Champions Sentence Examples

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  • The magistrates signalled to the two champions to advance.

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  • Patience and time are my warriors, my champions, thought Kutuzov.

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  • Together with Szilagyi, the Minister of Justice, Csaky was one of the most decided champions of obligatory civil marriage and of the rights of the Jews.

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  • At that time the Syrians and Antiochenes were the solitary champions of the observance of the fourteenth day.

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  • In Asia Minor, the "enslavement " and liberation of cities alternated with the circumstances of the hour, while the kings all through professed themselves the champions of Hellenic freedom, and were ready on occasion to display munificence toward the city temples or in public works, such as might reconcile republicans to a position of dependence.

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  • The champions of this reaction fought under the banner of St Augustine; and Baius' Augustinian predilections brought him into conflict with Rome on questions of grace, free-will and the like.

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  • If the Austrian alliance was chiefly responsible for his rejection of that statesmanlike plan, which he had before him at Smolensk, it certainly deserves all the hard things said of it by the champions of Josephine.

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  • Not long after the outbreak of the Scottish troubles in 1637 he joined the party of resistance, and was for some time one of its most energetic champions.

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  • Meanwhile dramatic literature found many champions, of whom the most energetic was Edward Szigligeti, proprie Joseph Szathmary, who enriched the Hungarian stage with more than a hundred pieces.

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  • Yet the very eagerness with which the champions of the Hebrew records searched for archaeological proofs of their validity was a tacit confession that even the most unwavering faith was not beyond the reach of external evidence.

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  • Curiously enough, these champions of orthodoxy borrowed the name, which has stuck to them ever since, from their "dogheaded" adversaries.

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  • The freedom he claimed for the Church was freedom to manage her affairs without the interference of the state; the champions of the papal monarchy, and notably the Jesuits, desired freedom in order to put a stop to the dissemination of modern ideas.

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  • The early champions of Church reform in the beginning of the 16th century found in the Bible their most trustworthy weapon.

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  • There also might be seen the flat circular temalacatl or " spindle-stone," where captives armed with wooden weapons were allowed the mockery of a gladiatorial fight against well-armed champions.

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  • He travelled, lectured, and preached throughout the United States and in England and Scotland; debated with many Presbyterian champions, with Bishop Purcell of Cincinnati and with Robert Owen; and edited a revision of the New Testament.

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  • The Board of Trade was asked to supply full figures, and while its report was awaited the uncertainty of attitude on the part of the government afforded grateful opportunity for opposition mischief-making, since the Liberal party had now the chance of acting as the conservative champions of orthodox economics.

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  • Victims of the communal claims at Rome, they constituted themselves the champions of similar claims in northern Italy, and their alliance with the Lombard communes ultimately led to success.

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  • It is remarkable that he should not have discovered in her the qualities so obvious to modern champions of her character - easiness, gullibility, incurable innocence and invincible ignorance of evil, incapacity to suspect or resent anything, readiness to believe and forgive all things.

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  • In his earlier writings he was regarded as one of the greatest champions of the non-jurors; but the doctrine which he afterwards promulgated, that the soul is naturally mortal, and that immortality could be enjoyed only by those who had received baptism from the hands of one set of regularly ordained clergy, and was therefore a privilege from which dissenters were hopelessly excluded, did not strengthen his reputation.

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  • The Macedonian chiefs found their pride in being champions of Hellenism.

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  • How important an element the Greek population of their realm seemed to the Parthian kings we can see by the fact that they claimed to be themselves champions of Hellenism.

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  • Now when we consider that at that time there were many Moslems who had heard the Koran from the mouth of the Prophet, that other measures of the imbecile Othman met with the most vehement resistance on the part of the bigoted champions of the faith, that these were still further incited against him by some of his ambitious old comrades until at last they murdered him, and finally that in the civil wars after his death the several parties were glad of any pretext for branding their opponents as infidels; - when we consider all this, we must regard it as a strong testimony in favour of Othman's Koran that no party found fault with his conduct in this matter, or repudiated the text formed by Zaid, who was one of the most devoted adherents of Othman and his family, and that even among the Shiites criticism of the caliph's action is only met with as a rare exception.

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  • For they were the true champions of the theocratic principle; through their elimination it became clear that the struggle had in no sense anything to do with the cause of God.

