This week, the Republican National Committee will have its Winter Meeting in North Carolina.

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During the Aqueduct winter meeting, horses started breaking down, a lot of them, many more than usual.

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Both have signed on to participate in the Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service, an initiative launched last month at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting.

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The race card at each meeting features flat racing, winter-style trotting and the local speciality, skijoring -- an awkward combination of horse, human and skis which is a clear crowd favorite.

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"Whereas if you are born in the year of the Bull, born in winter, these people need to be out front meeting people and being aggressive, " he adds.

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The course for the Coral Welsh National covers almost three-and three-quarter miles, and the meeting is one of the most eagerly anticipated races of the winter race season.

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Back in winter of 2001, it was Turner who first stated publicly at a board meeting that Levin should step down, after the merger between America Online and Time Warner proved disastrous.

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For their NPR visit, Kitka director Shira Cion and the group put together a winter solstice program, which included the haunting and droning "Byla Cesta, " a Moravian carol about a chance meeting on a path between St.

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