An urgent call has gone out for volunteers to carry out an operation to remove willow and birch scrub fringing the moss's shallow pools. |
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The male sperm reaches the female egg by swimming through the dew which has condensed on the moss's surface. |
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Sphagnum and the peat formed from it do not decay readily because of the phenolic compounds embedded in the moss's cell walls. |
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Yorkshire then enforced the follow-on and Moss's second half-century, his fourth of the season, helped his side to a draw. |
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Moss's contention that these lands have been manipulated for producing more game to shoot is historically correct, but that is changing too. |
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His wife, Mary, back in New Zealand, chanced upon a copy of War Cry, the Sallies magazine, which mentioned Moss's rehabilitation. |
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Hawthorn went on to beat Moss for the championship title by one point, even though he had won only one race that year to Moss's four. |
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The rain returned in the race, and although Moss's tyres rapidly deteriorated he was able to drive away from Hill and Trips to take the win. |
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Moss's first Formula One victory was in the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, a race he was also the first British driver to win. |
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Moss's quick thinking, and his defence of Hawthorn before the stewards, preserved Hawthorn's 6 points for finishing second behind Moss. |
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Moss's sporting attitude cost him the 1958 Formula 1 World Championship. |
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