself and Ruth McKenney, ultimately winning compensation from CBS.

As she begins to weaken, Waters finds himself sexually attracted to her, and in time Ruth allows him to seduce her.

Greenglass would later admit that he intentionally lied at the trial in order " to protect himself and his wife, Ruth, and that he was encouraged by the prosecution to do so.

* April 27 – Babe Ruth Day was celebrated all across the Major Leagues, with Babe himself appearing at Yankee Stadium.

A former sailor from a working-class background, who falls in love with the young, bourgeois Ruth and educates himself to become a writer, aiming to win her hand in marriage.

In 1998, Frank Falzon, the homicide inspector with the San Francisco police to whom White had turned himself in after the killings, said that he met White in 1984, and that at this meeting White had confessed that he had the intention to kill not only Moscone and Milk, but another supervisor, Carol Ruth Silver, and then-member of the California State Assembly ( and future San Francisco Mayor ) Willie Brown.

" Bourke-White's brother Roger describes their parents as " Free Thinkers who were intensely interested in advancing themselves and humanity through personal achievement ," relating this quality in part to the success of Bourke-White, himself ( as a prominent Cleveland businessman and high-tech industry founder ) and their older sister, Ruth White, who became well known for her work at the American Bar Association in Chicago, Ill. Roger Bourke White is not surprised at her success: " My sister Margaret was not unfriendly or aloof.

He once stepped up to bat wearing a Beatles wig and playing " air guitar " on his bat, led cheers for himself in the outfield during breaks in play, and " talked " to Babe Ruth behind the center field monuments at Yankee Stadium.

Instead, he continued to sit in the Senate as a member of a five-person Progressive Conservative caucus consisting of himself, Norman Atkins, Lowell Murray, Elaine McCoy and Nancy Ruth.

Ryan did a lot for Mattel, and he considered himself the 3rd in charge next to the Handlers ( Ruth and her husband Elliot ) who were Mattel's founders and owners.

Eve Arden, Desi Arnaz, Fred Berry, Joan Blondell, George Burns ( as himself ), Ruth Buzzi ( as Chloe Beesmeyer, Henry's wife ), Robert Goulet, Joel Grey ( as himself ), Eileen Heckart ( as Rose Hyatt, Alice's interfering mother in-law ), Florence Henderson, Jay Leno, Nancy McKeon ( Philip's sister, appeared twice in different roles ), Frank Nelson, Donald O ' Conner ( as himself ), Jerry Reed, Debbie Reynolds, Telly Savalas ( as himself ), and Jerry Stiller.

Peter was reestablishing himself as part of Chicago's nightclub scene by reopening his club, The Music Box and asking Ruth to perform opening night.

Other hitters bloomed with more or less vigor in the news and a few even dared to dream of matching Ruth, who was still called Jidge by all his friends, or Leo or Two-Head by those who dared to taunt him ( Leo was the name of the ball player he liked the least ) and who called most of the world `` Kid ''.

Ruth was a delinquent boy still, but he was in every way a great ball player who was out to win the game and occasionally risked a cracked bone to do it.

In 1955, Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the United Kingdom, shot David Blakely as he emerged from The Magdala in South Hill Park, Hampstead, the bullet holes can still be seen in the walls outside.

" ( Ruth 2: 4 ), indicates the name was still being pronounced at the time of the redaction of the Hebrew Bible in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

With Ruth Buzzi ..." This maneuver gave Johnson star billing, but made it sound like he was still part of the ensemble cast.

Even after Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees he still wintered in Sudbury.

In six career Series starts, he was 4-2 with 32 strikeouts and a low 1. 79 earned run average, and is still remembered for striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin in their consecutive at-bats in the 1934 All-Star Game.

While still at the conservatory, Vadiz was a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera House Eastern Region Auditions, and did concerts with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra with bass Justino Diaz, and renowned singers Ruth Fernandez, Chucho Avellanet and Nydia Caro.

" Later in life, while still praising Robert Walker's performance as Bruno, she criticized the casting of Ruth Roman as Anne, Hitchcock's decision to turn Guy from an architect into a tennis player, and the fact that Guy does not murder Bruno's father as he does in the novel.

There is some suggestion in one episode that he might still be in love with his first wife, Paula ( Ruth Silveira ), though they agree that their relationship is over, and Paula marries another man ( Hamilton Camp ).

The original A. Ruth & Sohn organ still plays music for the patrons.

He was survived by his wife, actress Ruth Thornhill, and his mother, Maude Thornhill ( 81 at the time ), of Terre Haute, Indiana, still active at the time conducting choirs.

The dog runs into Tina's room as Ruth, still in the room, watches it go under the bed.

The Americans defeated the Nationals, helped in part by a home run by Babe Ruth, who was nearing the end of his career, but could still swing a mighty bat.

Along with her contemporaries Martha Graham and Katherine Dunham Humphrey was one of the second generation modern dance pioneers who followed their forerunners – including Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn – in exploring the use of breath and developing techniques still taught today.

He played in four World Series with the Cubs, winning championships in 1907 and 1908 ; and he led the league in 1911 with 121 runs and 147 walks – a major league record until broken by Babe Ruth in 1920, and still a team record.

After examining the photograph taken by Carlos Torres Morales and which still had not been made public, he wrote to Ruth Hampton, an official at the United States Department of the Interior, and stated that the photograph clearly showed that the policemen were not shooting at the uniformed Nationalists, but at a terrified crowd in full flight.

Ruth represents the symbol the Reyes brothers can still hold to Libia.

When Bill Murray's character is cleaning out the pool afterward and recognizes it as a Baby Ruth bar, he takes a bite out of it, much to the disgust of the owners of the country club ( Ted Knight and Lois Kibbee ), who still believe it to be feces.

It gradually becomes apparent that Logan, in his early life before he became a priest, had a girlfriend, Ruth ( Anne Baxter ), who has always loved him and still does, even though she is now married to someone else.

Then, the police found the property Ruth had claimed had been stolen — still in the house, but hidden.

Ó Riada and Ruth both drank regularly at a local pub which still advertises itself as his being his local.

His arm still bandaged, Ruth would play once again.