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	Chapter Tulkinghorn <i>to</i> Turpin of T by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		Turpin, a churlish knight, who refus es hospitality to sir Calepine and Serena, although solicited to do so by his wife Blanida (bk.
		Turpin proposes to kill him, but Arthur starts up and hangs the rascal on a tree (bk.
		Turpin, “archbishop of Rheims,” the hypothetical author of a Chronicle, purporting to be a history of Charlemagne’s Spanish adventures in 777, by a contemporary.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1130/15057/3.html (459 words)

	Dick Turpin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turpin was apprenticed to a butcher and at the age of 21 he married Elizabeth Millington and opened his own butcher's shop in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
		Turpin was almost captured when he met with his wife in Hertford and in Whitechapel the pair were involved in a shoot-out over a stolen horse that resulted in Turpin accidentally killing his comrade.
		On 22 March 1739 'John Palmer alias Richard Turpin' was convicted at York assizes of horse-stealing and hanged at the Knavesmire on April 7, 1739.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dick_Turpin (697 words)

	Dick Turpin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Turpin was apprenticed to a butcher and at the age of 21 he married Rose Palmer and opened his own butcher's shop in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
		Turpin was almost captured when he met with his wife in Hertford and in Epping the pair were involved in a shoot-out over a stolen horse that resulted in Turpin accidentally killing his comrade.
		To avoid arrest Turpin finally left Essex for (An agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea) Lincolnshire and (A former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties) Yorkshire, where he set up under an assumed name - 'John Palmer' - as a horse dealer.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/di/dick_turpin.htm (565 words)

	bturpin
		Turpin's fortune lay in his best remembered feature, his eyes, hopelessly and definitively crossed, their focal point meeting barely an inch in front of his nose.
		Turpin was the son of a New Orleans candy store owner who had varying degrees of success, the family moved around the country settling for a while in New York.
		Turpin was given his own series at Vogue studios, a small, not particularly prestigious outfit, in 1916, then late in 1917 he began his long association with Mack Sennett with whom he became a leading comedian.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Hills/4337/bturpin.html (802 words)

	Dan Turpin
		Turpin is as tough as they come, an old-style cop who believes in giving it to the bad guys as nasty as they dish it out.
		Turpin is also the S.C.U. to resident weapons expert, equally at home with the latest electron blaster as he is with his trusty old.44.
		Turpin likes and respects Superman, but is not one to rest on his rear while waiting for the guy in blue to save the day.
	www.batman-superman.com /superman/cmp/turpin.html (117 words)

	Encyclopedia: Randy Turpin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Turpin turned professional in London in 1946, a little after turning 18, and he knocked out Gordon Griffiths in his first bout.
		Turpin was determined not to lose again after the Stock defeat, and put together another string of wins, which reached 12 (including a 4 round disqualification win against William Poli), and he was rematched with Finch, this time with the British Middleweight title on the line.
		Turpin is now a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Randy-Turpin (742 words)

	Dick Turpin - Highwaymen and Highway Robbery
		In reality, Turpin's fictitious great ride was made by 17th-century highwayman John 'Swift Nick' Nevison, who early one morning in 1676 robbed a homeward-bound sailor on the road outside Gads Hill, Kent.
		Turpin headed back into the familiar East Anglian countryside and lived rough for some time., until he began working with 'Captain' Tom King, one of the best-known highwaymen of the day and the kind of swashbuckling, devil-may-care character into which legend would later transform Turpin.
		By 1737, Turpin had achieved such notoriety that another bounty of £100 was placed on his head- a reward that unwittingly transformed him from a common footpad into a murderer.
	www.stand-and-deliver.org.uk /highwaymen/dick_turpin.htm (1265 words)

	Complaint: SEC v.Lorene Ellen Turpin and Lora K. McKinney
		In May 2001, Turpin pled guilty to aiding and abetting the obstruction of federal bank examiners during an inspection of Keystone Bank by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC").
		Turpin and McKinney also knew that by 1998 brokered deposits had become an important source of funds for Keystone Bank because other avenues of funding, such as loans from other banks, were no longer available.
		On July 15, 1999, Turpin transferred 1,000 of her remaining 1,022 Keystone Bank shares to E.E. Powell and Company for sale to the general public, but she was unable to find a buyer for the stock.
	www.sec.gov /litigation/complaints/comp17786.htm (1436 words)

