But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.

This, of course, is baseball's most remarkable mark: The 60 home runs hit in 1927 by the incorrigible epicure, the incredible athlete, George Herman ( Babe ) Ruth of the Yankees.

In They Do It With Mirrors ( 1952 ), it is mentioned that Miss Marple grew up in a cathedral close, and that she studied at an Italian finishing school with Americans Ruth Van Rydock and Caroline " Carrie " Louise Serrocold.

( Ruth, prevailing on Miss Marple's long affection for them, arranges for Miss Marple to investigate Ruth's belief that Carrie Louise is in danger of her life.

The show's creator and producer, Paul Henning is from Independence, Missouri, and donated for the Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area near Branson.

Unlike many power hitters, Ruth also hit for a high batting average: his. 342 lifetime average is the tenth highest in baseball history, and in one season ( 1923 ) he batted. 393, a Yankee record.

* The Babe Ruth Award is an annual award given to the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player with the best performance in the World Series.

* The Babe Ruth Home Run Award is an annual award presented to the leading home run hitter in MLB.

It is usually presented to the recipient by Ruth's daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens, or her son, Tom Stevens.

* Babe Ruth Field is a ballpark in Ventura, California, that was located at the Ventura County Fairgrounds and was used as a minor-league park from 1948 to 1955.

* The Babe Ruth League is named in Babe Ruth's honor.

The Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum is located at 216 Emory Street, a Baltimore row house in which Ruth was born and which is three blocks west of Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

According to the Book of Ruth, the valley to the east is where Ruth of Moab gleaned the fields and returned to town with Naomi.

The Book of Ruth (; Sephardic, Israeli Hebrew: ; Ashkenazi Hebrew: ; Biblical Hebrew: Megilath Ruth " the Scroll of Ruth ") is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, or Old Testament.

In the Jewish canon the Book of Ruth is included in the third division, or the Writings ( Ketuvim ).

In the Christian canon the Book of Ruth is placed between Judges and 1 Samuel.

The full title in Hebrew is named after a young woman of Moab, the great-grandmother of David and, according to the Christian tradition, an ancestress of Jesus :, Megillat Ruth, or " the scroll of Ruth ", which places the book as one of the Five Megillot.

Goswell argues that while Naomi is the central character of the book, Ruth is the main character, and so the book " can be considered aptly named.

Boaz and Ruth get married and have a son named Obed ( who by Levirate customs is also considered a son or heir to Elimelech, and thus Naomi ).

This also places Ruth among David's ancestors.

The kinsman, who Boaz meets at the city gate, first says he will purchase the land, but, upon hearing he must also take Ruth as his wife, withdraws his offer.

It is also at the same time believably spontaneous and human that Ruth should want to stay with the mother-in-law for whom she had built up an affection, and offer to undertake the back-breaking and humble work of gleaning ( Leviticus 23: 22 ) to support them.

Though no doubt also motivated by an affection towards Ruth, in marrying her he has to pay a cost in money and uncertainty.

God's providential care also extends to Ruth.

His integrity is also demonstrated on the threshing floor, when Ruth " visits " Boaz at night.

Kalem also pioneered the female action heroine from 1912, with Ruth Roland playing starring roles in their Westerns.

He also often stayed at the homes of Ruth Pitter and Richard Rees, where he could " change " for his sporadic tramping expeditions.

Henri also created many graphic works on his typewriter: the typewriter poems ( also known as dactylopoèmes ) feature in international art collections such as those of Francesco Conz in Verona, the Morra Foundation in Naples and Ruth and Marvin Sackner in Miami, and have been the subject of Australian, British and French retrospectives ( Aquaviva 2008 ).

He also appeared with Joan Blondell and Ruth Etting in a Vitaphone short, Broadway's Like That ( 1930 ) which was re-discovered in 1963.

Aaron is also in the top five for career hits with 3, 771 ( third ) and runs with 2, 174, which is tied for fourth with Babe Ruth.

Ruth Benedict made a distinction, relevant in this context, between " guilt " societies ( e. g., medieval Europe ) with an " internal reference standard ", and " shame " societies ( e. g., Japan, " bringing shame upon one's ancestors ") with an " external reference standard ", where people look to their peers for feedback on whether an action is " acceptable " or not ( also known as " group-think ").

Bench also won such awards as the Lou Gehrig Award (), the Babe Ruth Award (), and the Hutch Award ().

Ruth Henig has suggested that, had the United States become a member, it would have also provided backup to France and Britain, possibly making France feel more secure and so encouraging France and Britain to co-operate more fully regarding Germany, making the rise to power of the Nazi Party less likely.

Mead also had an exceptionally close relationship with Ruth Benedict, one of her instructors.

Ruth can also refer to:

Ruth also had a fascination with death as a young child.

Williams was also second to Ruth in career slugging percentage, where he remains today, and first in on-base percentage.

He was also second to Ruth in career walks, but has since dropped to fourth place behind Barry Bonds and Rickey Henderson.

The 1997 film Dante's Peak, which was loosely based on the eruption of Mount St. Helens, features a character called Ruth, an elderly woman who lives in a cabin on the mountain and is reluctant to leave, also claiming " the mountain isn't going to hurt me.

The Chelsea was also home to many sailors returning from their duties in World War I. Ruth Harkness, an adventurer / naturalist who brought the first live giant panda from China to the U. S. in the 1930s, stayed at the Chelsea Hotel after her return to the States.

She is known for playing Ruth Powers in various episodes of TV's The Simpsons, as Arnold Schwarzenegger's hypoglycemic partner in the 1990 movie Kindergarten Cop and as the matriarch Gail Green in Jericho.