Horse Under Water (1963) is the second of several Len Deighton spy novels featuring an unnamed British intelligence officer (named Harry Palmer in the...
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1923. Further novels featuring this character followed, including Horse Under Water (1963), Funeral in Berlin (1964), Billion-Dollar Brain (1966), and...
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unnamed British agent. It was preceded by The IPCRESS File (1962) and Horse Under Water (1963), and followed by Billion-Dollar Brain (1966). The protagonist...
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Françoise Dorléac. A fourth film in the series, an adaptation of Horse Under Water, also to be released by United Artists, was tentatively planned but...
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young horse a "colt", when the term actually only refers to young male horses. Filly A female horse under the age of four. Mare A female horse four years...
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A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists...
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September 1877, four months after surrendering to U.S. troops under General George Crook, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet-wielding military guard...
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WOOC(P) intelligence agency. It follows The IPCRESS File (1962), Horse Under Water (1963), and Funeral in Berlin (1964). As in most of Deighton's novels...
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Nixie (folklore) (redirect from Brook horse)
Scandinavian version can take on the form of a horse named Bäckahästen ("the brook horse"), similar to other water horses such as the Scottish kelpie and the Welsh...
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through the ambiguity of riding. The horse is familiar with the elements, especially water, from which the aquatic horse known in Celtic countries is derived...
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characters from his earlier novels The IPCRESS File, Funeral in Berlin, Horse Under Water, and Billion Dollar Brain. In common with several of his other early...
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A draft horse (US) or draught horse (UK), also known as dray horse, carthorse, work horse or heavy horse, is a large horse bred to be a working animal...
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Horse Girl is a 2020 American psychological drama film directed and produced by Jeff Baena, from a screenplay written by Baena and Alison Brie. It stars...
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Greek mythology, the Trojan Horse (Greek: δούρειος ίππος, romanized: doureios hippos, lit. 'wooden horse') was a wooden horse said to have been used by...
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Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. The first series, Slow Horses, premiered...
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revelatory." All writing by Ed Kuepper, except where indicated. "Horse Under Water" – 6:04 "Always the Woman Pays" – 3:13 "Everything I've Got Belongs...
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cocktail for spectators of horse racing, not as a medicine. Medicinal tonic water originally contained only carbonated water and a large amount of quinine...
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List of legendary creatures by type (redirect from List of legendary horses)
oceanic water horse with pestilent breath Nuggle (Scottish) – Mischievous male water horse Tangie (Scottish) – Shapeshifting sea water horse Anansi (West...
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Equestrianism (redirect from Horse riding)
last-named, the horses jump over fixed obstacles, such as logs, stone walls, banks, ditches and water, trying to finish the course under the "optimum time"...
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Show jumping (redirect from Horse jumping)
are assessed at the open water when any of the horse's feet touch the water or white tape marking its boundary. If the water fence is a 'Liverpool' no...
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Equine nutrition (redirect from Horse nutrition)
feeding of horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, and other equines. Correct and balanced nutrition is a critical component of proper horse care. Horses are non-ruminant...
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The mustang is a free-roaming horse of the Western United States, descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors. Mustangs...
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unnerve the horse and make him very difficult to get back under control afterwards. Riders and horses need to keep eyes up and not look down. Water, although...
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Horsepower (redirect from Horse power)
much water as two horses, working together at one time in such a work, can do, and for which there must be constantly kept ten or twelve horses for doing...
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The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft) long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure is...
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Water for Elephants is a 2011 American romantic drama film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Richard LaGravenese, based on the 2006 novel...
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called the takhi (Mongolian: Тахь), Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia...
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A horse hoof is the lower extremity of each leg of a horse, the part that makes contact with the ground and carries the weight of the animal. It is both...
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Equine anatomy (redirect from Horse morphology)
Equine anatomy encompasses the gross and microscopic anatomy of horses, ponies and other equids, including donkeys, mules and zebras. While all anatomical...
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The Mongolian horse (Mongolian Адуу, aduu: "horse" or mori; or as a herd, ado) is the native horse breed of Mongolia. The breed is purported to be largely...
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