CASTRO VALLEY

uninc. city (1990 pop. 48,619), Alameda co., W Calif., near San Francisco Bay. Chiefly residential, it also has light industries.

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Fidel Castro
Book by Robert E. Quirk; W. W. Norton, 1995
Subjects: Castro, Fidel--1927-, Cuba--Politics And Government--1959-, Heads Of State--Cuba--Biography
FIDEL CASTRO Fidel Castro ROBERT E. QUIRK W W NORTON COMPANY New York London Copyright...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Quirk, Robert E. Fidel Castro / by Robert E. Quirk. p. cm. Includes index. 1. Castro, Fidel...
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The Rise and Decline of Fidel Castro: An Essay in Contemporary History
Book by Maurice Halperin; University of California Press, 1972
Subjects: Castro, Fidel--1927-, Cuba--Foreign Relations--1959-, Cuba--History--1959-
The Rise and Decline of Fidel Castro The Rise and Decline of FIDEL CASTRO An Essay in Contemporary History By Maurice...280 26. The Kennedy-Castro "Dialogue" 287...
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Between the Maternal Aegis and the Abyss: Woman as Symbol in the Poetry of Rosalia de Castro
Book by Michelle C. Geoffrion-Vinci; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002
Subjects: Castro, Rosalaia De--1837-1885--Symbolism, Women In Literature
...these figures. As I will attempt to illustrate, Rosalia de Castro articulates both her own changing self-image and her political...vision filled with the surrounding clouds, birds, mountains, valleys, plains, farms, and ocean, in the subsequent stanza, per...
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Peasants on Plantations: Subaltern Strategies of Labor and Resistance in the Pisco Valley, Peru
Book by Vincent C. Peloso; Duke University Press, 1999
Subjects: Cotton Plantation Workers--Peru--Pisco River Valley--History, Cotton Trade--Peru--Pisco River Valley--Personnel Management--History, Industrial Relations--Peru--Pisco River Valley--History, Peasantry--Peru--Pisco River Valley--History
...of Labor and Resistance in the Pisco Valley, Peru Duke University Press Durbam...two-lane road meanders through the Pisco valley along a river that flows from the Andes...culture. Cotton plantations dominated the valley, and within their borders thousands of...
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The Worm in the Wheat: Rosalie Evans and Agrarian Struggle in the Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley of Mexico, 1906-1927
Book by Timothy J. Henderson; Duke University Press, 1998
Subjects: Evans, Rosalie--1879-1924, Land Reform--Mexico--Puebla (State)--History--20th Century, Landowners--Mexico--Biography
...Agrarian Struggle in the Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley of Mexico, 1906-1927 TIMOTHY J. HENDERSON...fertile farmland in the Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley on Mexicos central plateau, as well as...Evanses region -- the Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley of central Mexico -- had begun paying...
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journal articles on: Castro Valley  - 155 results

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Richness and Seasonal Variation of Ant-plant Associations Mediated by Plant-derived Food Resources in the Semiarid Zapotitlan Valley, Mexico
Journal article by William P. Mackay, Victor Rico-Gray, Monica Palacios-Rios, Jose G. Garcia-Franco; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 140, 1998
Subjects: Animal behavior, Biology, Insects, Mexico
...temporal variation in the benefits of these interactions to plants (Thompson, 1988; Beattie, 1991; Koptur,1991; Rico-Gray and Castro, 1996), this variation supports the idea of the geographic mosaic view of interactions suggested by Thompson (1994, 1997...
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Silicon Island
Journal article by Timothy Ashby; Harvard International Review, Vol. 23, 2001
Subjects: Castro, Fidel--Economic policy, Communications industry--Cuba, Cuba--Economic policy, Government business enterprises--Management, Information technology--Economic aspects
...economic boon that will create employment; it seems willing to give young entrepreneurs a chance to nurture dreams of Silicon Valley-style fortunes. Strategic Location In the 16th century, Spanish King Phillip II called Cuba "the key to the New World...
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The Revolution Is
Journal article by Neil Shea; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 85, 2009
Subjects: Anniversaries, Castro, Fidel, Communism, Cuba, Prime ministers, Revolutions, Travel
...wife as Roselena. Miguel works in the valley on a cooperative farm. Their son, Miguelito...country to the jobs. We talk about Raul Castro, Fidels younger brother, who now runs...docent about the contrast between the Castros, she smiled and shrugged and shook her...
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Tropical Depression
Journal article by Lygia Navarro; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 85, 2009
Subjects: Castro, Fidel, Cuba, Economic conditions, Islands, Mental health, Social impact
...themselves over the edge of a valley known as Yumuri - its very...later become heroes for Fidel Castros revolution, included Jose Marti...thousands disillusioned by Castros transformation of Cuban society...own Great Depression, which Castro euphemistically dubbed "the...
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Growth of Chinese Protestant Congregations from 1950 to Mid-1996 in Five Bay Area Counties
Journal article by James Chuck; Chinese America: History and Perspectives, 2001
Subjects: Chinese Americans--Religion, Chinese in the United States--History, Protestants--History
...Adventist Church 30 Castro Valley New Life Christian Fellowship 35 Pleasanton Valley Gate Chapel 40 Danville Danville Chinese...
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The Next Fidel
Magazine article by Peter Hitchens; American Conservative, Vol. 7, May 19, 2008
Subjects: Castro, Fidel, Chavez, Hugo, Marxism, Political activism, Political behavior, Political leadership, Presidents
...Here, spoiling a lovely steep valley, is the usual sad, globalized...again. No sooner has Fidel Castro finally accepted that his long...state power with violence. Castros first putsch, the Moncada Barracks...call from his friend Fidel Castro. Whatever the reason, Chavez...
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Notebooks from Brazil's Cerrado
Magazine article by John Rutter; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 46, September 1994
Subjects: Savannas--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Werneck, Maria de Castro--Works
...born to Luiz Werneck Texeira de Castro and Maria Albuquerque de Castro. Her family, which formed part of the coffee artistocracy during...1821-89), held seven plantation in the coffee-rich Paraiba valley. The plantation owners, known as "coffee barons," or baroes...
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California, Here I Come
Magazine article by Tom Bethell; National Review, Vol. 39, February 27, 1987
Subjects: Bird, Rose--Evaluation, Budget--California, Budgeting--California, Budgets--California, California--Social aspects, Periodicals, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library--Public opinion, San Francisco, California, Silicon Valley--Economic aspects, Stanford University--Social aspects
...just as the Chinese population in the city is increasing. I suppose it is only a matter of time before they move into the Castro district, decimated by the AIDS epidemic. The November defeat at the polls ofCalifornia Supreme Court Chief Justice Rose Bird...
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Products
Magazine article; Occupational Hazards, Vol. 68, January 2006
Subjects: Safety equipment and supplies industry, Safety equipment industry
...Arlington, TX Spiramid, Chantilly, VA 3E Co., Carlsbad, CA Crisis Management Circle 564 on Reader Service Card Alluviam, Castro Valley, CA Safety Projects Intl., Inc., Kanata, ON Canada University of Illinois, Illinois Fire Service Institute Div., Champaign...
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Office Log
Magazine article by Mary Jo Bowling; Sunset, Vol. 205, November 2000
...reinvents the rec room as a rustic retreat." -jury comment A little bit of Lake Tahoe lives in Paul and June Knoblichs Castro Valley, California, ranch house. With the help of interior designer Jennie Gisslow, the couple turned a bland basement into...
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newspaper articles on: Castro Valley  - 392 results

