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William Edgar Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1914. He lived in Garden City, Liberal and El Dorado. After graduating from Liberal High School, he attended and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1947 earning a master’s degree in English. After leaving his native Kansas, he lived in Oregon for 45 years and taught for more than 30 years at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. During his lifetime, Stafford published more than 60 collections of poetry and prose assuming the position

Pitching in All right, who is excited for the MLB All-Star game? No, I mean the actual game, not the build up to it. ::Crickets:: Yeah, that’s what I thought. We’re just going to talk about it on Twitter till July 12th and then not watch it like we have done every other year. Right? While there is no shame in that game, I think there are a few interesting tidbits of information concerning pitchers and their participation in the All-Star festivities. AL Starting Pitchers Is Lacking Strength

“ ‘This in a way is another Emancipation Day for the Negro race,’ wrote sportswriter Baz O’Mera of Montreal’s Daily Star, ‘ a day that Abraham Lincoln would like.’… ‘Everyone sensed the significance of the occasion as Robinson marched with the Montreal team to deep center field for the raising of the Stars and Stripes and the Star-Spangled Banner(Tygiel 4).” As early as the fourth page of the book Jules Tygiel, the author, started with a vigorous quote which showed even though as a country every

that he never liked was “Wilt the Stilt”. He was also referred as the “Goliath”. He was being recruited by over 200 universities. He decided to go to the University of Kansas. One of the main reasons was because he did not want to be in the bigger cities. He was an outstanding college player when he was at the University of Kansas. He was only at school for two years. He put the team on his back and averaged 29.9 points per game for his college career. He was also one of the greatest rebounders

served at the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, California from March until December 1946. In January 1949 to June 1951 Glenn became a Flight Instructor. Then he also won the China Service Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one bronze star, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Navy Astronaut Wings, a third Distinguished Flying Cross, six Air Medals, and the Marine Corps Astronaut Insigna. When he was an exchange pilot with the Fifth U.S. Air Force

newspaper, Trapeze, and Tabula as a sports writer. He started his career as a newspaper writer at Kansas City in 1917 (534).He volunteered as a driver in ambulance unit of Italian, which was tasked with serving wounded soldiers at the forefront where he was wounded while serving in Red Cross and returned to the United States to work for American and Canadian newspapers especially the Toronto Star. While he was working in Chicago, he met Hadley Richardson, who became his first wife. Afterward, they

managers and reporters to all be in the same place at the same time. The Winter Meetings are notorious for big signings and trades that will happen in the course of the five day span that the meetings last. Each year, the meetings are in a different city and this year, it’s Nashville, Tennessee. Some of the big free agents such as David Price and Zack Greinke had already signed prior to the meetings. But there are big names that hadn’t signed such as Ben Zobrist. The Winter Meetings are also a time

president in Mexico February 23rd, 1847: United States wins the Battle of Buena Vista April 1847: The United States wins the Battle og Cerro Gordo August 1847: Mexico city is captured February 2nd, 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed February 1848: Mexican territories ceded Signed on February 2, 1848, in Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed by the U.S. and Mexico. The United States appointed Nicholas P. Trist, a citizen of the United States

The 1920s were a time of great prosperity and revitalization. This decade gave way to many great social milestones for every class of people. From the limits for immigration to the boom of the auto industry American society was drastically altered. Issues such as foreign immigration,prohibition, the Ku Klux Klan ,evolution, women’s roles, and race were the focus of the populus and drove politics within the nation. Art played a major role in how the black community expressed their new found sense

One of America’s most famous entrepreneur of all time went by the name of Walt Disney. This man was able to change so many people’s outlook on animation and films. He is known for creating the famous cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Several have watched Walt Disney films soar beyond the horizon, but what they do not know is the hardships and struggles Disney had to surpass to reach success. The book “The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney” portrays the long road that Walt traveled. Most books