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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


"The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" is a song released as an iTunes single from American alternative rock band Weezer's sixth album, "Weezer" (2008). "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" was released to radio on December 9, 2008. The song bears a resemblance to the Shaker song "Simple Gifts" hence the "(Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" in the title. According to lead vocalist and writer Rivers
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Grant Marsh


an outstanding record and reputation as a river steamboat pilot and captain. His piloting exploits became legendary and modern historians refer to him as "Possibly the greatest steamboat man ever", "possibly the greatest [steamboat pilot] ever", "possibly the finest riverboat pilot who ever lived", "the greatest steamboat master and pilot on both the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers" After the discovery of gold in Montana Territory in the early 1860s, the Missouri River was the major artery for freight and passengers to go from "the
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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


Cuomo, "The Greatest Man" has 11 different themes, including rapping and imitations of other bands such as Nirvana and Aerosmith (both of whom also recorded for Weezer's then-label Geffen Records at one point). This song received favorable reviews. After being announced as the third single, a music video was also announced; however, this never materialized and instead the song was featured in a film directed by Warren Miller. Rick Rubin produced "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" with the band between April 2007
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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


different from any song he has previously written: "It's the most ambitious song I've ever attempted. It took me a few weeks of writing. And lyrically, it's a huge departure for me. I have a long history of writing songs from a victim type of place, and in this, I'm bragging." In order, the themes are: "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" was released in digital form on May 13, 2008. The song was generally well received by critics.
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Troublemaker (Weezer song)


with "Dreamin'" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived") and "Tap Tap Revenge". The song was also used for TV commercials for "CBS"'s crime drama show "The Mentalist", which premiered in September 2008. It is also used in the trailer for "Fired Up". "Troublemaker", along with "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived", appeared in the documentary "Warren Miller's Children of Winter". These remixes were released on a promo EP: Weezer
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The DemonWars Saga


greatest ranger to have ever lived in the thousands of years that the Elves had been training human rangers. He help destroy the Demon Dactyl's corporeal form and its armies as well as besting Marcalo De'Unnero in combat, who was said to have been the greatest fighter the Abellican Monks ever produced. Lady Dasselrond also trained him to use the magic gemstones, being the only elf to possess a stone and have any knowledge with using them. No creature, man, or elf used the magic gemstones besides the Abellican Monks, who
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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


'Hey, you guys ripped off that hymn.' So I put the credit in there off the bat." As a result, the band looked up the hymn and indeed the melody was so similar to Joseph Brackett's "Simple Gifts" that they credited the hymn with the subtitle. The song was originally recorded in a room that the band nicknamed "The War Room." Bell states that "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" took a long time to record; "I think the song 'The
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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


Bach' & 'Beethoven' sections. In a January 21, 2009, interview on the NPR program "Fresh Air", Cuomo stated that "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" is his favorite Weezer song. The song includes piano, police sirens, and Rivers Cuomo singing in falsetto, and it contains 11 segued verses in total. In an interview with "Rolling Stone" Cuomo, when questioned about how practising Vipassanā affects his music, says that the song is a lot
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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


' - it's 'a' music video - [it's] nonetheless very cool indeed!" However, Weezer did film a video for the song through MTV, when they were selected as the MTV Artist of the Week. The video has the band sitting on a park bench lip syncing to their song playing through a boom box. Professional wrestler Austin Aries adopted the song as his ring entrance music, while also beginning to refer to himself as "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived". The song was released
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Ben Geraghty


In 1953, Geraghty managed a racially integrated team in the Jim Crow South with the Jacksonville Braves, and one of his players was 19-year-old Henry Aaron. Aaron, wrote author and former minor league pitcher Pat Jordan in his 1975 memoir "A False Spring", "believed that Ben Geraghty was the greatest manager who ever lived, certainly the greatest manager he ever played for ..." In addition to his on-field strategic acumen and his ability to develop playing talent, Geraghty, a white man, regularly confronted
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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


Greatest Man That Ever Lived' used about 20 feet of butcher paper and we discussed how we were going to successfully record it almost as long as actually recording it." In an interview with KROQ-FM, Rivers Cuomo talked extensively about the concept behind the song. The song was originally titled "The Ballad of Oswaldo Sánchez", inspired by Sánchez playing in the 2006 World Cup after the death of his father. He mentioned the influence for each section, including the Baroque counterpoint vocal style which inspired the final '
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Ludger Sylbaris


Da Ifrile, a young girl who ran from the eruption, got into a boat and survived when she was washed out to sea, unconscious. Sylbaris was pardoned of his crimes and later joined Barnum & Bailey's circus, touring America and recounting the horrors of the explosion. He became a minor celebrity in the process, advertised as "the man who lived through Doomsday" or "the Most Marvelous Man in the World". He was the first black man ever to star in Barnum and Bailey's "Greatest Show
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Ned Hanlon (baseball)


the lineup depending on whether the opposing pitcher was left- or right-handed. Connie Mack, who was a player on Hanlon's 1891 Pittsburgh club and then an opponent as manager of the Pirates from 1894 to 1896, said, "I always rated Ned Hanlon as the greatest leader baseball ever had. I don't believe any man lived who knew as much baseball as he did." Hanlon's strategic innovations led "The Sporting News" to call him "the game's greatest strategist" and led many to call
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Franz Liszt


