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  Bill Terry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nicknamed "Memphis Bill", he is most remember for being the last National League player to hit.400, a feat he accomplished by batting.401 in 1930.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Terry made his major league debut in 1923 with the New York Giants and played his first full season in 1925 when he hit.319.
Terry was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/b/bi/bill_terry.html   (279 words)

  
 Bill Terry
Terry was the National League's MVP in 1930 and retired with an average of.341 — a modern National League record for left-handed batters.
Terry was 26 before he came to the ML and then had to move future Hall of Famer George Kelly off first to play regularly for the Giants.
Terry showed no bitterness that his election was so long delayed and became a regular participant in the annual induction ceremonies for many years.
www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Terry.html   (287 words)

  
 Bill Terry -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Harold Terry (October 30, 1898 - January 9, 1989) was a (Click link for more info and facts about Major League Baseball) Major League Baseball ((baseball) the person who plays first base) first baseman and ((sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team) manager.
Nicknamed "Memphis Bill", he is most remember for being the last (Click link for more info and facts about National League) National League player to (The act of contacting one thing with another) hit.400, a feat he accomplished by batting.401 in (Click link for more info and facts about 1930) 1930.
Terry was inducted into the (Click link for more info and facts about Baseball Hall of Fame) Baseball Hall of Fame in (Click link for more info and facts about 1954) 1954.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/bill_terry.htm   (423 words)

  
 MuD & PHuD
Bill started off by plugging her new book and then commenting on the fact that today is the RNCC’s day of Compassion (which he had mentioned in his Talking Points Memo at the show’s opening).
Bill is referring to Compassion in the sense that we need to get tougher…but, with his question, he forced Michelle to either defend the definition of Compassion that he had just argued against, or to argue against Compassion itself.
Bill kept on implying (and saying outright) that Bush was correct in the sense that we’re fighting a Movement and not a Country.
mudandphud.blogspot.com /2004/08/oreillys-host-errors.html   (1144 words)

  
 Bill Terry Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bill Terry was born on Sunday, October 30, 1898, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Terry was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 24, 1923, with the New York Giants, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
Bill Terry's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Bill Terry baseball statistics page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=terrybi01   (293 words)

  
 January 14, 1999 Meeting, Part 3: Bill Terry Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Terry said he was prepared to ask for advice from the other Supervisors if appointed because it was impossible for someone to step into the Supervisor position and have all the needed answers.
Terry continued by saying he would not petition for a special election if he was not appointed and would have no involvement in a special election, saying he had confidence in the Committee's ability to chose the next Supervisor.
Terry voiced his concerns that the 2 questions he had for the Board might take more time than he was allotted, so he asked permission to give his closing statement before questioning the Committee.
www.johnson-county.com /auditor/vacancy/ap0114_3.htm   (2979 words)

  
 Obituary for Bill Terry by Mike Miller
Bill at this time was and had been for many years the Awards Chair of Region 1.
Bill convinced me that my young wife and I would have a great time and he was right; but he had no idea of what we would bring back with us.
Bill arrived and was surrounded by the most active group of engineers I have ever seen.
www.ewh.ieee.org /r1/new_york/mill8912.htm   (764 words)

  
 Terry Funk/Bill Apter Interview, Funk Retires again & more - TWNPNews.com Headline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Terry expresses how happy he is to step away from that match alive and says it was one of the more crazy things he's done.
Terry says he is a great second-generation wrestler and, on top of that, he was the hottest thing at the time as the WWF champion.
Terry cuts him off and says, "It wasn't fun for me! I lost my ass cheek in that match." Terry explains that someone in the prop department of the WWF put a 2x4 in the dumpster to keep the lid open.
www.twnpnews.com /messages2/12694.shtml   (1969 words)

  
 Bill Terry | The BASEBALL Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Terry is the last man to hit.400 in the National League.
Terry finished in the top ten in MVP voting six times.
His 254 hits and.401 batting average haven't been surpassed in the NL since.
www.thebaseballpage.com /past/pp/terrybill   (99 words)

  
 Bill Terry | National Baseball Hall of Fame
Bill Terry's outstanding hitting overshadowed his excellence as a first baseman.
Terry was the National League MVP in 1930 and retired with an average of.341 - a modern National League record for left-handed batters.
View the Hall of Fame ballot from the year Bill Terry was inducted.
baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/terry_bill.htm   (229 words)

