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Bight of Biafra
Bight of Biafra , eastern bay of the Gulf of Guinea, W Africa. It extends approximately from the Niger River delta, in S Nigeria, to N Gabon. The bight gave its name to the secessionist Republic of Biafra in E Nigeria (1967-70).
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Blowing It at the Bight
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill; 5/14/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...found that mismanagement at the Key West Bight could be costing the city up to $100...consultant's report will be presented to the Bight Board next Wednesday, May 19 by Robert...the behest of disgruntled tenants at the Bight. The Maximus report, which calls for...
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Bight Interactive's Slam Street'TM' Scores a Slam Dunk with Launch on Rogers Wireless.
Business Wire; 3/14/2006; 662 words
; ...New Era of Personalized 3D Mobile Games based on Bight's Benteye(TM) Platform Bight Interactive, an innovative developer and publisher...entertainment today announced an agreement whereby Bight will supply its personalized 3D mobile game, Slam...
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Stand-off at the Bight
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill; 12/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...partnership to run the ferry terminal at the Bight. Last month, despite opposition from the city commission, the Key West Bight Board tossed out Swift's proposal...income. A public meeting between the Bight Board and city commissioners is slated...
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Bight Interactive's Slam Street scores a slam dunk with launch on Rogers Wireless.(BUSINESS)(Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.)(Bight Interactive)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: The Mobile Internet (Boston, MA); 4/1/2006; 700+ words
; Bight Interactive, an developer and publisher...entertainment, announced an agreement whereby Bight will supply its personalized 3D mobile game...said Stuart Duncan, founder and CEO of Bight Interactive. "The relationship also offers...
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Governments Plan To Salvage Robson Bight Wreckage.
M2 Presswire; 4/21/2008; 658 words
; ...Columbia: Governments Plan To Salvage Robson Bight Wreckage(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...critical pieces of wreckage from Robson Bight following the August 2007 barge incident...footage of the sunken equipment in Robson Bight Ecological Reserve shows that the vehicles...
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Northern Range Extensions into the Southern California Bight of Ten Decapod Crustacea Related to the 1991/92 and 1997/98 El Nino Events.
Magazine article from: Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences); 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...recorded appearance in the Southern California Bight (SCB) of ten decapod crustaceans, all...temperate waters of the Southern California Bight (SCB) are known as a transitional area...and California Undercurrent within the Bight (Hickey 1993) and the barrier presented...
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Soul of the Bight In the Balance
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill; 9/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...fresh-food supermarket in the Key West Bight will be 20 years old next year - if it...brought his Southard Street grocery to the Bight in 1987, says no way, he can't afford...Republic Seafood Company, also in the Bight, pays $25.16 per square foot. Buco...
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Portland Bight protected area promoted in Washington
Newspaper article from: The Weekly Gleaner; 11/25/2004; 691 words
; ...mission to mobilize support for the Portland Bight Protected Area (not to be confused with...s largest protected area, the Portland Bight Protected Area sweeps an integrated area...information on its ventures and on the Portland Bight Protect Area can be found on the Portland...
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Key West, Fla., to Consider Who Operates Bight Ferry Terminal.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...Business News May 15--When the Key West Bight Ferry Terminal opened last year, the City...goal of the commission." Last year, the Bight Board was adamant that the city run the...what we're talking about here." "The Bight Board would like to appear before the commission...
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Words: Bight, n.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/28/2000; ; 292 words
; ...seaside-cafe owner could name his premises Bight To Eat and find customers drawn in to ask...Bridlington's "wonderfully capacious bight of sand" with that veritable blight of...is Brighton's "blousyish makeover". Bight, from Old English byht, meant a bend...
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bight
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bight broad bend or curve in a coastline, forming a large open bay. The New York bight, for example, is the curve in the coast described by the southern shore of Long Island and the eastern shore of New Jersey. The term bight may also refer to the bay so formed.
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Bight of Biafra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bight of Biafra , eastern bay of the Gulf of Guinea, W Africa. It extends approximately from the Niger River delta, in S Nigeria, to N Gabon. The bight gave its name to the secessionist Republic of Biafra in E Nigeria (1967-70).
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Heligoland Bight, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Heligoland Bight, battle of, 1914. In a confused naval encounter on 28 August 1914, Beatty's battle‐cruisers sank three German...
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Bight of Benin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bight of Benin northern arm of the Gulf of Guinea, c.550 mi (885 km) wide...Cape Three Points, S Ghana, and the Niger River delta, SW Nigeria. The bight was an important area for slave trading between the 16th and 19th cent. After...
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Great Australian Bight
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Great Australian Bight wide bay of the Indian Ocean, indenting the southern coast of Australia. An unbroken line of cliffs c.200 ft (60 m) high runs along the coast and extends inland as the arid and desolate Nullarbor Plain. The bight is very stormy during winter months.
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