DE LAND

də lăndˈ, resort city (1990 pop. 16,491), seat of Volusia co., NE Fla.; inc. 1882. It has dairies, citrus packing plants, and lumber mills. Other products are electrical and electronic parts, clothing, and medical supplies. De Land is the seat of Stetson Univ. Nearby are Native American burial grounds and Ponce de Leon Springs.

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The Marquis de Sade
Book by Simone De Beauvoir; Grove Press, 1953
Subjects: Erotic Literature, French--History And Criticism, Erotic Literature, French--Translations Into English, Sade--Marquis De--1740-1814--Criticism And Interpretation, Sade--Marquis De--1740-1814--Translations Into English, Sex Customs In Literature, Sex Customs--France--Literary Collections
THE MARQUIS DE SADE THE MARQUIS DE SADE An Essay by SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR With Selections from His Writings Chosen by PAUL DINNAGE GROVE PRESS NEW YORK Simone de Beauvoirs essay was originally published in French as Faut-il bruler...
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About Catherine de Medici Christ in Flanders - Vol. 33
Book by Honore de Balzac; McKinlay, Stone and MacKenzie, 1915
Subjects: Balzac, Honore de--1799-1850--About Catharine De Medici. Christ in Flanders
...conclusion has come before the facts? In 1560, the houses of the Rue de la Vieille-Pelleterie lay close to the left bank of the Seine...timber. These houses, like those of Venice, had a door to the land and one to the water. At the moment of writing this sketch...
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
Book by Cyclone Covey, Alvar Cabeza de Vaca Nunez; University of New Mexico Press, 1983
Subjects: America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, America--Early accounts to 1600, Explorers--America--Biography, Explorers--Spain--Biography, Indians of North America--Southwestern States, Narvaez, Panfilo de--d. 1528, Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar--16th cent, Southwestern States--Description and travel
...riches for Cabeza de Vacas sanguine view...learned to love the land as beautiful and the...ATE, I ordered Lope de Oviedo, our strongest...ascertain the lay of the land. He complied and found...that long point of land--Matagorda Peninsula...Colorado, as Cabeza de Vacas guides had...
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Maraia Amparo Ruiz de Burton: Critical and Pedagogical Perspectives
Book by Amelia María De La Luz Montes, Anne Elizabeth Goldman; University of Nebraska Press, 2004
Subjects: California--In Literature, Hispanic American Women--California--Intellectual Life, Hispanic Americans In Literature, Ruiz De Burton, Maraia Amparo--1832-1895--Criticism And Interpretation, Ruiz De Burton, Maraia Amparo--1832-1895--Study And Teaching, Women And Literature--California
...Wagner Halleck to Pablo de la Guerra on California Land Commissioners Decisions...aristocrats like Ruiz de Burton and Vallejo, the land question constituted more...7 Having lost their land and social status, Ruiz de Burton and Vallejo drew...
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Preface to the Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Book by Richard Hillman, Colette Quesnel, Marie le Jars de Gournay; Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1998
Subjects: Gournay, Marie Le Jars De--1565-1645, Montaigne, Michel De--1533-1592--Essais
PREFACE to the Essays of Michel de Montaigne by his Adoptive Daughter, Marie le Jars de Gournay (D6?L V?L ReNN1ssNNce TexTs 8z STUOLLCS VOLUME 19 3 PREFACE to the Essays of Michel de Montaigne by his Adoptive Daughter, Marie le...
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Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies De Vacances in France, 1880-1960
Journal article by Anne T. Quartararo; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies de Vacances in France, 1880-1960 (Book)--Book reviews
...Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies De Vacances in France, 1880-1960...Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies de Vacances in France, 1880-1960...story of the colonies de vacances, the childrens...
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Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies De Vacances in France, 1880-1960
Journal article by Ross A. Thompson; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 32, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies de Vacances in France, 1880-1960. (Book)--Book reviews
...Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies De Vacances in France, 1880-1960...Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies de Vacances in France, 1880-1960...study of the colonies de vacances movement in France...
