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  The Happy Return - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Happy Return ( Beat to Quarters in the US) was the first of the Horatio Hornblower novels published by C.
The American name derives from the expression " beat to quarters ", which was the signal to prepare for combat.
On his way back into the Gulf of Panama, while heavily taking water, the Spanish Cutter returns with news that he is not welcome in any Spanish port because he sank the Natividad instead of recapturing it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Happy_Return   (519 words)

  
 Happy Return
Although she was launched as the Happy Return (FE 5), prior to decommissioning she was called Britannia (LN 224) and was used by skipper Peter Barrett for potting in the Channel from Swanage in Dorset.
She was originally paid for by public subscription in Folkstone, Kent on a wave of public sympathy for a local skipper John (Jack) Warman Saunders who lost his boat the Good Intent (FE 21) in a storm in 1904.
The entry in the original registry in 1905 shows the Happy Return as a dipping lugger built in Porthleven belonging to the port of Folkstone and propelled by lugsails for lining and trawling.
www.mbla.co.uk /new_page_1.htm   (1610 words)

  
 Gilchrist: Happy return for clipped Red Wing
Gilchrist suffered a groin injury last March and put himself through intense rehab to return for 15 playoff games, although he missed the finals.
Gilchrist rehabilitated all summer, had hernia surgery in the fall, and a few weeks ago -- when it appeared a return was near -- suffered a hip flexor.
On Thursday, Gilchrist projected a return for next week, but he has felt less pain skating recently, and, with Igor Larionov joining those with a sore groin, all parties decided it was time to give it a try.
www.freep.com /sports/redwings/qgil20.htm   (271 words)

  
 Happy Mondays Return To Manchester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The boys that done good return to their home time for what should be one of the ultimate gigs of all time.
THE Happy Mondays are back - and they can't wait for their homecoming gig.
THE Happy Mondays are eyeing a return to home turf as part of their latest comeback, I can reveal.
www.rockforums.net /boards/index.php?showtopic=346   (765 words)

  
 Kansas City Chiefs - A Happy Return
After missing the entire 2002 season with a broken leg and contemplating the possibility that his career was over, Woods returned this year and played well enough that he earned his first trip to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl.
He returned two interceptions for touchdowns and has played probably his best season in the last five.
But more than the return, more than the touchdowns, more than the Pro Bowl, it’s getting back into the playoffs that Woods wanted most.
www.kcchiefs.com /news/2004/01/09/a_happy_return   (693 words)

  
 Observer | Happy return
Sam's video work is often about relationships: Atlantic, which was part of the Turner prize show, depicted a small, upsetting argument in a restaurant; while Travesty Of A Mockery showed a couple in a full-blown row, this time in a kitchen.
Sam hadn't been happy at her London school, she got beaten up a lot; but it was worse in Sussex.
Her new family - her mum and stepfather had a son, Kristian, when Sam was 11 - didn't have much money and Sam was a free-dinners schoolgirl, which she hated.
observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4296517-102278,00.html   (3218 words)

  
 Hockey Digest: A Happy Return - college hockey
Then in early September, players and staff returned to campus only to watch with the nation the terrorist strikes in New York and Washington, D.C. Among those lost in the attack on the World Trade Center attack was Los Angeles Kings scout Mark Bavis, a four-year letter-winner and 1993 graduate of Boston University.
Only five non-seniors have been named college hockey's outstanding player, and only three of that number have returned for their next season of collegiate eligibility.
The returning Hobey Baker finalist quarterbacks the power play and plays an intelligent brand of defense behind his own blue line in the manner of Ray Bourque or Mark Howe.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCM/is_2_30/ai_79743290   (1470 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
In a move that heralds the most eagerly anticipated comeback in television history, BBC1 said yesterday that it is developing a new series of the sci-fi classic.
She stressed that Davies had been chosen primarily because he is an "absolute Doctor Who fanatic" who had asked to write a new series.
She said it was too early to say which of the doctor's most famous enemies, who include the Cybermen, the Master and the Sea Devils, would return, but insiders said it was unthinkable that the Daleks would not be trundling back into action.
news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/26/nwho26.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/09/26/ixhome.html   (569 words)

  
 PackerReport.com: Happy Return
He returned for five games, and had a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The 35-yard return on Sunday was the second-longest for the Packers this season.
Levens returned Cortez’s kickoff 22 yards to the Green Bay 26, setting the stage for a 10-play, 49-yard drive for the go-ahead field goal.
packers.scout.com /2/33017.html   (370 words)

