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They managed to win the # 2 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, beating out the Connecticut Sun.
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They attacked and finding no opposition, managed to recover eastern Thrace with its fortified city of Adrianople, regaining an area in Europe which was only slightly larger than the present-day European territory of the Republic of Turkey.
They became adept at raiding Spanish settlements and, albeit in declining numbers, managed to hold off the Spaniards and their descendants until the late nineteenth century.
They were defeated by the Roman navy but managed to escape into the Aegean Sea, where they ravaged the islands of Lemnos and Scyros, broke through Thermopylae and sacked several cities of southern Greece ( province of Achaea ) including Athens, Corinth, Argos, Olympia and Sparta.
They acquired large tracts of land, both in Europe and the Middle East ; they bought and managed farms and vineyards ; they built churches and castles ; they were involved in manufacturing, import and export ; they had their own fleet of ships ; and at one point they even owned the entire island of Cyprus.
They intended to eliminate the kulaks as a class by the following: death sentence, labor settlements ( not to be confused with labor camps, although the former were also managed by the GULAG ); or deportation " out of regions of total collectivization of the agriculture ".
They rebounded from that slow start, and managed to stay within a few games of. 500 for most of the spring.
They were likely the first 32-bit general-purpose microprocessors on the market, but due to a number of factors never managed to become a major player.
They suggest that the troubled U. S. banks be placed in conservatorship, that some of their " good assets " be dropped into newly created " good bank " subsidiaries ( presumably under new management ), and the remaining " bad assets " be left to be managed under the supervision of a conservatorship structure.
They managed to maneuver Struensee into a position as King Christian VII's travelling physician, also with the hope that he could give them access to the royal court again.
They insisted on Mendelssohn telling them his views on Jesus and managed to get from him the statement, that, provided the historical Jesus had kept himself and his theology strictly within limits of orthodox Judaism, Mendelssohn " respected the morality of Jesus ' character ".
They were defeated by the Roman navy but managed to escape into Aegean Sea, where they ravaged the islands of Lemnos and Scyros and sacked several cities of the southern Greece ( province of Achaea ) including Athens, Corinth, Argos and Sparta.
They planned to use the secret door, whose key Gandalf had managed to obtain ( from Thráin, whom he had found in the pits of Dol Guldur ).
They also have considerable budgets managed by a regional council ( conseil régional ) made up of representatives voted into office in regional elections.
They were burdened with an inordinate amount of administrative duties and increasing demands for money in taxation and levies but managed to complete another massive expansion of the abbey's buildings.
They were managed by a specially-formed private company financed by loans from the Festival Office and the London County Council.
They and win
They are also one of three teams to win the treble and the Intercontinental Cup in the same season / calendar year ; This was achieved in the 1971 – 72 season.
They then went on to beat Crystal Palace 1 – 0 at the Valley on 27 January to achieve their first league win under Phil Parkinson, whose contract was made permanent despite the lack of progress in the league.
They defeated the American League champion Cleveland Indians in the 1997 series, which was notable for shortstop Edgar Renteria driving in second baseman Craig Counsell for the series-clinching run in the eleventh inning of the seventh and deciding game and the " fire sale " which occurred in the off-season following the dramatic win.
They won a dramatic NLCS in six games over the Houston Astros which they needed to win to avoid facing Mike Scott in Game 7.
They did not win another league title until 1956, aided by a number of future Pro Football Hall of Fame players such as running back Frank Gifford, linebacker Sam Huff, and offensive tackle Roosevelt Brown, as well as all-pro running back Alex Webster.
They surged to a 12 – 4 record in 1989, but lost to the Los Angeles Rams in their opening playoff game when Flipper Anderson caught a 47-yard touchdown pass to give the Rams a 19 – 13 overtime win.
They defeated the San Francisco 49ers, who were attempting to win the Super Bowl for an unprecedented third straight year, 15 – 13 at San Francisco and then defeated the Buffalo Bills 20 – 19 in Super Bowl XXV.
They would go on to win the AFC West, ( their 4th straight division title, only Oakland with five straight 1972 – 1976 is better ), along the way blowing out the Denver Broncos with a convincing 32 – 3 victory at Denver and defeating every NFC East team.
They finished the regular season with 11 straight wins ( tying the 1961 team record & is also tied for the 5th longest win streak entering the playoffs ), finished with an impressive 13 – 3 record, ( including 4 – 0 in December, extending their NFL record with 18 straight wins in December, & also tying the Dolphins 1970 – 1974 in November for the longest winning streak in any month ).
They stumbled to third place the year after their World Series win and attendance fell off precipitously.
They were atop of the NL West for most of the season, but the Dodgers heated up to eventually win the West and the NL Pennant.
They also became the first team to win three Super Bowls with Fox as one of the networks to televise their win.
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