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Most Valuable Player: 2001 Season, Baseball

Yankees, 4-1Date Winner Home FieldOct. 17Yankees, 4-2at SeattleOct. 18Yankees, 3-2at SeattleOct. 20Mariners, 14-3at New YorkOct. 21Yankees, 3-1at New YorkOct. 22Yankees, 12-3at New YorkGame…

Leading Scorers

Points GmGAPtsTaylor Twellman, NE2823652Carlos Ruiz, LA2624149Jeff Cunningham, Clb2716537Ante Razov, Chi2514836Ariel Graziani, SJ2814533Mark Chung, Col27111032Jason Kreis, Dal2713430Mamadou…

Mallarmé, Stéphane

(Encyclopedia) Mallarmé, StéphaneMallarmé, Stéphanestāfänˈ mälärmāˈ [key], 1842–98, French poet. Mallarmé's great importance is as the chief forebear of the symbolists; the influence of his poetry…

Marshall, Thurgood

(Encyclopedia) Marshall, Thurgood, 1908–93, U.S. lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1967–91), b. Baltimore. He received his law degree from Howard Univ. in 1933. In 1936 he…

New York Bay

(Encyclopedia) New York Bay, arm of the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Hudson River, SE N.Y. and NE N.J., enclosed by the shores of NE New Jersey, E Staten Island, S Manhattan, and W Long Island…

Dick, Philip K.

(Encyclopedia) Dick, Philip K. (Philip Kindred Dick), 1928–82, American science-fiction writer, b. Chicago. Dick often wrote of the psychological states of individuals caught in altered realities…

Hampton, Wade, Confederate general

(Encyclopedia) Hampton, Wade, 1818–1902, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Charleston, S.C.; grandson of Wade Hampton (c.1752–1835). Hampton, a wealthy planter, served (1852–61) in…

Hall, Sir Peter Reginald Frederick

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Sir Peter Reginald Frederick, 1930–2017, British theatrical director, b. Bury St. Edmonds, grad. Cambridge, 1953. He directed several acclaimed plays at Cambridge, and one…

physical education and training

(Encyclopedia) physical education and training, organized instruction in motor activities that contribute to the physical growth, health, and body image of the individual. The historical roots of…

combustion

(Encyclopedia) combustion, rapid chemical reaction of two or more substances with a characteristic liberation of heat and light; it is commonly called burning. The burning of a fuel (e.g., wood, coal…