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An inch (plural: inches; abbreviation or symbol: in or ″ – a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. Corresponding units of area and volume are the square inch and the cubic inch.
The inch is a commonly used customary unit of length in the United States,Canada, and the United Kingdom. For the United Kingdom, guidance on public sector use states that since 1 October 1995, without time limit, that the inch (along with the mile, yard and foot) is to be used as a primary unit for road signs and related measurements of distance and speed and may continue to be used as a secondary or supplementary indication following a metric measurement for other purposes.
From July 1, 1959, the United States and countries of the British Commonwealth defined the length of the international yard to be exactly 0.9144 metres. Consequently, the international inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres. This creates a slight difference between the international units and American surveyor's units which are described in the article on the foot.
Thomas Inch (27 December 1881 in Scarborough, England – 12 December 1963) held the titles of Britain's Strongest Youth and Britain's Strongest Man.
He is known for the Thomas Inch dumbbell, known as "172", a dumbbell that weighs 172lbs and 9 ounces. It was extremely difficult to lift, partly due to its weight, but primarily because its handle was very thick (2 3/8 inches in diameter) making it difficult to hold onto without an outstandingly strong grip. There were numerous reports that there was a hole in the original 'bell, in which Thomas would place a nail; thus allowing him to arrest any rotation and lift it.
Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Atlanta Falcons for six seasons before serving time in prison for his involvement in an illegal dog fighting ring.
Vick played college football at Virginia Tech, where as a freshman he placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He left after his sophomore year to enter the NFL and was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft. He became the first African-American quarterback to be selected first overall in an NFL Draft. In six seasons with the Falcons, he gained wide popularity for his performance on the field, and led the Falcons to the playoffs twice. Vick ranks first among quarterbacks in career rushing yards.
In April 2007, Vick was implicated in an illegal interstate dog fighting ring that had operated over five years. In August 2007, he pleaded guilty to federal felony charges and served 21 months in prison, followed by two months in home confinement. With the loss of his NFL salary and product endorsement deals, combined with previous financial mismanagement, Vick filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2008. Falcons owner Arthur Blank did not want Vick on the Falcons, and after attempts to trade him failed, Vick was released. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and was reinstated in week 3 of the 2009 season.
Actors: Bill Fellows (actor), Steven Hillman (actor), Peter Brown (actor), Vince Woods (director), Benjamin Mullins (editor), Vince Woods (producer), Gareth Williams (miscellaneous crew), Arthur McKenzie (writer), Arthur McKenzie (producer), Philip Harrison (actor), Andrew Cheeseman (miscellaneous crew), Jo Culver (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Claire Bloom (actress), Constantine Gregory (actor), Joan Hickson (actress), Agatha Christie (writer), John Castle (actor), Barry Newman (actor), Barbara Hicks (actress), Judy Cornwell (actress), Norman Rodway (actor), Norman Stone (director), David Horovitch (actor), T.R. Bowen (actor), T.R. Bowen (writer), Gwen Watford (actress), Jon Croft (actor),
Plot: A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of the killer before he or she can strike again...
Keywords: actress, apostrophe-in-title, autopsy, barbiturates, based-on-novel, blackmail, comeback, death-threat, detective, down-syndromeActors: Agatha Christie (writer), Valentine Dyall (actor), Trudie Styler (actress), Joan Hickson (actress), Andrew Cruickshank (actor), Frederick Jaeger (actor), Jess Conrad (actor), John Bardon (actor), David Horovitch (actor), T.R. Bowen (writer), Stephen Churchett (actor), Sidney Livingstone (actor), Moray Watson (actor), Hugh Walters (actor), John Evans (actor),
Plot: Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry.
Keywords: amateur-detective, attempted-murder, based-on-novel, bicycle, biting-fingernails, book, burnt-body, butler, corpse, dead-body