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John W. Henry, futures trader and principal owner of the Boston Red Sox

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John W. Henry in the year 1980 found a way to trace long-term trends in future markets by launching his own commodities-fund management company in the year 2002 'Boston Red Sox'. He and other members of Boston Red Sox are following sabermetrics, a system of detailed statistical analysis that is designed to measure ballplayers' abilities and true value with scientific precision considering their goal of building a winning team.

Author: Fitzgerald, Terence J.
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2005
Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Boston Red Sox, Henry, John W.

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Theodore Meron, International humanitarian-law scholar and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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Theodore Meron, an author, professor, and prominent scholar of international humanitarian law, is the president of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the presiding judge of appeals for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and is the only American to hold the chambers of both courts. His vast knowledge comes from scholarship and personal experience as a Holocaust survivor.

Author: Fitzgerald, Terence J.
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2005
Scholars, Meron, Theodore

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Reinhard, Johan

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Johan Reinhard is an archaeologist and mountaineer who discovered the 500-year-old Incan mummy known as Juanita, the Ice Maiden, on a Peruvian volcano. His life and career are profiled.

Author: Fitzgerald, Terence J.
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 1999
Archaeologists, Reinhard, Johan

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