Sligo
Sligo , county (1991 pop. 54,756), 694 sq mi (1,797 sq km), N Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Sligo . The irregular coast line is deeply indented by Killala Bay and Sligo Bay. The interior is mountainous, with the Slieve Gamph, or Ox Mts., in the west and the Dartry range, rising to c.2,000 ft (610 m) in the northeast. Cattle raising (beef and dairy) is the chief occupation. Tourism is economically important. The population is less than one third of what it was before the potato famine of the mid-19th cent. A round tower at Drumcliffe is all that remains of a monastery founded by St. Columba in 575.
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Fitch drops Sam Rayburn debt to junk, fretting that excess power won't be sold. (Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency of Texas)
Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer; 11/29/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...million in revenue bonds for the Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency in Texas...and Louisiana that are served by Sam Rayburn will have to withstand high rate...cents per kilowatt hour. Unless Sam Rayburn can sell surplus capacity, wholesale...
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HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAM RAYBURN LIBRARY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...anniversary of the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum on October 9...anniversary of the dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum and completion...in 1887. Many Tennesseeans like Sam Rayburn and Sam Houston were great leaders...
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Texas power agency disputes S&P move, plans to argue case to avoid junk rating. (Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency)
Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer; 12/29/1993; ; 700+ words
; DALLAS - Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency representatives...financial and operating alternatives by Sam Rayburn. "The rating is becoming more speculative...The problem surfaced recently when Sam Rayburn, an agency that sells power to three...
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JAMES WRIGHT ASKS: Newt Gingrich is no Sam Rayburn
Newspaper article from: Washington Afro-American; 3/4/1995; ; 668 words
; ...WRIGHT ASKS: Newt Gingrich is no Sam Rayburn. The House Republicans are so...Speaker of the House since the late Sam Rayburn. Those who offer that notion think...Minority leader. Newt Gingrich is no Sam Rayburn. Ethnic NewsWatch SoftLine Information...
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Remember Sam Rayburn; Unifying the Democrats.(OPED)(POLITICS IN THE CITY)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/3/2005; 700+ words
; ...House during the years of Speaker Sam Rayburn. How he managed a more diverse...House Democratic leaders during Rayburn's 20-year speakership between...rest," Mr. Polsby writes that "Sam Rayburn basically closed the [Democratic...
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT COMMERCE SAM RAYBURN STATUE NOW AT FOUNDRY FOR CASTING
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...the following news release: The Sam Rayburn Statue, to be erected on the grounds...came from alumni, the Friends of Sam Rayburn organization in Bonham, others...the project to erect a statue to Sam Rayburn, our most beloved and famous graduate...
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Corps of Engineers Powerhouse at Sam Rayburn Reservoir Jumpstarts Power in Rita-Ravaged Jasper County.
Business Wire; 10/2/2005; 692 words
; ...Texas -- An energized team at the Sam Rayburn Powerhouse is restoring electricity...parts of Jasper County today. The Sam Rayburn Powerhouse, one of only three...Electric Co-op, Entergy Power, Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency, Southwestern...
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In Sam Rayburn's district, Mondale has a challenge. (Walter F.Mondale)
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 9/13/1984; ; 700+ words
; In Sam Rayburn's District, Mondale Has a Challenge...would bring a visit in the night from Sam Rayburn, the Democrat whose memory lingers over...respect due a Democrat--a member of Sam Rayburn's party and theirs. Wary of Mondale...
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Sam Rayburn.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Texas Monthly; 12/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...A YEAR, and a politician like Sam Rayburn comes but once a half-century or so. The child of cotton farmers, Rayburn was a committed Democrat, determined...above all else; "No one can buy Sam Rayburn," lobbyists lamented. At home...
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Rayburn bonds demoted to junk; S&P blames rates, unsold surplus. (Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency)
Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer; 2/24/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...yesterday downgraded $243 million of Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency revenue...pressure. The rate agency said Sam Rayburn's rates to cities averaged 6...s financial adviser, said, "Sam Rayburn is definitely disappointed, and...
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Sam Rayburn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sam Rayburn (Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn), 1882-1961, U.S. legislator, b. Roane co., Tenn...entered the U.S. Congress. A middle-of-the-road Democrat, Rayburn soon became prominent in national politics. In the 1930s he was...
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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...man in the nation's history. Sam Rayburn was born in Roane County, Tenn...Sources Champagne, Anthony., Sam Rayburn: a bio-bibliography, New York...Champagne, Anthony, Congressman Sam Rayburn, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers...
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Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...Legislature. Johnson's father, Sam Ealy Johnson, also served in the...Democrats, most notably Representative Sam Rayburn, of Texas. Rayburn, who would...became his mentor in the same way Sam Rayburn had been in the 1930s. In 1951 Johnson...
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John William McCormack
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...when he backed Texas Congressman Sam Rayburn's successful bid to become House majority leader. Four years later when Rayburn became Speaker he chose McCormack...majority leader. McCormack served as Rayburn's political confidant and deputy...
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...highest office in the land — for example, Sam Rayburn, when Harry S. Truman was without a vice president...the Senate. Henry Clay, Thomas Reed, Joe Cannon, Sam Rayburn, and Newt Gingrich have been among the most influential...
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