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) Amateur linguists note here that Pursewarden, in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, stammered when he spoke of his wife, which is hardly surprising in view of their disastrous relationship.
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Amateur and note
Also of note is that for example Lokomotiv-2 has a youth team of its own, participating in the Amateur Football League, giving Lokomotiv a total of 4 teams in the Russian football league.
In Amateur mode, each of the eight buttons on the face of the Nintendo DS system correspond to a musical note ; there is also a drum set where each button, including the L and R buttons, plays a specific drum or cymbal.
On a side note, in the early 1970s the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association separated the two tiers of Junior " A " hockey.
Amateur and here
In 1914 when the town was chosen for the U. S. Amateur Golf tournament, a representative hurried here from the Boston manager's office.
It is used as an Open Championship Qualifying Venue when the Open is played at Muirfield and all of the major Scottish Championships have been played here, The Scottish Amateur, Scottish Professional Championships, and Scottish Boys ’ Championship.
Amateur and when
Amateur astronomy is usually associated with viewing the night sky when most celestial objects and events are visible, but sometimes amateur astronomers also operate during the day for events such as sunspots and solar eclipses.
" Amateur Pankration " was first introduced to the martial arts community by Greek-American combat athlete Jim Arvanitis in 1969 and later exposed worldwide in 1973 when he was featured on the cover of Black Belt magazine.
The keystone of those teams was acquired when the Flyers took a chance on a 19-year-old diabetic from Flin Flon, Manitoba, named Bobby Clarke with their second draft pick, 17th overall, in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft.
He earned the nickname " Chick " while an Amateur Athletic Union basketball player at Bradley, when teammates played a prank on him: giving him a shoebox to see his surprised reaction when he opened it and found not sneakers inside, but instead a dead chicken.
Slow pitch achieved formal recognition in 1953 when it was added to the program of the Amateur Softball Association, and within a decade had surpassed fast pitch in popularity.
After winning five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico, he debuted as a professional when he was 17.
Amateur players are seen doing this all the time, particular when playing touch football, and it can even be seen in professional contests.
It was also the venue for Finals of the FA Amateur Cup, League Cup ( except for the early years when this was settled on a home and away basis ) and in later years the Associate Members ' Cup and the Football League promotion play-off finals ( in the early years of play-offs they were home and away fixtures ).
Sometime in the fall of 1942 ( when Sarah was 18 years old ), Vaughan suggested that Robinson enter the Apollo Theater Amateur Night contest.
Originally considered an " outlaw league " by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, the WHL was sanctioned as the top junior league in Western Canada when junior hockey was reorganized in 1970.
The three-league tournament format began in 1972 when the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association divided the Junior A rank into two tiers, naming the Memorial Cup as the championship of the Major Junior level.
Amateur archaeologists and treasure hunters ravaged the site until 1881, when proper restoration work was initiated.
Huffington graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, in 1965 where he received the Central States Amateur Rowing Association Medal when he rowed on the light weight crew.
Although founded in the late 19th century, the club enjoyed little if any success until the 1960s when it won the Mid-Wales League in 1959-60, 1960-61, and 1962-63, and appeared in three Welsh Amateur Cup finals, winning the cup in 1960-61.
The accomplishment that gave him the most contemporary publicity came in 1916, when Evans won both the U. S. Amateur and U. S. Open in the same year.
Kim began garnering attention in 1978 when he won the flyweight (- 51 kg ) gold medal at the Asian Junior Amateur Boxing Championships in Karachi, Pakistan.
The club's finest hour came in 1904 when they won the FA Amateur Cup, a competition conceived after a suggestion by Sheffield.
His amateur career peaked in May 1940 when Hart won the Dominion Amateur Wrestling Championship in the light heavyweight category.
88 is used as shorthand for ' hugs and kisses ' when signing a message in Amateur ( ham ) Radio.
* Amateur radio operators often use the number 73 as an abbreviation for " best regards ", typically when ending a QSO ( a conversation with another ham ).
