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Plymouth Rock
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Plymouth Rock a granite boulder at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on to which the Pilgrim Fathers are said to have stepped from the
Mayflower.
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Plymouth North students recognized
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 6/17/2003; ; 700+ words
; PLYMOUTH - Scholarships were awarded to the following Plymouth North High School students: Heather Adams - Peter Chapman...Dolores M. Lane Nursing Scholarship. Casey Allen - Plymouth Lions Club Scholarship. Kristy Allen - Plymouth Black...
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Plymouth Gin Beats Bombay Sapphire on Smoothness; Plymouth Gin Unbeaten in Consumer Taste Tests Against Tanqueray and Bombay Sapphire.
PR Newswire; 2/10/2004; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- In recent consumer taste tests of premium gins, Plymouth Gin's smoothness was preferred when tested against Bombay Sapphire. Plymouth Gin, first distilled in Plymouth, England in 1793, was also at parity in taste with Bombay...
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PLYMOUTH DEBUTS NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS WITH ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN -- 'ONE CLEVER IDEA AFTER ANOTHER'
PR Newswire; 3/29/1995; 700+ words
; ...advertising campaign introducing the "New Plymouth", its new line of thinking and mission...meaningful innovation" as part of Plymouth's test market program. The campaign...and Portland, carries the theme line "Plymouth. One Clever Idea After Another" and...
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'PLYMOUTH PLACE' INTERACTIVE SHOPPING AREAS EXPANDING TO FIVE MORE U.S. MARKETS INCLUDING ST. LOUIS
PR Newswire; 9/14/1995; 700+ words
; ...in Milwaukee and Portland, Oregon, Plymouth Division of Chrysler Corporation (NYSE: C) has expanded its "Plymouth Place" interactive shopping areas...Test market results from our first Plymouth Place stores show a substantial, sustained...
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PLYMOUTH CHURCH STILL ACTIVE, DOWNTOWN.(SERIES: Neighborhoods)(Local)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/16/2003; 700+ words
; Byline: DICK CASE NEIGHBORHOODS Plymouth Congregational Church sits on the same...first wooden building rose in 1855. Plymouth's people remained, to worship and...husband, Doug, since 1969. One aspect of Plymouth's history is staying put. "I think...
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Plymouth will sport a new image at Holiday Bowl. (Chrysler Corp. Plymouth Div.; football)(Plymouth Holiday Bowl 1995)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 12/18/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Bowl Sponsor to Give Sneak Preview of New Car Plymouth is Holiday Bowl's new title sponsor and...sponsorship of the Holiday Bowl was picked up by Plymouth. "We're relaunching the whole Plymouth brand beginning the first of the year with...
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Plymouth takes the stage ; Emerging arts and entertainment scene is turning the town into a cultural destination
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 8/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; BEYOND HISTORY PLYMOUTH - It's a warm summer night, a cool...in Bridgewater, find themselves in Plymouth every couple of weeks for the latest...It seems like we're always here." Plymouth has seen an emergence of arts and entertainment...
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Plymouth Rock Studios and Enterprise Rent-A-Car Announce Green Alliance Partnership.
PR Newswire; 3/21/2008; 700+ words
; PLYMOUTH, Mass., March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Plymouth Rock Studios and Enterprise Rent-A-Car today announced...bring an increase in hybrid vehicle use to the town of Plymouth and to the state of Massachusetts. (Logo: http...
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'Plymouth should be the region's capital city' ; Plymouth's future rests on becoming a regional capital with a thriving business district based around the rail station, according to the temporary head of the city's main development body.
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 5/27/2009; 700+ words
; Plymouth's future rests on becoming a regional...of the City Development Company, sees Plymouth as "not mono- cultural" - in other...companies, with the University of Plymouth and the dockyard and naval base helping...
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Plymouth Place designed to increase marque's sales.(Auto Weekend)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...confronted with an inviting display of Plymouth vehicles. The exhibit, which the company calls Plymouth Place, is one of 100 such displays that...to go to a franchised dealer to buy a Plymouth. But the mall displays are indeed part...
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Plymouth Colony
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Plymouth Colony settlement made by the Pilgrims...in America (1606, 1607-8) by the Plymouth Company, chartered in 1606 along with...inactivation for a number of years. In 1620 the Plymouth Company, reorganized as the Council for...
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Plymouth, Virginia Company of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PLYMOUTH, VIRGINIA COMPANY OF PLYMOUTH, VIRGINIA COMPANY OF (1606 – 1620), one of two...representing the City of London and the outports of Bristol, Plymouth, and Exeter petitioned for a charter to plant colonies in America...
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Plymouth Rock
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PLYMOUTH ROCK PLYMOUTH ROCK. Plymouth Rock is the stone upon which the Pilgrims were said to have stepped when the Mayflower arrived in Plymouth harbor on 21 December 1620. Identified in 1741 by Thomas Faunce, who was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts...
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Plymouth
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Plymouth city (1991 pop. 238,583) and district, Devon, SW England, on Plymouth Sound. The three towns that Plymouth has comprised since 1914 are Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport. Modern Plymouth is well situated on a peninsula between...
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Plymouth Rock chicken
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Plymouth Rock chicken one of the most popular early breeds of poultry. The Barred Plymouth Rock was a favorite farm chicken since it was...purposes, a popular cross being that of a Barred Plymouth Rock female and a Rhode Island Red male. See...
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