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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  pgamediaguide.com
The PGA Championship, the annual culmination of golf's four major championships, celebrates its 86th anniversary in 2004 with its first visit to Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. Since its inception in 1916, the PGA Championship has evolved into one of the world's premier sporting events.
The PGA Championship was born in the mind of department store owner Rodman Wanamaker, who saw the merchandising possibilities in a professional golfers’ organization.
The PGA Championship was put on hold for two years because of World War I. It was resumed in 1919 at the Engineers Country Club in Roslyn, N.Y. Barnes was again Champion, turning back Fred McLeod, 6 and 5.
www.pgamediaguide.com /pgachampionship.cfm   (3106 words)

  
 A Chronological History of South Texas College of Law
South Texas began with seven part-time instructors, who represented some of the "most successful lawyers and ablest judges of the Houston Bar." The curriculum and other programs of the law school were modeled after those of the University of Texas.
South Texas received the replica of the Liberty Bell that an anonymous donor had purchased for the school the previous year; the bell was placed on the main floor of the Jesse H. Jones Law Building.
South Texas College of Law was named as having one of the best student advocacy programs in the United States, and was invited to participate in the National Invitational Moot Court Tournament, to be held in spring 1980 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
www.stcl.edu /welcome/history_South_TX.htm   (12635 words)

  
 Mid-South Fair 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The first championship rodeo was held in 1936.
This new event was said to be the first and only contest rodeo ever held in the South.
The Fairgrounds were used as camps from 1942 until 1946.
www.midsouthfair.com /history.php   (1224 words)

  
 The World Cup from Reuters
Their best finish in the Copa America was a modest fourth when they hosted the event in 1993 and the nearest they previously came to the World Cup was in 1930 when they were invited to take part -- but declined because they did not have a team.
Delgado, joint top scorer in the South American qualifying competition with nine goals in 18 games, has been troubled by a knee injury and has made only two fleeting appearances for English premiership team Southampton since joining them in November.
Aguinaga is slowing up and observers wonder whether he may be better used in small doses rather than as a regular starter while Ivan Hurtado, the lynch-pin of the defence and captain in Aguinaga’s absence, is also struggling with an ankle injury.
www.about.reuters.com /wc/us/teams/profile_ecuador.htm   (629 words)

  
 PGA Championship Golf Legends - PGA Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The PGA Championship is a golf tournament conducted annually by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA TOUR.
During the laying of the cornerstone for the PGA in Jan 17, 1916, the idea for a national championship was conceived.
It was a golf championship that would leave even Tiger Woods puzzled - a windmill with revolving sails on the fifth hole, a watermill on the eighth and a lighthouse on the 17th.
www.golflegends.org /pga-championship.php   (1104 words)

  
 SC African-American History Online
This month-by-month outline of historic dates relevant to South Carolina African American history offers readers a perspective that compliments the biographical data on African American leaders.
Claude A. Barnett, founder of the Associated Negro Press, was born in 1889.
George Washington Murray was elected to Congress from South Carolina in 1895.
www.scafricanamerican.com /timeline.asp?display=sep   (352 words)

  
 VOA News - South African President Pledges Successful Soccer World Cup in 2010   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has told organizers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup that his country will spare no effort to ensure a successful soccer World Cup championship in four years.
South African President Thabo Mbeki Tuesday sought to ease fears that preparations for the 2010 soccer World Cup are falling behind schedule, pledging that all preparations will be completed on time.
South African officials assure skeptics that preparations are underway.
www.voanews.com /english/2006-10-24-voa34.cfm   (399 words)

  
 Southwest Water Polo - - water polo in the Southwest United States
He inspired his cadets with his very committed work ethic of twelve hour days and expected all his athletes to be as committed as he was.
After moving on to Houston he swam championship times for Houston Y.M.C.A. in the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (T.A.A.F.) and the Gulf Amateur Athletic Union (G.A.A.U).When working as a pool manager and swim coach at the Houston River Oaks Country Club, Art met and married his future his wife, Nora in 1928.
In 1942 the team was effectively benchless, because the cadets leaving for war, yet still won the Texas State Water Polo League.
www.southwestwaterpolo.com /article.php?sid=333   (3062 words)

  
 Brazilian Calendar - The Republic of Brazil
They move to the south in seek of support, but President Floriano Peixoto aquires new ships and puts down the revolt in March of 1894.
Brazilians will be the only South American troups in Europe during World War II.
This is perhaps the earliest fusion of American jazz with Brazilian music, and predates Jazz Samba by nearly a decade.
www.southamericanway.com /calendar/republic.html   (1276 words)

