Spanish Town
Spanish Town city (1991 pop. 110,379), SE Jamaica, on the Cobre River. It is the commercial and processing center of a rich agricultural region, as well as the main rail and highway communications hub for traffic to and from Kingston (the capital) and other parts of Jamaica. Founded c.1525 and formerly called Santiago de la Vega, Spanish Town was Jamaica's leading city after the destruction of Port Royal by earthquake in 1692, but only until Kingston became the capital in 1872.
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Lancaster: small city, big plans.(Transit Update)
Magazine article from: Railway Age; 10/1/2007; 700+ words
; Add Lancaster, Pa., in the heart...of smaller U.S. cities actively pursuing...municipal borders. The city of roughly 57,000...capital funds, the city hopes to rely strongly...streetcar operations in cities similar in size to...is foremost on the Lancaster Alliance agenda...else wants to ...
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Lancaster looks to the future; All-star cast: Non-profit group will coordinate economic and community initiatives
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 7/29/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...formed in response to the city's Community Analysis...The county seat, Lancaster has an 18-hole municipal...have a lot to sell in Lancaster and we needed a group...institutions to work with us to train or to provide...s able to work with city government and represent...
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Lancaster, a fairy tale land? Here's what you say
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 8/25/2003; 699 words
; ...summer, we introduced Lancaster to its first fairy...asking readers to tell us why they are glad they...being the oldest inland city in the United States...Sheri Usner, Lancaster "Lancaster is not a ordinary city but in fact it is quite...
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Three Lancaster, Pa., officials visit South Korea in search of business ties.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...Parido, director of the city's Department of Housing...III, director of the city's department of Economic...bearing gifts: a Lancaster City flag, a U.S. flag...official reception for the Lancaster representatives. The...this content, contact us at (800) 661-2511...
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Lancaster leads smart growth
Magazine article from: Central Penn Business Journal; 9/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...look at recent events in Lancaster County, the picture...planning will help all of us." Smith said one of...comprehensive plan for Lancaster city and the surrounding suburban...volumes," he said. The Lancaster Inter-Municipal Committee...
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Lancaster Square and the shape of things to come
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...pick a color for Lancaster Square, it would...has allowed the city to hire experts...Md., are asking us what we want. At...already makes the city special and redesign Lancaster Square in a way...A place for us I also agreed with...
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Lancaster can take a gander at its namesake in England; Historical Society hosts show put together by U.K. photographer
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 11/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...President Ave. "A Little City in England," a photo...English town for which Lancaster, Pa., was named...photographer who lives in Lancaster, England, did the...take it to the various Lancasters in the United States, starting with Lancaster, Calif., where it...Sometimes the two ...
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Lancaster, Pa., launches tour campaign to bring area residents back to city.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/24/2004; 700+ words
; ...canvas market bag. City marketing director Jennifer...to come back to the city and to make them ambassadors of the city," she said. Space...Commerce Drive, Suite B, Lancaster, PA. 17601. To see...this content, contact us at (800) 661-2511...
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Lancaster city: Life on the edge of edginess'
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 1/26/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...greatness Winning edge Is Lancaster ready for Mayor Rick...Lancaster, that of the city becoming the arts...It's up to us to recognize that...lifeblood of successful cities. The world is abandoning...Florida says, and cities will blossom or rust...creative-era" city. As I said, ...
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LANCASTER SHERIFF'S STATION DESIGNATED LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S FIRST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STATION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/26/2009; 700+ words
; ...commented Parris. The City and the Lancaster Sheriff's Station realized...ongoing fight to rid this City of the bad guys," said...Sheriff Baca and the Lancaster deputies in making Lancaster...more information about US Fed News contract awards...
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Lancaster: Communications
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
Lancaster: Communications...Philadelphia and other cities in the state...O. Box 1328, Lancaster, PA 17608; telephone...Lancaster Online City of Lancaster. Available www...lancaster.lib.pa.us Lancaster Newspapers...state.pa.us/PAManual ...
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Lancaster, Burt
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Lancaster, Burt (1913–94) US film actor and producer. A former circus acrobat, he made his film debut in The Killers...Eternity (1953), Bird Man of Alcatraz (1962), The Leopard (1963), and Atlantic City (1981).
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Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...originally 320 minutes, US version is 245 minutes...the grandson ); Burt Lancaster (Alfredo, the grandfather...Hunter, Allan, Burt Lancaster: The Man and His Movies...Lacombe, Roland, Burt Lancaster, Paris, 1987. Kline...in Cine (Mexico City), May 1979. Horton...
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Burns, Alan
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Council writing fellow, City Literary Institute...Writing Department, Lancaster University, England...Writing Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YN, England...down on the rest of us from a private spaceshi
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Dresden, raid on
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...operations of it were US daylight attacks on Berlin...original plan of an initial US attack during the day...Command despatched 796 Lancaster bombers and 9 Mosquitoes...defences that only six Lancasters were shot down, although...The following day, 311 US B17 bombers also struck...lives and ...
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