THE GREEN FLAG
When Jack Conolly, of the Irish Shotgun Brigade, the
Rory of the Hills Inner Circle, and the extreme left
wing of the Land League, was incontinently shot by
Sergeant Murdoch of the cons...
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Biography EssayIt is difficult to imagine the shape which detective fiction might have taken had it not been for the creation by Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle took a form of ficti...
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The British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is best remembered as the creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 22, 1859, int...
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"I remarked to my mother with precocious wisdom that it was easy to get people into scrapes," Arthur Conan Doyle wrote in his autobiography, Memories and Adventures, "but not so easy to get them out a...
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Of all the manifold literary achievements of the Victorian age, the most important and enduring may very well turn out to be those traditionally regarded as mere entertainment, as "light" and popular ...
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It is difficult to imagine the shape which detective fiction might have taken had it not been for the creation by Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle took a form of fiction which had be...
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Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his short stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes, whom Jon L. Lellenberg describes in The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Thirteen Biographies in Search of a L...
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is better known for his detective, Sherlock Holmes, than for his stories and novels of fantasy and science fiction, but his contributions to these other genres were formidable. ...
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Aric Almirola outran Jason Leffler on Friday to grab his second NASCAR Busch Series pole in his 10th attempt _ and this time he'll race, too. The 22-year-old Hispanic driver won his first pole last...
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Where was the yellow flag? NASCAR's rules dictate that the field order is frozen the moment the yellow flag flies and the caution lights come on around the track. On Sunday, in the key moment of th...
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Bobby Labonte pushed teammate Tony Stewart to the lead, then won with a dramatic pass in the last 200 yards Saturday in the NASCAR Busch Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.Labonte, a Nextel Cup...
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Carl Edwards raced to his second consecutive NASCAR Busch Series victory, easily winning the Pepsi 300 in chilly conditions Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway to extend his lead in the season stan...
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With only 16 days between her first laps in an Indy car and her first open-wheel race, Milka Duno had better learn fast. Duno prides herself on being a quick study. After all, she earned three of h...
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Tony Kanaan was in first place Sunday when the Indianapolis 500 was restarted after a rain delay of about three hours.Kanaan was locked into the lead when a crash brought out the yellow caution jus...
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Justin Wilson admits he's going to have to pay a bit more attention now that Champ Car has adopted the standing start. "I saw the lights go out and I thought, 'I'm meant to do something now,'" he j...
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Waking up with a nasty cold was the last thing Marco Andretti needed as he tried to snap out of his sophomore slump.The 2006 IndyCar Series rookie of the year, who had been knocked out of five stra...
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Kevin Harvick is still upset with good friend Tony Stewart, who ran into him in the closing laps at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and ruined what should have been a second-place finish."He's called. ...
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One of Pakistan's top opposition leaders was released to the raucous cheers of supporters Saturday after four years in prison and immediately vowed to resume his campaign against President Gen. Per...
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