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CF firefighter goes for the gold.
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Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA)
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August 18, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Waterloo Courier. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Emily Christensen
Aug. 18--CEDAR FALLS -- The first competition was humbling.
Shane Farmer played rugby for 10 years. He thought nothing could be more difficult than 80 minutes of hard hits and nonstop action.
It took less than two minutes for him to learn just how wrong he was.
Farmer, 30, participated in his first Firefighter Combat Challenge in 2006. The agility course consists of five events -- a five-story climb, hose hoist, forcible entry simulation, hose advance and victim rescue. And it is all done in full gear. The challenge season runs from May through November, with events across the country. Participants can compete in as few or as many ...
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Against the Grain: Beverley Farmer's Writing.(Book Review)
Australian Literary Studies;
May 1, 2004 ;
Levy, Bronwen;
787 words
...Against the Grain: Beverley Farmer's Writing, by Lyn Jacobs. UQP Studies...30. Like Lyn Jacobs I like Beverley Farmer's writing, having followed it since...engage in anecdote to illustrate that Farmer's subversive and original writing arouses...
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Farmer to help Rutgers over rough spots this season
Press of Atlantic City;
October 31, 2007 ;
LULGJURAJ, SUSAN;
595 words
...PISCATAWAY - Anthony Farmer is entering his third season as the point...translates onto the court is not known yet. Farmer has a lofty task ahead of him with the...this season. The offense starts with Farmer, a 6-foot-1, 190-pounder, and Hill expects...
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Farmer's victory comes as no surprise
National Dragster;
October 22, 2004 ;
Anonymous;
482 words
......SERIES FINALS (Div. 1) - Given what James Farmer accomplished this year on this racetrack...this season and the track championship, Farmer drove his '84 Kawasaki through a stellar...hit, so it could have been seven," said Farmer. "It's just been an unbelievable year...
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Hitting the highways a free man at last; Anatomy of an acquittal; THE...
The Press;
April 26, 2008 ;
MARTIN, Yvonne;
787 words
......technology has given convicted rapist Aaron Farmer a get-out- of-jail card. YVONNE MARTIN reports. This long weekend Aaron Farmer is doing what he loves most, sleeping...as much distance as he can between Farmer, the man convicted of brutally raping...
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OUR RICHEST MAN\ CARL LINDNER IS BETTER KNOWN, BUT DICK FARMER IS RICHER...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);
February 27, 2004 ;
Newberry, Jon;
787 words
......Jon Newberry Post staff reporter Dick Farmer's life is a rags-to-riches story that...with rags. His grandfather Richard Doc Farmer, an out-of-work trapeze artist and one-ti...become Cintas Corp., which Richard Dick Farmer built into a $2.7 billion company that...
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Farmer's bumper crop Former UCLA player, coach feels he has Ramblers...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
January 8, 2000 ;
McDill, Kent;
787 words
......1963 NCAA basketball championship, Larry Farmer didn't notice. He was 11 years old and not yet playing basketball. The first time Farmer took interest in Loyola, he was a player...going to South Bend to beat Notre Dame, Farmer said. Farmer went on to coach at UCLA...
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer,A Man Who Would...
Journal of Haitian Studies;
April 1, 2005 ;
Schondelmeyer, Amanda;
787 words
......Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World. By Tracy...lower quality of medical care. Dr. Paul Farmer has taken it upon himself to rectify this...Kidder describes the life and work of Farmer, a Harvard trained physician and anthropologist...
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A CIVIL RIGHTS LEGEND, JAMES FARMER, DIES CORE FOUNDER HELPED SHAPE 1960S...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
July 10, 1999 ;
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...James Farmer, a principal founder of the Congress of...at Mary Washington Hospital. He was 79. Farmer had been in failing health for years, losing...sight and both his legs to severe diabetes. Farmer had taught at Mary Washington College since...
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DUKAKIS BANKS ON GOLDEN TOUCH OF FUND-RAISER FARMER SEEN AS A KEY FIGURE...
The Boston Globe;
January 11, 1987 ;
Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff;
787 words
...Robert Farmer, a political junkie with an uncanny knack...primary, money would be no problem, he says. Farmer is one of the reasons Dukakis is being...poker game of presidential politics, and Farmer is someone who can come up with it. Many...
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TOM FARMER, KWIK-FIT KING, ENJOYS RAPID RISE.
Automotive News;
May 10, 1999 ;
WERNLE, BRADFORD;
627 words
...Tom Farmer tried retirement once. At age 29, he sold his company, Farmer's Tyres and Accessories Supplies. He then took his...the working-class Leith district of Edinburgh. And Farmer became inspired by the operations of a company he saw...
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Civil rights leader Farmer dies
Charleston Gazette;
July 10, 1999 ;
587 words
...FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) - James S. Farmer, a civil rights pioneer who pushed for...Luther King Jr., died Friday. He was 79. Farmer, who had been in ill health in recent...spokesman for Mary Washington College where Farmer was a professor. No further details were...
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Loyola coach Farmer learned trade from the best
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;
February 22, 2004 ;
BRYAN BLOODWORTH;
787 words
...The older Larry Farmer gets, the more he realizes and appreciates...three years on the varsity from 1970-73, Farmer and his Bruin teammates posted an 89-1...until afterwards," said the 53-year-old Farmer. "The older I get and the more I talk...
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'60s civil rights giant James Farmer dies at 79 Former CORE leader was...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
July 10, 1999 ;
462 words
...James S. Farmer, who served alongside Martin Luther King...1950s and '60s, died Friday. He was 79. Farmer, who had been in ill health in recent...Hospital. No further details were available. Farmer had taught at Mary Washington College...
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Activist from '40s to receive honors James Farmer one of 15 to get Medal...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
January 15, 1998 ;
CYNTHIA M. HODNETT, The Associated Press contributed to this report.;
487 words
...When James Farmer receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom...relegated to the back pages of history, Farmer's role in the civil rights movement came...attend the ceremony today in Washington. Farmer will be among 15 people receiving the...
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Farmer back in home court
The Press;
June 15, 2002 ;
LONGLEY, Geoff;
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...Canterbury basketballer Gina Farmer is an unsung New Zealand sports professional. Farmer, 27, plies her trade largely unnoticed in eastern...Super 12 rugby player on her return to Hungary. Farmer, believed to be the only Tall Fern playing professionally...
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