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Thásos
Thásos , island (1991 pop. 13,527), c.170 sq mi (440 sq km), NE Greece, in the Aegean Sea. Timber, olive oil, honey, wine, and lead-zinc ores are its chief products; boatbuilding, fishing, and tourism are the main industries. Oil was discovered in the Aegean off Thasos in the early 1970s, leading to a dispute with Turkey over continental shelf rights. In legend its earliest colonists were led by Thasus, son of Poseidon, for whom the island was named. It was famous in ancient times for its gold mines, which were exploited by the Phoenicians. The island was colonized c.708 BC by persons from Páros, among whom was the poet Archilochus. In the 5th cent. BC it was subdued by Persia and then fell to Athens. A revolt against Athens was put down by Cimon in 463 BC The Ottoman Turks held Thásos almost continuously from the mid-15th cent. AD until 1912, when it passed to Greece.
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SOS Children's Villages Wins 2009 Save the World Award
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 7/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Heather Paul of SOS Children's Villages, +1-202-253- 3603, hpaul@sos-usa.org Other 2009 Recipients are Greenpeace...July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SOS Children's Villages, the largest organization...
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SOS launches SOS PHONE with major retailers, Duracell and AAA, in first quarter of 1997.
Business Wire; 1/6/1997; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1997--SOS Wireless Communications Inc. will initiate retail distribution of the SOS PHONE in the first quarter of 1997, in...Montgomery Ward's Signature Group Catalog. SOS provides a value-added operator-assisted...
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SOS Online Backup Named Editors' Choice by LAPTOP Magazine.
PR Newswire; 11/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- SOS Online Backup, a global leader in online...storage to the cloud and physical media. SOS Online Backup allows users the flexibility...laptopmag.com/review/software/sos-online-backup.aspx) Using SOS, customers...
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SOS Children's Villages Establishes Child Relief Centers in South Asia; Johnny Cash's favorite charity accepting tsunami relief donations.
PR Newswire; 12/30/2004; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SOS Children's Villages' emergency relief...cgi-bin/prnh/20041230/CLTH023 ) SOS Children's Village facilities in the crisis...years. Teams of relief workers provided by SOS Children's Villages in India and Sri Lanka...
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SOS Children's Village Opens in the Far North, THE MOSCOW TIMES
Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia); 8/24/2004; 600 words
; ...Princess Martha Louise, right, posing with SOS mother Sonya and her foster children Kolya, Katya and Zhenya in SOS Children's Village Kandalaksha in the...Martha Louise and two young sisters opened an SOS Children's Village last week in the Far...
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SOS Children's Villages Gives Orphaned Children a Family and a Home.
PR Newswire; 11/13/2006; 663 words
; 'Because of SOS Children's Villages I Know How to Live in a Family...themselves orphaned and without a family to take care of them. SOS Children's Villages brought both of them to an SOS Children's Village in Germany, where they met their...
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International SOS Launches Tsunami Update Website; Site Author and Medical Expert Dr. Doug Quarry Available for Commentary
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 12/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...and other parts of Asia, International SOS has created a specific "Tsunami Update...According to developing reports obtained by SOS, the most affected countries are: Sri...available to both the general public and SOS clients, includes the latest statistics...
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SOS Children's Villages - USA Honors Johnny Cash with First Annual 2004 Children's Champion Award; Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York, will present award to Rosanne Cash.
PR Newswire; 11/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of National Family Week, SOS Children's Villages - USA (SOS-USA) is honoring the late Johnny Cash with its first annual Children's Champion Award. SOS-USA official celebrity spokesperson, Sarah Ferguson...
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SOS falls twice to DCB in C-6 Area.
Newspaper article from: Columbus Telegram (Columbus, NE); 7/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...19 with four doubles and six walks to end SOS's season with a 10-4 win in the Class C-6 Area Tournament final Sunday in Palmer. SOS advanced to the championship game with a...win over Twin Plains earlier in the day. SOS was sent to the loser's brackets in a...
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International SOS Launches Tsunami Update Website; Site Author and Medical Expert Dr. Doug Quarry Available for Commentary.
Business Wire; 12/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...and other parts of Asia, International SOS has created a specific "Tsunami Update...According to developing reports obtained by SOS, the most affected countries are: Sri...available to both the general public and SOS clients, includes the latest statistics...
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SOS Staffing Services
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
SOS Staffing Services 1415 South Main Street Salt...Symbol: SOSS SICs: 7363 Help Supply Services SOS Staffing Services is one of the nation...business and government. The Early Years of SOS SOS followed in the footsteps of national temporary...
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Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
SECULAR ORGANIZATIONS FOR SOBRIETY (SOS) Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS National Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 5, Buffalo...Twelve-Step Programs. Founded by James Christopher, SOS began with a 1985 article. "Sobriety without Superstition...
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SOS response
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
SOS response A suite of metabolic mechanisms that...DNA strands. Hence the main functions of the SOS response are to fill these gaps and maintain...postreplicative repair , which is one of the SOS repair mechanisms. Moreover, activation of...
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SOS
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
SOS code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed...International Radiotelegraphic Convention at Berlin in 1906. The letters (SOS) do not refer to any words but were selected because they are easy to transmit...
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‘SOS’
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
‘SOS’, at one time the internationally agreed wireless distress call...Save Our Souls’, as is often thought. The first ‘SOS’ to be broadcast was in August 1909 when the American steamer...
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