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	Shanks' mare
		Shanks' (or shanks's) mare (or nag or pony) derives from the name of the lower part of the leg between the knee and ankle - the shank, nowadays more often known as the shin-bone or tibia.
		This was alluded to in the early form of this term - shank's nag.
		It is sometimes capitalized as 'Shank's pony' as some reports claim it to have derived from an individual called Shanks, or from the Shanks and Company Ltd. (formed in 1853 and now absorbed into Armitage Shanks), who previously manufactured lawn-mowing machines.
	www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/shanks-mare.html (297 words)

	Absolute Anime / One Piece / Shanks
		Shanks refused to take Luffy as one of his pirate crew, because he knew that Luffy couldn't swim very well.
		Shanks offered their leader a clean, unopened bottle, only to have it smashed on his head.
		As his crew dealt with the bandits, the bandit leader took Luffy to the coast and threw him in the water as a Seaking (a monstrous Moray-like creature) ate the bandit and was about to do the same to Luffy.
	www.absoluteanime.com /one_piece/shanks.htm (478 words)

	ARC ARTicles - Nelson Shanks : Humanist Realist - Kathryn Manzo - Page 1/1
		Rather than place the musician smack in the middle of the picture plane, Shanks chose to position her on the lower half of the canvas, allowing the background to occupy an equal percentage of space as the young woman.
		Shanks speaks ambivalently about his approximately seven months of study with Annigoni: "He was of the 'work should be labor and not fun school,' where you sharpen a pencil and...
		But when I asked Shanks which of his teachers had the most influence on him, he felt that they all were part of his educational equation, as were the old masters, and that the absence of any one would throw his academic foundation off balance.
	www.artrenewal.org /articles/2001/Nelson_Shanks/nelson_shanks1.asp (2569 words)

	William Shanks Summary
		Shanks also published a table of primes up to the number 60,000 and calculated the natural logarithms of several numbers to more than 130 decimal places.
		Shanks is famous for his calculation of π to 707 places, accomplished in the year 1873, which, however, was only correct up to the first 527 places.
		Shanks earned his living by owning a boarding school at Houghton-le-Spring, which left him enough time to spend on his hobby of calculating mathematical constants.
	www.bookrags.com /William_Shanks (295 words)

	Louis Shanks carries fine home furnishings - leather,upholstery,clocks,fine rugs
		Louis Shanks Furniture of Texas has been providing fine home furnishings since 1945 with four showrooms in Austin, Houston and San Antonio.
		We have one of the largest inventories and widest selections of fine home furnishings available for every room in your home: living room, dining room, bedroom, window coverings, bedding, lighting, and flooring of marble, granite, tile, hardwoods, carpet, or fine handmade Oriental rugs.
		Your Louis Shanks experience will include our beautiful vignettes that help you visualize how furnishings look in a home environment; our team of committed design experts to help with color and selection, if you so choose; fair pricing; and all this is backed by our long reputation of distinction and excellence.
	www.louisshanksfurniture.com (282 words)

	RTÃ - Shanks Mare
		On the trail of the Corncrake in Banagher in County Offaly.
		Shanks Mare in Kilkenny Ella goes in search of her favourite mammal, the elusive and majestic otter.
		Shanks Mare in Canty's Cove Connie and Conor Kelleher are twins from Macroom, Co. Cork who both have a keen interest in local history and wildlife.
	www.rte.ie /radio1/podcast/podcast_shanksmare.xml (2504 words)

	Hershel Shanks from HarperCollins Publishers
		Hershel Shanks is the premier figure in communicating, through his magazines, books, and conferences, the world of biblical archaeology to general readers.
		Hershel Shanks is "probably the world's most influential amateur Biblical archeologist," declares New York Times book critic Richard Bernstein.
		Shanks was also a leading figure in making the complete Dead Sea Scrolls available to the world.
	www.harpercollins.com /authors/26188/Hershel_Shanks/index.aspx (197 words)

	Shanks (1974)
		The whole end of the film from when the bikers enter seems to go on for an eternity.
		Marcel Marceau does a marvelous mime job as both our hero, Malcolm Shanks, and the Aged Inventor.
		If you're really hard up for something to watch, or are fond of mime, it's a go.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0072149 (529 words)

	Patricia Shanks Voice Studio -- www.studioshanks.com -- voice lessons -- singing instruction
		Patricia Shanks Voice Studio -- www.studioshanks.com -- voice lessons -- singing instruction
		A time tested and progressive approach to healthy singing
		I teach people how to be competent singing musicians.
	www.studioshanks.com (60 words)

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