As the twenties grew older, and as radio broadcasts of baseball games began to involve more and more people daily in the doings of the professionals, the great hitters ( always led by Babe Ruth ) overshadowed the game so that pitchers were nearly of no account.

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These " conversations " as he called them, were more or less informal talks on a great range of topics, spiritual, aesthetic and practical, in which he emphasized the ideas of the school of American Transcendentalists led by Emerson, who was always his supporter and discreet admirer.

His chief fault was his overwhelming haughtiness ; an over-exalted opinion of his position that led him to insult Chryses and Achilles, thereby bringing great disaster upon the Greeks.

During that time he took a great part in the campaigns and negotiations which led to the Treaty of Paris in 1259, under which King Henry III of England recognized his loss of continental territory to France ( including Normandy, Maine, Anjou, and Poitou ) in exchange for France withdrawing support from English rebels.

Steiner's continuing differences with Besant led him to separate from the Theosophical Society Adyar ; he was followed by the great majority of the membership of the Theosophical Society's German Section, as well as members of other national sections.

Such a thin chronology and little background knowledge has led to gross misinterpretations of his works, and thus further investigation must always be done to conclude with confidence that Aelbert Cuyp is the genuine source of such great paintings.

He questioned " the populist and parliamentary basis of the Reformation Church " and unsettled to a great extent " the consensual accommodation of Anglicanism " and this led to the Civil War and republican Commonwealth.

From the Augustaeum led a great street, the Mese ( Greek: Μέση lit.

The great oxidizing potential of chlorine led it to its bleaching and disinfectant uses, as well as uses of an essential reagent in the chemical industry.

His parents ordered that his " brain was not to be taxed too much " and Babbage felt that " this great idleness may have led to some of my childish reasonings.

The great success of Gozzi's fairy dramas so irritated Goldoni that it led to his self-exile to France.

The distinction between the " objective " nature of reality and the subjective nature of probability has led to a great deal of controversy.

It led to a great political struggle with many barons rising against Henry in open rebellion.

While Beaux stuck to her portraits of the elite, American art was advancing into urban and social subject matter, led by artists such as Robert Henri who espoused a totally different aesthetic, " Work with great speed .. Have your energies alert, up and active.

He repeats Acheson's argument that the region lacks major urban centres, but adds that the Maritimes were also lacking the great rivers that led to the cheap and abundant hydro-electric power, key to Quebec and Ontario's urban and manufacturing development, that the extraction costs of Maritime resources were higher ( particularly in the case of Cape Breton coal ), and that the soils of the region were poorer and thus the agricultural sector weaker.

In World War II rivals who had combat service in the first great war ( led by Gen. Bernard Montgomery ) sought to denigrate Eisenhower for his previous lack of combat duty, despite his stateside experience establishing a camp, completely equipped, for thousands of troops, and developing a full combat training schedule.

Eisenhower's stint as president of Columbia University was punctuated by his activity within the Council on Foreign Relations, a study group he led as president concerning the political and military implications of the Marshall Plan, and The American Assembly, Eisenhower's " vision of a great cultural center where business, professional and governmental leaders could meet from time to time to discuss and reach conclusions concerning problems of a social and political nature ".

Humbert was a great lover of languages, and encouraged linguistic studies among the Dominicans, primarily Arabic, because of the missionary work friars were pursuing amongst those led astray or forced to convert by Mohammedans in the Middle East.

Later development led to steam locomotives and great expansion of railway transportation.

* 1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.

Decline in food production, growth of the population, and competition for resources among the great families all led to the gradual decline of Fujiwara power and gave rise to military disturbances in the mid-tenth and eleventh centuries.

In 1950 Eric Gairy founded the Grenada United Labour Party, initially as a trades union, which led the 1951 general strike for better working conditions, this sparked great unrest-so many buildings were set ablaze that the disturbances became known as the ' red sky ' days-and the British authorities had to call in military reinforcements to help regain control of the situation.

