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e·land
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n.
a spiral-horned African antelope (genus Taurotragus) that lives in open woodland and grassland. It is the largest of the antelopes.
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Eland seeks JSE probe into volatile stock movement.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 6/18/2007; 660 words
; BYLINE: JUSTIN BROWN Johannesburg - Eland Platinum asked the JSE on Friday to investigate...the company had walked away from talks as Eland's shares had become overpriced and bidders...claimed on Friday in an internet column that Eland's underlying value could be put at R35...
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Curse of the eland. (hunting)
Magazine article from: Outdoor Life; 2/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...Quite simply, my crosshairs were on the eland bull, and when I touched the trigger...pursued during my hunting career, the eland had been the only animal to steadfastly...the gods of hunting had decreed that the eland would elude me for all eternity. Like...
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Giant eland in the mist: on the trail of a huge antelope on a surreal day in central Africa.
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...sing-sing waterbuck, and the Lord Derby eland--were bedded. The only animal that...the next morning to search for Lord Derby eland tracks--our sixth day of a frustrating...they had found the fresh track of a giant eland bull! Biggest of the Big The Central African...
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Eland wilts as flirtation fails to turn serious.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 6/13/2007; 663 words
; BYLINE: JUSTIN BROWN Johannesburg - Eland Platinum's shares lost R2.2 billion...was in talks on April 12. Xstrata and Eland Platinum were locked in talks that might...prepared to offer about R70 a share for Eland including premiums, website Moneyweb reported...
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Xstrata named as bidder for Eland.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa); 6/11/2007; 700+ words
; ...JUSTIN BROWN Johannesburg - Xstrata and Eland Platinum were locked in talks that might...plus a premium in cash if it agreed to buy Eland, an analyst said. Xstrata had cash on...made sense that Xstrata was talking to Eland as the group, known for its aggressive...
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A giant among giants: with winter daytime temperatures hovering around 100 degrees, the author stalks massive Lord Derby's eland in the Cameroon woodlands.
Magazine article from: Petersen's Hunting; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...and soon ... Then the wind did a 180. Eland exploded just ahead of us, a few tan forms...and halfway across was our great herd of eland, walking now. The distance was extreme...half-mile--but Lord Derby's giant eland is not a small animal, so the view was...
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Eland Technologies' FlightMinder to Provide Leading-Edge Customer Service For Air New Zealand.
PR Newswire; 9/23/2002; 700+ words
; DUBLIN, Ireland -- Eland Technologies, supplier of software solutions...Chief Operating Officer Andrew Miller said Eland Technologies' software allows the airline...Robert Healy, Director of Technolgies at Eland, added: "This "out of the box" notification...
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Eland Technologies Selected by Virgin Atlantic Airways.
PR Newswire; 9/16/2002; 700+ words
; DUBLIN, Ireland -- Eland Technologies, the leading supplier of...industry, Virgin Atlantic Airways selected Eland Technologies to supply its Runway product...online booking activities. "By utilising Eland's technical and business knowledge coupled...
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Eland Technologies Implements Advanced Application For Additional Star Alliance Airlines.
PR Newswire; 10/22/2002; 700+ words
; DUBLIN, Ireland -- Eland Technologies, the leading supplier of...applications, StarNet is powered by Runway, Eland Technologies' travel application integration...real-time. "We are very pleased with Eland Technologies' implementation of RAS across...
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Eland's new hires.(People News)(Eland Logistics adds new staff members)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 9/20/2003; 700+ words
; Eland Logistics recently added new staff members...operations. Perry Turner has been hired as Eland Logistics' new traffic manager and Devika...Turner's mandate will be to position Eland Logistics as the premier international logistics...
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Eland
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Eland Characteristics Adaptation Domestication and conservation Resources Eland (Taurotragus oryx ) are the largest African antelopes...order Artiodactyla, the eventoed hoofed mammals. Eland belong to the tribe Tragelaphini, a closely-related...
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eland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...edge of grasslands. Elands live in small herds...The two species of eland are the largest of...bovine disease to which elands are particularly susceptible...By 1968 the giant eland was nearly extinct in W Africa. Elands are classified in the...
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antelope
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...antelopes, 12 in. (30 cm) high at the shoulder, to the giant eland , with a shoulder height of over 6 ft (180 cm). Most types...bushbucks (including the nyala and the sitatunga), kudu , eland, and bongo . These oxlike animals have patterns of light and...
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Heckroth, Hein
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Gilbert and Sullivan ; The Great Gilbert and Sullivan ) (Gilliat) (+ costume design) 1954 Ludwig II—Glanz und Eland eines Königs (Kautner) 1955 The Sorceror's Apprentice (Powell); Oh . . . Rosalinda! (Powell and Pressburger...
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Taurotragus oryx
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Taurotragus oryx ( eland ) See BOVIDAE .
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