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Daktronics Inc
Daktronics, Inc. 331 32nd AvenueBrookings, South Dakota 57006U.S.A.Telephone: (605) 697-4300Fax: (605) 697-4700Web site: http://www.daktronics.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1968Employees: 638Sales: $95.9 million (1999)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: DAKTNAIC: 339950 Scoreboards... Read more |
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cairn
cairn pile of stones, usually conical in shape, raised as a landmark or a memorial. In prehistoric times it was usually erected over a burial. A barrow is sometimes called a cairn.... Read more |
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John Elliot Cairnes
John Elliot Cairnes , 1823-75, Irish economist, a follower of John Stuart Mill. His Slave Power (1862), a defense of the North in the American Civil War, made a great impression in England. He has written about noncompeting groups in the labor market and is known for his distrust of mathematical... Read more |
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tumulus
tumulus , plural tumuli , in archaeology, a heap of earth or stones placed over a grave. The terms mound , barrow , or cairn are more common in modern usage.... Read more |
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Cairns
Cairns city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. In 1994 the state decided to amalgamate the... Read more |
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Cairngorms
Cairngorms , group of mountains forming part of the Grampian Mts, in Highland, Moray, and Aberdeenshire, central Scotland, between the Dee and the upper Spey rivers; they rise to c.4,300 ft (1,310 m). The name cairngorm is given to an ornamental yellow or brown quartz found in the mountains. The... Read more |
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Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson The English admiral and naval hero Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), was noted for his bravery and for his victories, including the decisive Battle of Trafalgar. He ranks as the last great naval hero of a proud seafaring nation. Horatio Nelson was born at Burnham... Read more |
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Paul Kondouriotis
Paul Kondouriotis , 1857-1935, Greek admiral and statesman. He became a national hero through his victories over the Turkish fleet in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and in the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. He was regent after the death (1920) of King Alexander and again after the departure (1923) of King... Read more |
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Orkney
Orkney. A group of islands lying at the north-east tip of Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeological monuments. Skara Brae is a well-preserved prehistoric village, Maes Howe the best of a series of impressive prehistoric burial cairns, and numerous brochs and settlements attest to the islands'... Read more |
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Cricket: Nasser walking away as a hero; ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND: 1ST TEST,...
...after he ran out local hero Andrew Strauss just 17...and he was a revelation again. For 220 minutes he...from the other, Chris Cairns swooped from backward...with him. FIRST TEST SCOREBOARD NEW ZEALAND First innings 386 (Richardson 93, ... |
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Cricket: TRES GLOW! SECOND TEST: Ton hero Marcus now the England toast...
...day during this Test. Once again Steve Harmison was England...his crucial wicket of Chris Cairns with his fifth ball of the...middle of a Test match." SCOREBOARD NEW ZEALAND - First innings...6 (Fleming 97, Papps 86) Cairns c Strauss b Harmison... |
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Cricket: Saturday special sets up thrilling climax to series; Jack Bannister...
...too expansively against Cairns and was caught off the...came and went quickly, again to Giddins, unluckily...successive overs with the scoreboard showing 39 for six...supported by Craig McMillan, Cairns played himself in before...between Dion Nash and ... |
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STEW WILL DO FOR ME SKIPPER!; Alec backs England's Ather-go hero Mike.(Sport)
...and all- rounder Chris Cairns cut loose. That target...a six and a four off Cairns just before tea. When...out in the cold once again. Australia skittled...in reply. FIRST TEST SCOREBOARD Third day (Auckland...Fleming c & b Cork 129 Cairns c ... |
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Hoggard the Test hero for England.(Sport)
...including dismissing Chris Cairns and Adam Parore in successive...the innings, Hussain once again turned to Hoggard, who claimed...straight to Vettori at point. SCOREBOARD New Zealand v England Christchurch...40 C L Cairns c Flintoff b Caddick... |
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CRICKET: LEFT WITHOUT A PRAYER AT LORD'S; England v New Zealand Day Three of...
...England needed a hero as they faced a 172...was yorked by Chris Cairns. And Mark Ramprakash...scored 12. Chris Cairns then upped the run...sunshine. But Caddick again broke his frustrating...with Vettori, as Cairns played forward to...to ... |
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Cricket: Daddy Cool soothed by his opening partnership; England v N Zealand,...
...bring in Strauss was again vindicated. His...fifty with ton-up hero Trescothick late...The dangerous Chris Cairns and Brendon McCullom...hour's worth of Cairns could have left Vaughan...23 SCOREBOARD NEW ZEALAND: First...Fleming 97, Papps ... |
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Tendulkar bats on to set New Zealand tough task; CRICKET.(News)
...being that of Chris Cairns who scored a hard...wicket by batting again. After his team...balls, while local hero Ajay Jadeja remained...before the close. SCOREBOARD TEST MATCH SOUTH...Prasad... 74 C Cairns b Kumble... 72...innings S ... |
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Cricket: Gone From Bad To Curse; Lord's hoodoo hits England again as rampant...
...were not going to screw up again with a repeat of their nightmare...Yesterday they cashed in on Chris Cairns's sixth five-wicket Test...s never fail to throw up heroes, and on this occasion it was...triumphantly, a verdict the scoreboard transmitted when ... |
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Another big scalp added by reliable boot of Paterson
...greater dominance than the scoreboard suggested. Edinburgh...the hosts at the mercy again of penalty kicks, and Chris Paterson again emerged the hero with three kicks to overcome...evident when centre Ben Cairns superbly read a Mieres... |