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yack·e·ty-yak / ˈyakətē ˈyak/ (also yack·et·y-yack) • n. & v. another term for yak2 .
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Yak Signs Baseball Hall Of Famer Rollie Fingers As Company Spokesperson.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 12/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...Dec 16, 2002 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Yak Communications (USA), Inc. (OTC BB...relief pitcher" Rollie Fingers, has joined YAK as a spokesperson for the company's expansion into the US market. Rollie Fingers, a YAK shareholder and user of its services, was...
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Yaks link Tibetans to their homeland; A Cold Spring farmer finds that his herd has reconnected a bond between the exotic animals and the Asian people.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 9/30/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...led his herd of Tibetan yaks up a slope and across...Tibetan Plateau. The yak farmer was John Hooper...and fluffy tails, the yaks have been a big attraction...Hooper's first batch of yak butter became a source...thought all the yearning for yaks was strange. "It kind...
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Yak Communications Inc. to be Acquired for $5.25 per Share in an All Cash Offer by Globalive Communications Corp. Shareholders representing a majority of Yak's issued and outstanding shares have agreed to tender their shares into the bid.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 9/21/2006; 700+ words
; ...21, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Yak Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:YAKC) announced...acquire all of the outstanding shares of Yak's common stock pursuant to a definitive...Under the definitive agreement executed by Yak and Globalive, the transaction has been...
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YAK Launches $3 Million Canadian Marketing Program With Air Transat.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 11/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...Nov 13, 2002 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) YAK Communications (Canada) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Yak Communications (USA) Inc. (on the OTC...marketing program. The campaign entitled Yak Vacation Giveaway Contest runs from December...
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Yaks Pack a True Sampling of Tibetan Taste; Live | Excerpts from washingtonpost.com/olympics
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/12/2008; 673 words
; ...phone interview about yak cheese in our office this...workers suggested that the yaks of Western China had little...Marie So. "They have yak racing in Qinghai once...very serious-looking yak. "Some people don't even know what yaks are, and I have to stop...
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YAK BAK 2 SELECTED AS A TOP TOY FOR 1995 IN TWO NATIONAL TOY TESTS
PR Newswire; 12/13/1995; 700+ words
; ...Corporation (Nasdaq: YESS; YESSW) announced that Yak Bak 2(TM), a colorful, handheld, micro...Parents' Toy Test. Launched in the fall of 1995, Yak Bak 2 was the first line extension to Yak Bak(TM), a highly-stylized mini-recorder...
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Yak Signs Baseball Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers as Company Spokesperson.
Business Wire; 12/16/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002 Yak Communications (USA), Inc. (OTCBB...relief pitcher" Rollie Fingers, has joined YAK as a spokesperson for the company's expansion into the US market. Rollie Fingers, a YAK shareholder and user of its services, was...
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Yak guru spreads word
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 10/31/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...commercials for Black Yak Clothing, a Korean company. The yaks had to be trained...knows exactly what yaks to import. Bringing in the right yak is difficult. You...Benge wants to spread yak farming and breeding nationwide. Yaks, he says, are commercially...
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Yak Communications Commences Marketing Initiatives for WorldCity VoIP.
Business Wire; 1/14/2005; 700+ words
; ...VoIP Packages as low as $9.99 US/month Yak Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:YAKC...has commenced marketing initiatives for Yak WorldCity VoIP (voice services over high...anywhere in Canada and USA, Plus - Free Yak-VoIP-Member to Yak-VoIP-Member calling...
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Yak Communications Licenses Xten's eyeBeam and X-PRO VoIP & Video SIP Softphones.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 1/12/2005; 700+ words
; ...via COMTEX) Features to be Used for Phase II of Yak WorldCity VoIP Product Offering Yak Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:YAKC), a provider...and Presence SIP softphones, today announced that Yak has entered into a software licensing agreement...
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Yak
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Yak The yaks are members of the family...thick coat protects the yak from these frigid temperatures. Domesticated yaks are smaller, have weaker...life span for the wild yak is estimated at 25 years. Domesticated yaks may give birth every...
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Yakö
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Yak ö ETHNONYM: Yakurr (the official...spelling) Orientation Identification. The Yak ö numbered 38,204 people at the last...West Africa. Location. The territory of the Yak ö , just over 150 square kilometers...
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yak
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...are mostly solitary. Yaks have been domesticated...central Asia. The wild yak may attain a shoulder...piebald, or albino. Yaks can live on vegetation...animals. The domestic yak is a source of milk...as a beast of burden. Yaks are classified in the...
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yakṣa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
yakṣa (Skt.). Generally thought to be malevolent flesh-eating demons in later Buddhism , the yakṣa and their female counterparts, the yakṣinī, were originally more or less benevolent...
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yackety-yak
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
yack·e·ty-yak / ˈyakətē ˈyak / (also yack·et·y-yack ) • n. & v. another term for yak 2 .
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