  
 Sanders makes a happy return to FedEx - The Washington Times: Sports - October 11, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He returned to the NFL last month at 37 to play nickel back for the Baltimore Ravens.
Springs' interception and 12-yard return on the Ravens' next possession gave the Redskins the ball in Baltimore territory again.
He returned his only interception of the season 51 yards for a touchdown in a Week 2 blowout of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
www.washtimes.com /sports/20041011-011935-5116r.htm   (1082 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Football / Patriots / Milloy: Not a happy return
As the bus closed in on a place that was no longer home, an ex-Patriot felt for the first time what it meant to be an expatriate.
Atwater was a knockout artist at safety for the Broncos for many years, a guy who played with the same kind of abandon Milloy always has shown.
After a slip in production last year that Milloy claimed was the result of changes in the demands of his job rather than any dropoff in his abilities, he has returned to the same kind of player he was most of his career in New England.
www.boston.com /sports/football/patriots/articles/2003/12/28/milloy_not_a_happy_return   (926 words)

  
 uefa.com - Football Europe - News & Features - News Specific   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Waseige began his long and distinguished coaching career in the Belgian third division with KFC Winterslag in the 1970s, taking them to the top flight in the space of three years.
After returning to Standard he guided them to second in the league in 1995 and also had a short spell in charge of Sporting Clube de Portugal.
After the World Cup he returned to Standard for another spell but was sacked after a handful of matches.
www.uefa.com /footballcentral/news/Kind=2/newsId=119261.html   (288 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Happy return
As the third annual Latin Grammy Awards sails smoothly toward Wednesday night's nationally televised broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, organizers couldn't be happier that the debates and disagreements that led to the doomed 2001 show have vanished.
Gone this year are the controversies that haunted last year's event, which was to be held on the evening of Sept. 11, before the terrorist attacks put the nation on hold and eventually forced the cancellation of the show.
This after she boycotted the awards last year with her husband and influential producer Emilio Estefan, when the event was suddenly moved from Miami, her hometown, to Los Angeles to thwart the Cuban protests.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20020916-9999_1c16latgram.html   (1055 words)

  
 JS Online: Gordon enjoys happy return
On his second punt return of the night, Gordon avoided the first tackler, made a sharp cut upfield and outraced several tacklers for a 19-yard gain.
It's impossible to simulate live returns in practice, and Gordon had just one return in the opener against Philadelphia.
He has been primarily a punt returner and cornerback during his career, but he might be able to help the Packers on kickoffs, as well.
www.jsonline.com /packer/rev/aug02/67431.asp   (1017 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Happy return for Youkilis
If you don't think Kevin Youkilis is happy to be back in the Red Sox lineup, consider this: He was in his uniform and on the field three hours before last night's game against the Devil Rays.
He spent some of the time throwing perfect spirals with a football in the outfield.
While he is happy to be in the lineup, he wishes it weren't at the expense of Mueller.
boston.com /sports/articles/2004/09/16/happy_return_for_youkilis?...   (608 words)

  
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This site is about a particular Mounts Bay Lugger, the "Happy Return" - the only remaining Mounts Bay mackerel driver with a dipping lug - and includes an archive of other historic fishing sailing luggers from West Cornwall that still exist today, and the history of these unique craft.
It is appropriate that we have included a voyage to Folkstone by the Happy Return during this first full season of our sailing programme.
The Mounts Bay Lugger Association's goal to own and operate a Mounts Bay Lugger was conceived in the Spring of 1993 by a small group of local enthusiasts with a strong interest in the part the fishing industry has played in the economic and social life of the far South West of Cornwall.
www.mbla.co.uk   (1093 words)

  
 Sports: Suspensions alter Pruett's happy return
GAINESVILLE -- This was supposed to be the joyful return of Marshall coach Bobby Pruett, the former Florida defensive coordinator who left in 1996 after two seasons and went on to lead the Thundering Herd to unprecedented success.
So when top-ranked Florida hosts Marshall at 7:15 tonight in a nationally televised game on ESPN2, Pruett's return most likely won't be nearly as triumphant as he had hoped.
Royals' punting rusty in return from knee injury
www.sptimes.com /News/090101/Sports/Suspensions_alter_Pru.shtml   (611 words)

  
 icNewcastle - LuaLua happy to return   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
But while Pompey are keen to secure his services permanently, United chairman Freddie Shepherd is refusing to accept anything less than the £2.25m he paid to Colchester in September 2000.
Adams, though, is hoping he can rediscover the form which persuaded Leeds to pay Sunderland £5m for his services in 1999 and will offer him a trial.
Newcastle United are ready to give French international Nicolas Anelka the chance to return to the Premiership.
icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk /newcastleunited/news/tm_objectid=14302071&method=full&siteid=50081&headline=lualua-happy-to-return-name_page.html   (667 words)

  
 dailyrecord - STOLEN PUP'S HAPPY RETURN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A DISTRAUGHT couple put up a £1000 reward for the return of their prize spaniel pup stolen in a burglary.
Bryan and Susannah Hemmings were devastated when thieves stole £8000 worth of valuables from their home in Muirhouse, Edinburgh.
Susannah is desperate for a baby and has so far been unsuccessful with fertility treatment.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk /content_objectid=13998430_method=full_siteid=89488_headline=-STOLEN-PUP-S-HAPPY-RETURN-name_page.html   (132 words)

