Scheherazade
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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Scheherazade in the
Arabian Nights, the daughter of the vizier of King Shahriyar, who married the king and escaped the death that was the usual fate of his wives by telling him the tales which compose that work, interrupting each one at an interesting point, and postponing the continuation till the next night.
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Windermere Real Estate Selects Most Home Technologies to Provide Online Lead Response Services to Sales Associates across Western U.S.
Business Wire; 1/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...of Internet lead response systems and Windermere Real Estate, the largest regional real...eTeam Internet Response Services to Windermere's sales associates in the Western...Most Home Technologies will provide Windermere Real Estate with a sophisticated lead...
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Windermere Real Estate Reports Puget Sound's Housing Activity Through the Windermere Index; The Windermere Index Remains Surprisingly Strong in Q1 2002.
Business Wire; 5/8/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2002 Windermere Real Estate today released the inaugural Windermere Index, a quarterly indicator of residential...Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The Windermere Index and its supporting elements also...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Windermere to developers: Paws off our town's name.
Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 11/26/2005; 700+ words
; Byline: Wes Smith Nov. 26--WINDERMERE -- Officials of this serene small town are concerned...businesses peddling prestige are trying to turn Windermere into what it isn't. These Windermere wannabes are marketing a false, elitist image...
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Windermere Enters Web Marketing Partnership With Trulia.
PR Newswire; 3/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...announced an advertising partnership with Windermere Real Estate. Along with the partnership...based company. Approximately 30,000 Windermere listings from the company's network...will be featured on Trulia, giving Windermere a dominant presence in their markets...
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Windermere, Fla., Residents Resist Growth, but See Change as Inevitable.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/10/2003; 700+ words
; ...Tribune Business News Aug. 10--WINDERMERE, Fla.--The antique cottages and...and a lifetime away. But just beyond Windermere's tree-sheltered neighborhoods...Growth, people here say, is choking Windermere to death. This week, the Windermere...
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Windermere Real Estate Cancels Fireworks to Protect Nesting Eagles; Windermere Cup Fireworks Display Canceled After Learning of Potential Eagle Impact.
Business Wire; 5/3/2006; 700+ words
; SEATTLE -- Windermere Real Estate has canceled the 2006 Windermere Cup Sky Light Celebration fireworks following reports...Special Events Committee during yesterday's meeting, Windermere has elected not to produce the 20-minute fireworks...
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Stanford University and Windermere Real Estate to Host Fourth Annual Collegiate Rowing Regatta at Redwood Shores.
Business Wire; 3/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...University, in partnership with Windermere Real Estate, today announced...teams for the fourth-annual Windermere Real Estate Rowing Classic, an...countless spectators each year, the Windermere Real Estate Rowing Classic is...
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16th Annual Windermere Cup to Kick Off Springtime's Largest Free Community Event.
Business Wire; 4/2/2002; 700+ words
; ...highlight Opening Day festivities Windermere Real Estate today announced the complete line-up for the 16th annual Windermere Cup races, which will begin at...m. on Saturday, May 4. The Windermere Cup, which has become one of the...
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Windermere House, Historic Muskoka Resort, Joins ScreenScape's Digital Signage Network to Supplement Sales, Marketing and Event Management Programs.
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 7/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Historic Windermere House, long a favorite focal point...ScreenScape Venue Networking solution. Windermere House will use the screen displays to...in other venues throughout Ontario. Windermere House received a magnificent makeover...
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Zillow.com(R) Partners With Windermere Real Estate.
PR Newswire; 9/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...Zillow.com and Seattle-based Windermere Real Estate, which has more than 30...announced a partnership which enables Windermere to automatically feed all of their listings...year-over-year. The syndication of Windermere Real Estate's for-sale listings...
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Windermere Interstadial
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Windermere Interstadial ( Late-Devensian Interstadial ) A relatively warm period...took place about 13 000–11 000 radiocarbon years BP. The Windermere Interstadial includes the Bølling , Older Dryas , and Aller...
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Windermere
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Windermere Largest lake in England, in the Lake District , Cumbria. It is linked to Morecambe Bay by the River Leven; the town of Windermere lies on the e shore of the lake. Length: c. 17km (10mi); Max. width 1.6km (1mi).
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Windermere interstadial
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Windermere interstadial( Late-Devensian interstadial ) A relatively warm period that occurred towards the end of the last ( Devensian...
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Westmorland
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...Ullswater, Helvellyn, Grasmere, and Windermere, Westmorland became better known...probing into the region—to Windermere in 1847, Coniston 1859, Keswick 1864...their own, and studded the banks of Windermere with villas fearfully and wonderfully...
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Gossip
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...x201C; Blondie ” in Horn, 118] Duchess of Berwick rumor-jabbering woman upsets Lady Windermere. [Br. Lit.: Lady Windermere ’ s Fan , Magill I, 488 – 490] Norris, Mrs. Fanny ’ s aunt, the...
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