After Greg Jein, an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist, died last year, his friends discovered the prop stashed in a cardboard box in his garage.
Category: Records and Achievements
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Police Chief Behind Marion County Record Raid is Suspended
Gideon Cody, who orchestrated a widely criticized raid on The Marion County Record, was suspended indefinitely, a city official said on Saturday.
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Overlooked No More: Alice Anderson, Who Ran Australia’s First All-Woman Garage
Her car repair business was described as having a staff “capable of doing the jobs any male member of the automobile industry would undertake.”
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Matt Olson Ties Braves Season Record for Home Runs With 51
Olson, Atlanta’s slugging first baseman, hit his 51st home run of the season, tying the franchise record.
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An Extraordinary Men’s Doubles Three-Peat at the U.S. Open
Rajeev Ram of the United States and Joe Salisbury of Britain are the first pair to win three straight doubles titles in New York in the Open era.
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Breanna Stewart Sets W.N.B.A. Points Record
She has scored more points this season than anyone else in W.N.B.A. history, but had more games to do it.
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Bill Pinkney, Globe-Circling Sailor Who Set a Racial Mark, Dies at 87
He was the first Black person to sail alone by way of the arduous southern route, rounding the perilous Cape Horn and withstanding storms and loneliness.
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UBS Reports $29 Billion Profit, a Record
The huge gain stems from the bank’s acquisition of its rival Credit Suisse this spring for about $3.2 billion, a steep discount that is skewing its quarterly results.
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WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury End 10-Season Playoff Streak
The W.N.B.A.’s Phoenix Mercury will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2012. Their sustained success was rare among major pro sports teams.
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In Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic Has a Much-Needed Gift: A Rival
The budding rivalry between the two top-ranked players has added an unexpected thrill to the final act of Djokovic’s career, our columnist writes.
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A’ja Wilson’s 53-Point Game Ties the W.N.B.A. Record
Wilson, of the Las Vegas Aces, became just the third W.N.B.A. player to score at least 50 in a game.
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Once Rare, 40-Point Games Are Surging in the W.N.B.A.
Breanna Stewart of the Liberty scored 42 on Sunday for her third 40-point game of the season, and the 10th in the league this year.