climate: Scale classes: Large-scale wind systems are distinguished by the predominance of horizontal motions over vertical motions and by the preeminent importance of the Coriolis force in influencing wind characteristics. Examples of large-scale wind systems include the trade winds and the westerlies.

dazhuan, in Chinese calligraphy, script evolved from the ancient scripts jiaguwen and guwen by the 12th century bc and developed during the Zhou dynasty (12th century–256/255 bc). It is the earliest form of script to be cultivated later into an important related art form, zhuanshu (“seal script”),

Virginia Plan, along with the New Jersey Plan, one of two major proposals for the framework of the United States government presented at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. It was known as the Virginia Plan because it was presented to the convention by delegates of the state of

Faya, oasis town located in northern Chad, north-central Africa. It lies in the Sahara at the northern tip of the Bodélé geographic depression, 490 miles (790 km) northeast of the capital, N’Djamena. Originally called Faya, the town was renamed Largeau following the capture in 1913 of Borkou by the

black bass: Two of them, the largemouth and smallmouth basses (M. salmoides and M. dolomieu), have been introduced in other countries and are prized as hard-fighting game fishes.

black bass: Two of them, the largemouth and smallmouth basses (M. salmoides and M. dolomieu), have been introduced in other countries and are prized as hard-fighting game fishes.

Steve Largent is an American gridiron football player who is considered one of the greatest wide receivers of all time. He retired from the sport as the owner of all the major career National Football League (NFL) receiving records. Although he was a standout high-school football player and

Steve Largent is an American gridiron football player who is considered one of the greatest wide receivers of all time. He retired from the sport as the owner of all the major career National Football League (NFL) receiving records. Although he was a standout high-school football player and

Xavier Herbert: …and his collected short stories, Larger than Life (1963), were somewhat less well received by the critics and public alike. His sprawling saga Poor Fellow My Country (1975) expressed his pessimistic view of life but lacked the richness and vitality of Capricornia. His autobiography, Disturbing Element, was published in 1963.

Westminster Catechism: …either of two works, the Larger Westminster Catechism and the Shorter Westminster Catechism, used by English-speaking Presbyterians and by some Congregationalists and Baptists. Written by the Westminster Assembly, which met regularly from 1643 until 1649 during the English Civil War, the catechisms were presented to the English Parliament in 1647…

election: Party-list proportional representation: In the largest-average formula, the available seats are awarded one at a time to the party with the largest average number of votes as determined by dividing the number of votes won by the party by the number of seats the party has been awarded plus a…

election: Party-list proportional representation: In the largest-average formula, the available seats are awarded one at a time to the party with the largest average number of votes as determined by dividing the number of votes won by the party by the number of seats the party has been awarded plus a…

sawfish: …up rivers; one species, the largetooth sawfish (P. pristis) lives and breeds in the fresh waters of Lake Nicaragua. Sawfishes have a long flattened head and body and an elongated snout, much like that of the saw shark, that forms a long flat blade edged with strong teeth. The largest…

heteropteran: Annotated classification: Family Largidae Head triangular, without ocelli; forewings with claval commissure; female with 6th visible abdominal segment below cleft medially; phytophagous; habits not well known; of no economic importance; about 100 species; in all zoogeographic regions. Family Pyrrhocoridae (fire bugs, cotton stainers) Head triangular, without ocelli; forewings…

Nicolas de Largillière was a French historical and portrait painter who excelled in painting likenesses of the wealthy middle classes. Most artists of his time took as their standard of excellence the adherence to Classical models and an emphasis on drawing, while some broke away in favour of the

Largo, city, Pinellas county, west-central Florida, U.S., near Clearwater Harbor and just south of Clearwater. The Spanish explorers Pánfilo de Narváez (1528) and Hernando de Soto (1539) visited the region. The site, first settled about 1866, was named for nearby Lake Largo (“Big Lake,” drained in

