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landing n.
1. an instance of coming or bringing something to land, either from the air or from water: we made a perfect landing at the airstrip.
2. the action or process of doing this: the landing of men on the moon.
3. also
landing place a place where people and goods can be landed from a boat or ship: the ferry landing.
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Miami's Land Rover South Dade Wins 2001 'Land Rover Trophy'.
PR Newswire; 6/13/2001; 700+ words
; Land Rover South Dade Is Named Best Land Rover Retailer in the U.S. MIAMI, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A store that is only one-and-a-half years old is the best Land Rover retail facility in the U.S. according to the administrators...
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Land Access Issues For Pipelines.(Petroleum and Gas Act 2004)
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 5/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...in petroleum activities to take place on land within a petroleum lease or authority to...despite the rights of the underlying land holders. When the construction and operation...any specific rights in relation to the land required to construct and operate the pipeline...
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Agricultural land market in Russia: living with constraints.
Magazine article from: Comparative Economic Studies; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Pre-reform agriculture in the USSR was characterised by state monopoly of land and by land use that did not require any payment. The legal principles of land reform in Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union were set in 1989 by the...
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 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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LANDS' END, SEARS/KMART A MATTER OF FIT?(BUSINESS)(IN STORE)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 2/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...analysts in Timbuktu -- ponders the fate of Lands' End as its parent Sears prepares to join...from the Dodgeville-based division? Lands' End sales through its catalog and Web...overall apparel sales -- which includes Lands' End -- were down 11 percent last year...
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Lands' End Celebrates Sailing Heritage as Presenting Sponsor for the 2009 Race to Mackinac.
PR Newswire; 7/7/2009; 700+ words
; Lands' End sailing team enters race for fifth...July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of Lands' End's sailing heritage, the legendary...sail from Chicago on July 18. This year, Lands' End offers sailing enthusiasts a new way...
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Lands' End Celebrates It's A Wonderful Life With Exclusive Limited Edition Gifts.
PR Newswire; 12/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...of the holidays. Not surprising, the Lands' End Holiday Survey revealed that taking...Wonderful Life is an annual holiday tradition. Lands' End celebrates the Christmas season by...collector items are available exclusively at Lands' End. (Photo: http://www.newscom...
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Land use/cover change in central Tibet, C. 1830-1990: Devising a GIS methodology to study a historical Tibetan land decree.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...related data pertaining to cultivated land in central Tibet are studied by means of...compared with contemporary patterns. A Tibetan land decree from 1830 contains aggregated data on the amount of land-based tax units for estates in 57 districts...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Land claims stand-off stifles KwaZulu-Natal sugar sector, says Sasa.(Business Report Weekend)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 11/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...While 93 percent of the 79 696 claims lodged with the land affairs department by the 1998 deadline have been settled, 5 500 rural land claims are still outstanding. Tozi Gwanya, the chief land affairs commissioner, said last week that these were...
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Four land ethics: order, reform, responsibility, opportunity.
Magazine article from: Environmental Law; 10/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; I. INTRODUCTION The term "land ethics"(1) has found a prominent...mean a system of thought that relates land to ideas of right and wrong, one can...thinking would converge toward a single land ethic has not been realized. To the...
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Lands' End Introduces Eco-friendly Backpacks and Lunch Boxes.
PR Newswire; 8/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...backpacks, messenger bags and lunch boxes from Lands' End. Each item in the new Eco-friendly...created from discarded plastic bottles. Lands' End is introducing the new line to kids...bin/prnh/20071029/AQM053LOGO) "At Lands' End, we always look for ways to develop...
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Land Tenure, Soviet and Post-Soviet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
LAND TENURE, SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET A central...property was manifest first and foremost in land relations. Guided by their ideological beliefs...Government in October 1917, issued a decree "On Land" that abolished private ownership of land...
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Land Acts
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...ACTS. United States land policy has favored putting public lands into private hands...created the Public Land Commission to classify lands and bring the first...adjudicating private land claims with the acquisition of lands from Great Britain...
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Land Office, U.S. General and Bureau Plans Management
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...surveying western lands, adjudicating the conflicting private land claims arising from...California Railroad lands. By 1947 the land disposal responsibilities...the new Bureau of Land Management. Thereafter...the remaining public lands, the 140 million...
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Lands’ End, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Lands ’ End, Inc. 1 Lands ’ End Lane Dodgeville, Wisconsin 53595 U.S.A...9341 Fax: (608) 935-4260 Public Company Incorporated: 1963 as Lands ’ End Yacht Stores Employees: 6,500 Sales: $734 million...
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Land Law and Land Speculation Over the Appalachians
Book article from: American Eras
...government, farmers, and land speculators. The...straightforward: sell public lands to provide funds to...so that they, not land speculators, received...most productive lands. Arguing that they...government sold some land in huge blocks at...officials sold other lands at public ...
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