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Zémire et Azor
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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1996
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Zémire et Azor. Comédie-ballet in 4 acts by Grétry to lib. by J. F. Marmontel after the story Beauty and the Beast by J. M. Le Prince de Beaumont and after La Chaussée's play
Amour pour Amour (1742). Prod. Fontainebleau 1771, London 1776 (revived by Beecham, Bath 1955). Other operas on this subject by Tozzi, Spohr, and García.
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Azores Express focuses on its niche.(ANALYSIS)
Magazine article from: DM News; 9/8/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...charging for bags, pillows and water, Azores Express, the US arm of Portugal's second...effort created in conjunction with the Azores Travel Association. The campaign is geographically...airlines' direct flights from Boston to the Azores, a group of islands off of Portugal...
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Azores Faces Fishing Out After Court Appeal Fails
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...deep sea habitats. "The people of the Azores have used small vessels and traditional...Communities by the Autonomous Region of the Azores, with the support of Greenpeace, Seas at Risk and WWF. The Azores is the most isolated archipelago in the...
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 "Providence Journal (Providence, RI)")
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The Azores will be wooing R.I. travelers.
Newspaper article from: Providence Journal (Providence, RI); 2/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...think about the lush landscape of the Azores? Government and tourism officials are promoting Portugal's Azores island group as a warm-weather destination...the officials kicked off "Discover the Azores," a campaign to encourage travel between...
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First record of the harbour porpoise, phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) in the Azores (NE Atlantic).
Magazine article from: Aqua: journal of ichthyology & aquatic biology; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Keywords Phocoena phocoena, Azores islands, new record, Cetacea, Odontoceti...phocoena (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) in the Azores The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena...References to this species in the Azores islands, the most isolated and extensive...
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Azores, US commerce Dept. attorney
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 11/26/1998; 512 words
; Filipino Reporter 11-26-1998 Azores, US Commerce Dept. attorney Anthony Llamado Azores, 83, a lawyer who was an attorney-adviser...Mary Washington Hospital in this city. Dr. Azores, a former college law school dean, came to...
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 "PR Week (US)")
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Campaigns: Tourism PR - The Azores Islands forge a connection with audience in US.
Magazine article from: PR Week (US); 9/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...team: Louis Karno & Co. Communications (Concord, NH), Azores Express Airlines, and The Bensaude Group (both Azores) Campaign: Building Recognition of the Azores Islands Time frame: January to August 2005 Budget: dollars 14...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Gloomy July may be Azores point; US storms to hit Britain in a summer spoiler.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 6/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...forecasters Positive Weather Solutions says the Azores High (or lack of it) is to blame. He...system that normally bubbles up around the Azores then drifts northwards towards the UK...days could be the "crunch time" for the Azores High which has shown no signs of heading...
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Azores: nine islands offer myriad natural delights. (Regions).
Magazine article from: Travel Agent; 10/21/2002; 700+ words
; The nine volcanic islands of the Azores, each with its own unique identity...has it that the beautiful islands of the Azores are actually the mountaintops of the lost...ecotourists will find much to enjoy in the Azores. * Terceira offers visitors a blend of...
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Formation of an azores current due to Mediterranean overflow in a modeling study of the North Atlantic
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT A mechanism for the formation of the Azores Current is proposed. On the basis of...is argued that the primary cause of the Azores Current is the water mass transformation...inducing strong zonal flows such as the Azores Current. This mechanism is confirmed...
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Poroid fungi from the Azores
Magazine article from: Kew Bulletin; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the poroid fungi hitherto known from the Azores. These number 32 species, 17 of which...general mycological investigation of the Azores archipelago undertaken by BMS and G...these and are also reported here. The Azores archipelago, situated in the mid-Atlantic...
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Madeira and the Azores
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
MADEIRA AND THE AZORES The Madeira archipelago, located about...ten thousand residing in Funchal. The Azores seem to have been discovered in 1427 and...proprietor approach was also used in the Azores and may have been even more important...
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Azores
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Azores , Port. Açores [Port...maintains a NATO air base in the islands. The Azores may have been known to the ancients and...1431). During the colonial period, the Azores were a stopover point for treasure fleets...
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Azores high
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Azores high A semi-permanent anticyclonic region with subsiding air over the Atlantic Ocean at around 30°N latitude. Movement...
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Azoreans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...of the uninhabited archipelago of the Azores was a starting point for Portugal's...economic, social, and political life. The Azores are named for a seabird ( a ç...state. Location. The nine islands of the Azores straddle the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between...
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air gap, mid-Atlantic
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...January 1943, there was also a gap east of the Azores , which affected the Gibraltar and West African convoys, another west of the Azores, and another in the South Atlantic. The one west of the Azores was called the ‘Black Pit’...
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