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New York / New York?

For the first time in over a decade, a Mets-Yankees World Series isn't out of the question. by Michael Morrison World Series MVP Scott Brosius is part of a well-balanced Yankee lineup that is…

York, Cardinal

(Encyclopedia) York, Cardinal: see Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement.

York, Cape

(Encyclopedia) York, Cape, NW Greenland, in N Baffin Bay, W of Melville Bay. The Cape York meteorites were discovered by U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary, who brought the largest (c.100 tons) to the…

York College

(Encyclopedia) York College: see New York, City University of.

York Factory

(Encyclopedia) York Factory, fur-trading post, NE Man., Canada, on Hudson Bay, at the mouth of the Hayes River, just east of the mouth of the Nelson River. The name was used for several early (late-…

York Plays

(Encyclopedia) York Plays: see miracle play.

York University

(Encyclopedia) York University, at North York, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; founded 1959 as an affiliate of the Univ. of Toronto, became independent 1965. It has faculties of…

Brewer's: York

when it was Saxon, was called Eorwic, and the legend is that a Duko of Effroc being drowned at the foot of the wall caused this name to be given to the city. Southwark Wall was also called…

Brewer's: Yorks

(a Stock-Exchange term), the Great Northern Railway Ordinary Stock, the York line. Similarly, there are the Berwicks, the Brums, the Dovers, the Leeds, the Pots or Potteries, the…

Michael York

Michael YorkactorBorn: 3/27/1942Birthplace: Fulmer, England Versatile actor whose fined-boned good looks and skill have brought him a broad range of film and TV roles. In his 30-plus-year…