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Armstrong, who finished the stage in 51st, is now 24th overall, 35 minutes and 19 seconds back from O'Grady.
USATODAY.com - Top riders beat pack by more than 30 minutes 2001
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Just an FYI, they are owned by the same people, but the one on 51st is newer, and seems to be slightly better quality.
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The Jamaican Cart on 51st is good, but I can’t stand waiting on that line.
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Sturgess is delighted to report that the original Sir John Fastolf "was said to have left a fortune worth $18 billion in today's values, and has been described as the 51st wealthiest individual in British history ... he is a reminder that for hundreds of years, governments did find a way of contracting with private individuals for the delivery of military services, services that would today be regarded as inherently governmental."
Shakespeare's best history plays Jonathan Bate 2010
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As Acevedo-Vilá put it during a recent House hearing: "Are we planning to entitle the 51st state to keep forever the Spanish language as its principal language in public schools, in the local courts and in everyday business?"
Sunday Reading 2007
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That's a lot of effort, considering that Jewish voters comprise less than 5 percent of American voters, and even inside Israel, during the 2004 presidential elections, only a small fraction of the quarter million dual citizens eligible to vote bothered to cast absentee ballots from the so-called 51st state.
Jan McGirk: Israelis Sending Word To U.S. Jews: We Prefer Obama 2008
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This is the so-called 51st state and Puerto Ricans, this being a commonwealth, they can vote in the primary election but not the general election.
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The 51st was the first black unit in the Marine Corps, a doubtful advantage considering the frequent reorganization and rapid troop turnover that proved its lot.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Morris J. MacGregor
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The 51st, which is one of the three first divisions to be named in official communiqués for magnificently opposing the enemy hordes, is known to be regarded by the Germans as one of our most formidable corps.
The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship
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I am daily commissioning the officers elected by other Georgia Regiments in like cases, to fill vacancies, and I am at a loss to understand why the right should be withheld from the 51st, which is allowed to others, and to which all are unquestionably entitled.
Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War, Upon the Right of The Georgia Volunteers, In Confederate Service, To Elect Their Own Officers. 16 p. 1857-1865: Brown 1863
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