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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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ru·bi·con
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(in piquet) an act of winning a game against an opponent whose total score is less than 100, in which case the loser's score is added to rather than subtracted from the winner's.
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(-coned, -con·ing) [tr.]
score a rubicon against (one's opponent).
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Rubicon Announces Signing of Arrangement Agreement and Mailing of Circular
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 7/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...David W. Adamson, President and CEO of Rubicon Minerals Corporation (TSX:RMX)(AMEX...Minerals Corporation pursuant to which Rubicon proposes to spin off its African and Newfoundland...British Columbia Business Corporations Act. Rubicon is also pleased to announce that on July...
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Rubicon Medical to Pursue FDA Clearance for the Rubicon Filter in a Conventional Single Device U.S. Clinical Trial.
Business Wire; 12/10/2004; 700+ words
; SALT LAKE CITY -- Rubicon Medical Corp. (OTC BB: RMDC) today...will pursue marketing clearance for its Rubicon Filter(TM) from the U.S. Food...single device U.S. clinical trial. Rubicon Medical anticipates amending its Investigational...
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Rubicon Medical and Boston Scientific Extend Deadline for 'Milestone 3' Payment Under Terms of Their Definitive Agreements.
Business Wire; 11/16/2004; 700+ words
; SALT LAKE CITY -- Rubicon Medical Corp. (OTC BB: RMDC), a...medical devices, today announced that Rubicon Medical and Boston Scientific Corp...this potential earn-out payment. Rubicon Medical now has an additional 18 months...
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Rubicon Minerals Corporation Added to Bellwether Watch List.
M2 Presswire; 12/20/2006; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-20 December 2006-TSX News: Rubicon Minerals Corporation Added to Bellwether...M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20122006 Rubicon Minerals Corporation is an established...team with a track record of discovery. Rubicon controls over 260 square kilometers of...
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Rubicon Medical receives $15 million investment
Magazine article from: The Enterprise; 11/3/2003; ; 682 words
; Rubicon Medical Corp., a West Valley City developer...Boston Scientific received 1,090,147 shares of Rubicon's Series A Preferred Stock convertible into 10,901,470 shares of Rubicon common stock. Coupled with the common shares...
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Rubicon Medical and Abbott Laboratories Amend License Agreement for Rubicon's Guardian System.
Business Wire; 10/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2002 Rubicon Medical Corp. (OTCBB:RMDC), a Salt...Agreement between Abbott Laboratories and Rubicon Medical for the Guardian balloon embolic...amendment, Abbott Laboratories has paid Rubicon Medical a one-time payment of $2...
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Rubicon Medical Announces Ebberhard Grube, MD as Principal Investigator for Its European Clinical Study Using the Rubicon Filter in Degenerated Coronary Bypass Grafts.
Business Wire; 8/8/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2002 Rubicon Medical Corporation, (OTCBB:RMDC...will be the Principal Investigator for Rubicon's European embolic protection CE Mark...study will evaluate the safety of the Rubicon Filter in saphenous vein grafts (SVGs...
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Rubicon Minerals Corporation: Common Accord Struck with Africo to Facilitate Public Offering of Africo's Kalukundi Asset
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 3/23/2006; 700+ words
; ...CCNMatthews - March 23, 2006) - David W Adamson, President and CEO of Rubicon Minerals Corporation ("Rubicon") (TSX:RMX)(AMEX:RBY), is pleased to announce that Rubicon, a 38.8% shareholder of Africo Resources Ltd. ("Africo...
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Rubicon Outlines Exploration Plans for Red Lake, Ontario Planned $2.6 Million Over the Next 10 Months - Up to 12,000 Metres of Drilling - 44% Partner Funded
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 7/31/2006; 700+ words
; ...W. Adamson, President and CEO of Rubicon Minerals Corporation (TSX:RMX) (AMEX:RBY) is pleased to update Rubicon's recent exploration activities and...Plan of Arrangement (the "Plan"), Rubicon is carrying out a corporate re-organization...
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Rubicon Financial Incorporated Announces Acquisition of Its First Financial Services Subsidiary.
Business Wire; 3/15/2007; 700+ words
; IRVINE, Calif. -- Rubicon Financial Incorporated (OTCBB:RBCF...2007 it closed on the acquisition of Rubicon Financial Insurance Services, Inc...financial service company acquisition. Rubicon Insurance is a full service insurance...
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Rubicon
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Rubicon a stream in NE Italy which marked the ancient...Caesar after three years. In general use, rubicon came in the 17th century to mean a boundary...subtracted from the winner's. cross the Rubicon pass a point of no return, as Caesar led...
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rubicon
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...opponent whose total score is less than 100, in which case the loser's score is added to rather than subtracted from the winner's. • v. ( -coned , -con·ing ) [ tr. ] score a rubicon against (one's opponent).
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Pompey
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...party. He made Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio his colleague. Caesar broke with the senate and crossed (49 BC) the Rubicon, and the civil war began. Pompey was defeated at Pharsalus (48 BC) and fled to Egypt, where he was assassinated. Bibliography...
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Cassius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of his army. When the senate overrode the tribunes on Jan. 7, 49 BC, Cassius and Antony fled to Caesar, who crossed the Rubicon and began the civil war. After Caesar's triumph, Cassius was given (47 BC) a post in Farther Spain. There was a rebellion...
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Burke, Billy
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...Appearances: (Feature film debut) Dante — Ortega, Daredreamer, Lensman Company, 1990. James Bird, To Cross the Rubicon, 1991. Joey Cortino, Jane Austen's Mafia! (also known as Mafia! ), Buena Vista, 1998. Kenny Moore, Without Limits...
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