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  • DUMBARTON FAMILY FUN DAY Wish a "Happy Birthday" to first Dumbarton resident Joseph Nourse with games and activities for all ages. 11 a. m.-1 p.m. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW.

    Washington, D.C., Going Out Guide, July 8-14 2010

  • Surely the tree you planted in Dumbarton, is not now to be blasted!

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • He was a chemistry teacher in Dumbarton, Kirkintilloch and Glasgow, becoming a deputy-head from 1974-87, and Secretary of his Constituency Labour Party before he entered Parliament.

    The financial experts in government Not a sheep 2009

  • She is not afraid of heroes! you are safe in Dumbarton, and why not bring her here also?

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • [Page 233] * This tower, within the fortress of Dumbarton, is still called "Wallace's Tower," and a sword is shown there as the one that belonged to Wallace.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • American Ballet Theatre Through May 26 Mr. Ratmansky's free-flowing work for six couples takes its impetus from Igor Stravinsky's Concerto in E-flat, also known as "Dumbarton Oaks" after the Washington, D.C., residence of the couple who commissioned the composition and hosted its first performance in May 1938.

    Not the Usual ABT Fare Robert Greskovic 2011

  • Wikipedia record John McFall's past thus: He went to school in Dumbarton.

    The financial experts in government Not a sheep 2009

  • Lord Lennox was thanked by Wallace for his good services, and immediately despatched to reoccupy his station in Dumbarton.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • Bridge; two at Renfrew; three at Dumbarton, which is, more correctly speaking, on the Leven, but generally falls to be reckoned in common with the other places mentioned as a Clyde port; two below Port

    Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 Various 1836

  • It's funny how I remember some things so clearly but then I can't remember what the street at the bottom of Byres Road is called Dumbarton Rd? or the name of the other bookstore in town that was not Border's, although I can picture it perfectly, how it smelled, the black felt of my coat draped over my arm, the color of the twilight that lasts all day in November, the thickness of the coffee cups and the dim buttery lighting on the escalator at the mezzanine.

    N@ked Under My Lab Coat Joolya 2005

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