"Many musicians consider Liszt to be the greatest pianist who ever lived." The critic Peter G. Davis has opined: "Perhaps [Liszt] was not the most transcendent virtuoso who ever lived, but his audiences thought he was." According to pianist Kiril Gerstein, “He was possibly the greatest pianist that has ever lived”. There are few, if any, good sources that give an impression of how Liszt really sounded from the 1820s. Carl Czerny claimed Liszt was a natural who played according to feeling,
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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


songs on the album to be considered "download worthy" by IGN. Although Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media was critical of the album as a whole, he praised "The Greatest Man", calling it "[T]he warped genius let loose." "NME"'s James McMahon likened it to "Mr. Blue Sky" by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra, writing "[It] is without question the most ambitious song Cuomo has ever penned, cramming a rapped intro, barber-shop harmonies and ornate music
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Weezer (Red Album)


of the song saying, "The song 'The Greatest Man That Ever Lived' is a masterpiece that includes ten different styles of music based around a common theme. It's awesome. That word gets abused a lot, like 'Wow, these pancakes are awesome,' but 'Greatest Man' is . . . awesome!" "Pork and Beans", the album's third track and first single, was written by Cuomo as a reaction to a meeting with Geffen where the band was told it needed to
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Mike Pence


had overshadowed Peyton Manning, who was being honored by the Colts, saying, "Pence trumped a day that belonged to the greatest football hero the state of Indiana has ever seen, and he did it for political purposes...he stole Manning's last great day as a Colt. [He] will have to live with himself for that." The following year, Pence reacted positively on Twitter, after NFL owners unanimously decided to approve a new policy requiring all players to stand (or, given the option to stay
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The Angels Take Manhattan


shown at the episode's conclusion. Amy's afterword contains several references to her adventures with the Doctor: fighting pirates ("The Curse of the Black Spot"); falling in love with "a man who will wait two thousand years to keep her safe" ("The Big Bang"); giving hope to "the greatest painter who ever lived" ("Vincent and the Doctor"); and saving "a whale in outer space." ("The Beast Below") In December 2011,
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The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)


" marred an "otherwise intriguing musical experiment." This song had been announced as the third single from "The Red Album". Spike Jonze was said to be directing a video for the song. In the end, the video was not filmed and instead skiing and snowboarding film director Warren Miller used the song in a film called "Children of Winter". The Weezer blog stated that it should not be considered official: "Note that while this [isn't] 'THE' music video for 'Greatest Man
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Charles Walker (checkers player)


matches of the checkers computer called Chinook against several human players. Walker was a long-term friend, admirer, and promoter of World Checkers champion Marion Tinsley, whom Walker described as "the greatest checkers player who ever lived," and "probably the greatest who ever will live". Walker served as a Secretary of The American Checker Federation, was the Editor of "Checkers Magazine" and also served as President of World Checker Draught Federation. Walker ran a successful insurance business and was described in the media as "
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Ralph Richardson


religion as a young man, but drifted back to faith: "I came to a kind of feeling I could touch a live wire through prayer". He retained his early love of painting, and listed it and tennis in his "Who's Who" entry as his recreations. Peter Hall said of Richardson, "I think he was the greatest actor I have ever worked with." The director David Ayliff, son of Richardson's and Olivier's mentor, said, "Ralph was a natural actor, he
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Merritt Lamb


to improvise shelters and do many other things which of necessity the modern soldier must be able to do if he is to live and progress." "You are being guided in your lives by the greatest moral code that was ever written, the Scout Oath and Scout Law. That oath and those laws were not the creation of one man. They were moral principals which have evolved themselves in the progress of civilization. And if your training as Scouts is to be of the greatest possible service to yourself and others you must
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Alvin Greene


to the "Columbia Free Times" that he was "seriously considering" a presidential campaign, although he was not sure which party's nomination he would seek. Greene justified his potential bid by saying "I'm the man. I'm the man. I'm the man. Greene's the man. I'm the man. I'm the greatest person ever. I was born to be president. I'm the man, I'm the greatest individual ever." A year later, Greene notified "The Daily
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Scottie Pippen


Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to ever play the game. I may go so far as saying LeBron James may be the greatest player to ever play the game." Pippen faced a backlash from Bulls fans after his comments, and even former teammates such as Horace Grant who stated in a radio interview: "Wow, Pippen's my man, and we'll always be close, but I totally disagree. LeBron is going to be one of the top players to ever play the game, but Michael Jeffrey Jordan,
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How Awful About Allan


her scar. She confesses that she had the scar from the fire removed, but says that it should have remained there as a brand to show all the world Allan's crime: the "murder" of their father, "the greatest man who ever lived". After some time has passed, Allan comes home and talks to Olive, who is preparing dinner for them. He has been taking a music appreciation course and seems much more normal. However, he has received a letter from Katherine – who was evidently
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Steve Dacri


. To me, this is the real magic, magic that is created in the hands, using age old methods of sleight of hand and misdirection perfected by masters before me. I was lucky to be tutored and coached by the greatest magicians who ever lived, and I owe my success to them. During the show I try to acknowledge them all and we even show a short film clip of the legendary Dai Vernon, whom we called the Professor, as a tribute to the remarkable man who had the distinction of being
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50 Years of Hits


single. Nevertheless, the package is an enormous document of country music history in its own right, chronicling the career of a man who many believe is the greatest interpreter of the country song who ever lived. Jones had so many hits that some of them, such as his 1974 number one hit "The Door", and his chart topping duet "Golden Ring" with Tammy Wynette, could not be included. In addition to Jennings and Wynette, the album includes appearances Melba Montgomery, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson,
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Bobby Fischer


