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phoenix
phoenix fabulous bird that periodically regenerated itself, used in literature as a symbol of death and resurrection. According to legend, the phoenix lived in Arabia; when it reached the end of its life (500 years), it burned itself on a pyre of flames, and from the ashes a new phoenix arose. As a... Read more
Phoenix
Phoenix city (1990 pop. 983,403), state capital and seat of Maricopa co., S Ariz., on the Salt River; inc. 1881. It is the largest city in Arizona, the hub of the rich agricultural region of the Salt River valley, and an important center for research and development, electronics, telecommunications... Read more
Phoenix Park murders
Phoenix Park murders name given to the assassination on May 6, 1882, of Lord Frederick Cavendish, British secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, his undersecretary, in Phoenix Park, Dublin. They were stabbed to death by members of the "Invincibles," a terrorist splinter group of the Fe... Read more
Kanton
Kanton , coral atoll, 3.5 sq mi (9 sq km), central Pacific, largest of the Phoenix Islands , which comprise part of Kiribati , c.2,000 mi (3,220 km) SE of Honolulu, Hawaii. Annexed by the British at the end of the 19th cent., the island was also claimed by American guano companies. In 1937 the Bri... Read more
Tempe
Tempe , city (1990 pop. 141,865), Maricopa co., S Ariz., in the Salt River valley, a suburb of Phoenix ; inc. 1894. Its population has grown markedly since the 1970s with the expansion of the greater Phoenix area. Tempe is a health resort and an agricultural center, with lands irrigated by the Salt... Read more
Saint Clement I
Saint Clement I or Clement of Rome , d. AD 97?, pope (AD 88?-AD 97?), martyr; successor of St. Cletus. He may have known the apostles Peter and Paul and was a highly esteemed figure in the church. His letter to the church at Corinth was considered canonical by some until the 4th cent. It is nota... Read more
Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius
Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius , c.260-AD 340, Christian author and apologist, b. Africa. He taught rhetoric at Diocletian's school in Nicomedia and during the persecutions was converted to Christianity. Later (c.316) he was Latin tutor at Trier to Crispus, Constantine's son. His works, which w... Read more
Scottsdale
Scottsdale city (1990 pop. 130,069), Maricopa co., central Ariz.; settled in 1895 by Winfield Scott, inc. 1951. It is a resort and retirement center in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Manufacturing includes electronic and transportation equipment, chemicals, plastic products, pharmaceuticals, and fu... Read more
date
date name for a palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ) and for its edible fruit. Probably native to Arabia and North Africa, it has from earliest times been a principal food in many desert and tropical regions. For some 4,000 years it has been grown near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It is cultivated in... Read more
Barry Morris Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater 1909-98, U.S. senator (1953-65, 1969-87), b. Phoenix, Ariz. He studied at the Univ. of Arizona, but left in 1929 to enter his family's department-store business. After noncombat service in World War II, he won election to the Phoenix city council. In the U.S. Senate, Goldwate... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "phoenix"

Phoenix
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Phoenix Phoenix: Introduction Phoenix: Geography and Climate Phoenix: History Phoenix: Population Profile Phoenix: Municipal Government Phoenix: Economy Phoenix: Education and Research Phoenix: Health Care Phoenix: Recreation Phoenix...
Phoenix: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Phoenix: Education and Research Elementary and...the entire Maricopa County. The city of Phoenix is served by 16 separate public school...board and superintendent. The Greater Phoenix area has an extensive magnet school program...
Phoenix: Recreation
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Phoenix: Recreation Sightseeing A visitor to the Phoenix metropolitan area will find many sights and attractions...beauty of Salt River Valley. A principal attraction in Phoenix since 1939 is the Desert Botanical Garden on 50 acres of...
Phoenix: Communications
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Phoenix: Communications Newspapers and Magazines Phoenix's major daily newspaper is the morning The Arizona Republic. The smaller-circulation The Phoenix Gazette is published in the evenings on Monday through Saturday...
Phoenix: Economy
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Phoenix: Economy Major Industries and Commercial...s economy, continue to be important to Phoenix. Major industrial products manufactured...and sunshine in the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix continues to be an important resort center...
Phoenix: History
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States Phoenix: History Native Americans Removed to Make Way for White Settlers The city of Phoenix stands on the site of a prehistoric settlement...two settlers, one of whom called the place "Phoenix." He predicted that, like the mythical phoenix...
Phoenix Program
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Phoenix Program In an attempt to cripple or eliminate...backed government of South Vietnam, the Phoenix program was allegedly designed to conduct...Vietcong and Vietcong sympathizers. The Phoenix program was developed and operated by the...
Phoenix, the
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying Phoenix, The In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the phoenix is a mythical bird associated with the Egyptian sun...anew from the ashes of death. The Romans compared the phoenix with the Eternal City, and even put it on a coin as...
Phoenix, William
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Phoenix, William A direct voice medium of Glasgow...thought highly of his powers. However, Phoenix was later demonstrated to have been a clever...philosophy, to join him for a sitting with Phoenix in Glasgow and later in London. In the...
Phoenix Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Phoenix Theatre, New York, on 2nd Avenue at 12th...non-commercial plays, it opened as the Phoenix in 1953 with Sidney Howard's posthumous...Street Theatre, seating 204, renamed the Phoenix 74th Street Theatre, achieving a critical...

