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	CollegeHoopsnet.com - Patriot League Finals Preview
		A balanced attack characterized the Eagles’ preliminary round weekend, as first-team all-league point guard Andres Rodriguez poured in 16 against Army, leading Jason Thomas (13), Patriot League Rookie of the Year Andre Ingram (13), and Jernavis Draughn (10) in double figures.
		Sunday’s Patriot League Semifinal against fourth-seeded Bucknell (14-15) was, surprisingly, a much easier affair for the Mountain Hawks, who took the game 60-45.
		It seemed to matter little in the early going that Lehigh was the club with the number one seed, an all-league point guard (Rowland), all-rookie team shooting guard (Jose Olivero), and league coach of the year (Billy Taylor).
	www.collegehoopsnet.com /Patriot/031004.htm (1301 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union
		that the City of Point Arena calls upon private citizens and organizations, including residents, employers, educators, and business owners, to inform the City Clerk of Point Arena-to the extent legally possible-of any instance occurring in the City of Point Arena of information gathering or requested records under the provisions of the USA Patriot Act; and
		that the City of Point Arena calls on our United States Representatives and Senators to monitor the implementation of the Act and Orders cited herein and actively work for the repeal of the Act and those Orders that violate fundamental rights and liberties as stated in the United States Constitution and its Amendments.
		that the City Council of Point Arena affirms its strong opposition to terrorism, but also affirms that any efforts to combat terrorism not be waged at the expense of the fundamental civil rights and liberties of the people of Point Arena, the United States and other countries; and
	www.aclu.org /SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11858&c=207 (791 words)

	LMS Timeline
		At this point LMS locomotives have tended to be underpowered, a policy inherited mainly from the Midland Railway, resulting in expresses often being double-headed.
		William Stanier is appointed CME of the LMS.
		At this point the LMS is operating 6,870 route miles of line (excluding its Irish interests), but like the other members of the "Big Four" it is not making significant profits.
	www.forestofdeanrailways.info /lms/timeline.htm (1084 words)

	PlanetCNC - A Member of the GameSpy Network
		The USA Patriot fires in volleys; this has introduced the slight bug of giving the defense systems unusually large range should all in-range targets be destroyed before the volley is finished.
		The range on the USA Patriot defense system seems a little strange.
		Units that have a weapon gain experience points from killing enemy units.
	www.planetcnc.com /generals/help/faq.shtml (3070 words)

	MIM-104 Patriot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Patriots are deployed around Israel's nuclear reactor and nuclear weapons assembly point at Dimona.
		The MIM-104 Patriot missile was conceived in the 1960s, in development since 1976 for anti-aircraft use, and was deployed in 1984.
		The Patriot missile battery at Dharan had been in operation for 100 hours, after which time the clock had drifted by one third of a second, equivalent to a position error of 600 meters.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/MIM-104_Patriot (1969 words)

	Boston Athletic Association
		The events of more than two centuries ago in April 1775, now commemorated as the Patriots' Day holiday in Massachusetts and Maine, marked a turning point in the long struggle between England and her American colonies.
		For New Englanders, Patriots' Day remains the quintessential observance: the anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with skirmishes between British troops and the Minute Men of Concord and Lexington, Massachusetts, and preceded by Paul Revere's famous Midnight Ride.
		Originally celebrated on April 19, Patriots' Day was moved to the third Monday of April in 1969.
	www.bostonmarathon.org /BostonMarathon/PatriotsDay.asp (396 words)

	Patrick Henry
		Henry's call to arms was carried over the protests of more conservative patriots and was one of the causes of the order for Lord Dunmore, the royal governor, to remove some gunpowder from the Magazine.
		A symbol of America's struggle for liberty and self-government, Patrick Henry was a lawyer, patriot, orator, and willing participant in virtually every aspect of the founding of America.
		Henry served in the Virginia House of Burgesses; he was a member of the Virginia committee of Correspondence, a delegate to the Virginia Convention, and a delegate to the Virginia Constitution Ratification Convention.
	www.history.org /Almanack/people/bios/biohen.cfm (396 words)

