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1 At the end of the eighteenth century the situation was essentially unchanged , for we find the private secretary to Henry Dundas writing to a customs commissioner virtually ordering the placement of ‘ Mr. John Findlay , Excise Officer at Montrose … upon the Examiners list , if found to be properly qualified ’ .
2 This afternoon in Stockwell near the murder scene , three men were spotted in a Nissan car by a police foot patrol following a tip off .
3 Last year in their search for an artist the Kirk alighted on Amersham-born James D. McGairy , who graduated from Sunderland Polytechnic with an honours degree in communication studies just three years ago .
4 ‘ This has really taken off for us in a big way , ’ George told Sunday Life after a sports luncheon at Belfast 's Europa Hotel on Friday .
5 Beaumaris Town marked the end of their comeback season in the B & M Roofing Anglesey League with an awards presentation evening .
6 It is headed by Suresh Grover , who , like many associated with the organisation , has been active in radical Asian politics since the mid-1970s and the bitter campaign which followed the death of Blair Peach from a police truncheon blow in 1979 .
7 The conviction came after the death of New College student Henry Skelton after he jumped from the window of an Oxford house during a drugs party .
8 During 1983 several demonstrations took place , the most successful one being held in Hereford City at a Ladies Coffee Evening , when many of the 100 strong audience joined enthusiastically in an open session .
9 He had sent Mrs Brocklebank home in a police car , and the headmaster of the boy 's school had taken charge of the boy .
10 LSE graduate with a masters degree in law .
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