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Galaxy
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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Galaxy C-5 an aircraft designed for assault and heavy logistics transport, it was the world's largest military aircraft for many years. Its twenty-eight-wheel landing gear gave it the capability of using partially prepared runways in combat areas, and its size enabled it to airlift 345 combat-ready troops.
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Galaxy will host Adu's MLS debut
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 1/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...schedule Tuesday and there's at least one Galaxy home date no self-respecting South Bay...Carson's Home Depot Center when the Galaxy plays D.C. United in the second home game of the season. Galaxy general manager Doug Hamilton refused...
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GALAXY IS CLASSIC IN ROUT OF CHIVAS L.A. DOMINATES IN TEAMS' FIRST MEETING.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...the first-ever meeting between the Galaxy and expansion Chivas USA. The highly...night at Home Depot Center, where the Galaxy took a 3-0 lead at halftime and cruised...front of a sellout crowd of 27,000. The Galaxy improved to 2-1 while Chivas remained...
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Galaxy Energy and PetroHunter Energy Corporation Extend Closing Date on Sale of Galaxy's Powder River Basin Oil and Gas Assets.
PR Newswire; 6/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Galaxy Energy Corporation and its wholly owned...a 14.1% beneficial shareholder of Galaxy, is the 75% owner of MAB Resources LLC...Bruner is the father of Marc E. Bruner, Galaxy's President and Chief Executive Officer...
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Galaxy Announces US$1 Billion Transaction.
PR Newswire; 10/11/2007; 700+ words
; Permira Funds to Acquire a 20% Stake in Galaxy For HK$6.5 Billion (US$840 Million) Leading...Hong Kong, Oct. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited ("Galaxy" or "the Company") (stock code HKSE 0027...
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Galaxy Investments Closes Merger With Dolphin Energy Corporation.
PR Newswire; 11/18/2002; 700+ words
; Galaxy Investments, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GAXI...completion and closing of the merger between Galaxy Investments, Inc., and Dolphin Energy...conventional natural gas properties in Texas. Galaxy has effectively issued on a one-for...
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Galaxy evolution: a multiwavelength view. (disk-shaped galaxies identified as source of faint radio emissions)
Magazine article from: Science News; 6/10/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...suggests that the distant galaxies, midway in size between the Milky Way and dwarf galaxies such as the Magellanic clouds...fit an emerging picture of galaxy evolution, says study collaborator...University in Baltimore. Large galaxies formed in the very distant...
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Galaxy Aerospace Rolls out Super Midsize Business Jet in Israel
PR Newswire; 9/4/1997; 700+ words
; ...AVIV, Israel, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Galaxy Aerospace rolled out its new super mid-size Galaxy aircraft today, the only business jet available...routinely fly Paris to New York non-stop. The Galaxy business jet, priced at $14.5 million...
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Galaxy IT Applies Fractal-Grid Technology to Visually Organize the Internet.
Business Wire; 1/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...and organized way FRESNO, Calif. -- Galaxy IT, a company committed to presenting...ever smaller and larger scales), the Galaxy IT application can be used to present...new way of visually presenting data, Galaxy IT is using the technology for a comprehensive...
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GALAXY SELLS CABLE SYSTEMS TO TIME WARNER
PR Newswire; 12/7/1994; 700+ words
; ...SIKESTON, Mo., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Galaxy Cablevision, L.P. (AMEX: GTV) announced...5,417 basic subscribers (or 22% of Galaxy's total basic subscribers) as of November...the Unitholders and General Partners of Galaxy. Galaxy has set the close of business...
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GALAXY HOPES PLAYOFFS WILL AGAIN SPUR FANS : A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY. . .(SPORTS)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/22/1996; 700+ words
; ...Kevin Acee Daily News Staff Writer In the Galaxy office the second week of April, staffers...showed up at the Rose Bowl to watch the Galaxy defeat the New York/New Jersey MetroStars...the United States playing Mexico and the Galaxy against Tampa Bay. For the July 4 Rose...
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Galaxy
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...new stars in these galaxies or by the pull of a neighboring galaxy's gravitational...million years. Active Galaxies An active galaxy is one that emits...energy than a normal galaxy. The Milky Way, like most galaxies, is relatively stable...
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Galaxies
Book article from: Space Sciences
...Our own Milky Way galaxy contains about 200...stars. Types of Galaxies The invisible parts...matter halos of galaxies; they might extend...extent of the visible galaxy. What we see in...with neighboring galaxies early in the universe...center of a spiral galaxy is a ...
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galaxy evolution
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...The properties of galaxies in the Universe...provide evidence that galaxy evolution does...merge into a single galaxy. The number of galaxies is therefore gradually...several hundred galaxies with redshifts of up to 1. A galaxy with a redshift...
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galaxy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...increased the estimated number of galaxies from 10 billion to 50 billion. A galaxy is held together by the gravitational...galaxies, e.g., two spiral galaxies can merge to form an elliptical galaxy. Many galaxies radiate a large fraction of their...
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elliptical galaxy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...from elliptical galaxies falls off in a characteristic...except where the galaxy has been disturbed...faint envelope by galaxy cannibalism , as occurs in D and cD galaxies. Relative to their...luminosity, elliptical galaxies have the greatest...clusters of any type of galaxy; a large ...
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