.... the Philadelphia Athletics, was arguably the best anyone ever had. He won twelve batting titles in thirteen years, including a record nine in a row. He also holds the records for the most runs scored with 2,245 and the highest lifetime batting average at .367, a number nearly unreachable even in just one season by today's standards. Other records he set that have since been broken: 3,034 games played, 4,191 hits, 892 stolen bases, 392 outfield assists, 1,136 extra base hits, and 1,961 runs batted in. He also struck out just 357 times in 11,429 times at bat .....

.... had a hard time supporting John and his 3 sisters, John’s mother sent him away to live with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George when he was young. His Aunt Mimi took him in as if he was her own son. In 1946, John’s father Fred, returned from sea and tried to take John with him to New Zealand. Julia stepped in and kept John in Liverpool with his Aunt Mimi. (Fogo) The first school that John attended was Dovedale Primary School. Here he began his streak of rebelliousness that would last him throughout his entire adult life. Here John found that he enjoyed drawing. .....

.... If this is so, then the nonsensical aspects of his writings are the product of a quest to cast away the constraints of ordinary logic (46). Nevertheless, his obligation towards the science of logic did influence his novels. Heath explains this by pointing out that his works are not actually nonsense, but rather absurdity. He defines the two as being at the opposite ends of a spectrum with nonsense on one end, logic in the middle, and absurdity on the other end. Nonsense completely defies and casts away all rules of logic, whereas absurdity overuses them to .....

.... some where other than where he was actually born. He was really born in Brooklyn, New York (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). Later in his childhood his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). He attended and graduated from Laney High School in Wilmington. Now Michael can be found living in Highland Park with his family and dog. He has a wife, Juanita, and has three children; Jeffrey; Marcus; and Jasmine (Michael Jordan’s, 1999). It doesn’t hurt Jordan’s image being the greatest basketball player to ever play the game (Costas, 1999). N .....

.... about his life, except that he was a pupil of the forerunning philosopher Thales. The vast majority of Anaximader's thoughts were lost long ago; in fact, all that remains is a single fragment to tell us of his theories and thought processes. However, the fragment that remains is vast in scope and of incredible magnitude. This remaining utterance, which deals with the essence and substance of being, the origin of life, and life's cycle to death, all but forces one to believe that, with 's life, there was a marked turn in the course of human existence. A distinc .....

.... by that time most of his significant mathematical discoveries had been made, and he took up his interest in astronomy in 1801. By about 1807, Gauss began to gain recognition from countries all over the world. He was invited to work in Leningrad, was made a member of the Royal Society in London, and was invited membership to the Russian and French Academies of Sciences. However, he remained in his hometown in Germany until his death in 1855. Acomplishments During his Teen years, Karl Gauss developed many mathematical theories and proofs, but these wo .....

.... near the Baltimore water front. Babe was not an only child. He did have a sister named Mary Margaret, also known as Mamie, who was born in 1900. The Ruth’s did have six other children, but none of them survived to adulthood. Soon after Mamies birth his father opened his own tavern at 426 West Camden St. The family would later move into an apartment above the bar. George spent the first 7 years of his life running around the Bay area watching street fights and stealing from the shop keepers. It didn’t take long before he was known well by local police. .....

.... lived well, the Smiths had no fortune. Abigail's father often worked with his own hands, planting corn and potatoes, gathering hay, sowing barley, or making sure that his sheep received proper care. Abigail, with the help of her family grew a very religious bond between each other and a long lasting friendship. Abigail never went to a real school because of poor health. So, she learned at home. Her father's library was not big, but she still went to it to read books. Abigail's favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson. Abigail's father knew Joh .....