Francisco Largo Caballero was a Spanish socialist leader, prominent during the Second Republic, of which he became prime minister soon after the outbreak of the civil war of 1936–39. Largo Caballero worked in Madrid as a plasterer before joining the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (Partido

charadriiform: Annotated classification: Suborder Lari Hypotarsus simple (grooved but without canals); coracoids in contact (except in Stercorariidae); supraorbital grooves large; basipterygoid processes absent (present but small in young); occipital foramina absent in adults; furcula with hypocleideum; adult downs on both pterylae and apteria; anterior toes usually fully webbed, hind…

lasso, a rope 60 to 100 feet (18 to 30 metres) in length with a slip noose at one end, used in the Spanish and Portuguese parts of the Americas and in the western United States and Canada for catching wild horses and cattle. It is now less employed in South America than in the vast grazing country

circus: Clowns: …renowned of modern clowns is David Larible, who descends from seven generations of Italian circus performers. During the late 20th century Larible became the first clown ever to headline the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, as well as its “sister” circus, Barnum’s Kaleidoscape. His pantomimed act featured strong…

Laridae, family of birds (of the order Charadriiformes) that comprises the gulls (subfamily Larinae) and the terns (subfamily Sterninae). See gull;

gull, any of more than 40 species of heavily built web-footed seabirds of the gull and tern family Laridae (order Charadriiformes). Several genera are usually recognized for certain specialized gulls, but many authorities place these in the broad genus Larus. Conspicuous and gregarious, gulls are

Lake Como, lake in Lombardy, northern Italy, 25 miles (40 km) north of Milan; it lies at an elevation of 653 feet (199 metres) in a depression surrounded by limestone and granite mountains that reach an elevation of about 2,000 feet (600 metres) in the south and more than 8,000 feet (2,400 metres)

Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was a Russian-born French painter and stage designer, a pioneer of pure abstraction in painting, most notably through his founding, with Natalya Goncharova, whom he later married, of the Rayonist movement (c. 1910). Larionov’s early work was influenced by Impressionism

Lárissa, town and dímos (municipality), Thessaly (Modern Greek: Thessalía) periféreia (region), central Greece. It is located on the Pineiós (also called Peneus) Potamós (river). Since the 9th century it has been the seat of a bishop. In antiquity Lárissa was the seat of the Aleuad clan, founded by

calligraphy: Revival of calligraphy (19th and 20th centuries): …of the Austrian royal archivist Rudolf von Larisch, who lectured on lettering and typography in Vienna, and the type designer Rudolf Koch in Offenbach, Ger. The Germanic approaches to calligraphy in the early 20th century were quite distinct from English revivalism, especially in the German writers’ inclination to seek inspiration…

ground squirrel: Tropical ground squirrels: The three-striped ground squirrel (L. insignis), also of the Sunda Islands, is reported to eat fruit, roots, and insects; plain long-nosed ground squirrels (genus Dremomys) eat fruit, insects, and earthworms. The two species of Sulawesi ground squirrel (genus Hyosciurus) have elongated snouts and use their long,…

Lárissa, town and dímos (municipality), Thessaly (Modern Greek: Thessalía) periféreia (region), central Greece. It is located on the Pineiós (also called Peneus) Potamós (river). Since the 9th century it has been the seat of a bishop. In antiquity Lárissa was the seat of the Aleuad clan, founded by

Neptune: Moons: …of its discoveries, Proteus and Larissa, closely enough to detect both their size and approximate shape. Both bodies are irregular in shape and appear to have heavily cratered surfaces. The sizes of the other four are estimated from a combination of distant images and their brightnesses, based on the assumption…

Lárissa, town and dímos (municipality), Thessaly (Modern Greek: Thessalía) periféreia (region), central Greece. It is located on the Pineiós (also called Peneus) Potamós (river). Since the 9th century it has been the seat of a bishop. In antiquity Lárissa was the seat of the Aleuad clan, founded by

Laristan, extensive region in southeastern Fārs ostān (province), Iran. Situated between the Persian Gulf coast and the main water divide, it is characterized by ridges, dissected uplands, and depressions. The area, sparsely settled, contains nomadic Khamseh peoples of Turkish, Arab, and Iranian

Lake Como, lake in Lombardy, northern Italy, 25 miles (40 km) north of Milan; it lies at an elevation of 653 feet (199 metres) in a depression surrounded by limestone and granite mountains that reach an elevation of about 2,000 feet (600 metres) in the south and more than 8,000 feet (2,400 metres)

