Browsing archives for July, 2005

The highflyer who was too tall for air traffic control

Tall Ergonomics 29 July 2005 | 1 Comment

A GRADUATE who stood head and shoulders above other candidates for a job with air traffic control was rejected because of his height, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.

Tallest Living Man

Inspirational Tall People 28 July 2005 | 0 Comments

However the Guinness Book of records now says the Tallest man – living is Xi Shun (China, b. 1951), measured 7 ft 8.95 in (2 m 36.1 cm)

Tallest Footballer

Sport 24 July 2005 | 7 Comments

Recently signed to Liverpool for £7 million, he is worth over £30,000 per centimetre.

Council bring couple to their knees

Social 21 July 2005 | 0 Comments

A COUPLE who are too tall for their house condemned councillors yesterday for refusing them permission to make it bigger.

Do Tall People have Big Heads ?

Clothing 17 July 2005 | 1 Comment

Of course, it like big feet. Everything in proportion.

What does TALL mean?

Semantics 13 July 2005 | 1 Comment

The thesaurus gives synonyms of tall as: alpine, altitudinous, beanstalk, big, elevated, giant, great, high-reaching, lank, lanky, lofty, rangy, sky-high, skyscraping, soaring, stick and towering.

Virgin pays for lack of legroom

Travelling 9 July 2005 | 0 Comments

A Daily Telegraph reader unable to fit into a seat on a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Miami has received an out-of-court settlement after suing the airline for failing to provide “adequate seating”.

Beds for tall people

Furniture 8 July 2005 | 10 Comments

A common problem for tall people is finding beds long enough?

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