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Exercise equipment industry
Pico Rivera , city (1990 pop. 59,177), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., SE of Los Angeles on the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers; inc. 1958 with the union of Pico and Rivera into one community. Among the city's many manufactures are furniture, machinery, exercise equipment, metal doors, and aircraft. ... Read more |
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Conte Giovanni Pico della Mirandola The Italian philosopher and humanist Conte Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494) was a brilliant exemplar of the Renaissance ideal of man. The youngest son of a princely Lombard house, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola received a Church benefice when he... Read more |
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Escondido
Escondido , city (1990 pop. 108,635), San Diego co., S Calif.; inc. 1888. Located in a grain-, citrus-fruit-, and grape-growing valley, Escondido produces cereal products and has fruit-packing houses and one of the world's largest avocado processing plants. The city's light industries manufacture... Read more |
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Enterovirus infections
Enterovirus Infections Definition Enteroviruses are so named because they reproduce initially in the gastrointestinal tract after infection occurs. Despite, this, they usually do not lead to intestinal symptoms; rather it is their spread to organs, such as the nervous system, heart, skin, and... Read more |
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Whittier
Whittier city (1990 pop. 77,671), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; in an oil area; inc. 1898. Mainly residential, it has food processing and plants that manufacture transportation equipment; machinery; clay, steel, paper, metal, and rubber products; elevators; consumer goods; electronic and... Read more |
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Pico
Pico [Port.,=peak], island (1991 pop. 15,129), 167 sq mi (433 sq km), Horta dist., in the N Atlantic, one of the central Azores . It takes its name from the volcanic mountain, Pico Alto [high peak], which rises to 7,711 ft (2,350 m).... Read more |
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picornavirus
picornavirus One of a group of small RNA-containing viruses (pico = small; hence pico-RNA-virus) commonly present in the alimentary and respiratory tracts of vertebrates. They cause mild infections of these tracts but the group also includes the polioviruses, which attack the central nervous system... Read more |
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Hispaniola
Hispaniola , Span. Española , second largest island of the West Indies, 29,530 sq mi (76,483 sq km), between Cuba and Puerto Rico. Haiti occupies the western third of the island and the Dominican Republic the remainder. Visited by Columbus in 1492, the island was called Española.... Read more |
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Conte Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Conte , 1463-94, Italian philosopher and humanist. To many in the age of the Renaissance, Pico was the ideal man, whose physical beauty reflected his inner harmony. He appears in Il Cortegiano of Baldassare Castiglione. In 1484 he went to Florence where he soon... Read more |
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Guerrero
Guerrero state (1990 pop. 2,620,637), 24,887 sq mi (64,457 sq km), S Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. The capital is Chilpancingo . Dominated by the Sierra Madre del Sur, which reaches 12,149 ft (3,703 m) in the Pico de Teotepec, Guerrero is extremely mountainous except for a narrow coastal strip,... Read more |
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Minneapolis retail scene grows even hotter. (Nicollet Avenue's clothing stores)
...Minneapolis retail scene grows...in the U.S.," said...the area's population or economy. The total...than-heart-stopping...Bloomingdale's in Minneapolis...The only way their business...company, BAT ... |
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Sears executives hope Lands' End line, healthy economy boost sales.
...in Calumet City and Orland...but it's too hard...catalog. It's sizing...Miller's fill the hearts of Sears...only its retail business...Either way, Sears Grand...recovering economy. A ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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AMHERST IDA DEALS ECONOMIC BLOWS TO HEART OF BUFFALO
...it gave the city a good kick on the way down. Industrial...breaks to bring industry to the state...the IDAs suck retail and service...Amherst IDA's past policies...Amherst IDA's raiding that...everybody's ... |
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The Design Dozen; In the global culture, great ideas cross borders,...
...Minneapolis: Design City Minneapolis...s early industries. A French...wouldn't give in, they...Nouvel got his way, but his...It's a heart-stopping...in Harper's hometown...Kalins ... |
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TRADITIONAL MARKET TRADERS TO GET NEW PACKAGE OF PRACTICAL ADVICE AND TRAINING
...speech to the industry by Coalition...farmer's markets thrive...traditional retail markets are...of various ways in which...towns and cities in this country...sit at the heart of a town's local ... |
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COALITION MARKETS MINISTER STUNELL ANNOUNCES NEW PACKAGE OF ADVICE FOR...
...speech to the industry by Coalition...farmer's markets thrive...traditional retail markets are...of various ways in which...towns and cities in this country...sit at the heart of a town's local ... |
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Outlook normal: steady growth
...Manitoba economy in mind...adapt in a way that neutralizes...Manitoba's manufacturing...the world's bus-building...capital. The city's garment industry...construction industry. ... |
 "The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)")
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Food for thought -- Restaurants, commercial outlets set pace in Hernando
...from the heart of Italy...Grill and City Hall Cheesecake...this year. Retail and service...about an economy emerging...flow to the city through bottom...how long city services...call us and give us time ... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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ROOM TO GROW; VALLEY GIVES SMALL BUSINESSES EXPANSION...
...region's economy. Sure, they...the public's eye by mega...They're the heart and the engine...It's a critical...high-tech industries, there are...yet, it's hard to get...Angeles County. ... |
 "The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)")
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DOWNTOWN UPTURN
...Street, the retail heart of downtown...Colorado City. But downtown...could find a way to do it...the retail industry overall...said, "the economy's tough...headquarters at 27 ... |
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