	Vermont Forts
		A British fort was here during the American Revolution, and was briefly held by Patriot forces in 1775.
		The fort was built by the Massachussetts colonial militia.
		The town later used the abandoned fort as a storehouse and as a meeting house until 1790.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/vt.html (684 words)

	Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot
		The ECS is the central control agency for all missiles of a Patriot unit, and automatically coordinates the assignment of missiles to identified targets, and the launches of the individual missiles.
		The MIM-104 Patriot is the most advanced medium/long-range surface-to-air missile in current operational U.S. Army inventory, and is the only SAM to have intercepted ballistic missiles in combat.
		At the interception point, the missile's warhead is detonated by a radar-proximity fuze.
	www.designation-systems.net /dusrm/m-104.html (1632 words)

	911 Declared a National Day of Mourning, September 11,Patriot Day, Sept. 11, Flag Ettiquette
		Patriotism is defined differently depending on your point of view.
		On Patriot Day The Flag should be flown at half mast from sunrise to sunset.
		911 Declared a National Day of Mourning, September 11,Patriot Day, Sept. 11, Flag Ettiquette
	www.anchorflagpole.com /911.htm (273 words)

	Crusaders Face Bucknell In Patriot League Title Game :: Holy Cross looking for fourth league championship in the last five years.
		Simmons is coming off a strong freshman season in which he was named to the 2003-2004 Patriot League All-Rookie team, after averaging 8.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, and leading the Patriot League in three-point field goal percentage (.458, 33 of 72).
		In the history of the Patriot League, Holy Cross is the only school to defeat the No. 1 seed on its home court in the championship game (in 1993 and 2002).
		This marks only the third time in Patriot League history that a team has won 13 conference games, as the feat was previously accomplished by Bucknell in 1992-1993 (13-1) and Holy Cross in 2002-2003 (13-1).
	goholycross.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030805aaa.html (5491 words)

	Baseball Crank: Patriot Games Archives
		At some point during the game, a pitching coach went to the mound and all Mike could muster was “when’s baseball gonna do away with the satin jackets?” Yankees fans always focused on the important details.
		Sure the game was exciting, but everyone in the room was more concerned with what they had or hadn’t packed, what the conditions would be like and how hard it would be to say goodbye to normal life for a year.
		The game was on TV during our mission planning, but it was only the 2nd or 3rd inning when we walked out to the aircraft.
	baseballcrank.com /archives2/patriot_games/index.php (12566 words)

	USATODAY.com - Colts set to tee it up again as Patriot games loom
		In the passing game, it was often even worse throughout last season as breakdowns kept some games closer than need be with a 522-point offense in tow.
		And they are the only team in the league to win 12 games in each of the last two seasons but have title dreams short-circuited both times by the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, the MIT of the NFL.
		But there is no discernable chatter in the Colts camp about the Patriots being "ripe to be picked" — the pregame choice of words from kicker Mike Vanderjagt that backfired in the last playoffs.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/football/nfl/colts/2005-08-16-cover_x.htm?csp=36 (1796 words)

	G.I. Joe Comics Home Page: Mini Comics
		The Alley-Vipers obviously want the Patriot, but make light of the situation by telling Roadblock that they're part of the show, that without Cobra, G.I. Joe is useless, which is hauntingly true.
		On the patriot, Duke, Lady Jaye, and Flint assess the situation.
		Summary: At a parade, the Joes Roadblock and Hawk are celebrating aboard the Patriot, while other Joes ride the Fort America.
	www.myuselessknowledge.com /joe/mini.html (928 words)

	MIM-104 Patriot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of 2002, Israel currently uses the Patriot as part of a two-tier anti-ballistic missile defense system, with the Arrow missile in the role of high-altitude interceptor and the Patriot for point defense.
		The MIM-104 Patriot missile was conceived in the 1960s, in development since 1976 for anti-aircraft use, and was deployed in 1984.
		The missiles are carried in batches of four in a M-901 container; transport is provided by a M-860 semi-trailer towed by a hemmit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriot_missile_system (1896 words)