Champion Viswanathan Anand described him as "the greatest chess player who ever lived". Serbian grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojević called Fischer, "A man without frontiers. He didn't divide the East and the West, he brought them together in their admiration of him." German grandmaster Karsten Müller wrote: Fischer, who had taken the highest crown almost singlehandedly from the mighty, almost invincible Soviet chess empire, shook the whole world, not only the chess world, to its core. He started a chess boom not only in the
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George Marshall


a greater administrator; a man with a knowledge of military affairs equal to General Marshall." Orson Welles said in an interview with Dick Cavett that "Marshall is the greatest man I ever met... I think he was the greatest human being who was also a great man... He was a tremendous gentleman, an old fashioned institution which isn't with us anymore." George Marshall was the youngest of three siblings. His older brother Stuart Bradford Marshall (1875–1956) was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, and became
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Glastonbury Festival


on the Saturday which is said to be one of the greatest ever Glastonbury performances. The live recording of "Paranoid Android" from this performance, as well as others such as "The Day Before Yesterday's Man" by The Supernaturals, were released on a BBC CD entitled "Mud For It". In 1998 the festival was once again struck with severe floods and storms, and again some festival goers departed early – but those who stayed were treated to performances from acts such as Pulp, Robbie Williams and Blur.
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José Brocca


and highly respected officer in the post-war army of Francoist Spain, spoke of his pacifist father as the 'greatest man who ever lived'. This is no paradox: it is testament to the courage and strength of character of both men, indicative of the complexities of civil war, and a victory for humanity over mere politics. It tells us that even in the most challenging circumstances the lasting strengths of the family can conquer the transient demands of the state. Helio died in 1968, Olga in 2004, Arnulfo
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The Greatest Story Ever Told


in the appearance of John Wayne as the Roman centurion who comments on the Crucifixion, in his well-known voice, by stating: "Truly this man was the Son of God." Stevens shot "The Greatest Story Ever Told" in the U.S. southwest, in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. Pyramid Lake in Nevada represented the Sea of Galilee, Lake Moab in Utah was used to film the Sermon on the Mount, and California's Death Valley was the setting of Jesus' 40-day journey into the wilderness
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Joaquin Miller


he really has. He cannot, or will not, tell the truth, but he never tells a malicious or thrifty falsehood." Miller was championed, although not enthusiastically, by Bret Harte and Ambrose Bierce. Bierce, who once called Miller "the greatest-hearted man I ever knew" also is quoted as saying that he was "the greatest liar this country ever produced. He cannot, or will not, tell the truth." Miller's response was, "I always wondered why God made
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Thucydides


single man towards making history what it is today". Historian H. D. Kitto feels that Thucydides wrote about the Peloponnesian War, not because it was the most significant war in antiquity, but because it caused the most suffering. Indeed, several passages of Thucydides's book are written "with an intensity of feeling hardly exceeded by Sappho herself". In his book "The Open Society and Its Enemies", Karl Popper writes that Thucydides was the "greatest historian, perhaps, who ever lived". Thucydides's work,
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New York World


as "the greatest city editor that ever lived." His time at the "World" ended when, after falling into financial ruin, he murdered his wife in 1918. He was sentenced to Sing Sing Prison and died there in 1930. Frank Irving Cobb was employed on a trial basis as the editor of the "World" in 1904 by publisher Pulitzer. Cobb was a fiercely independent Kansan who resisted Pulitzer's attempts to "run the office" from his home. The elder man was so invested in the paper
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Leni Riefenstahl


publicity tour in an attempt to secure commercial release. In February 1937, Riefenstahl enthusiastically told a reporter for the "Detroit News", "To me, Hitler is the greatest man who ever lived. He truly is without fault, so simple and at the same time possessed of masculine strength". She arrived in New York City on 4 November 1938, five days before "Kristallnacht" (the "Night of the Broken Glass"). When news of the event reached the United States, Riefenstahl publicly defended Hitler
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Catherine Wilson


Catherine Wilson (1822 – 20 October 1862) was a British serial killer who was hanged for one murder, but was generally thought at the time to have committed six others. She worked as a nurse and poisoned her victims after encouraging them to leave her money in their wills. She was described privately by the sentencing judge as "the greatest criminal that ever lived." Wilson worked as a nurse, first in Spalding, Lincolnshire, and then moving to Kirkby, Cumbria. She married a man called Dixon but her
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All in the Family


of America ranked "All in the Family" the fourth-best written TV series ever, and "TV Guide" ranked it as the fourth-greatest show of all time. "All in the Family" is about a typical working-class Caucasian family living in Queens, New York. Its patriarch is Archie Bunker (O'Connor), an outspoken, narrow-minded man, seemingly prejudiced against everyone who is not like him or his idea of how people should be. Archie's wife Edith (Jean Stapleton)
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Joker (character)


