…a collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for a particular purpose, typically mutual protection or cooperation…
…a collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for a particular purpose, typically mutual protection or cooperation…
…a group of teams in a professional sport, especially baseball, competing for a championship at the highest level…
…any of various European alliances sponsored by the papacy during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. They include the League of 1511–13, formed by Pope Julius II to expel Louis XII of France from Italy, and the French Holy League (also called the Catholic League) of 1576 and 1584, a Catholic extremist league formed during the French Wars of Religion…
…a group of long-established colleges and universities in the eastern US having high academic and social prestige. It includes Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania…
…an Irish organization formed in 1879 to campaign for tenants' rights. Its techniques included the use of a boycott against anyone taking on a farm from which the tenant had been evicted. The Land Act of 1881 met many of the League’s demands…
…an alliance of ancient Greek city states, dominated by Athens, that joined in 478–447 bc against the Persians. The league was disbanded on the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War (404 bc), but again united under Athens' leadership against Spartan aggression in 377–338 bc…
…a list of the competitors in a league, showing their ranking according to performance in a particular season…
…youth baseball or softball under the auspices of an organization founded in 1939, for children up to age 12…
…the highest-ranking league in a particular professional sport, especially baseball…
…a league below the level of the major league in a particular professional sport, especially baseball…
…one of the main political parties in Pakistan. It was formed in 1906 in India to represent the rights of Indian Muslims; its demands from 1940 for an independent Muslim state led ultimately to the establishment of Pakistan…
…a form of rugby played in teams of thirteen, originally by a group of northern English clubs that separated from rugby union in 1895. Besides having somewhat different rules, the game differed from rugby union in always allowing professionalism…
…soccer or Australian Rules football played in one of a country’s main professional leagues…
…a political association, formed in memory of Benjamin Disraeli (whose favourite flower was reputedly the primrose) in 1883, to promote and sustain the principles of Conservatism as represented by him…
…the major annual competition for soccer clubs in Europe, administered by UEFA…
…a medieval association of northern German cities, formed in 1241 and surviving until the 19th century. In the later Middle Ages it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power…
…an association of individuals who simulate selecting, managing, and playing baseball, using the names and statistics of actual professional players to determine results…
…a German revolutionary socialist group founded in 1916 by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht (1871–1919). At the end of 1918 the group became the German Communist Party, which in 1919 organized an uprising in Berlin that was brutally crushed…
…sports fans, especially baseball fans in the off season, who discuss players, teams, and the upcoming season…
…an international nonprofit breastfeeding advocacy group. Local chapters hold meetings to provide breastfeeding information and support…
…an association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and achieve international peace and security. It was powerless to stop Italian, German, and Japanese expansionism leading to World War II and was replaced by the United Nations in 1945…
…a pressure group formed in Britain in 1838 to campaign for the repeal of the Corn Laws, under the leadership of Richard Cobden and John Bright…
…an organization of Arab states, founded in 1945 in Cairo, whose purpose is to ensure cooperation among its member states and protect their independence and sovereignty…
…the major professional football league in the US, consisting of the National and American football conferences and totaling thirty-one teams…
…an agreement made in 1643 between the English Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters during the English Civil War, by which the Scots would provide military aid in return for the establishment of a Presbyterian system in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Although the Scottish support proved crucial in the Parliamentary victory, the principal Presbyterian leaders were expelled from Parliament in 1647 and the covenant was never honored…
…denoting or relating to a team, game, or match that is not affiliated with a country’s main professional leagues…