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		Turpin was named an Alumni Fellow of Washburn University in 1993 and served as President of the Entomological Society of America in 1992.
		Turpin is the creator of Purdue's "Bug Bowl," a celebration of insect science, which draws over 12,000 visitors each year and attracts media attention from around the world.
		Professor Turpin is among one of the most popular speakers in the Midwest, educating and entertaining audiences in over 30 states.
	www.cast-science.org /cast/biotech/bios/turpin.htm (429 words)

	The Daily News Online
		In the reality TV world, Turpin spent several weeks training in a state-of-the-art gym with 15 other boxers who were promised "an opportunity of a lifetime": a chance to win $1 million during the show's live finale, a fight at Caesars Palace.
		Burnett said producers were drawn to Turpin for three main reasons: the "Rocky" connotations of a working-class Philadelphia fighter; the charisma and smile that dazzled female employees in Burnett's production company; and the drama of Turpin's background, because "with boxing, if you don't know their story, you don't care about them," he said.
		Custus worried about Turpin being away by himself for the first time and also that Turpin would fall under someone else's sway since trainers would not be allowed to accompany their fighters.
	www.tdn.com /articles/2005/03/12/this_day/news02.txt (1537 words)

	Ploughshares, the literary journal
		Turpin’s enormous skill lets him wrest from this rough world the heart and soul of workingmen, their families, their labors, and their rest.
		Mark Turpin was born in Berkeley, California, in 1953, and grew up mostly in Livermore, a Bay Area bedroom community populated half by ranchers and half by nuclear physicists who worked at the weapons laboratory.
		Turpin is still working as a carpenter, but he functions more as a contractor now, his clients mainly artists, architects, and poets.
	www.pshares.org /issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=8129 (626 words)

	New York Daily News - Home - Reality boxer shocker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Najal Turpin, a young Philadelphia boxer and one of the 16 contestants on the upcoming NBC reality show "The Contenders," shot and killed himself in an apparent suicide in North Philadelphia yesterday morning, sending shock waves through the boxing community and the show's producers.
		Percy Custus, Turpin's manager, said he was going by Turpin's girlfriend's house yesterday morning to pick up the boxer to take him to the Poconos, where he was going to help another boxer, Yusef Mack, prepare for an upcoming fight.
		Gallagher said Turpin, who was a natural welterweight, struggled to compete with the junior middleweights - all the boxers had to weigh 156 pounds - but more than held his own.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/story/281044p-240735c.html (648 words)

	HR Hub News for human resource professionals
		Turpin typically was unaware that she was having seizures, and would sometimes wake up with bruises on her arms and legs.
		When Turpin learned that she would be displaced from her shift, she contacted the Human Resources manager to request that she be allowed to remain on the first shift.
		Turpin presented a letter from her doctor stating that transferring shifts would cause a disturbance of her sleep pattern, and thus worsen her seizures.
	www.hrhub.com /content/news/article.asp?DocID={01617694-01D4-11D5-A770-00D0B7694F32}&Bucket=HomeFeaturedArticles&VNETCOOKIE=NO (673 words)

	African American Registry: Tom Turpin was an early Ragtime icon!
		Turpin was the second son of John and Lulu Turpin.
		In the early 1880s the Turpin family moved to St. Louis, where Honest John opened the Silver Dollar Saloon until 1903, when it was torn down to build a railroad station in anticipation of the St. Louis Exposition of 1904.
		While Turpin published only four other rags in his lifetime- "The Bowery Buck" (1899), "A Ragtime Nightmare" (1900), "St. Louis Rag" (1903), and "The Buffalo Rag" (1904), his influence on the development of ragtime was immense.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1677/Tom_Turpin_was_an_early_Ragtime_icon (287 words)

