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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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champaign level open country. XIV. ME.
champayne — OF.
champagne :- late L.
campānia fem. sg. and n. pl., sb. uses of adj. f.
campus level field (cf.
CAMP), particularized as proper names of regions in France (
Champagne) and Italy (
Campagna).
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Champaign schools favored; race for 3rd looks to be tight
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 2/14/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...race for first and another for third. Champaign Central is favored over two-time defending champion Champaign Centennial to win the annual meet, which...the hunt for second in the 200 (behind Champaign Central freshman Tyler McGill). In...
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Champaign County, Ill., Economic Development Director Promotes Region.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 3/12/2001; 700+ words
; ...Don Dodson, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 12--CHAMPAIGN, Ill.--Jill Guth gathers no...economic development director for the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce last October...
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Champaign, Ill.-Based Collegiate Cap & Gown Gets New Name.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/30/2001; 700+ words
; ...Debra Pressey, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 30--CHAMPAIGN, Ill.--More than 20 years after...Collegiate Cap & Gown in Champaign has a new name: Herff Jones Cap...
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 "News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL)")
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Champaign County bar to recognize eight 'pillars'.
Newspaper article from: News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL); 6/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...been selected as the first class of the Champaign County Bar Association's "Pillars...money for the Illinois Bar Foundation, Champaign County Court-Appointed Special Advocates...chosen practiced more than 50 years in Champaign County. What follows are a few of the...
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Champaign Asphalt Co. president says acquisition offers new opportunities.
Newspaper article from: News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL); 8/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...URBANA -- The recent acquisition of Champaign Asphalt Co. by the Indianapolis-based...leadership. Joe Lamb, the president of Champaign Asphalt, said he's maintaining a minority...to oversee the company, now known as Champaign Asphalt Co. LLC. "We are local still...
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Champaign, Ill., chamber siblings named top citizens for '06.
Newspaper article from: News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL); 9/8/2006; 700+ words
; Byline: Don Dodson Sep. 8--CHAMPAIGN -- When Donald and Newton Dodds were growing up in Champaign, they didn't have to look far for examples...Donald Chambers Dodds Sr., served on the Champaign park board for four decades. Their mother...
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Champaign Surplus • Champaign, Illinois.(Feature)
Magazine article from: ANSOM (Army, Navy, Supplies, Outdoor Merchandise); 9/1/2007; 700+ words
; Champaign Surplus • Champaign, Illinois BY HOWARD PROSNITZ Champaign Surplus - serving central Illinois for over 50 years When Champaign Surplus opened a 2,000 square foot store in 1947, it joined hundreds of stores selling army...
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Champaign, Ill.-Area Economy Expects Period of Strong Economic Growth.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 3/30/2001; 700+ words
; By Debra Pressey, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 30--CHAMPAIGN, Ill.--The way Busey Bank Chairman Ed Scharlau sees it, Champaign County has more than ever to cheer about...
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Champaign Native Remembers the Good Times
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/3/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...state basketball tournament. A native of Champaign, Illinois' sports information director...hockey. As a high school student in Champaign, Johnson and his friends used to obtain...I was a kid when Clyde Turner led Champaign Central to a third place finish in 1969...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Looking at Champaign experience in the rearview mirror.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/17/2003; 700+ words
; Byline: Kent McDill CHAMPAIGN - An awkward period in Chicago Bears...came to an awkward end Saturday. The Champaign experience - 12 "home" games played...even remotely glorious happened in Champaign, as the Bears trudged to a 4-12...
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Champaign
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Champaign , city (1990 pop. 63,502), Champaign co., E central Ill.; inc. 1860. It adjoins the city...a fertile farm area. The Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Parkland College are there. The city's economic mainstays...
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champaign
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
champaign level open country. XIV. ME. champayne — OF. champagne :- late L. campānia fem. sg. and n. pl., sb. uses of adj. f. campus level field (cf. CAMP ), particularized as proper names of regions in France ( Champagne ) and Italy ( Campagna ).
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Urbana
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Urbana . 1 City (1990 pop. 36,344), seat of Champaign co., E central Ill., adjoining Champaign ; inc. 1833. With Champaign, its twin city, Urbana is a trade, medical, and educational center in a fertile...
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Blair, Bonnie
Book article from: Notable Sports Figures
...raised their large Catholic family in Champaign, Illinois. All of Blair's two sisters...training. She received help from the local Champaign community. Fundraising was spearheaded by the Champaign police force in 1982, and Blair received...
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Thigpen, Lynne 1948–2003
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where she majored in English and speech...the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and she began a master ’...Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, BA and teaching certificate, c. 1970...
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