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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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tang1 A. (dial.) serpent's tongue, insect's sting XIV; point or spike, spec. of a metal tool XV;
B. penetrating taste XV; slight smack XVI. of Scand. orig. (cf. ON.
tangi. Da.
tange point, spit).
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Tang Shipping Team To Miami, Indy, Rockville
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/30/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...week- the horrifying possibility that Tang Ye-lin will move the team. The story...language sportswriter Dik Yung detailed Tang's financial problems, which apparently began when scores of backers pulled out of Tang's proposed patriotic theme park "Contra...
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Tang surveys his dynasty. (Shanghai Tang)
Magazine article from: WWD; 11/20/1997; ; 700+ words
; Shanghai Tang, the 12,000-square-foot emporium...creation of Hong Kong entrepreneur David Tang, is a riot of color, where Chinese antiques...flagship is modeled after the original Shanghai Tang in Hong Kong, with mosaic floors and two...
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Tang Partners with Major League Soccer and Actor Adrian Alonso to Provide Young Latinos with the Ultimate Summer Experience.
Newspaper article from: Pediatrics Week; 7/28/2008; 700+ words
; Today, Tang announces a partnership with Major League...to present "Verano MLS Presentado por Tang," offering young Latinos and their families...Alonso, who takes on the role as Mensajerito Tang (the Tang Messenger). Alonso will bring...
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Tang: Shanghai on Madison. (David Tang owner of Shanghai Tang specialty store, Madison Avenue, New York, NY)
Magazine article from: WWD; 3/25/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...YORK -- Friday was a good day for David Tang. The Hong Kong-based entrepreneur found a space for his Shanghai Tang specialty store at 667 Madison Avenue and...money that I need to open the store," Tang said in an interview from his suite at...
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Tangs for coming back
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/14/2007; ; 617 words
; ...other being Parkson Grand. C.K. Tang Limited/Tangs executive chairman Tang Wee Sung said Malaysia was the first...from Italy." When queried on whether Tangs viewed Parkson Grand as competition, Tang said: "We co-exist and complement...
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Tang sights.
Magazine article from: Guns Magazine; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...of the new Lyman and Marble tang sights and originals are not...most had convenient holes where tang sights could go. I'm sure...rifles with those nice metal tangs that provided the location and...sights. Why They Work So Well Tang sights work because they take...
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David Tang's China chic: Hong Kong's coolest designer invades New York.
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 9/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...sandals? Well, the multimillionaire David Tang is out to change your mind. In his hometown of Hong Kong, Tang has reinvented modern Chinese chic, blending...accessories--in his Hong Kong store, Shanghai Tang, is elegant and irreverent at the same...
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Wu-Tang Clan revives its past; Classic hip-hop act drifts dangerously close to nostalgia.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 1/13/2008; 700+ words
; ...investigation to undermine the legacy of Wu-Tang Clan, one of hip-hop's true classics. Yet, unfortunately, Wu-Tang Clan is experiencing some of the bad that...rock bands that traveled before it, Wu-Tang Clan is lashed to past glories. At the...
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Designer Tang Pushes Fashion in China
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/27/2007; 700+ words
; HONG KONG - David Tang is famous for founding the Shanghai Tang label that put Mandarin-collared shirts, cheongsam dresses...Chinese wanting to have a national identity." For years, Tang has tried to promote a kind of fashionable nationalism...
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Tang eyes N.Y. for first U.S. unit. (David Tang of Shanghai Tang, New York City, N.Y.)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: WWD; 3/18/1997; ; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- David Tang, chairman of Shanghai Tang, the Hong Kong-based specialty store, has targeted Madison...including Cerruti, are said to be bidding on the space. Tang is looking for 12,000 square feet to 25,000 square feet...
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Tang, William
Book article from: Contemporary Fashion
TANG, William Chinese designer Born: Hong Kong. Education...and Daniel Hechter; opened own company, W. Tang Co. Ltd., 1985, designing womenswear and menswear; labels include William Tang, and W by William Tang; opened Paris boutique...
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Wu-Tang Clan
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
WU-TANG CLAN Formed: 1992, New York, New York...confederations of artists prior to the Wu-Tang Clan, most famously the Native Tongues Family...Rap. However, the talent-stocked Wu-Tang Clan were unlike any alliance that came before...
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tang
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...characteristic quality: the tang of finality hovers throughout...held firmly in the handle. tang 2 • v. [ intr...clanging sound: the bronze bell tangs. • n. a tanging sound. tang 3 • n. a surgeonfish...
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Tang
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Tang / ta ng / a dynasty ruling China 618– c. 906, a period noted for territorial conquest and great wealth and regarded as the golden age of Chinese poetry and art.
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goat tang
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
goat tang The common name for the red seaweed Polyides rotundus (order Gigartinales ). The plants are perennial ; the thallus is cylindrical...
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