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ca·pri pants
/ kəˈprē/
(also ca·pris)
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pl. n.
close-fitting calf-length tapered trousers, usually worn by women and girls.
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Capri Sun Launches Integrated Marketing Campaign With Rayman Raving Rabbids(R) TV Party Video Game.
PR Newswire; 11/17/2008; 700+ words
; Ogilvy Creates Partnership Between Capri Sun and Ubisoft TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraft's Capri Sun brand enters into new marketing...marketing campaign includes integration of Capri Sun in the forthcoming Rayman Raving...
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 "Palatine Countryside (IL)")
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Capri residents seek to annex, but want contract
Newspaper article from: Palatine Countryside (IL); 7/25/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Monday which may make it more attractive for all of the Capri Village and Capri Estates area to voluntarily annex into the village...resolution into contract form, as requested by the Capri Village Homeowners Association president. The resolution...
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Capri: Italy's Pleasure Island.
Magazine article from: Town & Country; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the first humans arrived on the island of Capri some 400,000 years ago. They were probably...Roman Empire, first set his greedy eyes on Capri in 29 B.C. He decided, then and there, that he preferred Capri over its sister island, Ischia, which...
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Capri Capital Partners, LLC Enters into Joint Venture to Purchase Whiteco Residential Operating Portfolio.
Business Wire; 8/29/2007; 700+ words
; CHICAGO -- Capri Capital Partners, LLC ("Capri"), with a team led by Dan Goelz, Partner, has announced...portfolio as a result of a newly formed joint venture between Capri, Capri Select Income II ("CSI II" or "the Fund") and...
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The Capri.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/9/2004; 700+ words
; ...turn their heads in admiration - this is a Ford Capri. It's a 1.6 litre, 1984 Capri Laser in silver, to be precise, and it's guaranteed...their eye as they too remember the joy of driving a Capri back in the day. Capris are not the clapped...
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Capri Capital Advisors, LLC Acquires Trilogy Capital Advisors, LLC; Portion of Transaction to be financed by CharterMac.
Business Wire; 8/10/2005; 700+ words
; CHICAGO -- Capri Capital Advisors, LLC ("Capri Capital") today announced that it has acquired Trilogy Capital...closing, Trilogy Capital became a wholly owned subsidiary of Capri Capital and the advisory entity will be referred to as Capri...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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EX-CAPRI FRANCHISEES STEAMED 11 SHOPS, FORCED TO CHANGE NAME, PLAN TO STRIKE OUT ON OWN.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/17/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Forgrieve, Rocky Mountain News The 11 former Capri Coffee Break franchisees who separated...customers. After losing the right to use the Capri name, the shop owners are still deciding...be called - they just know it won't be Capri. Some spoke recently about their experiences...
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Bella Capri: more of a good thing
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/16/1997; ; 700+ words
; BELLA CAPRI (STAR) (STAR) 1/2 1724 W. Golf...Reservations accepted. IN A BITE: The Capri family of restaurants has always been on my Top 10 Italian restaurant list. Bella Capri, the newest member, has taken its place...
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Eternal Capri: the oldest resort on earth belongs to everyone.
Magazine article from: Town & Country; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...that already exists. I mean, of course, Capri. Everything about it appeals to me, beginning...romping goes on, albeit more gently. Capri is also heart-stoppingly beautiful...vongole). There is also glamour galore on Capri. Paparazzi photos of celebrities who have...
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Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement To Acquire Lady Luck Gaming Corporation.
PR Newswire; 10/6/1999; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLE) and Lady...definitive agreement under which Isle of Capri would acquire Lady Luck in a merger transaction...approximately $59 million and Isle of Capri will assume all of Lady Luck's outstanding...
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Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. 1641 Popps Ferry Road Biloxi...Gambling Industries; 711212 Racetracks Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., only a decade old in 2000...in two land-based casinos: the Isle of Capri Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado; and the...
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Capri
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Capri , Lat. Capreae, island (1987 est. pop. 7,750), 4 sq mi (10.4 sq...climate, and luxurious vegetation. There are two small towns on the island, Capri and Anacapri. The Blue Grotto is the most famous of the many caves along...
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capri pants
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
ca·pri pants / kəˈprē / (also ca·pris ) • pl. n. close-fitting calf-length tapered trousers, usually worn by women and girls.
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Ray, Jane 1960-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...2001. Jeanette Winterson, The King of Capri, Bloomsbury Children's Book (New York...about a gluttonous king in The King of Capri, a Publishers Weekly reviewer maintained...distinctive tone," and that "the Isle of Capri and bay of Naples have rarely looked so...
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Bassani, Francesco
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Francesco ( b . Thiene, Vicenza, Italy, 29 October 1853; d . Capri, Italy, 26 April 1916) paleontology. The son of Antonio...Solfatara, the contemporaneity of man and extinct animals on Capri, and marine mammals. Many of his short papers pointed out...
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