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dame schools
dame schools. Before the Education Act of 1870, many young children were taught by unqualified women in their own homes. The dame schools, which were often in the country, were privately supported and fees were charged. The curriculum was narrow and concentrated on reading and writing. Dame schools... Read more |
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William Grocyn
William Grocyn , 1446?-1519, English humanist. An associate of John Colet and Thomas Linacre , he reputedly introduced the teaching of Greek at Oxford.... Read more |
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The Damned
The Damned Punk group For the Record… Built Reputation on Energy and High Jinks Tensions Grew Within Gro... Read more |
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Robbers
highwaymen are more picturesque in fiction and retrospect than they were in reality. The heyday of the highwayman was from the Restoration, when coaches began to appear on the roads in large enough numbers to make the occupation profitable, to the end of the 18th cent., when stage-coaches travelled... Read more |
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Bristol riots
Bristol riots, 1831. The rejection of Grey's second Reform Bill by the House of Lords was greeted by widespread demonstrations and rioting. Bristol had a reputation for disorder and the riots there were as much against an oligarchical corporation as against the Lords' action. The flash-point was a... Read more |
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Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill In the legends of the American West, Pecos Bill was a larger-than-life cowboy known for his amazing exploits. Created by journalists in the late 1800s, Pecos Bill was supposed to have been born in Texas and raised by coyotes after his parents lost him while ... Read more |
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Robert Blair
Robert Blair 1699-1746, English poet and clergyman. His literary reputation rests solely on his didactic, blank-verse poem on death, The Grave (1743).... Read more |
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Kilgore
Kilgore Heavy metal band For the Record… Selected discography Sources Kilgore, the Providence, Rhode Island-based metal band, has earned a reputation as the thinking person’s metal band along with its reputation for aggressive, high-energy music. Named after the character... Read more |
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Infamy
INFAMY Notoriety; condition of being known as possessing a shameful or disgraceful reputation; loss of character or good reputation. At common law, infamy was an individual's legal status that resulted from having been convicted of a particularly reprehensible crime, rendering him or her... Read more |
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George Douglas
George Douglas pseud. of George Douglas Brown, 1869-1902, English novelist, b. Scotland. His reputation rests on his single novel, The House with the Green Shutters (1901), a somber story of Scottish life.... Read more |
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CARP TOURNEY PUTS B'VILLE ON MAP; AS MORE ANGLERS EYE SENECA RIVER EVENT,...
...writer As anglers cast their lines today into the Seneca...the Northeast regional carp tournament, area boosters...get even better as the reputation of carp fishing in Baldwinsville...Four years ago, a world carp tournament on the St... |
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Carp's rise to the fly brings rise in status: Slimy bottom-feeders win...
...before him--dozens of carp feeding vigorously near...the allure of hooking a carp. Fly fishers--who...elitists. They have a reputation for favoring expensive...face long trips to enjoy their sport. The Chicago region...carp, because despite ... |
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CARP TOURNEY LEAVING B'VILLE.(Sports)(Column)
...international and North American carp anglers to Baldwinsville...made it hard to refuse their invitation for a fourth...headquarters for the carp tournament the past four...more than 20 years of carp angling experience...and to uphold the great ... |
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REELIN' CARP; ONONDAGA LAKE TO HOST WORLD CARP TOURNAMENT.(Sports)(Column)
...stage the 2003 World Carp Fishing Open on Onondaga...This one has more carp than any of them...I know it has that reputation for being polluted...lake as they wish, but their lines may not cross over...carp in high esteem for ... |
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CARP FISHING TOURNAMENT A BONANZA TO BALDWINSVILLE.(Neighbors Northeast)(Column)
...surrounding an upcoming carp tournament this May...That garbage fish?" Carp apparently have more of a local reputation as bottom feeders or...your opinion, the carp are alive and well...Baldwinsville for the site of their first official ... |
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Commission trying to get anglers interested in carp
...likewise turn the common carp -- an often derided...distinctive for their large golden scales...be behind its poor reputation. "I think it suffers...fishermen to keep 50 carp a day, regardless...the new emphasis on carp fishing leading ... |
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Carp group terms Joliet event a classic success
...doing cart wheels. The Carp Anglers Group, with...river is overflowing with carp and, while it may not...pounds, it has earned a reputation for being a "numbers...Becoming the North American Carp champion, the Chicago...managers from both states in ... |
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Taste the goodness of the Asian carp
...encourage the fishing and processing of Asian carp by industry. “Changing the reputation of Asian carp will help drive up demand and encourage a market for Asian carp as a food resource. Unlike native, bottom... |
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GRASS CARP MAY EAT UP WEED WOES.(Local)
...The fish, the grass carp, would be introduced...common carp have a poor reputation. While grass carp are...to be destructive of their habitat and harmful to other fishes because of their rooting behavior - a...dig up the ... |
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Junior carp tournament to return to St. Lawrence
...hosting its second junior carp tournament. This year...fish are less wary than their European cousins. Experiencing...the river's bounty on their vacation, the Felton...Massena has grown its reputation as a carp Mecca over the past few... |
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