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	Shot heard 'round the world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emerson used hyperbole as a rhetorical tool in the phrase "shot heard 'round the world." He wrote Concord Hymn for the dedication of a battle monument very close to his family's home, and the words are meant to emphasize that a critical event happened at this location that triggered something of global importance.
		It is often thought that firing the shot was meant to represent the beginning of a struggle for freedom against perceived tyranny, and the hearing represents the worldwide spread of this struggle with the American Revolution serving as an example.
		In Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, the phrase "The Shot heard around the World" has become associated with Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, an event considered as one of the main causitive factors of the First World War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shot_heard_'round_the_world (902 words)

	The shot heard 'round the world
		And fired the shot heard 'round the world.
		Like the many things that are measured in yards that have been proposed as the origin of the whole nine yards there are several forms of shot - gun-shots and shots in a variety of sports (baseball, football, golf, tennis...).
		Princip also shot the Archduke's wife Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg but "the two shots that were heard around the world" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
	www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/shot-heard-around-the-world.html (467 words)

	Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" is the term given to the walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds to win the National League pennant at 3:58 p.m.
		The phrase shot heard 'round the world is from a classic poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, originally used to refer to the first clash of the American Revolutionary War and since used to apply to other dramatic moments, military and otherwise.
		The same day Thomson hit the Shot Heard 'Round the World, the future baseball Hall-of-Famer Dave Winfield was born in St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shot_Heard_'Round_the_World_(baseball) (2002 words)

	Battle at the Old North Bridge
		Shot Heard Around the world The "shot heard 'round the world" was a momentous event which took place on April 19th, 1776.
		This was the beginning on the two's famous "midnight ride." "The shot heard 'round the world" was fired at Lexington Green, a village common in the town of Lexington, which is on the route from Boston to Concord.
		In Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem "The Shot Heard 'Round the World", he refers to the British firing upon the colonists.
	www.mountalverniahs.org /Mahs/Hist-Lit10/OldNorth/Battle-2.htm (531 words)

	Battle at Lexington Green, 1775
		Massachusetts Colony was a hotbed of sedition in the spring of 1775.
		In the rider's wake there erupted the peeling of church bells, the beating of drums and the roar of gun shots - all announcing the danger and calling the local militias to action.
		In the predawn light of April 19, the beating drums and peeling bells summoned between 50 and 70 militiamen to the town green at Lexington.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /lexington.htm (934 words)

	SeacoastNH.com - The Shot Not Heard Round the World
		Historian J. Dennis Robinson takes one more shot at the story that just misses the major history texts, but looms large in the life of the Seacoast.
		Four months before "the shot heard round the world" in 1775, Portsmouth held its own little Revolution.
		Shots were fired, but not loud enough to arouse the men who wrote the ballads and the histories of the American Revolution.
	seacoastnh.com /History/As_I_Please/The_Shot_Not_Heard_Round_the_World (1805 words)

	History Rock - The Shot Heard Round the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The British are comin'!} Now the ride of Paul Revere Set the nation on its ear, And the shot at Lexington Heard round the world.
		And the shot heard round the world Was the start of the revolution.
		Now the shot heard round the world Was the start of the revolution.
	www.postdiluvian.org /~gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/history/shot.html (401 words)

	ESPN Classic - Shot heard 'round the world
		He sees men in a helter-skelter line waiting at the plate to pummel him -- his teammates, no better fellows in the world, and there's a look in their faces, they are stunned by a happiness that has collapsed on them, bright-eyed under their caps.
		He tomahawked the pitch, he hit on top of it and now his ears are ringing and there's a numbing buzz in his hands and feet.
		And fans at the Polo Grounds today will be able to tell their grandchildren -- they'll be gassy old men leaning into the next century and trying to convince anyone willing to listen, pressing in with medicine breath, that they were here when it happened.
	espn.go.com /classic/s/2001/0925/1255241.html (1717 words)

	a worker in the vineyard...: The Shot Heard Round the World...
		a worker in the vineyard...: The Shot Heard Round the World...
		I had heard that this was in the works, but I point it out as a major step in the present conflict as a whole.
		This is the first time that diocesan bishops of any stripe have simply pledged to override episcopal authority outside the geographical boundaries of their own dioceses.
	www.kerygma.org /lee/2005/07/shot-heard-round-world.htm (264 words)

