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tomb·stone
/ ˈtoōmˌstōn/
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n.
1.
a large, flat inscribed stone standing or laid over a grave.
2.
(also tombstone advertisement or tombstone ad)
an advertisement listing the underwriters or firms associated with a new issue of securities.
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Making tombstones ... and we don't mean the pizza
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/31/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the face of the tombstone some depth and texture. Once the tombstones are dry, it's...You might use the tombstone rubbings to help...details and make the tombstone appear even older. To set the tombstones into the ground...
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Tombstone territory.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Tooling & Production; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...being the Mayor Of Tombstone City. Not Tombstone, AZ, where Old...At Mid-State, tombstones vaguely resemble...virtues of aluminum tombstones: Similarly SMW Autoblok...introduced a new line of tombstone fixtures aimed at...
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Tombstone Explorations Co. Ltd.- Echo Bay granted option on Minoro Project.
Business Wire; 9/27/1995; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--TOMBSTONE EXPLORATIONS (TSE:TSO) The Company...agreement, Echo Bay has paid $100,000 to Tombstone for an exclusive 60 day due diligence...invest a total of $6,000,000 in Tombstone by way of staged share purchases - having...
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Tombstone Exploration Corporation (OTCBB: TMBXF) just released some important news.
M2 Presswire; 2/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...17 February 2009-Stockwire.com: Tombstone Exploration Corporation (OTCBB: TMBXF...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17022009 Tombstone Exploration Corporation (OTCBB: TMBXF), just announced Tombstone Exploration Provides Shareholder Update...
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Tombstone Exploration announces offering of common stock.
PR Newswire; 9/26/2007; 700+ words
; TOMBSTONE, AZ, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tombstone Exploration Corporation (the "Company") (OTC BB...surface trenching, and sampling at its properties in the Tombstone District in Arizona. The common stock being sold through...
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T-slotted tombstones improve setup time.(Spotlight: workholding)
Magazine article from: Modern Machine Shop; 2/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...concern. Aluminum tombstones caused a vibration...The aluminum tombstone did not have the...manufacture its own tombstones. At this point...the Web site for Tombstone City (Huntington...manufacturing custom tombstones. The Neubauers...sales manager at Tombstone City, who provided...
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VOA NEWS: TOMBSTONE FINDS ITS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS ENDANGERED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/8/2006; 700+ words
; ...Beardsley As a former frontier mining camp, Tombstone, Arizona has faced its share of threats...National Park Service, which says Tombstone could lose its designation as a National...depict its past in a more accurate way. Tombstone is best known as the scene of the 1881...
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 "AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ)")
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Chief of Tombstone, Ariz., amusement park hopes to ignite passion for wild west.
Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ); 4/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Lynda Edwards Apr. 17--TOMBSTONE -- Except for the tourists in shorts and fanny packs, springtime in Tombstone looks much as it did when Wyatt...a stage show a short walk from Tombstone's main drag. Helldorado's president...
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'Tombstones' Mark Passages In High Finance; Solemn Ads Announce Birth Of New Stock, Bond Issues
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/28/1999; ; 605 words
; ...result of seeing the tombstone are fairly remote. Tombstones can be either a...the larger the tombstone, and Wall Street...exact number of tombstones that appear in the...to-business tombstone advertising and...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Legendary Tombstone
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/18/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...County, NJ) 12-18-2005 Legendary Tombstone -- Where the Earps fight the Clantons...to understand why. With a name like Tombstone and a frenzied history of bloodshed...red dirt. The fights are staged, but Tombstone's checkered past is real. Nearly half...
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Tombstone Pizza Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Tombstone Pizza Corporation 101 Harlem Avenue Glenview...x201C; What do you want on your Tombstone?, ” an executioner asks a...pizza manufacturer in the United States. Tombstone Pizza Corporation, a subsidiary of Kraft...
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Tombstone
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
TOMBSTONE TOMBSTONE. A former silver boomtown located east of the San Pedro River valley in southeastern Arizona, Tombstone is some twenty-five miles north of the Mexican border. Prospector...
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tombstone-light
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
tombstone-light. Small window with lights resembling tombstones with curved tops, often over a doorway.
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tombstone
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x14D;n / • n. 1. a large, flat inscribed stone standing or laid over a grave. 2. (also tombstone advertisement or tombstone ad ) an advertisement listing the underwriters or firms associated with a new issue of securities.
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Wyatt Earp Trial: 1881
Book article from: Great American Trials
...Lyttleton Price Judge: Wells Spicer Place: Tombstone, Arizona Date of Trial: October 31...the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Unfortunately, there is...totally criminal, frontier gunslinger. In Tombstone, Arizona, a mining town, "cowboy...
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