and Spider-Man. Indeed, when DC Comics released the original series of "Greatest Stories Ever Told" (1987–1988) featuring collections of stories about heroes like Batman and Superman, the Joker was the only villain included alongside them. The character has been the focus of ethical discussion on the desirability of Batman (who adheres to an unbreakable code forbidding killing) saving lives by murdering the Joker (a relentless dealer of death). These debates weigh the positive (stopping the Joker permanently) against its effect on Batman's
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Lynn Hutchings


they brought their children and I had sex with all of them and then brought their dogs in and I had sex with them, should I be protected for my sexual orientation?" Hutchings argued that without the death penalty, Jesus Christ would not have been able to die to absolve the sins of mankind, and therefore capital punishment should be maintained. She stated, "The greatest man who ever lived died via the death penalty for you and me. I'm grateful to him for our future hope because of this.
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J. William Lloyd


greatest man of modern England"). In 1902 and 1904 were published his two utopian novels, "The Natural Man: A Romance of the Golden Age" and "The Dwellers in Vale Sunrise: How They Got Together and Lived Happy Ever After. A Sequel to 'The Natural Man,' Being an Account of the Tribes of Him." "The Free Comrade" resumed publication in a new series, which ran from 1910 to 1912. Lloyd now co-edited it with his friend Leonard D. Abbott,
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The Wind and the Lion


such a character as being even greater than Sean Connery - this old man would be the greatest old thing they'd ever seen, and they'd have great admiration for their grandmother for standing up to him, the way old people can snipe at each other and love each other because they have the common bond of age. That was the purest form the movie ever had. Roosevelt was a very young, visceral presence, a vibrant man who represented a new world, who understood Raisuli's world very well but was forced
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Kraven's Last Hunt


"Kraven's Last Hunt" has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest Spider-Man stories ever written. In 2012, "Kraven's Last Hunt" was voted by readers of Comic Book Resources as the greatest Spider-Man story ever told. In his commentary on the results, Brian Cronin described the story as "a breathtaking piece of work that inspired countless imitations by other writers over the years." Elsewhere, Cronin noted that by publishing the story across all three monthly Spider-Man titles,
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The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery


in 3.2 million homes, making it the fourth most-watched A&E original movie ever. Its success led to the A&E original series "A Nero Wolfe Mystery" (2001–2002). The voice of Archie Goodwin (Timothy Hutton) introduces us to the seventh-of-a-ton master sleuth Nero Wolfe (Maury Chaykin) — "a man who thinks he's the world's greatest detective. Truth being, he is." Wolfe lives in an opulent Manhattan brownstone on West 35th Street, where he enjoys reading
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Al Albert (sportscaster)


he joined the Indiana Pacers as a play-by-play man. He worked there until 2007. On January 24, 1984, Albert, working for USA network, called what Syracuse fans call the greatest game in the Carrier Dome ever. Syracuse faced Boston College, and the teams were tied 73-73 after a missed free throw by Boston College's Martin Clark. Sean Kerins passed the rebound to Pearl Washington who took three steps and made a half court shot to win the game. Albert's call lives in
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Randy Savage


Randall Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), better known by his ring name Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, actor and color commentator best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and later World Championship Wrestling (WCW). His best known nickname was "Macho Man". Savage was described by ESPN's Bill Simmons as "one of the greatest pro wrestlers who ever lived"—a statement echoed by multiple industry performers. He was recognizable by wrestling
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Jim Thorpe


after the event and shook his hand saying, "Jim, my boy, you're a great man. I never expect to look upon a finer athlete." He told a reporter from "New York World", "Thorpe is the greatest athlete that ever lived. He has me beaten fifty ways. Even when I was in my prime, I could not do what he did today." In 1912, strict rules regarding amateurism were in effect for athletes participating in the Olympics. Athletes who received money prizes
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List of Marvel Comics characters: S


Vengeance can also fire spike projectiles from his forearms. Jia Jing is a mutant whose abilities manifested at the end of the "Avengers vs. X-Men" storyline. She joins Wolverine's Mutant Academy, vowing to become "the greatest X-Man who has ever lived" and to honor the pride her of family and country. Wolverine gives her the codename "Sprite" after Kitty Pryde. Gregory "Greg" Stark is a exclusive character to the Ultimate Marvel universe. The character, created by Mark Millar and Carlos
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Andrew Roberts (historian)


Stephen Pollard, in "The Jewish Chronicle", was of the opinion that ‘Churchill is the most superb one-volume biography I have ever read — of anyone. Roberts manages something I thought impossible. He has given us a new, ground-breaking portrait of the man whom many consider to be the greatest ever Englishman. This is a simply wonderful book. A living, poetic, stirring yet thought-provoking portrait of a giant, it will be regarded as a classic for generations to come.’.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


