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  • 13. Much of the fighting became an artillery duel, especially after ... Lightburn and McCausland, an artillery duel continued until 10:00 ...
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  • with blood, as he had challenged Thornhill to a duel, when he had heard about his wickedness. But then Mr. Burchell arrives and solves all problems ...
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  • opposite sides of the stage for a sort of musical duel. ; Symphony No. 5: Symphony No. 5 is one of only two of Nielsen's symphonies that ...
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  • who nearly kills one of the protagonists in a duel. ==Reputation== [[Image:William Makepeace Thackeray - Project Gutenberg eText 13103.jpg|left ...
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  • to war by the Fury Allecto. The Aeneid ends with a duel between Aeneas and Turnus. Aeneas defeats and kills Turnus, spurning his plea for mercy. ...
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  • outlaw, Kamal, who finds himself in a fierce duel with an English Colonel—the poem famously begins, "O East is East and West is West and never ...
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  • cattle to raising horses. The Baggara developed a duel society, where portions of families were left in the south to cultivate the agricultural fields ...
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  • scraping against the leaf in a ritualized acoustic duel (Yack et al. 2001). They detect the vibrations conducted by the plant and not air-borne sounds ...
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  • *The Quiet Duel (1949) *Stray Dog (1949) *Scandal (1950) *Rashomon (1950) *Hakuchi (The Idiot) (1951) *Ikiru, a.k.a. To Live (1952) ...
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  • conflict with the Aesir and would be killed in a duel with Heimdall. As Lindow argues, "Loki has a chronological component: He is the enemy of the ...
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  • Senator, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, to a duel over a perceived insult on the Senate floor; Davis apologized, and the two began a close friendship. ...
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  • * Der Zweikampf (The Duel), published 1811 in Erzählungen (Volume 2) * Anekdoten, published 1810–1811 in the Berliner Abendblättern ...
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  • Bragg. Breckinridge wanted to challenge Bragg to a duel. Bragg struck back, court-martialing one division commander for disobeying orders, accusing ...
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  • formation, engaging in a long distance duel which did not prevent their ... exchanges, fought a long range gunnery duel with Neptune which damaged ...
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  • forces. Takeda Shingen is subsequently killed in a duel with the soldiers' leader, Lieutenant Iba (performed by Sonny Chiba). ...
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  • (Simmons and Scheepers 1996). After a necking duel, a giraffe can land a powerful blow with his head occasionally knocking a male opponent to the ground ...
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  • back in prison and in danger of hanging. In a duel, on September 22, in Hogsden Fields, he had killed an actor of Henslowe's company named Gabriel ...
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  • Hrafnkels saga (ˈr̥apncɛls ˌsaːɣa) is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It tells of struggles between chieftains and farmers in the east ...
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  • son, an officer in the army, was killed in a duel; and his second son, Charles, intended for the church, left Trinity College and became companion ...
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  • made, Sugriva challenged Vali to a duel. While the duel was progressing, Rama shot from his bow and killed Vali. Sugriva regained his kingdom ...
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