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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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al fresco in the open air. XVIII. — It. phr.
al fresco ‘in the
FRESH (air)’. Cf.
FRESCO.
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Fresco Logic showcases World's First Working PCI Express to SuperSpeed USB xHCI Host Single-Chip Solution.
News Wire article from: Business Wire; 5/20/2009; 700+ words
; TOKYO & PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fresco Logic, a leading fabless semiconductor...SuperSpeed USB xHCI specification rev 0.95. Fresco Logic's host chip will be making its...Conference in Tokyo, Japan on May 20-21. Fresco Logic's demonstration highlights the...
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Fresco Microchip introduces world's first single-chip hybrid receiver for DVB-T markets.
PR Newswire; 6/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...market TORONTO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresco Microchip Inc., a developer of leading...into a single IC. "The FM2080 marks Fresco Microchip's entry into an established...growth," said Lance Greggain, CEO of Fresco Microchip. "Our innovative architecture...
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FRESCO DEMONSTRATES INDUSTRY'S 1ST SUPERSPEED USB DATA TRANSFER.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...statement. Contact details below.) (BW)(CA-FRESCO-LOGIC) Fresco Logic Demonstrates Industry's First SuperSpeed USB...SuperSpeed USB Data Transfer Speed of Over 350 MB/s on Fresco Logic's Hardware Development Platform Technology...
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Infoscape Announces Fresco, a Java-based Product Family for Creating and Deploying the Next Generation of Web Database Applications; Infoscape streamlines the design and delivery of "live" intranet applications that access corporate databases.
Business Wire; 1/21/1997; 700+ words
; ...Infoscape, Inc. today introduced its Fresco product family, a complete system for...database applications over networks. Fresco simplifies and streamlines the application...Sun Microsystems Computer Company. "Fresco makes this vision a reality by leveraging...
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Fresco artists back in Solon for fundraiser
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 7/31/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...said painting the frescoes was one of the most...since I painted a fresco and I just did one...Hampshire. The fresco was painted at the...experience." While the frescoes remain as fresh...sit on 300 acres. Frescoes were created more...the test of time. Fresco painting was brought...
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Fresco Dow Jones STOXX ETFs Launched on New York Stock Exchange.
PR Newswire; 10/21/2002; 700+ words
; Fresco Index Shares Funds announced it launched two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) -- the Fresco Dow Jones STOXX 50 Fund (FEU) and the Fresco Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 Fund (FEZ) -- on the New York...
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FRESCO BRINGS TASTE OF NEW WORLD TO FIAT.
Magazine article from: Automotive News; 8/3/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...When Fiat S.p.A. introduced Paolo Fresco to the Italian press last month, one...merchant banker, not a manager." But Fresco, 65, will almost certainly change Fiat...to Fiat's rigid corporate culture. Fresco is teamed with Fiat Managing Director...
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Infoscape Introduces Fresco 3.0
PR Newswire; 12/10/1997; 700+ words
; ...Infoscape, Inc. today introduced Fresco 3.0, the latest version of its Java...servers and enterprise development tools. Fresco enables developers to assemble and deploy...architecture based on open standards. Fresco 3.0 features support for stored procedures...
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A fresco sampler.
Magazine article from: School Arts; 1/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...at and learning about frescoes, and then made fresco samples for themselves. We used the frescoes of Pompeii for motivation...which the remains of fresco wall paintings were prominent...quickly realized that frescoes were not only an important...
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Magical American Fresco.
Magazine article from: World and I; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...painted almost exclusively in true fresco. They were more interested in using...possesses tremendous energy, painted frescoes at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire...Workers School. In his Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City at...
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fresco
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
fresco. A method of wall painting in which powdered...laid on the wall (the word ‘fresco’ is Italian for ‘fresh...carbonate). This technique is also called buon fresco or fresco buono (true fresco) to distinguish...
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Fresco, Rob
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
FRESCO, Rob (Robert J. Fresco) PERSONAL Addresses: Agent— The Gersh Agency, 232...also known as The Killing Secret ), NBC, 1997. (As Robert J. Fresco) Dirty Little Secret, USA Network, 1998. Lucky Girl (also known...
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al fresco
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
al fresco in the open air. XVIII. — It. phr. al fresco ‘in the FRESH (air)’. Cf. FRESCO .
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Frescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's City
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Frescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's City, poems in free verse by Archibald MacLeish , published in 1933. In six “panels”...
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queso fresco
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
que·so fres·co / ˈkāsō ˈfreskō / • n. a semisoft fresh Mexican cheese, white in color, typically served shredded over hot foods.
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