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Waddell had heard that he had been a commando in Rommel's Afrika Corps, and he said to himself: I'd hate to run into him in the desert on a dark night.
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Waddell and had
The bridge was designed by the engineering firm of Waddell & Harrington, which was based in Kansas City, Missouri, but also had an office in Portland.
In the early 1970s, he married his third wife, Suzanne Waddell, who had once been a guest on What's My Line ?.
Willie Waddell visited modern grounds in West Germany during the 1974 World Cup and believed that steep terracing and exits, such as Stairway 13, had to be replaced.
Waddell, a remarkably dominant strikeout pitcher in an era when batters mostly slapped at the ball to get singles, had an excellent fastball, a sharp-breaking curve, a screwball, and superb control ( his strikeout-to-walk ratio was almost 3-to-1 ).
Waddell was unpredictable, and had a habit of leaving the dugout in the middle of games to follow passing fire trucks to fires.
By 1901, however, he had worn out his welcome and his contract was sold to the Cubs, then managed by Tom Loftus, who had had success with Waddell in Columbus / Grand Rapids ; but Loftus did not have the latitude to cope with Rube he had had Columbus owner / manager.
But in a league game in Detroit, Waddell actually had his outfielders come in close and sit down on the grass to watch him strike out the side.
Other players complained about Rube's lack of dependable behavior, and following the 1907 season he had ended as the goat of a series that cost the A's the pennant won by the Detroit Tigers, Mack finally lost patience with him and sold Waddell to the St. Louis Browns for $ 5, 000.
His manager, Connie Mack, offered Waddell a three-day fishing vacation if he agreed to pitch the second game ( which had been shortened to 5 innings ).
In their third meeting, Austin likely faced a Waddell who had been bored by playing for a poor Browns club.
During Aydelotte's time as director of the Institute for Advanced Study ( 1939 – 1947 ) the institute had many notable faculty including: Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel, John von Neumann and James Waddell Alexander II.
Waddell and his researchers had heard reports of a trio of great darts players in the South Wales valleys, an area that was quickly becoming a hotbed of talent for the sport.
In 1709 Davenant published Reflections upon the Constitution and Management of Trade to Africa, in which he “ reverted to his normal attitude of suspicion and outright hostility towards the Dutch .” This pamphlet advocated renewing the Royal African Company ’ s monopoly on slave trade on the basis that the Dutch competition “ necessitated the maintenance of forts, which only a joint-stock company could afford .” Waddell states that there had been close collaboration between the company and Davenant and that he may have been compensated for writing it.
Waddell and heard
Waddell heard stories of bipedal, apelike creatures but wrote that " none, however, of the many Tibetans I have interrogated on this subject could ever give me an authentic case.
Waddell and been
Near the mouth of Waddell Creek is the Theodore J. Hoover Natural Preserve, a freshwater marsh that is rare because it has been relatively undisturbed.
Although the piece has been moved from its original location in the Phoenix Civic Plaza to the sidewalk in front of the Herberger Theater, it remains Waddell ’ s tour de force in his adopted home of Arizona.
Within ten months another studio, albeit a smaller one, had been built near Cornville, Arizona, and Waddell was able to resume his sculpting.
Clinically-significant Waddell scores are considered indicative only of symptom magnification or pain behavior, and have been misused in medical and medico-legal contexts.
In about 1860, the firm now known as " Russell, Majors and Waddell " formed the " Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company " to get the contract to deliver mail between Missouri and California, which had previously been held by Butterfield Overland Mail which was delivering the mail in 25 days or more over a route that went through the South.
Waddell and said
A young man was killed and two others injured at midnight Friday when the car they were riding slid into a utility pole on Lake Avenue near Waddell Street, NE, police said.
Sid Waddell gave him the nickname " Romford Slim " and said he was Britain's answer to the famous American pool player Rudolf " Minnesota Fats " Wanderone.
Ray Waddell of Billboard called the album " loose and rowdy ," saying that the band " injected soul " into the Dylan cover and recorded an " intoxicating " version of " Chug-a-Lug ," although he said that the " Hey Good Lookin '" cover was " heavy-handed.
Waddell and himself
** 1998: London Weekend Television's three-hour mini-series Tess of the D ' Urbervilles, directed by Ian Sharp, and starring Justine Waddell ( Tess ), Jason Flemyng ( Alec ), and Oliver Milburn ( Angel ), the latter himself Dorset-born.
Waddell returned to the United States in 1886, founding a new design company the next year in 1887 and establishing himself in Kansas City, Missouri.
Waddell and run
* Jimmy Austin has claimed that, in 1909, he hit a home run off of a tipsy Waddell who then glared angrily at him during his entire trot around the bases.
Waddell and into
While there is no mention of Waddell ’ s name in any lineups or game accounts, Wallace may have let the lefty into a few games when the score was safe.
Waddell was the first to come up with a modern design, originally intended to span a short channel across Minnesota Point into the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota.
The results of Archaeological Surveys carried out by Prof. John Waddell, from National University of Ireland, Galway, are incorporated into the exhibition rooms at Cruachan Aí Heritage Centre.
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