ELBA

ĕlˈbä, island, 86 sq mi (223 sq km), Tuscany, central Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 6 mi (9.7 km) from the Italian mainland, part of the Tuscan Archipelago. Iron ore has been mined there since Etruscan and Roman times, and there are ironworks at Portoferraio, the island's main town. Wine, olive oil, and fruit are also produced, and there is a large tourist industry. Elba has come under numerous foreign powers, including Syracuse (mid-5th cent. b.c.), Pisa (11th cent. a.d.–a.d. 1399), Spain, and Naples. It was briefly (May, 1814–Feb., 1815) a sovereign principality under the exiled Napoleon I, who improved the island's roads and agriculture. After Napoleon's dramatic escape from Elba and his subsequent exile to Saint Helena Island, Elba passed to Tuscany.

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Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred Days
Book by Baron Arthur Leon Imbert De Saint-Amand, Elizabeth Gilbert Martin; C. Scribners Sons, 1895
Subjects: Marie Louise--Empress, Consort Of Napoleon I, Emperor Of The French--1791-1847, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Elba And The Hundred Days, 1814-1815
MARIE LOUISE THE ISLAND OF ELBA, AND THE HUNDRED DAYS BY IMBERT DE...II. NAPOLEONS ARRIVAL AT THE ISLAND OF ELBA 11 III...VII. THE RETURN FROM ELBA 82 VIII...
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Recollections of Seventy Years - Vol. 1
Book by F. B. Sanborn; R. G. Badger, 1909
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, Antislavery Movements--United States, Brown, John--1800-1859, Concord (Mass.), United States--Politics And Government--1848-1860
...Chapter IV. CONCORD AND NORTH ELBA 108 Chapter...Funeral of Oliver Brown and Others at North Elba, 1900 198...Oliver, were on their way back to North Elba, where I saw Salmon the next summer...
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Marie Louise and the Invasion of 1814
Book by Imbert De Saint-Amand, Thomas Sergeant Perry; C. Scribners Sons, 1891
Subjects: France--History--Invasion Of 1814, Marie Louise--Empress, Consort Of Napoleon I, Emperor Of The French--1791-1847
...1814 . MARIE LOUISE, THE RETURN FROM ELBA AND THE HUNDRED DAYS In press . MARIE...XXII. THE JOURNEY TO ELBA 272...frontiers, pursuing it beyond the Rhine, the Elba, the Vistula. He was bending over his...
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Memoirs Illustrating the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815 - Vol. 3
Book by Claude-François De Méneval, Napoleon Joseph De Méneval; D. Appleton, 1894
Subjects: France--History--Consulate And First Empire, 1799-1815, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821
...command of a department. On Napoleons return from the Island of Elba, this faithful servant made haste to go and meet him, attached...who created him peer and marshal. On Napoleons return from Elba he retired to Bamberg, and committed suicide at the castle there...
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Napoleon at St. Helena: Or, Interesting Anecdotes and Remarkable Conversations of the Emperor during the Five and a Half Years of His Captivity
Book by John S. C. Abbott; Harper & Brothers, 1855
Subjects: Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Captivity, 1815-1821
...Hudson Lowe--Remarks on the Return from Elba--Introduction of the Govern or--Character...Devotion of his Soldiers--The Return from Elba-- Plans after Waterloo--Talleyrand--The...Alexander--The Ambigu--The Return from Elba--Character of the French--Newspapers withheld...
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Un-Principaled Testing?
Journal article by Perry A. Zirkel; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 88, 2007
Subjects: Cheating (Education)--Cases, Educational Testing Service--Cases, Educational services industry--Cases, Hildebrant, Elba--Cases, School principals--Cases
Un-Principaled Testing? by Perry A. Zirkel ON 11 September 2004, Elba Hildebrant, a principal intern at an elementary school in Montgomery County, Maryland, took the Praxis II School Leaders Licensure...
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Johnson's Great Society: Its Legacy in the 1990s
Journal article by Elba K. Brown-Collier; Review of Social Economy, Vol. 56, 1998
Subjects: Domestic economic assistance--Analysis, Government programs--Analysis, Johnson, Lyndon B.--Social policy, Social problems--Laws, regulations, etc.
