Leszno
Leszno , Ger. Lissa, town (1993 est. pop. 59,500), Wielkopolskie prov., SW Poland. A railway junction, it is a center for metallurgy and light industry. Chartered in 1547, it passed to Prussia in 1793 and again in 1815. It reverted to Poland in 1919. Leszno was a center of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th cent. and the chief seat of the Moravian Brethren in Poland. John Amos Comenius was a rector of the famous Moravian school here. The town has an 18th-century palace.
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Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services creates the Specialty Food Advisory Committee.
M2 Presswire; 10/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...conference with the support of the Virginia Food and Beverage Association...Willis Logan, President, Virginia Wine of the Month Club, Stanardsville...Integrity Food Group, LLC, West Point - representing small...Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg - representing...
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/28/2007; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 8/25/2002; 700+ words
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/2/2007; 700+ words
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News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/9/2003; 700+ words
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/19/2006; 700+ words
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News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/9/2003; 700+ words
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
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West Virginia
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
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Penn Virginia Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 85
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