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General Dynamics Corp
General Dynamics Corporation 2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4513U.S.A.Telephone: (703) 876-3000Fax: (703) 876-3125Web site: http://www.gendyn.com Public Company Incorporated: 1925 as Electric Boat CompanyEmployees: 81,100Sales: $24 billion (2006)Stock... Read more |
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Jared Ingersoll
Jared Ingersoll 1749-1822, American jurist, b. New Haven, Conn.; son of Jared Ingersoll (1722-81) and father of Charles Jared Ingersoll. After studying law in England, he was admitted (1773) to the bar in Philadelphia and became a leading attorney; he later argued many important cases before the... Read more |
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Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson 1737-91, American writer and musician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Philadelphia. A practicing lawyer, Hopkinson was also an accomplished poet, essayist, and musician and is considered the first native American composer of a secular song, My Days Have Been So... Read more |
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Diamond Jim Brady
Billy the Kid (born William H. Bonney) (1859–81) US outlaw. He arrived in New Mexico in 1868. A frequenter of saloons, he moved effortlessly into robbery and murder. In 1878 he became prominent in a cattle war, killing the local sheriff, Jim Brady. The territorial governor, Lew ... Read more |
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Honda Motor Company Limited
Honda Motor Company Limited 1-1, 2-chomeMinami-Aoyama,Minato-Ku,Tokyo 107-8556Japan81-3-3423-1111Fax: 81-3-3423-0217U.S. HeadquartersAmerican Honda Motor Co.1919 Torrance BoulevardTorrance, California 90501-2746U.S.A(310) 783-2000Fax: (310) 783-3900Web site: http://www.honda.com Public... Read more |
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ORIX Corp
ORIX Corporation 3-22-8, ShibaMinato-kuTokyo 105-8683JapanTelephone: (81)3 5419-5000Fax: (81) 3 5419-5903Web site: http://www.orix.co.jp Public CompanyIncorporated: 1964 as Orient Leasing Company, Ltd.Employees: 9,529Sales: ¥586,149 million ($47.3 billion) (2001)Stock Exchanges: Tokyo... Read more |
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U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp U.S. Bank Place601 Second Avenue SouthMinneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4302U.S.A.Telephone: (612) 973-1111Fax: (612) 973-2446Web site: http://www.usbank.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1929 as First Bank Stock Investment CompanyEmployees: 26,891Total Assets: $81.53 billion (1999)Stock... Read more |
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Sault Sainte Marie
Sault Sainte Marie , city (1991 pop. 81,476), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Mich. A bridge connects the two cities. Sault Ste Marie is an important port and manufacturing center. Iron and steel, lumber, pulp and paper products, and chemicals are made there;... Read more |
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Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman 1721-93, American political leader, b. Newton, Mass. Sherman helped to draft and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was long a member (1774-81, 1783-84) of the Continental Congress, helped to draw up the Articles of Confederation, and after serving as a member of the... Read more |
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge 1850-1924, U.S. Senator (1893-1924), b. Boston. He was admitted to the bar in 1876. Before beginning his long career in the U.S. Senate he edited (1873-76) the North American Review, was lecturer (1876-79) on American history at Harvard, and edited (1880-81) the International... Read more |
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US DOD: U.S. Navy to christen new guided missile destroyer Winston S....
...DOD: U.S. Navy to christen new guided missile destroyer Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) (C)1994...160499 The ... |