Hornby

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Hornby

(ˈhɔːnbɪ)
n
(Biography) Nick. born 1958, British writer; his books include the memoir Fever Pitch (1992; filmed 1997) and the bestselling novels About a Boy (1998; filmed 2002),How To Be Good (2001), and Juliet, Naked (2009)
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References in classic literature
Hardyman had had out her thirteen sisters, daughters of a country curate, the Rev: Felix Rabbits, and married eleven of them, seven high up in the service; how Hornby was wild because his wife would stay in Europe, and Trotter was appointed Collector at Ummerapoora.
EVERTON youngster Fraser Hornby has completed a season-long loan move to Belgian top division side KV Kortrijk.
(Alliance News) - Model train maker Hornby PLC's turnaround is making good progress, it said Thursday, helped the company's annual loss to narrow.
On the left of midfield that day was a 17-year-old Fraser Hornby, who had joined the Blues from Northampton Town as part of the Elite Player Performance Plan two years earlier.
Andy Hornby, who was in charge of HBOS when it was rescued by Lloyds at the height of the financial crisis, has been named the new boss of Frankie & Benny's owner The Restaurant Group.
Hornby PS4m Hornby could also get a potential pension supplement of up to PS126,000, plus an annual bonus of up to PS945,000 and as much as PS1.26m a year under a longterm reward scheme.
Early on March 2, Robert Stanley Hornby II, 48, of Portland was attempting to drive away from the yard with a flatbed car hauler when he was interrupted by a Robinson & Owen Heavy Construction crew returning from an overnight snow removal project, the sheriff's office stated.
TROUBLED toymaker Hornby has appointed a new chairman to oversee a turnaround plan at the firm.
HORNBY has again warned over full-year profits and the group's chairman is to quit as the model toymaker grapples with falling revenue.
THE chief executive of Hornby is to step down after Phoenix Asset Management seized control of the model toymaker and commenced a review of the firm's strategy.
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