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  • In 1804-1805 he contracted a friendship with Aaron Burr; and at the latter's trial in 1807 Jackson was one of his conspicuous champions.

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  • It provoked the distinction of what was true secundum fidem and what was true secundum rationem among even sincere champions of orthodoxy, and their opponents accepted with a smile so admirable a mask for that thinking for themselves to which the revival of hope of progress had spurred them.

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  • Sir Bartle Frere, who became high commissioner of South Africa in March 1877, found evidence which convinced him that the Kaffir revolt of that year on the eastern border of Cape Colony was part of a design or desire "for a general and simultaneous rising of Kaffirdom against white civilization"; and the Kaffirs undoubtedly looked to Cetywayo and the Zulus as the most redoubtable of their champions.

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  • In 1528 Bern accepted the religious reformation, and henceforth became one of its chief champions in Switzerland.

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  • At the time of the Reformation the imperial towns, like most of the others, stood forward as champions of the new cause and did valuable service in upholding and defending it.

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  • And when in the third book Priam asks Helen about the Greek captains, or when in the seventh book nine champions come forward to contend with Hector, the want of the greatest hero of all is sufficiently felt.

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  • But Madrid and Vienna were the official champions of the papacy; hence to make war on them was indirectly to make war on the pope.

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  • The winners were hailed throughout Greece as champions of the oppressed.

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  • His parents were Protestants, and he himself, at first, followed the Protestant persuasion; but he subsequently went over to Catholicism and, along with Cardinal Pazmany, his most serious rival at court, became a pillar of Catholicism, both religiously and politically, and a worthy opponent of the two great Protestant champions of the period, Gabriel Bethlen and George I.Rakoczy.

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  • The annals of his reign have been encum Alphonso 1., bered with a mass of legends, among which must be g g included the account of a cortes held at Lamego in 1143; probably also the description of the Valdevez tournament, in which the Portuguese knights are said to have vanquished the champions of Leon and Castile.

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  • Above all, the Church, including the Society of Jesus, naturally favoured the Habsburg claimant, who represented its two foremost champions, Spain and Austria.

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  • Subsequently, however, it obtained a wider significance, having been applied first to the kinsmen of Judas, then to his adherents, and ultimately to all champions of religion in the Greek period.

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  • This called forth the organized opposition of the Hasidim (_ " the pious "), who constituted themselves champions of the Law.

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  • The controversies they had provoked collapsed, and deism became a by-word even amongst those who were in no degree anxious to appear as champions of orthodoxy.

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  • The Marmions claimed descent from the lords of Fontenay, hereditary champions of the dukes of Normandy, and held the castle of Tamworth, Leicestershire, and the manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire.

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  • His descendants acted as champions at successive coronations.

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  • After leaving Congress he became one of the earliest champions of the "Ohio idea" (which he is said to have originated), demanding that the government should pay the principal of its 5-20-year 6% bonds in the "greenback" currency instead of in coin.

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  • The Pharisees, who pruned and fed the tree of Judaism so that it might bear fruit for the healing of the Nation - and the nations in the latter days - gave them the opportunity of posing as the champions of the primitive standards.

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  • But as Schmiedel champions the Tubingen view in the Encyclopaedia Biblica, it cannot be overlooked.

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  • The orthodox, the Arians, the Eunomians and the Macedonians all sent champions to maintain their special tenets before the emperor, who finally decided in favour of the orthodox party.

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  • After the death of Louis, Clement hoped to find equally brave and interested champions in Louis' son and namesake; in Louis of Orleans, the brother of Charles VI.; in Charles VI.

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  • In the preceding section the Maccabees were the religious champions of the nation and the friends of the Hasidim.

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  • To the Jesuits, the foremost champions in this struggle, it seemed indis pensable that the confessional should be made attrac tive; for this purpose ecclesiastico-moral law must be somehow " accommodated " to worldly needs; and the theory of " Probabilism " supplied a plausible method for effecting this accommodation.

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  • They run in two parallel streams, some being concerned with chiefs and champions, some with bishops.

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  • The kings, like private individuals and ecclesiastical establishments, made use of the beneficium to reward their servants; till finally their demesne was so reduced by these perpetual grants that they took to distributing among their champions land owning the overlordship of the Church, or granted their own lands for single lives only.

