Aubade Héroïque
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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1996
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Aubade Héroïque (Heroic dawn). Orch. work by
Lambert, f.p. 1942, inspired by composer's witnessing dawn invasion of The Hague by Ger. parachutists in 1940.
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Jai alai: a game for the ages.
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...faster than basketball or hockey? Jai alai (HIGH-lie) is such a game! Developed...by the Basques in northern Spain, jai alai means "merry festival." It was...celebrations often featured a spirited jai alai match. Today, it remains the national...
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Profile: Jai alai declines in popularity, limited now to a few places in Florida
Transcript from: NPR Special; 4/8/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR Special 04-08-2005 Profile: Jai alai declines in popularity, limited now...DAY TO DAY. I'm Madeleine Brand. Jai alai, arguably the world's fastest sport...US. But today there are only five jai alai arenas left: all in Florida. From...
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Newport, R.I., Jai Alai to Continue Pending Enactment of State Budget.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...NEWPORT, R.I.-- Reports of jai alai's demise are apparently premature. The sport on which Newport Grand Jai Alai was founded 27 years ago will continue...at the fronton only as long as live jai alai continues. Yesterday, Hurley said...
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ACROSS THE BOARD: Hopes of jai alai returning to state may not be just a Texas-sized dream
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 2/18/2006; ; 700+ words
; On the day Milford Jai-Alai closed its doors, Dec. 12, 2001, comments to...frontons in Connecticut to close, with Bridgeport Jai-Alai and Hartford Jai-Alai ceasing operations in 1995. Heussler, a walking...
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Newport, R.I., Arena Owners Tell Jai Alai Players Not to Return.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/30/2003; 700+ words
; ...R.I.--Game over. Dozens of jai alai players and workers said their jobs...the sport that gave Newport Grand Jai Alai its name and early cachet. Players...budget that they say effectively ends jai alai. Players walked out of the jai alai...
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Goodbye Jai-Alai? Sport struggling to survive
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/30/2008; ; 700+ words
; The outside walls of Miami Jai-Alai are cracked. The paint is chipped...what might be the last generation of jai-alai players walk into the cage-like...People don't want to be seen at jai-alai frontons. Everything is old and...
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Slots legislation may signal revival for Florida jai-alai arena.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 4/30/2005; 700+ words
; ...night to Dania Beach, Fla. Dania Jai-Alai players now perform before a sea...States with Dania one of just five jai-alai arenas, called frontons, left in...machines could soon resuscitate Dania Jai-Alai and rejuvenate interest in the sport...
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Jai-Alai announces casino plan: Traffic main concern for residents.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 11/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...Jon Burstein Nov. 9--Dania Jai-Alai's new owner publicly unveiled plans...residential and retail components to Dania Jai-Alai, said an official with Boyd Gaming...year-old site. The new Dania Jai-Alai Casino, set to open sometime in...
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Jai Alai Supporters Seek Exemption from Bill Banning Internet Gambling.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Representatives of Florida's jai alai industry met with members of Congress...Stephen Snyder, president of Dania Jai-Alai north of Miami, told lawmakers the...Representing all of Florida's jai alai operators, Snyder and the industry...
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Jai-Alai players hope sale of Dania facility will salvage sport.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 6/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...Startes from Spain as a 16-year-old to begin his jai-alai career, the frontons were full and the future was bright. But the man jai-alai patrons at Dania Jai-Alai know simply as "Iru," has watched the sport...
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jai alai
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
jai alai , handball-like game of Spanish Basque origin. It is also called pelota. Jai alai is played on a three-walled court with...cesta and thrown in a continuous motion. Jai alai is played as either singles or doubles with...
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Florida Gaming Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...as the world ’ s largest jai-alai operator in the world. At the company ’ s Miami and Fort Pierce Jai-Alai facilities, called frontons, customers...horse races and greyhound races. Jai-Alai at Fort Pierce is offered on a seasonal...
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Licensing
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Small Business
...occupations associated with the sport Jai Alai; lottery agents and livestock dealers...Resource Marketing. Licensing of Jai Alai occupations is evidently part of enforcing...In 2002, 69 licenses were issued; Jai Alai wins by a wide margin. Most businesses...
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parimutuel betting
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...wagering is the accepted betting procedure at major horse-racing tracks throughout the world. Greyhound tracks and jai alai games also use the system. Considered a major deterrent to illegal bookmaking, the modern parimutuel system depends...
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gambling
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...states parimutuel betting on horse races at the tracks is legal; several states permit parimutuel betting on dog races and jai alai games, and most states operate or participate in daily and weekly lotteries. Though all of these state-sanctioned...
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