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unusual facts about Grevillea 'Superb'


Grevillea 'Superb'

In 2003, Australia Post issued a 50c stamp depicting the cultivar.


1982, Janine

His cast of characters includes: Janine, based on a childhood memory of Jane Russell in The Outlaw; Superb (short for Superbitch); and Big Momma, an obese lesbian.

1984 in motoring

Though the older car is to continue, the new Samara is a superb engineering achievement after 15 years with virtually no technical changes at Togliatti.

1993–94 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

The return of Alan Shearer from a long-term injury saw him make a swift return to his superb form of old, with the 23-year-old hitman scoring 31 goals in the league.

Angelika de la Cruz

Her superb performance as Lavinia Arguelles won her a Best Actress nomination at the 2007 PMPC Star Awards for Television and a Best Actress award in Gawad Amerika.

Anton Kutter

Kutter was awarded two golden medals at the Venice Biennale and he invented the well-known Schiefspiegler telescope which is a modified Cassegrain reflector featuring superb optical definition due to an off-axis secondary mirror.

Augustus Caesar Buell

Despite the suspicions, in 1905 a superb quotation from John Paul Jones was copied from Buell's biography for "Reef Points", the handbook of the Brigade of Midshipmen.

Bill Harsey, Jr.

In Battle Blades, author Greg Walker identifies Harsey as producing superb edges and blade finishes on his knives, as well as making knives specifically for Al Mar and Colonel Rex Applegate.

Brockbank Jr. High

The Physical Education program is superb, with racquetball, tennis, and basketball equipment & facilities, as well as a workout room, and video game systems with sports-related games (i.e., Wii Fit, Just Dance, and Dance Dance Revolution).

Bruce DeHaven

DeHaven was made the scapegoat and fired by the organization, but his reputation remained strong because A) the Bills were perceived to have over-reacted in relation to his 13 years of superb coaching and B) it was discovered that DeHaven had specifically had his coverage unit prepare for exactly the play that Tennessee ran, and also for the threat that Kevin Dyson presented, only to watch the players blow their assignments as Dyson scored a historic season-killing TD.

C. superbus

Calochortus superbus, the superb mariposa lily, a flowering plant species

Cedric Boyns

Worcestershire won by an innings thanks to a superb all-round display by Imran Khan (111*; 7–53 and 6–46) so Boyns was only allowed a single innings, in which he scored 23.

Charles Percy Parkhurst

He had a fellowship with Paul J. Sachs, a Byzantine expert, at Dumbarton Oaks, but never a superb linguist, Parkhurst felt that he was unqualified for this position and left to become a research assistant at the National Gallery of Art along with his fellow student Craig Hugh Smith.

Chilberg

The amazing story of a Swedish-American family that came all the way from Knäred, Halland, Sweden, to America in 1846 with the boat Superb, starting their uncertain journey to the new future in Gothenburg to arrive in Philadelphia.

Clive Burgess

Born in Manmoel on 25 November 1950, Robert Clive Burgess joined Ebbw Vale from Croesyceiliog RFC and was a superb servant to the Eugene Cross Park club, for whom he made more than 200 appearances, before finishing his career in Italy with Brescia.

D. D. Guttenplan

Guttenplan’s account of the case, The Holocaust on Trial, was described by Ian Buruma in the New Yorker as “a mixture of superb reportage and serious reflection—about the role of Jewish identity politics in the United States, anti-Semitism in Britain, the historiography of the Cold War, and so on.”

Dhatrigram

Today, finely woven feather-touch textiles and saris in exotic designs and colours are being produced in the vast weaving belt of Shantipur, Phulia, Samudragarh, Dhatrigram and Ambika Kalna—each centre producing superb fabrics in its own unique weaving style.

Donie Collins

Superb late goals by Collins and Éamonn O'Donoghue secured a 3-8 to 1-9 victory and a second All-Ireland medal for Collins.

Edmond Gibney

However it was at the Badminton CCI**** in 2003 that the pair shone, winning the Glentrool Trophy for a superb showing in the cross country and ending up in 19th place overall.

Fernand Dauchot

The painter is famous for his superb landscapes of France's Brittany region, and his works belong to several public collections, among them the Museum of Art of the city of Quimper.

Florence Austral

She can be heard, too, in superb duets opposite Feodor Chaliapin, Miguel Fleta, Tudor Davies and Walter Widdop that employ both the acoustic and electrical recording processes.

Freitag aus Licht

Gérard Condé wrote in Le Monde about how the requirements of the Light cycle forced the composer into a cloister of sorts, This quest for perfection, a complete fulfillment of the artistic gesture from its conception to its implementation, against the tide of the entire musical practice, gradually shut the composer in a superb isolation, which resembles a prison.

Gerry Harrison

Anglia's staple football programme Match of the Week chronicled a superb spell for Ipswich Town under the guidance of Bobby Robson, as well as the fortunes of Norwich City, Luton Town, Cambridge United, Peterborough United, Colchester United, Southend United and Northampton Town.

Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority

The Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (CMA) lies south of the Great Dividing Range, the region contains areas of scenic beauty, magnificent and dramatic coastline, superb national parks and rich biodiversity.

