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	Peter (I) the Great - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Peter (I) the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Peter posed as Sgt Peter Mikhailov, a junior official of the embassy.
		Peter's wife Eudoxia was suspected of involvement in the revolt.
		At home Peter introduced many reforms, the most important of which were the abolition of the Moscow patriarchy, which controlled the Russian Orthodox Church, and its replacement by a Holy Synod under the total control of the tsar.
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	Peter 'Possum' Bourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peter Raymond George Bourne - better known as Possum Bourne (April 13, 1956 - April 30, 2003) - was a champion New Zealand rally car driver.
		He was nicknamed Possum after the night he crashed the car his Mum had just bought him, while trying to avoid a possum that was in the middle of the road.
		In 2005, Peggy Bourne entered 'Race To The Sky' having had no formal rally driving experience, as a tribute to her late husband.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_'Possum'_Bourne (321 words)

	Peter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peter the Deacon, a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily
		Peter Pevensie, one of the main characters in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
		Peter is also a euphemism for penis (see there's a skeeter on my peter).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter (379 words)

	Rally great Peter 'Possum' Bourne dies - theage.com.au
		Peter Bourne earned the most famous nickname in motorsport by swerving to avoid a possum, but made his name when he turned sliding into an artform.
		Bourne suffered horrific injuries during preparations for the Race to the Sky hillclimb in Central Otago.
		Bourne's world championship team is in limbo but one of the other two cars in the Subaru stable competing in the Australian Championships last weekend won the Rally of Canberra.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/04/30/1051381987622.html (729 words)

	XTRAMSN: Possum Bourne Dies
		Bourne had been suffering massive head injuries after a head-on crash while he was checking out the Race to the Sky course in Wanaka on Good Friday.
		Peter "Possum" Bourne was New Zealand's most successful rally driver having won a record 7 Australian Rally titles.
		Despite Bourne's success in the world of rally driving, he's most likely to be remembered for being a thoroughly ordinary Kiwi bloke.
	xtramsn.co.nz /news/0,,12078-2327060-117_12622_true,00.html (122 words)

	Subaru New Zealand - Icons - Possum Bourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Possum Bourne was living a boyhood dream at the time of his death.
		Possum's career developed with Subaru, at a time when the cars were not the most powerful or sophisticated.
		Possum enjoyed challenges and after a decade of top performances in a succession of highly modified Group A and World Rally Cars, he relished winning the Australian championship in a standard production Impreza STI in 2002.
	www.subaru.co.nz /Roam/Icons/Possum_Bourne.php (909 words)

	Drive.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bourne is survived by his wife, Peggy, and children Taylor, 8, Spencer, 4, and Jazlin, 3.
		Bourne won the Asia-Pacific championship in 1993, 1994 and 2000 driving for the powerful British-based Prodrive operation, which operates in Formula One, the World Rally Championship on behalf of Subaru, and in Le Mans sports car racing.
		Bourne is survived by his wife Peggy and their three children: sons Taylor and Spencer, and daughter Jazlin.
	www.drive.com.au /editorial/article.aspx?id=4212&vf=1 (1072 words)

	Fast Fours :: Four, Rotary and Hi-Tech Performance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Possum had already claimed points on the first round by coming fourth in Sweden, and by the second round in New Zealand he was in seventh position despite not finishing the event.
		Bourne had just finished recording a television interview and was on his was back down the mountain from his hotel.
		Possum was then taken by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital on New Zealandâs South Island, and immediately described as being in a critical âgrade oneâ condition.
	www.fastfoursvip.com /articles_article.aspx?view=27 (941 words)

	V8Central Forums - A tribute to a colleague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bourne had just finished recording a television interview and was on his was back down the mountain.
		The name ‘Possum’ came from when he was in the early stages of his rallying career and one night on his way home he swerved to avoid a Possum, and rolled his mothers car.
		Possum will be Andrew and you better believe it he will win that one to,cause he still is a master and a legend and was at the top of his chosen sport,thats why we all loved him.
	www.v8central.com /snitz3403/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=2723 (1427 words)

	ModernMuscleCars.net - View Single Post - Australian Rally Champion in critical condition
		Last night Possum Bourne's family and team issued a statement to the effect that the head injuries suffered by the Kiwi rally ace in a freak road accident on Friday, April 18 were more severe than initially thought.
		Possum won the New Zealand Championship only once, but that was because he had the talent to take his career offshore with Subaru.
		Possum re-focussed on a local programme for the next couple of years, winning the 1991 Kiwi title before heading across the Tasman to start his Australian championship career by finishing runner-up in the 1992 series.
	modernmusclecars.net /forums/showpost.php?p=40219&postcount=8 (1409 words)

