Branch Rickey felt that his character was just as important as his baseball skills. Jackie Robinson was chosen to "break the color barrier" and he would need to be a strong individual and be able to avoid confrontation. He knew that Jackie Robinson would have to endure a lot of hostility and insults.
Answer:25-100 cm each year
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Japan needed abundant natural resources to support both its population and its empire, something that the country lacked.
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Over the past five years, Malala Yousafzai has become one of the world's most famous young women - the schoolgirl shot in Pakistan who built a new life in Birmingham after surgery, then campaigned for education for all girls, won the Nobel Peace Prize and inspired the world with her life story.
Now her mother, Toor Pekai Yousafzai, has spoken to the BBC for the first time to explain how her own life has changed in the past five years.
"It was very hard when I left everyone behind," says Toor Pekai. "We didn't expect to live in a foreign country.
"When other people leave their country they accept everything that comes their way and they're ready for it, but we couldn't prepare.
"We had to suddenly leave Pakistan. The attack changed everything. We had to focus on Malala's life."
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Oklahoma State<span> participates at the National </span>Collegiate Athletic<span> Association (</span>NCAA<span>)'s </span>Division<span> I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Big 12</span>Conference<span>. The </span>university's<span> current </span>athletic<span> director is Mike Holder.</span>
