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Miami
Miami City and port on Biscayne Bay in
se Florida, USA. Originally a small agricultural community, it developed quickly after 1895 when the railroad was extended and the harbour dredged. Modern Miami is a popular tourist resort, with luxury hotels and many sporting facilities. Industries: clothing, concrete, metal products, fishing, printing and publishing. Pop. (2000) 362,470.
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MIAMI WHAT? PICKS APLENTY NICKNAME IDEAS POUR IN TO OXFORD.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 11/16/1996; ; 700+ words
; Byline: Rick Van Sant, Post staff reporter The Miami Spitting Camels! The Miami Fighting Intellectuals! The Miami Toasted Rolls! Those nicknames are among 365 suggestions for a new name for Miami University...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Miami-Dade County, Fla., pledges tax money to help build Marlins stadium.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 12/1/2004; 700+ words
; Byline: Tania Valdemoro Dec. 1--Miami -- A new Marlins baseball stadium for Miami came closer to reality Tuesday when Miami-Dade County commissioners approved a plan to use convention development taxes to help pay for a new $420 million...
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Miami Attractions, Miami Excursions and Miami Museum Admission Now Offered to Florida Travelers and Tourists With the Go Miami Card.
PR Newswire; 8/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...Florida Travel Market With the August 31 Launch of the Go Miami Card. MIAMI, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Destinations, the...Florida travel market with the August 31 launch of the Go Miami Card. With unlimited, fully pre-paid admission to...
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ON WHEELS! GOVERNMENT ON GO BUS ROUTE FOR JANUARY 2007
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/27/2006; 700+ words
; The Miami-Dade County government issued the following news release...Go Buses: Wednesday, January 3 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Miami-Dade College Medical Center 950 NW 20 Street, Miami Thursday, January 4 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 8:30 am...
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Miami Beach, Fla., May Use Incentive Program to Lure Developer's Headquarters.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/4/2002; 700+ words
; By Douglas Hanks III, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 4--Next week Miami Beach will consider paying LNR Property Corp...developer based in the western suburbs of Miami-Dade County, began building two complexes...
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Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Adds Two World-Class Scientists to Research Staff; Dr. Vance Lemmon, Dr. John Bixby to Concentrate on Nerve Regeneration.
PR Newswire; 7/16/2003; 700+ words
; MIAMI, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the world's most comprehensive...and nerve fiber growth. Vance Lemmon, Ph.D., joins The Miami Project as the Walter G. Ross Distinguished Professor in Developmental...
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MIAMI RESEARCHER HELPS RESURRECT TRIBAL LANGUAGE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 7/26/1999; 700+ words
; ...thesis written in California is helping the Miami Indians resurrect the tribal language they...ancestral tongue. The tribe has produced Miami language lessons on CD-ROM and holds classes in Miami in Fort Wayne, Peru and Oklahoma. The tribes...
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Miami-Dade County, Fla., May Not Be Aboard Regional Transit Board.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/30/2002; 700+ words
; By Erika Bolstad, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr...Florida City might be leaving the station without Miami-Dade on board, county leaders acknowledged Monday. Miami-Dade leaders said they have reservations about...
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Miami Submits Bid for Democratic National Convention in 2004.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/13/2002; 700+ words
; By Charles Rabin, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 13--Miami-Dade County was one of five communities that...exposure and a potential $150 million windfall, Miami-Dade leaders reached deep into their bag of...
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Miami Heat awards $10,000 in scholarships to four local graduating college-bound seniors
Newspaper article from: Westside Gazette; 7/2/2003; 700+ words
; MIAMI - The Miami HEAT has awarded $10,000 in scholarships to four graduating high school...graduate of Felix Varela Sr. High; Alteasha L. Ervin, graduate of Miami Carol City Sr. High; Odalys Santos, graduate of Miami Springs Senior...
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Miami: Communications
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
Miami: Communications Newspapers and Magazines Miami's major daily newspaper, the morning The Miami Herald is supplemented by two Spanish-language dailies, El Nuevo Patria and Diario Las Americas, a Spanish-language weekly, El Nuevo Herald...
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Miami
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MIAMI MIAMI, founded in 1896, anchors a sprawling, four-county, South Florida...early twentieth century. The railroad and hotel baron Henry Flagler made Miami the destination of his Florida East Coast Railway in 1896. In succeeding...
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Miami: History
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
Miami: History Early Settlement Attempts Create...principal native tribe in the region that is now Miami-Dade County was the Calusa (renamed Tequesta...whose members built villages along the Miami River. The name Miami comes from the Calusa...
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Miami: Economy
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
Miami: Economy Major Industries and Commercial Activity For most of Miami's history, its economy has been based on tourism...10.4 million overnight visitors came to Greater Miami, infusing the local economy with $9.9 billion in...
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Miami: Education and Research
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States
Miami: Education and Research Elementary and Secondary Schools...of Florida, the public elementary and secondary schools of Miami are part of a county-wide district. The Miami-Dade County district, fourth largest in the United States...
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