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Release : 1996
Genre : Civil service
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Book Synopsis Government Employee Relations Report by :
Download or read book Government Employee Relations Report written by . This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sam Zygner
Release : 2013-06-06
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis The Forgotten Marlins by : Sam Zygner
Download or read book The Forgotten Marlins written by Sam Zygner. This book was released on 2013-06-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forgotten Marlins pays tribute to the original Miami Marlins of the AAA International League, bringing to life one of the most colorful and flamboyant teams to play in baseball’s minor leagues. During their five years of existence, the Marlins featured prominent personalities such as eccentric manager Pepper Martin, zany Mickey McDermott, and maverick promoter Bill Veeck. Including rarely-heard stories about baseball icon and Hall-of-Famer Satchel Paige’s years in Miami, and containing interviews between the author and several of the surviving ballplayers, this book is a unique and comprehensive account of a truly original baseball team. The Forgotten Marlins is an entertaining and engaging read for all baseball fans and historians.
Author : Dan Tsahor
Release : 2023-07-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Book of the People by : Dan Tsahor
Download or read book The Book of the People written by Dan Tsahor. This book was released on 2023-07-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hebrew encyclopedias have an intriguing history. The genre, which began as modest initiatives to disseminate general knowledge and strengthen literacy among Russian Jews, quickly became the most popular in modern Hebrew literature, with tens of thousands of subscribers to publications such as Encyclopaedia Hebraica and Encyclopaedia Biblica. The makers of these vast bodies of knowledge hoped to demonstrate Hebrew’s mimetic power and the vitality of newly created Jewish research institutions. They also hoped that the encyclopedias would be an essential tool in shaping and reshaping Zionist national culture and nurturing an ideal national persona. Thus, the printed pages of the encyclopedias give us unique access to what Zionists were saying about themselves, how they perceived their neighbors, and what they were hoping for the future, thereby going beyond the official Zionists documents, newspaper articles, and the writings of intellectuals that have been used extensively by historians to narrate national consciousness. By bringing to the fore these unique texts, The Book of the People presents common perceptions of memory and collective identity that often do not fit with the narratives offered by historians of Zionism. In doing so, the book also exposes ethical codes that regulated the production of Zionist knowledge and endowed the encyclopedias with a rare status as a bona fide source for truths by people from diverse political and social backgrounds.
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Release : 1954
Genre : Mineral industries
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Author : Ronald W. Cox
Release : 2005-11-29
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis Free Agency and Competitive Balance in Baseball by : Ronald W. Cox
Download or read book Free Agency and Competitive Balance in Baseball written by Ronald W. Cox. This book was released on 2005-11-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As early as the 1880s, baseball owners and sportswriters were decrying the greediness of players as the leading threat to the national pastime. Nearly a century later in 1976, the Player's Association was able to finally tear down baseball's permanent reserve clause--the contract language that essentially bound a player to a single team until he was released or traded--and owners and sportswriters again insisted that the competitive balance of the game was threatened by player greed. The rhetoric from the baseball establishment did not match the on-field reality. From 1981 to 1993, the first significant era of free agency in the sport's history, all 12 of the National League's teams finished first at least once, as did 11 American League teams. From 1994 through 2001, however, there was a pronounced separation in strength between the haves and have-nots, as the local revenue streams of major markets such as New York and Boston overwhelmed the capabilities of small market franchises in such cities as Tampa, Montreal, and Milwaukee. This work examines how the sport has prospered and suffered during the free agency era, based in large part on how the game's various revenue streams are allocated. It further examines the revenue sharing plan in baseball's current collective bargaining agreement, identifying flaws that may well undermine its long-term effectiveness. It also explores how the baseball expertise of some organizations has allowed them to flourish despite the lack of revenue.
