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Dome Dome of the Rock an Islamic shrine in Jerusalem, for Muslims the third most holy place after Mecca and Medina. Built in the area of Solomon's temple, the shrine dates from the end of the 7th century. It surrounds the sacred rock on which, according to tradition, Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac and from which the prophet Muhammad made his miraculous midnight ascent into heaven (the Night Journey).
Millennium Dome a large building resembling a giant dome erected at Greenwich in London to house a national exhibition celebrating British achievements at the millennium.
The Dome was formally opened to visitors by invitation on New Year's Eve 1999, and subsequently to the general public; it closed a year later.
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Monolithic Domes find buyers worldwide.(Monolithic Dome Institute)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 6/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...extolled the virtues of domes, particularly their inherent...experimenting with Fuller's dome theory using toothpicks...turning his fascination with domes into a business, but...not actually build the domes any more. Instead, he operates the Monolithic Dome Institute, which teaches...
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Domes.(Visions of Heaven: The Dome in European Architecture)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Architectural Science Review; 12/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...use of a shallow dome was followed by...the later masonry domes. Another achievement...and the famous dome of San Marco in Venice. Domes were not used for...the 17th century dome of the Blue Mosque...magnificent shallow domes ever built. The...
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Dome, dome on the range
Magazine article from: Resource; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...designers say Monolithic Domes have lived up to...The key is the dome's roof shape...appearance for the dome exterior. Agricultural uses Monolithic Domes are used for storing...square meters) at the dome base. Monolithic Domes are engineered to...
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DOME 3.3, an application-oriented approach to implementing fail-safe, scalable and secure distributed systems, announced by Suite Software.
Business Wire; 8/20/1996; 700+ words
; ...applications, announced the immediate availability of DOME Release 3.3 (Distributed Object Management Environment...Aug. 20-22, in San Jose. New with this release of DOME is DOME Manager, a graphical management tool and DOME Lite...
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DOMES RISE AGAIN; PORT OF OSWEGO AUTHORITY REPAIRS STORAGE BUILDINGS.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/12/2002; 700+ words
; ...that's a cigar-shaped dome and a headquarters building...By the time the three domes are rebuilt in December, the cigar-shaped dome will be empty of fertilizer...McAuslan said. Why they're domes Fertilizer comes into...ship. The buildings are dome-shaped because the fertilizer...
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Dome, Dome on the Range.(monolithic domes)
Magazine article from: Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...designers say Monolithic Domes have lived up to...The key is the dome's roof shape...appearance for the dome exterior. Agricultural uses Monolithic Domes are used for storing...square meters) at the dome base. Monolithic Domes are engineered to...
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DOMES AS HOMES
Newspaper article from: Idaho State Journal; 11/24/2009; ; 686 words
; ...the construction of 139 dome homes in Chiclayo, Peru...have a total of 5,000 domes built in the future. Her interest in dome homes began about a year...projects. AT A GLANCE The dome homes Sube International...According to the company, domes used as housing are in...
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Houston Dome's Future Is Anybody's Guess.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/28/2002; 700+ words
; ...to bring the 2012 Games to Houston, the Dome would have been gutted and revamped, at...of the year -- and sole control of the Dome's fate reverts to Commissioners Court...serious analysis of what can be done with the Dome," County Judge Robert Eckels said Tuesday...
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Placer Dome extends AurionGold offer.
PR Newswire; 11/8/2002; 700+ words
; Placer Dome Inc ("Placer Dome") (TSX: PDG, NYSE: PDG, ASX: PDG) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Placer Dome Asia Pacific Limited, will extend the scheduled closing date of its...
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Placer Dome Response to AurionGold Target's Statement.
Business Wire; 6/26/2002; 700+ words
; ...released its Target's Statement in response to the takeover offer by Placer Dome Asia Pacific Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Placer Dome Inc. ("Placer Dome") (TSX: PDG, NYSE: PDG, ASX: PDG). Placer Dome is currently reviewing...
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dome
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...covered by masonry domes on pendentives. Between pendentive and dome a circular drum usually...composition. Modern Domes The dome in modern architecture...Fuller . Outstanding Domes Celebrated examples...s octagonal ribbed dome for the Cathedral...
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Geodesic Dome
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...within a stationary dome. Until that time, planetarium domes rotated while external...through holes on the dome shell to simulate stars...triangle to complete the dome. In 1954, Fuller received a patent on geodesic domes. During the 1960s and...
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Placer Dome Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Placer Dome Inc. Box 49330 Bentall Postal Station Suite...site: Public Company Incorporated: 1910 as Dome Mines Limited; 1926 as Placer Development...Nonferrous Metals; 1021 Copper Ores Placer Dome Inc. is an international gold mining company...
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The Teapot Dome Scandal
Book article from: American Decades
THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL Administration. Late in his presidency...the Harding administration was the Teapot Dome scandal, Contemporaries believed that this...created a third reserve—Teapot Dome in Wyoming. As soon as these reserves were...
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Teapot Dome Scandal
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL The presidential administration...controversial of which was the Teapot Dome oil scandal. Conservation was...kept in storage places called domes, one of which, located near...Wyoming, was christened Teapot Dome due to a rock formation in the...
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