• The Grand Union Canal Race (GUCR) is an ultramarathon run from the centre of Birmingham to the centre of London along the Grand Union Canal. Competitors...
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    of canals of the United Kingdom Grand Union Canal 145 mile Race Wendover Arm Canal List of locks on the Grand Union Canal "The Grand Union Canal Holiday...
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  • World War II The Grand Union Canal Race is a 145-mile ultramarathon from Birmingham to London along the Grand Union Canal Eurocopter EC 145 is a twin-engine...
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  •  United Kingdom Dartmoor Discovery  United Kingdom Grand Union Canal 145 mile Race  United States JFK 50 Mile  Japan Lake Saroma Ultramarathon 100 km / 50 km...
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    The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the Grand Old Ditch, operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac...
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    killer with a pistol sixty miles from me at the Suez Canal to worry about somebody who is holding a knife a thousand miles away? Dulles informed Nasser...
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    Ayrton Senna (category Formula One race winners)
    eventual winner. During the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Senna died as a result of an accident whilst leading the race, driving for Williams. His state funeral...
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    and Dam No. 27), which consists of a low-water dam and an 8.4-mile-long (13.5 km) canal, was added in 1953, just below the confluence with the Missouri...
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    broad canals link the river to other rivers: the Kennet and Avon Canal (Reading to Bath) and the Grand Union Canal (London to the Midlands). The Grand Union...
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    traffic. The core route of the WCML runs from London to Glasgow for 400 miles (644 km) and was opened from 1837 to 1881. With additional lines deviating...
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    running along Loyola Avenue from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Canal Street, then continuing along Canal Street to the river, and on weekends on...
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    Retrieved June 4, 2018. DuVal, Miles P. (1947). And the Mountains Will Move: The Story of the Building of the Panama Canal. Stanford University Press....
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    a canal, then administer, fortify, and defend it "in perpetuity". In 1914 the United States completed the existing 83-kilometer-long (52-mile) canal. Because...
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    Israel (category Member states of the Union for the Mediterranean)
    aimed at regaining control of the Suez Canal, which Egypt had nationalized. The continued blockade of the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping...
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    movement of battle lines. A canal stood about 200 yards west of the town, crossed by three narrow bridges, which would require the Union troops to funnel themselves...
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    approximately 12 miles (19 km) from the eastern boundary of the city to Standley Lake. Other trails parallel the Farmers' High Line Canal, Walnut Creek,...
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    seagoing ships, whatever their destination. In 1977, an ancient north–south canal was discovered extending from Lake Timsah to the Ballah Lakes. It was dated...
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    Arizona (redirect from Grand Canyon State)
    and defense by Spain of the Territory of the present United States). pp. 145–146. Fourth edition: September 2009. "Father Kino converted many Indians...
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    Albany County. It is located on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The city is the economic...
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    diverted to Delhi. During this time another canal was cut off the river. The 129-mile Eastern Jamna Canal or Doab Canal, which took off from the left bank of...
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    UnionMiles Park is a neighborhood on the Southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. The neighborhood draws its name from Union Avenue (which...
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    ratify the Panama Canal Treaty. Don Jamieson, Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs, ordered 11 officials of the Soviet Union to leave the North...
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    to south of 250 miles (400 km) and a maximum east to west dimension of 145 miles (233 km). The state's geographic center (39° 53.7'N, 86° 16.0W) is in...
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    intercity bus service network. It is on the Durango-Grand Junction Outrider line. Major highways State Highway 145 is part of the San Juan Skyway. It connects...
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    Motorcycle Grand Prix between 2005 and 2007. Istanbul was occasionally a venue of the F1 Powerboat World Championship, with the last race on the Bosporus...
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    was difficult, so canals were constructed to carry boat traffic around rapids in the river. The first notable canal was the Santee Canal, which was constructed...
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    Panama Canal to Panama. Denouncing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, he reversed his conciliatory policies towards the Soviet Union and began...
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    Rutherford B. Hayes (category Union army generals)
    staunch abolitionist from Ohio, he was also a brevet major general for the Union army during the American Civil War. As an attorney in Ohio, Hayes served...
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    stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900. London: Palgrave MacMillan. p. 145. Grazia Naletto (2013). "Clandestino, Lingua italiana". Russo Bullaro, Grace...
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    Soviet Union as a political entity in accordance with the geopolitical Lebensraum ideals for the benefit of future generations of the "Nordic master race"....
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