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Christopher Hope
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Port Hope
Port Hope town (1991 pop. 11,505), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario, E of Toronto. It has a large plant for refining uranium ore and is a summer resort.... Read more |
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Battle of Torrington
Torrington, battle of, 1646. By 1646, after the heavy defeats at Naseby, Langport, and Philiphaugh, though Charles I still had armies in the field, the Civil War had become largely a mopping-up operation. Hopton, one of the best royalist commanders, took over the remnants of Goring's army in the... Read more |
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Anthony Hope
Anthony Hope pseud. of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, 1863-1933, English novelist. A lawyer, he wrote novels in his spare time. The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), a romantic novel of impersonation set in an imaginary kingdom, was an international success. None of his later novels—including a... Read more |
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Hope
Hope BIBLIOGRAPHY In an ancient Greek myth, Zeus was irate at humans for having stolen fire from the gods. In the spirit of revenge, he fashioned a young maiden named Pandora and, using reverse psychology, sent her to earth with a dowry chest, with the crucial instruction not to open it. Of... Read more |
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Maud Wood Park
Maud Wood Park Maud Wood Park (1871-1955) was a social activist hoping to educate new voters and becoming the first president of the League of Women Voters. Maud Wood Park became first president of the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization to educate new voters following the... Read more |
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Sonny Liston
Sonny Liston 1932-1970 American boxer When Sonny Liston became the world heavyweight boxing champ by knocking out Floyd Patterson in 1962, he hoped his criminal past and unsavory reputation could be put behind him. It was too late. At a time of growing racial unrest, he was cast in the... Read more |
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Shirley Temple Black
Shirley Temple Black Shirley Temple Black (born 1928) was an American who devoted her career first to films and then to public service. The United States ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 till 1992, she was still remembered by millions of fans for her success as a child movie star in the... Read more |
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hopeful monster
hopeful monster An individual which carries a macromutation that is of no benefit to that individual (i.e. the individual is a monster) but that may prove beneficial to one of its descendants if it undergoes further, but relatively minor, evolutionary change (i.e. the monster is hopeful). For... Read more |
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Ward tips Deighton to battle it out for Division One crown.
...start). Deighton are still challenging at the top...effectively over after SHADWELL came out on top against...to fight for and the Shadwell skipper is hopeful bottom side Bramham...have beaten them." Shadwell visit Old Leos tomorrow... |
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O'Brien hopeful for Ad Valorem
...target in the US tonight. Fallon travels to Keeneland for the Shadwell Turf Mile where Aidan O'Brien will be trying for a second...Despite being 6lb out of the handicap proper Beef Or Salmon still looks a significant player, although if the ground doesn... |
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Scarcroft lay down promotion gauntlet.
...Wetherby, Thorner and Shadwell 'don't forget about...Fifth-placed Scarcroft still trail Wetherby by seven...of the season we were hopeful of being there or thereabouts...no doubting the aim of SHADWELL this season either...top flight cricket. ... |
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McLaughlin Looking for Kentucky Derby Win
...trains two Kentucky Derby hopefuls, Jazil and Flashy Bull...by Sheik Hamdan's Shadwell Farm, could be one...at Aqueduct. It was still uncertain whether Flashy...Lexington, Ky.-based Shadwell, which has 16 horses...involved with him," ... |
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Deighton out to bounce back under deputy Ward.
...the helm with his side still sitting pretty at the top of the league. Young is hopeful Ward can spark a return...morning and the wicket was still a bit wet to bat on...Mexborough lead the way with SHADWELL well placed two points...together next week, ... |
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Surprise package Deighton face nearest rivals Oulton.
...South Milford. Milford are still without a win this season and...In Division Two tomorrow SHADWELL face a vital top of the table...a game in." On Saturday, Shadwell's match with Bilton-in...two weeks for the promotion hopefuls as they face an interesting... |
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Top Fillies Set for Breeders' Cup Preps
...Breeders' Cup, and it's still tough to tell the players...a neck victory in the Hopeful on Aug. 21.Bellamy...favorite in Saturday's Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland...back to try to win the Shadwell for the second straight...the division, but is ... |
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First Samurai Looks to Go 4-For-4
...YORKUndefeated First Samurai still has plenty to learn...year-old colt is still mastering the art of...by six lengths and the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga by...First Samurai in the Hopeful.The field also includes...horse field for the Shadwell ... |
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RACING DIGEST.(Sport)
O'Neill stays hopeful ALWAYS HOPEFUL is to keep to Group One company...for two-year-olds - the Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes, the...Criterium at Longchamp. Vegas still in the game MR VEGAS is still on course for next month... |
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Officer in charge - Unbeaten 2-year-old star could fill Baffert's void.(Sports)
...said Baffert, obviously still feeling the disappointment...Instead of clashing with Hopeful winner Came Home in the Grade...second behind Came Home in the Hopeful at Saratoga, will miss the...should he impress Mott in the Shadwell Mile at Keeneland next ... |
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