	The New York Times > Business > Media & Advertising > NBC Reality Show Contestant Kills Himself (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Turpin, who entered the series as a well-regarded young fighter with a 13-1 record, had a 2-year-old daughter with his girlfriend.
		Turpin would thus be a principal character in at least one show and if he won his first fight and continued on the series, he would be an even more significant factor.
		Turpin on the show's Web site said he had been a restaurant employee who worked cleaning seafood when he was not training for his matches.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/02/15/business/media/15reality.html?ex=1266210000&en=4b3efa00acb73f24&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (779 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| By genre \| Daylight robbery
		Richard Turpin's death was just about the only thing in his shortish life that conformed to anyone's idea of how a highwayman was supposed to be.
		Turpin's criminal career was scrappy, pragmatic, marked with bursts of panicked violence and careless boasts (his habit of showing off in pubs did for him on more than one occasion).
		Ainsworth's Turpin is a "knight of the road", a gentleman to the end of his exquisitely gloved fingertips (in real life Turpin was horribly pock-marked, wore a blue-grey coat and a "natural wig").
	books.guardian.co.uk /reviews/history/0,6121,1135192,00.html (1295 words)

	ESPN.com: Page 3 - Tragic suicide hits 'The Contender' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The oldest of seven kids, Turpin was reared in one of Philly's toughest neighborhoods by a financially strapped single mother.
		The real reason Turpin took his own life might never be known, but it appears it had nothing to do with his loss to Mora or being knocked out of contention for the grand prize of $1 million.
		Like all of the contenders, Turpin was being paid the $1,500 weekly stipend, and it is quite possible he would have reaped the benefits of having appeared on a network reality show had he not fallen victim to his inner demons.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/page3/story?page=turner/contender/050321 (1097 words)

	RICHARD TURPIN - LoveToKnow Article on RICHARD TURPIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		He was apprenticed to a butcher, but, having been detected at cattle-stealing, joined a notorious gang of deer-stealers and smugglers in Essex.
		This gang also made a practice of robbing farmhouses, terrorizing the women in the absence of their husbands and brothers, and Turpin took the lead in this class of outrage.
		A somewhat similar story was told about a certain John Nevison, known as " Nicks," a well-known highwayman in the time of Charles II., who to establish an alibi rode from Gad's Hill to York (some 190 m.) in about 15 hours.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TU/TURPIN_RICHARD.htm (256 words)

	Turpin High School Athletics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Turpin High School in Cincinnati, Ohio has a strong tradition and history of excellence in academics and athletics.
		Turpin's athletic teams have been recognized nationally, and have had 8 teams win Ohio State Championships since the school was founded in 1976.
		The Forest Hills School District and Turpin High School are committed to providing quality facilities and coaches that support students in their efforts to reach high levels of academic and athletic performance.
	www.goturpin.com (341 words)

	Dick Turpin - Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Richard Turpin was born on September 21st 1705 at Hampstead, Essex.
		Turpin shot him dead and incurred a bounty on his head of 200 pounds.
		The letter Turpin wrote, was intercepted by his former school master, who on recognising his handwriting, traveled to York to identify him.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/3550/36462 (479 words)

	The National Archives \| Research, education & online exhibitions \| Treasures from The National Archives \| Dick ...
		Dick Turpin is remembered as a highwayman, robbing travellers whilst on horseback, but he did this for only a short time.
		A local man, John Robinson, saw Turpin shoot a fowl belonging to his landlord and challenged him.
		During the investigation into the incident, Turpin's true identity and the extent of his crimes became known, and he was finished.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /museum/item.asp?item_id=25 (352 words)

	Dick Turpin: British Heritage on Britannia
		Dick Turpin was born in 1706 in rural Essex, the son of John Turpin, a small farmer and some-time keeper of the Crown Inn.
		By 1737, Turpin had achieved such notoriety that another bounty of £100 was placed on his head-a reward that unwittingly transformed him from a common footpad into a
		Turpin, who had been waiting nearby, rode toward the constables holding King and fired at them.
	www.britannia.com /BritHeritage/turpin.html (1747 words)