  
 Captain Happy's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
You can simply return your items ordered by shipping them back to us with the original packing slip included with your order and we will refund you purchase.
To receive a full refund to the purchasing credit card, your return package must be postmarked within 60 calendar days of receipt OR you must have contacted Captain Happy's within 30 calendar days to confirm your return.
If you are returning a product that was incorrectly shipped, damaged or defective, please call Captain Happy's at 619-980-7537 immediately.
www.captainhappys.com /new/faqs.asp   (154 words)

  
 "Happy Return" Sailing
A selection of photographs of the first and second sea trials of the Happy Return on the 16th and 23rd August 2003.
The first trial was with the sails rigged for a "two mizzen blow" with the 1st mizzen forward and the 2nd mizzen aft.
The second trial was with the main fore lug and 1st mizzen rigged.
www.mbla.co.uk /new_page_81111421.htm   (129 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Hornblower and the Happy Return [AUDIOBOOK]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
'The Happy Return' shows Hornblower as captain of HMS Lydia, his mission taking him to South American waters where he is instructed to assist rebels in fighting Spanish rule and to hunt down a Spanish vessel, the 'Natividad'.
Nevertheless, it is a fine piece of writing, combining naval battles with character explorations, and effectively recreating the atmosphere aboard a fighting ship in those years.
Very readable, "The Happy Return' is a good option to while away the hours.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1859989969   (565 words)

  
 A Happy Return
At the Institute, Simpson will succeed Philip R. Sharp, a former 10-term congressman from Indiana, who after more than two years at the helm decided he wanted to return to teaching full-time at the Kennedy School.
We are equally delighted that the Senator will return to the classroom, where he engaged students in the politics and realities of legislating in the 20th century."
His course was entitled "The Creating of Legislation: Congress and the Press," drawing upon his political experiences, his work as a lawyer in Cody, Wyo., and his lively encounters with the media.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1998/01.15/AHappyReturn.html   (653 words)

  
 EDMUND WALLER - LoveToKnow Article on EDMUND WALLER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
During the worst period of the exile Wailer managed to keep a table for the Royalists in Paris, although in order to do so he was obliged to sell his wifes jewels.
At the close of 1651 the House of Commons revoked Wailers sentence of banishment, and he was allowed to return to Beacon.sfieid, where he lived very quietly until the Restoration.
After the death of his second wife, in 1677, Waller retired to his house called Hall Barn at Beaconsfield, and though he returned to London, he became more and more attached to the retirement of his woods, where, he said, he found the trees as bare and withered as himself.
www.1911ency.org /W/WA/WALLER_EDMUND.htm   (1270 words)

  
 Rusedski hopes to serve up a happy return to UK fold - [Sunday Herald]
While the venue for Great Britain’s Euro-African Zone Group 1 tie against Luxembourg this weekend may not be exactly a theatre of dreams, Rusedski is doubtless so relieved to be resuming his career that he would gladly set up a net in the car-park and play there.
As it is he gets to return to the British tennis fold, take his place alongside Tim Henman and thank his lucky stars.
British team captain Jeremy Bates may opt not to play Rusedski, but it would be a little cruel to deny him his moment, especially given that this is a match the team, with or without Rusedski, should have wrapped up by Saturday.
www.sundayherald.com /41047   (1056 words)

  
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 icBirmingham - Davis plans happy return to Goodison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Steven Davis has not yet started a first-team game for Aston Villa but he will head for Goodison Park tomorrow with memories of Merseyside as happy as any of his more illustrious colleagues.
The Ulsterman, who will again be part of an injury-weakened Villa squad, will he hoping to add to this season's three appearances from the bench.
Martin Laursen, the Danish defender, has returned to training having been out since injuring his knee in only Villa's third game of the season, the 3-0 defeat at Charlton in August.
icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk /villa/news/tm_objectid=14810562&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=davis-plans-happy-return-to-goodison-name_page.html   (662 words)

  
 Sports: All-Star trip caps a happy return
That year, Span was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, by the Minnesota Twins.
Tonight he returns to the area where he first showed flashes of greatness.
Span, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound outfielder for the high Class A Fort Myers Miracle, was selected to play in the Florida State League All-Star Game at 7:35 at Bright House Networks Field in Clearwater.
www.sptimes.com /2005/06/18/Sports/All_Star_trip_caps_a_.shtml   (568 words)

  
 Herald-Coaster
Youngster happy to return to fair after missing last year due to heart surgery
After performing a strep test, the doctor was called away on an emergency and another doctor returned to the examining room to tell the anxious mother and daughter the results were negative.
The plus side to the entire ordeal, she says, is the incredible amount of gifts she received while in the hospital.
www.herald-coaster.com /articles/2003/09/25/news/news01.txt   (1452 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Baseball - Soriano makes happy return   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Though he was curious to hear what kind of reception he would receive from Yankee fans, he did not want the emotions of the moment to break his concentration.
Soriano was disappointed that the Rangers lost to the Yankees, 7-6, but was happy with the way he had been greeted.
He said before the game he was hoping to be showered with the kind of love that former teammate Tino Martinez received in his first game back with the Cardinals last season.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/story/199893p-172588c.html   (537 words)

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