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Bragg

1. Billy. born 1957, British rock singer and songwriter, noted for his political protest songs; recordings include Between the Wars (1985), Workers' Playtime (1988), Mermaid Avenue (1998), and England, Half English (2002)

2. Melvyn, Baron. born 1939, British novelist, broadcaster, and television executive; presenter of The South Bank Show since 1978

3. Sir William Henry , 1862--1942, British physicist, who shared a Nobel prize for physics (1915) with his son, for their study of crystal structures by means of X-rays

4. his son, Sir (William) Lawrence, 1890--1971, British physicist

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Bragg, who has been with the village for nearly nine years, also can receive cash in lieu of unused vacation time for up to 10 days above what was accumulated the previous year.

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The intended drop point for the Humvee was at Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, McCollum said.

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Celsi, Bragg and Maitland were raised by garden gnomes in Flouncebaaten, a tiny hamlet just north of Middle Earth.

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Bragg was only able to play a handful of County Championship matches in 2017 due to illness, but did enjoy a successful Royal London One-Day Cup campaign after registering a career-best 94 against the Kent Spitfires at Swansea.

Bragg calls time on Glamorgan career

"We'd kind of been stuck in that spot where we were going to be right behind Lowell every year," Bragg said.

Lowell wants to take back the league title

Australian-born physicist William Lawrence Bragg was but twenty-five years of age when, in 1915, he and his father received the Nobel Prize for their pioneering work in X-ray crystallography.

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Lord Bragg, former host of TV's South Bank Show, branded the closure of the museum "depressing".

Another kick in the teeth

The BBC Two documentary, by Baftawinning producer and director Olivia Lichtenstein, sees Lord Bragg's childhood friends recall him as a diligent, highachieving boy, the only son of factory worker parents in the market town of Wigton.

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