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  Gable - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
GABLE, in architecture, the upper portion of a wall from the level of the eaves or gutter to the ridge of the roof.
In the middle ages the gable end was invariably parallel to the roof and was crowned by coping stones properly weathered on both sides to throw off the rain.
In the 16th century in England variety was given to the outline of the gable by a series of alternating semicircular and ogee curves.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Gable   (356 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Gable dominated as wrestler and coach
Gable rebounded and starred in international competition, climaxed by his winning a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics, where he didn't surrender a point in six matches.
Gable was born on Oct. 25, 1948 in the blue-collar town of Waterloo, Iowa.
Gable rallied from a 7-2 deficit to tie the match 8-8 in the third period before Owings re-established control and pulled off a 13-11 shocker.
espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Gable_Dan.html   (1365 words)

  
 Christopher Gable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
At the time of his death he was director of Northern Ballet Theatre, but he was probably better known to ballet lovers as the very promising young star of the Royal Ballet in the mid-1960s who created several roles in ballets by Ashton and Macmillan before leaving ballet to pursue a career in acting.
Gable was born in London in 1940 and studied at the Royal Ballet School, joining the touring section of the Royal Ballet in 1957, becoming first a soloist (1959), then principal (1961).
Gable was a very theatrical artistic director, building a repertory of highly dramatic works, and giving Northern Ballet Theatre a distinctive, and very popular, profile.
www.balletalert.com /dancers/DTW98/gable.htm   (311 words)

  
 Full Gable Bio
Gable also served as head coach of the World Team in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1994 and 1999, as well as 10 World Cup teams winning three team golds in World Cup competition.
Gable also coached the U.S. team to a bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and has led several all-star teams to Europe and the Soviet Union.
Gable was named to the U.S.A. Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1980, and to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1985.
www.dangable.com /dangablep2.html   (740 words)

  
 The Gable Rhododendrons - A talk by George Ring and Jane Goodrich
Gable also subscribed to several plant expeditions to China which provided seeds for his many trials of species.
It is important to note that Joe Gable developed a wide range of rhododendrons and azaleas, mostly using hardy species such as brachycarpum, maximum, catawbiense, and smirnowii for the broadleaf sorts.
We have also planned to add to the collection of Gable hybrids at the Margaret K. and John C. White Horticultural Center, a recent contribution to the Fairfax County Park Authority.
www.tjhsst.edu /~dhyatt/gabletalk.html   (1498 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for gable
Founded at the height of the Florida land boom, Coral Gables is a noted planned city, with tree-lined boulevards and Mediterranean-style buildings.
Although sometimes it appears in Renaissance design, as in the Certosa di Pavia, it is almost exclusively a medieval form, originating in the late Romanesque and becoming common in Gothic.
Gable Agency lands 18 accounts since beginning of year.
www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=gable   (709 words)

  
 Clark Gable
Gable was raised by his much adored stepmother Jennie Dunlap Gable who encouraged his interest in the arts and theater.
Clark Gable was half of some of the most sizzling screen teams in film history; whether he was billed as "The team that generates steam" with Lana Turner, his camaraderie with luminous Jean Harlow, fighting and loving sassy Joan Crawford, melting cool, elegant Grace Kelly or soothing lost, beautiful Marilyn Monroe.
Gable's post-war films were never to quite reach the zenith of his earlier ones, with the exception of Mogambo (1953) and The Misfits (1961).
www.classichollywoodbios.com /clarkgable.htm   (1411 words)

  
 Biography for Clark Gable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Gable's first screen test was made by director Mervyn LeRoy for Warner Bros. When studio head Jack L. Warner and production chief Darryl F. Zanuck saw the test they were furious at LeRoy for wasting their money on that big "ape" with those "huge floppy ears".
Gable, "The King", was ranked in the top four of Box Office stars every year from 1934 to 1939 (the "Golden Age" of Hollywood), ranking #2 in 1934 and 1936 through 1938, inclusive, when he was topped by Shirley Temple.
Gable exploded onto the screen in a dozen 1931 releases, in small parts at first, but he was an established star by the end of the year.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0000022/bio   (3382 words)

  
 Gable Bracing
Gable end roofs are more susceptible to damage by high winds than hip roofs or flat roofs.
If the framing of the gable end and the rest of the roof is not adequately braced to resist the wind, the roof can fail.
Roof failures, especially in unbraced gable roofs, are a common cause of major damage to houses and their contents in high winds.
www.fairharbor.com /home_const_wind.htm   (520 words)

  
 Gable Events UK - It's a Knockout, Corporate Entertainment Activities and Fundraising Events
Gable Events standard it’s a knockout package includes eight games and all that is needed for a successful and highly memorable event.
Gable Events dragon boat racing package is fully comprehensive leaving clients with nothing to do except supply the participants and enjoy themselves.
Gable Events human table football is also very popular with charities as a proven and successful fundraising event - visit Human Table Football.
www.gable-events.co.uk   (738 words)