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Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies De Vacances in France, 1880-1960
Journal article by Steven M. Beaudoin; Journal of Social History, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies de Vacances in France, 1880-1960 (Book)--Book reviews
...Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies De Vacances in France...Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies de Vacances in France...Childhood in the Promised Land, however, Laura Lee...soil in the colonies de vacances, or summer...
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Laura Lee Downs, Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies De Vacances in France 1880-1960
Journal article by Tyler Stovall; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 21, 2003
Subjects: Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies de Vacances in France 1880-1960 (Book)
...Lee Downs, Childhood in the Promised Land: Working-Class Movements and the Colonies De Vacances in France 1880-1960...one sense, Childhood in the Promised Land relates the history of the colonies de vacances, established to give children...
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Evaluating Sustainable Land Use for the de Irmendere Valley: a Case Study from Northeastern Turkey
Journal article by Osman Demir, Mualla Yaçinkaya, Mustafa Atasoy, Temel Bayrak, Cemal Biyik; International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Vol. 14, 2007
Subjects: Drinking water, Land use, Landslides & mudslides, Maps, Municipalities, Polls & surveys, River basins, Rural areas, Studies, Urban areas
Evaluating Sustainable Land Use for the de Irmendere Valley: a Case Study from...public improvements and settlements, land use and ground structure of these villages...cadastral studies. Rural and urban land use, property structure, cadastral studies...
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1.
Shaggy Dogg: Gareth James on Colin De Land
Magazine article; Artforum International, Vol. 41, June 2003
Subjects: Art dealers--Achievements and awards, Art dealers--Appreciation, Artists--Influence, de Land, Colin--Achievements and awards, de Land, Colin--Appreciation
Shaggy Dogg: Gareth James on Colin De Land. IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT...another naked body--that of Colin de Land, the proprietor of American Fine Arts...Arts?" and I say, "You mean the Colin de Land show?" "No," the guy says. "American...
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Can Land Trusts Be Trusted?
Magazine article by Michael De Alessi; The American Enterprise, Vol. 11, July 2000
Subjects: Land trusts--Political aspects, Open spaces--Protection
Can Land Trusts Be Trusted? by Michael De Alessi Al Gore has made combatting...act as government land collectors, land trusts will have abandoned the strengths...counterparts. San Francisco resident Michael De Alessi is director of the Competitive...
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Land of the Free
Magazine article by G. Tracy Mehan III; American Conservative, Vol. 6, April 23, 2007
Subjects: Conservation, Conservation easements, Land development, Leopold, Aldo, Private property, Property rights, United States
...programs: How can private landowners be induced to use their land conservatively? Leopold repeatedly asked himself. This question...action. He would have benefited from a familiarity with Alexis de Tocqueville, one Frenchman who will never go out of fashion in...
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Land Issue Heats Up: Namibia, like Its Neighbours Zimbabwe and South Africa, Inherited a Skewered Land Tenure System at Independence. Now, the Government of President Sam Nujoma Wants to Redress It -- and Fast!
Magazine article by Pricel Seleman; New African, April 2003
Subjects: Agriculture--Political aspects, Land reform--Planning, Land reform--Political aspects, Land tenure--Laws, regulations and rules, Land tenure--Political aspects, Namibia--Political aspects, Nujoma, Sam--Political activity
...Bill, anyone selling land to a foreigner could...five years. Jan de Wet, president of...commercial farms were given land, the government would...farmland in Namibia", De Wets admits, "but...Zimbabwes white farmers, De Wet warns: "Most farmland...attempt to achieve land reform at the expense...
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Land-A Tale of Two Countries: As Was the Case in Zimbabwe, Redistribution of Agricultural Land Is a Burning Issue in Both Namibia and South Africa. Both Countries Have Taken Steps to Reverse the Current Situation but in Different Ways and with Very Different Results. Tom Nevin Reports
Magazine article by Tom Nevin; African Business, April 2004
Subjects: Land reform--Influence, Land reform--Laws, regulations and rules, Land reform--Planning, Namibia--Natural resource policy, Namibia--Planning, South Africa--Natural resource policy, South Africa--Planning
...fairly compensated adding there is no possibility of Namibias land reform programme descending into the chaos that characterised...with outrage. "It is shocking," said the unions president Jan de Wet. "It causes sorrow and disturbances in the farming community...
