Indira Gandhi was the first (and so far only) female prime minister of India and the mother of two sons. Express Newspapers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Flowers are some of the most commonly purchased items in the United States on the second Sunday in May. Indeed, Mother s Day is like the Black Friday of the floral industry about 30 percent of American adults bought blooms to celebrate the day according to the Society of American Florists. It s also the most popular day of the year for folks to dine at restaurants [source: National Restaurant Association]. But oddly enough, the woman responsible for ushering Mother s Day into existence likely wouldn t approve of such extravagant spending.
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Baseball | 4/3/19
One of the best ways to determine how well-rounded a batter is can be by looking at their slugging percentage. It’s a measure that looks at the batting productivity of a hitter. Basically, it’s calculated by taking someone’s total bases and dividing by their total at-bats.
Of course, how long a player’s career lasted and how many balls they buried into the stands define a slugger’s legacy more than anything. In this article, we take a look at some of the hardest slugging MLB superstars in league history!
Babe Ruth
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