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Castro, Warriors Win Easily
Newspaper article by Henry Perez; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 26, 2006
Castro, Warriors Win Easily. by Henry...Daily Herald Correspondent Waubonsie Valley sent Oswego East home Friday night...special plays or anything like that," Castro said. "I just wanted to do my job...something that we have to do," Waubonsie Valley coach Paul Murphy said. On the first...
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Glaiza De Castro Is Boyfriend-Ready!
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 30, 2006
Glaiza De Castro Is Boyfriend-Ready! Byline: WALDEN SADIRI Itas funny but I suddenly...when she turned 18 years old last Jan. 21 with a debut party at the Jade Valley Restaurant in Quezon City. The celebration according to her was a surprise...
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Farewell to Cuba; Andy Garcia's New Film Is about the Country He Loved, and Left, as a Child. He Won't Go Back, He Says, until Castro Has Gone
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 10, 2006
Subjects: Garcia, Andy
...his acting career, still audible in his day-today voice. " Castros manifesto was to re-establish the constitution that Batista...his privacy, living a quiet family life in the San Fernando Valley suburb of Toluca Lake. Now, however, having spent 18 years...
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Muchas Gracias Fidel Castro; 1996 I Was a Dull Tory MP and Number-Crunching Treasury Minister in John Major's Government. 2006 Now I'm a Groovy, Mojito-Drinking, Havana Smoking Party Animal and Urban Carnival King - and It's All Thanks to Cuba's Communist Dictator
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 11, 2006
Muchas Gracias Fidel Castro; 1996 I Was a Dull Tory MP and Number-Crunching Treasury Minister in...To be honest, I had never expected, way back in 1983, to win Amber Valley, the Derbyshire mining constituency that was to become my seat for...
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Waubonsie Valley Took Its Off-Season Conditioning Program to Heart
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 28, 2009
Subjects: Football coaches
Waubonsie Valley Took Its Off-Season Conditioning...starting quarterback Tyler Castro the veteran coach believes...veer option that predated Castro. Clay will target a seven...Sept. 25 H Neuqua Valley 7:30...
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encyclopedia articles on: Castro Valley  - 5 results

 
 
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Castro Valley
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CASTRO VALLEY uninc. city (1990 pop. 48,619), Alameda co., W Calif., near San Francisco Bay. Chiefly residential, it also has light industries...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...After breaking relations with Cuba, which, under Fidel Castro, had clearly moved within the Communist orbit, the United States supported (1961) an ill-fated invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro forces. In 1962, in reaction to the presence of Soviet missiles...
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Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Spain is R. Altamira y Crevea . See also R. B. Merriman, The Rise of Spanish Empire (4 vol., 1918 36; repr. 1962); A. Castro, The Spaniards: An Introduction to Their History (tr. 1971, repr. 1980); R. Menendez Pidal, The Cid and His Spain (tr. 1934...
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Venezuela
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...regime began the Venezuela Boundary Dispute with Great Britain over the border with British Guiana (now Guyana). Cipriano Castro , a new dictator, came to power in 1899. The financial corruption and incompetence of his administration helped to bring on...
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Brazil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Northeast was already crumbling by the 1870s, and the growth of the movement to abolish slavery, spurred by such men as Antonio de Castro Alves and Joaquim Nabuco , threatened it even more. The slave trade had been abolished in 1850, and a law for gradual emancipation...


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