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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Flanders , former county in the Low Countries, extending along the North Sea and W of the Scheldt (Escaut) River. It is divided among East Flanders and West Flanders provs., Belgium; Nord and Pas-de-Calais depts., France; and (to a small extent) Zeeland prov., the Netherlands. The name Flanders is also used for all the Dutch-speaking areas of Belgium. Flanders varied considerably in size in the course of its history and at one time also included Artois and parts of Picardy. In Belgian Flanders, Dutch is spoken by the majority of the inhabitants. History In 862, Baldwin Bras-de-Fer... Read more

Flanders
Flanders a region in the south-western part of the Low Countries...Belgium (where it forms the provinces of East and West Flanders), France, and the Netherlands. It was a powerful medieval...the sector of the Western Front round the town of Ypres. Flanders Mare a nickname of Anne of Cleves (1515–57), ... Read more

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...included in the French departement of Nord, the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders, and the Dutch province of Zeeland. Ruled by Baldwin I in 862, Flanders began to grow as a commercial centre, fostered by its strategic location... Read more

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	SHOE CARNIVAL SELLS NEIGHBOR LAND FLANDERS MOTOR SERVICE EXPANDING OPERATIONS WHEN SHOE COMPANY MOVES LATER THIS YEAR ; Flanders Electric Motor Service has purchased the property of its...Evansville-based Shoe Carnival. Jim Havens, a co-owner of Flanders, said Tuesday the company has closed a deal with the Shoe...to move later this year to their new locations. He said Flanders will modify the Shoe Carnival's existing ... Read more
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	Lea Flanders indulged passions for journalism and world travel.(Business) ; ...Rebecca Jones, Special To The Rocky Lea Flanders, who first took up journalism at age...battle with cancer. She was 91. Mrs. Flanders, who retired from writing in 2005, worked...1995. It was journalism that led Mrs. Flanders to discover one of her other great passions... Read more
	POPPIES FROM WORLD WAR I'S FLANDERS FIELDS BLOSSOMING IN JOLIET ; "In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses...amid the guns below." John McCrae `In Flanders Fields' There is no stronger symbol of...time are crimson red poppies from the Flanders fields immortalized by Canadian soldier-physici... Read more
	Lea Flanders indulged passions for journalism and world travel ; Lea Flanders, who first took up journalism at age...battle with cancer. She was 91. Mrs. Flanders, who retired from writing in 2005, worked...1995. It was journalism that led Mrs. Flanders to discover one of her other great passions... Read more
	Flanders goes from spectator to star in quick fashion ; Sure, Eric Flanders was a star running back his sophomore...he didn't carry the ball. Not once. Flanders sat in the crowd that year. He went...I didn't pay attention to the game," Flanders said. "I just went out to hang out... Read more
	Flanders Unbeaten, But at a Steep Price;Filly Fractures Bones in Narrow Victory ; Flanders clinched the 2-year-old filly championship with a hard-earned victory today at...in an ambulance. For most of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Flanders tried to outrun her shadow, Serena's Song. Side by side they went before Flanders pushed a head in front of her inspired stablemate ... Read more
	Obituary: Claudia Flanders ; CLAUDIA FLANDERS spent more than 20 years working for disabled...after the death in 1975 of her husband, Michael Flanders, the singer- songwriter and one half of the musical partnership Flanders and Swann. In 1987, she formed a new organisation... Read more
	LEXINGTON'S FLANDERS IS GETTING ACROSS HIS POINT ; It wasn't too long ago that Chris Flanders was a budding lacrosse star at Lexington...years after picking up his first foil, Flanders, 18, a freshman at Haverford College...Littell, called "spectacular" and that Flanders called "extremely satisfying." Flanders... Read more

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