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1 Gunthardt had been a Wimbledon quarter-finalist that year in singles and had won the doubles title with Balazs Taroczy of Hungary so Bates ' victory at the time was a little short of sensational .
2 Gould was sacked after a stormy 14 months following Albion 's failure to at least make the Third Division promotion play-offs .
3 He had grounds of his own for concern at Edward 's policies , particularly in the Low Countries where Edward 's marriage with Philippa of
4 Enlightenment , if such can be the word , came on the evening following Jahsaxa 's conversation with Tammuz Malamute .
5 They went to Tanzania for 17 years following Orton 's sacking as a cabinet minister after a dispute with the President , and lived there for 17 years .
6 Alone in the big drawing-room where Annette 's choice of bright fabrics had fought hardest , albeit still without winning against her dead in-laws ' passion for darkpanelled gloom Maxim went straight to the telephone .
7 Here is one place where America 's concern with Eastern Europe bumps up against the Community 's own deliberations .
8 Both appeared to be insuperable problems until the evening when Clarissa 's change of plan for the sixth or seventh time put a pattern into perspective .
9 Before a scramble up Cust 's Gully on Great End , I consulted Wainwright 's Southern Fells and Scrambles in the Lake District by P.B. Evans .
10 It was the day after Ludens 's visit to Chelsea which had ended with his witnessing Franca 's tears .
11 One of his favourite after-dinner stories revolves around the 1979 League Cup final win against Southampton , when Clough surprised the players by lifting his customary bedtime curfew the night before Forest 's descent on Wembley .
12 A council was called on the day following Edward 's arrival at which , in accordance with the late King 's wishes , Richard of Gloucester had been declared protector of the king and kingdom .
13 Six months later , the day before Rome 's liberation by the Allies , Amaldi was found .
14 Two specially trained women officers twice tried to piece together fragments of the missing 36 hours following Joanna 's abduction at knifepoint as she arrived for work .
15 Erm twenty or thirty years later Kinsey was studying human sexuality and saying things like I 've stuck on the handout so erm y'know in some ways perhaps Kinsey 's attitude to these things er changed .
16 ‘ Pop stars and drugs ’ , blazed the News of the World on 29 January 1967 , the week following Miles 's analysis of the new underground , ‘ Facts that will shock you . ’
17 FTB , 1.75% discount for FTBs 1% discount for loans over £60,000. 0.5% discount for existing customers
18 ACTOR Richard Franklin faces his toughest role yet Lib Dem candidate in the safest Labour seat in England .
19 This is the only recognition in The Green Book that women play an important part in making links across the tree-like diverging boundaries between groups , and in this respect too Qaddafi 's understanding of the way Libyan society works is similar to that of the Zuwaya .
20 And with an inward smile Dexter realised another reason why Blanche 's flirtation with the inspector had made him so irritable .
21 For instance , the afternoon when Twomey 's touch with the tea tray 's unfolding legs , successful for forty years , failed him , and teapot , Spode teacups , scones , sandwiches and blackcurrant jam crashed to the floor .
22 The show has twenty pieces ranging from a female torso of 1910 , lent by the Museum Ludwig in Cologne , to another treatment of the same subject from 1918 , the year before Lehmbruck 's death by his own hand in Berlin .
23 Corrupted to Pishpek in the 19th century following Kirghizia 's conquest by the Uzbek Khanate of Kokand , the name had been changed in 1926 in honour of Mikhail Frunze , a Bolshevik military commander and native of the city who had established Soviet rule in Central Asia .
24 There were complaints when Hitler 's speech to the Party ‘ old guard ’ in Munich on 8 November was not broadcast , for it was said that in the disappointment about the unfulfilled expectations from the Russian campaign many people ‘ had felt the need to hear the voice of the Führer again and to derive new strength from his words ’ .
25 The jobless question cropped up earlier this year when Darlington 's status as an intermediate development area prompted a public row between the two biggest rivals .
26 Yet it came a startling 7th in the top ten of the London Time Out readers ' poll of 1989 , whereas Star Wars ( 57th ) and ET ( 72nd ) were outside the top 50 .
27 Sam Brown headlines tomorrow night 's conert at Oxford 's Appolo theatre .
28 ‘ At a time when Scotland 's supply of quality players is limited , McCoist can make this tie less of a banana skin than it looks , ’ said Roxburgh , who freely admits he would rather his team were playing Germany , Italy or the Netherlands .
29 At a time when America 's interest in British pop was at an all-time low , the label failed to produce one significant hit .
30 The launch comes at a time when Rover 's share of the record UK car market is slipping .
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