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  Snell Acoustics | History
Snell's mission remains unchanged; design and handcraft premium loudspeakers that sonically and visually integrate to the home environment.
In 1983, Peter Snell designed two new models to round out the Snell Line-up, the Type C and the Type K. These would be the last speakers designed by Peter Snell.
On September 20, 1984, Peter Snell died in the factory from a heart attack.
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  Snell Peter George - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Snell, Peter George, born in 1938, New Zealand track-and-field athlete who won the gold medal for the 800-meter race at the 1960 Olympic Games in...
Snell was instrumental in defining the genes that determine whether a body...
Peter George Snell, DCNZM, OBE (born December 17 1938 in Opunake) is a New Zealand former athlete.
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 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
Peter Snell arrived at the 1960 Rome Olympics as a relatively little known middle-distance runner.
Snell ran away from the field on the backstretch and won by 11 metres.
Peter Snell is the only man since 1920 to win the 800m and the 1,500m at the same Olympics.
www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=11648   (221 words)

  
 Welcome to RunnersMecca
Peter Snell of New Zealand was called the "Iron Man" back in his day.
Lydiard literally changed the way distance runners trained and Snell was his prime candidate for bringing his periodization to the forefront of distance runners.
Snell was ranked number 1 Miler for a few years before stepping down and later becoming an exercise physiologist and relocating to the State of Texas.
www.runnersmecca.com /peter_snell.html   (305 words)

  
 Stereophile: Snell Type A loudspeaker
Peter Snell, president of Snell Acoustics, died Thursday, September 20, 1984 from a heart attack.
Peter Snell, born in 1946 in Bar Harbor, Maine, graduated in 1969 from Marlboro College with a BS in physics.
Snell is survived by his father, Dr. George Snell, who shared the Nobel prize for medicine in 1982, his mother Rhoda Snell, and his brothers, Roy and Tom.
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 Peter Snell - Japan
Peter George Snell, DCNZM, OBE (born December 17, 1938 in Opunake) is; a New Zealand former athlete.
Snell's former world records of 1 minute 44.3 seconds for 800 ms, set on 3 February 1962, and 2 minutes 16.6 seconds for 1000 m set on 12 November 1964, remain the New Zealand national records for these distances [1].
Peter Snell was one of five Olympic athletes from New Zealand featured on a series of commemorative postage stamps issued in August, 2004 to commemorate the 2004 Olympic Games.
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 snell - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Snell, Peter George (1938- ), New Zealand middle-distance runner who set several world records and was one of the world's finest athletes in the...
Peter Snell was a New Zealand middle-distance athlete dominant in the 1960s, winning Olympic titles at 800 m and 1,500 m.
This important law, named after the Dutch mathematician Willebrord van Roijen Snell, states that the product of the refractive index and the sine of...
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 Peter Snell
Peter Snell was the first person inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
Twice, Dr Snell was named New Zealand Sportsman of the Year and was named Athlete of the Decade (1960's) by the authoritative Track and Field News and has now been named New Zealand's Athlete of the Century.
Dr Peter Snell is internationally known in the field of exercise science and possesses a unique combination of academic accomplishments and athletic successes at Olympic level.
www.petersnellinstitute.org.nz /page/peter_snell.html   (647 words)

  
 Puke Ariki - Taranaki Stories - Peter Snell's One-track Mind
Peter admits he was like that; had to be like that to succeed.
Peter resented his running pal, Murray Halberg, for taking Arthur's side, but the athletes are still friends - as are coach and former pupil.
At the time of the clash, Arthur and Peter were both working for tobacco company Rothmans and were asked by their boss to patch things up.
www.pukeariki.com /en/stories/sport/snell.asp   (2122 words)

  
 The New Zealand Edge : Heroes : Speedsters : Arthur Lydiard : www.nzedge.com
This fact was recognised in New Zealand and he was well known to the general public, but he was not part of the official coaching staff and it was doubtful that he could travel to Rome with the team.
On a hot September day in Rome, within the space of one hour, Peter Snell took Gold in the 800 metres (a new Olympic record) and Murray Halberg won Gold in the 5000 metres.
Snell was his most famous pupil and was the dominant force in world middle distance running in the early 1960s.
www.nzedge.com /heroes/lydiard-arthur.html   (1934 words)