	Turpin Smith
		Turpin may have been his real first name, or his middle name and he dropped the first.
		Following convention at the time, Turpin probably was his mother's maiden name, and the fact that we can't concretely trace any of his lineage backward indicates that Turpin was unlikely to have been his legal first name.
		We also note, curiously, that the Turpin Farm is located just north of, and adjoining to, the tract of land owned by John Smith, as was a Turpin Tavern est in 1685.
	gaspee.org /TurpinSmith.htm (1365 words)

	Broadcasting & Cable: The Business of Television
		Najai Turpin impressed him at the tryouts in Philadelphia because Turpin was “tough, strong and he came to fight,” says the veteran musician and actor.
		Turpin returned home to Philadelphia (NBC will not disclose how far he got in the competition), where he was being paid $1,500 weekly by the show as part of an agreement that prevented the boxers from going into the ring before the series aired.
		Turpin's manager, Percy “Buster” Custus, who had known him since childhood, says he has no idea what could have prompted Turpin to take his own life.
	www.broadcastingcable.com /article/CA505425.html?display=Feature&referral=SUPP (830 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Contender' will enter the ring as planned, despite tragedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Turpin shot himself in the head while sitting with his girlfriend in a parked car outside the West Philadelphia gym where he trained, police told the Associated Press.
		The episode that features Turpin will be dedicated to him and will solicit donations to a trust fund to benefit his family.
		But Turpin's manager, Percy Custus, told the Philadelphia Daily News that among other troubles, Turpin was "frustrated" by a Contender contract that paid him $1,800 a week but prevented him from appearing in a boxing match until the series ends in May.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2005-02-15-contender-suicide_x.htm (585 words)

	Dick Turpin Part 1
		What holds my particular interest and is also my reason for bringing this to you over the next two weeks is the FACT that during Dick Turpin's highwayman days, one of the street's that he preyed on was that of 'Watling Street' in Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire!
		Ainsworth wrote a book in 1843 entitled, 'Rockwood.' One of the characters in the book was that of Dick Turpin whom Ainsworth portrayed as a flamboyant character who rode a horse called Black Bess from London to York.
		Seeing as the book was an instant hit, Turpin's notoriety grew and it was just one mere step up the ladder to him becoming debonair, handsome and a hit with the ladies.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/leicestershire/36028 (430 words)

	Turpin sets city record in 3,200
		Turpin's veteran team of seniors Corey Randall and Melanie Price and juniors Carolyn Rauen and Clark all held the lead at various stages, but Beaumont star anchor Maggie Infeld was too much.
		Turpin's full team, the regional champion last week, dyed coach Dan Dever's hair several colors (green, purple and pink) this week.
		Dever said he would do so if Turpin won the regional, and said he was going to get a tattoo that said "Turpin Track" if the Spartans had beaten Beaumont in the 3,200.
	www.cincinnati.com /preps/2003/06/07/wwwprep2tog7.html (917 words)

	Fans Of Reality TV - The Contender 3/20 Recap: Najai Turpin
		Morbid curiosity aside, the story of Sergio Mora and Najai Turpin is an interesting one because of the fighters' eagerness, almost desperation, to offer their families a better way of life through their boxing in the ring.
		Turpin finally seems to wake up and gets in a few head shots, but Mora responds once again and hits Turpin with a right that nearly spins Turpin around.
		Turpin attempts the tried-and-true tactic of getting Mora back on the ropes or into a corner, but Mora learns from his mistakes and manages to fight his way back out.
	www.fansofrealitytv.com /forums/showthread.php?t=43213 (2568 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Turpin myth held up to ridicule
		Dick Turpin was bad-tempered, had pockmarks and wore a wig, according to historians who have rubbished tales of a dashing, handsome 17th century highwayman.
		There was a huge public appetite in previous centuries for stories about Dick Turpin, but he was never sketched before his execution in April 1739 for the capital offence of horse stealing.
		That version of Turpin's life coincided with the arrival of the railways - when highway robbery ceased to be a major crime in England.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk/newsid_766000/766781.stm (471 words)

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