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1 Schwer tops BOXING : Billy Schwer , the undefeated lightweight from Luton , has been voted Best Young Boxer of 1991 by the Boxing Writers ' Club .
2 Emma started work at the age of fourteen for the London Ladies ' Co-operative Guild , a group of professional women who designed and decorated glass tables .
3 LINFORD CHRISTIE and Sally Gunnell , Britain 's Olympic track gold medallists , have been voted top sporting personalities for 1992 by the Sports Writers ' Association of Great Britain .
4 Western Klick Photopoint should consolidate their lead in Division I of the Torrie Stockbrokers ' National League when they meet fourth-placed Grove at Stepps tomorrow , then face bottom club , Kirkcaldy , at McDiarmid Park , Perth , on Sunday .
5 WHILE HANGING ten with the Beach Boys ' Dennis Wilson ( who described Charlie as ‘ the magician ’ ) , Manson managed to charm him into accepting one of his songs for the band 's '20/20 ’ LP .
6 He is another one of the Ireland Schools ' side that toured New Zealand the summer before last and was a member of the Coleraine AI Schools ' Cup winning side in 1992 .
7 One of the welfare feminists ' main demands was for family endowment ( later called family allowances ) .
8 The opening in 1880 of the Midland Railways ' London connection across South Manchester to Central Station initiated suburban development in Heaton Mersey and Cheadle Heath .
9 The use of a new computer software distribution program calls for a reduction in manpower from three to two in the traffic clerks ' office .
10 If Pickering survives a fitness test on a twisted ankle , coach Peter Walsh is sure his fierce Fijian-born prop will blast a hole or two in the Trophy favourites ' defence .
11 Tourists are now bused in their thousands to the Sellafield Visitors ' Centre , where all the slick techniques of modern exhibitions are brought to bear on radioactivity .
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