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  • Mr Chamberlain had relied on his personal influence, which from 1895 to 1902 had been supreme; but his own resignation, and the course of events, had since 1903 made his personality less authoritative, and new interests - such as the opposition to the Education Act, to the heavy taxation, and to Chinese labour in the Transvaal, and indignation over the revelations concerned with the war - were monopolizing attention, to the weakening of his hold on the public. The revival in trade, and the production of new statistics which appeared to stultify Mr Chamberlain's prophecies of progressive decline, enabled the free-trade champions to reassure their audiences as to the very foundation of his case, and to represent the whole tariff reform movement as no less unnecessary than risky.

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  • John Bramborough, the English captain of Ploermel, having continued his ravages, in spite of a truce, in the district commanded by the captain of Josselin, Jean de Beaumanoir sent him a challenge, which resulted in a fight between thirty picked champions, knights and squires, on either side, which took place on the 25th of March 1351, near Ploermel.

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  • In the end the victory was decided by Guillaume de Montauban, who mounted his horse and overthrew seven of the English champions, the rest being forced to surrender.

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  • The monks were the chief champions of images, because they were illuminators and artists.

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  • The great authority of Lachmann made this opinion the prevalent one, and it still has its champions.

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  • They became the reigning world champions on June 13th.

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  • Subsequent generations were obligated to master the art these four champions had established.

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  • The Worthing women had a full minute in hand over reigning champions Arena 80 in the senior womenâs race with Phoenix taking third spot.

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  • Had Ashington won, they would have been crowned champions.

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  • We now look forward to the East championships, having beaten the champions.

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  • New roles of online tutor and ILT champions have been created and a new administrator post has been created in technical support.

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  • Amateurs clinch title in style WHITEHAVEN clinch title in style WHITEHAVEN clinched the Wearside League title in style as they became the first Cumbrian side to finish as champions.

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  • Rangers produced a stirring second-half comeback to claim maximum points away to reigning champions Cogenhoe.

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  • In 2000, Jill returned to independent consulting establishing her own business, Project Champions.

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  • The real eager beavers in this field are the German small and medium-sized companies â the " hidden champions " of the world economy.

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  • They then foment communal massacres, and then declare themselves champions of civilised values.

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  • The Dr. Martens Premier league champions have launched their new soccer academy designed to produce players to help the push toward league football.

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  • I am interested in doing the champions league fantasy footy but i am unable to find any player printouts anywhere.

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  • Aged 20 and looking for champions league success this year and female football groupies.

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  • However, it takes some gumption to choose an underachieving local side, because they are nearer home than nearer to the Champions League.

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  • I also applaud review wpte's filings season IV 's champions around the wpt.

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  • Returning Hammer Frank Lampard ignores the jeers to give the champions a first-half lead after Michael Essien is stretchered off.

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  • In the two seasons after the First World War the club were champions of the Spartan league before joining the Isthmian league in 1921.

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  • Different competition mate, whole new ball game league form against champions league is simply not comparable.

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  • The attacking midfielder had previously starred in the Champions League for his french side.

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  • Clearly the language used by architects and those in the planning system is something of a bête noir for the champions of plain speech.

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  • Leeds were given a harsh welcome to life in the Champions League as they were simply outclassed by a team on fire.

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  • There were only two English champions this year which I think is less than usual and some of the dogs looked a bit overawed.

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  • The primary role of local co-ordinators is to be local champions for action and services to prevent teenage pregnancy and to support teenage parents.

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  • Talking about economic patriotism, Vodafone must be counted one of Britain's great business " champions " .

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  • Phoenix were keen to complete their first âhomeâ win of the season and in so doing complete back-to-back wins over last seasons playoff champions.

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  • The Scottish women's champions skipped by Edith Loudon missed out on a place on the medal podium in the Bronze medal play-off.

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  • Saracens were limited to attacking from Wasps errors as the champions retained some good possession going into the last quarter.

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  • Continue reading " Merseyside rivals Everton and Liverpool avoid each other in the draw for the Third Qualifying Round of the Champions League.

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  • Not many sixteen year olds would dare try a 25-yard screamer against the Champions, Rooney didn't just dare, he buried it.

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  • But, despite a stronger second-half showing against the League of Wales's champions, Swansea could not find the extra firepower.

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  • A customary Champions of Europe, becoming increasingly symbolic all the time, led onto a better performance in the second half.

