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Medusa
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Me·du·sa
/ məˈd(y)oōsə; -zə/ Greek Mythol.
the only mortal Gorgon, whom Perseus killed by cutting off her head.
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The Medusa Reader
Magazine article from: Gothic Studies; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The Medusa Reader, edited by Marjorie Garber and...have found, within the stories of the Medusa, narratives of rape and ravishment, retribution...Sarton writes in her poem 'The Muse as Medusa" (1971): Ι turn your face around...
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Medusa Corporation Subsidiary Changes Name
PR Newswire; 9/30/1996; 700+ words
; CLEVELAND, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Medusa Corporation (NYSE: MSA) announced that...Pennsylvania, has changed its name to Medusa Minerals Company, effective October 1, 1996. Medusa Corporation includes Medusa Cement Company...
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Medusa anthology proves mythical woman more than just a head of snakes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; Byline: Carlin Romano "The Medusa Reader" by Marjorie Garber and Nancy...first glance _ always dangerous where Medusa is concerned _ Nancy Vickers' scholarly...of Greek mythology, Athena punished Medusa by turning her luxuriant tresses into...
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Medusa anthology proves mythical woman more than just a head of snakes.
Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 10/15/2003; 700+ words
; Byline: Carlin Romano "The Medusa Reader" by Marjorie Garber and Nancy...first glance _ always dangerous where Medusa is concerned _ Nancy Vickers' scholarly...of Greek mythology, Athena punished Medusa by turning her luxuriant tresses into...
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Medusa Corporation Completes Lime Crest Corporation Acquisition
PR Newswire; 1/13/1997; 700+ words
; CLEVELAND, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Medusa Corporation (NYSE: MSA) announced today that...State brands. The combination of Lime Crest with Medusa Minerals Company, a Medusa Corporation subsidiary currently based in Thomasville...
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Medusa Medical Technologies Secures $4M Financing from InNOVAcorp, Canadian International Capital and a Syndicate of International and Regional Investors.
PR Newswire; 8/28/2006; 700+ words
; ...marketplace," said Scott Campbell, CEO of Medusa Medical Technologies Inc. "The local...investment from outside Atlantic Canada." Medusa develops and markets software for Emergency...operational performance of our customers." Medusa has a distribution agreement with Medtronic...
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Medusa Acquires Lee Lime Corporation
PR Newswire; 10/2/1997; 700+ words
; ...CLEVELAND, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Medusa Corporation (NYSE: MSA) announced today...brands. The combination of Lee Lime with Medusa operations in Thomasville and Paradise...Jersey and Castlewood, Virginia will give Medusa significant added presence in home &...
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Versace's Medusa: (capita)lizing upon classical antiquity.(Gianni Versace)(fashion designer)(Critical essay)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Helios; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...between fashion and art. (5) Interest in Medusa, on the other hand, and in the interpretation...depicted Jimi Hendrix in 1969 wired up like a Medusa in "electric ladyland," and fellow musician Elton John, who launched his own "Medusa tour" in 2000, offer proof that these...
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MEDUSA CORPORATION REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 1995 EARNINGS
PR Newswire; 4/24/1995; 700+ words
; ...CLEVELAND, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Medusa Corporation (NYSE: MSA) announced today...planned annual maintenance. Otherwise, Medusa ran full out during the first quarter...sales and improved operating results by Medusa's Aggregates group and its James H...
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Medusa Labs Verifies Performance of Vixel 9200 2Gb/s Switch; Leading Independent Test Lab Report Chronicles Vixel's High Performance in Benchmark Test.
Business Wire; 12/10/2001; 700+ words
; ...announced today that a recent test by Medusa Labs has confirmed the high performance...achieved in the independently conducted Medusa Labs test," says Claude Lorenson, director...to accepted industry standards." The Medusa performance analysis testing was conducted...
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polyp and medusa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...some are always medusae, and some exhibit both a polyp and a medusa stage in their life...asexual stage and the medusa the sexual stage...budding, gives rise to medusae, which either detach...to the polyp. The medusae then produce new...reproduction. A medusa produces eggs or...
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Medusa
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Medusa Medusa, one of three sisters in Greek mythology known as the Gorgons, had a...Places at the end of this volume for further information. both forms, Medusa's appearance was deadly: any person who gazed directly at her would...
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Medusa Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Medusa Corporation 3008 Monticello Boulevard Cleveland...Hydraulic; 1423 Crushed & Broken Granite Medusa Corporation is one of the oldest cement...company changed names again in April 1929 to Medusa Portland Cement Company. Later that same...
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medusa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
medusa The free-swimming stage in the life cycle of the Cnidaria . Medusae are umbrella-shaped, with tentacles round the edge...Scyphozoa, which includes all the common jellyfish, the medusa is the dominant form and the polyp is reduced or absent...
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Floss der Medusa, Das
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Floss der Medusa, Das ( The Raft of the Medusa ). ‘Popular and military oratorio’...of Géricault's painting, when the Fr. frigate Medusa ran aground, its officers escaping in the boats and leaving...
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