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Isthmus of Perekop
Isthmus of Perekop , c.19 mi (30 km) long and from 5 to 14 mi (8-23 km) wide, S Ukraine, connecting the Crimea with the Ukrainian mainland. It separates the Gulf of Perekop (an arm of the Black Sea) in the west from the Sivash Sea (an inlet of the Sea of Azov) in the east. Because of its strategic position and economic importance (salt extraction from the lakes in the southern part), the Greeks and Tatars fortified the isthmus with moats and ramparts and the Tatars built a fortress on the site of the village of Perekop and called it Or-Kapi; there are ruins of the Greek and Tatar fortifications. The Greeks and Byzantines called the isthmus Taphros. Before the 15th cent. there was a Genoese colony there. The isthmus passed to Russia in 1783. There the Red Army decisively defeated (1920) Wrangel in the Russian civil war. In 1944 the Germans were routed out of the Crimea north of the isthmus. The isthmus was transferred with the Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) in 1954.
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Isthmus, Ltd. Links Businesses, Resources.
News Wire article from: Internet Wire; 12/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...in spite of limited resources? Enter Isthmus, Ltd., a unique professional services...Specializing in creating business relationships, Isthmus allows companies to focus on their core competencies. Isthmus' referral service is free to businesses...
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ISTHMUS AT 25 THE MADISON WEEKLY CONTINUES TO FLEX ITS CONSIDERABLE MUSCLE.(CLICK/DAYBREAK)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 3/30/2001; 700+ words
; To understand Isthmus' growth as it turns 25 years old, Vince O'Hern...year." Yeah, size matters. So does quality. And Isthmus, hip and helpful, achieves both. Still, Isthmus' 10-person editorial staff and its impressive army...
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Thyroid isthmus agenesis associated with solitary nodule: A case report.(Case Report)(Case study)
Magazine article from: Cases Journal; 10/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Junior [1] Background An isolated thyroid isthmus agenesis is very uncommon. The true incidence...been found in a euthyroid state. Thyroid isthmus agenesis does not cause clinical symptoms...7 x 2.5 cm (Figure 1). Thyroid isthmus agenesis was found (Figure 2) during...
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Mexico's highway to hell: native peoples fight for sustainable development. (proposal to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec)(includes related article on the free trade zones of the Americas)
Newspaper article from: Dollars & Sense; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...heels, and T-shirts proclaiming, "The Isthmus is Our Own: A National Forum." This...simultaneously in four towns of Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec during August of last year...community members from throughout the isthmus - the sliver of land where the southern...
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Machine builder finds versatile CAD system suited to its needs. (Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing Co-op use of computer-aided design software)
Magazine article from: Modern Machine Shop; 7/1/1989; 700+ words
; ...Versatile CAD System Suited To Its Needs Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing Co-op...and automatic inspection equipment. Isthmus designs nearly everything they build...available in the 3D mode. The system allows Isthmus to define customer workpiece part geometry...
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ISTHMUS' WILLIAMS ON A ROLL AS FILM CRITIC.(DAYBREAK)(MEDIA MATTERS)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 6/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...both papers featured movie reviews by Isthmus critic Kent Williams, whose analysis...capitals of my media empire." Other than Isthmus his movie reviews also run in a Charlottesville...advice column for several years, joined Isthmus in 1989. Aside from a yearlong departure...
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THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC: AN ISLAND IN AN ELECTORAL STORM.
Newspaper article from: Dollars & Sense; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Workers, Peasants, and Students of the Isthmus (COCEI) bellowed "iMuera el PRI! iMuera...of PRDistas had come from all over the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (which includes eastern...across Mexico -- still buzzes in the Isthmus. BANNERS OF OPPOSITION The real audience...
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Narrowest (isthmus) portion of eustachian tube: A computer-aided three-dimensional reconstruction and measurement study
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...eustachian tube cartilage, eustachian tube isthmus, eustachian tube lumen, tensor veli...the ET coincides with the junctional or isthmus region, which is located between the...Zollner10 used the term "physiological isthmus" for this portion of the ET. Recently...
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Capitol Steps presents 'We Need a Little Isthmus,' a song parody on Panama.
PR Newswire; 12/20/1989; 700+ words
; ...CAPITOL STEPS PRESENT 'WE NEED A LITTLE ISTHMUS'; A SONG PARODY ON PANAMA WASHINGTON...song about Panama, "We Need a Little Isthmus." The parody is set to the tune of...Here are the lyrics to "We Need a Little Isthmus," subtitled, "Banana Republicans...
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ISTHMUS GREW FROM A STAFF OF TWO.(CLICK/DAYBREAK)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 3/30/2001; 536 words
; Isthmus co-founder Vince O'Hern is the only...scraped together $1,800" to start Isthmus from his home at age 32. A Northwestern...the anti-war stuff," O'Hern said. Isthmus struggled in its early years to attract...
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Isthmus
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...sections of land. The isthmus of Panama, which...are two examples of isthmi. The movement of...creation of some isthmi. Earth ’...they can build an isthmus connecting the two...sea level falls, isthmi can appear and connect...Remnants of a former isthmus linking Africa to...
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isthmus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...large areas and is on two seas, an isthmus has great strategical and commercial...for a city. In modern times many isthmuses have been cut through by canals to...most important isthmuses are the Isthmus of Panama, connecting Central and...
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Isthmus of Perekop
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Isthmus of Perekop , c.19 mi (30 km) long and...the Greeks and Tatars fortified the isthmus with moats and ramparts and the Tatars...The Greeks and Byzantines called the isthmus Taphros. Before the 15th cent. there...
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Panama Isthmus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Panama Isthmus The narrow neck of land that connects North America and Mexico with South...at that time. Some early mammals also migrated southwards across the isthmus. During the early Cenozoic the land connection was broken but it became...
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Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Isthmus of Tehuantepec c.125 mi (200 km) wide at its narrowest, S Mexico, between the Gulf of Campeche and the Gulf of Tehuantepec...
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