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  • Two Orkney golfers have won the Scottish champions title in the biggest competition for club golfers in the world.

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  • He then took Liverpool forward and presided over the Reds cup treble in 2001 and on to Champions League assaults.

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  • The watches are available for both men and women, who like the brand, are fashion trendsetters and champions.

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  • Since taking the team up to the Premiership as champions two years ago, the previously untouchable Ulsterman has seen his popularity erode gradually.

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  • This is the sign of true champions not only winning, but winning comprehensively, giving the opposition nothing.

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  • Among many champions of cyberspace also we see an intense yearning for transcendence over the limitations of the body.

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  • Here they are in line with non-Christian writers or culture-mockers like Lucian of Samosata; or graver spirits like Porphyry, who champions Neo-Platonism as a rival to Christianity, and does pioneer work in criticism by attacks on some of the Old Testament books.

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  • Though the traditional account of this war exaggerates the services of Athens as compared with the other champions of Greek independence, there can be no doubt that the ultimate victory was chiefly due to the numbers and efficiency of the Athenian fleet, and to the wise policy of her great statesman Themistocles (see Salamis, Plataea).

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  • While excelling him in suppleness and dexterity, he lacked the force of character possessed by the great "tribune of the people"; and his influence was gradually eclipsed by that of the more ardent and determined champions of democracy, the Girondins and the Jacobins.

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  • And it seems necessary to emphasize these facts because until about 1870 it was almost unchallenged tradition to regard the men of Massachusetts Bay as seekers and champions of " religious liberty."

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  • Hence even before the Westminster Assembly met in July 1643, Independency could reckon among its friends men of distinction in the state, like Cromwell, Sir Harry Vane, Lord Saye and Sele; while Milton powerfully pleaded the power of Truth to take care of herself on equal terms. In the Assembly; too, its champions were fit, if few.

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  • On the Roman Catholic side the employment of compulsion against heretics has never been acknowledged as a blunder; and this method of silencing opposition has found champions in the bosom of the Church down to the most recent years.

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  • This latter belief, which was, moreover, flattering to their vanity, the Greek leaders were astute enough to foster; the propaganda of Adamantios Coraes (q.v.) had done its work; and wily brigands, like Odysseus of Ithaka, assuming the style and trappings of antiquity, posed as the champions of classic culture against the barbarian.

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  • In his letters to Celestine he had laid stress on the point that the teaching he attacked was derogatory to the Godhead and so he called its champions Arians.

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  • Much controversy had raged over the conflicting principles of the equal representation of states and of representation on the basis of numbers, the larger states advocating the latter, the smaller states the former principle; and those who made themselves champions of the rights of the states professed to dread the tyrannical power which an assembly representing population might exert.

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  • But, while the necessities of antagonism to papal Rome made it assume at first the form of narrow and sectarian opposition, it marked in fact a vital struggle of the intellect towards truth and freedom, involving future results of scepticism and rationalistic audacity from which its earlier champions would have shrunk.

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  • Fresnel's arguments in favour of that theory found little favour with Laplace, Poisson and Biot, the champions of the emission theory; but they were ardently espoused by Humboldt and by Arago, who had been appointed by the Academy to report on the paper.

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  • These writings were used as a quarry by the compilers and dilettanti of later times, such as Pliny, Plutarch, Gellius, Festus, Macrobius, and by Christian champions like Tertullian, Arnobius and Augustine, who did not disdain to seek in heathen literature the means of defending their faith.

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  • Ireland will face South Africa, the reigning world champions, on June 13th.

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  • Similarly the majority of Field Trial Champions in trials designed for retriever breeds are labs.

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  • Continue reading Merseyside rivals Everton and Liverpool avoid each other in the draw for the Third Qualifying Round of the Champions League.

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  • Denmark are the 2006 Speedway World Cup Champions after emerging victorious from a scintillating final at Reading.

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  • Not many sixteen year olds would dare try a 25-yard screamer against the Champions, Rooney did n't just dare, he buried it.

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  • Just ask any of the more than 80 world champions who won their titles on Öhlins shock absorbers.

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  • But, despite a stronger second-half showing against the League of Wales 's champions, Swansea could not find the extra firepower.

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  • The tournament got tame in comparison through the celebrity of champions is.

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  • The veteran Welshman knows Grand Central well, having played in every Tournament of Champions held there.