  
 Clark Gable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clark Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio, on February 1, 1901 to William H. Gable, an oil-well driller and Adeline Hershelman, a prospector.
Gable had German ancestry from both sides of his family tree; his maternal grandfather, John Hershelman, was German, as were Gable's paternal great-great-grandparents, Johan Frankenfield and Catharine Haupt.
Upon hearing the news, Gable flew to the scene and had to be forcibly restrained from climbing the snowcapped mountain himself in an effort to rescue her.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clark_Gable   (2343 words)

  
 Clark Gable at Reel Classics
One of Hollywood's most popular leading men of the 1930s and '40s, Clark Gable was nominated for three Best Actor Oscars over the course of his career and even became the first actor ever to win an Academy Award for a comedy performance when he won for IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934).
Gable with Jean Harlow in MGM's RED DUST (1932), a steamy romance set on an Indochina rubber plantation.
A poster from IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934), the film for which Gable took home the only Best Actor statuette of his career and was the first movie in cinema history to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress (Claudette Colbert), Best Director (Frank Capra) and Best Screenplay (Robert Riskin).
www.reelclassics.com /Actors/Gable/gable.htm   (355 words)

  
 Clark Gable- vintage articles
Gable seemed satisfied to do so, but his strongly patriotic wife suggested that he enlist in the army and earn a commission.
Instead of forwarding the telegrams to Gable, MGM advised Arnold that he was in mourning and unavailable.
Gable returned from hunting to roam the ranch, bathed in memories of Lombard.
www.geocities.com /cactus_st/article/article143.html   (1155 words)

  
 creativepro.com - Gene Gable - Creativepro.com Authors
Gable served on the operational boards of International Data Group's PCWorld and PC Games magazines and was earlier publisher of Sporting Times magazine.
Gable has spoken at events around the world and currently serves as chair for the automated-publishing track at the Gilbane Conference on Content Management.
In this installment, Gene Gable looks back to a time before outdoor cooking was referred to as "grilling." Along the way, he wonders why so many men are obsessed with the size of their Weber.
www.creativepro.com /author/home/1939.html   (4333 words)

  
 Gable
Although we were told by our vet that Gable was a three month old Cockapoo who would grow to 20-25 lbs., we were told by several groomers and enthusiasts that he was definitely a PWD.
Gable has been a delight and he has convinced us that we should always have a PWD in our lives.
Gable underwent surgery in November to remove his spleen and 2/3 of his bladder.
lairds.org /Kyler/old_Purdue/Kyler/family/Gable   (700 words)

  
 Carl W. Gable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Lowman, J.P., King, S.D., and C.W. Gable, The role of the heating mode of the mantle in intermittent reorganisation of the plate velocity field, Geophys.
Viswanathan H.S., B.A. Robinson, C.W. Gable, J.W. Carey, A geostatistical modeling study of the effect of heterogeneity on radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone, Yucca Mountain, J. Contaminant Hydrology, 62-63, 319-336, 2003, LA-UR-02-2085, doi:10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00162-6.
Gable, C. O'Connell and B. Travis, "Convection in three dimensions with surface plates: Generation of toroidal flow," J. Geophys.
ees-www.lanl.gov /EES5/bio_ees5/Gable.html   (821 words)

  
 SPN Professional Profile: Shelly Gable
Gable, S. L., & Nezlek, J. Level and instability of day to day psychological well-being and risk for depression.
Gable, S. L., & Reis, H. Now and then, them and us, this and that: Studying relationships across time, partner, context, and person.
Gable, S. L., Reis, H. T., & Downey, G. He said, she said: A quasi-signal detection analysis of spouses’ perceptions of everyday interactions.
shelly.gable.socialpsychology.org   (289 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Clark Gable: A Biography: Books: Warren G. Harris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Gable's father considered acting a "sissy occupation," and throughout his life seemingly in reaction, Gable exuded a palpable machismo - often to the detriment of relationship with co-stars.
She and Gable were perfectly matched; though it would take several years from the first meeting for the sparks to ignite.
Gable was devastated by her death, commenting, "Let's face it; there's a hole in me now that will never be filled up." Indeed, this book illustrates how Gable lost his interest in much of life after Carole died.
www.amazon.com /Clark-Gable-Biography-Warren-Harris/dp/0609604953   (2766 words)

  
 gable - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Gable, (William) Clark (1901-1960), American motion-picture actor, best known for his portrayal of Rhett Butler in the film Gone with the Wind.
Gable, Dan, born in 1948, American wrestler, who won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.
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encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=gable   (183 words)

