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Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle 1931-1995 American baseball player Many argue that he was the greatest baseball player ever, and were it not for the almost constant menace of alcohol and health-related maladies during his long and successful career as a New York Yankee, chances are there would be no argument.... Read more |
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Run-D.M.C
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West Side Story
WEST SIDE STORY USA, 1961 Directors:Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins Production:Mirisch Pictures, Seven Arts Productions, Beta Productions; Technicolor, Panavision, 70mm; running time: 152 minutes. Producer:Robert Wise; screenplay:Ernest Lehman; ... Read more |
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Amtrak
Amtrak the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run passenger railroads; over 100 of... Read more |
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triathlon
triathlon athletic event made up of three contests. Since the 1970s the term has come to mean especially a race combining swimming, bicycling, and running. A notable example is Hawaii's Ironman Triathlon, held since 1978, which features a 2.5-mi (4-km) swim, a 112-mi (180-km) bicycle race, and a... Read more |
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Grete Waitz
Grete Waitz 1953- Norwegian marathon runner Distance runner Grete Waitz has set world records in the 3,000 meter, 8 kilometer, 10 kilometer, 15 kilometer, 10 mile, and the marathon. She was the first woman to run a marathon in under 2 hours and 30 minutes, and the first female world champion... Read more |
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Donald Sir Bradman
Don Bradman 1908-2001 Australian cricket player Sir Donald Bradman was widely regarded as the greatest batsman ever to play the game of cricket. Scoring an average of 99.94 runs in Test matches over the course of his 20-year career from 1928 to 1948, Bradman far outshone players who... Read more |
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Backing
Backing The backing is an added braided line that connects the reel’s spool to the ordinary fly line. Since fly lines average 75-115 feet in length, the lines require backing for those times when a large fish runs out all of the regular fly line. Without backing, you would quickly part... Read more |
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Walk of the week: Loch Leven Heritage Trail
The Loch Leven Heritage Trail opened...Lottery funding to keep it running to such good effect...of small woods, look up through the trees to...water into the River Leven, which flows through...loch. The path rises ... |
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This lovely and lethal loch
...of horizontal, is up the Caw towards South...the township road by Loch Direcleit. Loch Direcleit is a beautiful...The little road running into the minch by...in full go and Loch Leven trout were being stocked...the highway ... |
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Last chance to take hospital off critical list; Feared mass exodus of staff...
...mountains beckon and Loch Lomond glints, the...unit at the Vale of Leven District General Hospital...crisis and try to draw up a contingency plan...the surgical back- up, the A&E and medical...ago, the Vale of Leven was run by Lomond...the ... |
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Shopping around for right loch
...first permit for the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement...Glasgow. The River Leven, the Endrick and...hour away. The River Leven, one has to admit...haven't I fished the Leven more? Sheer stupidity...The Endrick was running the colour of ... |
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(pounds) 45m leisure scheme for Loch Lomond; Plan includes hotel, health...
...transformation of Loch Lomond Shores into...positioned along the River Leven between the village...pedestrian bridge over the Leven from Loch Lomond Shores...along the banks of the Leven. The detail will...always to get phase one ... |
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How to unlock the loch Canal culture offers vision for a waterway
...runs from it, but Loch Lomond is landlocked...need a vision to open up the loch for the benefit...appears to have come up with just such a vision...whether the River Leven, which joins the...lock to by-pass the Leven public ... |
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Road less travelled; Park up in your mobile home and the great outdoors is...
...places - just pull up, and immediately...and the option of running the appliances on hook-up electricity or gas...ride amongst the lochs and hills. Although...mile circuit of Loch Leven, near Glencoe...vista. The road ... |
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Mountain fire flares up; Angelus Oaks area imperiled
...structures are at risk in Running Springs, Arrowbear Lake...energized the fire to flare up about 3 p.m., sending...of smoke and fire) come up on that ridge?' Berens...Mountain Home Village near the Loch Leven Christian Camp and Conference... |
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Utter madness to destroy Loch Lomond's beauty
...Drumkinnon Tower on Loch Lomond Vicky Collins...those responsible for running the Loch Lomond and Trossachs...They think they are running a theme park instead...beside the River Leven should disappear...involved in clearing ... |
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LOCH LOMOND LIFE SAVERS; Millions visit every year and water rangers are...
...warm summer's day, Loch Lomond looks like...every year to the loch, from people with...a picnic. But the loch's popularity means...fast-flowing River Leven, which has itself...That varies from running educational events...face when they end ... |
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