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  • Not even the thrilling unlucky defeat by Real Madrid in the Champions League could spoil United 's focus in the Premiership.

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  • Ruud has also won the Champions League golden boot twice while vying for the same honor in the Premiership each season.

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  • The quality of their performances left two world champions nursing defeat.

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  • If a player won five in a row, then he or she was considered undefeated and would be entered in the Tournament of Champions.

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  • During his 1998-99 season, Beckham's United team won the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League (known as the treble).

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  • Categories for the contest are Pedigree Class, Mutt Class, Ugly Dog of the Year, and Ring of Champions.

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  • The Ring of Champions Category is battled between the dog chosen for Ugly Dog of the Year and all previous World's Ugliest Dog Winners in attendance.

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  • The winner of the Ring of Champions earns the title of World's Ugliest Dog.

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  • A Best Of Opposite Sex will be chosen according to which sex won the breed, and could be one of the champions or one of the Winners.

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  • Though this listing does not contain the names of one's competitors, it does let the exhibitor know how many dogs and bitches are entered in a particular breed, and how many champions will also compete for Best of Breed.

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  • You will learn names, colors of each dog, and if any of your dog's progenitors were AKC champions.

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  • It serves as the final crowning of the year's "top dog" among many worthy champions.

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  • Here, the entry is limited to the creme de la creme of champions, and dogs gain entry by invitation only.

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  • This includes the reigning champions being specialed in the Best of Breed class, as well as other champions racking up breed points at various dog shows as they work their way up the ranks.

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  • Additionally, all Bred-by-Exhibitor champions are extended an invitation.

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  • This organization champions for sustainable agriculture and foods that are safe for consumption without toxins or preservatives.

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  • Similarly, the SingStar series will require you to have a microphone and Sports Champions requires you to have the PlayStation Move bundle in place.

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  • The tournament will include game champions, game manufacturers for tips and tons of giveaways.

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  • It is the sequel to Champions of Norrath.

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  • To see some good screenshots of the game go to the Champions Return to Arms official website.

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  • Can you beat the champions at their game?

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  • A person who is more inclined to follow the UEFA Champions League probably isn't terribly interested in the latest golf title from EA Sports.

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  • The Diversity final performance on May 30th, 2009 is what won the group their title as 2009 champions of the show.

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  • The Contest of Champions Nationals is an open competition, meaning it doesn't require any specific association or camp affiliation to sign up.

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  • Remember that every dancer was a beginner once, even the champions of Dancing with the Stars.

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  • The result is you condition your body and improve your technique, making swim fins just as important for champions as those who are just learning to swim.

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  • It is a constantly changing game; it is unusual to play the exact same game twice, even amongst chess champions.

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  • Personality type - Narrow your selection to explorers, idealists, leaders, traditionalists, individualists, rebels, givers, creators, champions, protectors, equalizers, or observers.

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  • Camp Champions-Created for kids ages six to 18, Camp Champions is located in central Texas within driving distance of Austin and San Antonio.

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  • Some of the first champions of tattoos were sailors.

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  • In the face of having their programs cut, several inexperienced but talented college freshman come together to put a cheerleading squad together to beat the current reigning champions and their horrid taskmaster captain, Tina.

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  • In addition to division champions, there are also awards for sportsmanship, best tumbling, best stunts and showmanship.

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  • Add in long hisses, use monosyllables like "Ho!" and "Yeah!" or establish a stomping and clapping rhythm like the classic Queen song We are the Champions.

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  • During games, the Golden Girls tumbled, danced with poms, and there were even a couple of national baton twirling champions in their midst to entertain the crowds.

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  • In fact, in the age of YouTube and the Internet, it's even easier to watch people who you admire, like the Columbus High School Cheerleading Squad, who were the 2008 GHSA champions.

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  • Three-time champions, the Los Angeles Temptation of the Western Conference, recently racked up their latest win at the 2012 championship held at the Orleans Arena.

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  • At the end of every season, there is even a Lingerie Bowl, where the top teams from each conference battle it out for the trophy and title of LFL champions.

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  • Bare Necessities serves up Champions' Maximum Control Power Sleek Wire-free Sports Bra and Playtex counters with the 18 Hour Cooling Comfort Light Control Soft Cup Sports Bra.

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  • You may have been wondering how all those Survivor champions have fared since winning a million dollars.