. Abdul-Jabbar is regarded as one of the best centers ever, and league experts and basketball legends frequently mentioned him when considering the greatest player of all time. Former Lakers coach Pat Riley once said, "Why judge anymore? When a man has broken records, won championships, endured tremendous criticism and responsibility, why judge? Let's toast him as the greatest player ever." Isiah Thomas remarked, "If they say the numbers don't lie, then Kareem is the greatest ever to play the game.
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Shaq–Kobe feud


player in the world." On Bryant, O'Neal claimed that he "always did love Kobe." On Jackson, O'Neal claimed he is "the greatest coach ever. And he's done a lot for me. Phil's my guy. It's all marketing, baby." O'Neal also added that had he stayed with the Lakers, he and Bryant would have won another three or four titles. "We're still the greatest little-man, big-man 1-2 punch ever created in the history
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The Agora, Cleveland 1978


said of the recording "This is simply the greatest live LP this greatest of live rockers has ever officially released." The show was originally broadcast live on the radio with bootlegs circulating for years but this marks the first official release of the album, completely restored and remastered. The concert was sponsored by radio station WMMS as part of their 10th anniversary. WMMS announced the concert on air just 12 days before the show and free tickets were sent to listeners who dropped off a self-addressed stamped envelope at a local record
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John Charles


him among the all-time footballing greats such as Pelé, Diego Maradona and George Best, saying "Incomparable. John wasn't only one of the greatest footballers who ever lived. He was one of the greatest men ever to play the game." He also noted that Charles is the only footballing great to be world class in two very different positions. Giampiero Boniperti, the captain of Juventus when Charles had joined the Bianconeri, spoke of the Welshman's nature as a person: "I would say he was from
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Barney Sedran


. Other times a season begins and ends in the same calendar year.) Sedran's New York Whirlwind team of 1919–21 is considered by many to have been the greatest professional basketball team of the first half of the 20th century. Fellow Jewish Hall of Famer Nat Holman, considered by many experts to be the greatest player of the 1920s, said, Barney Sedran, in my humble opinion, was the greatest little man who ever played the game. He could do everything. A great outside and inside shooter, smart passer
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Vayu


numerous statements and illustrations of the greatness of Vāyu. The "Brihadaranyaka Upanishad" states that the gods who control bodily functions once engaged in a contest to determine who among them is the greatest. When a deity such as that of vision would leave a man's body, that man would continue to live, albeit as a blind man and having regained the lost faculty once the errant deity returned to his post. One by one the deities all took their turns leaving the body, but the man continued to live on,
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Blind Man (Aerosmith song)


"Blind Man" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Taylor Rhodes. It was released as a single in November 1994 from the Geffen-era compilation album "Big Ones", one of three songs from that greatest hits record not previously released on any Aerosmith studio album, which was also released in November (see 1994 in music). Despite the song's moderate success, the band hardly ever performed it live after the 1993-1994 Get
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Austin Aries


match. In early 2009, Aries also underwent a complete character transformation, cutting his long hair, donning new pink and black trunks, and coming to the ring in a bright pink fur jacket. He dropped his darker persona and adapted to a new ladies man gimmick, often referring to himself as "A Double" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived", the latter after a song by Weezer, which also became his new entrance theme. On June 13, 2009, at "Manhattan Mayhem III",
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Bobby Fischer


Chess960). The goal of Fischerandom Chess was to ensure that a game between two players is a contest between their understandings of chess, rather than their abilities to prepare opening strategies or memorize opening lines. Kasparov calls Fischer "perhaps the most mythologically shrouded figure in chess". Some leading players and some of Fischer's biographers have ranked him as the greatest player who ever lived. Other writers have said that he was arguably the greatest player ever, without reaching a definitive conclusion. Leonard Barden wrote, "Most experts place
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Patrick McGuigan


men responsible for boxing's rise to affluence in New Jersey after it was legalized in 1918 under the Hurley Law, being the first individual in the state to secure a license to legally host boxing matches. Paddy "must be chronicled as one of the greatest ringmen who ever lived," according to sportswriter Anthony Marenghi, and has been described by Hall of Fame manager Tom O'Rourke as the greatest fighter he had ever seen. Paddy was born in Kentucky in 1868 to Michael McGuigan and Bridget McClachey, both Irish immigrants. Around
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List of supercentenarians by continent


claims of more than 600 European supercentenarians. The oldest living person in Europe is Frenchwoman Lucile Randon, born 11 February 1904, aged . The oldest European ever, and the world's oldest person ever, was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment who lived to the claimed age of 122 years, 164 days which, however, is disputed. The oldest undisputed European person ever was Italianwoman Emma Morano who lived to age 117 years, 137 days. The oldest European man ever was Christian Mortensen from Denmark, who emigrated to the United States where
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Maurice Moynihan


by Professor Patrick Lynch, prominent economist and former Assistant Secretary of the Government. J.J. Lee, professor of history in Cork, described him as "one of the greatest public servants who ever served the State", and “"a man in whom the institutions of the State found an absolutely trustworthy protector"”. He was ""imbued with a profound sense of loyalty and commitment to public service"”. Echoing Professor Lee, he was considered in the view of the Irish Times ""one of the greatest
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Live at Leeds


n’ roll album ever, but the best rock album period." Roy Carr of "Classic Rock", reviewing the 2010 Super Deluxe Edition of the album, remarked how the new Live at Hull section "is noticeably more tight, more focused and even more aggressive" than the original recording, concluding that "we now have the two greatest live rock albums...ever." Who biographer Dave Marsh has praised the album as "so molten with energy at times it resembles the heavy metal of Deep Purple and the
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Neil Snow


from big league clubs. He was one of the best college first basemen that ever lived. On the track Snow could high jump around six feet; he could put the shot 45 feet; he was a fine hurdler. Taking both quality and quantity, we should say that Snow was the equal at least of any man that has been mentioned. Sports writer Grantland Rice often wrote about Snow, ranking him as one of the three greatest all-around athletes ever turned out in college sport along with Jim Thorpe and Elmer
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Don Budge


