Ucayali
Ucayali , river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Apurímac and Urubamba rivers, E Peru, and flowing generally north through a mountain and jungle wilderness to the Marañón River, SW of Iquitos. It is a main headstream of the Amazon River; the headwaters of the Apurímac are the most distant from the Amazon's mouth. The Ucayali is navigable for its entire course by small craft. It is an important communications link for Iquitos .
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BOXING HAS ITS HISTORY, UFC HAS ITS RIGHT NOW.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 6/10/2007; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Brandon Sun; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Women's Feature Service; 6/9/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...With the entry of women in amateur boxing, the sport has taken on a whole new meaning...Muslim areas around the Kolkata dockyards. Boxing, with all its physical and violent dimensions...boys from our area who went to the local boxing clubs. When we passed those clubs, we...
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Boxing's Forgotten Corner
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/24/1997; ; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
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BOXING.COM, Active Apparel Group Team Up to Introduce Everlast Shop Zone.
Business Wire; 11/3/1999; 700+ words
; ...activewear now available on one of Internet's leading boxing sites BOXING.COM, a Communicate.com property, and Active Apparel...available through the newly-created Everlast Shop Zone on BOXING.COM, a major online boxing-only Internet site...
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BOXING MENTOR'S AMBITIONS ARE GOLDEN
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...48, learned a lot about life while boxing as a teenager. He's passing his knowledge...Massachusetts General Hospital, started the Lynn Boxing Club last August. He was an instant hit...there was no facility in Lynn for youth boxing and a lot of kids wanted to do it...
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BOXING INDUSTRY REGULATION:GREGORY P. SIRB
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 4/22/1999; 694 words
; ...Gregory P. Sirb President - Association of Boxing Commissions Before the Senate Committee...testify on behalf of the Association of Boxing Commissions - the ABC. My name is Greg...eight (48) members including all state boxing commissions in the United States, some...
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BOXING INDUSTRY REGULATION:ELIOT SPITZER
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 4/22/1999; 700+ words
; ...continued commitment to improve the professional boxing industry. I strongly endorse the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act (S. 305) and believe this legislation...Association of Attorneys General ( NAAG ) Boxing Task Force -- along with Illinois Attorney...
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BOXING GUIDE: Understanding the Weight Class Conundrum
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 8/30/1995; ; 700+ words
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boxing
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
boxing sport of fighting with fists, also called...Egypt, dating from about 2000 to 1500 BC, boxing is one of the oldest forms of competition...carnage. After the demise of the Olympics, boxing survived as a common sport. It persisted...
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Boxing
Book article from: American Decades
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Boxing Gloves
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Boxing Gloves Background Fist fighting has existed as a form of entertainment...sport. The oldest and most little changed of these has been the boxing glove. History Boxing was first put on the Olympic program in 688 b.c., and it was...
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Boxing Day
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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boxing glove
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
box·ing glove • n. a heavily padded mitten worn in boxing.
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