Pierre de Larivey was the chief French comic dramatist of the 16th century, whose free translations of Italian comedy provided material for Molière and others. Larivey’s surname was gallicized from his original Italian family name, Giunti (The Arrived), to a variation of the translation of it,

larch, (genus Larix), any of about 10 to 12 species of coniferous trees constituting the genus Larix of the family Pinaceae, native to cool temperate and subarctic parts of the Northern Hemisphere. One species, Larix griffithii, is found only in the Himalayas. A larch has the pyramidal growth habit

larch: The European larch (L. decidua), native to mountainous areas of northern and central Europe and Siberia, usually is 24 to 42 metres (about 80 to 140 feet) tall. It has reddish gray bark and produces a clear oleoresin known as Venetian turpentine.

larch: leptolepis) and L. decidua ‘Pendula,’ a cultivar of the European larch. Larch wood is coarse-grained, strong, hard, and heavy; it is used in ship construction and for telephone poles, mine timbers, and railroad ties.

larch: The European larch (L. decidua), native to mountainous areas of northern and central Europe and Siberia, usually is 24 to 42 metres (about 80 to 140 feet) tall. It has reddish gray bark and produces a clear oleoresin known as Venetian turpentine.

taiga: Trees: …trees in the world are Gmelin larch (Larix gmelinii) found at latitude 72°40′ N on the Taymyr Peninsula in the central Arctic region of Russia.

larch: One species, Larix griffithii, is found only in the Himalayas. A larch has the pyramidal growth habit typical of conifers, but the leaves are shed in autumn like those of deciduous trees. The short needlelike leaves are arranged spirally on new growth and in whorls at the…

larch: …North American larch is called tamarack, hackmatack, or eastern larch (L. laricina). The bracts on its small cones are hidden by the scales. Eastern larch trees mature in 100 to 200 years. This species may grow 12 to 20 metres (about 40 to 65 feet) tall and have gray to…

larch: …grown as ornamentals, especially the Japanese larch (L. leptolepis) and L. decidua ‘Pendula,’ a cultivar of the European larch. Larch wood is coarse-grained, strong, hard, and heavy; it is used in ship construction and for telephone poles, mine timbers, and railroad ties.

larch: A taller species, the western larch (L. occidentalis) of the Pacific Northwest, has bracts that protrude beyond the cone scales.

lark, family name Alaudidae, any of approximately 90 species of a songbird family (order Passeriformes). Larks occur throughout the continental Old World; only the horned, or shore, lark (Eremophila alpestris) is native to the New World. The bill is quite variable: it may be small and narrowly

The Lark Ascending, tone poem by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, first performed in London on June 14, 1921. The piece was scored for solo violin and piano in 1914 and revised by the composer for solo violin and orchestra in 1920. Vaughan Williams composed The Lark Ascending in 1914, in

Taviani brothers: …La Masseria delle allodole (2007; The Lark Farm), and Maraviglioso Boccaccio (2015; Wondrous Boccaccio). Cesare deve morire (2012; Caesar Must Die), about prison inmates staging a production of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. The brothers’ last collaboration was Una questione privata

Kokoda Track Campaign: The Japanese advance and the fall of Rabaul: …was the recently installed 1,400-man “Lark Force” garrison at Rabaul, on the island of New Britain.

seedsnipe, any of four species of South American birds comprising the family Thinocoridae (order Charadriiformes). The seedsnipe, related to such shorebirds as the gulls and terns, is adapted to a diet of seeds and greens. Seedsnipes are streaked birds with short, rounded tail and long wings. They

button quail: …the button-quail family is the lark quail (Ortyxelos meiffrenii), of arid African plains. It looks more like a lark than a quail; having longer wings than other button quails, it is a stronger flier. It is about 13 cm (5 in.) long.

