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What is the title of this compound? (Mg,Fe)7SI8O22(OH)2?
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CUMMINGTONITE (Magnesium Iron Silicate Hydroxide)
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I don't even see how this is a question for some people. Lengthy title reigns are what put the wrestling business on the map... I will always choose a long title reign over multiple title reigns. First, the obvious: as others have said, being a former-10 time world champion means you also lost the world championship 10 times. When you lose the title that many times, your credibility starts to wane. While of course, there is something to be said for having the strength to regain the title, more often than not, man title reigns means that two wrestlers traded a title back and forth for a number of years. While everyone has mentioned Flair and HHH, people should look back to the old NWA territories to REALLY see multiple title reigns. Jerry Lawler is a former FORTY-THREE time AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion. That's ridiculous. Does anyone really think that having more title reigns is better than a lengthy title reign in that case? Of course not. It means that Lawler had his own territory and was the man, and that to put a guy over, he would let him hold the belt for a few weeks. Then when that wrestler wanted to move onto bigger and better things, he would drop the title back to Lawler, and move on. Instead... wouldn't it be more impressive if Lawler held the same title, without a defeat, for over 30 years? Could you imagine the surprise and near rioting that would occur when somebody beat Lawler? Which brings me to second: long title reigns add credibility to the title, the title holder, and make for big business. Many people have mentioned Bruno, although my guess is that very few people here have ever seen him wrestle, let alone know anything about him, other than his title reign. Some have said, and think that Bruno didn't defend his title all that much. Bruno typically defended his title 5 nights a week during the entire 1960s. The vast majority of people thought he could never lose the title. Night after night, a challenger would lose, people would go home happy, and the WWWF title meant something. Finally, Ivan Koloff came along and shocked the world. Bruno lost, and the crowd was completely silent. And then they started rioting. From 1963 to 1971, Bruno Sammartino was invincible, and so when he lost, it meant the world. Business boomed, and the WWWF took off. To address some other things people have said... for those that think that most champions didn't defend their titles during long reigns... well that's just patently false. Dory Funk, Jr. defended his title over 370 times in one year during his NWA title reign. That's more matches then there are days in a year. He sometimes would defend his title at two TV tapings during the day, and then a live match at night. Other champions like Jack Brisco, Harley Race, and even Terry Funk wrestled similar schedules. As for Flair... I DO think Flair's title reigns are impressive because he's had such a long career. That many title reigns over such a long period is excusable, not to mention the fact that he held the NWA title for a combined total of 3,120 days (more than 8 years)... second only to Lou Thesz. As for HHH... I think that his title reigns are bogus. He's had a short career and wrestled in an era of the WWF where there was at times, 3-4 world titles floating around. In his 6 reigns as WWE champ, it totals 260 days. 260! Considering that the WWE title is the most presitigious, and the World Title was basically created FOR Triple H, those reigns are pathetic.