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Chad, St
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Chad, St (d. 672), first bishop of Mercia and Lindsey at Lichfield, for whom there was an early and popular cult; it was said by Bede that if the faithful put dust from his shrine into water, the drink was medicinal for people and animals. His feast day is 2 March.
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CHAD: DOOMED AT BIRTH.(Perspective)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/16/1990; 700+ words
; ...in the swift collapse of the regime in Chad of Hissene Habre, for years a protege...cowboy of the sands," Habre slipped out of Chad early this month, his own reputation as...most desperate and ill-fated countries. Chad is a landlocked state that sprawls across...
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Chad's Ambassador to United States Has High Hopes for Exxon Mobil Pipeline.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/24/2002; 700+ words
; ...Mobil Corp. in the central African countries of Chad and Cameroon. But Mr. Soubiane, Chad's ambassador to the United States, says the...Donald Norland, a former U.S. ambassador to Chad. Their visit came just six days before the pipeline...
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Chad Oil and Gas Markets: Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2020 Report.
M2 Presswire; 2/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...February 2009-Research and Markets: Chad Oil and Gas Markets: Investment Opportunities...researchandmarkets.com/research/78d872/chad_oil_and_gas_m) has announced the...Global Markets Direct's new report "Chad Oil and Gas Markets: Investment Opportunities...
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Chad pushes back deadline to halt output.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 4/18/2006; ; 700+ words
; The government of Chad has pushed back plans to stop production...Mobilled oil project in the African country. Chad's government has delayed until the end...are in dialogue with the government of Chad, the consortium members and other relevant...
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Chad gets its 15 minutes, but will its fame last past Florida?(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/19/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Survivor's" Richard Hatch. But as all the chad-related flap (over flapping chads...Consider the once obscure now ubiquitous "chad." Before the presidential election...depending on your age, there is either Chad Lowe, the younger brother of Rob, or...
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`Chad' now punched in American vernacular.(Nation)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; Chad, chad, chad. There are 1,001 tales of chad - bad chad and good chad, chad cads and chad fads. This is media busy work, meant to pacify a public eager for news about the presidential election. In the past 24 hours, broadcast and print...
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Chad Orders Chevron, Petronas to Leave
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/26/2006; 700+ words
; N'DJAMENA, Chad - Chad's president on Saturday ordered oil companies Chevron Corp. and Petronas...Mobil - a deadline of just 24 hours to start making plans to leave. "Chad has decided that as of tomorrow (Sunday) Chevron and Petronas must...
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Chad Orders 2 Oil Companies to Leave
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/26/2006; 700+ words
; 0 N'DJAMENA, Chad - Chad's president on Saturday ordered oil companies Chevron Corp. and...Mobil - a deadline of just 24 hours to start making plans to leave. "Chad has decided that as of tomorrow (Sunday), Chevron and Petronas must...
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Chad Plans to Evict 2 Oil Firms, Citing Unpaid Taxes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; Chad's president on Saturday ordered two oil companies...of just 24 hours to start making plans to leave. "Chad has decided that as of tomorrow, Chevron and Petronas must leave Chad because they have refused to pay their taxes," Deby...
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Chad, World Bank Reach Deal on Oil Dispute
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Online 04-27-2006 Dateline: N'DJAMENA, Chad The World Bank has reached a preliminary deal with Chad to release some of the country's frozen...officials said. The World Bank helped finance Chad's oil program under demands that the central...
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Chad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chad , officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Chad is bordered by the Central African Republic on the south, Sudan...
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Murray, Chad Michael 1981–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
MURRAY, Chad Michael 1981– (Chad Murray) PERSONAL Born August 24, 1981, in Buffalo, NY; son...youth charities. CREDITS Television Appearances; Series: (As Chad Murray) Tristan DuGrey, Gilmore Girls (also known as Gilmore...
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Chad, St
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Chad, St ( St Ceadda ) (d. 673). One of four...were ‘famous priests’, Chad studied in Ireland and was a disciple of Aidan...earlier work of an active British church. Chad founded a monastery, possibly at Barrow...
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Varah, Chad
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
Varah, Chad The eldest of nine children of an Anglican Church minister, Edward Chad Varah was born on November 12, 1911, in the small...Attempted Suicide. London: John Wiley, 2000 Varah, Chad. Before I Die Again: The Autobiography of the...
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Lake Chad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lake Chad chăd, chäd , N central Africa. It lies mainly in Chad and Cameroon. Some 550 sq mi (1,425 sq km...The Chari River is the chief tributary of Lake Chad, which has no outlets. The reduction in the lake...
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