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Huon of Bordeaux
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Huon of Bordeaux hero of a French 13th-century
chanson de geste, who kills the son of Charlemagne in an affray, and to redeem his life has to make a journey to Babylon; he is assisted by the magic powers of
Oberon.
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Bordeaux Wine Bureau Announces List of Top Affordable Wines for 2007.
Business Wire; 3/6/2007; 700+ words
; Second Annual Today's Bordeaux Winemaker Tour Hits New York, Boston and Washington DC...on behalf of the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB), the Bordeaux Wine Bureau unveils the 2007 list of Today's Bordeaux...
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Bordeaux Wine Bureau Announces Jury for Today's Bordeaux 2007 Program.
Business Wire; 2/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Experts to Select 100 Top Bottles Priced $8 to $25 NEW YORK -- The Bordeaux Wine Bureau has announced the Today's Bordeaux jurors who will select the 2007 list of 100 top Bordeaux wines available in the United States priced $8-$25 retail...
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Bordeaux Wine Bureau Opens Today's Bordeaux Nominations for 2007 Program.
Business Wire; 1/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...behalf of the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB), the Bordeaux Wine Bureau invites U.S. wine importers and distributors to nominate wines for Today's Bordeaux: One Hundred Classic, Contemporary, Affordable...
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Todd Bordeaux - Renaissance Man
Newspaper article from: News From Indian Country; 3/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...News From Indian Country 03-15-2001 Todd Bordeaux - Renaissance Man Artist Todd Bordeaux brings to mind the Energizer bunny - very tall...subsists on four to five hours of sleep a night, Bordeaux, Sicangu Lakota from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe...
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Bordeaux Winemaker Suspected of Doctoring Wine and Mixing Vintages
Newspaper article from: Food & Drink Weekly; 6/8/1998; 700+ words
; ...officials employed by the prestigious Bordeaux winemaker Chateau Giscours have been...All of these practices are illegal in Bordeaux, where wines come under strict state...nearly as good as a "grand cru classe." Bordeaux wine industry analysts expressed fear...
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Bordeaux Wine Council to Sponsor 2010 Master of Wine Symposium "Forging Links" June 24-27, 2010.
Newspaper article from: Telecommunications Weekly; 8/5/2009; 700+ words
; The Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB, www.bordeaux.com) is pleased to announce the forthcoming Institute...Wine Symposium entitled 'Forging Links' will be held in Bordeaux June 24-27, 2010 during the bi-annual Fete le Vin...
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Across Bordeaux, a harvest of tearsDeluge of woes adds up to crisis
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...horizon, the great wine chateaux of Bordeaux are pictures of prosperity. The 2002...account for barely 5 percent of the Bordeaux's production. For the 95 percent outside...since the phylloxera aphid devastated Bordeaux's vineyards more than 100 years ago...
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Bordeaux was steady heart of jazz scene
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/25/2002; ; 700+ words
; Bordeaux was steady heart of jazz scene Drummer...Thursday, July 25, 2002 Baltimore A. Bordeaux passed on the jazz tradition to his children...example but rarely by word of mouth alone. Bordeaux, a versatile percussionist who played...
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Bordeaux comes up big for Pacific.(Sports)(The freshman from Tacoma wins individual title while San Diego State tops teams)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...little guy with the low scores. T.J. Bordeaux was more comfortable at a school that fit his stature. Both Bordeaux and Pacific were rewarded in a big way...spurned - in their backyard, no less - Bordeaux was on a stage all by himself at the...
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Bordeaux Wine Council Establishes New U.S. Press Office; Association of 10,000 Growers, 400 Negociants Retains Napa Valley-Based Benson Marketing Group.
Business Wire; 9/7/2005; 662 words
; BORDEAUX, France -- The trade association representing Bordeaux grape growers and negociants retained Napa Valley...campaign by the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) to advance grape growing and winemaking quality...
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Bordeaux
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
BORDEAUX BORDEAUX. Bordeaux, capital of the Guyenne in southwestern France, was part of the dowry of Eleanor of Aquitaine when she married Henry II of England in 1152. Consequently, Bordeaux and the Aquitaine were held as fief by the kings...
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Bordeaux mixture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bordeaux mixture , fungicide consisting of cupric...until c.1930. Since it was found that Bordeaux mixture frequently caused russeting of...with powdered fixed copper. Sal soda Bordeaux, or Burgundy mixture, containing cupric...
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Szekely, Edmond Bordeaux (?-1980)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Szekely, Edmond Bordeaux (?-1980) Edmond Bordeaux Szekely, the proponent of a modern spiritual pathway he...Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983. Szekely, Edmond Bordeaux. The Gospel of Peace by the Apostle John. London: C...
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Bordeaux mustard
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
Bordeaux mustard See mustard .
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Bordeaux Pilgrim
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Bordeaux Pilgrim. The earliest known Christian pilgrim from the W. to the Holy Land . He made his journey in AD 333–4.
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