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Howe 1. Elias. 1819--67, US inventor of the sewing machine (1846) 2. Gordon, known as Gordie. born 1928, US ice-hockey player, who scored a record 1071 goals in a professional career lasting 32 years. 3. Howe of Aberavon, Baron, title of (Richard Edward) Geoffrey Howe. born 1926, British Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1979--83); foreign secretary (1983--89); deputy prime minister (1989--90) 4. Richard, 4th Viscount Howe. 1726--99, British admiral: served (1776--78) in the War of American Independence and commanded the Channel fleet against France, winning the Battle of the Glorious First of June (1794) 5. his brother, William, 5th Viscount Howe. 1729--1814, British general; commander in chief (1776--78) of British forces in the War of American Independence How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Hockey and Canadian, GORDIE HOWE, on his NHL cohorts south of the border: "American professional athletes are bilingual. After all, this modest and relatively small province (at least in terms of population) has delivered to Canada such diversified, bedrock, even monumental people and ideas as Tommy Douglas, Gordie Howe, Joni Mitchell and medicare, to name but a few. Other sports memorabilia include boxing gloves from, among others, Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson; from the NFL, jerseys from Frank Gifford, Montana, OJ Simpson, Bart Starr and Emmit Smith; hockey pucks from Gordie Howe, Stan Mikita, Jaromir Jagr and Wayne Gretzky and nearly 100 posters of athletes and sports-related movies. |
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