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  • The series has crowned three champions since its debut.

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  • Luckily for fans of Johnny Bananas, he is featured on more than one Real World/Road Rules Challenge, most recently The Ruins, where he led a group of cut-throat Champions to the end.

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  • They are crowned champions of that season and, perhaps more importantly, enjoy the bragging rights that come with winning a difficult competition.

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  • Shocked, though, is everyone when the enchanted object announces four names as champions instead of three, and the fourth is none other than fourteen year old Harry Potter.

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  • Champions from three of the most famous wizarding schools will compete for a fortune in prize money.

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  • Harry is too young to enter, but discovers on the day the champions are selected that his name has been entered anyway, and with the aid of some powerful magic, he's selected to participate.

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  • The company has a reputation of good quality athletic gear worn by champions, and they wanted their uniforms to reflect that.

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  • While the honour paid to martyrdom was a great support to early champions of the faith, it was attended by serious evils.

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  • Fortunately, in Kalman Tisza, the leader of the Liberal From the first, Tisza was exposed to the violent attacks of the opposition, which embraced, not only the party of Independence, champions of the principles of 1848, but the so-called National party, led by the brilliant orator Count Albert Apponyi, which aimed at much the same ends but looked upon the Compromise of 1867 as a convenient substructure on which to build up the Magyar state.

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  • On the contrary, the champions of the tradition that the earth was less than six thousand years old held their ground most tenaciously, and the earlier years of the Victorian era were years of bitter controversy.

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  • But this policy was, in any case, bound to make England peculiarly sensitive to provocation by Germany, - a point which was ignored by the champions of a great German navy.

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  • Like the pax ecclesiae it found ardent champions in the regular clergy, especially in Odilo (962-1049), the fifth abbot of Cluny, and soon spread over all France.

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  • In Daniel, c. 160 B.C., angels, usually spoken of as " men " or " princes," appear as guardians or champions of the nations; grades are implied, there are " princes " and " chief " or " great princes "; and the names of some angels are known, Gabriel, Michael; the latter is pre-eminent 26, he is the guardian of Judah.

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  • It endeavours, therefore, to undermine all aspirations of this nature and, its own tendency being essentially international, strives to ensure that national sentiment and national interests shall not find over-zealous champions among the clergy.

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  • European Liberalism, too, gagged and fettered under Metternich's "system," recognized in the Greeks the champions of its own cause; while even conservative statesmen, schooled in the memories of ancient Hellas, saw in the struggle a fight of civilization against barbarism.

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  • They were the champions of State authority, order and public morals.

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  • Bismarck broke with the National Liberals, who were the champions of free trade; at the same time the agricultural depression set in, and the agricultural interest demanded protection against American and other foreign competition.

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  • The religious quarrel either accentuated, or was accentuated by, political differences, and the rival chiefs, Athanaric and Frithigern, appeared as champions of Paganism and Christianity respectively.

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  • Under Dr James Robertson, professor of church history in Edinburgh, one of the leading champions of the Moderate policy in the Ten Years' Conflict, the extension scheme was transformed into the endowment scheme, and the church accepted it as her duty and her task to provide the machinery of new parishes where they were required.'

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  • Having four heavyweight champions is like having four kings of England.

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  • Playing for two time champions The New York Majesty, (formerly the New York Euphoria, whose name was given to New England), Krystal Gray is 23 years old and hails from Niagara Falls, New York.

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  • Jetr was one of the only champions A'Ran had on the Council.

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  • They put themselves forward as the champions of the Catholic religion, claiming liberty of conscience as well as political liberty for the native inhabitants of Ireland.

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  • In any case exile, and death in the prisons of Cayenne, now awaited the timid champions of law and order; while parliamentary rule sustained a shock from which it never recovered.

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  • The help sought from James came only in the shape of useless embassies and negotiations; the two Palatinates were soon occupied by the Spaniards and the duke of Bavaria; and the romantic attachment and services of Duke Christian of Brunswick, of the 1st earl of Craven, and of other chivalrous young champions who were inspired by the beauty and grace of the "Queen of Hearts," as Elizabeth was now called, availed nothing.

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  • Calovius was the most noteworthy of the champions of Lutheran orthodoxy in the 17th century.

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  • Damasus took part, more or less effectually, in the efforts to eliminate from Italy and Illyria the last champions of the council of Rimini.

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