-time greats." Paul Metzler, in his analysis of ten of the all-time greats, singles out Budge as the greatest player before World War II, and gives him second place overall behind Jack Kramer. Jack Kramer himself has written that Budge was, in the long run, the greatest player who ever lived although Ellsworth Vines topped him when at the height of his game. Kramer said: In his 1979 autobiography Kramer considered the best player ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or
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Croy, North Lanarkshire


late 1990s it featured prominently in matchday programmes. The village is almost exclusively populated with Celtic supporters and has a large Supporters Club (Croy CSC). Former player Jimmy Quinn, considered a Celtic legend and one of the club's greatest ever players lived in the village and former Celtic owner Fergus Mccann, the man credited with saving the club from extinction and now recognised as one of the most important figures in the club's history, lived in Croy and was the social convener of the Croy Celtic Supporters Club. In addition
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The Amazing Spider-Man 129


Jackal, watching on, vows that he will eventually destroy Spider-Man. The magazine "Complex" ranked the cover by Kane and Romita as both the number thirty-second most iconic Spider-Man image ever and the fourth best "The Amazing Spider-Man" cover of all time. "Comic Book Resources" named the cover to be the twelfth greatest Spider-Man cover of all time in 2012 and again at in 2017. The issue was voted by fans as the fiftieth greatest Marvel Comics issue of all
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2019 Cricket World Cup Final


World Cup final as "the greatest game ever". "The Guardian"s live commentator wrote: "That is the most amazing game I have ever seen in my life." "The Sydney Morning Herald" called it "one of the most dramatic clashes in cricket history", while "ABC News" referred to it as "the greatest ODI ever played". The headline of "The Week" was "Super human Ben Stokes drags England to victory in the greatest cricket match". With Novak Djokovic and Roger
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Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!


collected as "The Sensational Spider-Man: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut" (). It is also collected in the trade "Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 4-The Juggernaut" () with its sequel. "Wizard Magazine" includes it in its collection "Spider-Man: The 10 Greatest Spider-Man Stories Ever" (). "Comics Should Be Good" featured the story in its series "Comics You Should Own", and users voted it the second greatest Roger Stern story.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne


campaign biography of his friend which depicted him as "a man of peaceful pursuits". Horace Mann said, "If he makes out Pierce to be a great man or a brave man, it will be the greatest work of fiction he ever wrote." In the biography, Hawthorne depicts Pierce as a statesman and soldier who had accomplished no great feats because of his need to make "little noise" and so "withdrew into the background". He also left out Pierce's drinking habits, despite rumors of his
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George Loane Tucker


profitable film. The following year, Tucker wrote and directed another hit, "Virtuous Wives", starring Anita Stewart. In 1919, Tucker wrote, produced and directed what became his most well known and financially successful film, "The Miracle Man". The film featured Lon Chaney in a breakout role as a man who pretends to be handicapped. "The Miracle Man" was a critical and financial success (some critics called it "the greatest picture ever made") and made the film's stars, Chaney and
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Bob Scott (rugby)


had the greatest balance, the greatest poise, that I've ever seen in any man." In his autobiography, Hennie Muller stated: "Scott always appeared to have plenty of time, even under pressure. He loved coming into the line and his speed and elusiveness were such that he was always a danger. Altogether, the greatest player I've ever played in any position." Scott was part of the Petone club committee between 1966 and 1970. In 1990 Scott was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of
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Fred Stone


Red Mill". In 1917, he appeared on Broadway in "Jack O'Lantern", which, according to "Vanity Fair" theater critic P. G. Wodehouse "should be the greatest success he has ever had. Fred Stone is unique. In a profession where the man who can dance can’t sing and the man who can sing can’t act he stands alone as one who can do everything." Johnny Gruelle, the creator of Raggedy Ann, was a fan of Fred Stone and L. Frank Baum. Gruelle wrote
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Daddy Sang Bass


has ever started off a pop career with a longer such drought on the charts that was finally broken. The song appeared originally on the 1969 album "The Holy Land", the 1971 "Johnny Cash: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" collection, the 1999 Johnny Cash greatest hits compilation "16 Biggest Hits", and the 2002 "The Essential Johnny Cash" collection. According to Johnny Cash's book, "The Man in Black", Carl Perkins was an alcoholic. Cash had been a drug addict who
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The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived


The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived is a novel by British author Robert Rankin. It is the third (and final) book in the Cornelius Murphy trilogy, sequel to "The Book of Ultimate Truths" and "Raiders of the Lost Car Park". The central story revolves around a 14-year-old schoolboy, Norman, who is killed while trying to summon a demon to grant him wings. Instead of going to Heaven or Hell though, Norman is employed at the Universal Reincarnation Company, set up after God closed
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Federer–Nadal rivalry


but "Rafa has the chance to be the greatest player" if he stays healthy. Former player and commentator John McEnroe was of a similar opinion, noting in 2010 that "there is an argument to be made that Rafael Nadal may be the greatest player eventually, even possibly now." He has subsequently adjusted his opinion on several occasions, in 2013 noting that he thought Nadal was "the greatest player that ever lived" but later in 2014 bunched Federer, Nadal, Laver and Sampras together as the greatest ever.
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Ayrton Senna


a poll of 217 current and former Formula One drivers conducted by "Autosport" magazine named Senna as "the greatest Formula One driver who ever lived". In 2012, "BBC Sport" journalists voted Senna as the greatest Formula One driver of all time, after naming their top 20 greatest drivers in a countdown on their website. In 1993, a poll of F1 drivers gave Senna a near-unanimous vote as the best driver in F1. In 2006, the Japanese public ranked Senna 22nd in a survey of their
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Martina Navratilova


