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thumb·print
/ ˈ[unvoicedth]əmˌprint/
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n.
an impression or mark made on a surface by the inner part of the top joint of the thumb, esp. as used for identifying individuals from the unique pattern of whorls and lines.
∎ fig.
a distinctive identifying characteristic:
it has an individuality and thumbprint of its own.
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Profile: Cargo vessel Unterwalden undergoes inspection by US Coast Guard
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...07-01-2004 Profile: Cargo vessel Unterwalden undergoes inspection by US Coast Guard...the port of Baltimore. SIEGEL: The Unterwalden is registered in Basel, Switzerland...that inland city on the Rhine. The Unterwalden is a big, open cargo vessel, two football...
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SEA, AIR, RAIL
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/21/2001; 700+ words
; ...Prospector, Gladstone Pier East. Taharaki, No. 4 East. Unterwalden, Cashin Quay No. 1. Westport, No. 1 Breastwork. ARRIVED...Pac). Kapitan Rusak (7pm), 4,407, Sea (Utd). Unterwalden (11pm), India (PFLI). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Taiko, Marsden...
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On the lake with Peter Ruegger: the Lake Lucerne Navigation Company has many events on the slate for 2008. In this business profile, spokesman and executive Peter Ruegger talks about the ferry company, its challenges and the changing face of the Swiss tourism industry.(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...region more than 700 years ago. "If you disembark at Rutli in Canton Uri you can see the meadow where Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden swore their historic bond. And this is Wilhelm Tell country, so you could also stop to see the Tell Chapel, for example...
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Black sheep, white sheep: the Swiss and Immigration.(on Switzerland's immigration policy)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the centre and northwest and north-east, includes the heartland of Switzerland, the forest cantons of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, where the original oath of Rutli was taken in 1291, taken to be the beginning of the Swiss state. It is here, on the...
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Beyond rosti: cheese fondue, raclette and buttery cakes of golden-brown potato rosti are iconic Swiss foods, familiar and savoured around the globe. But there's a lot more to sample from traditional Swiss cuisine. Swiss News steps inside the kitchen to find out more.
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...The Venue in Kansas City and The Marsh Tavern in Manchester, Vermont. One of his favourite dishes is Aelplermagronen (an Unterwalden speciality, it consists of potatoes and noodles with cream, cheese and sauteed onions, although it's made without the...
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Perverse Realities.(editorial)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 9/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...Swiss statesmen or otherwise prominent Swiss took the stage in lauding the gritty Swiss forefahters of the cantons of Uri, Unterwalden and Schwyz, who in agreeing not to attack each other formed the confederation known today as Switzerland. I had also just...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Voting as a way of life.(Voting as a way of life)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 2/14/2004; 700+ words
; ...a particularly unpopular Habsburg overlord, the people of three small cantons in central Switzerland, Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, got together to conclude a co-operation pact, the Bundesbrief. In 1315 the three cantons won the battle of Morgarten...
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Trouble looms over peaceful Swiss freedom shrine
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 7/24/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Rutli Meadow in 1291 where, according to legend, representatives of the three original Swiss cantons, Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, took an oath to protect one another from the great threat of the era, the Austrians. So each Aug. 1, the reputed date...
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Swiss shrine of freedom a meadow under fireProtests threaten August observance
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 7/18/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...it was there, according to legend, that in 1291 representatives of the three original Swiss cantons, Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, took an oath to protect one another from the great threat of the era, the Austrians. So each year on Aug. 1, the purported...
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Franc-ly, it could be expensive
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/3/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was already 485 years since representatives of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden cantons met in Ruetli Meadow to swear allegiance against the Hapsburg overlords by raising three fingers to the sky on or...
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Unterwalden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Unterwalden , canton, central Switzerland, one...forested, and chiefly pastoral region, Unterwalden is divided into the half cantons of...tourist facilities. The population of Unterwalden is German-speaking and Roman Catholic...
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the Four Forest Cantons
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Waldstätten, in central Switzerland, the cantons of Unterwalden , Schwyz , Uri , and Lucerne , the first Swiss communities...the Hapsburgs. In 1291 the three mountain forest cantons (Unterwalden, Schwyz, and Uri) formed the League of Forest Cantons...
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Switzerland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Of the half cantons, Obwalden and Nidwalden together form Unterwalden , Basel-Land and Basel-Stadt form Basel , and Ausser...many respects; cantonal constitutions differ widely. In Unterwalden, Glarus, and Appenzell the entire electorate legislates...
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Swiss Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...Confederation emerged in the late thirteenth century from an alliance of three regions: the modern-day cantons Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. The so-called Bundesbrief of 1291 documents their alliance. In it the three regions pledge mutual support to keep internal...
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Rütli
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the shore of the Lake of Lucerne. Here, according to the legend of William Tell, representatives of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden met in 1307 to swear the Rütli Oath, on which Swiss freedom was founded. However, the discovery in the 19th cent...
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