Amateur radio provides a means of communication " when all else fails ".
Amateur and spoke
Dr. Olsen is a licensed Amateur Radio radio operator holding FCC callsign KC2ONX and spoke to students via ham radio from space through the ARISS project.
Amateur and wife
Amateur tennis star Guy Haines ( Farley Granger ) wants to divorce his vulgar and unfaithful wife Miriam ( Laura Elliott ), so he can marry the elegant and beautiful Anne Morton ( Ruth Roman ), daughter of a senator ( Leo G. Carroll ).
Lacoste is the daughter of French tennis player René Lacoste and his wife Simone de la Chaume, winner of the 1927 British Ladies Amateur.
* Amateur pilot Charles Newton and his wife Judy were flying in a small engine plane when he suffered a fatal heart attack.
Amateur and which
Amateur astronomers often like to keep records of their observations, which usually takes the form of an observing log.
Amateur bouts which end this way may be noted as " RSC " ( referee stopped contest ) with notations for an outclassed opponent ( RSCO ), outscored opponent ( RSCOS ), injury ( RSCI ) or head injury ( RSCH ).
* Chalmersspexet – Amateur theater group which has produced new plays since 1948
Due to the efforts of Merrill Swan, W6AEE, of the " The RTTY Society of Southern California " publisher of RTTY and Wayne Green, W2NSD, of CQ Magazine, Amateur Radio operators successfully petitioned the U. S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) to amend Part 12 of the Regulations, which was effective on February 20, 1953.
The Gretzkys had to legally challenge the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to win Wayne the right to play elsewhere, which was disallowed at the time.
Amateur astronomers can do useful scientific study of variable stars by visually comparing the star with other stars within the same telescopic field of view of which the magnitudes are known and constant.
* Ted Mack's The Original Amateur Hour, which began on radio in the 1930s under original host Edward Bowes
* Amateur rocketry, a hobby in which participants experiment with fuels or custom rocket motors
In 1973, struggles in the FIBA led to a dissident organisation, the Federacion Mundial de Beisbol Amateur ( FEMBA ), which organised its own World Championships.
Its revival was pioneered by the Swedish Amateur Boxing Association, which sanctioned events for women in 1988.
The club plays in Amateur Football Combination, which is purported to be the biggest league in the world comprising 103 clubs and some 355 teams.
The headquarters of the national governing body, the Amateur Rowing Association, is also on Lower Mall, in a building, The Priory, which used to be occupied by rowing clubs.
* British Amateur Press Association ( comics fandom ), an amateur press association which first published under the name PAPA
Downpatrick's most prominent team is Downpatrick F. C., which competes in the Northern Amateur Football League.
The DRS is a conference member of the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Association which is divided into three classes ( A, B, and C ).
He was also known for his sponsorship of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, which resulted in the establishment of the United States Olympic Committee.
He is best known for his films Trust, Amateur and Henry Fool, which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue.
An article in the British journal Amateur Photographer stated " photography is an art ‒ perhaps the only one in which the amateur soon equals, and frequently excels, the professional in proficiency.
Els won the South African Amateur Championship a few months after his 17th birthday, becoming the youngest-ever winner of that event, breaking the record which had been held by Gary Player.
From 1919 to 1928, the Memorial Cup Final was a two-game total goals affair between a champion from Eastern Canada and a champion from Western Canada, both of which were determined through a series of playdowns under the auspices of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.
At 15, Nicklaus shot a 66 at Scioto Country Club, which was the amateur course record, and qualified for his first U. S. Amateur.
The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission which owns the National Sports Center was not comfortable with the idea so the Thunder decided to look elsewhere.
Winchell went back to reading magazines, gathering jokes from them and putting together a comedy routine, which he then took to the Major Bowes Amateur Hour, winning first prize.
The International Fellowship of Rotarian Amateur Astronomers ( IFRAA ) is a fellowship group of amateur astronomers which spans the continents.
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