Gijón
Gijón , city (1990 pop. 264,948), Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. This major seaport, the largest city in Asturias, is an industrial and commercial center exporting large quantities of coal and iron. It has steel, iron, chemical, petroleum, glass, and food and tobacco industries. Of pre-Roman origin, Gijón was one of the first places recaptured from the Moors early in the 8th cent. The city flourished under the first Asturian kings. In 1588 the defeated Spanish Armada took refuge there. Of interest are Roman baths; 14th-, 15th-, and 16th-century palaces; a 15th-century church; and several 17th-century mansions. Colunga, on the coast to the east, has a significant dinosaur museum.
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Snow business/ It's like no business you know ... and family can enjoy creating art
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 1/7/2000; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/21/2006; 700+ words
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Snow spray.
Newspaper article from: Washington Times (Washington, D.C.); 12/21/2006; 700+ words
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Snow Conditions on Vic ski fields
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 7/21/1999; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 12/26/2008; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Taos News (Taos, NM); 10/29/2009; 700+ words
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SNOW EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES AVAILABLE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/21/2007; 483 words
; ...the likelihood of receiving a parking ticket and to assist with making Janesville's snow removal operations cost effective and safe. Snow Hotline (755-SNOW) - For current snow emergency information, please call the City's 24-Hour telephone...
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Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 2/15/2007; 700+ words
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THE SNOW FARMERS A WARM, DRY WINTER HAS MADE THIS YEAR A ROUGH ONE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TEND THE SKI SLOPES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/31/1995; 700+ words
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Snow Pack and Ice Loading Require Careful Study in Tower Designing.
Magazine article from: Communications News; 6/1/1984; ; 700+ words
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snow
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...resembling snow: vanilla snow. ∎ a frozen gas resembling snow: carbon dioxide snow. • v. 1. [ intr. ] ( it snows , it is snowing , etc.) snow falls: it's not snowing so heavily now. ∎ ( be...
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Snow, John
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Snow British physician John Snow (1813 – 1858) is called the "father of epidemiology...disease was caused by water – borne microorganisms. John Snow was born in York, England on March 15, 1813, the oldest of nine...
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Artificial Snow
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Artificial Snow Artificial snow is small particles of ice that are used to increase the amount of snow available for winter sports such as skiing or snow boarding. It is produced by a machine that uses a high-pressure pump to spray a mist of...
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Snow
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Snow Rap musician For the Record … In...rappers wear on their sleeve. I rish-Canadian Snow had no need for such phony publicity, as...which he pleaded innocent. Nevertheless, Snow was dogged by comparisons to Vanilla Ice from...
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Snow, Hank
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Hank Snow Country singer For The Record …...with over 70 million records sold, Hank Snow was a classic entertainer. A yodeling crooner...Tennessee ’ s Grand Ole Opry, Snow penned much of his own repertoire and endeared...
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