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  Nicholas Winton, the Schindler of Britain
Nicholas Winton, one of the unsung heroes of World War Two, known as the Schindler of Britain, is still revered at the age of 92 as the father who saved scores of his 'children' from Nazi death camps.
In september, 2001, Nicholas Winton is to be the guest of honour at the film premiere of his story in Prague.
Winton has been invited to the launch by Czech president Vaclav Havel and around 250 of the 664 people he saved will also be at the event.
www.auschwitz.dk /Winton.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Winton Capital Management
Winton are regulated by the NFA and CFTC in United States, and authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom.
Winton Capital Management are a managed futures and hedge fund manager established in 1997 and specialising in systematic trading using advanced scientific methods.
Winton's founding principle is the belief that robust statistical research provides the richest and most reliable source of information on market behaviour.
www.wintoncapital.com   (612 words)

  
 Winton automobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, the new invention was still subject to much skepticism and to prove his automobile’s durability and usefulness, Alexander Winton had his car undergo an 800 mile endurance run from Cleveland to New York City.
Winton vowed to come back and win, producing the 1902 Winton Bullet, which set an unofficial land speed record of 70 mph (113 km/h) in Cleveland that year.
That part of Winton devoted to the manufacturing of diesel locomotives in 1935 became part of the Electro-Motive Corporation--later a Division--of General Motors, and is still in business today.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winton_automobile   (631 words)

  
 Winton, NC: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Winton was a Royal Port of Entry prior to American Independence and during the American Revolution served as a staging point for the Continental Army.
The Jordan family of Winton carried on large seine fishing operations at Mt. Gallant on the west side of Winton and at Barfields and Petty Shore on the east.
Winton is a progressive place, proud of it’s history but not willing to rest on its illustrious past.
www.wintonnc.com /history.htm   (1445 words)

  
 Winton - Queensland Holidays
Winton is recognised as the 'home' of Australian bush poetry, hosting the annual Bronze Swagman Award, one of the country's most prestigious literary awards.
Winton is famous for its water supply which thrusts its way to the earth's surface from three artesian bores, all around 1,200 metres deep emerging at a temperature of 83 degrees Celsius.
Winton is in the centre of Matilda Country, a diverse region in which vast Mitchell Grass plains are broken by magnificent coloured gorges, ridges and jump-ups.
www.queenslandholidays.com.au /outback/winton.cfm   (333 words)

  
 Nicholas Winton
Nicholas Winton, one of the unsung heroes of World War II, known as the Schindler of Britain, is still revered as the father who saved scores of his 'children' from Nazi death camps.
Winton was invited by Czech president Vaclav Havel and around 250 of the 664 people he saved were expected at the event.
Winton was born to Jewish parents that converted and baptized him.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Winton.html   (1182 words)

  
 Walkabout - Winton
Winton, originally known as Pelican Waterhole, owes its existence to the abortive Burke and Wills expedition and the subsequent expeditions which scoured central Queensland looking for the missing explorers.
The town of Winton was duly gazetted in 1879.
Undoubtedly Winton's greatest claim to fame is its association with 'Banjo' Paterson and particularly with the writing, and first performance of, 'Waltzing Matilda'.
walkabout.fairfax.com.au /theage/locations/QLDWinton.shtml   (1712 words)

  
 Dale Winton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dale Winton (born May 22, 1955) is a UK DJ and television presenter.
Winton's camp image has been associated with a string of game shows, such as Supermarket Sweep.
He is currently well known for presenting the Saturday National Lottery show.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dale_Winton   (263 words)

  
 Winton, Queensland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Area surrounding the town has yielded a number of (Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era) dinosaur fossils, including 'Elliot', a (Very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal) sauropod.
Lark Quarry, 115 kilometres southwest of Winton, has preserved evidence of dinosaur stampede.
Winton is intimately involved in the story of the popular Australian folk song, (Click link for more info and facts about Waltzing Matilda) Waltzing Matilda, which had its first performance in the North Gregory Hotel in the town.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/winton,_queensland.htm   (180 words)

  
 Australian Authors - Tim Winton
Winton was again shortlisted for The Booker Prize in 2002 for his novel Dirt Music, but lost out in a very strong field.
In recent years Tim Winton has become the patron of the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers which is sponsored by the City of Subiaco in Western Australia.
Although a reluctant media performer, Winton appeared on the ABC TV program "Enough Rope" with Andrew Denton in 2004, and a transcript of the program is available.
www.middlemiss.org /lit/authors/wintont/wintont.html   (601 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Winton M. Blount   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Winton Malcolm "Red" Blount, Junior (born February 1, 1921 in Union Springs, Alabama - died October 24, 2002 in Highlands, North Carolina) was the United States Postmaster General from 1969-1971.
Houston left in 1948 leaving Winton to serve as President and Chairman until entering public service in 1969.
The company worked on such construction projects as the First Avenue Viaduct in Birmingham, Alabama, the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans and Cape Canaveral's Complex 39A which launched Apollo 11.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Winton-M.-Blount   (1630 words)

