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NordicTrack
NordicTrack 104 Peavey RoadChaska, MinnesotaU.S.A.(612) 368-2500Fax: (612) 368-5590Web site: http://www.nordictrack.com Wholly Owned Subsidiary of CML Group, Inc. Incorporated : 1975 as PSI NordicTrack, Inc.Employees : 3,500Sales : $267.74 million (1997)SICs : 3949 Sporting & Athletic... Read more |
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CML Group Inc
CML Group, Inc. 524 Main StreetActon, Massachusetts 01720U.S.A.(508) 264-4155Fax: (508) 264-4073 Public Company Incorporated: 1969Employees: 5,000Sales: $645 millionStock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 3949 Sporting & Athletic Goods; 5961 Catalogue & Mail Order Houses; 5947 Gift, Novelty &... Read more |
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House of Keys
Keys, House of. The elected chamber of the Tynwald, parliament of the Isle of Man. Dating back to Nordic times, when the island was the centre of a western sea empire including the Hebrides and the inner islands, it claims to be the oldest parliament in continuous existence. From early times there... Read more |
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Nordic Council
Nordic Council international consultative body, created in 1952 by Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Finland joined the council in 1955. The territories of the Faeroes and the Åland Islands have been represented since 1970; Greenland gained representation in 1984. The council may take up... Read more |
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Joseph Arthur comte de Gobineau
Joseph Arthur Gobineau, comte de , 1816-82, French diplomat and man of letters. The chief early French proponent of the theory of Nordic supremacy, he was antidemocratic and anti-Semitic. His major work was Essai sur l'inégalité des races humaines (1853-55, tr. The Inequality of... Read more |
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Danes
Danes ETHNONYMS: Scandinavians (includes Faroese, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians, and Swedes) Orientation Identification. The Danes live in the country of Denmark and Danish is their national language. The state-affiliated church is Protestant, historically a branch of the Lutheran... Read more |
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Saga Communications Inc
Saga Communications, Inc. 73 Kercheval AvenueGrosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 48236U.S.A.(313) 886-7070Fax: (313) 886-7150 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1986Employees: 747Sales: $66.3 million (1997)Stock Exchanges: AmericanTicker Symbol: SGASICs: 4832 Radio Broadcasting Stations; 4833 Television... Read more |
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Ernst Josephson
Josephson, Ernst (b Stockholm, 16 Apr. 1851; d Stockholm, 22 Nov. 1906). Swedish painter and draughtsman. He travelled widely in Europe early in his career and in 1882–8 he lived in Paris, where he was the leader of a group of anti-academic Swedish artists. At this time he moved from a... Read more |
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Richard Bergh
Bergh, Richard (b Stockholm, 28 Dec. 1858; d Saltsjö-Storängen, nr. Stockholm, 29 Jan. 1919). Swedish painter, writer, and art administrator, son of a landscape painter, Edvard Berghe (1828–80). From 1878 to 1881 he studied at the Academy in Stockholm, where his father was a... Read more |
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New season, new excitement in N.H.(Sports)
...McCARTHY It's the ski-resort cousin...they are what a new ski season is all about. Across New Hampshire, skiers...ll miss that old baby though), allowing for a faster uphill capacity...to take on: a new advanced trail...expert thrill hill" lane. Dare ya. Waterville... |
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A DEBONAIR DEVELOPER'S VISION OF REALITY
...only in the fast lane, it's awfully...between the sport of skiing...the US Army ski team for two...the Harvard ski team from...28-year-old friend who...a rush of new conditions...motorcycles. I like excitement. I like exciting...encounters with a new vision of... |