  
 AmericanHeritage.com / Blog: June 17–24, 2006
Gordon Wood, a Brown University historian who is one of the foremost authorities on the American Revolution, and who has spent decades reading and analyzing the political discourse of the eighteenth century, writes the following in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution: “Most of the revolutionary leaders.
Gerrymandering, I’ve no doubt, is one of the reasons American politics has become so uncivil in recent years: The extremes, ever more influential, have become the tails that wag the dog of political discourse.
Surely there was some steel and fire to Haskins that made him the first coach in the south to face the inevitable storm of scorn and protest that he knew would follow his decision, but the script, by Chris Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, and Gregory Allen Howard, never begins to deal with this.
www.americanheritage.com /blog/20066_17_24.shtml   (4134 words)

  
 Benjamin O. Johnson : Memory Hold The Door | USC School of Law
In 1942, he became counsel for Spartan Mills and later was Vice-President and General Counsel.
While General Counsel for Seapak Corporation, he served as Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the American Fisheries Industry and was General Counsel of the Spartanburg County Foundation.
He was Captain of the American Bridge Team that won the World Championship and served as General Counsel for the World Bridge Federation.
www.law.sc.edu /memory/1980/johnsonbo.shtml   (208 words)

  
 Japanese Americans in the Sacramento Region and California
Our Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) department houses the Japanese American Archival Collections of the CSUS but there is also a tremendous amount of material in our Reference and Circulating Collections as well.
A brief history of Japanese Americans in California can be found on the California Office of Historic Preservation pages.
Mothering, education and ethnicity: the transformation of Japanese American culture.
library.csus.edu /services/inst/indiv/japanese_americans.htm   (1400 words)

  
 Timeline 1942
American and Philippine defenders on Bataan capitulated to Japanese forces; the surrender was followed by the notorious 55-mile "Bataan Death March" which claimed nearly 10,000 lives.
1942 Jun 3, Japanese carrier-based planes strafed Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway island.
1942 Jun 7, The Japanese invaded Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.
timelines.ws /20thcent/1942.HTML   (15082 words)

  
 South End Zone: Packers All-Time Season Results
1970: The American Football League and the National Football League merged to form the American and National conferences of the National Football League with three geographic divisions each (Eastern, Central and Western).
As such, the league was realigned, giving each conference four divisions: North, South, East and West.
The South End Zone is not affiliated with the NFL or any NFL team.
www.southendzone.com /seasons   (594 words)

  
 News: Battlefield 1942 screens - GamersHell.com
In Battlefield 1942, you will experience the heat of battle as you heroically storm the beaches of Normandy, drive a tank across the deserts of northern Africa, pilot a fighter plane during the Battle of Midway, command a battleship at Guadalcanal, or parachute and commandeer a jeep in operation Market Garden.
It is the only first person, team-based action game that places you in the midst of a raging WWII battlefield with 35 "machines of war" under your control.
Enter the war as a soldier in one of five WWII armies: American, German, British, Russian, or Japanese.
www.gamershell.com /news/3082.html   (450 words)

  
 Louise Suggs - PGATOUR.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
She won the Georgia State Amateur Championship in 1940 and 1942.
She captured the Southern Amateur Championship in 1941 and 1947 and is a three-time winner of the North/South Championship (1942, 1946, and 1948).
In 1948, Suggs added the British Amateur Championship to her resume and topped off her amateur career by representing the United States on the 1948 Curtis Cup Team.
www.golfweb.com /u/ce/feature/0,1977,837288,00.html   (452 words)

  
 The Windmill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
He developed the first self governing mill for the American pioneer.
The first windmills in the Texhoma area were on the 3C ranch which began operating in the 1880’s.
Roughly their spread was bounded on the east by the Anchor D--on the north by Teepee Creek--on the west by Willow Bar--and on the south by the Texas-Oklahoma line.
www.southerngrace.com /PanhandlePioneersWindmill.htm   (2727 words)

  
 Southwest Alaska - Events Calendar
ALL AMERICAN SOAP-BOX DERBY - (Kodiak) An official qualifying race for the Akron, Ohio World Championships.
ALL AMERICAN SOAP-BOX DERBY – (Unalaska) Win a chance to compete in the Akron, Ohio National Derby competition, airfare and hotel accommodations included.
Flags donated by American Legion Post No. 17 to winners in men’s and women’s categories.
www.southwestalaska.com /special/index.html   (1679 words)

  
 Miller Lite Great American Championship Hill Climb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Having a postmark prior to June 20, 2007 will not guarantee your ability to participate.
BMC Hillclimb Grounds - I-90 exit #447, South on South Billings Boulevard, cross the Yellowstone River and turn left just before the Blue Basket Store.
Follow road to BMC club grounds (white gate at the entrance).
www.blgsmotoclub.org /gahposter.htm   (625 words)

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