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It was the same guitar I had seen Alexis Korner playing, a double-cutaway semi-acoustic Kay, which at the time was a quite advanced instrument, although essentially, as I later learned, it was still only a copy of the best guitar of the day, the Gibson ES-335.
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Double Olympic gold medallist Nicolas Massu reached the semi-finals with a 6-2 7-6 win over Bohdan Ulihrach.
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As a case in point, 400 meter dash sprinter Oscar Pistorius inspired millions by making it all the way to the Olympic semi-finals to run his greatest race as a double amputee.
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Annie Vernon and Anna Bebington also moved to the semi-final after finishing second in the women's double sculls behind the Chinese crew.
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In London he made history by becoming the first double-amputee to run in the Olympics, making the semi-final of the 400m.
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At London 2012, he made history by becoming the first double amputee to run in an Olympic Games, progressing to the semi-finals of the 400m, Just a few weeks later, he added two more Paralympic golds to his growing list of accolades.
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Wales flanker Williams and international team-mate centre Shanklin are double Grand Slam winners and helped inspire the Blues to the Heineken Cup semi-finals in 2009 and Amlin Cup Challenge trophy in 2010.
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Helen Casey and Jen Goldsack came fifth in the women's lightweight double while Paul Mattick and Daniel Harte were fourth in the lightweight group B semi.
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Or, check out the HUGE weighting semi-passive fund company DFA suggests to their expensive real estate and foreign funds where they earn double the fees (or more) of other funds they manage.
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But the South African has a reputation for keeping his nerve, most notably when he bowled a match-winning double-wicket maiden for Worcestershire to beat Lancashire in the 2003 C and G Trophy semi-final.
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