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USO tour
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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USO tour a tour of military bases by a group of entertainers sponsored by the United Service Organization. Such tours to entertain the troops were started during
World War II, and the most famous entertainer to participate was the comedian Bob Hope, who undertook such tours from 1942 until the 1990s.
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Choosing a Tour
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/9/1994; 700+ words
; ...5168. Independent tour organizers put together a limited number of tours a year, which they...find out to whom the tour caters. Many tours are formed in a single...How to Select a Tour or Vacation Package." Trafalgar Tours, Marketing Department...
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Tours.
Magazine article from: The Dental Assistant; 1/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...m.-11:30 a.m. $35 TOUR NOTES * Prices listed are per person. Tours are provided through the Academy of General Dentistry. For full tour details request a complete AGD...questions pertaining to the tours should be forwarded directly...
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 "The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario)")
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Tour faces uphill climb.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario); 6/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...PARIS -- For a second year running, the Tour de France has no defending champion and...institution to its knees. Whether the battered Tour can get up off the canvas is as uncertain...favourite Ivan Basso are not taking part. Tour organizers hope an intense cleanup operation...
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PGA Tour Productions Offers Golf Fans Top-Of-The-Line Coverage.(Originated from The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/14/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...14--The clocks on the wall at PGA Tour Productions reveal more than just the time...worldwide audience, the clientele PGA Tour Productions reaches. The clocks also represent...Connell, senior coordinating producer at PGA Tour Productions, referring to the clocks...
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Tour company bites back with `Duck' defense.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 7/10/2007; ; 586 words
; ...its name Boston Duck Tours, plaintiff has virtually...confusion for any other duck tour company operating in Boston, Super Duck Tours asserts in its opposition...the only land and water tour in Boston, even though Super Duck Tours was on the wing. Formerly...
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PGA TOUR Network on XM Satellite Radio Tees Off June 9 With Live, Coast-to-Coast Broadcast of Booz Allen Classic.
PR Newswire; 6/6/2005; 700+ words
; ...FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio , the PGA TOUR, and Pure Golf today announced that the PGA TOUR Network (XM Channel 146) will debut June 9...upcoming tournament also marks the first time PGA TOUR galleries will be able to rent or purchase portable...
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TOUR WON'T LET IT RIDE, AND MORE'S THE SHAME
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/12/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Casey Martin to use a golf cart on the PGA Tour, but this does not mean the end of competitive...the ruling came down. Friends of the PGA Tour said the courts had changed the rules to...over those selfish decathletes on the PGA Tour. Did the original rules of golf make allowances...
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 "Sports Argus (Birmingham, England)")
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TOUR AT POINT OF NO RETURN.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Sports Argus (Birmingham, England); 6/26/1999; ; 700+ words
; Tour de France organisers take a huge gamble when...officials and teams accused of tarnishing the Tour image. The exclusion of crowd favourite Richard...personalities was based on the belief that the Tour was bigger than its stars. Killy made it...
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Tour de France to open in Ireland;
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/5/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...team invited to participate. TOUR DE FRANCE CONTENDERS Top contenders for the 1998 Tour de France, July 11-Aug...and second in 1996 in his two Tours de France and only 24...LeMond when he was winning the Tour. ... Strength is in the...
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Garden tour calendar.(HOME & GARDEN)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 7/6/2000; 700+ words
; ...in advance. Some tours sell tickets at the gardens on tour day. Call for information...the 10th annual tour will highlight favorite...gardens from past tours in south Minneapolis...three-hour bus tour of four Minnetonka-area gardens. . Tours begin at 9:30...
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Touré, Askia
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Askia Tour é 1938 — Poet, editor, activist Askia Muhammad Abu Bakr el Tour é is one of the founding members of the...and 1970s. As a poet, editor, and activist, Tour é helped define a new generation of black...
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Touré, Ali "Farka"
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
ALI "FARKA" TOUR É Born: Ali Ibrahim Tour é ; Gourmararusse, Mali, 1939 Genre: World Best-selling album since 1990: Talking Timbuktu (1994) Ali Farka Tour é is a virtuoso guitarist and vocalist from the West...
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Touré, Amadou Toumani 1948(?)–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Amadou Toumani Tour é 1948(?) – Malian...words are often associated with Amadou Tour é , an officer in the West African...affectionately as “ ATT, ” Tour é was popular as a revolutionary...
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SIC 4725 Tour Operators
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...arranging and assembling tours for sale through travel agents. Tour operators primarily engaged in selling their own tours directly to travelers...tourists. The types of tours provided vary widely according to the type of tour operating business concerned...
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Travel Agency: International Business Tours
Book article from: Business Plans Handbook
...or partners. Initially, the tours will focus on emerging countries...Europe and Asia. Product Line The tours will be one week business tours to either Mexico City; Sao Paulo...or Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tour participants will receive the...
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