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1The bomber will always get through — was a phrase used by Stanley Baldwin in a speech to the British Parliament in 1932:cquote|I find myself at the close of a most interesting debate which has been well worth while I myself should not have regretted a second day in which there have… …
2List of dodgeball variations — The following is a list of rules variations for the collection of games known as dodgeball. Agility Ball Played on a basket ball court with the two main hoops down, depending on how many people are on each team, there are either 8 balls or 10 or… …
3MESOPOTAMIA — The original article in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica traced Mesopotamian history to its earliest beginnings and provided a detailed survey of Mesopotamian literature and institutions. With the availability of such tools as J.… …
4boxing — boxing1 /bok sing/, n. 1. the material used to make boxes or casings. 2. a boxlike enclosure; casing. 3. an act or instance of putting into or furnishing with a box. [1510 20; BOX1 + ING1] boxing2 /bok sing/, n. the act, technique, or profession… …
5Eric Weddle — Infobox NFLactive |currentteam=San Diego Chargers currentnumber=32 currentpositionplain=Safety birthdate=birth date and age|1985|1|4 birthplace=Fontana, California heightft=5 heightin=11 weight=200 debutyear=2007 debutteam=San Diego Chargers… …
6Backyard cricket — Example of beach cricket being played at Cottesloe Beach in Perth. The bowler bowls to batsman, while the rest field. Backyard cricket, street cricket, beach cricket, gully cricket, corridor cricket, deef (Hindi: गली, galli = alley ) or garden… …
7Super Bowl XXIX — Infobox SuperBowl sb name = XXIX visitor = San Diego Chargers home = San Francisco 49ers visitor abbr = SD home abbr = SF visitor conf = AFC home conf = NFC visitor total = 26 home total = 49 visitor qtr1 = 7 visitor qtr2 = 3 visitor qtr3 = 8… …
8List of baseball jargon (G) — gamer:A player who plays particularly hard and is prone to making the right play at the right time, often in big games. Also used to refer to an excellent piece of equipment, such as a glove or mitt.gap:The space between outfielders. Also alley.… …
9Types of gestures — Gestures are a form of body language or non verbal communication.Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one place to another, most gestures do not have invariable or universal meanings, having specific… …
10Ted Williams — Infobox MLB retired name=Ted Williams position=Outfielder bats=Left throws=Right birthdate=birth date|1918|8|30|mf=y city state|San Diego|California deathdate=death date and age|2002|7|5|1918|8|30 city state|Inverness|Florida debutdate=April 20… …