. She became only the seventh female player in history to achieve this. In 2005, "Tennis" magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005, directly over Steffi Graf. Billie Jean King, a former World No. 1 player, said in 2006 that Navratilova is "the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived." In 2008, tennis historian and journalist Bud Collins called Navratilova "arguably, the greatest player of all time." In 2006,
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David Paddock


ever All-American after Bob McWhorter. Parke H. Davis in selecting Paddock All-American wrote, "Thus the greatest quarterback the south has known in years has figured little in the public prints of the north, yet here is a man who has played quarterback as steadily as Logan, as brilliantly as Barrett, and who has excelled each by combining the talents of both. This man is Paddock, of Georgia, to whom is given the position as quarterback upon this mythical all-American team." Supposedly he spent
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Edward Smith Hall


, generous and disinterested, but imprudent. I am now a wiser man, but not a better one". In August 1891 Sir Henry Parkes, speaking of the early friends of freedom in Australia, said: The name I mentioned first Edward Smith Hall belonged to a man of singularly pure and heroic disposition . . . he met the greatest form of aggressive power we ever experienced in this country, and he paid the price of resistance to it by all that kind of punishmerit which follows a man who tries to preserve
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Walter Breuning


Walter Breuning (September 21, 1896 – April 14, 2011) was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest recognized living man between July 18, 2009 and April 14, 2011. Breuning is the third-oldest verified American man ever behind Danish-born Christian Mortensen and Mathew Beard as well as the second-oldest man ever born in the United States, as Christian Mortensen was born in Denmark. At the time of his death he was the fourth-oldest verified man ever. Walter Breuning was born in Melrose,
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Orange Man (advertisement)


has increased in later times and has gone on to become considered one of the greatest television advertisements of all time by numerous sources; in 2000, "Orange Man" was ranked at number 3 in Channel 4 and "The Sunday Times" poll of the "100 Greatest TV Ads Ever." Channel 4 aired the final top 100 of the poll on 29 April 2000 as part of their "100 Greatest" series. In 2006, ITV ranked the advertisement ranked at number 5 in its list of "ITV's Best
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James Boswell


brought to life through a "dramatic" style of dialogue. It has often been described as the greatest biography ever written. It has often been asked how a man such as Boswell could have produced so remarkable a work as the "Life of Johnson". Among those who attempted an answer were Macaulay and Carlyle: the former argued that Boswell's uninhibited folly and candour were his greatest qualifications; the latter replied that beneath such traits was a mind to discern excellence and a heart to appreciate it, aided by the power
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Spider-Man (2018 video game)


"generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. The game received praise for its gameplay, graphics, narrative, and characterization, but was criticized for its familiar open-world tropes and lack of innovation. Critics called "Spider-Man" one of the greatest superhero games ever made. "VentureBeat" called it "the best Spider-Man game ... and one of the best super hero games ever", while "Game Informer" wrote, "Like "" before it, "Spider-Man"
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Weezer discography


Red Album" – was released in June 2008 as their sixth studio album. The album peaked at number four on the "Billboard" 200. The first single from the album, "Pork and Beans", spent 11 weeks at the top of the Alternative Songs chart. Two of the three succeeding singles from the album, "Troublemaker" and "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)", peaked at numbers two and 35 on the chart respectively. "Raditude", the band
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Weezer


The second single, "Troublemaker", debuted at No. 39 on the "Billboard" Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at No. 2. In October 2008, the group announced that the third single would be "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)". On May 30, 2008, the Toledo Free Press revealed in an interview with Scott Shriner that Weezer would be unveiling the "Hootenanny Tour", in which fans would be invited to bring their own instruments to play
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Casper Meets Wendy


a vacation. Meanwhile, an malefic warlock named Desmond Spellman who believes himself the greatest warlock to have existed gets an unwelcome messaged by the Oracle in the Mirror who tells him that in the future, a child Wendy the Good Little Witch will surpass him in being the greatest witch ever. In response, Desmond plans to get rid of her with the advised "Mystic Abyss". He creates two henchmen: Jules and Vincent, and assigns them to bring Wendy to him where she is living in the country with her three
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Stephen Dale Petit At High Voltage


and "a major event in the blues scene". Classic Rock's The Blues magazine deemed it "the greatest live record you’ll ever hear", awarding the album a 10/10 star rating and drew comparisons to landmark live album "Live at Leeds" by The Who. "[Summertime Blues and Shakin’ All Over] were famously blasted through by The Who over the years... even they didn't quite reach the intensity of Petit and friends." Editor Ed Mitchell described the album as "Live at Leeds,
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Iron Liege


