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Neil Jordan
JORDAN, Neil Nationality:Irish. Born:Sligo County, Ireland, 25 February 1950. Education:Read History and literature at University College, Dublin. Career:Formed Irish Writers' Co-op, 1974; had his first collection of short stories, Night in... Read more |
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Flint Ink Corp
Flint Ink Corporation 4600 Arrowhead DriveAnn Arbor, Michigan 48105U.S.A.Telephone: (734)622-6000Fax: (734)622-6060Web site: http://www.flintink.com Private CompanyIncorporated: 1920 as Howard Flint Ink CompanyEmployees: 3,500Sales: $1.2 billion (1999 est.)NAIC: 32591 Printing Ink... Read more |
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The Hearst Corp
The Hearst Corporation 959 Eighth AvenueNew York, New York 10019U.S.A.Telephone: (212) 649-2000Fax: (212) 765-3528Web site: http://www.hearstcorp.com Private CompanyIncorporated: 1943Employees: 18,300Sales: $3.4 billion (2000)NAIC: 51111 Newspaper Publishers; 51112 Periodical Publishers;... Read more |
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Brumaire
Brumaire , second month of the French Revolutionary calendar . The coup of 18 (actually 18-19) Brumaire (Nov. 9-10, 1799), engineered chiefly by Sieyès, overthrew the Directory and established the Consulate under Napoleon. It nearly failed because of Napoleon's inept conduct at the... Read more |
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Standard Poors Corp
STANDARD & POOR'S STANDARD & POOR'S (S&P) was created by the 1941 merger and incorporation of Poor's, a financial publishing company founded by Henry Varnum Poor in 1867, and Standard Statistics Bureau, a publisher of daily indexes for ninety stocks that its founder, Luther Lee Blake,... Read more |
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Wolters Kluwer NV
Wolters Kluwer NV Stadhouderskade 1P.O. Box 818NL-1000 AV AmsterdamThe NetherlandsTelephone: (31) 20-6070400Fax: (31) 20-6070490Web site: http://www.wolterskluwer.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1882Employees: 16,500Sales: EUR 3.08 billion ($6.03 billion) (1999)Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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Grolier Inc
Grolier Incorporated 90 Old Sherman TurnpikeDanbury, Connecticut 06810U.S.A.Telephone: (203) 797-3500Fax: (203) 797-3197Web site:http://www.publishing.grolier.com Private Company Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Scholastic Incorporated: 1936 as The Grolier Society, Inc.Employees: 2000Sales: $380... Read more |
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Directory
Directory group of five men who held the executive power in France according to the constitution of the year III (1795) of the French Revolution . They were chosen by the new legislature, by the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients; each year one director, chosen by lot, was to be... Read more |
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The E.W. Scripps Company
The E.W. Scripps Company 312 Walnut Street, 28th Floor2800 Scripps CenterCincinnati, Ohio 45202U.S.A.Telephone: (513) 977-3000Fax: (513) 977-3721Web site: http://www.scripps.com Public Company Incorporated: 1890 as Scripps-McRae LeagueEmployees: 7,800Sales: $1.87 billion (2003)Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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Consulate
Consulate 1799-1804, in French history, form of government established after the coup of 18 Brumaire (Nov. 9-10, 1799), which ended the Directory . Three consuls were appointed to rule France—Napoleon Bonaparte (see Napoleon I ), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès , and Roger Ducos.... Read more |
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