He visited Long Bow often, admiring the new cement mill and the coking plant and ploughing his own savings into local projects.

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But if something completely fails, as long as we bow out gracefully, pay off all our debts and nobody gets hurt, then I don't think people disrespect Virgin for trying.

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The mile-long route takes in Bow Bridge, which is decorated with Richard's coat of arms and features a white boar.

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In 1511 the requirement was expanded by "An Act concerning Shooting in Long Bows, " even though by then the importance of the bow was declining.

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Charles Royce , for instance, was not long ago the butt of jokes, with his old-fashioned bow tie and his old-fashioned focus on solid companies with good track records (FORBES, Apr. 29).

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That said, I have spoken to big investors, who tell me that they were generally impressed with his performance before he was forced to bow out - and would be happy to have him back, so long as he works in a way that doesn't burn himself out.

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TARA's founders, raves about a recent find in the Tassili n'Ajjer range: an anatomically perfect four-metre-long carving of a hippo hunted by an Egyptian-looking figure with a superbly sinuous bow.

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