	SportingNews.com - MLB - 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' still making noise
		NEW YORK -- Right after Bobby Thomson finished reading a new, revealing book on the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," the man who hit the famous home run called the author to say he enjoyed all 350 or so pages.
		Previously, the photo appeared cropped -- in this shot, there's a clear view of the hole cut into the wire mesh for the spyglass.
		Only one piece of the puzzles still remains: No one is quite certain what happened to the ball after it sailed into the left-field seats.
	www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=134196 (421 words)

	Liberty's Kids . Today's Story . The Shot Heard Round the World
		James, reporting on the Minutemen, and Sarah, falling in with the British forces, report from both sides on the "shot heard ‘round the world" at Lexington.
		They are outnumbered and outgunned but refuse to back down until shots are fired.
		James, reporting on the minutemen, and Sarah, falling in with the British forces, report from both sides of the “shot heard round the world” at Concord Bridge.
	www.libertyskids.com /story/106.html (175 words)

	The Shot Heard Round the World by Rolf D. Ritschel on Baseball Almanac
		The Shot Heard Round the World by Rolf D. Ritschel on Baseball Almanac
		The Shot Heard Round the World by Rolf D. Ritschel
		Join Baseball Almanac as we read Rolf D. Ritschel's tribute to the legendary moment better known as The Shot Heard Round the World.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /poetry/po_tshrtw.shtml (317 words)

	Stop U.N. Gun Ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Fire a Shot Heard ‘Round the World on the 4th of July!
		This 4th of July, while you and your family celebrate the 230th Anniversary of the founding of our great nation, there’s one party you won’t be invited to...
		Send three, ear-splitting letters of protest—your shot heard ‘round the world—to the U.N. this 4th of July.
	www.stopungunban.org (313 words)

	Kodak Presents - Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments brought to you by The Sporting News
		The ball was smashed down the left field line just above the 315-foot sign and landed five rows deep in the stands.
		Thomson's home run gave the Giants a 5-4 victory over their biggest rival and a trip to the World Series.
		That, however, did not tarnish the moment that became one of the enduring reference points in sports history.
	archive.sportingnews.com /baseball/25moments/1.html (919 words)

	The Shot Heard Round the World
		The Giants and Dodgers rivalry had begun in 1889 when the former beat the latter in the World Series.
		As intense as the rivalry could get (a Giants fan once shot a Brooklyn fan in a bar after a heated argument over which team was better), it was not defined by a lot of pennant races.
		In the visitor's clubhouse at Ebbet's Field, the Giants heard voices coming from the Dodgers locker room.
	members.aol.com /Jaybird926/51seas.htm (4137 words)

	1951 Playoff - Shot Heard Round The World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		1951 Playoff - Shot Heard Round The World
		The Giants and Dodgers split the first two games, and going into the bottom of the ninth in Game Three, Brooklyn held a comfortable 4-1 lead and seemed to be heading to the World Series.
		The bat, a Louisville Slugger model, is on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /exhibits/online_exhibits/1951/1951_story.htm (1015 words)

	SUNS: Greatest Game Ever
		The Suns' Alvan Adams and Gar Heard battle the Celtics' John Havlicek for the rebound during Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals.
		Former Suns forward Gar Heard chatted live with fans on Suns.com on June 4, 25 years to the day he hit the "Shot Heard Round the World."
		The Shot Heard Round the World: 1.70M avi
	www.nba.com /suns/history/greatestgame_index.html (235 words)

	The Shot Heard Round the World on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		The flash of that bulb was a pivotal moment, not only in American history, but in that as yet unwritten history of the better world we are all still struggling to create.
		Rosa is the patron saint of good timing, a classic case of the right gesture by the right person in the right place at the right moment.
		This world is needing a lot of Rosa Parks wisdom, in all the countrys.
	www.flickr.com /photos/27078965@N00/58989691 (2358 words)

	Shot Heard Round the World - Patriot's Day \| Boston Central
		Shot Heard Round the World - Patriot's Day
		The peace of the Concord countryside will once more be shattered by the sounds of marching feet and musketry as British and Colonial Re-enactors bring the fateful morning of April 19, 1775 to life in this commemoration of “the shot heard round the world”.
		Please call directly to confirm schedules, fees, directions, etc. We would greatly appreciate it if you report any errors to us.
	www.bostoncentral.com /events/special/p2476.php (135 words)

