tremendous
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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tremendous terrific, dreadful XVII; immense XIX. f. L.
tremendus, gerundive of
tremere tremble, tremble at, rel. to
TREMOR; see
-OUS.
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FINCHES, FINCHES EVERYWHERE; OUR SUMMER GUESTS ABOUND.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/4/1999; 700+ words
; ...seeing a house finch, they said, because purple finches don't nest here...cavity nesters and finches are not. One reader...even had a house finch nesting on the...seeing a house finch, they said, because purple finches don't nest here...
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Finch epidemic may shed light on ecology of infectious disease
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...suburbs, red finches started showing...eastern house finch is normally a...Why haven't finch populations recovered...Why are house finches in the eastern...eastern house finch's behavior. Western house finches are desert birds...
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Nash Finch shows appetite; The friendly takeover of Ohio-based Super Food Services Inc. for $224 million will make Edina-based Nash Finch the nation's third-largest publicly owned grocery wholesaler. "Either grow or you're going to go," Nash Finch CEO Al Flaten said.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/9/1996; ; 700+ words
; Quietly managed Nash Finch Co. set off a siren in the grocery business...224 million will make Edina-based Nash Finch the nation's third-largest publicly...ever done anything like this," Nash Finch CEO Al Flaten said. "It really is stepping...
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Finch row headed for a solution
Newspaper article from: Tri-State Defender; 2/5/1995; 700+ words
; Tri-State Defender 02-05-1995 Finch row headed for a solution. ...but U...U of M officials were in meetings with Finch. No announcement of any details agreed...it would likely be the last season for Finch. He was fired Dec. 18, 1996. Despite...
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Finch still making his mark on city's music scene
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/18/2001; ; 700+ words
; Local Riffs Finch still making his mark on city's music...18, 2001 For more than 35 years, Scott Finch made his presence felt on the local music...sound booth. How local music fans remember Finch relates to when they graduated from high...
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 "Naperville Sun, The (IL)")
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Finch to miss chunk of season; National team commitment will cost Bandits player one-third of home schedule
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 6/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Chicago Bandits' premier player, Jennie Finch, will miss more than one-third of her...team. For the past three weeks, Jennie Finch has been seemingly everywhere in association...weekend and several more this summer, Finch won't be seen anywhere wearing a Bandits...
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 "Hoffman Estates Review (IL)")
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Finch has 500 reasons to love cars
Newspaper article from: Hoffman Estates Review (IL); 5/25/2006; 700+ words
; When Nancy Finch gardens in the yard of her Hoffman Estates...days of long ago. Like many boys, Chris Finch, now 38, was passionate about cars...eventually abandoned their motorsport pursuits, Finch maintained his interest through experience...
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Finch is striking that same pose
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 8/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; Is Jennie Finch's toughest challenge ahead of her? A pair of 15-year...cakewalk. But in the eyes of Lizzie Gajewski and Abby Winter, Finch has another major hurdle. The two Finch fans from Wasco, Ill., have laid down a challenge to the...
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Finch Was 'Leader of the Band' to Many
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 2/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Grandview on Jan. 17, and Roger Finch told the crowd that his father...Bickleton over a 35-year career. Finch was active in the community...moved in next door (to the Finches)," she recalls. "He heard...recalls Cohu, trying to explain Finch's magic. "He liked the kids...
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Finches May Help Disease Study
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...suburbs, red finches started showing...eastern house finch is normally a...Why haven't finch populations recovered...Why are house finches in the eastern...eastern house finch's behavior. Western house finches are desert birds...
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Finches
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...commonly referred to as finches, including species in...For example, the zebra finch ( Taeniopygia guttata...Estrildidae, and the snow finch ( Montifringilla nivalis ) is in the weaver-finch family, Ploceidae...typical ” finches, however, are species...
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finch
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...driven out by the house sparrow. There are several purple finches in the West, where the house finch, or linnet, is common. The rosy finches are western mountain dwellers. The house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, known for its lilting song, was...
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Finch, Anne
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Anne Finch Anne Finch, the Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720), was one of England...England's best female poet prior to the nineteenth century. As a poet, Finch attained a modest amount of notoriety during her lifetime, which spanned...
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Raymond Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff Trials: 1960 & 1961
Book article from: Great American Trials
Raymond Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff Trials: 1960 & 1961 Defendants: Raymond Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff Crime Charged: Murder...Mistrial; Third trial: Guilty — Finch, first degree; Tregoff, second degree Sentences...
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Nash Finch Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Nash Finch Company 7600 France Avenue South P.O...wholesalers in the United States, Nash Finch Company serves more than 1,800 supermarkets...nationally branded and unbranded products, Nash Finch supplies its company-owned stores and...
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