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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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spire2 coil, spiral. XVI. — F. -L.
spīra — Gr.
speîra coil, winding
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Spire Biomedical Inc. Formed as a Separate Corporation and Declares Stock Dividend; Spire Corporation to Focus On Solar Energy.
Business Wire; 10/25/2000; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000 Spire Corporation (NASDAQ:SPIR), which...formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, "Spire Biomedical Inc.", and declared a dividend in the form of one share of Spire Corporation common stock for each outstanding...
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Spire Corporation's Joint Venture Wins Largest Solar PV Installation for a Manufacturer in Connecticut.
Business Wire; 1/7/2008; 700+ words
; Gloria Spire Solar Installing a 308kW Solar System for The...Projects in New England BEDFORD, Mass. -- Gloria Spire Solar, LLC, a joint venture company formed by solar industry leaders Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR) and Gloria Solar...
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Spire Corporation Restructures Solar Management Team.
Business Wire; 11/5/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2002 Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a leading...has restructured the management team for Spire Solar Operations, effective immediately...President and Chief Executive Officer of Spire Corporation Roger G. Little, is to gain...
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Spire Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results.
Business Wire; 11/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2002 Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a leading...government research and development contracts in Spire Biomedical, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary. Spire Biomedical revenues rose to $1.7 million...
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Spire to Attend IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference.(Conference news)
Business Wire; 5/8/2008; 700+ words
; Spire Solar will Showcase its Solar Cell Testing Equipment; Spire Semiconductor will Present its Custom Concentrator Solar Cell Solutions BEDFORD, Mass. -- Spire Corporation, (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company...
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Spires returns as a Buc; Former Pats defensive end has carved out a solid career in Tampa Bay
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 12/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...stairs on Christmas morning? Drop the name Greg Spires into a conversation. "Spires, my guy!" Bruschi exclaimed this week when the...Bruschi and play for the New England Patriots. Spires tried that once and lasted only two seasons before...
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Spire Corporation Renames Subsidiary to Capitalize on Fast-Growing Solar Concentrator Market.
Business Wire; 12/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...Solar Cells for Space Systems, Renamed Spire Semiconductor to Provide Solar Concentrator...Terrestrial Applications BEDFORD, Mass. -- Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global...announced that Bandwidth Semiconductor, Spire's wholly owned subsidiary, will become...
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e.spire Launches First Integrated Voice and Data Service With Flat Rate Calling
PR Newswire; 4/14/1998; 700+ words
; ...and Data Services From One Source; e.spire PLATINUM Offers Flat Rate Local Service...YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- e.spire Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPI...communications with the introduction of e.spire PLATINUM, an innovative telecommunications...
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Spire Corporation Reports Third Quarter 1999 Results.
Business Wire; 11/16/1999; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Spire Corporation (NASDAQ:SPIR), which provides...for the quarter ended 30 September 1999. Spire Corporation reported revenues of $2...share for the same three months of 1998. Spire Corporation reported revenues of $9...
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Spires comes up big; Patriots rookie shows off some sizable pass rushing talents.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Don't tell Ray Hamilton that Greg Spires is too small to play in the NFL. The...fourth-best in franchise history. Spires, at 6-1, 260, is also a bit on the...weeks of training camp at Bryant College, Spires has shown all those qualities. The Florida...
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spire
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
spire. Tall structure, circular, polygonal...thin stone slabs . If square, a spire rises directly from the tower, but octagonal spires required the top of the tower not...pyramid and sloping towards the spire ( broach-spire (a) ). Other...
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spire-light
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
spire-light. Gabled lucarne on a spire .
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Dreaming Spires, City of
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Dreaming Spires, City of a name for Oxford, deriving originally from ‘Thyrsis’ (1866), a poem by Matthew Arnold, which refers to ‘that sweet City with her dreaming Spires.’
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Rood-spire
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Rood-spire. Flèche or spire over a crossing in a church.
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Skyscraper
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...reaches 1,224 ft (373 m), and its spire, which is the tapered portion atop a...1,000 ft (300 m), counting their spires, but not antennas rising above them...height of 1,483 ft (452 m), including spires. The Sears Tower in Chicago boasts the...
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