	Desert Combat Forums
		I think that the Patriot was a good idea that was nerfed to make it seem different from the SA-3.Difference is good, but there's no point if the tool is rendered worthless.
		Let me tell you about the patriot missile defense system, its the LAST line of defense, the very LAST, before they shoot um off they throw rocks at the missiles to try to knock um off course.
		Currently, the Patriot is pretty useless at defending, and only good at killing planes away from the base.
	www.forumplanet.com /planetbattlefield/desertcombat/topic.asp?fid=6548&tid=1579493 (956 words)

	HISTORICAL TACTICAL MODELS FOR THE AMERICAN PATRIOT RESISTANCE
		He was shot up to the point that he lost use of one arm, but escaped back to friendly lines by low-crawling through the snow.
		One Finn jumped on a horse and rode to the next town, borrowed another unit's WWI artillery piece, hitched it to the horse and towed it to the battle where he used it to knock out the tank.
		The Finns would concentrate their direct and indirect fire on one single position in the Russian perimeter at a time, then breach in force and take the Reds in the rear and from the side.
	www.colddeadhands.addr.com /tactics/histmod/histmod.htm (956 words)

	Encyclopedia: Patriot missile defense
		In 2002, Israel currently uses the Patriot as part of a two-tier anti-ballistic missile defense system, with the Arrow missile in the role of high-altitude interceptor and the Patriot for point defense.
		When the Iraqi missiles did find targets the results were catastrophic, as when a missile hit a barracks in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, on February 25, 1991, after a failed intercept by a Patriot missile, killing 28 soldiers from the US Army's 14th Quartermaster Detachment.
		The Patriot missile battery at Dharan had been in operation for 100 hours, after which time the clock had drifted by one third of a second, equivalent to a position error of 600m.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Patriot-missile-defense (1146 words)

	Patriot’s Day
		“Patriot’s Day” is not one of our more famous holidays--I don’t think anyone outside of Massachusetts ane Maine celebrate it at all.
		But it was the point at which the colonial militia showed their bravery; when the shots were fired, the people of the colonies must have been doing so solely out of principle.
		136 people killed; no BATF were on site, however, as they’d taken an unannounced day off.
	www.hoboes.com /html/Politics/Patriot.html (408 words)

	Fringe: Christian Carnival Archives
		To enter, your post should be of a Christian nature, but this does not exclude ones that are political (or otherwise) in nature from a Christian point of view.
		Christian Carnival - Patriot Paradox II The Christian Carnival is up at Patriot Paradox.
		Christian Carnival 41 is up at From the Anchor Hold.
	www.fringeblog.com /archives/categories/christian_carnival (1805 words)

	Evaluation of U.S. Army Assessment of Patriot Antitactical Missile Effectiveness in the War Against Iraq
		Q: There were some sightings of at least one Patriot that appeared to leave its point and go at a very low altitude horizontally for about a mile and a half, where there in now a large crater and a large building There are a number of Saudi authorities there.
		Patriot's effectiveness against Iraqi Scud missiles is an important part of the policy debate over the future of U.S. strategic and theater missile defense programs.
		Besides the issue of Patriot missiles destroying Scud warheads, other system performance questions include, for example, why the system failed to launch missiles when operators wanted, why the system launched automatically against false targets, why Patriot missiles launched and plunged into the ground soon thereafter, and why software adjustments were needed throughout the war.
	www.fas.org /spp/starwars/congress/1992_h/h920407h.htm (19709 words)

	‘Patriot Games’ (R)
		Given the creative recession in the movies, you could do worse than sit through "Patriot Games." If this would-be blockbuster slavishly follows summer movie guidelines, it does so well -- or adequately.
		With the knowing assistance of scriptwriters Donald Stewart (who did Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October") and W. Peter Illif (creator of the ridiculously formulaic "Point Break"), "Games" accomplishes its high-stakes mission.
		Neither poisonous nor great, it never loses sight of its mall-movie mandate, to defend American hearth and home against invincible boy-toy bogymen.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/patriotgamesrhowe_a0aed9.htm (488 words)

