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Winning Percentage: American League

American League Multiple winners: Lefty Grove (5); Chief Bender, Roger Clemens and Whitey Ford (3); Johnny Allen, Eddie Cicotte, Mike Cuellar, Lefty Gomez, Ron Guidry, Catfish Hunter, Randy…

confectionery

(Encyclopedia) confectionery, delicacies or sweetmeats that have sugar as a principal ingredient, combined with coloring matter and flavoring and often with fruit or nuts. In the United States it is…

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Joseph Patrick, 1888–1969, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1937–40), b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1912. The founder of an American dynasty, he was the father of nine children,…

warbler

(Encyclopedia) warbler, name applied in the New World to members of the wood warbler family (Parulidae) and in the Old World to a large family (Sylviidae) of small, drab, active songsters, including…

Sandburg, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Sandburg, Carl, 1878–1967, American poet, journalist, and biographer, b. Galesburg, Ill. The son of poor Swedish immigrants, he left school at the age of 13 and became a day laborer.…

The Queen Bee

The Queen Bee Two kings' sons once upon a time went into the world to seek their fortunes; but they soon fell into a wasteful foolish way of living, so that they could not return home again.…

Aesop's Fables: The Bee-Keeper

by Aesop The Lion In LoveThe Wolf and the HorseThe Bee-Keeper A Thief found his way into an apiary when the Bee-keeper was away, and stole all the honey. When the Keeper returned and found…