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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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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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EBSCO Industries Inc
EBSCO Industries, Inc. P.O. Box 1943Birmingham, Alabama 35201-1943U.S.A.Telephone: (205) 991-6600Fax: (205) 991-1479Web site: http://www.ebsco.com Private Company Incorporated: 1943 as Military Service CompanyEmployees: 4,000Sales: $1.25 billion (2000 est.)NAIC: 23311 Land Subdivision and Land... 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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Hannah Glasse
Hannah Glasse , fl. 1747, writer of a popular English cookbook, Art of Cookery (1747). She is also credited with writing The Compleat Confectioner and The Servant's Directory, both published in 1770.... 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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Nicolas Appert
Nicolas Appert Nicolas Appert (1749-1841) may not have understood the science behind food preservation, yet his canning process is directly responsible for the multitude of prepared foods that sit on grocery store shelves around the world. Nicolas Appert was born on November 17, 1749 at... Read more |
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pathway
Pathways The name of a number of esoteric and New Age periodicals. Among them are Pathways, a British directory which provides a concise listing of New Age and psi events, organizations, periodicals, and meetings in England. It is published quarterly at 16 Great Ormond St., London, WC1N 3RB,... 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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1988 L.A. lists just released by Los Angeles Business Journal.
...city's top public officials...stations? The Los Angeles Business...business in Los Angeles...added about 25 percent more...tech to hotels, "The 1988...available for the Los ... |
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Priceline.com Releases Its Annual List Of Top New Year's Party Spots.(Directory)
...annual list of top destinations...Price[R] hotel room booking...focusing on hotels instead of...still has hotel rooms, vacation...Orange County, Disneyland...District #25 < Oahu...East #30 < Los ... |
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Cobo goal: 1 million sq. ft.;Space needs grow urgent.(Cobo Center, exhibit...
...scale for large conventions...compiled by Los Angeles-based trade...Exhibit Hall Directory reports that...drop to the top 20 or 25 in size nationwide...longtime large events to keep getting ... |
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4-CITY LINK AIMS TO BUOY ECONOMY OF 2-NATION AREA
...s fifth largest marketplace...world's largest trading partners...among the top 10 busiest...Bureau. Only Los Angeles, New York...Cheektowaga hotel. The initiative...identified a top official...existing ... |