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Leicester sheep
Leicester sheep , breed of sheep originated from native stock as mutton producers in Leicestershire, England, by the English livestock breeder Robert Bakewell (c.1755). English Leicesters have white faces and legs, broad backs, and thick flesh. They mature early and have heavy fleeces, the wool hanging in compact locks. Offspring of a cross of Merino ewes and English Leicester rams provide some of the choicest of all wools. The Border Leicester strain was developed in the border counties of England and Scotland by crossbreeding English Leicesters and Cheviots. Their heads are free of wool, their bodies square, and their carriage alert. Leicesters were first brought to the United States in colonial times and are bred in small numbers in parts of the N United States. In Canada Border Leicesters are more common than the English.
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Football: LEICESTER v WIMBLEDON (Sky Sports 1 live, KO 4pm).(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 9/27/1998; 681 words
; ...LADBROKES S JAMES STANLEY SUNDS S SOCC TOTE Leicester Evs 6-5 6-5 6-5 Evs 11-10 11...STANLEY SUNDS S SOCC TOTE E Heskey (Leicester) 9-2 5 4 5 5 9-2 E Ekoku (Wimbledon) 13-2 13-2 7 6 13-2 6 T Cottee (Leicester) 6 11-2 7 6 13-2 6 S Wilson (Leicester...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Leicester H.S.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 5/30/2008; 700+ words
; WORCESTER - Leicester High School graduated a class of 122...Academic Perseverance Scholarship sponsored Leicester High School Alumni Association, Joseph...Rachel Ravina Educational Association of Leicester Faculty Memorial Scholarship, Brittany...
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Leicester Hailed As Strong Business Location By National Business Leader; Follows Visit To The City By Director General Of The Institute Of Directors.
M2 Presswire; 6/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...26 June 2008-Invest Leicestershire: Leicester Hailed As Strong Business Location By...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26062008 Leicester's strengths as a business location...Miles Templeman's visit, he praised Leicester and Leicestershire's creativity, ambition...
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Leicester 16 Leinster 19 Attendance: 66,856 Elsom drives Leinster on to European glory
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...themselves together long enough to shade Leicester and become Heineken champions the first...because they kept their shape better than Leicester, and because Rocky Elsom provided a...towards the end of the first half, when Leicester's relentless driving play destabilised...
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Leicester stroll through the chaos
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/14/2001; ; 700+ words
; Pau 3 Leicester 20 AS A spectacle and in technical terms...verdict on the evidence of this match. Leicester will not give a fig for that. This win...have to go back to 1997 to find out when Leicester last made a major statement in the tournament...
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Leicester keep European dream alive
Newspaper article from: AAP Sports News (Australia); 4/22/2001; 700+ words
; ...Sports News (Australia) 04-22-2001 Leicester keep European dream alive by Julian Guyer...AFP) - English Premiership champions Leicester will face Stade Francais in the final...Lions international Tim Stimpson was Leicester's hero, kicking 14 points, creating...
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Leicester build new legend Talking Sport
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 10/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...miserable, depressing Friday night in Leicester. The weather wasn't much good either...effectively the end of Dean Richards. Leicester had just been beaten, 26-13, by Stade...points and did not miss a kick at goal. Leicester, who had allowed keen-eyed marksman...
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Leicester give new coach Loffreda an idea of task ahead
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 11/18/2007; 700+ words
; Leicester 39 Edinburgh 0 Leicester Tries: Goode, Varndell, G Murphy, penalty, Corry Cons: Goode...yawning gap in the middle of the second half where some extra Leicester tries should have been, but the quick-fire nature of the Heineken...
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Leicester relegated as Man U triumph
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 4/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; Leicester City 0 Manchester Utd 1 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER ended Leicester's six-year stint in the Premiership and maintained...title race. Muzzy Izzet missed this fateful day for Leicester with a hamstring injury, while Callum Davidson returned...
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Leicester force their way over the line
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/17/2009; ; 700+ words
; Leicester 10 London Irish 9 Attendance: 81,601 LEICESTER are champions once more. For only the second time in...the industry of Steffon Armitage, they took the game to Leicester with intelligence and physicality. Yet Leicester held...
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Earl of Leicester
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Earl of Leicester Robert Dudley was the fifth son of Edward...of Scotland; by creating him Earl of Leicester, she gave him a rank fit for a royal...and the new earl remained at court. Leicester's presumption upon Elizabeth's favor...
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Alliance and Leicester plc
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Alliance and Leicester plc Carlton Park Narborough Leicester, LE19 0AL United Kingdom Telephone: (44 0116) 201...Web site: Public Company Incorporated: 1853 as The Leicester Permanent Building Society Employees: 6,262 Total...
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Robert Dudley Leicester, earl of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Robert Dudley Leicester, earl of , 1532?-1588, English courtier...facilitate this scheme, created him earl of Leicester (1564), but the plan was halted by Mary's marriage to Lord Darnley. Leicester married secretly in 1573 and in 1578...
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Leicester
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Leicester , city (1991 pop. 324,394) and district...London, and it is also a railway center. Leicester was of industrial importance as early...University College, now the Univ. of Leicester, was founded in 1918 and chartered as...
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Leicester, Robert Dudley, 1st earl of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Leicester, Robert Dudley, 1st earl of ( c. 1532...English forces in the Netherlands in 1585. Leicester was a controversial figure. He was involved...x2013;7 a rather damning list of Leicester's qualities (or lack of them), questioning...
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