	Revolutionary America! When Did it Happen? The Shot Heard 'Round the World
		Awaiting them were 77 Minutemen - farmers and laborers trained to be "ready in a minute." One musket went off.
		Historians still debate which side fired the first shot, but within seconds, eight colonists lay dead on Lexington Green.
		On to Concord, 400 Minutemen exchanged gunfire with 120 Redcoats at the North Bridge.
	hoover.archives.gov /exhibits/RevAmerica/3-When/Shot.html (279 words)

	NPR : The Story Behind the Shot Heard Round the World
		NPR : The Story Behind the Shot Heard Round the World
		The Story Behind the Shot Heard Round the World
		Morning Edition, October 3, 2006 · On Oct. 3, 1951, one of Major League Baseball's greatest moments took place.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=6186829 (148 words)

	The shot heard round the world?
		If Sun pulls this off, it would be the industry equivalent of the 13 colonies sending the world's most powerful army packing, thereby setting the stage for two centuries of occasional glory for -- but ultimately the decline of -- the British empire.
		If something similar happened to Microsoft, the equivalent of two centuries in computer time would be about two decades.
		Computerworld :: Network World :: CIO :: PC World :: Darwin :: CMO :: CSO
	www.infoworld.com /articles/op/xml/02/08/26/020826opnoise.html (948 words)

	Today in History: April 19
		Yankee Doodle is now their paean, a favorite of favorites, played in their army, esteemed as warlike as the Genadier's March — it is the lover's spell, the nurse's lullaby…it was not a little mortifying to hear them play this tune, when their army marched down to our surrender.
		Fittingly, "Yankee Doodle" is also said to have been played at Yorktown, along with "The World Turned Upside Down," when Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war.
		After the Revolutionary War, "Yankee Doodle" surfaced in stage plays, classical music, and opera.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/apr19.html (1353 words)

	Impeach! The shot heard ‘round the world
		But it was no act earlier this month when DeWalt fired the opening salvo of his revolution.
		Only this time, the shot heard ’round the world came not from a rebel in Massachusetts but from a selectman in Vermont.
		And rather than start a shooting war, it was meant to put a stop to one.
	www.vermontguardian.com /local/032006/Impeach.shtml (288 words)

	Caveat Lector » Heard ’round the world
		The huge UK funder Wellcome Trust made deposit in PubMed obligatory as of yesterday.
		We here in the States had a golden opportunity to fire the open-access shot heard ’round the world: the NIH chewed on policy for nearly a year.
		Good for Wellcome Trust, and I hope to see a troop of funders fall into line behind them.
	cavlec.yarinareth.net /archives/2005/10/03/heard-round-the-world (403 words)

	The Shot Heard Round The World Box Score by Baseball Almanac
		The Shot Heard Round The World Box Score by Baseball Almanac
		Was this the most dramatic home run ever hit?
		Several baseball historians rank it as one of the greatest ever and Baseball Almanac pays salute to the legendary "Shot Heard Round The World" by providing game day details for you to examine yourself.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /boxscore/10031951.shtml (260 words)

	The shot heard round the world 1775
		Farmers poised above the river crossing fired on the troops attempting to cross, stopping them and initiating a retreat.
		The "shot heard round the world" set off a bloody running battle as 700 British troops attempted t
		The "shot heard round the world" set off a bloody running battle as 700 British troops attempted to return to Boston, chased and ambushed by up to 4000 citizen militia-men hidden along the return route.
	blip.tv /file/72796 (407 words)

	Movies of Early America
		Movies Music Mission Statement World of Early America Search Contact Us
		Each film in the 'Famous Moments' series highlights a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' of early America with a better understanding of the people, places and events of this important era.
		On this day-- April 19, 1775-- where "once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard 'round the world," the War for Independence had now begun!
	earlyamerica.com /series.html (365 words)

	The Shot Heard 'Round the World
		"Shot heard 'round the world" at Lexington, Massachusetts,
		On the sombre rafters, that round him made
		Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.
	www.pierce-evans.org /18April.htm (662 words)

	Friedan's shot heard round the world \| csmonitor.com
		Friedan's society- shaping crusades - equal access to the workplace, and equal treatment there; political and legal empowerment; and at a later stage, the embracing of nurturing home and family life - all had precursors in history.
		In World War II, "Rosie the Riveter" proved that women were up to the challenge of the workplace.
		An estimated 18 million women stepped into jobs vacated by men gone to war.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0206/p08s02-comv.html (626 words)

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