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mayflower
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may·flow·er
/ ˈmāˌflou(-ə)r/
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a name given to several plants that bloom in May, esp. certain hepaticas and anemones and the trailing arbutus.
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Mayflower Math: Voyage into history and math with our shipshape Thanksgiving theme unit, with a two-page Mayflower reproducible.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Instructor (1990); 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...as they learn about the fascinating Mayflower voyage. Before You Begin Gather books about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower voyage and bookmark relevant Web sites...and explore. Begin by giving the Mayflower reproducible to your students and...
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Mayflower Group Inc. adopts a value assurance plan relating to its common shares.
PR Newswire; 5/27/1986; 700+ words
; >R F % TO BUSINESS DESK: MAYFLOWER GROUP ADOPTS VALUE ASSURANCE PLAN...INDIANAPOLIS, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayflower Group Inc. announced today that...unsolicited cash tender offer for all Mayflower common shares for $29.25 per...
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Mayflower's collapse raises ethical questions, Officials looking into accounting irregularities
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 4/26/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - The collapse of Mayflower Corp. PLC, an engineering company with...among smaller companies in Britain. Mayflower was declared bankrupt and handed over...losses for investors. On Wednesday, Mayflower Energy Ltd. was sold to its management...
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Mayflower homes in on Dennis
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/8/1998; ; 700+ words
; THE Mayflower Corporation last night raised the prospect...trumping a rival offer from Henlys. Mayflower, owner of the Falkirk-based bus body...higher counter-offer could yet emerge. Mayflower shares eased 2p to 195p. One shareholder...
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Mayflower Transit Adds Housecleaning Services for Easier Moving Days.
PR Newswire; 10/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...the old house as well as the new. Now Mayflower Transit is lightening the load with new...Casey Ellis, vice president of sales for Mayflower Transit. "These new packages will save...settled more quickly on the other end." Mayflower is offering separate move-out and move...
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Mayflower Financial announces name change of thrift subsidiary. (Mayflower Savings Bank, formerly Mayflower Savings and Loan Association)
PR Newswire; 4/10/1989; 620 words
; MAYFLOWER FINANCIAL ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE OF THRIFT...N.J., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayflower Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: MMFC...today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Mayflower Savings Bank, S.L.A., formerly...
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MAYFLOWER CONTRACT SERVICES WINS PUBLIC TRANSIT CONTRACTS
PR Newswire; 3/18/1993; 700+ words
; ...Kan., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayflower Contract Services Inc., the transit services subsidiary of Mayflower Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MAYFLGRP...president for corporate development at Mayflower. "We expect continued growth in 1993...
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MAYFLOWER GROUP, INC. ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS
PR Newswire; 1/10/1995; 700+ words
; ...the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Mayflower Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAYF), announced...Laidlaw") for a possible cash merger with Mayflower Group, and the resulting acquisition of its Mayflower Contract Services business that appears...
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Mayflower Group Inc. agrees with Laidlaw Transportation Ltd. for termination of tender offer.
PR Newswire; 6/18/1986; 700+ words
; ...INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayflower Group Inc. (AMEX: MFL) announced today...termination of Laidlaw's tender offer for Mayflower common stock. Under the agreement, Mayflower repurchased the 365,300 shares of Mayflower...
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How did Mayflower run off the road? Bus company's collapse, with a hole in its accounts, will test newly beefed-up government watchdog, says Clayton Hirst
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 4/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; Mayflower's former directors are lying low after...Government's accountancy watchdog. Mayflower will be one of the first major cases...the FRRP is expected to look at whether Mayflower's annual reports were kosher. Mayflower...
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Mayflower Group Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Mayflower Group Inc. P.O. Box 107 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206...in Indiana Employees: 2,300 Sales: $611,000,000 Mayflower Group Inc. is a holding company for Mayflower Transit, Inc. and Mayflower Contract Services, Inc...
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Mayflower Compact
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MAYFLOWER COMPACT MAYFLOWER COMPACT, signed aboard the May-flower on 11 November 1620 by...for Plymouth Colony's government throughout its history. As the Mayflower 's passengers had settled in New England, their patent for establishing...
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Mayflower
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mayflower ship that in 1620 brought the Pilgrims from England...and the ships put back to Plymouth, where the Mayflower took on some of the smaller ship's passengers and supplies. The Mayflower, under the captaincy of Christopher Jones...
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The Mayflower Compact (11 November 1620)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT (11 November 1620) Dissatisfied...aboard a single ship, the 180-ton Mayflower. Originally intended by William Bradford...formation of splinter colonies, the Mayflower Compact, a church covenant modified...
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mayflower
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mayflower in botany, name for several spring...plants. In England the hawthorn is called mayflower, or may; in North America the name...has many local names, e.g., Canada mayflower and false lily-of-the-valley...
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