Jim Rice
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"James Edward "Jim" Rice", nicknamed ""Jim Ed"", is a former Major League Baseball left fielder.

Jim Rice played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox from 1974 in baseball/1974 to 1989 in baseball/1989. An 8-time American League (AL) Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star, he was named the AL's MLB Most Valuable Player Award/Most Valuable Player in after becoming the first major league player in 19 years to hit for 400 total bases, and went on to become the ninth player to lead the major leagues in total bases in consecutive seasons, and joined Ty Cobb as one of two players to lead the AL in total bases three years in a row. He batting average/batted .300 seven times, collected 100 run batted in/runs batted in (RBI) eight times and 200 hit (baseball)/hits four times, and had eleven seasons with 20 home runs, also leading the league in home runs three times, RBIs and slugging average twice each.

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For someone to play a childish game like throwing a firecracker at an animal, it makes me angry.

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It was just done out of ignorance.

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Fossil finding will be a very difficult job on Mars. I don't think robotic missions will do it. It will take astronauts and even then it will be a tough job.

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This is basically a brand new mission starting right now. Come along with us, we're fixing to go on another great voyage of exploration here and see what we can find.

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The American people should never feel scared to go out to visit events that are their heritage, and that's exactly why law enforcement takes such a strong preparatory stance for these events.

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We want to see it cleaned up. There?s no reason to have lead on the ground.

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I flat out see no evidence for any fossils in our data. If a trilobite, for example, evolved on Mars and we came across a rock with it, we could resolve it.

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Whether it's bomb squads, hostage negotiation teams, civil disturbance units, emergency medical service units, fire departments -- you name it and it's going to be on standby or staged for an event like this.

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It makes me very angry that in a moment of tragedy, when you're trying to make sure all the humans and animals are all right, that someone would take advantage of you.

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