Aksu
Aksu city (1994 est. pop. 193,700), SW Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the Aksu River. The center of an oasis at the foot of the Tian Shan mts., it is a caravan hub on the Old Silk Road. Industries include textile and carpet manufacturing, jade carving, tanning, and metalworking. Iron deposits are in the area. Aksu has ancient Buddhist statues and caves, but most are in poor condition. The name sometimes appears as A-k'o-su.
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Glasgow to host first curated and commissioning Festival of Contemporary Visual Art; Francis McKee appointed as curator.
M2 Presswire; 11/25/2004; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-25 November 2004-Glasgow City Council: Glasgow to host first curated and commissioning Festival of Contemporary...2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11252004 Today, Glasgow City Council announced details of GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL...
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Glasgow, Scotland: a city of culture, industry and strong communities--be there in 2008! Elizabeth Duff introduces the city of Glasgow while Canadian Joyce Barnes tells of life there in the 1960s for a midwife and the families she knew.(City overview)
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Glasgow's miles better {but its new logo isn't}
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/7/1998; ; 700+ words
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Glasgow to shine with Kiwi polish; Key man: Daryl Gibson will have a crucial role to play for Glasgow against Edinburgh and Sean Lineen (left) hopes for a big crowd at the game.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/24/2007; 700+ words
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Glasgow grind to a halt as Llanelli run riot
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 1/18/2003; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/16/2008; 700+ words
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First Glasgow area outlets to receive petrol
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/15/2000; 450 words
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Glasgow in Holyrood row over rates
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 12/16/2001; ; 700+ words
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Glasgow is votedtopof the shops; Retail centres close to 'world- class status'
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 2/15/2002; ; 679 words
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Glasgow
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Glasgow, an ancient burgh (1175–8...market town with its annual summer fair, Glasgow, little affected by the Reformation...amenities. From the mid-17th cent. Glasgow began to develop its overseas trade with...
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Ellen Glasgow
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ellen Glasgow The works of American novelist Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) constitute a social history in fiction...novels are distinguished in style and conception. Ellen Glasgow was born on April 22, 1873, in Richmond, Va. Her father...
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GLASGOW
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
GLASGOW The largest city in Scotland and third...Like that of other Scottish regions, Glasgow speech is a continuum from the local accent...origin a dialect of West Central SCOTS , the Glasgow vernacular has been modified by the mixing...
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Glasgow School
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Glasgow School. A term that has been applied to...artists whose activities have centred on Glasgow. The largest of these groups, which was...Academy; they preferred to be known as the Glasgow Boys . A slightly later group, of which...
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Glasgow Boys
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Glasgow Boys. A loose association of Scottish...indication that they are associated with Glasgow at all’ ( Scottish Painters...the others and ran a life class in his Glasgow studio in which many of them used to meet...
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