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		Bourne was kept in a drug induced coma since the accident but this weekend a brain scan revealed that the injuries were even more severe than expected.
		Bourne's colourful personality will be remembered by all of those who had the opportunity to meet him throughout the years.
		Possum was instrumental in the face of rallying for Subaru and the Impreza.His personality was also one of the best in the sport.He will be missed.
	www.xanga.com /WanderingSamurai/18032194/item.html (326 words)

	Tributes pour in for Kiwi rally ace - theage.com.au
		Rally champion Peter "Possum" Bourne, who died yesterday, has been praised as a humble man with rare ability, a relentless competitor who inspired a new generation of drivers.
		Chandler said one of Bourne's major strengths was that he always looked forwards with optimism, rather than backwards in despair.
		"Possum has given so much to the sport, and everyone in rallying would have a story to tell you of his compassion and enthusiasm to help others make their own way in the sport he loved," Connelly said.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/04/30/1051381997581.html (476 words)

	Possum Bourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Possum used to talk about how it's the bad things that make us realise how good the good things really are.
		Snow told how Possum was always in the petty cash box that was in their old workshop in pukekohe East and how after changing the locks and bolting it down to the desk it eventually landed up in Possum's car serving as a wallet.
		Possum once demolished a kitchen chair belonging to the mother of mechanic Snow Mooney when simulating a driving move before dinner - and, according to his grieving mate of over 20 years, wasted no time in leaping back up on another to finish the stage.
	www.possumbourne.co.nz /dynamic/newsitem,1020.sm (878 words)

	POSSUM BOURNE, RALLY CHAMPION - MotorSM.com
		Possum's career and the growth of the brand in Australia are inextricably linked...His results are well documented and need no defence or explanation.
		Possum is undoubtedly the reason why we are the most successful rally team in Australia...
		Possum has had a huge influence on my career and it is a very strange feeling to know that he is no longer with us...
	www.motorsm.com /motorsport/auto/drivers/Oz_driver_Bourne_P.asp (877 words)

	ModernMuscleCars.net - Australian Rally Champion in critical condition
		Peter "Possum" Bourne, seven times Australian Rally Champion, three times Asia-Pacific Rally Champion and now Group N Production World Rally Car contender was involved in a serious head-on collision on an open road in New Zealand yesterday.
		Bourne, 47, suffered serious head and leg injuries in an accident during preparations for the Race to the Sky hillclimb near Cardrona, Central Otago, on Good Friday.
		Possum was not racing at hte time, he was on recce which must be completed in strict obeyance of the road rules.
	modernmusclecars.net /forums/showthread.php?t=4194 (2109 words)

	Caltex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Possum was critically injured on the Cardrona Hill Climb on New Zealand's South Island while preparing to practice for the Race to the Sky, an event he had won once and which he regarded as a huge challenge.
		Possum Bourne was not only one of the great characters of motorsport, he was also arguably the region's greatest driver, and he was one of the leaders in the growth of rallying in the region.
		Possum's character made him a hero in New Zealand and it is not surprising he regarded fellow kiwi, sailor-adventurer the late Sir Peter Blake, as something of a role model.
	www.caltex.co.nz /press/pressreleases_archive.htm (2879 words)

	rallynotes » 2003 » May
		Possum was travelling down the road in a Subaru Forester and was on the correct side of the road and wearing a seat belt at the time.
		It would appear that dusty conditions may have contributed to the collision between Possum and the driver of the last car in the convoy.
		Possum was a hero to me, and many others in the rally community.
	www.rallynotes.com /archives/wp-date/2003/05 (1382 words)

	GTN Forums - What a dark weekend in motorsport history.
		Bourne's family took the decision to switch off the life support that had kept him in an induced coma since he was badly injured in an accident at the Race to the Sky hillclimb in New Zealand two weeks ago.
		When the WRC went down under, ‘Possum' was a thorn in the side of works crews - at his home event he had six top-six finishes to his name.
		A family man with two sons and a daughter, Bourne had waited a long time for his chance on the world stage, and was determined to grab it this season.
	www.gtnetwork.de /forums/showthread.php?t=1110 (548 words)

	Drive.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This weekend both will be seeking to establish a clean break at the top of the standings when the title race moves to the ACT for the Rally of Canberra, the second leg of the Australian championship that also doubles as a round of the Asia Pacific title.
		Bourne acknowledges the home-town advantage will be a strong motivational factor for the Canberran, who has followed in expatriate Kiwi Bourne's tyre tread in recent years.
		Bourne's Team Subaru partner, Cody Crocker, will be out to take group N honours in his Impreza WRX.
	www.drive.com.au /editorial/article.aspx?id=6720&vf=1 (395 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sport
		Wellington: New Zealand rally driver Peter ‘Possum’ Bourne died on Wednesday, a week and a half after suffering severe head injuries in a crash, his family said.
		Bourne had been in a drug-induced coma in Dunedin Hospital since the accident but his family decided on Monday that keeping him on life support was no longer in his best interests after the full impact of his injury became apparent.
		Bourne, 47, was injured in a head-on collision while checking a hill-climb racecourse on April 18.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030501/asp/sports/story_1929351.asp (564 words)

