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Daedalus
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Daedalus in Greek mythology, a craftsman, considered the inventor of carpentry, who is said to have built the
labyrinth for Minos, king of Crete. Minos imprisoned him and his son
Icarus, but they escaped using wings which Daedalus made and fastened with wax. Icarus, however, flew too near the sun and was killed.
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Daedalus Enterprises, Inc. and S.T. Research Corporation Announce Signing of Definitive Merger Agreement
PR Newswire; 12/23/1997; 700+ words
; ...Mich., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Daedalus Enterprises, Inc. (OTC: DDEI) of...the merger agreement is being filed by Daedalus with the Securities and Exchange Commission...will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Daedalus, whose board of directors will be expanded...
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Icarus and Daedalus
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/18/2003; 700+ words
; New Straits Times 02-18-2003 Icarus and Daedalus Edition: 2* Section: Telling Tales The Greeks Greece...are called "myths". This is one of their myths. Daedalus Daedalus was a very clever man. He was an engineer. He built...
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S. T. Research and Daedalus Enterprises, Inc. Announce Agreement in Principle to Merge
PR Newswire; 11/11/1997; 700+ words
; ...Research Corporation of Newington, VA and Daedalus Enterprises, Inc. of Ann Arbor, MI...will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Daedalus, whose board of directors will be expanded...Ory, the current President and CEO of Daedalus, will remain President of Daedalus division...
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Daedalus: 40 years as part of American thought
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/13/1998; ; 700+ words
; CAMBRIDGE -- In Greek mythology, Daedalus was the fabulous artificer who created...In contemporary intellectual life, Daedalus has a different relation to labyrinths...always said," remarks Stephen Graubard, Daedalus's editor, "that I have one of the...
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Man the Maker: Max Frisch's 'Homo faber' and the Daedalus myth.
Magazine article from: The Germanic Review; 9/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Labyrinth, to Icarus, and to his father, Daedalus, the last appears as a "faber volans...the question of whether the figure of Daedalus, one of the ancient world's arch...Ducroux has pointed out, the figure of Daedalus has fallen into relative oblivion...
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Money Manager Earns #1 Ranking in the United States ... Again! Daedalus Capital's Equity Portfolios Grow 209.10% in 12 Month Period By 'Out-Dumbing' the Market.
PR Newswire; 12/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...LOUIS, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Daedalus Capital, L.L.C. ( http://www...the second time the St. Louis based Daedalus group has received a #1 ranking in the...Pensions & Investments. Not only did Daedalus triple its clients' investments in 12...
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M.I.T. issues Daedalus background information. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, human-powered aircraft)
PR Newswire; 4/22/1988; 700+ words
; ...are hopeful of a flight attempt by the Daedalus human-powered aircraft in the near...plane takes off./ M.I.T. ISSUES DAEDALUS BACKGROUND INFORMATIONtakes off./ BOSTON...PRNewswire/ -- The flight of the Daedalus aircraft seeks to better the record for...
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Daedalus awarded NASA Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract. (Daedalus Enterprises, Inc., National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
PR Newswire; 11/9/1990; 700+ words
; DAEDALUS AWARDED NASA PHASE II SBIR CONTRACT ANN...Space Administration (NASA) has awarded Daedalus Enterprises, Inc. of Ann Arbor a Phase...vibrations expected during flight. The Daedalus instrument will provide NASA with the...
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Empiric Energy, Inc. and Daedalus Systems Announce Definitive Agreement Regarding Stock Dividends to Empiric Shareholders.
PR Newswire; 10/4/1999; 700+ words
; ...McCulloch, founder and principal shareholder of Daedalus Building Systems ("Daedalus") announced the signing of a firm definitive...Registration Statement covering the distribution of the Daedalus Common shares to the Empiric shareholders is...
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Taking Daedalus out of trash.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 3/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...idea of what happened to most copies of Daedalus, the highbrow academic journal he recently...magazine, especially a magazine such as Daedalus, one of the most prestigious publications...Miller was hired to create a different Daedalus, which recently appeared on newsstands...
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Daedalus
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Daedalus In Greek mythology, Daedalus was a skilled craftsman and inventor who designed and built the Labyrinth on Crete, where the Minotaur was kept. Daedalus also made the wings that he and his son Icarus used to escape...
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Minos
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...the white bull. She spoke of her passion to Daedalus, a master craftsman, and Daedalus created a lifelike model of a cow in which the...and the head of a bull. Minos then ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth in which to hide and...
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Argon ST, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...com Public Company Incorporated: 1969 as Daedalus Enterprises, Inc. Employees: 637 Sales...it had been formed by the 1998 merger of Daedalus Enterprises, Inc. with S.T. Research. DAEDALUS ENTERPRISES: 1968 – 1998 Daedalus...
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Ayrton, Michael
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...particular he was obsessed with the myth of Daedalus and Icarus, which he treated as analogous...the relationship between the creative Daedalus and his son, who, lacking his father...York State, imitating the labyrinth Daedalus built for king Minos of Crete at Knossos...
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Minotaur
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...built by a craftsman at his court named Daedalus. In later years, after the people of...Labyrinth that she had obtained from Daedalus and a ball of string. He was to tie...chambers and hallways. See also Ariadne; Daedalus; Greek Mythology; Minos; Monsters...
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