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The primary rationale for instituting the reserve clause was to limit player salaries for the struggling NL by keeping players under team control. [3] Many of the players that the owners reserved for the 1880 season had been, at the time, the best-paid in the league, such as Cap Anson , Paul Hines , and Tommy Bond , and these players saw their ...
A series of earthquakes that were located near Ridgecrest, California (which started on July 4, registered at 6.4; on this day it registered between 6.9 and 7.1 following a series of aftershocks) cause disruptions throughout Southern California, as far north as Sacramento, and Southern Nevada.
Letty is shocked to learn that one of her sweatshop girls has quit her factory work to become a prostitute – swapping 15 shillings (£0.75) a week for hard work for £4 a week on her back. James has spotted Elizabeth, but how to stop her? At daylight, James flies a bogus distress flag (against every rule of the sea).
Within weeks of the tryout, an infielder for the Oaks' Class D affiliate, the Idaho Falls Russets, was injured, and Stengel recommended that team owner Brick Laws sign Martin. Laws did so but first attempted, without success, to put a clause in the contract that would have nullified it if Martin misbehaved in a way similar to the fight that had ...
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.They are widely regarded as the most influential band of all time [1] and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. [2]
Long title: An Act to make provision in connection with the internal market for goods and services in the United Kingdom (including provision about the recognition of professional and other qualifications); to make provision in connection with provisions of the Northern Ireland Protocol relating to trade and state aid; to authorise the provision of financial assistance by Ministers of the ...
After a series of heart attacks, Campbell-Bannerman resigned on 3 April 1908, less than three weeks before his death. [79] Asquith was universally accepted as the natural successor. [ 80 ] King Edward, who was on holiday in Biarritz , sent for Asquith, who took the boat train to France and kissed hands as prime minister in the Hôtel du Palais ...