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Staunton
Staunton , city (1990 pop. 24,461), seat of Augusta co., W central Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; settled 1732, inc. as a city 1871. It is a trade and industrial center in a fertile farm area known for its poultry, livestock, and apples. Other products include feeds and fertilizer, crushed... Read more |
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Andrew Lewis
Andrew Lewis 1720?-1781, American soldier, b. Ireland. As a boy he emigrated with his family to America and settled near Staunton, Va. Later, he became a leading frontier Indian fighter. In 1754, at the beginning of the French and Indian War, he was with George Washington at the defeat at Fort... Read more |
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Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Military Institute (VMI), at Lexington; state supported; chartered and opened 1839 as the first state military college in the United States. Although one of the leading U.S. military institutions, it grants degrees in engineering, science, and the liberal arts. During the Civil War, the... Read more |
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Shenandoah valley
Shenandoah valley part of the Great Valley of the Appalachians, c.150 mi (240 km) long, N Va., located between the Blue Ridge and the Allegheny mts. The valley is divided into two parts by Massanutten Mt., a ridge c.45 mi (70 km) long and c.3,000 ft (915 m) high. The Shenandoah River, c.150 mi (240... Read more |
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Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson (Thomas Jonathan Jackson), 1824-63, Confederate general, b. Clarksburg, Va. (now W.Va.), grad. West Point, 1846. Like a Stone Wall He served with distinction under Winfield Scott in the Mexican War and from 1851 to 1861 taught at the Virginia Military Institute. He resigned from... Read more |
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Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), twenty-eighth president of the United States, led the country into World War I and was a primary architect of the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. His father, a Presbyterian minister, communicated... Read more |
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Heart of Midlothian, The
...of Argyle. In the novel, the riot is engineered by George Staunton, an accomplice, under the name of Robertson, of the hanged...midwife to a vagrant woman whose daughter, Madge Wildfire, Staunton had also seduced. The child later unwittingly becomes his... |
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Virginia, United States v.
...style education for women in the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership (VWIL) at Mary Baldwin College in nearby Staunton, Virginia. The Clinton administration then appealed this decision on the grounds that Virginia had actually made the situation... |
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Webb, Clifton
...and As You Were (1920). After a stint in London, Webb returned to create the role of the sporting youngblood Victor Staunton in Meet the Wife (1923). He played a major supporting role in the musical Sunny (1925) but reached stardom with the revue... |
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Goldwater, Barry
...Barry (1909–1998), U.S. Senator, Republican presidential candidate.Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Goldwater attended Staunton Military Academy in Virginia and the University of Arizona before entering the family's lucrative department store business... |
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Wilson, Woodrow
...of New Jersey, twenty‐eighth president of the United States.The son of a Presbyterian minister, Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia, grew up in Georgia and South Carolina, graduated from Princeton University, attended the University of Virginia... |
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Staunton
Staunton, usually ‘farmstead on stony ground, or one near a standing stone’, OE stān + tūn; examples include: Staunton Glos., near Hartpury. Stantun 972, 1086 (DB). Staunton on Arrow Herefs. Stantun 958, Stantune 1086... |
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Stanton
...village. Stanton St Quintin Wilts. Stantone 1086 (DB), Staunton St Quintin 1283. Manorial affix from the de Sancto Quintino...cent. Stanton upon Hine Heath Shrops. Stantune 1086 (DB), Staunton super Hyne Heth 1327. Affix means ‘heath of the household... |
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Wilson, Thomas Woodrow
Wilson, Thomas Woodrow (b. 28 Dec. 1856, d. 3 Feb. 1924). 28th US President 1913–21 Born at Staunton, Virginia, the son of a stern Presbyterian minister, he enrolled at Princeton University in 1875, received a doctorate from Johns... |
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Wilson, Woodrow
Wilson, Woodrow (1856–1924) U.S. president. Born in Staunton, Virginia, Woodrow Wilson grew up in a South devastated by the Civil War. He graduated from Princeton and began a distinguished... |
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Arrow
Arrow (river) Herefs., see Staunton on Arrow. |
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Stonton Wyville
Stonton Wyville Leics. Stantone 1086 (DB), Staunton Wyvile 1265. ‘Farmstead on stony ground’. OE stān + tūn. Manorial affix from the de Wivill family, here in the 13th cent. |
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recant
...the 11th hour, is terrified and wants to recant [read make up for or renounce?] his evil ways?” (Daily News Leader [Staunton, VA]; Mar. 5, 2002.)Recant may be transitive (as in the first use in the following example) or intransitive (as in... |
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Staunton out to hit ton in style
STEVE Staunton, the Republic of Ireland player who...international caps for the country. Staunton does at least have company in the oldies...judging by the mullet a 21-year-old Staunton sported then. A blond thatch of hair... |
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TIMOTHY STAUNTON, 24; `I Said, "Tell Me What's Wrong." And He Said, "I've...
...simple but elegant essay Timothy Orlando Staunton wrote as a child about why he loved rice...recently released recording of a song Staunton wrote and sang, and a portfolio of his...were contagious. Willie Washington, Staunton's closest friend and roommate, is... |
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Staunton finds economic success by reclaiming its history. (Special report:...
The City of Staunton, Va., is building its future by preserving its past. For more than 30 years Staunton--a city of about 24,000 located...partnership between the city, the Historic Staunton Foundation and a handful of other nonprofit... |
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Staunton: Stately, But Down Home
At the Ashton Country House in Staunton, Va., weekend guests breakfast to...beside the Middle River just outside Staunton, doubles as a working sheep farm, and...their pasture. The Sampson Eagon Inn in Staunton's historic Gospel Hill neighborhood... |
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Staunton sets steady course for Ireland The principles that made Liverpool...
Steve Staunton leans forward in his chair and reflects...piece of advice early on in my career," Staunton says of his dealings with the media...welcome company. "If I was a player," Staunton, who was 37 in January and whose retirement... |
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Imelda Staunton Shines in 'Vera Drake'
...Dateline: LONDONBritish actress Imelda Staunton, who stars in Mike Leigh's new movie...Nov. 2, 2004. You've seen Imelda Staunton before --possibly in period garb...most versatile stage and screen actors, Staunton was Gwyneth Paltrow's tart-tongued... |
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'WINNER' STAUNTON WILL FIGHT TO THE END; says BIG RON ATKINSON.(Football)
...NIIGATA RON Atkinson remembers Steve Staunton as the fresh-faced 21-year-old...least another three years. Big Ron was Staunton's boss at Villa Park a decade ago and...captain material even as a youngster. Staunton, 33 and now in his second spell at Villa... |
 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Football: Staunton ready to strut biggest stage again as Ireland boss.(Sport)
Byline: By Hyder Jawad Steve Staunton has spent more than 20 years playing...the 2008 European Championships. Staunton will take over as Ireland manager...manager to Paul Merson with Walsall. Staunton, who turns 37 next week, is likely... |
 "The Independent on Sunday (London, England)")
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Rugby Union: Staunton plays the baggage handler GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP....
...do on his day off? On Thursday Jeremy Staunton and his Wasps team-mate Eoin Reddan...terms. Before driving to Wentworth, Staunton had to visit his dentist to have 16 stitches...Eoin was trying to extract the ball," Staunton said. "He didn't know anything about... |
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Staunton is out of his depth as sharks close in ROAD TO EURO 2008. A...
...the falling temperature that had Steve Staunton stepping from foot to foot by the side...crisis for the Republic of Ireland. And Staunton, with a mix of fatigue and anger in...Championships. "I know what it's like," Staunton said of the vagaries of the game... |
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