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(klĕm′ənz), Roger Born 1962.

American baseball pitcher who set (1986) a major-league record with 20 strikeouts in a single nine-inning game. He achieved this accomplishment again in 1996, and in 2004 he earned an unprecedented seventh Cy Young Award.

Samuel Clemens

photographed c. 1907

Clemens

, Samuel Langhorne Pen name Mark Twain (twān) 1835-1910.

American author who drew on his childhood along the Mississippi River to create masterpieces of humor and sarcasm, including Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).

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Clemens

(ˈklɛmənz)

(Biography) Samuel Langhorne (ˈlæŋˌhɔːn). See Twain

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Clem•ens

(ˈklɛm ənz)

n.

Samuel Langhorne, ( “Mark Twain” ), 1835–1910, U.S. author and humorist.

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Clemens - United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)

Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens

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Field and Clemens seem to have remained out of touch for several years, though in March 1881 Field persuaded Olivia Clemens to join the Co-operative Dress Association, of which she was president (Kate Field: Selected Letters 160, 166).

"He is amusing but not inherently a gentleman": the vexed relations of Kate Field and Samuel Clemens

21-24 poll finds 45% of baseball fans saying they have a favorable opinion of Clemens and 37% an unfavorable opinion.

Baseball Fans: Clemens Lied About Steroid Use; Most still think he deserves Hall of Fame honors

By Kat O'Brien HOUSTON--Roger Clemens fired back at the allegations of steroid use against him, denying ever using any type of performance-enhancing drugs in an interview with Mike Wallace that aired on "60 Minutes" Sunday night.Clemens said of the Mitchell Report allegations by his former trainer, Brian McNamee, who had said he injected Clemens with steroids: "It never happened.

Clemens denies drug use on '60 Minutes'

Clemens, president of American Commercial Inc., earned the Gulf Coast Trenchless Association and Underground Construction magazine's 2007 Most Valuable Professional award.