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Anniversaries
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Births: Edward Alleyn, actor and founder of Dulwich College, 1566;
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Blessington, writer and journalist,
1789; Zerah Colburn, infant prodigy in mathematics, 1804; Amilcare
Ponchielli, composer, 1834; Engelbert Humperdinck, composer, 1854;
Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, chemist, inventor of the gas mantle,
1858; Sir Roger David Casement, conspirator for Irish nationalism,
1864; "Gentleman Jim" James John Corbett, heavyweight boxer, 1866;
Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelis...
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The Independent on Sunday
; Audley Harrison is a very good heavyweight boxer. He was Olympic champion. He is unbeaten as a professional. He has become the anointed heir to the heavyweight throne. He fights next week but is most unlikely to lose. He is British into the bargain. At almost 18st and 6ft 5in he would dwarf most
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A lighthearted tribute to heavyweight boxer
The Boston Globe
; CAMBRIDGE -- Heavyweight boxer George Foreman announced he will run for president -- but not really -- as he was honored yesterday as the 1992 Acclaim Entertainment Harvard Lampoon Man of Year. Foreman has punched his way into the history books for making a successful comeback in boxing at age 44
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Jerry Quarry, 53 Former heavyweight boxer
The Boston Globe
; TEMPLETON, Calif. -- Jerry Quarry, a heavyweight boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson, but suffered severe brain damage from his years in the ring, died yesterday. He was 53. Mr. Quarry had been hospitalized Dec. 28 with pneumonia, and he suffered cardiac arrest. His family directed
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Heavyweight boxer pleads guilty to rape: Travis D. Kauffman faces at least five years in prison in the case that involved a 12-year-old girl. He will continue to box until sentencing in September.
Reading Eagle (Reading, PA)
; Byline: Holly Herman Jun. 20--Heavyweight boxer Travis D. Kauffman pleaded guilty Tuesday in Berks County Court to raping a 12-year-old girl in his Exeter Township residence in January 2005. Kauffman, 21, of the 4000 block of Alpine Court was ordered by Judge Thomas G. Parisi to undergo an
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EBSCO Acquires CARL Corporation's NoveList.(Brief Article)
Information Today
; EBSCO Publishing has announced that it has completed negotiations for the acquisition of NoveList, CARL Corporation's electronic readers' advisory resource for fiction readers. EBSCO Publishing Division general manager Tim Collins said: This acquisition is a major component of our commitment to
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Harbour Pilot bids to finally net a big one; 'Heavyweight boxer' out to end losing run in Heineken.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England)
; Byline: Tony O'Hehir HARBOUR PILOT, the heavyweight boxer placed many times in big races but without a win for more than two years, is out to remedy the situation in the Heineken Gold Cup at Punchestown today when Beef Or Salmon and First Gold, winner of the race a year ago, head the opposition.
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Can a novelist write too well?
The Spectator
; At least a couple of times, probably more often, Anthony Burgess declared that Evelyn Waugh wrote 'too well for a novelist'. 'Sour grapes' you may say, remembering that in his own novels Burgess often wrote in clumsy and slapdash style, and that he was perhaps himself a better reviewer than
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EBSCO releases NoveList for K-8. (New Products).(advertisement)
Teacher Librarian
; EBSCO has launched a version of its NoveList[TM] fiction resource for elementary schools. NoveList K-8 builds on the content and subject headings found in the original award-winning version of NoveList, which is used in high schools and public libraries across the country. This new version,
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JOHNNY WILLIAMS ; Champion heavyweight boxer
The Independent - London
; Johnny Williams was the Welsh-born heavyweight boxer who became the darling darling of Midlands fight fans after moving from his birthplace, Barmouth, to Rugby. Williams was only three when his parents moved to Rugby and it is said he learned to fight in the school playgrounds because he could only
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Is that a phantom novelist I see before me?
The Independent - London
; Millennium update from the world of the arts: Today: a millennium novelist "I INTEND to be the first person to give birth in AD2000," says Derek Limscott. "But not to a baby. To a book." It is certainly true that until now, all the publicity about the events of 1 Jan 2000 has centred on the
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