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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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jack3 ship's flag smaller than the ensign. XVII. prob. spec. application of
JACK1 to an object of small size. XVII.
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Jack's Back! Founder of Jack in the Box[R] Restaurants Emerges from Coma and Jumps Back into Work - Announcing New Company Logo and Website and Updating Progress on Other Corporate Initiatives.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 3/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...following a nearly fatal run-in with a bus, Jack, the iconic founder and namesake of Jack in the Box[R] restaurants, emerged from his...employees at the companyEs headquarters, an energized Jack wasted no time getting back to work and announced...
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Jack by popular demand. (actor and director Jack Smith)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...the legendary film-maker and performer Jack Smith produced an extraordinary body of...INDIANA Insistent Director I saw a lot of Jack Smith during a period when I was basically...and looking at photos of Maria Montez. Jack lived in an apartment on First Avenue full...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Jack steps up to bat
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 7/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; Jack Bender, 7, of Joliet, battling acute myelogenous...baseball game at St. Joe's Park in Joliet. Jack Bender takes batting practice before a game at St. Joe's Park. JOLIET -- Jack Bender has a lot of heart. The 7-year-old...
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Jack Daniel's Sues California Company for Trademark Infringement.
PR Newswire; 6/22/2001; 700+ words
; ...Aubryn International From Introducing "Jack Daniels" Spring Water LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc., a wholly...Harris, Gorman Properties, LLC, and Jack E. Daniels for infringing its famous...
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Jack Daniel's Celebrates 50 Years of Legendary Advertising; Celebration Includes Statue Unveiling in Lynchburg, Tennessee.
Business Wire; 9/9/2004; 700+ words
; ...first of many legendary advertisements for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey appeared in...other publications. Today, folks at the Jack Daniel Distillery and their guests launched...Since 1954, much of the advertising for Jack Daniel's has showcased Lynchburg (pop...
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Jack "Spins Out" New Antenna Ball to Help Bigs & Littles.
Business Wire; 10/23/2008; 700+ words
; Jack in the Box[R] restaurants launch "Beanie Jack" antenna ball promotion benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters...more than a decade, antenna balls bearing the likeness of Jack, the witty spokesman for Jack in the Box[R] restaurants...
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Jack Daniel's Birthday Celebration Continues with Ultimate Cake Contest.
Newspaper article from: Food Weekly News; 10/1/2009; 700+ words
; The Jack Daniel Distillery is searching for the best Jack Daniel's-inspired cakes in the country for the Jack Daniel's Ultimate Birthday Cake contest. The competition is part of the month-long September celebration of Jack Daniel's 159th...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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JACK'S NEW START; SWAP-OP BOY PLAYS WITH PALS AFTER BEING GIVEN ALL CLEAR GIVE JACK A CHANCE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 7/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...Doctors have revealed that swap-op patient Jack Close has been given the all clear. And...was allowed to play with his pals. And Jack, a pupil of Rowlands Gill Primary School...when he thought life couldn't get better Jack was then granted a wish by the Rays of...
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Jack in the Box Tacos: As American as Baseball and Apple Pie.
Business Wire; 9/19/2000; 700+ words
; ...Mayans might have invented the taco, but Jack made it a cult hero. With its crispy shell...there's nothing in the world like a Jack in the Box(R) taco. It's one of a...changed since the taco first appeared on the Jack in the Box menu in the mid-1950s. Ask...
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Jack in the Box[R] Launches Multi-Week Campaign with Super Bowl Ad.
Business Wire; 2/2/2009; 700+ words
; Fate of Iconic Jack in the Box Founder, Jack, Hangs in the Balance SAN DIEGO -- Jack in the Box[R], one of the nation's largest hamburger chains, kicked off a multi-week marketing campaign during the Super Bowl with a cliffhanger ad...
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Jack in the Box Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Jack in the Box Inc. 9330 Balboa Avenue San Diego, California...STUFF, QDOBA, “ BRAND REINVENTION ” Jack in the Box Inc. is the operator and franchiser of the Jack in the Box fast-food hamburger chain, which encompasses...
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Jack
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Jack pet name of the given name John. The term...smallness’ has arisen. every Jack has his Jill all lovers have found a mate; proverbial saying, early 17th century. Jack and Jill a nursery rhyme, in which Jack and...
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London, Jack
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jack London Born: January 12, 1876San Francisco...the distribution and production of goods) Jack London wrote popular adventure stories and...are powerful and moving stories. Early life Jack London was born John Griffith Chaney in San...
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jack
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
jack 1 / jak / • n. 1. a device for...small ball at which the players aim. 6. ( Jack ) inf. used as a form of address to a man...of large spiky scales along each side. The jack family (Carangidae) includes numerous genera...
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Jack London
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jack London American author and advocate of socialism Jack London (1876-1916) wrote popular adventure stories and...their best, his works are powerful and moving narratives. Jack London, in full John Griffith London, was born in San Francisco...
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