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Samson
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Samson an Israelite leader (probably 11th century
bc) famous for his strength (Judges 13–16). He fell in love with Delilah and confided to her that his strength lay in his uncut hair. She betrayed him to the Philistines who cut off his hair and blinded him, but his hair grew again, and he pulled down the pillars of a house, destroying himself and a large gathering of Philistines.
The name Samson is used allusively with reference to his enormous strength, his having been blinded, or his final destruction of his enemies at the price of his own life.
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Samson Receives Over 90% of PYR Energy Shares in Subsequent Offering Period.
PR Newswire; 6/13/2007; 700+ words
; TULSA, Okla., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Samson Investment Company ("Samson") today announced the completion of the subsequent...when added to the shares previously owned by Samson, represent approximately 92 percent of PYR's...
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Samson Energy completes 1988 exchange offer.
PR Newswire; 1/29/1988; 700+ words
; SAMSON ENERGY COMPLETES 1988 EXCHANGE OFFER TULSA, Okla., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Samson Energy Co. limited partnership (AMEX...majority of limited partners in each of the 12 Samson Properties Inc.-sponsored limited partnerships...
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Samson Announces Its Intent to Launch Cash Tender Offer for Pyr Energy Corporation for $1.21 Per Share.
PR Newswire; 3/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...Okla., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Samson Investment Company today announced its...approximately $46 million in the aggregate. Samson's offer represents a premium of approximately...day preceding the public disclosure of Samson's initial acquisition proposal, and...
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Samson Oil and Gas Limited Progresses U.S. Listing.
Business Wire; 11/27/2007; 700+ words
; DENVER & PERTH, Australia -- Samson Oil & Gas Limited (ASX: SSN): U.S. LISTING Samson has filed its third amendment to its Form...important step in the process of registering Samson with the SEC as it provides the SEC with...
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Samson Extends Subsequent Offering Period for PYR Energy Shares.
PR Newswire; 6/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...2007 TULSA, Okla., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Samson Investment Company ("Samson") today announced that it was extending the previously...tendered approximately 27,481,752 million shares. Samson has accepted for payment all shares tendered in...
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Samson Properties Inc. closes 1984-A Drilling Program.
PR Newswire; 4/27/1984; 700+ words
; ...Okla., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Samson Properties Incorporated, Tulsa, Okla., closed its Samson Properties 1984-A Drilling Program with...new investors, from 34 states. While Samson's sales increased from its first offering...
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Samson pleads not guilty to murder
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.; 5/16/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...employer in Bethel last winter. Agostino J. Samson, of River Road in Windham and formerly...Porter has been appointed to represent Samson. Nivison granted Porter's request for...for motions to be filed in the case. Samson will continue to be held without bail...
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Samson Investment Company Detailed Analysis and Forecasts of Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Assets Features Recent Acquisitions and Developments.
M2 Presswire; 9/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...September 2008-Research and Markets: Samson Investment Company Detailed Analysis and...researchandmarkets.com/research/5b51fb/samson_investment) has announced the addition of the "Samson Investment Company Detailed Analysis and...
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Samson will be a force on the Stevenson line
Newspaper article from: Lincolnshire Review (IL); 8/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; When the whistle blows, Ben Samson has a job to do. "Try to run my man to the ground," said Samson, a right tackle at Stevenson High School...pancake blocks as I can." Running into Samson figures to be a painful experience -- he...
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Samson Acquires Rubicon 3D Seismic.
Business Wire; 7/30/2009; 700+ words
; DENVER -- As previously advised, Samson Oil & Gas Limited (AMEX:SSN...acquisition of a 3D seismic grid over Samson's 6,400 acres. This area contains...the Vermillion region 40 miles east of Samson's acreage, where our competitors have...
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Samson
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Samson Samson, who appears in the Old Testament of the Bible, was an exceptionally...Israelites of the ancient Near East. According to the story, an angel visited Samson's parents before his birth to tell them they would have a son. The boy...
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Samson Agonistes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Samson Agonistes, a tragedy by Milton , published 1671, in the same volume...passages of great metrical freedom and originality, and some rhyme. Samson Agonistes (i.e. Samson the Wrestler, or Champion) deals with the last phase of the life...
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Samson, St
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Samson, St ( c. 485– c. 565). Born in Wales, educated and ordained at Llantwit, Samson's missionary endeavours established his renown in Cornwall, the Channel Islands, and Brittany, where he spent his last years. Chief among Breton saints, Samson died at Dol.
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Occom, Samson (1723-1792)
Book article from: American Eras
Samson Occom (1723-1792) Native american schoolmaster and preacher Sources Two Worlds. Samson Occom, a Mohegan Indian born and raised...Mohegan converts of the Great Awakening. Samson, at sixteen years old, became a second...
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samson post
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
samson post. In the old days when it was normal...before they were let go or on weighing , a samson post was a post erected temporarily on deck...support the cargo booms came to be known as a samson post. They were usually fitted in pairs...
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