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Republic of Congo
Republic of Congo Culture Name Congolese Orientation Identification. The Kongo Kingdom was one of the great early empires in central Africa. That kingdom is the source of the official name of the Republic of Congo. Location and Geography. The landareais 132,046 square miles... Read more |
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Miles
Miles ♂ Of Norman origin but uncertain derivation. Unlike most Norman names it is, as far as can be ascertained, not derived from any known Old French or Germanic name element. It may be a greatly altered pet form of Michael, which came to be associated with the Latin word miles... Read more |
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Roger Clemens
Roger Clemens 1962- American baseball player His native talents alone would have been enough to make Roger Clemens one of baseball's greats. His six foot four, two hundred and twenty-pound frame is capable of hurling a baseball at speeds approaching one hundred miles per hour. His... Read more |
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Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island site of a nuclear power plant 10 mi (16 km) south of Harrisburg, Pa. On Mar. 28, 1979, failure of the cooling system of the No. 2 nuclear reactor led to overheating and partial melting of its uranium core and production of hydrogen gas, which raised fears of an explosion and... Read more |
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Hadrians Wall
Hadrian's Wall ancient Roman wall, 73.5 mi (118.3 km) long, across the narrow part of the island of Great Britain from Wallsend on the Tyne River to Bowness at the head of Solway Firth. It was mainly built from c.AD 122 to 126 under Emperor Hadrian and was extended by Emperor Severus a century... Read more |
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Inland water transportation
WATERWAYS, INLAND WATERWAYS, INLAND. The United States has an outstanding system of inland waterways, consisting of more than twenty-five thousand miles of navigable rivers and canals, of which twelve thousand miles are commercial waterways. The system, which by definition does not include the... Read more |
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Straits of Florida
FLORIDA, STRAITS OF FLORIDA, STRAITS OF, also called the New Bahama Channel and the Gulf of Florida, connect the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean and separate Florida from Cuba. Through them flows a part of the Gulf Stream, past the Great Bahama and Little Bahama banks. The total length of... Read more |
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Irish Americans
IRISH AMERICANS by Brendan A. Rapple Overview The island of Ireland lies west of Great Britain across the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. It is divided into two separate political entities: the independent Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland, a constituent of the United... Read more |
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So who'd win a Scottish Games? Thomas and thousands like him
...health. But today at 12:30pm, a decision made 5,500 miles away in Sri Lanka...it is only a short walk past tired tenements...in Melbourne in the 2006 Commonwealth Games...80-20 between the Scottish Government and Glasgow...games has brought ... |
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Style bible
...fact this is a great time to be planning...Two and a half miles east of Peebles...and a woodland walk. Cambo House...December 22 only Scottish perspective...exhibiting at the Scottish National Gallery...Biennale 2005, ... |
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Excessive car users are as antisocial as smokers, says Jack McConnell. So...
...and-a-half mile journey between...journeys made by Scottish ministers has...beginning of Scottish Environment...government has made great strides tackling...number of car miles driven in Scotland...They made 12,317 ... |
 "Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)")
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SPORTS AWARDS SHORTLIST UNVEILED.
...agree that 2006 was another great year for sport...night on April 12 will therefore...Knight, Parish Walk winner Sean...the Parish Walk and second...National 100 miles championship...the Parish Walk course. ... |
 "The Sun - Naperville (IL)")
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Bob Scott|Trainer, triathlon champ
...Scott's Scottish-born parents...finished in 12:59:02 in...the overall 2006 triathlon rankings...They have great people. They...different. I have a great aversion to...athletic is to walk. They can burn...burn it per ... |
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Action stations as state gets serious on fitness
...convince the great Scottish public that...message that the Scottish Executive has...in February 2006. This was a...schools. The GBP 12 million-a...sessions in Scottish primary schools...ramblers' club and ... |
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what's happening in fauquier county
...partnershipforwarrenton.org. SCOTTISH GAMES AND FESTIVAL...m. today, Great Meadow, 5089...bagpiping, Scottish country dancing...18; ages 5-12, $5; 4 and...fair, a cake walk and raffles...Rd. (four miles west of ... |
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vital: The Running Men; WITH SCOTLAND RAPIDLY HEADING TOWARDS AN OBESITY...
...calories for every mile walked at a...coach with the Scottish Rugby Union...Men's 10k in 2006, jogscotland...What's great, too, is that...groups to be a great place to socialise...participants can walk, run or ... |
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Harbottle to Design Cascadia's First Championship Golf Course.
...site of the 2006 U.S. Amateur...well suited for great golf course design...subtle enough to walk. "The site will...pre-eminent Scottish golf course architect...Cascadia: Cascadia, 12 miles southeast of Tacoma and 18 ... |
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Theatre Of War
...the graves of 12,000 men slaughtered...in one of the Great War's bloodiest...production of Scottish playwright John...Soldier of the Great War. Known Unto...over just a few miles of land, the...single square mile of land - ... |
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