	The Japan Times Online
		The report says missile defense systems, particularly the Patriot PAC-3 and sea-based systems to be deployed on Aegis ships, are now technically feasible.
		Facing a perceived threat of a missile attack from North Korea, the government has shown increasing interest in the Patriot PAC-3 and sea-based missile defense systems.
		The Diet's enactment in June of war contingency legislation, which defined the basic response to a possible foreign attack, was a "historic turning point in Japan's security policy," according to the white paper.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030806a2.htm (416 words)

	BasketballBoards.net - 2004 Patriot League All-Conference
		Lehigh was only 6-5 at that point, but after watching them, despite losing by 26, I thought they could be a solid team in the Patriot.
		Glad to see they are 19-10 now and have a chance to win the Patriot tournament as well as the regular season title.
		Maybe the Patriot League will get a 15th seeding this season if Lehigh should win.
	www.basketballboards.net /forum/showthread.php?t=82360 (141 words)

	Blue Hens Fly into Patriot Center, Smother Mason
		The Mason women’s basketball team dropped their contest against Delaware at the Patriot Center Thursday night.
		The George Mason women’s basketball team dropped their contest against the University of Delaware, 68-40, at the Patriot Center Thursday night.
		Mason performed well in the first half keeping the favored Blue Hens within one point as the half acme to a close.
	mason.gmu.edu /~chendri3/bluehensflyintopatriotcentersmothermason (657 words)

	Belliveau Blog: Controversial Duran Duran at the Patriot Center
		Indeed, my sister and I rolled out of D.C. to what she calls "Farfax" to George Mason University's Patriot Center amid cherry blossoms and a perfect evening.
		Controversy appears to be building over political comments by Duran Duran lead singer Simon le Bon at the group's performance Friday at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va.
		Not to worry though -- DD at this point is far more than a revival band, and we soon figured out where the fans were.
	www.beaumonde.net /weblog/archives/2005/04/controversial_duran_duran_at_the_patriot_center.html (2407 words)

	John Conyers, Jr. -- Patriot Act Action Center
		When Congress passed the Patriot Act immediately following 9/11, we warned that the definition of terrorism was so broad that it could sweep in benign groups who were simply using tools of civil disobedience to make a political point, or even unions engaged in picketing.
		There has clearly been widespread abuse using the Patriot Act and the rights and liberties of innocent Americans are what has been lost.Please use this site to learn more about the Act and use the Action Center to help us in Congress fight this bill.
		Renewal of the Patriot Act has begun its final legislative consideration in a conference committee between House and Senate conferees.
	johnconyers.com /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={14EAC3BF-027A-42AA-B423-81D3D3EE7E57} (724 words)

	Aerospace Daily STORY
		Israel plans a two-tier defense system, with the first tier consisting of Patriot missiles and the second tier being Arrow missiles.
		The Arrow missile defense system, a joint U.S-Israeli venture, for the first time shot down an actual Scud ballistic missile on July 29 in a test at Point Mugu Sea Range in California (DAILY, July 30).
		Israeli government officials and defense aircraft industry representatives said last week's test of the Arrow missile defense system off the coast of California was a success and that they plan to deploy the system as a national defense against threats from hostile countries.
	www.aviationnow.com /avnow/news/channel_aerospacedaily_story.jsp?id=news/isr08034.xml (710 words)

	Major General Jay M. Garner: Patriot Performance in Desert Storm
		The mission was expanded from a point defense system to an area defense system.
		The mission of the units in Saudi Arabia was defense of critical military installations, air fields, and sea ports vital to the success of the operation.
		His mission was defense of populated areas-- a mission far more demanding than that for which the system was designed....
	www.fas.org /spp/starwars/congress/1992_h/h920407g.htm (2470 words)

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