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Hellcat bent for leather -- a navy flyboy's tale.
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Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
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October 10, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Japan Times. 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: Eric L. Due
Oct. 10--MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. -- From 26,000 feet he punched through a hole in the overcast over Tokyo early on a freezing Feb. 12, 1945, rolled into a roaring 60-degree dive and fired his rockets at a Mitsubishi engine plant.
As antiaircraft tracers whizzed around him, he leveled his Grumman F6F Hellcat off at rooftop level, hightailing it at 500 knots for the coast on a course plotted to get him and his formation back to their carrier, the USS Essex, waiting 500 km out in the Pacific at different coordinates from where Fighting Squadron 4, the "Red Rippers," took off. The predawn raid achieved total surprise.
The fighters' 5-inch rockets tore ...
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Farm Boy Brings its Recipe for Success to Central Ottawa; Local Grocer...
Canadian Corporate News;
November 15, 2006 ;
332 words
......CANADA, Nov 15, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), a locally owned retail grocer that specializes...jobs to the local market. This new opening brings Farm Boy's total to eight (8) Ottawa locations, with a 9th...
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Farm Boy Brings its Recipe for Success to Central Ottawa Local Grocer...
CCNMatthews Newswire;
November 15, 2006 ;
305 words
...OTTAWA, CANADA--(CCNMatthews - Nov. 15, 2006) - Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), a locally owned retail grocer that specializes...jobs to the local market. This new opening brings Farm Boy's total to eight (8) Ottawa locations, with a 9th...
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Robert Bourassa Joins the Farm Boy Team.
Canadian Corporate News;
March 9, 2006 ;
489 words
......ONTARIO, Mar 9, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), a locally owned retail grocer that specializes...the recently retired Cafe Henry Burger has joined Farm Boy. At Farm Boy we are very passionate about food and...
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Farm Boy Marks Opening of 10th Store in 25th Year With Special CHEO...
Canadian Corporate News;
June 14, 2007 ;
681 words
......ONTARIO, Jun 14, 2007 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), a locally owned food retailer specializing in quality...announcement. Councillor Marianne Wilkinson joined Farm Boy President Donny Milito to officiate the opening and...
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Media Advisory/Photo and Interview Opportunity: Farm Boy to Make Special...
Canadian Corporate News;
June 12, 2007 ;
206 words
......Jun 12, 2007 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Farm Boy Inc. Who: Mr. Donny Milito, President of Farm Boy Inc., Mr. Kevin Keohane, VP Development and...CHEO When: June 14, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. Where: Farm Boy's new store at Kanata Signature Centre, 499...
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Robert Bourassa Joins the Farm Boy Team
CCNMatthews Newswire;
March 9, 2006 ;
462 words
...OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - March 9, 2006) - Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), a locally owned retail grocer that specializes...the recently retired Cafe Henry Burger has joined Farm Boy. "At Farm Boy we are very passionate about food and...
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Farm Boy Marks Opening of 10th Store in 25th Year With Special CHEO...
CCNMatthews Newswire;
June 14, 2007 ;
652 words
...OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - June 14, 2007) - Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), a locally owned food retailer specializing in quality...announcement. Councillor Marianne Wilkinson joined Farm Boy President Donny Milito to officiate the opening and...
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Farm Boy Signs on as a Sponsor for the Cornwall Community Hospital...
Canadian Corporate News;
February 13, 2006 ;
407 words
......ONTARIO, Feb 13, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), one of the fastest and most successful grocers...Normand Bellemare, co-owner and board member for Farm Boy. After all, Farm Boy is a homegrown Cornwall enterprise...
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Obituary: Professor Mancur Olson
The Independent - London;
March 2, 1998 ;
Iain McLean;
787 words
...MANCUR OLSON was one of the most distinguished...emerge from autocracy. Mancur Olson was a farm boy from North Dakota, who retained...his social security number. Olson graduated from North Dakota...was an instant hit. Before Olson, political scientists had assumed...celebrated lobbying ...
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Farm Boy to Open Two New Locations in 2006: Customer Service and Fresh...
Canadian Corporate News;
January 6, 2006 ;
317 words
......ONTARIO, Jan 6, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), today announced plans to open a second new store...residents. The opening of the two new stores will bring Farm Boy's total to nine, eight in the Ottawa area and one...
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Farm Boy Inc.: Media Advisory.
Canadian Corporate News;
March 15, 2006 ;
211 words
......CANADA, Mar 15, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Farm Boy Inc. (Farm Boy), a locally owned retail grocer that specializes...Bell South Nepean Counselor Jan Harder will join Farm Boy owners Jean Louis, Normand, and Daniel Bellemare...
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