Derby, which left Iron Liege his sole entrant against perhaps the greatest field ever assembled for the race, including: Bold Ruler, Round Table, and Gallant Man. Future Hall of Fame jockey Bill Hartack, who was Gen. Duke's regular rider, was assigned to ride Iron Liege in the Derby. In the Derby Iron Liege took the lead over pacesetter Federal Hill, but would encounter a fast-charging Gallant Man in deep stretch. As the two passed the mile pole, Gallant Man's rider, future Hall of
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s


later (October 1), Al Jackson, the man Cropper would remember as "the greatest drummer to ever walk the earth", was murdered in his home. In the Fall of 1975, Al Bell tasked Stax Producer/Musician Terry Manning (who had worked on several of the MGs albums) with a project which involved taking songs previously recorded by the classic Booker T & The MGs lineup of Jones/Cropper/Dunn/Jackson, but which had never been completed or released. Manning found and performed post production
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List of Garo characters


Priest who was known to be one of the greatest Makai Priest to have ever lived. He helped Taiga in creating anti-Horror weapons, spells and devices. He was the one who created Zaruba, stating that his greatest regret in Zaruba's creation is giving him a loud mouth. He's similar to Chinese Tao Priest-exorcists who learned Makai techniques along with martial arts to slay Horrors. He loves drinking red sake and playing bar chess, wagering 10 years of life to the winner of the game. Amon never
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Live in Cook County Jail


said, "I prefer the horn arrangements on the Kent originals, but the unpredictable grit with which he snaps off the guitar parts makes up for any lost subtlety." "Rolling Stone" listed "Live in Cook County Jail" at number forty on its list of the greatest live albums ever made, and at number 499 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Live in Cook County Jail" entry on the magazine's list of the greatest albums of all time states: "He won
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Live at the Star Club, Hamburg


seems neutered, and the Sex Pistols sound like wimps. Rock & roll is about the fire in the performance, and nothing sounds as fiery as this; nothing hits as hard or sounds as loud, either. It is no stretch to call this the greatest live album ever, nor is it a stretch to call it the greatest rock & roll album ever recorded. Even so, words can't describe the music here — it truly has to be heard to be believed." Joe Bonomo calls "Mean Woman Blues
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Chip Reese


might have been related to an earlier gastric bypass that caused a blood clot. Upon learning of Reese's death, Doyle Brunson stated, "He's certainly the best poker player that ever lived." World Series of Poker commissioner Jeffrey Pollack said upon his death that many consider Chip "the greatest cash game player who ever lived, but he was also a World Series of Poker legend." Reese's house in Las Vegas was put up for sale on June 8, 2008 at a price of $5,699,500. He
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Deforrest Most


of balance, made him a champion "understander" — the bottom person in a human pyramid. In his most memorable stunt, the four-man pyramid, Most balanced on the torso of Harold Zinkin, the bodybuilder who won the first Mr. California title. Future exercise guru Jack LaLanne stands on Most's shoulders, and Gene Miller balances on LaLanne. "Moe was one of the greatest athletes I've ever known. We did tricks that nobody else had ever done," LaLanne told the Los Angeles Times. Most
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Ottone


folks that could not distinguish one tune from another now daily dispute about the different styles of Handel [and other composers]. People have now forgot Homer, and Virgil, and Caesar, or at least, they have lost their ranks;for, in London and Westminster, in all polite conversations, Senesino is daily voted to be the greatest man that ever lived. "Ottone" also is notable as the only Handel opera in which Farinelli appeared, in the role of Adelberto, in December 1734. In Germany, "Ottone
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Weezer (Red Album)


--verse-chorus-bridge" structure that was present on past albums. Much of the album's subject matter is rooted in past experiences and nostalgia. "Troublemaker", which was considered for the first single, introduces the theme of nostalgia for the album, with Cuomo "reliving his lost youth". "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)" is a track that includes piano, police sirens, rapped vocals and Cuomo singing in falsetto. Bass player Scott Shriner was particularly proud
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Henry Allingham


2008. With the death of Tomoji Tanabe on 19 June 2009 he became the oldest living man in the world; after Allingham died, that title passed to Walter Breuning of Montana. On 13 February 2007, he became Britain's second-oldest living person, behind Florrie Baldwin, and on 29 March 2009, he became the oldest ever British man, surpassing Welshman John Evans who died aged 112 years and 295 days. He was also the first ever British man to reach the verified age of 113. On 18 July
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1930 WAFL season


Fremantle's 1930 team was the greatest he had ever played in or coached – including even the unbeaten team of 1946. As with the VFL, the 1930 WAFL season saw a major innovation with the introduction of a ‘nineteenth man’ who could replace players either injured or out of form. This was changed to a nineteenth and twentieth man in 1946 and to the current interchange system in 1978. A controversial new holding the ball rule, which required the ball to be kicked or punched when tackled, was introduced for this
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Joe Grim


being knocked out, for which he was nicknamed "The Iron Man" and "The Human Punching Bag". Typically, at the end of a bout, he would go to the ropes and shout "I am Joe Grim. I fear no man on earth." In 1930 he was described in "The Ring" as "the greatest physical freak the prize ring ever knew... Grim offered his body as a target to fighters who outweighed him by many pounds. He has the strangest claim to glory that an
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Edwin Markham


's poem "Lincoln, the Man of the People" was selected from 250 entries to be read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial. The author himself read the poem. Of it, Dr. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton said, "Edwin Markham's Lincoln is the greatest poem ever written on the immortal martyr, and the greatest that ever will be written." Later that year, Markham was filmed reciting the poem by Lee De Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. As recounted by literary biographer
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