 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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LEOPOLD THE BENCHMARK WHEN IT COMES TO BENCHES.(TIME OUT!)(OUTDOORS)(Column)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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June 26, 2002
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Byline: Tim Eisele
It's not the most expensive piece of furniture, and odds are that you won't find it in most furniture stores. But it may be the most popular chair in Wisconsin.
It is a Leopold bench, and it can be found in woodlands, parks, back yards, cabins and cottages across Wisconsin. The bench is named in honor of its maker, the late Aldo Leopold.
Leopold, who was the first chairman of the University of Wisconsin Department of Game Management, died in 1948 while fighting a grass fire on a neighbor's farm between Baraboo and Wisconsin ...
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Melville's 'White-Jacket.' (Herman Melville)
Magazine article from: The Explicator
; ...still defiant. White-Jacket's John Ushant, who takes a flogging rather than shave...flogging. But the older ones, led by Ushant, refuse to cut their hair or shave...of the Capitol." The narrator says of Ushant's beard, "Of a Gothic venerableness...
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 "Sunday Tribune (South Africa)")
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A race with a large element of fun.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
; ...Jules Verne Trophy. Groupama broke the following records prior to capsizing: Ushant-equator in 6 days and 6 hours. Ushant-Cape Agulhas in 13 days and 8 hours. Ushant-Cape Leeuwin in 21 days and 2 hours Ushant-Tasmania in 22 days and 20...
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MacArthur sets new time to Cape Horn, four days ahead of record
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...record. MacArthur reached Cape Horn from Ushant, France, in 44 days, 23 hours and 36...his pace. MacArthur, who set off from Ushant on Nov. 28, has sailed over 19,000...nautical mile voyage. She needs to return to Ushant by Feb. 9 to beat the record. MacArthur...
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Chaucerian humor in Moby-Dick: Queequeg's "Ramadan".(Notes)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Leviathan
; ...White-Jacket, Jack Chase compares John Ushant to Chaucer's Shipman, quotes from the...Prologue," and then asks, "'must not old Ushant have been living in Chaucer's time...and Islamic concerns in Moby-Dick, Ushant can "reason of civilized and savage...
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MacArthur ahead of record pace as storm hits round-the-world attempt
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...her 29 days and 14 hours after leaving Ushant, France, to draw level with the landmark...she said. MacArthur, who set off from Ushant on Nov. 28, has sailed nearly 13,000...nautical mile voyage. She needs to return to Ushant by Feb. 9 to beat the record. Copyright...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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World-beater Ellen sails to single-handed glory.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...the world non-stop. The exhausted sailor crossed the finish line off Ushant, France, in her 75ft trimaran B&Q at 10.25pm doing 13 knots...S): I've done it: Ellen MacArthur crosses the finish line off Ushant, France
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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TO ELLEN BBACK IN 72 DAYS; MacArthur sails into record books after round-the-world trip.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...mile voyage in 71 days, 14 hours and 18 minutes as she passed Ushant, western France. She was due to arrive in Falmouth, Cornwall...official waiting at the top of a lighthouse on the Breton island of Ushant to see her 75ft trimaran B&Q break the record, she...
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Englishwoman sets world record circling the globe
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze
; ...PST on Monday by crossing an imaginary finish line between Ushant, France, and the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall on the south...whose official watched B&Q cross the line from the Ushant lighthouse. MacArthur was taken aboard a British naval ship...
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MacArthur breaks solo around-the-world record
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...2229 GMT) Monday by crossing an imaginary finish line between Ushant, France, and the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall on the south...whose official watched B&Q cross the line from the Ushant lighthouse. MacArthur was taken aboard a British naval ship...
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Briton Home After Around-The-World Trip
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...m. EST Monday by crossing an imaginary finish line between Ushant, France, and the Lizard peninsula on the south coast of England...whose official watched B&Q cross the line from the Ushant lighthouse. MacArthur's journey began Nov. 28. She slept...
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