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quonset hut
quonset hut. Prefabricated portable building consisting of a semi-cylindrical corrugated metal roof secured to a foundation of steel. Like the Nissen-hut, it was widely used in the 1939–45 war. It was so called after Quonset Point, RI, USA, and was probably first used in 1941.... Read more |
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Nissen hut
Nissen hut. Tunnel-shaped prefabricated hut made of corrugated steel (protected with various substances including bituminous paints and a patented substance called Arpax) with a cement floor: it was essentially half a cylinder, sometimes with windows like dormers projecting from it. Invented by ... Read more |
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NPC International Inc
NPC International, Inc. 720 West 20th StreetPittsburg, Kansas 66762U.S.A.Telephone: (316) 231-3390Fax: (316) 231-5115Web site: http://www.npcinternational.com Public Company Incorporated: 1974 as Southeast Pizza Huts, Inc.Employees: 15,200Sales: $455.62 million (2000)Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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Sunglass Hut International Inc
Sunglass Hut International, Inc. 4000 Luxottica Place Madison, Ohio 45040 U.S.A. Telephone: (513) 583-6000 Toll Free: (800) 786-4527 Fax: (800) 786-4327 Web site: http://www.sunglasshut.com Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Luxottica Group S.p.A. Incorporated: 1971 Employees:... Read more |
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Pizza Hut Inc
Pizza Hut Inc. 9111 East DouglasWichita, Kansas 67027U.S.A.(316) 681-9000Fax: (316) 681-9869 Wholly Owned Subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc.Incorporated: 1959Employees: 140,000Sales: $5.1 billion (1996)SICs: 5812 Eating Places; 6794 Patent Owners & Lessors Pizza Hut Inc. is the largest pizza... Read more |
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Larache
Larache (al‐Araish), Morocco Originally the site of a Phoenician trading post, the name means ‘The Huts’ from a Spanish corruption of the Arabic al‐'arā᾽ish ‘from al‐ and the plural of 'arīsh ‘hut’. It was a Spanish... Read more |
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Tintagel
Tintagel , small town, Cornwall, SW England. It is S of Tintagel Head, a promontory connected to the mainland by a narrow, rocky neck of land. The ruined Tintagel Castle, which extends from the promontory across the isthmus, was built in the 12th cent. on the site of a Celtic monastery. The area is... Read more |
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SHAEF
SHAEF, acronym of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, which controlled Allied forces fighting in north-west Europe. Eisenhower was appointed supreme commander in December 1943; SHAEF was formed in February 1944; and the following month it moved to a hutted encampment in Bushy Park on... Read more |
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Steve Case
Steve Case 1958– Director, Time Warner Nationality: American. Born: August 21, 1958, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Education: Williams College, BA, 1980. Family: Son of Dan (attorney) and Carol (teacher; maiden name unknown) Case; married Joanne Baker (divorced); children: three; ... Read more |
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NSW: Trip to restore Mawson s Huts
...General News (Australia) 12-06-2000 NSW: Trip to restore Mawson s Huts A group of eight adventurers will spend...huddled on the Antarctic ice in anattempt to restore Australia's historic ... |