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Celestial Seasonings Inc
Celestial Seasonings, Inc. 4600 Sleepytime DriveBoulder, Colorado 80301U.S.A.(303) 530-5300Fax: (303) 530-5969 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1972 as Celestial Seasonings, Inc.Employees: 221Sales: $70.1 million (1995)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 2099 Food Preparations, Not Elsewhere... Read more |
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland). The group was founded in 1935 by Angus L. Bowmer, whose original intention was to present the complete canon of Shakespeare's plays over a series of summer seasons. By 1958 it had performed the complete works of Shakespeare, and by 1978 the cycle had been... Read more |
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Lenny Wilkens
Lenny Wilkens 1937- American basketball coach With 1,268 victories in his first twenty-nine seasons as an National Basketball Association (NBA) coach, Lenny Wilkens is clearly the winningest coach in professional basketball history. Wilkens began his coaching career more than three decades... Read more |
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Edward Eddy
Eddy, Edward (1822–75), actor. Long the leading star at the popular‐priced Bowery Theatre, the manly, handsome, stentorian‐voiced performer was born in Troy, New York, and first appeared in public at a New York recital in 1839. He then toured for several seasons before making... Read more |
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Andrew Browne Cunningham 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope , 1883-1963, British admiral. A long-seasoned naval officer—he fought in the South African War and World War I—Cunningham was (1939-42) commander in the Mediterranean, which he kept open to the British. He was later naval... Read more |
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dry season
dry season A period each year during which there is little precipitation. In tropical climates (e.g. over much of India) the dry period is often in the winter season. In places in very low latitudes, two dry seasons may occur each year, between the northward and southward passage of the equatorial... Read more |
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Jerry Lee Rice
Jerry Lee Rice 1962-, American football player, b. Crawford, Miss. Winning national attention while at the otherwise obscure Mississippi Valley State College, Itta Bena, Miss., Rice subsequently played professionally with the San Francisco 49ers (1985-2001), the Oakland Raiders (2001-2004), and... Read more |
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Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx (born 1945) dominated the sport of professional cycling during a 13-year career that ended with his retirement in 1978. Many observers of the sport consider him the greatest cyclist who ever lived. Merckx has had a competitor for that title: American... Read more |
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1996: Arts and Entertainment at a Glance
...opens at the Museum of Science and...College. March 1: HighTone...Siegfried" opens. 21: Danzahoy...music by Steve Reich at the Shubert...starring Demi Moore opens; "The Dinosaurs...Fest. June 1-2: ... |
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A COOL DOZEN
...coming week. 1. Sun-bleached...spirituality opens at 8 p.m...from the Third Reich are the subject...Samuels' drama opens at 7 p.m...The Broken Museum." Mary-Arrchie...Ellis' drama opens Monday at Angel...runs through ... |
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ALL YOU CAN EAT AT THE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL.(Pasatiempo)
...Crumb and Steve Reich. After all...Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts. The week opens with two Music...m. Sunday, July 25, and 8 p.m. Monday, July 26. Soprano...Angels (Images 1): 13 Images...quartet and Steve ... |