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gar Primitive, freshwater bony fish found in shallow waters of North America. Bony, diamond-shaped plates cover its long, cylindrical body. Its snout is studded with teeth. Length: to 3m (10ft); weight: to 135kg (300lb). Family Lepisosteidae.
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Gar found in record sizes in our backyard
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 7/5/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...life. The first time I saw anyone catch a gar with rod and reel was during an early filming...but, again, the fish missed the bait. "Gar ..." he said without emotion. "Down...the spinnerbait beneath the trees. "The gar strikes the terry cloth strip, its teeth...
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Gar-Field Girls Headed for States; Indians Beat Stafford, Face Cave Spring in Regional Final
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/28/1998; ; 700+ words
; On the whole, Gar-Field High School girls basketball coach Fred...tournament for the third straight year. First, Gar-Field will host Cave Spring tonight at 7 for the region championship. Gar-Field lost to Pulaski County in last year...
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Gar-Field Doubles Up to Down Hylton
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/6/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...midway through the third quarter of the Gar-Field High School boys basketball team...whatever it was ended up being very good for Gar-Field, which used those players' second...19 points) simply took the game over. Gar-Field outscored Hylton 20-4 over the...
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Gar-Field Takes Command of Stafford; Indians to Face Woodbridge in Northwestern Semifinals
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/26/1997; ; 700+ words
; To a player, the Gar-Field girls basketball team remembered...as Kaiysha Roebuck scored 17 points and Gar-Field won, 54-36, to advance to the...of the Northwestern Region tournament. Gar-Field, which ran its record to a perfect...
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Gar-Field Girls Raise Roof With Sounds of Success; Basketball Team Cranks Up The High-Volume Victories
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/28/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the best way to gauge the success of the Gar-Field High School girls basketball team...barely contained pandemonium -- the better Gar-Field is doing. Lately, it's reached...practices have been at another level," Gar-Field Coach Fred Milbert said. "We...
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Gar-Field Upsets No. 1 Elizabeth Seton
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...titles in the past 10 years. Yet for all the Gar-Field girls basketball team's success...50-43 win over Elizabeth Seton, No. 4 Gar-Field beat a team ranked No. 1 in the...s estimation, this was the first time Gar-Field had beaten a team it was not expected...
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Gar-Field Teams Hit Hard and Fast; Girls Rout North Stafford, 69-43; Boys Dump Culpeper, 78-49
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/24/1999; ; 700+ words
; It remains to be seen whether the Gar-Field girls basketball team can repeat...scored nine points in the first quarter, and Gar-Field never looked back, cruising to...25-8 lead in the first eight minutes. Gar-Field will host Woodbridge on Thursday...
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Kenney, Gar-Field Rule Cardinal Roost; District Title Is Indians' 1st Since '94
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/14/2001; ; 700+ words
; Gar-Field senior Matt Kenney didn't know how...Hylton's Steve Ball, and looked up to see the Gar-Field crowd erupt in cheers. He didn't...s victory capped a tremendous day for host Gar-Field, which totaled 200 points to win its...
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Potomac, Gar-Field Bring Track Titles Home; Panthers, Indians Are Top Teams at AAA Meet
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...championships, two Northwestern Region schools, Gar-Field and Potomac, captured girls and...Centreville at George Mason University. Gar-Field was led by All-Met junior Sheena...this morning and put it all behind me." Gar-Field did not have such a tumultuous first...
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Take the gar challenge on Will, Grundy waters
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 6/24/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the most incredible in our area are the gar, a prehistoric fish that hasn't changed...and outdoor writer Mark Fenske has chased gar throughout Grundy and Will counties. He...prehistoric connection. "The shortnose gar derives its name from its comparably stubby...
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Haywood, Gar Anthony 1954–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Gar Anthony Haywood 1954 – Author...Realistic, With Human Frailties ” Gar Anthony Haywood writes successful crime fiction...Dark. Addresses: Office — c/o Gar Anthony Haywood, G. R. Putnam ’...
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Tyāgarāja
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Tyāgarāja (1767–1847). Born Tyāgabrahmam...x101; Śāstri (1762–1821). Tyāgarāja was a devotee of Rāma , who resisted invitations...
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gar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Lepisosteus osseus ), the spotted gar, and the short-nosed gar. The name garfish is sometimes used for the gar but is more correctly applied to the saltwater gar (see needlefish ). Gars are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata...
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Heard, Gar 1948–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Gar Heard 1948 – Professional basketball coach At a Glance … The Shot Heard ’ Round the World Gar Heard has always displayed a quiet, old-school work ethic in his career, first as a player and later as a coach in...
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gar(r)otte
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
gar(r)otte †packing-stick; Sp. method of capital punishment by strangulation XVII; highway robbery by throttling the victim XIX. — Sp. garrote orig. cudgel. So vb. XIX. — F. garrotter or Sp. garrotear .
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