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Compton

1. Arthur Holly. 1892--1962, US physicist, noted for his research on X-rays, gamma rays, and nuclear energy: Nobel prize for physics 1927
2. Denis. 1918--97, English cricketer, who played for Middlesex and England (1937--57); broke two records in 1947 scoring 3816 runs and 18 centuries in one season
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Compton

a city in California, in the western USA; located south of Los Angeles. Population, 78,600 (1970). It has machine-building, rubber, and glass industries.

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Compton died in Feldafing on July 22, 1921, aged 72.
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Compton said we are in a "time when all of us are looking at big institutions under a tremendous amount of pressure." Despite these realities, she prides herself on the political objectivity she maintained during her journalistic career.
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Compton, who was dismissed for a duck as England batted only once at Headingley, added: "It would have been nice to score some runs in the first Test but there's been some quality preparation and that's where my focus is, so when I get my chance I'm really on it."
We're one up so let's build on it: Compton
In the late 1700s Compton Verney was transformed into the magnificent Georgian mansion by Britain's most gifted innovators: the architect Robert Adam, and the celebrated landscape designer, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown.
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NICK Compton insists he does not need a licence to thrill to be a success in Trevor Bayliss's new England.
Nick under no pressure to change batting game; CRICKET

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