  
 Breakthrough Medicine Transcript: Peter Snell
Snell: Well, firstly, the question is very general, and we need to know what type of exercise that one is trying to improve.
Snell: The physiological changes that allow such high level performance involves the improvement in the capacity of the heart to circulate blood -- and oxygen -- and the ability of the muscles to extract oxygen and use it to produce energy.
Snell: In Dallas, we are part of a nation-wide study that is looking at ways in which sedentary people can be encouraged to increase their level of moderate physical activity -- their daily physical activity -- for a period of two years.
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 Running hero keen to guide Polynesian health revolution - 13 Oct 2006 - Auckland Region   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Peter Snell (left) and Associate Professor Hugh Morton examine a model of the human hand at Massey University, Albany, yesterday.
Peter Snell has turned revolutionary - and, he might find funding from an unexpected source to lead the fight.
Snell has already met Ra Durie, a sports medicine specialist in Palmerston North and who is well respected by Maori in Manawatu.
www.nzherald.co.nz /location/story.cfm?l_id=117&objectid=10405660   (539 words)

  
 Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP :: Peter V. Snell
Peter has been a director of Ronald McDonald House BC since July of 2006 and he is also a director of The Vancouver Board of Trade.
When Peter is not working or volunteering he enjoys hiking, skiing, kayaking, tennis and spending time with his wife and their two young sons at their home in North Vancouver.
Peter spent part of the summer in 2006 building a small cabin on Gambier Island, a family retreat where he looks forward to seeing his children build great memories.
www.ahbl.ca /people/lawyers/peter_snell   (458 words)

  
 Brave Peter Snell will tackle the London Marathon on crutches after breaking his ankle during a warm up race in ...
Brave Peter Snell is to tackle the London Marathon on crutches after breaking his ankle during a warm-up race in preparation for the big event.
But two weeks ago, Peter broke his ankle in a cross-country event - meaning his leg will be in plaster for around six weeks and that he won't be able to run for some time after that.
Sir Steve Redgrave is one of the charity's patrons, and Peter and Adam had planned to run in heart-shaped costumes similar to the charity's logo.
www.c-r-y.org.uk /henley_standard_3mar06_peter_forced_to_run_at_snells_pace.htm   (478 words)

  
 Olympic Great Peter Snell To Discuss Aging, Fitness Jan. 22 At Texas A&M
Snell's public lecture, "The Aging Process: From Performance Enhancement to Maintenance and Ultimately to Reducing Decline" will be given at 3 p.m.
Snell's research interests are understanding how the body adapts to exercise training and the relevance of this process for both athletic performance and health, especially the prevention of heart disease.
Snell has lived in the U.S. for the past 28 years, 21 of those in Dallas.
www.tamu.edu /univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/03/011503-5.html   (262 words)

  
 SkwerlPreneurs.com
Peter first learned to play the guitar while a teenager during the fabulous 60's, inspired by Chet Atkins, the Beatles, and countless great musicians of early rock and roll.
Peter has taught music to all elementary grade levels for over 25 years for the Avon-Maitland, Waterloo, and Thames Valley District School Boards.
Peter and his wife, Sharron, have also performed as a music and puppetry act, taking this variety show to children's museums and libraries, as well as senior retirement and nursing homes.
www.skwerlpreneurs.com /sp-snell.htm   (240 words)

  
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Snell home snell standards draft standards so, whats the distances x, a, b, and are involved in.
Snells law may be derived from fermats principle as which is snells law.
Their peter snell arms and from building diagnostics to research and skiing helmets.
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 Victoria Park - London, Ontario, CANADA - In The Centre Of The City and On The Net!
The Black Squirrels Of London ~ Composed and Arranged by: Peter Snell and Dan Rutledge
Peter Snell of Peter Williams Music Ltd. 519-474-0024
If you are interested in having Peter Snell sing
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 Devine Sports: Dr. Peter Snell
To call Dr. Peter Snell New Zealand’s greatest athlete, doesn’t begin to do justice to his accomplishments and influence.
Arthur Lydiard’s most famous protege, Snell abruptly quit his runner career at its height in 1965.
Now 68 years old, Dr. Snell is an exercise physiologist at Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
www.devinesports.com /Dr_Peter_Snell.67.0.html   (165 words)

