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81Randy Gardner (figure skater) — Randy Gardner (born 1958) is a U.S. figure skater, the partner of Tai Babilonia. They began skating together as children, when Babilonia was eight and Gardner ten. [ [http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la sp… …
822007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage — The Super Eight stage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup was scheduled between 27 March 2007 and 21 April 2007, and determined the four qualifiers for the semi finals of the tournament. Matches were held in Antigua, Bridgetown in Barbados, Georgetown… …
83Pieces of Eight (musical) — Pieces of Eight is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and music by Jule Styne. It is based on the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The central characters are Jim Hawkins …
84school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty nine different figures, skated in two or three circle figure eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition. * * * …
85lazy eight — An aerobatic maneuver in which the aircraft nose makes a figure 8. The maneuver consists of two 180° turns in opposite directions. During the first 90° arc of each turn, the nose of the aircraft describes a climbing and then descending path above …
86lazy eight — noun : an aerial maneuver in which a plane by gradual climbing, banking, and turning traces an imaginary figure eight on its side …
87Paul Rose (political figure) — Paul Rose, born October 16, 1943 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a political commentator and a trade unionist, who was convicted of murder and kidnapping of Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte in 1971. He was the leader of the Chenier cell of… …
88Cuban eight — Two loops in opposite directions forming a vertical figure 8 shape in the sky. Sometimes performed in the horizontal plane …
89Canceled figures — Figure Fig ure (f[i^]g [ u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. [1913 Webster] Flowers have all exquisite figures. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
90List of climbing knots — There are many knots used in climbing, rappelling and mountaineering. Popular climbing knots are briefly described and depicted in this article. Contents 1 Bends 2 Binding 3 Hitches 4 Loop Knots …