  
 Winton Elementary
Winton Elementary School, one of the oldest school buildings in the area, serves 250 students from the southwestern boundary area of the Coeur d'Alene School District.
Winton School draws from some established residential neighborhoods as well as rural outlying areas.
As the new year begins we are also celebrating the 80th birthday of our beloved Winton Elementary.
www.sd271.k12.id.us /winton   (99 words)

  
 Winton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Winton is a town near the southern end of the South Island of New Zealand.
Winton was a car manufacturer in the USA from 1896 to 1924.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winton   (92 words)

  
 Winton History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Winton, California, a small community in Merced County has a colorful history.
It was later changed to Winton at the request of the railroad people.
They are looking for more pictures of Winton, Winton people, etc. from the very old, up to 1975.
hometown.aol.com /lr441/myhomepage   (273 words)

  
 Military Stories: Boer War: The Winton Send Off
It was that of the gallant men who had volunteered from Winton for the Transvaal and who, he was sure, would prove a credit to the town.
They were, he believed, all good men in the bush, and when the fighting was over it was just possible that the Brands Act might be suspended for a time and it would be their own fault if they did not benefit by this to become station holders.
It had been reserved for this year to show that a large proportion of the citizens of Great Britain and those who were true and loyal to her in the colonies, were prepared to take their place in foreign lands and stand side by side with the regulars.
www.lighthorse.org.au /military/winton.htm   (1325 words)

  
 WINTON - Online Community
The township of Winton is located in Central West Queensland, approximately 1400kms from Brisbane.
Winton is a travellers oasis in the outback providing a wide variety of accommodation and services not to mention that wonderful Aussie hospitality.
Winton is surrounded by the unique and unusual, an adventurers playground with all roads leading to another exciting experience.
www.giveanaussieago.com.au /towns/winton.html   (472 words)

  
 Alexander Winton... Famous But Forgotten
The book indicates that prior to the Grosse Pointe Race in 1901, Winton gave Henry Ford one of his new complete steering mechanisms with a steering wheel assembly because Winton said somebody would get killed with the device Ford was using.
Winton's career, from bicycle manufacturer to automotive innovator to diesel-engine developer for trains, illustrates the versatility which his prodigious creativity required.
Winton, Henderson, and Brown are in the front seat.
www.wintonhistory.com   (320 words)

  
 Michael Winton
Winton, M. On the climatic impact of ocean circulation.
Winton, M., 1997: The damping effect of bottom topography on internal decadal-scale oscillations of the thermohaline circulation.
Winton, M., 1996: The role of horizontal boundaries in parameter sensitivity and decadal-scale variability of coarse-resolution ocean general circulation models.
www.gfdl.noaa.gov /%7Egth/netscape/authors/winton.html   (326 words)

  
 BBC - Radio 4 - Home Truths - Parents and Heroes
Nick's Dad, Nicholas Winton, was a stock broker in the UK, who was encouraged to go to the then Czechoslovakia to see what was happening in the refugee camps.
This link records a recent trip Winton made to meet some of the children (now in their seventies) that he rescued.
Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation by Muriel Emanuel and Vera Gissing (with a forward by Esther Rantzen) is published by Vallentine Mitchell, ISBN: 085 303 42 57
www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/hometruths/0240heros.shtml   (580 words)

  
 Winton Index
Originally called Pelican Waterhole, Winton is one of Australia's best known towns of the Outback.
First settled in 1875, Winton has long been the centre of a vast cattle and sheep grazing area.
This is maintain by the Winton Shire Council.
users.bigpond.com /garydparker/winton   (379 words)

  
 Winton Queensland - Travel Action Matilda Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Winton is now the home of the Waltzing Matilda Centre, a state-of-the-art museum which was opened in 1998 as a tribute to Australia's national song and the Australian character.
The Winton Shire has a population of 1200 people and its major industries are cattle, sheep, livestock transport, opal mining and gypsum.
An average rainfall of 400mm per year means that Winton relies on bore water.
www.action-graphics.com.au /matilda/pages/winton/wintonintro.html   (211 words)

