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Forth Bridge, painting the the steel structure of the
Forth Bridge in Scotland has required constant repainting; this is consequently an expression for undertaking a task that can never be completed.
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Forth and RTX2001 streamline signal-generator design. (Moeller Inc creates video test generator)
Magazine article from: EDN; 8/9/1990; ; 700+ words
; Forth and RTX2001 streamline signal-generator...generator recently, Moeller Inc chose the Forth language as the development/execution environment...specify a unique test signal in the field. Forth's primary benefit for the developer is...
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SU'S FORTH HITS WEIGHTS, BOOKS; SOPHOMORE FINDS TIME FOR THE WEIGHT ROOM WHILE TAKING MASTER'S LEVEL COURSES.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 8/8/2002; 700+ words
; Byline: Mike Waters Staff writer Craig Forth is doing some heavy lifting this summer. Forth, a 7-foot center on the Syracuse University...adding pounds and muscle to his 7-foot frame. Forth started every game for the Orangemen as a freshman...
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FORTH GOES 1-ON-1 WITH KIDS; SU STARTING CENTER FACES NEW CHALLENGE AS STUDENT TEACHER AT CICERO ELEMENTARY.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/31/2003; 700+ words
; ...writer The inquisitive crowd peppered Craig Forth with questions. "Do you hit your head...s media day in New York City? Well, Forth did attend the annual gathering on Wednesday...took place at Cicero Elementary School on Forth's first day there as a student teacher...
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Forth & Towne Announces Plans to Open in San Diego and Santa Barbara.
PR Newswire; 8/23/2006; 700+ words
; Forth & Towne Coming to Otay Ranch Town Center...FirstCall/ -- Gap Inc. announced today that Forth & Towne, the company's latest apparel...and Santa Barbara are perfect locations for Forth & Towne, as women in these markets...
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A FORTH TO RECKON WITHBY MARK SINGELAIS STAFF WRITER.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/5/1997; 700+ words
; Craig Forth is 7 feet tall and growing. He has trouble...year-olds like a tent is so small on Forth, the cuffs don't even reach his wrists...They'll have a hard time containing Forth. Forth, a freshman, made his debut as...
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FORTH'S GAME STILL MADDENING TO MANY.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...Carrier Dome screams that their son Craig Forth is useless, they introduce themselves -- Murray and Maggie Forth, not so glad to meet you -- then ask...And for a while the fan may overlook Forth's propensity to miss layups and play...
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FORTH KEYS SU'S SPURT; PASSING, REBOUNDING HELP ORANGE DOWN STRETCH.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 1/27/2002; 700+ words
; ...Thamel Staff writer On Tuesday night, Craig Forth curled his 7-foot frame inside a wooden...the bowels of Fitzgerald Field House. Forth stared blankly into space, lamenting his...Pittsburgh. Often his own worst critic, Forth almost cracked a smile after the Orangemen...
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Forth Ports storm rages on
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 7/16/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...a listing vessel in a raging storm, Forth Ports' share price has been blown this...between them account for one-quarter of Forth Ports' equity, have said they "are not averse to a higher offer for Forth Ports", according to Patrick Maxwell...
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Forth Ports in takeover discussions
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; FORTH PORTS, the property and ports firm, is...Some analysts and shareholders had thought Forth Ports chief executive Alistair Fleming was...Duke Street Capital walked away from Forth Ports in July after the Edinburgh firm refused...
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Forth & Towne Opens in New York, Chicago.
PR Newswire; 8/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...Inc. , today announced the debut of Forth & Towne, the company's new women's apparel retail concept. Forth & Towne opens tomorrow, August...who our customer is, and we believe Forth & Towne will provide her with an...
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Forth, Elizabeth Denison
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Elizabeth Denison Forth Described by the Lewis and Clark website...unlikely philanthropists," Elizabeth Denison Forth (1780s–1866) was the first...attend. Born a Slave Nicknamed Lisette, Forth was born Elizabeth Denison in Macomb County...
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Forth
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Forth river, c.60 mi (100 km) long, formed by...eastward past the town of Stirling to the Firth of Forth at Alloa. Its chief tributaries are the Teith and Allan rivers. The Firth of Forth extends c.55 mi (90 km) E from Alloa to the...
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FORTH
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
FORTH A programming language formerly much in vogue among users of microcomputers. FORTH operands are held on a stack , and programs take...in reverse Polish notation . A vital feature of FORTH is that a symbol (a WORD) can be associated...
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forth
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
forth / fôr[unvoicedth] / • adv...or into view: the plants will bush out, putting forth fresh shoots. ∎ onward in time: from that day forth he gave me endless friendship. PHRASES: and so forth...
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There Was a Child Went Forth
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
There Was a Child Went Forth, poem by Whitman , published without title in Leaves of Grass (1855), as Poem of the Child That Went Forth, and Always Goes Forth, Forever and Forever (1860), and under its present title...
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