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The day Lely was in the pink
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BOX No 3 in the Queen Mother Stand at Aintree was totally
silent. Sir Peter Lely was leading the Grand National halfway
round the second circuit, and outside the box the crowd were
cheering and shouting their favourites on. But Stef Stefanou and
his family held their breath. Sir Peter Lely was their horse.
The field came to Becher's, and Stef could stand it no longer:
"How many times do you have to bloody jump Becher's?" he demanded.
"That's it," Micky Hammond, the horse's trainer assured him. Stef
whooped: "Goodbye Becher's!" And everyone in the little box joined
in the noise, turning from ...
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A radical reformer.(Michael Davitt: Freelance Radical and Frondeur)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Irish Literary Supplement
; LAURENCE MARLEY Michael Davitt: Freelance radical and frondeur Four Courts Press, 2007, 45...and engaging work is that a rigorous intellectual biography of Michael Davitt's entire career has been long overdue. The man best known as...
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JOHN H. DAVITT, LEADER OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S ESPIONAGE UNIT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...value of hard work. John H. Davitt, 81, who died Monday of pancreatic...was the disciplinarian," said Michael Davitt of Silver Spring, Md., who...County Wicklow by a friend," Michael Davitt said. "He built a house on it...
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 "Lake Forester (Lake Forest, IL)")
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LF, Davitt celebrate sectional win
Newspaper article from: Lake Forester (Lake Forest, IL)
; ...it into a sprint style." Davitt and friends all ripped through...relay. The team of Sheng Hu, Michael Hoelterhoff, Davitt and Mitch Stoehr claimed a...The team of Hoelterhoff, Michael Gannon, Davitt and Hu registered a time of...
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Espionage Attorney John Davitt Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...include his wife of 54 years, Margaret Devine Davitt of Cotuit and Naples; 10 children, Irene Jones...N.H., Patricia Long of Silver Spring, John Davitt of Washington, Michael Davitt of Silver Spring, Brian Davitt of Manchester...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Ronald Rodney Davitt.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; ...the medley relay. Mr. Davitt attended the University...California at Berkeley. Mr. Davitt returned to Bloomington...their first son, Jeffrey Michael was born. Ron and his...by his sons, Jeffrey Michael and Terence Guy (Lisa...Sean and Christopher Davitt; his granddaughters...
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 "Naperville Sun, The (IL)")
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Davitt in, Tableriou out as candidates for board
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL)
; ...board of education. Michael Davitt, co-chairman of Naperville...ruffled some feathers," Davitt said. "But that's...how things change." Davitt is the eighth community...Price, Mangala Salvi, Michael Jaensch, Ed Rivas and...
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Davitt--Land Warrior: Kevin Haddick Flynn looks back at the life and times of radical Michael Davitt as Ireland remembers the centenary of his death on May 31st.(Biography)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...was largely thanks to one man, Michael Davitt, and to the Land League that he...protest escalated into the Land War. Davitt was born in 1846 in Mayo. His Catholic...poor Irish immigrant community, Davitt grew up. The boy had had only a...
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Michael Davitt in a league of his own
Newspaper article from: The Irish Times
; May 26th, 1887: MICHAEL DAVITT, the founder of the Land...when he was a child. Mr Davitt at Strade Having heard...boycotters" expected to greet Davitt, the writer decided to...been the birthplace of Michael... In the immediate...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Mary in tribute to Davitt.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...yesterday to mark the centenary of Michael Davitt's death. At the start of a two...in honour of Land League founder Davitt in Hasling-den, Lancashire...the Irish Democratic League Club. Davitt was born in 1846 near Foxford...
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EUR11k for portrait of Davitt.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...A PORTRAIT of Irish rebel Michael Davitt lying in state was sold for...100th year since the death of Davitt, a typical figure in Irish...close relationship with both Michael and his wife Mary. A second...CAPTION(S): REBEL: Davitt
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