Victoria
Victoria or Port Victoria, town (1987 pop. 24,325), capital of the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean. A port on the NE coast of Mahé Island, Victoria is an administrative, commercial, tourist, and shipping center. Copra, essential oils and spices, and fish products are exported. Victoria has a botanic garden and a polytechnic institute; Seychelles International airport is to the southeast.
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DAN AND ERASTUS AND THEIR DURABLE MACHINE.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/5/1997; 700+ words
; ...chickens and politics. O'Connell met Erastus when he was a young boy and Dan kept his eye on Erastus as he grew up -- a bright lad with good...fighting cock with winning blood lines. Erastus was hardly in Albany at all between the...
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THY FATHER'S WILL BE DONE: THE EARLY YEARS OF ERASTUS CORNING 2ND.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/2/1997; 700+ words
; ...politics was so strong, one could say Erastus Corning 2nd was on a collision course...afternoon in the summer of 1910, when baby Erastus was nine months old, his English governess...looked away and temporarily let go of Erastus' baby carriage. Almost instantly, the...
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ALBANY CAN'T CALL STRAY SEAL ERASTUS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/25/1996; 700+ words
; ...SCRUTON Staff writer ALBANY -- Its name can't be Erastus. It's a girl. And, according to the people...afternoon, some people have taken to calling it Erastus, in honor of Erastus Corning 2nd, the late longtime mayor of Albany...
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ALBANY OPENS PARK IN HONOR OF ERASTUS CORNING 2ND.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/15/1987; 700+ words
; ...be dedicated at 11 a.m. today in memory of the late Mayor Erastus Corning 2d. "I think it's just what he would like," said...than having an in-ground sprinkler system, said Bristol. Erastus Corning III, the mayor's son, said, "It's a perfect...
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PHILIP SCHUYLER 1733-1804 STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER III 1764-1839 ERASTUS CORNING I 1794-1872 THURLOW WEED 1797-1882 KATE HAMILTON 1800S OR EARLIER CHESTER A. ARTHUR 1829-1886 ERASTUS CORNING 2ND 1909-1983.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/29/1991; 700+ words
; ...was not the son of his namesake, but a great-grandson. Since he was descended from a brother and not through the prime Erastus Corning line, he used the Arabic number instead of the Roman numeral. He is probably the only mayor of Albany to be included...
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Erastus Corning, Mayor of Albany.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/8/2006; 700+ words
; No one in recent history has made a bigger mark on Albany than Erastus Corning II. No one in recent memory has devoted as large a part of his life to Albany politics, or is more responsible for determining...
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BOOSTING AFRICAS AGRICULTURAL TRADE:ERASTUS J.O. MWENCHA
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 6/24/2003; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Statement of Erastus J.O. Mwencha MBS Secretary-General Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Committee on House International...
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Nedbank Namibia gets new deputy MD.(RECENT APPOINTMENTS)(appointment of Erastus Hoveka)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: African Business; 6/1/2007; 617 words
; Erastus Hoveka has been appointed deputy managing director of Nedbank Namibia. The 38-year-old former chief financial officer of the...
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THE SEAT OF POWER NEW EXHIBIT AT ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART HONORS LONGEST-TENURED MAYOR ERASTUS CORNING 2ND.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 2/3/1996; 700+ words
; ...utilitarian office equipment into a throne of power, a textbook case of urban machine politics practiced by an undisputed master. Erastus Corning 2nd earned a place in the history books by being elected 11 times mayor of Albany, holding office from 1942 until...
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TEEN IN NEED FINDS FRIENDS IN DEED JAMES RIVER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FIGHTS TESTICULAR CANCER
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 3/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Karen Hylton knew their oldest child, Erastus, had a lot of friends. But until the...Eagle Rock and Buchanan communities. Erastus, a high school junior, was diagnosed...at rural James River. Rallying around Erastus, the students have raised more than...
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Erastus (Lieber), Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Erastus (Lieber), Thomas ( b . Baden, Switzerland...medicine, natural philosophy, theology . Erastus studied theology and philosophy at Basel...professor of theology and moral philosophy. Erastus is remembered chiefly as an inexorable...
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Erastus Corning
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Erastus Corning American merchant and financier Erastus Corning (1794-1872) was an early leader in the development...became anotable political figure in the Democratic party. Erastus Corning was born on Dec. 14, 1794, in Norwich, Conn...
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Thomas Erastus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thomas Erastus 1524-83, Swiss Protestant theologian...introduced in Heidelberg in 1570. In 1574, Erastus was excommunicated by the Heidelberg consistory...should be left to civil authorities. Erastus was motivated by his fear of the usurpation...
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Erastus
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Erastus This name, which was rare in the 1st cent...paving near the theatre names a certain Erastus as an aedile. He could well be the person...The suggestion therefore is that this Erastus was converted by Paul and became a member...
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Erastus Salisbury Field
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Erastus Salisbury Field 1805-1900, American painter, b. Leverett, Mass. Field's paintings, executed in a primitive manner, included...
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