Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. (born January 31, 1947), nicknamed The Ryan Express, is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and a previous chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers. He is currently an executive adviser to the owner of the Houston Astros. Over a record 27-year baseball career that spanned four decades: 1966, 19681993, Ryan pitched for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. Ryan, a hard-throwing, right-handed pitcher, threw pitches that were regularly clocked above 100 miles per hour (161
A Throw of Dice on 25 April 2013, as part of the 100 Years of Indian Film festival, at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, with the composer playing sitar and singing, accompanied by the Bollywood Orchestra. Upon its re-release in 2007, a review in "The New York Times" stated, """There’s hardly a frame in the 1929 film “A Throw of Dice” that doesn’t provide a surge of visual pleasure""", while Peter Bradshaw, a reviewer for "The Guardian" called it, """a rare and fascinating gem". "The Observer" reviewer, Philip French, termed it, """a remarkable silent movie""". A Throw of Dice A Throw of Dice