Johnsons Great Society: its legacy in the 1990s by Elba K. Brown-Collier The rush of legislation proposed by Johnson...99th Congress, First Session, June 20, 1985, S. HRG. 99-411. Elba K. Brown-Collier received a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University...
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Comparison of the Effects of Spanish and English Constant Time Delay Instruction on Sight Word Reading by Hispanic Learners with Mental Retardation
Journal article by Elba I. Rohena, Asha K. Jitendra, Diane M. Browder; Journal of Special Education, Vol. 36, 2002
Subjects: Junior high school students--Education, Junior high school students--Statistics, Mentally disabled children--Education, Puerto Rican children--Health aspects, Puerto Rican children--Psychological aspects, Reading teachers--Technique, Teachers of mentally disabled children, Whole language learning--Evaluation
...learners with mental retardation. by Elba I. Rohena , Asha K. Jitendra , Diane...VA: Council for Exceptional Children. Elba I. Rohena, Millersville University Asha...North Carolina at Charlotte Address: Elba I. Rohena, 925 Cardinal Rd., Lancaster...
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Parents, Families, and Communities Ensuring Children's Rights
Journal article by Elba I. Reyes; Bilingual Review, 1999
Subjects: Disabled children--Education, Human rights--Laws, regulations, etc., Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Parents of disabled children--Social aspects, Special education--Laws, regulations, etc.
Parents, Families, and Communities Ensuring Childrens Rights. by Elba I. Reyes ITS A GOOD "IDEA" Parents Impacting Change History demonstrates that laws and legislation aimed at providing...
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The Impact of Engagement in Large-Scale Assessment on Teachers' Professional Development: The Emergent Literacy Baseline Assessment Project
Journal article by L. Kyriakides, K. L. Kelly; Journal of Research in Childhood Education, Vol. 18, 2003
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements--Research, Examinations--Research, Literacy--Research, Teachers--Training
...the Emergent Literacy Baseline Assessment (ELBA) project upon their professional development. The ELBA project was designed to identify Cypriot students...received training and then they administered the ELBA performance test to their students. Self-assessment...
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Tiny Island, Tiny Dictator: Elba Has Something to Teach Us about Tyrants and How They Finish
Magazine article by David Pryce-Jones; National Review, Vol. 57, July 4, 2005
Subjects: Dictators--History, Dictatorship--Analysis, Napoleon I, Emperor of France--History, Napoleon I, Emperor of France--Political activity
Tiny Island, Tiny Dictator: Elba Has Something to Teach Us about Tyrants...Finish. by David Pryce-Jones ELBA is a pinprick of an island off the coast...had granted him the title of Emperor of Elba, which was to be a sovereign state under...
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From Iron Age to Our Age
Magazine article by Francine Russo; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 286, November 2000
Subjects: Archipelagoes--Italy, Elba--Description and travel, Tuscany, Italy--Description and travel
...Tuscan archipelago, the jewel of which is Elba. The island is an hours ferry ride from...from either Florence or Rome. I visited Elba last June, joining Mary and John, friends...islands French governor that he had picked Elba as his retreat when he was forced to abdicate...
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Consort of the Onion Queen
Magazine article by Bill Kauffman; American Conservative, Vol. 7, October 20, 2008
Subjects: Armenian Americans, Kauffman, Lucine, Local elections, Municipal employees, North Elba New York, Political campaigns, Wives
...by Bill Kauffman I am the First Man of Elba, New York, Onion Capital of the World...czarina, or technically town supervisor, of Elba, which borders my native Batavia, is my...Lucine Andonian Kauffman, town supervisor of Elba, New York, El Dorado of the mucklands...
