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boh lahyn

  • n  a loop knot that neither slips nor jams

  • Sailor Charles ("Bud") Cowart had straddled a toggle above the ring at the end of the cable, was taking two bowline hitches about his waist.
  • The brief case was roped to his neck with tight sailor's bowline knots.
  • This wonderful volume covered everything any boy needed to know, from how to make a blowgun to how to tie a double bowline.
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  • Businesses carve millions in tax refunds from schools; old assessments blamed
    Mirant, now NRG Energy, won a $224 million refund from North Rockland schools in 2006-07. The property includes Bowline Generating Station in West Haverstraw and the now-demolished Lovett Generating Station in Tomkins Cove.
    July 15, 2013 - The Journal News
  • Tax assessment challenges: They win, you pay
    Mirant, now NRG Energy, won a $224 million refund from North Rockland schools in 2006-07. The property includes Bowline Generating Station in West Haverstraw and the now-demolished Lovett Generating Station in Tomkins Cove.
    July 14, 2013 - The Journal News

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