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Jim Crow
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A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940.
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Those times were the heyday of Jim Crow, eugenics and manifest destiny.
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Open Mon-Sat 11am-2am, Sun 10am-2am The birthplace of the "Citywide Special" – an ice-cold can of Pabst Blue Ribbon and a shot of Jim Beam, now available almost anywhere in town – Bob and Barbara's is ground zero for this local "happy meal".
He is survived by Barbara, by a brother, Jim, by four sons, David, Charles, Andrew and Robert, and by eight grandchildren.
The 1985 Bears were bona fide pop cultural icons – punky QB Jim McMahon would join the show later that season ahead of Super Bowl while Walter Payton and Mike Ditka also made appearances – yet none came with the fanfare of Chicago's 335lb defensive tackle and occasional short-yardage runner.
TNS, which is regarded as more cautious than other pollsters, said its findings suggested the gap between the SNP and Scottish Labour is much narrower than the 20-point lead given to the nationalists in a spate of other recent polls, but that it was still gloomy news for the Scottish Labour leader, Jim Murphy.
The results were released after Jim Murphy, the Scottish Labour leader, insisted he still believed his party was able to close the unprecedented gap with the SNP.
Related: Jim Murphy's resignation throws Scottish Labour into turmoil The 33-year-old said: "The geographical spread of support I have – with MSPs from north and south, east and west – as well as the backing of MSPs from different parts of our movement shows I can bring our party together.
It is not the first time BBC journalists have had problems with politicians' names – Jim Naughtie infamously managed to mispronounce the name of the then culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, on Radio 4's Today programme.
4 Property Ladder reappears on TV. 5 Bombastic US television stock-picker Jim Cramer appears unusually subdued and forecasts a slump.
Jim Killock, the executive director of Open Rights Group who last month warned the right to privacy could be meaningless within a decade under Labour and Tory plans, said he hoped politicians of all stripes would oppose the reintroduction of the bill.
Rev Canon Jim Mynors, vicar of six rural parishes (two of them Grade I-listed) in Northamptonshire, similarly says it is a mixed picture.
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