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8 unusual facts about Prospect


Cully Cobb

Cobb was originally a poor farm boy born in his grandfather's cabin near Prospect in Giles County in rural southern Tennessee.

Hershberger Mountain Lookout

Hershberger Mountain Lookout is a lookout structure located near Prospect, Oregon, in the United States.

James Melville Babington

He married Eleanor Lawson (1868–1943), daughter of Thomas James Lawson of Veteran Hall, Prospect, New South Wales.

Mercy Flights

In the past, the outlying communities of Prospect and Butte Falls were served by all volunteer ambulance services, which were struggling with the financial difficulties of operating ambulances in the nineties.

Prospect Oval

Prospect Oval is a sports stadium located at Menzies Crescent, Prospect, South Australia.

Raymond Leane

Raymond Lionel Leane was born on 12 July 1878 in Prospect, South Australia, the son of a shoemaker, Thomas Leane, and his wife Alice.

Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest

There are local ranger district offices located in Ashland, Butte Falls, Grants Pass, Jacksonville, and Prospect.

Ted Strehlow

He married twice, to Bertha James, in Prospect, South Australia on 21 December 1935, with whom he had three children; Theo, Shirley and John, and Kathleen Stuart in 1972, with whom he had a son, Carl.


1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt

Later trained at Fort Leavenworth in the United States, Đông was regarded by American military advisers as a brilliant tactician and the brightest military prospect of his generation and he served in the Airborne Division.

Battle of Schuinshoogte

General Sir George Pomeroy Colley's communications with Newcastle were under constant harassment by mounted Boer patrols under Commander J D Weilbach after the Battle of Laing's Nek (another British defeat) and as a result he planned to clear a path along the Newcastle-Mount Prospect road to better protect the British supply line, and receive fresh reinforcements he needed to bolster his ranks.

Calum Price

Along with the likes of Keegan Meth and Kyle Jarvis, he is regarded as a great future pace prospect for Zimbabwe.

Camp Dearborn

During the Great Recession of 2008, Dearborn investigated selling off the camp but found that the camp was profitable and that there was no prospect of a reasonably profitable sale due to zoning issues.

Chris Truby

The Kansas City Royals signed Truby with the intention of having him play third base until prospect Mark Teahen was ready for full-time duty in the major leagues.

Cyberpsychology

Lisa Kudrow's web-based situation comedy Web Therapy, in which Kudrow's unaccredited and unscrupulous character Fiona Wallice conducts therapy sessions using iChat, explores many of the ethical and practical issues raised by the prospect of psychotherapy conducted via Internet video chat.

Cyzicene hall

A Cyzicene hall is the architectural term borrowed from the Latin (ecus cyzicenus) given by Vitruvius to the large hall, used by the Greeks, which faced the north, with a prospect towards the gardens; the windows of this hall opened down to the ground, so that the green verdure could be seen by those lying on the couches.

Darroll Wilson

After 13 wins and a draw he fought another unbeaten prospect in light-hitting Cruiserweight Terry McGroom, a former light-heavy Golden Gloves champ.

David Padgett

As a high school senior, he was the top-rated center and considered the fourth-rated prospect overall by Inside Hoops, the seventh overall by Rivals Hoops, and fifteenth overall by ESPN.

Douglas Lima

Lima faced Russian MMA prospect Michail Tsarev in Season Eight Welterweight Tournament on January 24, 2013 at Bellator 86.

Eddie Lovett

A native of Miami, Florida, Lovett attended Palm Beach Lakes Community High School in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he also was a highly touted football prospect, playing wide receiver and defensive back.

F.W. Caulkins

In 1881 he designed Prospect Avenue Baptist Church additions on the corner of Georgia and Prospect Avenues.

Fernando Montiel

On February 13, 2010, Montiel defeated Filipino prospect Ciso Morales (14–0) via KO at the 1st round, successfully defending his WBO Bantamweight title.

Frank Youso

Youso's grandson, Jake is a prospect for the upcoming 2008 NHL Entry Draft

Golden Johnson

In 2006 he breathed new life into his career with an upset win over prospect Oscar Diaz, setting up a fight for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight Championship against American Antonio Margarito.

Hal Breeden

He was developing himself into quite the prospect - or at least the Chicago Cubs thought so - because on November 30, 1970, he was traded straight up for future Hall of Fame pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm.

Herbert Acevedo

During his amateur career he lost to undefeated prospect Fidel Maldonado.

Hitman in the City

Originally, after the near failure of Money No Enough's production effort, Jack Neo approached BMP Productions about a new movie prospect.

Ike Ibeabuchi

After winning 16 straight fights against club fighters and journeymen, Ike made a big jump in competition and fought undefeated prospect David Tua for the WBC International Heavyweight title on June 7, 1997.

Jeff Gorton

The one transaction Gorton will likely be remembered for is the trade that sent goaltender Andrew Raycroft to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft for goalie prospect Tuukka Rask.

Joe Girardi

In 1989, while a prospect for the Chicago Cubs, Girardi played for the Águilas del Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League.

