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1 Saints boss Ian Branfoot wanted £1million for the tough-tackling midfielder but Everton boss Howard Kendall offered just £300,000 .
2 From Fort William drive north for a couple of miles on the A82 to a golf course on the right .
3 WILL DOWNING visits Britain for a special one-off date to promote his forthcoming LP ‘ A Dream Fulfilled ’ on 4th & Broadway .
4 But it was learned today that Polish referee Ryszard Wojoik reported Hateley for violent conduct — and not ‘ rough play ’ which Rangers believed was the case .
5 The producer Christian Gansch and engineer Gernot von Schulzendorff deserve recognition for the refinement and quality of the sound they have captured .
6 Chairman David Nairn thanked Grant for the open manner with which he had answered these questions and brought the first day 's business proceedings to and end .
7 A woman of the band later recalled how the besieged Nez Perce dug shelter-pits for the helpless ones and rifle-pits for the warriors :
8 Mr Tam Dalyell held Linlithgow for Labour in the first Scottish result to be declared .
9 Although the US administration cut off military aid to Guatemala in December 1990 [ see p. 37912 ] in protest at the failure to investigate the June 1990 murder of US citizen Michael Devine [ ibid. ] , the US Defence Secretary Richard Cheney visited Guatemala for official talks on Feb. 17 .
10 It asserted that Steffi Graf made excuses for her losses .
11 In Mythologies Barthes discusses advertisements for Omo and Persil in terms of the connotations they invoke .
12 Breakthrough are a new charity set up after the death of Daily Express woman 's editor Jean Rook to provide funds for research into breast cancer in women .
13 Downing Street confirmed plans for a summit of EC leaders were well advanced .
14 ANDY HORTON has tips for prospective holiday rockpoolers .
15 Dai Watkins and Ronnie Lamont scored tries for the Lions .
16 Eleanor Marx left Liverpool for New York on 31 August 1886 .
17 Meanwhile in Rio de Janeiro as world leaders met at the Earth Summit , Drummond and colleague Tess Burrows climbed Sugarloaf Mountain to gain publicity for Climb for the World and to highlight the plight of the Rio street children .
18 Assistant Recorder David Bartlett adjourned sentence for two weeks .
19 YOKOGAWA HEWLETT-PACKARD WINS MITSUI FOR MARKETING OF SOFTBENCH
20 Dona Carmen joins battle for Socialism
21 In his days as an amateur , Ronnie Simpson kept goal for the Great Britain team which finished fourth in the 1948 football tournament .
22 In July 1663 , Richard Baxter left London for reasons of health and went to live in Acton , which was then a village six miles west of the capital .
23 Richard Baxter left Kidderminster for London three days after the thanksgiving service for her deliverance , as we have already noted .
24 In the early 1970s , in New York city , one David Berkowitz terrorised residents for over a year with random shootings of young women and their friends .
25 Doctor Who 's studio recording schedule for 1963/64 was a full year anyway , so , to buy them more time Verity Lambert won permission for Doctor Who to take its transmission break after ‘ The Reign of Terror ’ .
26 Alderman Davis collected awards for Best Small Town , Moira , and Lisburn , placed third in the Large Town category , also the ‘ Roses in Towns ’ trophy .
27 Highfield 's New Zealand lock forward David Mayhew created problems for Dungannon in the line-out .
28 ‘ Well , you 'll soon find out , but to my mind Dawn has grounds for jealousy .
29 After the ceremony Annie provided tea for the family and Tobias 's workmates .
30 In 1983 a further report to the European Parliament by M. Vandewiele reinforced enthusiasm for Community support of a fixed link , and in 1984 the Round Table of European Industrialists added its voice to the campaign to upgrade Europe 's transport infrastructure .
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