Clarenceux
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Clarenceux in heraldry, (in the UK) the title given to the second King of Arms, with jurisdiction south of the Trent. Recorded from Middle English and coming from Anglo-Norman French, the position is named after the dukedom of
Clarence created for the second son of Edward II, married to the heiress of
Clare in Suffolk.
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A hollow Hokkaido: a historic village is a microcosm for northern woes.
Magazine article from: Japan Inc.; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; NEMURO, Hokkaido: Windy and weatherbeaten, this slender...island. A whopping three-quarters of Hokkaido towns are classified as "hollowed out...into the prefectural civil service or Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (Takugin), formerly...
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On the town in Hokkaido: the first of an occasional series on Japan's economic pains.(recession)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 5/16/1998; 700+ words
; ...imagine that Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four...hardest. Yet appearances deceive, and Hokkaido is indeed a victim of Japan's strange...Japanese companies that went bust were in Hokkaido, even though the island accounts for...
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Japan's coddled frontier; Hokkaido.(Japan's Hokkaido)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/11/2004; 700+ words
; ...beautiful but economically weak THE people of Hokkaido, a vast northern island of farms, forests...crane that, along with other bits of Hokkaido's construction sector, once thrived...depending for decades on public money, Hokkaido has few competitive firms capable of...
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Toward an understanding of technological variability in microblade assemblages in Hokkaido, Japan.
Magazine article from: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...history on the late Upper Paleolithic in Hokkaido (northern Japan) shows that microblade...geoarchaeological characteristics in Hokkaido, created remarkable variability in reduction...assemblages in northeastern Asia. Keywords: Hokkaido, microblade, technological variability...
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Lucent Technologies to provide Hokkaido Telecommunication Network Co. with Springtide 5000 IP Service Switch; Hokkaido's DSL broadband services to begin in early July.
M2 Presswire; 6/6/2001; 700+ words
; ...Lucent Technologies to provide Hokkaido Telecommunication Network Co. with Springtide 5000 IP Service Switch; Hokkaido's DSL broadband services to begin...announced today that it would provide Hokkaido Telecommunication NETwork Co...
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Of melons and economic change: Japan. (melon industry and other economic plans in Hokkaido, Japan)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/27/1993; 700+ words
; ...visionaries are heroic or mad. This town in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, grew...5 billion worth of fruit a year. In Hokkaido's capital, Sapporo, the prefectural...total, out of their existing jobs. In Hokkaido, the upheaval would be more devastating...
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Rebel Rich.(what the world will look like in 2012)(sovereignty for Hokkaido, Japan)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 9/16/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...guerrillas, or even a last-gasp campaign by Hokkaido's few remaining indigenous people...and democratic. It will happen when Hokkaido's roughly 6 million inhabitants simply...Today it might seem so, but by 2012 Hokkaido could be a major centrifugal force in...
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Alvarion Building Island-Wide Municipal Broadband Wireless Network in Hokkaido, Japan with Hokkaido Seiko Time Systems; After Successful Deployment In the Town of Koshimizu, Additional Municipalities Now Ordering BreezeACCESS(R) VL in 4.9GHz.
Business Wire; 11/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...deployment in the town of Koshimizu, located on Hokkaido Island, Japan. Hokkaido Seiko Time Systems (HSTS), Alvarion's local...Japan," said Mr.Yasumasa Ito, President of Hokkaido STS. "We began deployment in Koshimizu with...
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Coastal Oyashio South of Hokkaido, Japan
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...water lying along the southeast coast of Hokkaido, sometimes flows into Funka Bay on the...along the continental slope southeast of Hokkaido. It bifurcates south of Cape Erimo with...formulae omitted.) 1. Introduction Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, has...
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Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. - SWOT Analysis.
M2 Presswire; 5/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...2009-www.companiesandmarkets.com: Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. - SWOT Analysis...companiesandmarkets.com adds new report: Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. - SWOT Analysis This Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. - SWOT Analysis...
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Hokkaido Electric Power Company Inc. (HEPCO)
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Hokkaido Electric Power Company Inc. (HEPCO...1-chome, Ohdori Chuo-ku, Sapporo Hokkaido 060-8677 Japan Telephone: (Oil) 251...Generation; 221122 Electric Power Distribution Hokkaido Electric Power Company Inc. (HEPCO...
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Hokkaido
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hokkaido , island (1990 pop. 5,643,515...Once called Yezo, it received the name Hokkaido [region of the northern sea] in 1869...second longest river of Japan, traverses W Hokkaido; its valley is an important urban and...
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Hokkaido Electric Power Company Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Hokkaido Electric Power Company Inc. 2, Ohdori Higashi 1-chome Chuo-ku, Sapporo Hokkaido 060-91 Japan (011)251 1111 Fax: (011...billion) Stock Exchanges: Tokyo Osaka Sapporo Hokkaido Electric Power Company Inc. (HEPCO) supplies...
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Ainu
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...PRONUNCIATION: EYE-noo LOCATION: Japan (Hokkaido) POPULATION: 25,000 LANGUAGE: Japanese...Until 400 years ago, the Ainu controlled Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four...centuries (particularly with the 1889 Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Law) they...
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Snow Brand Milk Products Company, Limited
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...late 19th-century move to colonize Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan ’ s four main islands. Like the others, Hokkaido is bisected by a mountain range, with...Unlike the rest of Japan, however, Hokkaido ’ s climate is too cold to...
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