KAZANSUMMIT

The prospect of closer reapproachment between Russia and the Islamic world has been emerged in 2003 when Vladimir Putin took part in the meeting of the most important international institution of the Islamic world - the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Ken Traill

Circa-1968 Ken and his wife Joan were the landlord and lady of the Prospect Inn, 93 Moor Road, Hunslet, Leeds.

Killarney Provincial Park

Canadian Group of Seven artist A. Y. Jackson was so alarmed by the prospect that Trout Lake (now O.S.A. Lake) was about to be logged that he petitioned the Provincial government of the day to have it preserved.

Lauren Burgess

After being identified as a long-term prospect, she attended several training camps before being named in the squad to travel to Dubai for the inaugural IRB women's world series tournament.

Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California

Based on sketches made during a visit in 1863, Bierstadt paints the valley from a vantage point just above the Merced River, looking due west with the prospect framed by El Capitan on the right, and Sentinel Rock on the left; the spire of Middle Cathedral Rock is visible in the distance.

Lower Prospect Canal Reserve

As of April 28, 2008, the final section of the canal leading to the Prospect Reservoir has been sectioned off and destroyed as Boral under direction of the RTA commences work on extending Reconciliation Drive from the Prospect industrial zone through to Wetherill Park.

Luke Lawton

Mel Kiper, Jr. also listed Lawton as the top fullback prospect in the country in 2004 in all divisions.

Mk III: The Final Concerts

After the end of the tour, and facing the prospect of the end of the band, Jon Lord mentioned to the press the upcoming release of a double live set consisting of performances from the last European tour.

New Haven County Cutters

The bad streak continued, and the Cutters fell to last place in the division in the second half and cost first-year manager Jarvis Brown, a former Minnesota Twins prospect, his job.

Nick Lalich

Lalich remained in the Bonnyrigg area, where he worked as an electrician for Prospect Electricity before his election to the City of Fairfield council as a Labor candidate in 1987.

Nuclear industry in Canada

Originally owned by the gold prospector Gilbert Labine, Eldorado began to prospect for pitchblende ore in 1929 and set up the Port Radium mine in the Northwest Territories four years later.

PAPR

Prospect Creek Airport (ICAO location indicator: PAPR), in Prospect Creek, Alaska, United States

Particular judgment

With the rise of the cult of Osiris during the Middle Kingdom (c. 2040–1640 BCE) in Ancient Egypt the “democratization of religion” offered to even his humblest followers the prospect of eternal life, with moral fitness becoming the dominant factor in determining a person's suitability.

Peachella

P. iddlingsi also comes from Groom Range, Delamar Mountains, and Chief Range (all Lincoln County), the Desert Range and the Spring Mountains (Clark County), Toiyable Range (Lander County), and Prospect Peak (Eureka County), Nevada.

Pemulwuy, New South Wales

Pemulwuy, formerly part of Prospect, is a relatively new suburb, with development beginning in 2004 on the site of a former Boral quarry and CSIRO sites.

Quentin Saulsberry

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Saulsberry attended Independence High School in Independence, Mississippi, where he was a three-star offensive line prospect.

Robert Kostelka

Newly-converted Republican State Representative James R. Fannin of Jonesboro, who is term-limited in the House, is considered a leading prospect to seek Kostelka's seat.

Robin Bouchard

Shortly after Bouchard's return to the team, Generals coach Robbie Nichols and Muskegon Fury coach Paul Kelly set up a trade: Bouchard for Detroit Vipers' prospect Steve Walker.

Scott Willis

Subjects ranged from the prospect of ubiquitous computing to a profile of Frank Gehry and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Teravainen

Teuvo Teräväinen - a Finnish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for Jokerit of the SM-liiga and a prospect with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League

The Unkissed Bride

Nervous about the prospect of having sex, Margie picks up a copy of Mother Goose and begins reading from it, causing Ted to faint.

Thorsten Fink

Young prospect Valentin Stocker and club legend Scott Chipperfield gave Basel the goals in the 2–0 victory on 16 May.

Tim Footman

His work has appeared in The Guardian, Mojo, Time Out, Prospect, the Bangkok Post, The National (Abu Dhabi), the Sunday Post, the Yorkshire Post, BBC Online, CNNGo, Drowned In Sound, Careless Talk Costs Lives, Aeon, Zembla, Twill and the International Journal of Baudrillard Studies.

Tommy Dean

Dean was signed out of high school for a $60,000 bonus in 1964 by Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Buzzie Bavasi, who was trying to transform the Dodgers into a team built around pitching, speed, and defense and considered Dean a top young prospect.

Una Troy Walsh

Writing under the pen name of "Elizabeth Connor", she began her career in 1936 with the publication of the novel Mount Prospect which was banned in the Irish Free State.

Vine Brook

John Josselyn (in his "New England's Rarities") and other writers from the 17th Century (such as William Wood in his "New England's Prospect") noted the abundance of grape vines, primarily in low, wet areas.


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