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last and hobby
For the last century, dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children but their collection and crafting is also a hobby for many adults.
Although remains very few ( 2 or 3 centralized in Cairo ), local off-roading clubs are already well organized and have introduced few thousands of 4x4ers to the hobby in the last couple of years.
More notably, Sensible Software made several games for distribution with Amiga Power, like Sensible Massacre ( uses Sensible Soccer graphics, where the player throws grenades at Dutch players, following the loss of England against the Dutch in the USA ' 94 qualifiers ) or Sensible Train Spotting ( related to the hobby ), the last game developed by the company for the Commodore Amiga.
In his last two decades of life, he became an established figure in Jamaican journalism, which must have amused him as his entry in Who's Who Jamaica and the Directory of Personalities, described his hobby as " pricking and puncturing pompous people.
He dedicated the last 40 years of his life to his hobby, and is among its best-known practitioners worldwide.

last and earned
He was heralded as `` Sportsman of the Year '' by Sports Illustrated, and last night was acclaimed in Rochester as the `` Professional Athlete of the Year '', a distinction that earned for him the $10,000 diamond-studded Hickok Belt.
While the inning is still being played, this last scenario can cause a temporary situation where a run has already scored, but its earned / unearned status is not yet certain.
" Ring Lardner thought of himself as primarily a sports columnist whose stuff wasn't destined to last, and he held to that absurd belief even after his first masterpiece, You Know Me Al, was published in 1916 and earned the awed appreciation of Virginia Woolf, among other very serious, unfunny people ", wrote Andrew Ferguson, who named it, in a Wall Street Journal article, one of the top five pieces of American humor writing.
Williams said that the " only real fun " he had in 1940 was being able to pitch once on August 24, when he pitched the last two innings in a 12-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers, allowing one earned run on three hits, while striking out one batter, Rudy York.
The joy of Sebastian's potential recovery is overshadowed by a spectacular collision of the circus ' two trains, set up by Harry, the crooked midway operator fired by Brad, and Angel's rejected suitor, Klaus, as a byproduct of their robbing the circus pay wagon of the money earned by the show at the last stand.
It ended in 1201, and the last decade of Sancho's reign was a period of peaceful reform which earned for the king his popular name of o Povoador, " the Populator ".
As for Mahone, the victory, won largely due to his efforts in supporting Johnson's stunned men, earned him a lasting reputation as one of the best young generals of Lee's army in the war's last year.
The Penguins posted three six-game winless streaks in the last 21 games of the season and earned the right to draft Lemieux amidst protests from Devils management.
" The first two names he earned by the ferocity with which he repressed the disorder of the nobles after a long minority ; the third by his victory in the Battle of Rio Salado over the last formidable Marinid invasion of Iberian Peninsula in 1340.
The 2002 – 03 team finished with the third-worst record in franchise history ( 17 – 65 ), which earned them a tie for last place in the league and a 22. 5 percent chance at winning the NBA Draft Lottery and the first overall selection.
One of his last roles, that of corrupt lawyer Ed Concannon in The Verdict ( 1982 ), earned him his third and final Oscar nomination.
Hill finished the year with a last lap move on Frentzen at the Japanese Grand Prix which earned him fourth place in the race, and Jordan fourth in the constructors ' championship.
Malone School earned a " B " on the last FCAT scores.
Big Horn has also earned a reputation for competitive athletic teams, with several state championships in football, volleyball, and girls basketball in the last decade.
In the last month of the season, Valenzuela helped the Dodgers to a Western Division tie with the Houston Astros, pitching 17 shutout innings of relief over the course of ten games, during which he earned two wins and a save.
Having at last returned to complete his college degree, he earned the Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1922, and joined the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.
A Palm is awarded when the Scout has been active in the unit for at least three months since attaining Eagle ( or a previous Palm ); has demonstrated Scout Spirit, leadership and ability ; has earned five additional merit badges beyond those required for Eagle or the last Palm ; and has taken part in a conference with his unit leader.
Although this last phase of Psalmanazar's life earned him far less fame than his earlier career as a fraud, it nonetheless resulted in some remarkable historical coincidences.
An extra point is earned by the codemaker if the codebreaker doesn't guess the pattern exactly in the last guess.
The club then had a poor start to the second half of the season – dropping into the relegation zone for several weeks – but managed to coalesce and eventually earned seven victories in their last 10 matches against only two defeats and one draw.
The last, and best-received of these, was 1975's Seven Beauties ( Pasqualino Sette Bellezze ), which earned 4 Academy Award nominations and was an international hit.
François-Joseph de Grasse was born and raised at Bar-sur-Loup in south-eastern France, the last child of Francois de Grasse Rouville, Marquis de Grasse who earned his title and supported his Provençal family.
In the last few decades Private has earned more than 130 adult industry awards.
On August 22, 2007, Wes Littleton earned a save with the largest winning margin ever, pitching the last three innings of a 30 – 3 Texas Rangers victory win over the Baltimore Orioles.

