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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Carrara , city (1991 pop. 67,197), Tuscany, N central Italy, near the Ligurian Sea. It is the most important center of the Italian marble industry; the famous white Carrara marble is quarried in the nearby Alpi Apuane. With Massa, the city constituted the principality, later duchy, of Massa and Carrara (15th-19th cent.). Carrara has a fine 12th-century cathedral; the former ducal palace (16th cent.) now houses the Fine Arts Academy. Author not available, CARRARA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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Carrara, Tuscany/Italy Derived from the Latin quadraria ‘quarry’. It gives its name to the famous Carrara marble, much favoured by Michelangelo (1475–1564). Read more

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	LOWS OF LIFE BEHIND HIM, CARRARA WORKS TO MAKE IT BACK.(Sports) ; ...JIM MOORE P-I COLUMNIST TACOMA -- Giovanni Carrara's life is like yours or mine, filled with...11. One day later, the Go 2 Guy, unaware of Carrara's personal tragedies, starts a Giovanni Carrara Fan Club. In June, Carrara doesn't pitch very... Read more
	NATURAL INSTINCTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS ARE THE BASIS OF JEWELRY DESIGNER GILLION CARRARA'S BOLD RINGS AND BRACELETS. ; Byline: Bonnie Booth Chicago designer Gillion Carrara does not make your average jewelry. Carrara sculpts large bracelets, cuffs and rings from...various metals. I don't do feminine jewelry, said Carrara. I have been incorporating stainless steel... Read more
	Carrara.(Product Announcement) ; ...3-D-software market, MetaCreations has introduced Carrara 1.0, a completely new 3-D-modeling, -rendering...replace Ray Dream Designer and Infini-D, Carrara takes the strengths of those packages...Previews Like other MetaCreations products, Carrara sports a unique interface. It distributes... Read more
	Padua under the Carrara, 1318-1405.(Review) ; Kohl, Benjamin G. Padua under the Carrara, 1318-1405 Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University...researching this study of Padua under Carrara rule. Its conceptualization derives from...sociological or economic analysis of the Carrara regime will find valuable tidbits. Those... Read more
	DODGERS PART WAYS WITH RELIEVER CARRARA.(Sports) ; ...giving popular veteran reliever Giovanni Carrara his unconditional release, and the...Dreifort are the starters. The news of Carrara's release stunned everyone, including the 35-year-old right-hander. Carrara, who went 12-4 with a 3.28 ERA in two... Read more
	AFL: Carrara back on AFL map for 2006 ; ...Sports News (Australia) 05-24-2005 AFL: Carrara back on AFL map for 2006 By Guy Hand MELBOURNE...Games work, AFL football will return to Carrara for the first time since 1992 when Brisbane...home-and-away games and two pre-season matches at Carrara next year, subject to improvements being... Read more
	Dodgers' Carrara loses control in loss ; ...directions, all of them away from Giovanni Carrara. There was the aberrational bad start...just 90 feet away. But ultimately, it was Carrara who was standing in the middle of the...game on the line. And ultimately, it was Carrara who didn't get it done. The journeyman... Read more
	Carrara loses fight with Expos in the 9th ; ...directions, all of them away from Giovanni Carrara. There was the aberrational bad start...just 90 feet away. But ultimately, it was Carrara who was standing in the middle of the...game on the line. And ultimately, it was Carrara who didn't get it done. The journeyman... Read more
	CARRARA CAN'T SAVE DODGERS L.A. RALLY WASTED IN MONTREAL MONTREAL 8, DODGERS 7.(Sports) ; ...directions, all of them away from Giovanni Carrara. There was the aberrational bad start...just 90 feet away. But ultimately, it was Carrara who was standing in the middle of the...game on the line. And ultimately, it was Carrara who didn't get it done. The journeyman... Read more
	Eovia Carrara 4 Pro: a potent 3D graphics and animation application.(ROI reviews) ; The first noticeable thing about Carrara 4 Pro is the interface and the way it...get in the way. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Carrara has a long history, with an ancestry that...Eovia (the former MetaCreations team), Carrara is every bit as mature as you'd expect... Read more

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