  
 Tudor Gable: Illustrated Step by Step Instructions
I found that this made a more flexible hat that conformed better to the shape of the head (that is, it doesn't feel like you are balancing a box on your head) and didn't jut out over the forehead.
For the first, (Figure 1), the wire was bent into the gable shape, then bent at 90 degrees and 90 degrees again, then bent in the gable shape again.
Also, the lack of any framing for the back portion of the hat may mean that the front gable portion was the only portion with an inner frame structure.
www.uvm.edu /~hag/sca/tudor/gableinst.html   (2262 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gable and Lombard: DVD: James Brolin,Jill Clayburgh,Allen Garfield,Red Buttons,Joanne Linville,Melanie ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It was the 1930's and Clark Gable was known as the "King" and Carole Lombard was the highest paid actress and known as the "Queen" of the screwball comedy (or the fl comedy - a bizarre style of comedy that evolved from the Depression.
Gable was handsome, talented, mans man, had married older domineering women and a wild partying womanizer.
Badly miscast, Lombard comes off as a shrill, foul-mouthed (while she had the vocabulary of a sailor, Gable once said "it was music coming from her.")shallow wench and Gable is portrayed as a dimwit.
www.amazon.com /Gable-Lombard-James-Brolin/dp/B0001CNRA2   (1938 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Actors (The Shirt off His Back)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Gable, in what was then considered a racy scene with Claudette Colbert, took his shirt off to reveal a bare chest.
  The tale about Clark Gable and the demise of the men's undershirt industry is another example of how easily a piece of information can become an accepted "fact" whose validity is never questioned despite any real evidence that it is indeed true.
A 75% drop in sales would mean that a shirtless Clark Gable had to have influenced (directly or indirectly) far more than just the usual group of young urbanites who form the target audience typically receptive to fads.
www.snopes.com /movies/actors/gable.htm   (736 words)

  
 Clark Gable -- King of Hollywood
Gable as Harry Patterson in Adventure willing his infant son to live.
Gable as Eddie Hall in Hold Your Man pleading with the minister to marry Ruby and him.
Gable in dark glasses, obviously in pain, after losing wife Carole Lombard in a plane crash.
www.meredy.com /gable   (432 words)

  
 ClarkGable.com - Clark Gable, Clark Gable Biography, Clark Gable Pictures, Clark Gable Photos, Clark Gable Movies
William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio.
When Clark was seven months old his mother died suddenly and Clark was left in the care of his grandparents until the age of two at which time his father remarried and moved the family to Hopedale, Ohio.
Three weeks later Gable knew that he had made a mistake and in 1951 after eighteen months of marriage they parted ways.
www.clarkgable.com   (1510 words)

  
 Clark Gable
With the flourishing of sound films, Gable joined the new generation of movie actors who made the move from New York to Hollywood in the early 30s.
Gable --You Made Me Love You" in BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938 and Mickey Rooney doing Gable impressions in BABES IN ARMS, 1939) Clark Gable remained King of the Hollywood box office throughout the decade, culminating in his highly publicized and memorable performance in GONE WITH THE WIND.
Gable's reign at the top of Hollywood stardom in 1939 was enhanced by his storybook romance and marriage to actress Carole Lombard.
theoscarsite.com /whoswho/gable_c.htm   (696 words)

  
 Clark Gable Biography & Pictures
In 1934, Gable won the Oscar for role in It Happened One Night (1934) with Claudette Colbert.
Gable, whose full name was William Clark Gable, was born in Cadiz, Ohio.
Clark Gable also served as an aerial gunner in the Army Air Forces from 1942 through 1944 during World War II.
members.tripod.com /Muendy/clark.html   (132 words)

  
 Gable
gable roof is the simplest type of sloping roof to build
for siding and sheathing at the gable ends of the roof.
All common rafters for a gable roof are the same
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 Clark Gable Posters
Gable even awkwardly sings and dances his way through a version of "Puttin' on the Ritz" that will forever be linked in my mind with Peter Boyle's Young Frankenstein performance of the same number.
Personally, I liked Gable best as a newspaper man. Tough, worldly, and fair, with a great sense of humor and an eye for the ladies, Gable in the newsroom worked for me. He was reporter in It Happened One Night and Love on the Run, a journalist in
Married five times, Gable's most glittering union was with actress Carole Lombard which ended with the tragic plane crash that took her life.
www.filmsondisc.com /posterarchive/gable.htm   (1029 words)

  
 Gable Reunion - Descendants of Solomon and Elizabeth (Pe[a]rson) Gable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Gable Reunion - Descendants of Solomon and Elizabeth (Pe[a]rson) Gable
Each year on the first Sunday in August, those descending from Solomon and Elizabeth gather at the Schlicher family farm in Corning, Pennsylvania and celebrate the over 450 people and seven generations this line represents.
In no way may the website information, graphics, artwork, photos, code, etc., be copied, edited or re-distributed in any way (via electronic, hardcopy or unknown amazing technological means) without my knowledge or written consent.
www.gablereunion.com   (183 words)

  
 Clark Gable
For nearly thirty years, Clark Gable was "the King" of Hollywood.
Female fans swooned, male admirers were made envious of his unaffected masculinity.
The play is set on the Nevada location of Gable's last picture, The Misfits.
pw1.netcom.com /~druxy/Gable.htm   (83 words)

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