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Phoenix, River
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers PHOENIX, River Nationality: American. Born: Madrus...as Pilgrim [uncredited]) Publications By PHOENIX: articles Interview in Time Out (London), no. 1127, 25 March 1992. On PHOENIX: books— Glatt, John, Lost in Hollywood...
Phoenix
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PHOENIX PHOENIX. In 1867, pioneers entered the Salt River valley in central Arizona...the land of an ancient people, the settlers in 1870 named the town site Phoenix, a fitting symbol of life rising anew from the remains of the past...
phoenix
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable phoenix (in classical mythology) a unique bird...A variation of the myth stated that the phoenix burnt itself on the altar of the temple...emerged from the ashes and became the young phoenix. phoenix company a derogatory term for...
Phoenix program
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Phoenix program part of the American efforts started...clandestine cadres in southern villages. The Phoenix program was formed to coordinate American...police operations against the VCI. Although Phoenix was criticized as a thinly veiled terror...
Phoenix Park murders
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Phoenix Park murders Late in the afternoon of 6 May 1882 Lord Frederick Cavendish...Ireland, and Thomas Burke, his under‐secretary, were walking in Phoenix Park (Dublin) when four men leapt from a cab and stabbed them to death...
Phoenix Mass
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Phoenix Mass. Choral work by Payne for mixed ch., 3 tpt., and 3 tb., comp. 1965–9 with 39 bars added to Agnus Dei in 1972.
Phoenix Plate
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences Phoenix Plate See NAZCA PLATE .
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...Intelligent Populations) and Project Phoenix. SERENDIP is an ongoing all‐...Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico, while Phoenix was a targeted survey between 1995 and...likely stars within about 240 light years. Phoenix used the 64‐m radio telescope...
Van Sant, Gus
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1997. By VAN SANT: articles— Interview with River Phoenix in Interview (New York), March 1991. "Inside Outsider...6, 1991/92. "My Director and I," interview with R. Phoenix and G. Fuller, in Projections (London), no. 1, 1992...
Duryea, Dan
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Springsteen) 1965 The Bounty Killer (Bennet); The Flight of the Phoenix (Aldrich); Incident at Phantom Hill (Bellamy) 1966 Un...persona had developed its final twist. In The Flight of the Phoenix, he played a bespectacled passenger on a crashed plane who...

Thesaurus entries related to "phoenix"

UFO
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus UFO • noun  the Phoenix police received sixteen calls about the sighting of a UFO last night synonyms : flying saucer, alien spacecraft/spaceship, unidentified flying object.
monster
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...kraken leviathan Lilith Loch Ness Monster loup-garou lycanthrope manticore mermaid merman Minotaur Nessie Ogopogo orc Pegasus phoenix Sasquatch satyr Scylla sea serpent sea snake shape-shifter siren Sphinx thunderbird Tiamat troll Typhon unicorn urchin vampire...
constellation
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...The Octant Ophiuchus: The Serpent Bearer Orion: The Hunter Pavo: The Peacock Pegasus: The Flying Horse Perseus: Perseus Phoenix: The Firebird Pictor: The Easel Pisces: The Fishes Piscis Austrinus: The Southern Fish Puppis: The Ship's Stern or Poop...
chaste
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Yava said, he would often be called on to help construct the sand painting, lending the power of his purity.” ( Phoenix Gazette ; June 4, 1993.) Unfortunately, however, a bias pervades the word's usual applications so that it typically...
city
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus city • noun  Phoenix is my favorite city in the Southwest synonyms : town, municipality, metropolis, megalopolis, megacity; conurbation, urban area, metropolitan area, urban municipality; borough, township; informal burg.
rise
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...social ladder synonyms : climb, make progress, advance, get on, make/work one's way, be promoted.   9. the phoenix rose from the ashes | Christ rose again synonyms : come to life, come back from the dead, be resurrected.   10...
tea
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0;See table. Teas Assam black black currant Caravan Ceylon chai chamomile chrysanthemum dragon well Darjeeling dragon phoenix Earl Grey English breakfast genmai ginseng green gunpowder Gyokuro Asahi herbal Hubei Huo Mountain infusion Irish breakfast...

