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  Oxford - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census).
Oxford is twinned with Bonn, Grenoble, Leiden, and León.
In the 10th century Oxford became an important military frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and was on several occasions raided by Danes.
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 Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oxford's Town Hall was built by Henry T. Hare, the foundation stone was laid on 6 July 1893 and opened by the future King Edward VII on 12 May 1897.
By this time Oxford was a city of two halves: the university city to the west of Magdalen Bridge (from where students traditionally jump into the River Cherwell every May Day morning) and the car town to the east.
Cowley suffered major job losses in the 1980s and 1990s during the decline of British Leyland, but is now producing the successful New MINI for BMW.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oxford   (1898 words)

  
 Alan Thornett - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Alan Thornett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Then a car worker in Oxford, Alan Thornett was recruited to Gerry Healy's Socialist Labour League in the early 1960s.
He helped to build a formidable support for Trotskyist ideas in the Cowley Oxford plant during the 1960s and early 1970s.
However, in 1973 he and most of the Cowley group were expelled from the SLL along with up to 500 other members of the SLL.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Alan-Thornett.html   (313 words)

  
 Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For other cities and other meanings, see Oxford (disambiguation).
Colin Dexter who wrote and set his Inspector Morse mystery novels in Oxford.
See Oxford Council election 2004 for further information.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/oxford   (1898 words)

  
 Geometry.Net - Sports: Real Tennis
Oxford, UK, has had a real tennis court since 1595 and on the current site since 1798.
The Oxford University Tennis Club is the home of "Real Tennis".
This is the original "royal" tennis (think Real as in Real Madrid, meaning 'regal') played in an indoor court with sloping surfaces, galleries, and other unusual features.
www5.geometry.net /detail/sports/real_tennis.html   (1200 words)

  
 Guide to Biblical Research
Kautzsch and A.E. Cowley (Oxford: Clarendon, 1966 etc. [latest reprint has expanded index]).
See the important study by James Barr Comparative philology and the Text of the Old Testament (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1968; recently reprinted by Eisenbrauns; VPL PJ4544 B37).
Never forget to examine the context of the passage you are studying; it might give it an entirely different meaning, and you will be embarrassed when this is pointed out to you.
www.sas.upenn.edu /~jtigay/guide.html   (3836 words)

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