Now that the debate has wrapped up in London — with a request by one member of Parliament to switch topics from phone hacking to the "significant victory by four lengths" of the House of Commons' rowing team over one from the House of Lords — we take a moment to note that a second U.S. senator has called for an American investigation of News Corporation.
Two families of bis imido) symmetrical Schiff bases based on 4-methoxybenzaldehyde and thiophene-2-carbaldehyde linked by three lengths of alkyl groups (propane → butane → dodecane) have been prepared and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, Q-TOF mass spectroscopy, IR and elemental analysis.
He won by two lengths — the 4,131st win of his career, the 1,529th at Monmouth.
They were ahead by two lengths at the top of the homestretch, as a challenge by Roman Soldier materialized.
Rakti won his first part of the British Horseracing Board's Summer Triple Crown bonus in tremendous style at Royal Ascot when, having his first race since December, he beat Powerscourt by two lengths in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes.
In the Hopeful, it looked as if Afleet Alex, who trailed Devils Disciple by two lengths at the top of the stretch, then drifted out and back in as he chugged down the lane, might lose.
Ridden by George Barrett, she led from the start and shook off he rivals "without an effort" to win by two lengths, in an impressive time of 1 04.2.
The 3-year-old filly, owned by Johnny Gaspard and Lloyd Romero, lost to Sparkles of Luck by two lengths.
The four-year-old was having his second start for the stable when winning by two lengths at Hamilton and looks capable of defying a 6lb rise.
