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Although Dershowitz has argued in higher courts, statistics suggest that his appearance on the courtroom show will be a greater boost for his fame. According to a recent survey, 54 percent of Americans can recognize and name Wapner, while only 9 percent can identify Chief Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist...
Somehow, a lifetime ban will not make fans and writers forget Rose, the game's record-holder for most career hits. It's kind of hard to overlook what Rose accomplished as a player. Interesting to see whether he eventually makes the Hall of Fame. If Rose does, then so must "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Orlando Cepeda and Ferguson Jenkins, just to name a few greats whom baseball has forgotten...
Although Dershowitz has argued in higher courts, statistics suggest that his appearance on the courtroom show will be a greater boost for his fame. According to a recent survey, 54 percent of Americans can recognize and name Wapner, while only nine percent can identify U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist...
Whether or not Rose is voted into the Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 1992, he may have achieved the kind of immortality that goes beyond fading type in the record books. America may celebrate winning, but what really fascinates the country is a fall from greatness. Bill Buckner's fielding career is overshadowed by the memory of an easily hit ball rolling inexplicably, eternally through his legs in the tenth inning of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. Rose in his 24 seasons set records for hits (4,256), games played...
Adamson, born in India, moved to Kenya in 1924 and in 1938 joined the government wildlife department. In the 1960s he and his wife Joy gained worldwide fame from her best-selling books, like Born Free and Living Free, which recounted their adventures raising captive or orphaned young lions to return to the wild. She was murdered in 1980 by a servant who had been accused of theft and fired...