The Man They Couldn't Gag |
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... girls play the point again . That did it . Christine lost the point and then double - faulted to lose the vital lead . The only crumb of comfort was that if Christine had to lose then the girl from Devon who had really dedicated her ...
... girls play the point again . That did it . Christine lost the point and then double - faulted to lose the vital lead . The only crumb of comfort was that if Christine had to lose then the girl from Devon who had really dedicated her ...
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... girl of that era - Mary Rand in her ' special ' event , the long jump . On a sodden , soggy day in Tokyo , the golden girl of British sport , from ten o'clock in the morning until five in the late afternoon , dominated the women long ...
... girl of that era - Mary Rand in her ' special ' event , the long jump . On a sodden , soggy day in Tokyo , the golden girl of British sport , from ten o'clock in the morning until five in the late afternoon , dominated the women long ...
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... girl seemed almost to come to a dead halt in the home straight as she ran into an invisible ' wall ' of wind – through which the more experienced Miss Cuthbert plunged , ducking her head into it so that she minimized its effect on her ...
... girl seemed almost to come to a dead halt in the home straight as she ran into an invisible ' wall ' of wind – through which the more experienced Miss Cuthbert plunged , ducking her head into it so that she minimized its effect on her ...
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Sometimes it was the Street of Misadventure until 1935 | 17 |
Mirror Mirror on the Ball 19357 | 31 |
The End of the Beginning 193840 | 52 |
Copyright | |
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