Good Shepherd Cathedral School

The year-long celebration culminated with the school's production of the musical The Dreamer (an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) which showcased the superb talents of GSCS students.

Grevillea 'Molly'

It is a cross between G. aurea and G. bipinnatifida, chosen from seedlings which were bred by Owen Brown of Golden Beach, Queensland in 1997.

John K. Beatty

"Mr. Beatty’s headlong execution on his superb set of pipes was as much of a surprise to Tarlach Mac Suibhne, the “Donegal Piper,” as was his lilting. After watching his acrobatic performance on the huge instrument for a time, McSweeney remarked quizzically: “Begor, Mr. Beatty, you have a great shower of fingers.”

Joseph Karge

His victory over General Nathan Bedford Forrest at Bolivar, Tennessee is the only cavalry loss record for Forrest, who developed a reputation as a superb cavalry leader.

Louis-Édouard Garrido

Established in Normandy, Louis-Édouard Garrido painted superb landscapes in the area of Saint-Vaast, as well as portraits and still-lfes.

Louisville Youth Orchestra

Over the years the LYO has also called many places home: the old Academy on York Street, the Shrine Temple, the Columbia (now Spalding) Auditorium, the old Armory (now Louisville Gardens), the Louisville Convention Center, Atherton High School, and most recently, the superb facilities of the Youth Performing Arts School.

Monge de Montaudon

In return he was appointed lord of the poetical society of Puy Sainta Maria (Puy-Sainte-Marie) at Le-Puy-en-Velay (Podium Aniciense) and received a sparrow hawk, the prize the society granted for superb poetry.

Nicholas Hawksmoor

Algernon Stitch lived in a "superb creation by Nicholas Hawksmoor" in London in the novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (1938).

Purple-crowned Fairywren

However, genetic evidence shows it is most closely related to the Superb and Splendid Fairywren within the genus Malurus.

Rita Moss

talk to me tiger!, the first Dot LP, consisted of several familiar live club repertoire numbers from the Islandia LP, plus ballad material; the next LP, Superb, was arranged and conducted by Marty Paich.

Second Battle of Algeciras

In France the battle was represented as a victory, largely based on a report sent to Paris by Dumanoir le Pelley on the strength of a letter written by Captain Troude, which claimed that he had fought not only Venerable and Thames, but also Caesar and Spencer (misidentified in the report as Superb).

Sudbury Hall

The house was built between 1660 and 1680 by George Vernon, grandfather of George Venables-Vernon the 1st Baron Vernon and is notable for its superb Great Staircase, fine Long Gallery, and portraits by John Michael Wright, and of Charles II's mistresses.

Sunderland A.F.C. Women

Lucy Bronze gave a superb display at right-back, earning herself the Player of the Match Award for the Black Cats.

Superb Internet

Superb Internet's corporate offices are located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and with data centers located coast-to-coast in the United States in McLean, Virginia, Springfield, Virginia and South Seattle, Washington.

T. superba

Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, afara or korina, a large tree species native to tropical western Africa

Teresa Torańska

Her book Them (Oni) was a breakthrough best seller that led to frequent parallels with Oriana Fallaci as a superb interviewer.

The Crick Crack Club

It features over 220 voices, including that of Hugh Lupton, TUUP, Sally Pomme Clayton, Ben Haggarty, Abbi Patrix and Laura Simms, as well as superb examples of some of the world's greatest surviving epic singing traditions such as Central Indian Pandavani, Rajasthani Pabuji Ki Phad, Kyrgyz Manas singing (singers of the epic of Manas), the work of Turkish Ashiks and Bangladeshi Palagan and Patuagan performers.

The Dorset House

It contains superb examples by master craftsmen from all over North America, including an Elmer Crowell- whose wide variety of working decoys, decorative carvings and miniatures prove him to be the most versatile of the old-time masters- and such well kjnown carvers as Bill Bowman, Lee Dudley, Nathan Cobb, Lem Ward, Steve Ward, Joseph Lincoln, Albert Laing, Shang Wheeler, George Warin and John Blair.

The Martian

Of a rather loose construction, its main points of interest lie for today's readers in lively descriptions of "la vie de bohême" and different parts of Paris through the second half of the 19th century, pages on Mechelen in Belgium and Whitby in the 1870s, and its superb illustrations.

The Pacific Between

Raymond K. Wong's rich Asian voice makes his story spring to life through the development of his vibrant characters, exotic settings, complex Chinese-American relationships, humor, and a superb plot of perceived betrayal.

Tour du Crédit Lyonnais

In his song "Lyon Presqu'île" on the album The Superb, Benjamin Biolay (born in Villefranche-sur-Saone) includes "round in pen" in his view of the main monuments of the city.

Wilber Marshall

A week before that, he had a superb performance in the Redskins 41–10 win over the Detroit Lions, sacking Detroit quarterback Erik Kramer three times.

Zahid Shareef

Born in Chauburji Rajgarh, Lahore,Zahid Shareef developed a keen interest in sports specially hockey.Known for his tremendous dribbling skill,pin point passing and superb acceleration he represented the prestigious MAO College where he caught the attention of the PHF scouts.

Zakaria Bakkali

After Bakkali's superb Champions League-debut, Belgium coach Marc Wilmots selected him in the 25-man squad in the friendly-game against France.


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