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  • The "Heavies" were already parading just outside their camp, when suddenly there appeared over the rising ground, within half a mile of them, the head of a big force of Russian cavalry quietly advancing towards them.

    Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell 1899

  • Lucan was an impetuous commander, and in his hot courage joined in the charge and sword play of the "Heavies," leaving his Light Brigade standing without orders.

    Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil wars, 1894

  • United Launch Alliance has the production capacity to build 50 Atlas Common Booster Cores a year and 16 Delta IV Heavies a year.

    New Uses for Constellation Systems? - NASA Watch 2009

  • The Dragons' Den loft makes my heart sad; it's the sort of place you would imagine Jay Kay and Denise Van Outen having Galliano back to in the 90s for a terrifying acid jazz afterparty where Shovell from M People would batter bongos along to Brand New Heavies remixes for upwards of nine hours, whether anyone requested it or not.

    Dragons' Den: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011

  • United Launch Alliance has the production capacity to build 50 Atlas Common Booster Cores a year and 16 Delta IV Heavies a year.

    New Uses for Constellation Systems? - NASA Watch 2009

  • A lunarized Dragon, a Bigelow module, and two Falcon 9 Heavies ...

    SpaceX COTS D Dragon Video - NASA Watch 2009

  • Earlier in the day, 2010 Mercury Prize contender Kit Downes and his powerful sextet had explored Scandinavian folk songs, contemporary bebop, and anthemic contemporary blues, and former Brand New Heavies keyboardist Neil Cowley had mixed jackhammering rock-piano chords with slinky swing and the purrs of a string quartet.

    Hugh Laurie at Cheltenham Jazz Festival - review 2011

  • JT: That's true, and that affected me very much too because I had Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, The James Taylor Quartet, and Incognito, which were all outfits that prided themselves on really using uniquely live instrumentation--real horns, real woodwinds, real strings.

    Mike Ragogna: Review: My Morning Jacket "Unstaged," Plus Chatting with Erykah Badu and James Tormé Mike Ragogna 2011

  • Neil Cowley Trio The Face of Mount Molehill Former Brand New Heavies keyboardist Cowley moves out from his groove-driven acoustic piano-trio sound to the richer textured music he introduced at the 2011 Cheltenham jazz festival.

    F&M playlist 2011

  • JT: That's true, and that affected me very much too because I had Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, The James Taylor Quartet, and Incognito, which were all outfits that prided themselves on really using uniquely live instrumentation--real horns, real woodwinds, real strings.

    Mike Ragogna: Review: My Morning Jacket "Unstaged," Plus Chatting with Erykah Badu and James Tormé Mike Ragogna 2011

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