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Asa Whitney
Asa Whitney 1797-1872, American merchant and transcontinental railroad projector, b. North Groton, Conn. He entered the mercantile business in New York City, acted as a foreign buyer for several years, and then was (1842-44) a merchant in China. Upon his return, he toured (1844-51) the United States, carrying on an extensive publicity campaign urging the construction of a railroad from Chicago to the Pacific; he also petitioned (1845) Congress to support his plan. Whitney's proposed route from Lake Michigan through South Pass to the Pacific was not accepted mainly because of the growing sectionalism before the Civil War. He also presented to the British in 1851 an unsuccessful plan for a Canadian transcontinental railroad. He retired in 1852, a decade before the U.S. Congress passed an act for the construction of a transcontinental railroad. He wrote National Railroad Connecting the Pacific (1845) and A Project for a Railroad to the Pacific (1849).
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ASA clarifies new agreement
Magazine article from: Automotive Body Repair News; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Automotive Service Association's (ASA) state groups condemned a revised affiliate...organization for not signing the agreement, ASA introduced an addendum designed to resolve the issue. ASA's board of directors, which approved the...
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ASA International Ltd. Responds to Unsolicited Indication of Interest.
PR Newswire; 11/8/2004; 700+ words
; ASA INTERNATIONAL LTD. today announced the following information. ASA International Ltd. filed a Definitive Proxy Statement...R&K") by letter on November 5, 2004. ASA has not sought any proposals from any persons for the...
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ASA affiliates may sever ties
Magazine article from: Automotive Body Repair News; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...between the Automotive Service Association (ASA) and a coalition of its affiliates threatens...divide the organization. Disgruntled over ASA's new affiliate agreement, which outlines...29 to refuse to sign the contract unless ASA National agrees to some changes. But groups...
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ASA INTERNATIONAL LTD. Announces Board Approval of Reverse/Forward Stock Splits and Going Private Transaction.
PR Newswire; 4/16/2004; 700+ words
; ASA INTERNATIONAL LTD. announced today that its...unanimously approved a reverse 1-for-600 split of ASA's common stock to be followed immediately...1 split. If the transaction is approved by ASA's stockholders and implemented, ASA expects...
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ASA race comes to Elko.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...s a pressure reliever," Paine said. ASA is in the middle of five consecutive weekends...a career-best tenth-place finish in ASA on Sunday in the Oneida 300 at Wisconsin...Speedway. He's running a limited schedule in ASA while trying to land a full-time sponsor...
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ASA's Newest Jet Salutes Atlanta With 20th Anniversary Livery.
PR Newswire; 11/19/1999; 700+ words
; ...Atlanta today for a series of receptions for ASA employees. Unveiled at 10 a.m. today...features a unique livery that salutes ASA's birthplace, Atlanta, and commemorates...Celebrating 20 Years." As part of ASA's 20th anniversary celebration, 21 ASA...
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ASA websites: presenting member value on demand!(ASA News)
Magazine article from: Supply House Times; 7/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...is how to communicate effectively with its members. ASA is no different. ASA, our Education Foundation and our Center for Advancing...services through a multitude of different mediums: * ASA pages in Supply House Times * ASA Quarterly Newsletter...
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ASA'S NEW PRESIDENT EXPERIENCES CHICAGO CONFERENCE
Magazine article from: Aging Today; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Aging, I was truly inspired to meet so many ASA members and leaders of the aging network during the 2007 Joint Conference of ASA and the National Council on Aging (NCOA...traditional training in gerontology. Similarly, ASA is evolving to meet the needs of its members...
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ASA Submits 2009 Policy Priorities To Obama Administration
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 1/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...release: The American Soybean Association (ASA) submitted a document outlining its 2009...priorities to the incoming Obama Administration, ASA continues its rich tradition of working...interest of U.S. soybean farmers. "ASA looks forward to working closely with the...
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ASA president and CEO decides not to renew contract
Magazine article from: Automotive Body Repair News; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Automotive Service Association (ASA) President and CEO Walter Trapp has opted...Antonio, which is about 250 miles from ASA's office in Bedford, Texas,"Trapp...Dec. 31. Trapp says during his tenure at ASA, he has learned a great deal and that his...
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Asa Gray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Asa Gray Asa Gray (1810-1888), American botanist, pioneered in the study of plant...specialists. A new method of classification was coming into use early in Asa Gray's career — the so-called natural system, which aimed...
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Orkla ASA
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Orkla ASA Karenslyst alle 6 Oslo, 0278 Norway Telephone...Miscellaneous Durable Goods Wholesalers Orkla ASA is a leading manufacturer of branded consumer...The original firm of the present-day Orkla ASA conglomerate traces its roots back to the...
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Schibsted ASA
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Schibsted ASA Postboks 1178 Sentrum 0107 Oslo Norway Telephone...family-owned newspaper business, Schibsted ASA was incorporated in 1992 as the parent company...Norway from Denmark in the 1750s. Schibsted ASA can trace its roots to founder Christian...
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Randolph, Asa Philip
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
RANDOLPH, ASA PHILIP Asa Philip Randolph (1889 – 1979) was an American labor and civil...the country to sign a labor contract with a white employer. In 1889 Asa Philip Randolph was born in Crescent City, Florida, the son of an African...
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Gray, Asa (1810-1888)
Book article from: American Eras
Asa Gray (1810-1888) Botanist Childhood. Asa Gray was the oldest of eight children born to a prosperous farmer...annals of nineteenth-century science. A. Hunter Dupree, Asa Gray, 1810 – 1888 (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press...
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