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Cycling: TOUR DE LONDON; CYCLING: BRITISH STAGE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST RACE Capital Beats off All Rivals to Land Another Major Sporting Event
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 25, 2006
Subjects: Tour de France (Bicycle race)
Cycling: TOUR DE LONDON; CYCLING: BRITISH STAGE...Capital Beats off All Rivals to Land Another Major Sporting Event...announcement that next years Tour de France will start in the capital...insisted that hosting the Tour de France was a better deal. "If...
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Cycling: TOUR DE LONDON; CYCLING: BRITISH STAGE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST RACE Capital Beats off All Rivals to Land Another Major Sporting Event
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 25, 2006
Subjects: Tour de France (Bicycle race)
Cycling: TOUR DE LONDON; CYCLING: BRITISH STAGE...Capital Beats off All Rivals to Land Another Major Sporting Event...announcement that next years Tour de France will start in the capital...insisted that hosting the Tour de France was a better deal. "If...
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Cycling: TOUR DE LONDON; CYCLING: BRITISH STAGE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST RACE England Beats off All Rivals to Land Another Major Sporting Event
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 25, 2006
Subjects: Tour de France (Bicycle race)
Cycling: TOUR DE LONDON; CYCLING: BRITISH STAGE...England Beats off All Rivals to Land Another Major Sporting Event...announcement that next years Tour de France will begin in the city...insisted that hosting the Tour de France was a better deal. "If...
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Miko Boost for Alner; (1) United Front: Paul Nicholls and Sir Alex Ferguson at Chepstow (2) Marathon Masters: Andrew Thornton and Miko De Beauchene Land an Emotional Success at Chepstow
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 28, 2007
...Masters: Andrew Thornton and Miko De Beauchene Land an Emotional Success at Chepstow...home. Today theAlner family hope to land a wonderful Christmas bonus with The...Lexus Chase at Leopardstown. Miko de Beauchene was bought from France by...
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PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE: Racing News - Bago Swoops Late to Land Top Prize as Light and Grey Flop
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), October 4, 2004
PRIX DE LARC DE TRIOMPHE: Racing News - Bago Swoops Late to Land Top Prize as Light and Grey Flop. BAGO restored his reputation when swooping late to land the Prix de lArc de Triomphe at Longchamp yesterday. Unbeaten...
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De Land
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DE LAND d land , resort city (1990 pop. 16,491), seat of Volusia co., NE Fla...products are electrical and electronic parts, clothing, and medical supplies. De Land is the seat of Stetson Univ. Nearby are Native American burial grounds and...
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Ponce De LeÓn, Juan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PONCE DE LEON, JUAN pons...in gold, slaves, and land. Hearing tales from...be N of Cuba, Ponce de Leon secured a commission...conquer and colonize that land. There is a legend...Pascua Florida ), Ponce de Leon named the land (which he claimed for...
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AlarcÓn, Hernando De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...command of a fleet that was supposed to support the land expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado . In the summer of 1540 he sailed up the...explored the river a few months before Garcia Lopez de Cardenas discovered the Grand Canyon...
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Saint-Simon, Claude Henri De Rouvroy, Comte De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...French social philosopher; grand nephew of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon. While still a young man, he served in the American...Revolution, but used the opportunity to make a fortune through land speculation. He lavished his wealth on a salon for scientists...
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Coronado, Francisco VÁsquez De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Seven Cities of Cibola to the north, organized an elaborate expedition to explore by sea (see Alarcon, Hernando de ) and by land. Coronado, made captain general, set out in 1540 from Compostela, crossed modern Sonora and SE Arizona, and reached...
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