last and Whitman
By the turn of the 20th century, the last group of passenger pigeons, all descended from the same pair, was kept by Professor Charles O. Whitman at the University of Chicago.
The last attempt to breed the remaining specimens was done by Whitman and the Cincinnati Zoo, which included attempts at making a rock dove foster passenger pigeon eggs.
Whitman sent Martha, which was to be the last known specimen, to Cincinnati Zoo in 1902.
* Gold Key Comics: 1962-1984 (# 40-209, last few under " Whitman " name )
Merican ", their first overtly political song, addresses positive and negative aspects of American history, celebrating cultural figures such as Otis Redding, Duke Ellington, and Walt Whitman while condemning slavery, Joseph McCarthy, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Vietnam War .< ref name =" Luerssen "> Stevenson wrote " One More Day " about the death of his father, who he had taken in and cared for throughout the last year of his life: " He and I always had a terrible relationship.
As 1891 came to a close, Whitman prepared a final edition of Leaves of Grass, writing to a friend upon its completion, " L. of G. at last complete — after 33 y ' rs of hackling at it, all times & moods of my life, fair weather & foul, all parts of the land, and peace & war, young & old ".
As the volume changed, so did the pictures of Whitman used to illustrate them — the last edition depicts an older Whitman with a full beard and jacket, appearing more sophisticated and wise.
On September 18, the EPA released a report in which Whitman said, " Given the scope of the tragedy from last week, I am glad to reassure the people of New York and Washington, D. C. that their air is safe to breathe and their water is safe to drink.
Missionary Marcus Whitman led the wagons on the last leg.
File: DonaldDuck 3rd logo. jpg | 3rd logo of Donald Duck: 1978-1980 ( issues # 194 -# 218 ), last three issues published by Gold Key, then the logo was adopted by the new publisher Whitman for a run of 20 issues.
In response to the horrible conditions found there, Walt Whitman called for a park to be constructed and stated in a column in the Eagle, " the inhabitants there are not so wealthy nor so well situated as those on the heights ... we have a desire that these, and the generations after them, should have such a place of recreation ..." The park idea was soon co-opted by longtime residents to protect the last open space in the area from development.
* One of the trio of " Whitman, Price, and Haddad ", " last season's winners " on the fictional TV show The Running Man.
The revision of Vignola's façade design by della Porta has offered architectural historians opportunities for a close comparison between Vignola's balanced composition in three superimposed planes and Della Porta's dynamically fused tension bound by its strong vertical elements, contrasts that have sharpened architectural historians ' perceptions for the last century ( Whitman 1970: 108 ).
Merican ", their first overtly political song, addresses positive and negative aspects of American history, celebrating cultural figures such as Otis Redding, Duke Ellington, and Walt Whitman while condemning slavery, Joseph McCarthy, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Vietnam War .< ref name =" Luerssen "> Stevenson wrote " One More Day " about the death of his father, who he had taken in and cared for throughout the last year of his life: " He and I always had a terrible relationship.
Gold Key and Whitman ceased publishing in 1979, with Star Trek No. 61 being one of the last comics produced by the company, and one issue in pre-production that never saw print.
Guest stars included Eddie Albert, Richard Anderson, Delta Burke, Darlene Carr, Michael Constantine, Olivia d ' Abo, Patti Davis, Gene Evans, Fionnula Flanagan, Kathy Garver, Clarence Gilyard, Don Gordon, Don Grady, Kevin Hagen, Alan Hale, Jr., Robert Lansing, Kay Lenz, Anne Lockhart, Gary Lockwood, Joe Mantegna, Eve McVeagh, Kip Niven, John M. Pickard ( his last two acting appearances ), Tom Simcox, Olan Soule, Guy Stockwell, Linnea Quigley, Robert Totten, Harry Townes, Ray Walston, Vanna White, Stuart Whitman and James Whitmore, Jr. John Vivyan made his last screen appearance on Simon and Simon before his death in 1983.

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