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canter a pace of a horse between a trot and a gallop, with not less than one foot on the ground at any time. The word is recorded from the early 18th century (as a verb), and is short for Canterbury pace or Canterbury gallop (see Canterbury).at a canter without much effort, easily. A horse-racing... Read more
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Tegla Loroupe 1973- Kenyan marathon runner In 1998 Kenyan runner Tegla Loroupe became the first African woman to win a major marathon when she came in first at the New York City Marathon in 1994. She then set a women's world record on the 26.2-mile marathon course at the 1998 Rotterdam... Read more
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Dionysius the Elder Dionysius the Elder
Dionysius the Elder c.430-367 BC, tyrant of Syracuse. Of humble origin, he entered politics as a supporter of the poorer classes. Having prompted (400 BC) a measure to elect truly democratic generals, he secured for himself one of these generalships. His next move was to arouse distrust of his... Read more
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Tom Daschle (Thomas Andrew Daschle) , 1947-, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1987-2005), b. Aberdeen, S.Dak. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, where he served four terms; he was first elected to the Senate in 1986. A low-key centrist with a reputation as a... Read more
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Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran (1910-1980) rose from childhood poverty to become an aviation pioneer. She was the first woman to fly in the Bendix Trophy Transcontinental Race in 1935, winning it in 1938, and was the first woman to ferry a bomber across the Atlantic Ocean in support of the... Read more

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