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Phoenix Duff & Phelps Launches Two New Mutual Funds.
Business Wire; 9/26/1997; 700+ words ; HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 1997-- Phoenix Growth and Income Fund and Phoenix Core Equity Fund Phoenix Duff & Phelps today announced the introduction of two new equity funds: Phoenix Growth...
Phoenix Technologies Launches ISV Program to Help Partners Increase PC Market Success; New cME Certification Program Helps Phoenix Partners Leverage the Company's Sizable PC Market Share to Boost Their Market Penetration.
PR Newswire; 9/15/2003; 700+ words ; Phoenix Technologies Ltd. , the company driving...for nearly 25 years, has launched the Phoenix Trusted Partner Network cME Certified ISV...their products by building them into the Phoenix Core Managed Environment (cME(TM...
Phoenix Technologies and Intel Corp. form long-term alliance to integrate Phoenix system software into Intel desktop and server motherboards; technology alliance valued in excess of $20 million; Intel will also invest $10.9 million for minority interest in Phoenix Technologies.
Business Wire; 12/18/1995; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 1995--Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:PTEC), today announced that Phoenix and Intel have signed a long-term technology...terms of the seven-year agreement, Phoenix will license to Intel several of Phoenix...
Phoenix Technologies Launches PC Industry's First Remote BIOS Debug and Validation Station.
PR Newswire; 4/2/2008; 700+ words ; Provides Easier Access to Phoenix Design Expertise; Speeds Time to Market...FirstCall/ -- INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM -- Phoenix Technologies Ltd. , today announced...validation lab and test center. Called the Phoenix Remote Debug Station (RDS), this...
Phoenix Technologies(TM) Provides Support for AMD Athlon(TM) 64 Processor.
PR Newswire; 9/23/2003; 700+ words ; Phoenix Technologies(TM) Ltd. , the company...compatible 64-bit PC processor. AMD and Phoenix collaborated during the development of...and a smooth path to 64-bit computing. Phoenix has been involved in every phase of the...
Phoenix Launches Immediate Annuity to Address Retirement Needs of the High Net Worth.
Business Wire; 11/5/2002; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2002 The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (NYSE:PNX) has introduced Phoenix Edge(R)-SPIA, a fixed single premium...today's difficult market environment. Phoenix Edge(R)-SPIA offers a stable and conservative...
Phoenix Technologies Introduces Industry's First PCMCIA Solution Designed for Special Purpose PCs -- "PC Cards for the Planet"; Phoenix PicoCard Enables PCMCIA Functionality for Embedded and Hand-held PCs, Internet Appliances.
Business Wire; 2/5/1996; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 1996--Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTEC...for PC manufacturers, today announced Phoenix PicoCard, the first PCMCIA software designed...wide range of industrial applications. Phoenix PicoCard uses a unique (patent pending...
Phoenix Introduces New 30-Year Term Policy, Updates Full Line of Term Products for the Affluent and High Net Worth.
Business Wire; 3/26/2003; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2003 The Phoenix Companies Inc. (NYSE: PNX) today announced...president of Life Distribution and Sales for Phoenix. "These particular products are tailored...permanent death benefits in the future." Phoenix Protector Term-30 is the first Phoenix...
Phoenix Launches Advanced Development Environment for Next-Generation Core System Software at IDF; Phoenix Integrates CoreArchitect with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 for OEMs/ODMs to Quickly and Efficiently Customize Core System Software for Connected Devices. Demonstration at IDF Booth 344.
PR Newswire; 2/18/2004; 700+ words ; Phoenix Technologies Ltd. , the company driving the global...connected digital devices for 25 years, announced Phoenix CoreArchitect(TM) at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Phoenix CoreArchitect is an advanced firmware development...
Phoenix Technologies Announces Agreements With Both Lenovo and Samsung to Provide Advanced Phoenix FailSafe(TM) Theft Deterrence and Data Loss Protection for Notebooks.
PR Newswire; 10/14/2008; 700+ words ; ...Agreements Signal Market Endorsement of Phoenix FailSafe MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phoenix Technologies Ltd. , the global leader...Ltd. to provide the groundbreaking Phoenix FailSafe theft deterrence and data...