bird of prey
bird of prey Bird that usually has a sharp, hooked beak and curved talons with which it captures its prey. Two orders of birds fit this description: the
hawks,
falcons,
eagles,
vultures, and
secretary bird (order Falconiformes); and the
owls (order Strigiformes).
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PLAINS PETROLEUM REPORTS LOWER THIRD QUARTER RESULTS; ANTICIPATES REPLACING ALL OF 1994 PRODUCTION
PR Newswire; 10/26/1994; 700+ words
; ...Colo., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Plains Petroleum Co. (NYSE: PLP) today reported...chairman and chief executive officer of Plains, said that the company, faced with lower...prior year. On a nine-month basis, Plains reported operating earnings of $4.9...
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Plains sells southwest, Rockies assets to clean up Pogo buyout.
Magazine article from: Natural Gas Week; 12/24/2007; ; 700+ words
; Plains Exploration and Production unveiled a pair...some bulky acquisitions earlier this year. Plains also announced that its board of directors...1.55 billion deal with Occidental, Plains will cede 50% of its working interest in...
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Redefining plains village complexes in Oklahoma: The Paoli phase and the Redbed Plains variant
Magazine article from: Plains Anthropologist; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...and Washita River phases of the southern Plains are re-evaluated using data from recent research at Plains Village sites in central Oklahoma. Based...identified and classified as the Redbed Plains variant. The Paoli phase represents the...
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PLAINS PETROLEUM REPORTS IMPROVED FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS, RESULTS OF STRATEGIC STUDY EXPECTED THIS MONTH
PR Newswire; 2/2/1995; 700+ words
; ...Colo., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Plains Petroleum Co. (NYSE: PLP) today announced...for a write-down of oil properties. Plains produced 7.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf...percent and 14 percent respectively. Plains reported revenues of $61.7 million...
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PLAINS RESOURCES AND ARCO PIPE LINE COMPANY ENTER INTO CRUDE OIL TANKAGE LEASE
PR Newswire; 1/5/1993; 700+ words
; HOUSTON, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Plains Terminal & Transfer Corporation, a unit of Plains Resources Inc. (AMEX: PLX), and ARCO...today jointly announced an agreement whereby Plains will provide ARCO Pipe Line with up to 500...
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Plains Petroleum to expand in West Texas through acquisition valued at $15.7 million.
PR Newswire; 9/26/1988; 700+ words
; PLAINS PETROLEUM TO EXPAND IN WEST TEXAS THROUGH...Colo., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Plains Petroleum Company (NYSE: PLP), announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Plains Petroleum Operating Company, has agreed...
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PLAINS RESOURCES MAY SPIN OFF SEGMENTS AS EXECUTIVES SEEK TO UNLOCK VALUE
Magazine article from: Hart's Petroleum Finance Week; 12/11/2000; 700+ words
; ...upstream and midstream business segments of Plains Resources Inc. (AMEX: PLX) may be...oil transportation and storage company. Plains conducts its exploration and production...activities through its 100 percent ownership in Plains All American Inc. Plains All American...
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PLAINS EXPLORATION AGREES TO ACQUIRE 3TEC ENERGY FOR $432 MILLION
Magazine article from: Hart's Petroleum Finance Week; 2/10/2003; 700+ words
; Plains Exploration & Production Co. (NYSE...The deal will create new core areas for Plains in East Texas and the Gulf Coast, and is...Following the acquisition, Houston-based Plains will have an enterprise value of more than...
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Great Plains Software Increases Commitment to Macintosh; Extends Macintosh Support; Announces Great Plains Accounting 7.2 for Macintosh.
Business Wire; 8/7/1996; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1996--Great Plains Software announced today it has rededicated...financial management products -- Great Plains Accounting, Dynamics and Dynamics C...Macintosh platform is supported by Great Plains' historically strong presence in the...
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PLAINS RESOURCES' EFFORT TO SEPARATE E&P, MIDSTREAM UNITS MOVES FORWARD
Magazine article from: Hart's Petroleum Finance Week; 7/1/2002; 700+ words
; Plains Resources Inc. (NYSE: PLX) announced...assets to shareholders through a subsidiary, Plains Exploration and Production Co. (PXP...corporation prior to such a distribution, which Plains expects to make in 2003's first quarter...
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Plain
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
...considerable slope. A plain may be forested or bare of trees. Many plains around the world are covered in grasses. A plain may be as small as...that compose coastal plains are often found inland beyond that point. Plain: Words to Know Abyssal...
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PLAIN ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
PLAIN ENGLISH 1. English that is straightforward...but one twenty-fifth as useful, or in plain English, nearly useless’ (US...Anne, who was apt to express herself in plain English when she found herself upside down...
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plain
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...for emphasis): perhaps the youth was just plain stupid. • n. a large area of flat...with prairie . ∎ ( the Plains ) another term for Great Plains . PHRASES: as plain as the nose on one's face inf. very obvious...
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Great Plains
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Great Plains extensive grassland region on the continental...into W Texas. In the United States the Plains include parts of North Dakota, South Dakota...and Texas. Physical Geography The Great Plains slope gently eastward from the foothills...
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Plains Indian Wars
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Plains Indian Wars (1854–90).The wars between the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and the U.S. Army grew out of the westward...California, set off a migration across the plains that ended only in the final decades of...
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