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A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES INCLUDING: THE OLD FATHER WHO WENT TO SCHOOL, THE TSAR TRAJAN;S EARS, THE GIRL WHO DANCED, THE PRINCESS ON THE PEA, THE FIRST WOMAN, OF GRETTIR AND THE TROLL-WIFE, THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW, THE BRIDEGROOM'S SHOPPING, TILL'S CHANGEABLE HORSE, MASTER OF ALL MASTERS, THE CAT'S WHO USED HIS HEAD, THE FIVE EGGS, THE HUNGRY OLD WITCH, THE TALENTED COMPANIONS. ... Read more

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DANNY KAYE
Danny Kaye, a Hollywood comedian and actor was born David Kaminsky on January 18, 1911, in Brooklyn, New York. There was a story going around that he "pulled a fast one" to get a 4 - F classification when he reported for induction into the army. In 1942, Kaye starred in the musical comedy "Up in Arms." Danny Kaye was married to Sylvia Fine. Danny Kaye and his daughter took an FBI tour on June 26, 1956, and met Director Hoover. ... Read more

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DANNY KAYE
Danny Kaye, a Hollywood comedian and actor was born David Kaminsky on January 18, 1911, in Brooklyn, New York. There was a story going around that he "pulled a fast one" to get a 4 - F classification when he reported for induction into the army. In 1942, Kaye starred in the musical comedy "Up in Arms." Danny Kaye was married to Sylvia Fine. Danny Kaye and his daughter took an FBI tour on June 26, 1956, and met Director Hoover.
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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1032 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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Book featuring Danny Kaye's comedy movie "On the Double" ... Read more

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Chapters: Nintendo, Danny Kaye, Hiroshi Yamauchi, George Argyros, Jeff Smulyan, List of Seattle Mariners Managers and Ownership. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nintendo Co., Ltd. Nintend Kabushiki gaisha) is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel. Nintendo soon developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company, with a market value of over US$85 billion. Besides video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington. According to Nintendo's Touch! Generations website, the name "Nintendo" translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven". As of October 2, 2008, Nintendo has sold over 470 million hardware units and 2.7 billion software units. Former headquarters plate, from when Nintendo was solely a playing card company Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named "Nintendo Koppai". Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called Hanafuda. The handmade cards soon became popular, and Yamauchi hired assistants to mass produce cards to satisfy demand. Nintendo continues to manufacture playing cards in Japan and organizes its own contract bridge tournament called the "Nintendo Cup". In 1956, Hiroshi Yamauchi (the grandson of Fusajiro Yamauchi) visited the U.S. to talk with the United States Playing Card Company, the dominant playing card manufacturer in that country. He found that the world's biggest company in his bus...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21197 ... Read more

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Chapters: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Bud Selig, Gene Autry, George W. Bush, Walter O'malley, George Steinbrenner, Connie Mack, Powel Crosley, Jr., Charlie Finley, Sargent Shriver, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Tom Monaghan, Frank Mccourt, Tom Hicks, Marge Schott, Frank Navin, Harry Frazee, Haywood Sullivan, Mike Ilitch, Thomas S. Ricketts, Jerry Colangelo, Charles Comiskey, Clark Griffith, Arte Moreno, Elwood Richard Quesada, Harold Alfond, Wayne Huizenga, John W. Henry, Charles Stoneham, Drayton Mclane, Jr., Joan Kroc, John Fetzer, Jacob Ruppert, Ewing Kauffman, Jeffrey Loria, Eli Jacobs, Joan Whitney Payson, R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr., Ray Kroc, Chris Von Der Ahe, John Moores, Peter Magowan, Tom Yawkey, Charles Bronfman, Monfort Brothers, Bob Lurie, Fred Saigh, David Glass, William S. Devery, William B. Cox, Carl Pohlad, Horace Stoneham, George Argyros, List of Major League Baseball Principal Owners, Carl Lindner, Jr., William Wrigley, Jr., Franklin Mieuli, Bob Short, Peter O'malley, Jean R. Yawkey, Gussie Busch, Vince Naimoli, Edward Bennett Williams, Calvin Griffith, Bob Quinn, Philip K. Wrigley, Buddy Leroux, Roy Hofheinz, Kevin Mcclatchy, John W. Galbreath, Sam Breadon, Frank J. Farrell, Tom Werner, Walter Briggs, Sr., Nick Mileti, Del Webb, Jeff Smulyan, William Wrigley Iii, Charles Ebbets, Lewis Wolff, Stuart Sternberg, William Benswanger, Fred Wilpon, Ruly Carpenter, Brad Corbett, Robert Castellini, Stephen Schott, Clarence Miles, Eddie Chiles, Muriel Kauffman, Hal Steinbrenner, Gerald Nugent, Robert Nutting, Sue Burns, Emil Fuchs, William Bartholomay, Mordecai Davidson, Francis L. Dale, Henry Killilea, Fred Knorr, Walter A. Haas, Jr., Claude Brochu, James D. Burns, Helene Hathaway Britton, Charles Murphy, Walter Briggs, Jr., Bill Yawkey, Jeff Wilpon, Stephen Mckeever, George Herbert Walker, Jr., John I. Taylor, C. Arnholdt Smith, Charles Shipman Payson, Ken Kendrick, Horace Fogel, William Baker, Wendy Selig-Prieb, Lou Perini, Doro...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3414021 ... Read more