Jean Anouilh: L’Alouette (1953; The Lark) is the spiritual adventure of Joan of Arc, who, like Antigone and Thérèse Tarde (La Sauvage), is another of Anouilh’s rebels who rejects the world, its order, and its trite happiness. In another historical play, Becket ou l’honneur de Dieu (1959; Becket, or,…

Ho, tribal people of the state of Bihār in India, concentrated in the area of Kolhān on the lower Chota Nāgpur Plateau. They numbered about 1,150,000 in the late 20th century, mostly in Bihār and Orissa states of northeastern India. They speak a language of the Munda family and appear to have moved

Larkana, town and district, Sukkur division, Sindh province, Pakistan. The town, the district headquarters, lies on the Ghar Canal just west of the Indus River; it derives its name from the neighbouring Larak tribe. A railway junction, it is divided into two parts by the rail lines: the old city to

Larkana: Larkana district, formed in 1901, occupies a fertile plain known as the “Garden of Sindh,” except for its mountainous western portion (Kirthar Range). Irrigated by canals, the plain yields sugarcane, wheat, rice, gram, rape, and fruit such as guavas, mangoes, and dates. Camel breeding is…

Frank Lloyd Wright: The early Chicago years: The administrative block for the Larkin Company, a mail-order firm in Buffalo, New York, was erected in 1904 (demolished in 1950). Abutting the railways, it was sealed and fireproof, with filtered, conditioned, mechanical ventilation; metal desks, chairs, and files; ample sound-absorbent surfaces; and excellently balanced light, both natural and artificial.…

Cincinnati Reds: …manager Lou Piniella, all-star shortstop Barry Larkin, and a motley crew of relief pitchers known as the “Nasty Boys,” the Reds swept Oakland to win the franchise’s fifth World Series.

Labour Party: History: …union leaders James Connolly and James Larkin and formally established as an independent party in March 1930, when it was renamed the Labour Party. In 1922 it won more than 20 percent of the vote in elections to the Dáil (lower house of the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament) in the…

Joan Jett is an American singer and musician whose raucous, three-chord guitar-playing and rebellious image made her a trailblazer in the male-dominated genre of rock music. She was a member of the all-female, teenage punk-rock band the Runaways in the 1970s before becoming a successful solo artist

Joan Jett is an American singer and musician whose raucous, three-chord guitar-playing and rebellious image made her a trailblazer in the male-dominated genre of rock music. She was a member of the all-female, teenage punk-rock band the Runaways in the 1970s before becoming a successful solo artist

Philip Larkin was the most representative and highly regarded of the poets who gave expression to a clipped, antiromantic sensibility prevalent in English verse in the 1950s. Larkin was educated at the University of Oxford on a scholarship, an experience that provided material for his first novel,

Philip Larkin was the most representative and highly regarded of the poets who gave expression to a clipped, antiromantic sensibility prevalent in English verse in the 1950s. Larkin was educated at the University of Oxford on a scholarship, an experience that provided material for his first novel,

King Crimson: Formation and early success: … (1970), Lizard (1970), Islands (1971), Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (1973), Starless and Bible Black (1974), and Red (1974).

larkspur, (genus Delphinium), genus of about 365 species of herbaceous plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), many of which are grown for the floral industry and as ornamentals for their showy flower stalks. The plants are found throughout the Northern Hemisphere and in certain montane

magnetic resonance: …vector) to undergo the so-called Larmor precession, that is, to describe a cone about the direction of the magnetic field. According to classical electrodynamics, the frequency (ωL) of the Larmor precession (the number of rotations per second of the vector μ about the vector H) should be independent of the…

Sir Joseph Larmor was an Irish physicist, the first to calculate the rate at which energy is radiated by an accelerated electron, and the first to explain the splitting of spectrum lines by a magnetic field. His theories were based on the belief that matter consists entirely of electric particles

Larnaca, port town, southeastern Republic of Cyprus. The modern town, on the bay between Capes Kiti and Pyla, overlays much of ancient Citium, founded by the Mycenaeans in the 13th century bce; it was rebuilt by the Byzantines. Citium was the birthplace of the Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium, the

Larnaca, port town, southeastern Republic of Cyprus. The modern town, on the bay between Capes Kiti and Pyla, overlays much of ancient Citium, founded by the Mycenaeans in the 13th century bce; it was rebuilt by the Byzantines. Citium was the birthplace of the Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium, the

Larnaca, port town, southeastern Republic of Cyprus. The modern town, on the bay between Capes Kiti and Pyla, overlays much of ancient Citium, founded by the Mycenaeans in the 13th century bce; it was rebuilt by the Byzantines. Citium was the birthplace of the Greek philosopher Zeno of Citium, the

Larne: …commercial services operated regularly between Larne and Stranraer until 1995, when the route was discontinued. Such services continue to operate between Larne and Cairnryan in Scotland.