Carlyle also felt that the study of great men was " profitable " to one's own heroic side ; that by examining the lives led by such heroes, one could not help but uncover something about one's true nature.

In an era characterized by almost endless warfare, he led his armies as king from 1611 ( at age 17 ) until his death in battle in 1632 while leading a charge — as Sweden rose from the status of a mere regional power and run-of-the-mill kingdom to one of the great powers of Europe and a model of early modern era government.

" One of the biggest stories of the season transpired as the club made a midseason deal for Fred McGriff, which was drawn out for nearly a month as McGriff debated waiving his no-trade clause, as the Cubs led the wild card race by 2. 5 games in early September.

Don ’ s number 1 successes in Europe and Australia led to a new deal in the USA with Millennium Records.

** The Post Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2011, soaring food prices, especially for grains, led to calls for the government to provide more immediate assistance to the population of more than 40 % in the " poverty tunnel " and to strike a " new deal " on agriculture policy and reform.

The post-July 1978 military regime led by General Fred Akuffo attempted to deal with Ghana's economic problems by making small changes in the overvalued cedi and by restraining government spending and monetary growth.

Those present at the time of Chapman's death in a Maidstone hospital included his brother, sister-in-law, partner David Sherlock, and his former Python fellows John Cleese and Michael Palin, who had to be led out of the room to deal with their grief.

Attention in recent decades to women of the medieval Church has led to a great deal of popular interest in Hildegard, particularly her music.

This meeting led to a demo deal, which developed into a full record contract.

Before drafting the specific terms of his peace deal, Wilson recruited a team led by Colonel House to compile information deemed pertinent in assessing Europe ’ s geo-political situation.

More bureaucrats were needed in the central administration to deal with the needs of the army, which led to complaints from civilians that there were more tax-collectors in the empire than tax-payers.

To deal with the threat of Roman expansion into the Rhine-Danube basin he led the Marcomanni to the area later known as Bohemia to be outside the range of the Roman influence.

The duke probably had to deal with rebellions led by the old pagan priest caste.

This led to Paramount becoming the second movie studio to sign a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its films through the iTunes Store.

Border clashes with Afghanistan led to the creation of the paramilitary forces to deal with civil unrest as well as secure the border areas.

The fact that the United States had already declared neutrality in the conflict between Great Britain and ( now revolutionary ) France, and that American legislation was being passed for a trade deal with their British enemy, led to French outrage.

The single " My Adidas " led to the group signing a $ 1. 6 million endorsement deal with athletic apparel brand Adidas.

However his actions of supporting alternately the English and Scottish armies had led to a great deal of distrust towards Bruce among the “ Community of the Realm of Scotland ”.

According to very early traditions that are presumed to contain a good deal of historical truth, the edhilingui were the descendants of the Saxons who led the tribe out of Holstein and during the migrations of the sixth century.

While there are no historical records that deal directly with the founding of Venice, tradition and the available evidence have led several historians to agree that the original population of Venice consisted of refugees from Roman cities near Venice such as Padua, Aquileia, Treviso, Altino and Concordia ( modern Portogruaro ) and from the undefended countryside, who were fleeing successive waves of Germanic and Hun invasions.

The Osirak deal became a controversy again in 2002 – 2003, when an international military coalition led by the United States invaded Iraq and forcibly removed Hussein's government from power.

Protocol no. 14 led to reforms in three areas: The Court's filtering capacity was reinforced to deal with clearly inadmissible applications, new admissibility criteria were introduced for cases where the applicant has not suffered a significant disadvantage, and measures were introduced to deal more effectively with repetitive cases.

The material recorded during these sessions led to her 1999 record deal with DreamWorks Records, where she was signed by A & R executive Beth Halper, partner of Garbage drummer and record producer Butch Vig.

The revolts which broke out in early 1297, led by William Wallace, Andrew de Moray and other Scottish nobles, forced Edward to send more forces to deal with the Scots, and although they managed to force the nobles to capitulate at Irvine, Wallace and de Moray's continuing campaigns eventually led to the first key Scottish victory, at Stirling Bridge.