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...Williams. The Splendid Splinter. The greatest hitter who ever lived...
They named a candy bar for Babe Ruth and a disease for Lou Gehrig. Ted Williams they just called names. Officially he was the Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Thumper, but the best ballplayer to make Boston his home received less flattering sobriquets from Red Sox fans at Fenway Park. That's what you get for refusing to tip your hat after a home...
...most impressive natural attractions. The spring rains trigger an outburst of wildflowers, which bedeck the usually arid landscape in yellows, pinks and whites. No fewer than nine national heritage reserves surround the town, each one a wonderland of the world's finest collections of flowering plants. Probably the most splendid is the unimaginatively named Reserve 29073, 10 km west of Eneabba, where carpets of everlastings (so called because their petals stay attached even after the flowers die) stretch beyond the horizon. A close second: Beekeeper's Reserve 20 km north. It's an apiarists' delight, preserved for local beekeepers...
There were always splendid people coming to Harvard to gift us with their talents: T.S. Eliot read “Four Quartets” in Sanders Theatre, Robert Frost read “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” in the Winthrop House Commons Room, and Aaron Copland played “Appalachian Spring” on the piano in Paine Hall...
...truly delighted that Bill Kirby has been appointed the new Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences,” he said in a statement. “He has been a splendid colleague, and his thoughtful leadership will serve the Faculty superbly...