Larne, town and former district (1973–2015) within the former County Antrim, now in the Mid and East Antrim district, northeastern Northern Ireland, bordering the Irish Sea north of Belfast. The Scot Edward Bruce landed near the present town site in 1315 when he attempted to free Ireland from

Larne River, river, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, rising in the low watershed (400 ft [122 m]) between its own valley and that of the Six-Mile-Water and flowing northeastward to the important Irish Sea port of Larne, where it swings east and enters Larne Lough (inlet of the sea) after a

The Candidate: Jeremy Larner, who won an academy award for the film’s screenplay, was active in politics. In 1968 he worked as a speechwriter for the presidential campaign of Senator Eugene McCarthy, and his political experience provided the film with a great amount of authentic detail. Larner…

Ireland: Early Ireland: These artifacts were named Larnian, after Larne, Northern Ireland, the site where they were first found; dates from 6000 bce onward were assigned to them. Archaeological work since World War II, however, casts considerable doubt on the antiquity and affinities of the people who were responsible for the Larnian…

Lycian language: …another series of studies (1958–67), Emmanuel Laroche showed that Lycian shares several specific innovations with Luwian. A trilingual text (Lycian-Greek-Aramaic) describing the establishment of a cult shrine for the goddess Leto was discovered by French excavators in 1973; it confirmed much previous scholarship and led to many important refinements. While…

Guy Laroche was a French couturier known for designing elegant fashions at moderate prices. From 1949 Laroche trained under the Paris designer Jean Dessès and, he studied production and marketing techniques on a 1955 trip to the New York City garment district. In 1957 he showed his first solo

Pierre Laromiguière was a French philosopher who became famous for his thesis on the rights of property in connection with taxation, which he held to be arbitrary and therefore illegal. For the thesis he was censured by the French Parlement. After the French Revolution he was appointed professor of

growth hormone: Growth hormone deficiency: This disorder is known as Laron dwarfism and is characterized by abnormal GH receptors, resulting in decreased GH-stimulated production of IGF-1 and poor growth. Serum GH concentrations are high because of the absence of the inhibitory action of IGF-1 on GH secretion. Dwarfism may also be caused by insensitivity of…

Marais Theatre: …Bourgogne troupe, and the actor Laroque assumed leadership. In an attempt to compete with the Bourgogne and Molière troupes, Laroque promoted spectacular productions, but little money was made, and in 1673 Louis XIV ordered the theatre closed. The Marais troupe was combined with the Molière troupe and moved to a…

Louise Erdrich: Novels: LaRose (2016) investigates tragedy, grief, and Ojibwe tradition through the story of a boy whose parents give him to their neighbor’s family after his father accidentally shoots the neighbor’s son. However, Future Home of the Living God (2017) was a departure from her previous works.…

tern: …distinct type of tern, the Inca tern (Larosterna inca), of Peru and northern Chile, bears distinctive white plumes on the side of the head.

Larousse, Parisian publishing house specializing in encyclopaedias and dictionaries, founded in 1852 by Augustin Boyer and Pierre Larousse, editor of the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (15 vol., 1866–76; 2 supplements, 1878 and 1890). The many reference works later published by

Pierre Larousse was a grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopaedist who published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (15 vol., 1866–76; supplements 1878 and 1890), a comprehensive encyclopaedia of

Pierre Larousse was a grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopaedist who published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (15 vol., 1866–76; supplements 1878 and 1890), a comprehensive encyclopaedia of

Mariano José de Larra was a Spanish journalist and satirist who attacked contemporary society for its social habits, literary tastes, and political ineptitude. Larra’s family was forced to move to France in 1814 owing to public resentment against his father for having collaborated with the French

desert: Origin: For example, the creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), although now widespread and common in North American hot deserts, was probably a natural immigrant from South America as recently as the end of the last Ice Age about 11,700 years ago.

