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knights Knights Hospitallers a military and religious order founded as the Knights of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in the 11th century.
Originally protectors of pilgrims, they also undertook the care of the sick. During the Middle Ages they became a powerful and wealthy military force, with foundations in various European countries; their military power ended when Malta was surrendered to Napoleon (1798). In England, the order was revived in 1831 and was responsible for the foundation of the St John Ambulance Brigade in 1888.
Knights Templars a religious and military order for the protection of pilgrims to the Holy Land, founded as the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon in 1118.
The order became powerful and wealthy, but its members' arrogance towards rulers, together with their wealth and their rivalry with the Knights Hospitallers, led to their downfall; the order was suppressed in 1312, many of its possessions being given to the Hospitallers. The Inner and Middle Temple in London are on the site of the Templars' English headquarters.
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Knight poised to tie Smith today
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 12/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; LUBBOCK, Texas -- Bob Knight talks to his son every day about coaching...discussed last season surprised Pat Knight, who will take over at Texas Tech whenever...use of language," said the younger Knight, noting the irony of the conversation...
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Knight's Dirty Dozen
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/4/2004; 610 words
; ...PRINTED VERSION 1976: Dismayed by a pair of turnovers, Knight grabbed IU player Jim Wisman by the jersey and threw him into his seat. Knight later said his actions were wrong. 1979:Knight was charged, tried and convicted in absentia of hitting...
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Knight's stamp still on Hoosiers, even if he won't talk about it.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/27/2002; ; 700+ words
; FORT WAYNE, Ind. _ Bob Knight won't talk about Mike Davis or give Davis...run, and that's his loss. Maybe eventually Knight will look at Davis' decision to stay at Indiana after Knight was fired as a man doing what was best for himself...
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Knight Capital Group Relaunches ValuBond Electronic Fixed Income Trading Solution as Knight BondPoint(TM).
PR Newswire; 1/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...J., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Knight Capital Group, Inc. today at LaSalle's 26th...ValuBond electronic fixed income trading solution as Knight BondPoint(TM). Knight acquired ValuBond, a privately-held fixed income...
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KNIGHT HINTS HE'S LEAVING IU
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/13/1988; 700+ words
; CHART - 2 (KNIGHT'S RECORD) (LIST OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING KNIGHT FOLLOWS TEXT) THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY...PRINTED VERSION. See related story: IU CHIEF: I WANT KNIGHT TO STAY, By Michael Sangiacomo, also on page A1...
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Knight is back in Sweet 16 without making changes.
Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO); 3/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. _ Texas Tech coach Bob Knight showed up for his news conference looking...endorsement deal with Benetton? Even worse, Knight engaged in merriment with reporters...Sweet 16 would give us the NutraSweet Knight? Surely, this will be interpreted as...
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Knight Trading Group Board Names Anthony M. Sanfilippo Interim Chief Executive Officer.
PR Newswire; 1/16/2002; 700+ words
; JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Knight Trading Group, Inc. today announced...February 1, 2002. In December 2001, Knight Chairman and CEO Kenneth D. Pasternak...term as a Director, which expires at Knight's annual meeting in May 2002, and...
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Knights told: expel racist, and pro-abortion politicos, Human Life International reports. (Knights of Columbus)(includes list of pro-abortion politicians) (transcript)
PR Newswire; 10/5/1990; 700+ words
; ...party line of certain Knight politicians who claim...and loyal Catholic Knights. "Enough is enough...called upon Supreme Knight Virgil Dechant to...earlier demands for the Knights to "expel 11 pro...with dual Klan and Knight membership, when the leadership of the Knights tolerates ...
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Knight is great coach, selfish bully.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; FORT WORTH _ Bob Knight's acolytes and apologists have another...oh why, does the media hate coach Knight?" Unlike the coach in question, who...answer for myself. I don't hate coach Knight. He's a brilliant man who knows more...
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Knights Urged to Use Strengths to Move Forward as Lay Leaders in Church; True Potential of the Knights Not Yet Tapped, Says Supreme Knight in Annual Report.
PR Newswire; 8/5/2003; 700+ words
; ...Catholic men have grown the Knights of Columbus into the world...but, according to Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, the 121...the opening session of the Knights' international meeting being...7. "This past year the Knights of Columbus has grown stronger...
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Knight Transportation, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...drew excited praise from the business press were brothers Randy Knight and Gary Knight and their cousins, also brothers, Keith Knight and Kevin Knight. The four Knights cemented their kinship early in their lives, choosing the same profession and...
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Knight Ridder, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...run poorly before the Knights bought it, so James Knight, who had studied the...operations manager. The Knights' first move was to...Massillon Independent, the Knights bought the Tribune...and other equipment. Knight closed the Tribune...
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Knights of Labor
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
KNIGHTS OF LABOR KNIGHTS OF LABOR. The Noble Order of the Knights of Labor reached a peak membership of around 700,000 in the mid-1880s, making it the largest and most important labor organization in nineteenth-century America. The complexities...
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knight
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...might owe any number of knight services. Although all...military age were necessarily knights, knighthood had to be...called a knight bachelor; a knight fighting under his own banner was a knight banneret. Knights were ordinarily accompanied...
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Knights Hospitalers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Knights Hospitalers members of the military and religious Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, sometimes called the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Jerusalem. The symbol of the Order of St. John came to be...
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