  
 Terry Gross vs. Bill O'Reilly | MetaFilter
Wow, what an utterly incapable journalist this Terry Gross is. She never asked any reasonable follow-up question, she let O'Reilly get away with rhetorical questions ("Were you as unfair to Al Franken as you are to me") and in fact even answered with a perfect soundbite: "That was a different interview".
Usually Terry asks her guests when they first realized they were gay.
While Terry has her faults, and seems a bit flummoxed at points, no doubt about it, Bill O'Reilly comes off for exactly what he is: a thin-skinned major league asshole.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/28827   (9305 words)

  
 Cashiers du Cinemart Issue 7
Bill stews in his own praise for a few minutes, nodding and eyeing the crew knowingly.
Bill killed him last night for a smart remark and for that remark cost Terry his fucking life.
Maybe it was his stunning toupee or it could have been his unforgettable performance in ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES that earned Bill the first million dollar contract for a newscaster in Detroit (and, thus, the self-conceived nickname of "Bill The Mill" that he relished in, according to one former script-writer).
www.impossiblefunky.com /archives/issue_7/7_bonds.asp?IshNum=7   (832 words)

  
 Tavis Smiley . Archive . Thursday February 24th | PBS
Lowell C. Steward was a member of the 332nd unit known as the Red Tails, and Roger "Bill" Terry is a former president of the Tuskegee Airmen.”
Lowell Steward and Bill Terry were part of the World War II “Tuskegee Experiment” that was supposed to fail, but didn’t.
Terry participated in a nonviolent protest that helped pave the way for the desegregation of the military.
www.pbs.org /kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200502/20050224.html   (349 words)

  
 Terry Slattery and Bill Burton"s Web Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Terry Slattery and Bill Burton, work at Chesapeake Computer Consultants, Inc. Terry founded Chesapeake in 1990 to provide advanced computer and networking systems expertise.
Terry was also the first CCIE outside Cisco (the second world-wide) and is a Cisco Certified Software Instructor.
Bill"s last major project was the design, implementation, and monitoring the Cisco routed network used by NBC during the Atlanta Olympics.
web10.eppg.com /computing/authors/burton.html   (543 words)

  
 TURN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Terry said his bill would supplement the pay of workers who care for disabled people.
Terry's bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., would help organizations like Mosaic reward and retain workers.
Terry and Capps said they are not seeking a specific amount of money this year.
www.xmission.com /~turn3/archives/00000082.htm   (433 words)

  
 John Balmer: Letter in Support of Bill Terry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bill was a charter member and chair of the Johnson County Vandalism Committee which had a strong impact in reducing vandalism in the Iowa City metroplex.
Bill was charter member and chair of the City High Little Hawks Spirit Club in 1987, whose goal was to raise money for auxiliary athletic equipment and facilities not covered by the school district budget.
Bill came to each of these meetings completely prepared and open-minded, always trying to convey to the public that it was their land use plan and strongly encouraging their input.
www.johnson-county.com /auditor/vacancy/balmer.htm   (383 words)

  
 Bill Terry | BaseballLibrary.com
Though there were unusually high batting averages that year (the entire NL averaged.303), 30 other future Hall of Fame members playing regularly in both leagues in 1930 did not hit.400.
Terry was a great hitter who had three other seasons over.350 and averaged.341 for his 14-season career.
Terry's Giants won the 1933 pennant and WS with a tattered team he'd taken over the season before from an ailing John McGraw.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/T/Terry_Bill.stm   (2224 words)

  
 EIGHTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lola Mae Terry was born on 15 Nov 1901 in Comanche County, Texas.
Lanham Hubbard Terry was born on 1 Dec 1907 in Comanche County, Texas.
Annie Lee Terry was born on 28 Jan 1911 in Comanche County, Texas.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~jrterry/terry/d4255.html   (271 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Terry and other Christian Right figures are headed to Hawaii on February 28.
Terry is going to bring with him Bill Horne, mid-western "coordinator" of The Report.
Bill Horne, and the Report, are bringing a new film with them to Hawaii.
www.qrd.org /qrd/religion/anti/terry.and.horn.to.protest-02.28.96   (375 words)

  
 The History of Jim Crow
In this narrative, Terry describes his experience in the Jim Crow South, how it altered his outlook and led him to fight discrimination in the Armed Forces.
Terry's reaction to the climate in the South?
In this passage, Terry describes his response and the consequences he suffered as a result of his action.
www.jimcrowhistory.org /resources/narratives/Roger_Terry.htm   (3703 words)