Enrique Larreta was an Argentine novelist famous for La gloria de Don Ramiro: Una vida en tiempos de Felipe II (1908; The Glory of Don Ramiro: A Life in the Times of Philip II), one of the finest historical novels in Spanish American literature. Don Ramiro, embodying the Christian conflict between

Enrique Larreta was an Argentine novelist famous for La gloria de Don Ramiro: Una vida en tiempos de Felipe II (1908; The Glory of Don Ramiro: A Life in the Times of Philip II), one of the finest historical novels in Spanish American literature. Don Ramiro, embodying the Christian conflict between

Dominique-Jean, Baron Larrey was a French military surgeon in the service of Napoleon. He introduced field hospitals, ambulance service, and first-aid practices to the battlefield. Larrey began his medical studies with his uncle in Toulouse and, in 1787, traveled to North America. Returning to

larrikin, Australian slang term of unknown origin popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It signifies a young hoodlum or hooligan in the impoverished subculture of urban Australia. The term was applied to the large numbers of sporadically employed teenagers and young adults who

Tom Hanks: …Julia Roberts in the romance Larry Crowne (2011), playing an unemployed man who enrolls in community college. Hanks also produced a number of films and such television miniseries as From the Earth to the Moon (1998), which documents the Apollo space program, and the World War II dramas Band of…

CNN: …most popular series, the nightly Larry King Live (1985–2010) was also for a number of years cable television’s highest-rated interview program. More-recent staples of CNN programming include Anderson Cooper 360° (2003– ) and The Situation Room (2005– ). In 2013 the channel started adding documentary and reality television programs to…

Larry King: …resumed interviewing notable personalities on Larry King Now, a talk show that premiered on the Web site Hulu in 2012, and the following year he added the talk show PoliticKING with Larry King.

“I’m just plain fantastic—the best damn rock-and-roll DJ of our time or any other time!” wrote Larry Lujack, a Chicago radio kingpin in the 1960s and ’70s, in his autobiography, Super Jock (1975). Lujack had the ratings to back up his braggadocio. Sweeping in from Seattle (with a brief, unhappy

Sarah Silverman: …Shandling’s seminal talk show satire The Larry Sanders Show. Silverman continued to hone her blithely savage comic style in clubs and on talk shows. She often adopted a cheerfully narcissistic persona during her act, delivering lines about race and sex in an ironically insipid tone. Her feigned obliviousness and hyperbolic…

Ryan Gosling: Half Nelson, The Big Short, and La La Land: Lars and the Real Girl (2007) saw Gosling portray the titular character, a shy and sweet, albeit delusional, man who has what he feels is a meaningful relationship with a sex doll he purchased online. He starred alongside Michelle Williams in the romantic drama Blue…

Gaius Mucius Scaevola: …conquest by the Etruscan king Lars Porsena. According to the legend, Mucius volunteered to assassinate Porsena, who was besieging Rome, but killed his victim’s attendant by mistake. Brought before the Etruscan royal tribunal, he declared that he was one of 300 noble youths who had sworn to take the king’s…

Gaius Mucius Scaevola: …conquest by the Etruscan king Lars Porsena. According to the legend, Mucius volunteered to assassinate Porsena, who was besieging Rome, but killed his victim’s attendant by mistake. Brought before the Etruscan royal tribunal, he declared that he was one of 300 noble youths who had sworn to take the king’s…

Larsa, one of the ancient capital cities of Babylonia, located about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Uruk (Erech; Arabic Tall al-Warkāʾ), in southern Iraq. Larsa was probably founded in prehistoric times, but the most prosperous period of the city coincided with an independent dynasty inaugurated by

Larsen Ice Shelf, ice shelf in the northwestern Weddell Sea, adjoining the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula and named for Norwegian whaler Captain Carl A. Larsen, who sailed along the ice front in 1893. It originally covered an area of 33,000 square miles (86,000 square km), excluding the

New York Yankees: …two wins apiece, unheralded pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in postseason history, retiring all 27 opposing batters without letting anyone on base.

Alan Page: …Jim Marshall, Carl Eller, and Gary Larsen to form the legendary defensive line known as the “Purple People-Eaters.” He was named Rookie of the Year in 1967.

Henning Larsen was a Danish architect known for his site-specific design philosophy grounded in the Scandinavian Modernist tradition, best exemplified in such buildings as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the Harpa Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Iceland.