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Tom Cruise
CRUISE, Tom 1962– PERSONAL Original name, Thomas Cruise Mapother IV; born July 3, 1962, in Syracuse, NY; son of Thomas Cruise III (an electrical engineer) and Mary Lee (a special education teacher) Mapother; married Mimi Rogers (an actress), May 9, 1987 (divorced, 1990); married Nicole... Read more |
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Tromso
Tromsø , city (1995 pop. 55,577), capital of Troms co., NW Norway, on the island of Tromsøy; chartered 1794. The chief city of arctic Norway, it has large herring fisheries and is a base for shipping and seal hunting. Manufactures include ships and rope. It is also a starting point for... Read more |
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catboat
catboat, a type of sailing boat which originated in the middle of the 19th century in the Cape Cod region of the USA, used primarily in the local fisheries but later adopted as a sandbagger for racing, as well as for coastal cruising. The catboat was very shallow and of great beam (some measured... Read more |
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 1050 Caribbean Way Miami, Florida 33132 U.S.A. Telephone: (305) 539-6000 Fax: (305) 374-7354 Web site: http://www.royalcaribbean.com Public Company Founded: 1969 Employees: 38,870 Sales: $4.56 billion (2004) Stock Exchanges: New York... Read more |
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Supersonic Transport
SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT. In late 1962, the governments of France and Great Britain announced their intention to jointly develop a supersonic transport (SST) named the "Concorde." Anxious that the United States not trail the Europeans in the SST market as it had in the case of... Read more |
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cruise missile
cruise missile low-flying, continuously powered offensive missile designed to evade defense systems. Although the German V-1 (1944) was a simple cruise missile, the cruise missile did not realize its potential until the 1970s, when the United States sought to develop a relatively inexpensive method... Read more |
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Albert Victor Christian Edward duke of Clarence
Clarence, Albert Victor Christian Edward, duke of (1864–92). Clarence was the first son of Edward, prince of Wales, and grandson of Queen Victoria. From the beginning, his health caused anxiety and he seems to have been congenitally handicapped: at the age of 5 he was described as... Read more |
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Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc (Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc) , 1870-1953, English author, b. France. He became a British subject in 1902, and from 1906 to 1910 was a Liberal member of Parliament for South Salford. Poet, essayist, satirist, and historian, he wrote from the Roman Catholic viewpoint. Among his... Read more |
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Carnival Corp
Carnival Corporation 3655 N.W. 87th AvenueMiami, Florida 33178-2428U.S.A.Telephone: (305) 599-2600Fax: (305) 406-4700Web site: http://www.carnivalcorp.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1972Employees: 71,200Sales: $8.7 billion (2005)Stock Exchanges: New York LondonTicker Symbol: CCLNAIC: 483112... Read more |
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