	Ford Discussion Forum for Mustang, Ford Trucks, and all models - Possum Bourne - Rest In Peace...
		Possum Bourne, New Zealand's most successful rally driver died peacefully surrounded by his wife Peggy and their family in Dunedin Hospital at 12.58 am (NZ time) today, Wednesday 30 April.
		Possum never regained consciousness after being involved in a traffic accident on the Snow Farm Rd in the Cardrona Valley near Lake Wanaka in Central Otago on Good Friday, April 18.
		Possum is survived by his wife Peggy and three children, Taylor (8), Spencer (4) and Jazlin (3).
	www.fordforums.com /showthread.php?t=36796 (510 words)

	NASIOC - Possum Bourne Passed Away Peacefully 12am 4/30 NZ time....
		Possum got severe head injuries and 2 broken legs and he is in a critical condition in hospital - if he recovers/lives [and thats not a given right now], he may never drive again.
		Friends and family of rally driver Possum Bourne are keeping a 24 hour vigil around his bedside after it was decided yesterday to gradually decrease his life support, leaving his chances of survival "virtually nil".
		Possum had a huge number of fans and would sacrifice precious seconds to wow crowds with a touch of flamboyance behind the wheel.
	forums.nasioc.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-347674.html (8732 words)

	The Poetry Barn and Eatery Free Dating, Singles and Personals
		A possum is a furry, nocturnal marsupial, and in this case, a native of Australia.
		The story of how Possum (Peter) Bourne came to be known as ‘Possum’ was a tale that had at the time of his 2003 road accident and hospital stay been told in several versions.
		For Peter Bourne his action in attempting to avoid the possum he encountered that night, resulted in extensive damage to the car and a nickname that was to be with Possum Bourne for the rest of his life.
	forums.plentyoffish.com /10481datingPostpage98.aspx (2151 words)

	OtakuBoards - Farewell Possum Bourne
		Most of you in places abroad probably don't know who he was, but he was a great man, a superb rally driver, and a friend of my friend, and even bigger rally fan than me, who I am sure is devastated by the news.
		Farewell Possum, have fun racing that great big rally circuit in the sky.
		It really is a tragedy when such a legend of the track passes away.
	www.otakuboards.com /printthread.php?t=23382 (262 words)

	kiwisport.net » 2003 » April
		Possum Badly Injured at “Race to the Sky”
		Kiwi rally ace Possum Bourne was critically injured last Friday during a recce drive up the Goldrush hillclimb road.
		Possum is currently in a drug induced coma in Dunedin hospital with […]
	www.kiwisport.net /wp?m=200304 (679 words)

	Tony Green - Bourne 2 Rally - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Possum Bourne was New Zealand 's first professional rally driver.
		He worked tirelessly to succeed in the sport he loved, gaining international renown and respect along the way; not only because of his exceptional driving talent but also for the sincere and generous way in which he treated everybody he met.
		Tony Green cites Possum as his main inspiration and chose to make the name of his own rally team a tribute to Possum.
	www.hennessy.org.uk /b2r/news/jan_mar (135 words)

	Rallysport Magazine On-line - Possum Bourne -12 months on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		birthday, Bourne was still one of the most competitive drivers around, easily capable of taking it up to the world’s leading WRC drivers on his home soil, if not elsewhere.
		Possessing a competitive edge that would befit drivers half his age, Possum Bourne not only had talent, ability and organisational skills, he was a real motivational force for up-and-coming drivers in New Zealand and Australia.
		Having set up Possum Bourne Motorsport in his home country, he was one of very few Kiwis who have ventured overseas to make a name for themselves in rallying.
	www.rallysportnews.com.au /cms/A_101355/article.html (312 words)

	MotorSport New Zealand - Awards
		From the time when he finished third in his first rally, Possum Bourne was destined to become one of New Zealand’s top rally drivers and one of the countries leading personalities.
		Although devastated by the death of his long time co-driver, friend and business partner Rodger Freeth in the 1993’s Rally of Australia, Possum Bourne continued driving and with expatriate Tony Sircombe won the Asia/Pacific title dedicating it to his friend’s memory.
		Sadly Possum died as the result of injuries received in a car accident at Cardrona in 2003.
	www.motorsport.org.nz /Awards/wallfame.htm (1715 words)

	Tarrackin's Home Scroll - Archieves Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The nation is mourning the death of rally driver, Peter 'Possum' Bourne.
		Possum's investment in people was noted time and again by friends and family.
		Above all, Possum Bourne was a family man who invested in his wife and children - he has left a legacy of love and commitment.
	juni0r.orcon.net.nz /archive.html (14028 words)

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