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lawn
lawn grass turf or greensward cultivated in private yard or public park. A good lawn, or green, has both beauty and usefulness; its maintenance for golf, tennis, baseball, and other sports is a costly and specialized procedure. It requires good soil, frequent watering and mowing, and occasional... Read more |
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Lawn Tennis
Lawn Tennis Sources British Origins.Tennis was one of the sports enjoyed mainly by the social elite and to a lesser degree by the middle class in late-nineteenth-century America. Although the origins of tennis can be traced to fourteenth-century France, the game,... Read more |
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fescue
fescue , any of some 100 species of introduced Old World grasses of the genus Festuca. Meadow fescue and tall, or reed, fescue are excellent forage crops and the Chewing's, red, and sheep fescues are planted for turf. Fescue is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Liliopsida, order... Read more |
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Wimbledon
Wimbledon Popular name for the All England Lawn Tennis Championships played annually at the All England Club, Wimbledon, a suburb in sw London. It is the world's foremost championship played on grass. It was first held in 1877, and was open only to amateurs until 1968. The championships have been... Read more |
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Bowerbirds
bowerbird common name for any of several species of birds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae, native to Australia and New Guinea, which build, for courtship display, a bower of sticks or grasses. Usually the males construct the bowers, some of which are large (up to 9 ft/275 cm high), while others are... Read more |
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Electrolux AB
Electrolux AB St. Gorangsgatan143, StockholmSwedenTelephone: (08) 738-6000Fax: (08) 656-4478Web site: http://www.electrolux.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1919 as Aktiebolaget ElektroluxEmployees: 87,139Sales: SKr 135.8 billion ($12.9 billion) (2001)Stock Exchanges: Stockholm London Paris... Read more |
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The Black Decker Corp
The Black & Decker Corporation 701 East Joppa Road Towson, Maryland 21286-5559 U.S.A. Telephone: (410) 716-3900 Fax: (410) 716-2933 Web site: http://www.bdk.com Public Company Incorporated: 1910 as The Black & Decker Manufacturing Company Employees: 22,100 Sales: $4.48... Read more |
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The Toro Company
The Toro Company 8111 Lyndale Avenue SouthBloomington, Minnesota 55420-1196U.S.A.Telephone: (952) 888-8801Toll Free: (800) 348-2424Fax: (952) 887-8258Web site: http://www.thetorocompany.com Public Company Incorporated: 1914 as the Toro Motor CompanyEmployees: 5,185Sales: $1.78 billion... Read more |
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Rollins Inc
Rollins, Inc. 2170 Piedmont Road N.E.Atlanta, Georgia 30324U.S.A.(404) 888-2000Fax: (404) 888-2662 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1948 as Rollins Broadcasting, Inc.Employees: 10,000Sales: $575.8 millionStock Exchanges: New York Pacific Philadelphia ChicagoBostonSICs: 7342 Disinfecting & Pest... Read more |
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Paramount
Paramount , city (1990 pop. 47,669), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1957. Originally a dairy region, it has become highly industrialized since the 1950s. The growing city has industries that manufacture pipe, rolled copper and other metal products, lawn and garden tractors, aerospace parts, and... Read more |
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