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Hollywood's Sexiest New Leading Men
Magazine article by Zondra Hughes; Ebony, Vol. 61, December 2005
Subjects: African American actors--Appreciation, African American actresses--Appreciation, Ealy, Michael--Appreciation, Elba, Idris--Appreciation, Sunjata, Daniel--Appreciation
...potential. Heres a sneak peek at Hollywoods next generation of sexy leading men. Idris Elba Hometown: Hackney, London, England Where youve seen him: Idris Elba has appeared in numerous television shows, including Girlfriends, Soul Food and CSI: Miami...
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My Experience as a Shared Superintendent
Magazine article by Caroline Winchester; School Administrator, Vol. 63, March 2006
Subjects: School superintendents
...superintendent in central Nebraska communities of Elba and Wolbach in July 2000 after serving...neighboring district. The school boards in Elba and Wolbach believed the sharing of costs...a beneficial arrangement for both. The Elba board had endured a rapid succession of...
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newspaper articles on: Elba  - 280 results

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Elba? Isle Be Back! Escapeitaly
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 20, 2006
Elba? Isle Be Back! Escapeitaly. Byline: TOBY MOORE Napoleon...from his first place of exile soon enough, but beautiful Elba has more than enough to justify a repeat visit, says TOBY MOORE. . . LIONEL RICHIE is everywhere on Elba. Not the singer himself (although Im sure he would love it...
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PEACH ELBA; Holiday '97; Napoleon's Hideaway Is a Tasty Treat for All
Newspaper article by Sarah Whitfield King; The Mirror (London, England), August 2, 1997
PEACH ELBA; Holiday 97; Napoleons Hideaway Is a Tasty...series of disastrous battles he was exiled to Elba, the Italian island that thousands now choose...a country house for weekends. Visitors to Elba can now discover the lifestyle of the sometime...
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Tennis Elba
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 22, 1996
Tennis Elba. Byline: Doug Sager You don`t have...tennis at the Hotel Hermitage on the island of Elba, Nickless has an eccentric but highly successful...island. Plans are afoot to turn the whole of Elba into a natural park. New hotels are already...
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Dark Tale of What Happens When G.I. Returns to Elba for Gems
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 27, 2002
...tale of what happens when G.I. returns to Elba for gems Byline: Merle Rubin, SPECIAL...her sixth novel, is set on the island of Elba. Immortalized in the palindrome "Able was I ere I saw Elba," this pleasant island off the coast of Italy...
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My London; IDRIS ELBA Eats in the East and Shops in the West End
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 26, 2009
My London; IDRIS ELBA Eats in the East and Shops in the West End. Byline: IDRIS ELBA Home is... Atlanta, Georgia, but I come over to...luxury goods Maurice Mullen Piece of Stringer Idris Elba played Baltimore drug baron Stringer Bell in The...
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encyclopedia articles on: Elba  - 23 results

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Elba
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ELBA el ba, island, 86 sq mi (223 sq km), Tuscany, central...are also produced, and there is a large tourist industry. Elba has come under numerous foreign powers, including Syracuse...roads and agriculture. After Napoleons dramatic escape from Elba and his subsequent exile to Saint Helena Island, Elba passed...
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Portoferraio
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PORTOFERRAIO por tofar-ra yo, town (1991 pop. 11,042), Tuscany, Italy, on the north coast of Elba Island. The principal port of Elba, it handles most of the iron shipped from the island. It is also a seaside resort. The town was strongly...
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Hundred Days
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HUNDRED DAYS name given to the period after the return of the deposed French emperor, Napoleon I , from Elba. The Hundred Days are counted from Mar. 20, 1815, when Napoleon arrived in Paris, to June 28, 1815, when Louis XVIII was restored...
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Waterloo Campaign
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WATERLOO CAMPAIGN last action of the Napoleonic Wars, ending with the battle of Waterloo. Napoleon I, who escaped from Elba in Feb., 1815, and entered Paris on Mar. 20, soon faced a European coalition. His only hope lay in attacking before the enemy...
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Ligurian Sea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...SEA ligyoor e n, arm of the Mediterranean Sea, between the Ligurian coast (Italian Riviera) and the islands of Corsica and Elba; the Gulf of Genoa is its northernmost part. The sea receives the Arno River from the east. The ports of Genoa, La Spezia, and...
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