  
 Peter Snell blows out the candles - 17-Dec-2006 - NZ Athletics news
He may have had a short career for a famous international sportsman, but Snell achieved so much he was voted New Zealand's Sports Champion of the 20th Century.
Four years later, at the Tokyo Olympics, he won gold and set a new record in the 800 metres and also won gold in the 1500 metres, a double not to be achieved again until the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.
In his career Peter Snell set five individual world records and set a new four-by-one mile relay record with other New Zealand athletes.
home.nzcity.co.nz /news/article.asp?id=68638&from=rss   (180 words)

  
 Peter Snell
Along with Murray Halberg and the other outstanding pupils of master coach Arthur Lydiard, Snell was responsible for the finest era in New Zealand athletics.
By 1964, Snell - who fitted in quantity surveying study through his career - was looking for one great performance at the Tokyo Olympics to cap off his career and he did it, completing a rare 800m-1500m gold medal double.
He has continued to do research in Dallas and Dr Snell, as he is now, is these days in huge demand to present papers and make speeches on exercise physiology.
www.olympic.org.nz /Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?print=&id=0&ContactID=1902   (615 words)

  
 Home Theater: Snell D7 Speaker System, Marantz SR9600 A/V Receiver, and Marantz DV9600 Disc Player
Peter Snell was one of the brightest speaker designers to emerge in the mid-1970s.
In those simpler times, Saul Marantz and Peter Snell could launch their companies armed with not much more than a driving passion to produce great audio gear—and the inspired engineering to make the dream real.
Snell is planning on installing a live Webcam shot of the Peabody, Massachusetts, production line on their Website so customers can watch their speakers being built.
hometheatermag.com /subsatloudspeakers/307snell   (1886 words)

  
 Peter Snell completed the 2006 London Marathon for CRY
Peter Snell completed the 2006 London Marathon for CRY
My name is Peter Snell and I am twenty-two years old.
In recent years there had been only one death in the family that was not connected with cancer, and that was my Uncle Peter who died from Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS).
www.c-r-y.org.uk /snell_marathon_2006.htm   (8213 words)

  
 Peter Snell blows out the candles - Newstalk ZB
He may have had a short career for a famous international sportsman, but Snell achieved so much he was voted New Zealand's Sports Champion of the 20th Century.
Four years later, at the Tokyo Olympics, he won gold and set a new record in the 800 metres and also won gold in the 1500 metres, a double not to be achieved again until the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.
In his career Peter Snell set five individual world records and set a new four-by-one mile relay record with other New Zealand athletes.
www.newstalkzb.co.nz /newsdetail1.asp?storyID=109348   (312 words)

  
 Peter Snell Back to Get NZ Moving - Health - RedOrbit
However, a key component yet to be resolved is the question of funding, he said.
Dr Snell is a natural left-hander but in his youth taught himself to use his other hand for writing.
This is particularly fortunate at the moment, because a bicycling accident has his left forearm and hand in a plaster cast.
www.redorbit.com /news/health/696056/peter_snell_back_to_get_nz_moving/index.html   (399 words)

  
 Running Past - Lydiard and Snell - A Portrait of New Zealand's Best
With Coach Lydiard's guidance Peter Snell won three Olympic gold medals and set five world records.
In this composition I like the contrast of Lydiard facing to the right while Snell is moving to the left.
I was concerned with overlapping Snell's figure onto Lydiard's face, and with the scale of the two images in relation to each other.
www.runningpast.com /lydiard_snell_portrait.htm   (479 words)

  
 Peter Snell - Biography of Peter Snell
Peter George Snell (born December 17 1938), is a former New Zealand athlete.
In January 1962 Snell had broken the world mile record before a huge crowd at Cook’s Gardens in Wanganui, and one week later set new world records for both the 800m and 800yds at Christchurch.
He is Assistant professor, Department of Internal Medicine and also Director of their Human Performance Center.
www.spiritus-temporis.com /peter-snell   (595 words)

  
 Faces at Clarkson: Peter Snell - Features
Peter Snell who is a local resident, he grew up in Parishville, and attended Paul Smiths College, where he obtained a degree in culinary arts.
Peter is working hard to make your opinions count.
The dining services here at Clarkson has a great staff who are all willing to work with students on any ideas that they might have to make your dining experience here the best possible.
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