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*First Period: 7 July 1937 (Battle of Lugou Bridge, also called the Marco Polo Bridge Incident) - 25 October 1938 (Fall of Hankou). "The Chinese army wou Following the [[Marco Polo Bridge Incident]], Japan began a prolonged war against China resulting in i

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*1912-1922: The Polo Grounds (Manhattan)

...nning of the operation, and the actual first orders, referred to Operation POLO STEP. Only afterwards did press people speak of Operation Iraqi Freedom. POLO STEP would be neutral, but too obscure. Iraqi Freedom is non-neutral, just

...ently, sports involving domesticated yaks, such as [[yak skiing]] or [[yak polo]], are being developed as tourist attractions in Central Asian countries.

==Marco Polo to the 18th century== {{Image|Marco Polo portrait.jpg|right|100px|Portrait of Marco Polo}}

Throughout the period during which the Marco Polo Bridge Incident expanded into the Sino-Japanese War, Hirota stood at the di

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*''Marco Polo espion de Venise'' (1984), Pocket

...ot supposed to suggest the subject of the plan, so, in planning, Operation POLO STEP was the term used for planning the [[Iraq War]] (2003-).

...d by [[Gareth Evans]], who points to a number of examples: that of [[Marco Polo]]'s naming of [[Madagascar]] and the fictional case of two babies being swi

...and [[darts]]. The MCR has been particularly strong at women's boxing, [[polo]], and cricket.

...ming, recreational swimming, aquatic exercise, water sports (such as water polo, synchronised swimming, underwater hockey), or keeping afloat in order to s

...be ALL CAPS, so a document might be marked SECRET/CCO or TOP SECRET/SPECAT/POLO STEP.

...ed ''zamindar''s such as the feudal [[Rajput]] landlords of vast holdings. Polo, partridge shoots and tea parties were therefore not associated attributes.

* Yomiuri Shimbun. ''Who Was Responsible? From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor'' (2007) ISBN 4643060123 [http://search.japantimes.c

1. Did Marco Polo realy visit China, did he just write down stories he heard, or did he make

...tremely private in one respect, such as TOP SECRET/SPECIAL ACCESS REQUIRED/POLO STEP over JWICS, but personal privacy isn't a major concern -- security off

...This is a team game, played on horseback. It is similar in resemblance to polo. A popular sport with children is kite fighting. The strings of the kites a

...ssex. Horse riding – Silver Hounds Riding Club, Esher & Billy Walsh’s Ham Polo Club. Skiing: Alpine and Scandinavia. Pot-holing – with Bristol Speleolog

...]]<td>[[Theodoric the Great]]<td>[[troubadour|The Troubadours]]<td>[[Marco Polo]]

== polo and turtlenecks == ...1920s, "a polo coat."</blockquote> Here in the States, today, we DO have polo shirts, AND turtleneck sweaters, and, I believe, camel's hair coats. Though

...me]] or may be associated with gambling such as black jack or mahjohng, or polo which is traditionally played by the European upper class.

:Swimming; Synchronized Swimming; Diving; Water polo; Archery; Athletics; Badminton; Baseball; Basketball; Boxing; Canoe-kayak;

| title = The Travels of Marco Polo }}</ref>, translators of [[Marco Polo]], summarize China's situation in Polo's time as follows:

...ral Command contingency plans, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq, were PO (POLO STEP)).

...lso once seen pushing George - her second cousin - down a grassy bank at a polo match, and also putting her hand over his mouth as the National anthem was

...vered, and accounts by explorers such as [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Marco Polo]] and [[James Cook]], revived a desire for accurate geographic detail.

...ed in Manzi.<ref>{{cite book| last= Polo|first = Marco| authorlink = Marco Polo|title = The Travels| publisher = [[Penguin Books]]|date = 1965|location = M

...Central Command, designated the plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq as '''POLO STEP''', <ref name=TFranks>{{citation

...Full scale war &mdash; the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] began at the Marco Polo bridge near Beijing in July 1937.

...gu - Phạm Ngũ Lão's Đại Việt - 1285 |url=https://archive.org/details/marco-polo-caugigu-pham-ngu-lao-dai-viet-1285 |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date

# [[Marco Polo|Polo, Marco]]

::I would also use a mug, but I'd rather own a polo shirt with an embroidered logo rather than a T-shirt. Additionally, I can

# [[Marco Polo]]

The second collection, the CAESAR-POLO-ESAU papers, consists of 147 documents and 11,000 pages of research from 19

[[Marco Polo]] refers to the oil springs of [[Baku]] (in what is now [[Azerbaijan]]) tow

...is not mentioned. Nestorian Christianity was important in Asia. e,g. Marco Polo mentions it as well established in several Persian & Chinese cities. [[User

* [[:Category:Water polo Subgroup]]

...ANDLE THROUGH COMINT CHANNELS ONLY) or code words/nicknamesd (e.g., UMBRA, POLO STEP)</ref><ref name=FASPD59>{{citation

###[[Marco Polo Bridge Incident]]

The second collection, the [[CAESAR-POLO-ESAU papers]], consists of 147 documents and 11,000 pages of research from

|Trivia=For many years his polo shirts with the crocodile logo on the breast have been sold worldwide; deve

The second collection, the CAESAR-POLO-ESAU papers, consists of 147 documents and 11,000 pages of research from 19

...quickly developed into a cosmopolitan city, visited (probably) by [[Marco Polo]] and other Europeans by the the 13th century. In 1367, however, Dadu fell

...tivenesses, as well. In the United States, butlers may frequently adorn a polo short and slacks, while in Bali they typically wear [[sarong]]s.<ref>Patrao

...tivenesses, as well. In the United States, butlers may frequently adorn a polo short and slacks, while in Bali they typically wear [[sarong]]s.<ref>Patrao

...al| author=Mancia G, Bombelli M, Facchetti R, Madotto F, Quarti-Trevano F, Polo Friz H et al.| title=Long-term risk of sustained hypertension in white-coat

...pushed Central Command to deal with Iraq, and invasion planning (Operation POLO STEP). There was some pre-invasion maneuvering and pressure, ranging from

...conversant in German and French. He learned to ride, shoot, row, and play polo and lawn tennis.

...is end, he exercised regularly and took up boxing, tennis, hiking, rowing, polo, and horseback riding. He was an enthusiastic singlestick player and in 190

...d, when Reilly received the notice on September 13, 2001. It used the term POLO STEP, the code word for Franks' concept of operations. <ref>COBRA II, pp. 1

* [[Marco Polo]]

::::Following that logic, water polo must have an even more prominent place, since clearly it uses water and vig

...signation from the 4th Hussars. He spent a lot of his time there playing [[polo]], the only ball sport in which he was ever interested. Having left the Hus