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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Azores , Port. Açores [Port.,=hawks], islands (1991 pop. 241,592), 905 sq mi (2,344 sq km), in the Atlantic Ocean, c.900 mi (1,448 km) W of mainland Portugal. Administratively an autonomous region of Portugal, they are divided into three districts named after their capitals: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel), Angra do Heroísmo (on Terceira), and Horta (on Faial). The nine main islands are São Miguel (the largest) and Santa Maria in the southeast; Terceira, Pico, Faial, São Jorge, and Graciosa in the center; and Flores and Corvo in the northwest. Ponta Delgada... Read more

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Azores high A semi-permanent anticyclonic region with subsiding air over the Atlantic Ocean at around 30°N latitude. Movement of... Read more

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...lie some 1,000 mi (1,600 km) west of mainland Europe. The uninhabited Azores were reputedly discovered 1427 by Portuguese pilot Diogo de Sevilha...during World War II; in 1951 the U.S. established a NATO base on Lajes. Azores Azores Azores Read more

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	Azores, US commerce Dept. attorney ; Filipino Reporter 11-26-1998 Azores, US Commerce Dept. attorney Anthony Llamado Azores, 83, a lawyer who was an attorney-adviser with...at Mary Washington Hospital in this city. Dr. Azores, a former college law school dean, came to the... Read more
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	Poroid fungi from the Azores ; ...the poroid fungi hitherto known from the Azores. These number 32 species, 17 of which...general mycological investigation of the Azores archipelago undertaken by BMS and G. B...these and are also reported here. The Azores archipelago, situated in the mid-Atlantic... Read more
	Azores.(Corporate Profile)(manufacturer of photolithography printers)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)(Advertisement) ; Azores designs and manufactures precision step-and-repeat photolithography printers...and field emission displays, to semiconductor wafer bumping and inspection, Azores is committed to providing the most precise, versatile equipment on the market. Azores steppers combine industry-leading resolution through ... Read more
	Anthony Llamado Azores Dies; Commerce Department Lawyer ; Anthony Llamado Azores, 83, a lawyer who was an attorney-adviser...Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. Dr. Azores, a former college law school dean, came...returned to private practice, forming Azores & Alagao. He retired in 1991. He was founding... Read more
	OPERATION ALACRITY: The Azores and the War in the Atlantic ; OPERATION ALACRITY: The Azores and the War in the Atlantic By Norman...published. As students, we learned the Azores were Portuguese property, and everyone...hole of the mid-Atlantic known as the Azores Gap. In 1943 they devised a plan to... Read more
	THE OTHER WORLDS OF THE AZORES OLD VOLCANOES, NEW WINES OUT IN THE ATLANTIC ; FAIAL, Azores - The handwritten signs taped to a wall...landscape and dramatic mountains of the Azores. On a warm late autumn afternoon, a few...relatively short history with humans, the Azores were settled in the 1420s. They have since... Read more
	Genetic Structure of Flores Island (Azores, Portugal) in the 19th Century and in the Present Day: Evidence from Surname Analysis ; ...The island of Flores is the most westerly of the Azores archipelago (Portugal). Despite its marked geographic...information about the history of the peopling of the Azores. KEY WORDS: AZORES ISLANDS, FLORES ISLAND, SURNAMES, KINSHIP, GENETIC... Read more
	TAXATION/PORTUGAL : COMPANIES IN THE AZORES WILL HAVE TO REPAY AID. ; Businesses established in the Azores that have benefited from reduced tax rates...general scope (impacting on the whole of the Azores). This argument was cut short by the Commission...practised by the regional government of the Azores 'contribute to its mission of correcting... Read more
	Jet hits peak; fear 144 die // Italian tourists, American crew crash in Azores ; SANTA MARIA, Azores A chartered jet slammed into a mist-shrouded...recovered indicate everyone was killed," one Azores official told the Reuthers news agency...Safety Board sent a three-man team to the Azores, and the Federal Aviation Administration... Read more

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	First record of the harbour porpoise, phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) in the Azores (NE Atlantic).
	End of an era in the Azores.
	The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso of Portugal, President Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom in the Azores, Portugal.

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