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the older of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1876. Abbreviation: N.L.

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She also controlled for the difference in moving from the American League to the National League versus from the National League to the American League.
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Soto, 22, was one of the league’s best hitters and won the National League batting title.
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Bauer, the National League recipient, became the first Cincinnati Reds pitcher to take home the honor.
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The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
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But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.
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Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
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Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
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We face a lot of problems at this moment in our national and global history.
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He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
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He has come to believe in such things as old age pensions and national insurance.
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I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
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Opening of the national assembly of France, after the abdication of Louis Philippe.
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We were still one league and a half from the island when the twilight ended and night came on.
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