  
 Nicholas Winston: The Power of Good (Movie)
Inspiring documentary about Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who saved 669 Czech children from Hitler and never told anyone -- including his wife -- until now.
Nicholas Winton, 93, says he knew early on what the Nazis intended to do.
Winton, then a young stockbroker, began a British office for refugee children and forged passports, visas, and adoption papers to get 7- to 9-year-olds out of German territory and into homes in Britain and Scotland.
www.newyorkmetro.com /movies/articles/02/09/wintongood.htm   (242 words)

  
 Winton Air Travel - minnesota weather cincinnati boundary hotels information waters resources phytopathological forecast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In a news release, their lawyer, Gregory Winton, said the judge dismissed...
In Winton, on the edge of the Superior National Forest, I learned two...
Winton Matthews asked if we could get a better deal if we moved the date.
winton.mn.city-list.com /airtravel.htm   (231 words)

  
 Nicholas Winton in Prague - 19-07-2002 - Radio Prague
Nicholas Winton: "I could see in England what the political situation was and I thought it was much more serious than the politicians did.
This was a mammoth task, but Nicholas Winton eventually found families for around 700 children.
The documentary about Sir Nicholas Winton and his children is made in English, and, although it was shown on Czech Television last year, the Karlovy Vary Festival was the first opportunity to see it in 35mm format.
www.radio.cz /en/article/30418   (1030 words)

  
 Winton House
Located less than 30 minutes from Edinburgh, it is a unique and memorable venue for corporate hospitality or private functions.
To many visitors it is a hidden gem although it has been open for guided tours for many years.
As a home, Winton has an atmosphere of being lived in and enjoyed; all guests are assured of a very warm welcome.
www.wintonhouse.co.uk   (101 words)

  
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Winton and McBride then hooked up again on a 21-yard scoring pass to cap a six-play, 48-yard drive that gave DSU a 14-0 lead with 3:10 left in the first quarter.
After Winton tossed an interception, A&T quarterback Warren Orrick completed a 53-yard touchdown pass to Douglas Brown to cut the Hornets' lead to 17-7 with 4:51 left in the second quarter.
The touchdown passes were just the second and third of the season for Winton, whose first scoring pass was to McBride in the 38-6 win over Millersville on Sept. 10...
www.newszap.com /articles/2005/10/15/dm/central_delaware/sports/dsnsp01.txt   (723 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Blount, Winton Malcolm, Jr. (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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A successful building contractor, he was (1946–68) president and chairman of the board of Blount Brothers Corp. After serving (1968) as president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Blount became (1969) postmaster general in President Richard M. Nixon's cabinet.
More articles from AllRefer Reference on Blount, Winton Malcolm, Jr.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Blount-WM.html   (138 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Observer review: The Turning by Tim Winton
The author of the acclaimed Cloudstreet and Dirt Music returns to familiar territory by presenting inhabitants of small-town, coastal western Australia who have suffered damages as physical as a severed finger or as emotional as a painfully suppressed past.
Winton follows characters who have distinct pasts, presents and seemingly hopeless futures, yet connect to one another in tender and sometimes unsettling and mystifying ways.
The beauty of Winton's work lies not in the hope to which some characters awaken, but in his skill at making grief palpable to readers who may be unscathed by the agonies that his characters suffer.
books.guardian.co.uk /reviews/generalfiction/0,6121,1455949,00.html   (291 words)

  
 Descendants of John Winton
My great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather, *John¹ WINTON was born ca1705 in Ulster, Ireland and died in CumberlandCO, PA ca1777.
My great, great, great, great grandfather, *McClellan WINTON was born ca1763 in CumberlandCO, PA and died August 5th, 1818 in Morgan county, Alabama.
My great, great, great grandmother, *Tilitha "TILLIE" WINTON was born in Kentucky on February 4th, 1800 and died April, 1869.
www.angelfire.com /al/genealogy2/winton.html   (666 words)

  
 America on the Move | Winton automobile
Alexander Winton was a pioneer in the automobile manufacturing world.
The Winton Motor Carriage Company was incorporated in 1897 and sold its first car in 1898.
The Cleveland-based company was relatively successful in the first decades of the 20th century, but, unable to compete with the giants such as Ford, the Winton Company stopped making automobiles in 1924.
americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/collection/object_1277.html   (252 words)

  
 Waltzing Matilda Centre: About Winton
Winton is the 'home' of Australian bush poetry
Winton is the 'birthplace' of Waltzing Matilda, Australia's national song, and of QANTAS, Australia's national airline
Winton was placed under martial law during the Great Shearers' Strike in the 1890s when 500 shearers camped just south of town in a show of workers' solidarity.
www.matildacentre.com.au /AboutWinton.html   (292 words)

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