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Long Beach
LONG BEACH LONG BEACH. Located in the southern portion of Los Angeles County, the 2000 census placed Long Beach's population at 461,522, making it the fifth largest city in California. Long famous as a tourist destination, the city has also become an important commercial hub, with the port of... Read more |
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Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach , city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. There are an aluminum foundry and factories that produce furniture,... Read more |
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Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. The city's population increased more... Read more |
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Barry
Barry Welsh Barri, town (1991 pop. 45,053) and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more diversified export products include cement, flour, and steel products. The leading imports are bananas, oil, timber, grain, and sand. Barry also has... Read more |
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Galveston
Galveston , city (1990 pop. 59,070), seat of Galveston co., on Galveston Island, SE Tex.; inc. 1839. The island lies across the entrance to Galveston Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. Long causeways connect the city with the mainland, Houston , and Texas City . Once Texas's largest port,... Read more |
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Eugene Boudin
Boudin, Eugène (b Honfleur, 12 July 1824; d Deauville, 8 Aug. 1898). French painter. The son of a sailor, he began his career working in a stationery and picture-framing business in the port of Le Havre. His clients there included several well-known artists, notably Millet, who encouraged him... Read more |
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Longshore Drift
Longshore drift Longshore drift is the transport of sand along a beach by waves impinging or breaking at an angle to the beach. Longshore drift occurs when a wave breaks, lifts sand into suspension, and then throws a pulse of sand-bearing water (swash) up the slope of the beach. If the wave... Read more |
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Getting owners to pay may notbe an easy task
...near Mumbai port that resulted in an oil spill to pay...won't be easy getting them to pay...government-owned ports should produce...damage to port property to...acceptable to the ports, according...for loss ... |
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IMPACT OF CLEAN TRUCK PROGRAMS ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PORTS:JOSE COVARRUBIAS
...Like most port truck drivers...came to the ports lookingfor...beginning I saw port trucking...justa job. Getting a Class A...is not an easy task. Trucking...realizethat no matter how...actually havinga ... |
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Ferry exclusive: Miami-area marine operation keeps a low profile among the...
...their daily business far from...There are no bridges connecting...interested in getting a picture...itself. "No pictures...buildings tucked out of sight...friendly, easy manner and...about my getting busted ... |
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Liberia faces long, arduous task of rebuilding, officials say.
...open up a business." With...delicate task of rebuilding...won't be easy, or cheap...and cooking oil. The public...peace. And no one has a...pledged to pull out and let humanitarian...through the port. A ... |
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Stock advice, and a lot of snake oil.
...company's core businesses-recycling...recovering oil from used...It turns out that Fix...Services in Port Washington...promotes is no easy task. None are...thing is not easy to prove...away ... |
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Reclosure systems zip, snap and press on toward flexibility: as flexible...
...trick is getting a few hold...Foods decided oil the technologically advanced Easy Snap[TM...Lock Zipper Business Unit. Consumer...evacuation ports that can...particulates to fall out before the...recently came ... |
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Complicated construction.
...build without getting in the way...their daily business. But consider the Port of Prince...surrounding businesses. According...Watch out for falling...s first tasks was to move...sediment and oil control ... |
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Foreign Service
...diagnoses go much easier than expected...look too easy! Still...These include getting as much vehicle...level, etc. No trouble codes...revealed no problems...order of business was to refuel...system. Watch ... |
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Liberia faces a long, difficult rebuilding
...open up a business."With...delicate task of rebuilding...won't be easy, or cheap...and cooking oil. The public...peace. And no one has a...pledged to pull out and let humanitarian...through the port. A ... |
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Far From Homeland, Staff Deployed in Iraq; New Department Aids Reconstruction
...reconstruction tasks there. Officials...aviation travel out of Iraq is...smuggled into or out of Iraq helps...that lending out DHS personnel...but the business of the bureau...priorities. And getting some airport...first ... |