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Morris "Moe" Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972), was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, Berg was never more than an average player, usually used as a backup catcher, and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball" than for anything he accomplished in the game. Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball".
A graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, Berg spoke several languages and regularly read 10 newspapers a day. His reputation was fueled by his successful appearances as a contestant on the radio quiz show Information, Please in which he answered questions about the derivation of words and names from Greek and Latin, historical events in Europe and the Far East, and ongoing international conferences.
As a spy working for the government of the United States, Berg traveled to Yugoslavia to gather intelligence on resistance groups the U.S. government was considering supporting. He was then sent on a mission to Italy, where he interviewed various physicists concerning the German nuclear program. After the war, Berg was occasionally employed by the OSS's successor, the Central Intelligence Agency, but, by the mid-1950s, was unemployed. He spent the last two decades of his life without work, living with various siblings.
::This article is about the song by Evans Blue. For the Jamie Cullum album, see The Pursuit (album).
"The Pursuit", the first single off Evans Blue's second album, The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends, hit airwaves May 21, 2007 and was accompanied by a music video, directed by Jesse Ewles. The song peaked at #32 on US Modern Rock and #17 on US Mainstream Rock. It was released on iTunes on July 10, 2007.
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At Jackson-Triggs Ampitheatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake in their debut performance July 16, 2016. Just to keep things straight: Moe is best known from The Pursuit of Happiness (and wrote this song), Chris from Sloan, Steven ex of Barenaked Ladies and Craig from Odds.
Lead Singer Moe Berg from The Pursuit Of Happiness came by the boom 97.3 studios to share his story about his song "I'm An Adult Now" on vinyl! Moe talks about the recording of the song, seeing their music video on Much Music before they even had a record out and more! Watch as Moe goes Behind The Vinyl! For more BEHIND THE VINYL go to: http://boom973.com/behindthevinyl Follow boom online: WEBSITE: http://boom973.com FACEBOOK: http://fb.com/boom973toronto TWITTER: http://twitter.com/boom973
Canadian TV interview, pulled from an old home Beta tape. Rundgren produced TPOH's 'Love Junk' and 'One Sided Story', which was the follow-up. The band is best known for 'I'm An Adult Now.'
With this podcast we honor the man who inspired the creation of Baseball PhD -- Moe Berg (1902 -- 1972). Moe Berg got his PhD in life -- through baseball. Berg spoke 12 languages travelled the world, played in the major leagues and served as America's foremost atomic spy during World War II. Berg knew about the existence of America's atomic bomb before President Truman! Discover his story as Ralph Berger, Louis Jacobson, Chuck Brodsky, Linda McCarthy and our PhD Committee remember Moe Berg.
Moe Berg talks cool music, also today:Xmas Trees, Hockey Lockout, and newcanadianmusic.ca On iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/humble-and-fred-radio/id469406502 On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/humblefredradio On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/humbleandfredradio Long time Toronto radio morning team, Humble & Fred, are back with a hilarious and uncensored daily podcast. They ruined radio and now they're going to wreck the internet!
Lead Singer Moe Berg from The Pursuit Of Happiness came back to the boom 97.3 studios to share his story about his song "She's So Young" on vinyl! Moe talks about the recording of the song, how he learned how to be a better producer, the two different styles The Pursuit Of Happiness had with being both pop + harder rock and more! Watch as Moe goes Behind The Vinyl! For more BEHIND THE VINYL go to: http://boom973.com/behindthevinyl Follow boom online: WEBSITE: http://boom973.com FACEBOOK: http://fb.com/boom973toronto TWITTER: http://twitter.com/boom973
track 9 from The Pursuit of Happiness album One Sided Story called survival.
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