  
 Archive
Terry reported that Debra Jaynes has volunteered to be in charge of coordinating the altar setup and Tea and Cookies night.
Terry presented the Web with a SBMG attendance and dana work sheet that is to be filled out each week by a member of the opening/closing committee.
Terry presented results of research on tumbling mats to serve as cushions beneath sitters, supplementing the mats already at the temple.
www.sbmg.org /archive.htm   (5220 words)

  
 "The Terry Gross/Bill O'Reilly Interview: NPR Responds" by Cinnamon Stillwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Those who listened to the Terry Gross interview with Bill O'Reilly on National Public Radio (NPR) last week, were treated to a rare display of candor in the media.
Bill worked up a real head of steam at the end, but he had taken it for long enough.
Terry wouldn't have been doing her job if she didn't address that (which is why she brought up the Janet Maslin and People magazine pieces).
www.chronwatch.com /content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=4806   (1214 words)

  
 1954 Bill Terry wire photo
This is a great wire photo dated March 3, 1954 that features Bill Terry in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform.
The description on the back reads "Bill Terry who once asked whether the Dodgers were still in the league, put on a Brooklyn uniform and handed out a few batting tips at the Brooks' Vero Beach training camp today.
Terry, former Giant player and manager, Hall-of-Famer, and last National Leaguer to bat over.400, is now an auto dealer.
www.walkergallery.com /19bilterwirp.html   (160 words)

  
 On the Media
BILL O'REILLY: This is basically an unfair interview designed to try to trap me into saying something that Harper's can use, and you know it.
BILL O'REILLY: I'm a registered Independent politically, and I'm a journalist who looks at life the way it is, not the way I want it to be.
So yes, Terry Gross lost her cool and played right into Bill O'Reilly's hands by failing to let judgment override her contempt.
www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_102403_oreilly.html   (702 words)

  
 Bill & Terry McGarr's Home Page
She is also currently in line to become State President of the Ladies Auxiliary for the Department of New York.
I have seven children from a previous marriage and Terry has two children from a previous marriage and we have one together.
Terry's daughter Kelli, will graduate in June and plans to attend Hudson Valley Community College to study paramedics.
home.nycap.rr.com /wmcgarr   (308 words)

  
 Glenn Siders: Letter in Support of Bill Terry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I have known Bill for about 30 years and know him to be very civic minded.
Bill is fair, straight forward, and flexible in his determinations.
Most recently, I have observed Bill during the Fringe Area study with Iowa City and the recently adopted Land Use Plan and was impressed with his patience, open mindedness, and willingness to work through problem areas both as chairperson and commissioner.
www.johnson-county.com /auditor/vacancy/siders.htm   (259 words)

  
 U.S. Congressman Terry Everett :: News :: New Farm Bill Study Concludes Peanuts to Generate More Revenue Than Old ...
Congressman Everett, a member of House Agriculture Committee and a co-author of the 2002 Farm Bill, said the study by the National Center for Peanut Competitiveness supports the Farm Bill's reforms aimed at the Southeast peanut industry.
"During the writing of the new Farm Bill and peanut program," Everett said, "it was our intent to devise a new payment structure for peanut growers which protected their livelihoods while also compensating for the loss of quota.
Congressman Everett observed that while the new farm bill is a sound one for the peanut industry the transition to the new peanut program has not been an easy one for all growers this year as the double effect of drought followed by wet weather negatively impacted the crop.
wwwc.house.gov /everett/news/releases/ag/release_011703.asp   (504 words)

  
 Universal service fund and House bill - Terry bill and USF
A House bill introduced today by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., would redistribute universal service fund subsidies from the non-rural high-cost portion of the fund that currently go to just eight states to as many as 46 states by changing the qualifying methodology.
Terry’s bill would change that by basing eligibility on individual wire centers rather than on statewide averages.
“The Terry bill is a band-aid approach to one alleged problem with universal service,” said spokeswoman Allison Remsen.
telephonyonline.com /news/web/telecom_bill_calls_radical/index.html   (359 words)

  
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Terry and Boucher Introduce Bill to Spur Transition to Digital Television
Titled the “Consumer Access to Digital Television Enhancement Act,” the bill would expedite several steps necessary for a transition from analog to digital broadcasting.
“This bill provides a clear blueprint to move the television medium into the 21st century,” Terry said.
www.house.gov /boucher/docs/dtvterry.htm   (352 words)

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