SPRINGS

city (1991 pop. 157,702), Gauteng, NE South Africa. It is an industrial center of the Witwatersrand, a gold- and uranium-mining region. Manufacturing has replaced mining in economic importance and includes processed metals, chemicals, paper, and foodstuffs. Springs began to develop after the start (1885) of coal mining nearby.

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books on: Springs  - 32894 results

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The Springs of Virginia: Life, Love and Death at the Waters, 1775-1900
Book by Perceval Reniers; The University of North Carolina Press, 1941
Subjects: Health resorts--Virginia, Springs--Virginia, Virginia--Social life and customs
THE SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA The SPRINGS of VIRGINIA Life, Love, and Death at the Waters 1775-1900...Makes a Visit 3 2. Taking the Springs Tour 25 3. Spa Manners: An Early...
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War Bird: The Life and Times of Elliott White Springs
Book by Burke Davis; University of North Carolina Press, 1987
Subjects: Cotton Textile Industry--United States--History, Industrialists--United States--Biography, Novelists, American--20th Century--Biography, Springs Industries--History, Springs, Elliott White, World War, 1914-1918--Biography
...THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ELLIOTT WHITE SPRINGS BY BURKE DAVIS The University...Press Chapel Hill and London 1987 Springs Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved...1913- War bird. Includes index. 1. Springs, Elliott White. 2. Springs Industries...
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A Sappho of Green Springs and Other Storie
Book by Bret Harte; Houghton, 1900
Subjects: Fiction
...16mo, $1.25. A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS . 16mo, $1.25. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN...BOSTON AND NEW YORK. A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS AND OTHER STORIES BY BRET HARTE...A Sappho of Green Springs 1...
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A Sappho of Green Springs and Other Stories
Book by Bret Harte; Houghton Miffin Company, 1891
Subjects: Fiction
A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS AND OTHER STORIES BY BRET HARTE...A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS 1...PACIFIC SLOPE 228 A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS. CHAPTER I. "COME in," said...
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A Sappho of Green Springs. The Four Guardians of Lagrange. Peter Schroeder
Book by Bret Harte; Collier, 1903
Subjects: Fiction
...OF BRET HARTE A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS THE FOUR GUARDIANS OF LAGRANGE...A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS PAGE 1...PACIFIC SLOPE 228 A SAPPHO OF GREEN SPRINGS. CHAPTER I. "COME, in," said...
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Tenakee Springs V. Franzel and the Tongass Timber Reform Act
Journal article by Karen A. Mccrackin; Environmental Law, Vol. 23, 1993
Subjects: City of Tenakee Springs v. Franzel--960 F.2d 776 (9th Cir. 1992), Environmental impact statements--Litigation, Forest management--Litigation, National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1990
Tenakee Springs v. Franzel and the Tongass Timber Reform...third and final time in City of Tenakee Springs v. Franzel (Tenakee III).(1) The controversy...of 1969 (NEPA).(2) In City of Tenakee Springs v. Block (Tenakee I)(3) and City of Tenakee...
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Thomas A. Chambers, Drinking the Waters: Creating an American Leisure Class at Nineteenth-Century Mineral Springs
Journal article by Giselle Roberts; American Studies International, Vol. 42, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Drinking the Waters: Creating an American Leisure Class at Nineteenth-Century Mineral Springs (Book)--Book reviews
...Leisure Class at Nineteenth-Century Mineral Springs. by Giselle Roberts (Washington...watering places of New York States Saratoga Springs and West Virginias White Sulphur Springs. These resorts, he contends, served as unique...
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First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport & Coney Island
Journal article by Scott C. Martin; Journal of Social History, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport & Coney Island (Book)--Book reviews
...Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport Coney Island. by Scott...Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport Coney Island. By Jon Sterngass...nations most prominent resorts: Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Island. Taking a page...
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Ladies and Gentlemen on Display: Planter Society at the Virginia Springs, 1790-1860
Journal article by Stephanie Cole; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 70, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Ladies and Gentlemen on Display: Planter Society at the Virginia Springs, 1790-1860 (Book)--Book reviews
...Display: Planter Society at the Virginia Springs, 1790-1860. by Stephanie Cole...Display: Planter Society at the Virginia Springs, 1790-1860. By Charlene M. Boyer Lewis...elite southerners relaxed at the Virginia Springs, they were in fact working bard to reinforce...
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When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation
Journal article; Environmental Law, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, When the River Ran Wild! Indian Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation (Book)
...Traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation. George W. Aguilar...difficult years of removal to the Warm Springs Reservation, in north-central Oregon...the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs in north-central Oregon.
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City of the Arts: Revitalizing Hot Springs
Magazine article by Durand C. Young; World and I, Vol. 13, August 1998
Subjects: Hot Springs, Arkansas, Popular culture
City of the Arts: Revitalizing Hot Springs. by Durand C. Young Sitting in his office near downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, Jay Chesshir reflects for...When I cam here in 1986, downtown Hot Springs was dead, for all practical purposes...
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God and Man in Colorado Springs: Salvation City
Magazine article by Marc Cooper; The Nation, Vol. 260, January 2, 1995
Subjects: Colorado Springs, Colorado--Religious aspects, Evangelicalism--Political activity
God and Man in Colorado Springs: Salvation City. by Marc Cooper...which time, he hoped, this Colorado Springs branch of the Rev. Pat Robertsons politicoreligious...town at the foot of Pikes Peak. The Springs, as locals call it, has always been...
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The Children, the Exam and Hope Springs: Placing 'The Child' at the Centre of Learning in Drama: Andy Kempe Reflects on Three Plays Written about Young People for Young People, Exploring What They Can Tell Us about the Relationship between Children and Their Learning Environment. the Article Is Followed by Ideas for a Drama Workshop Exploring Some of the Issues Raised
Magazine article by Andy Kempe; English Drama Media, June 2007
Subjects: Acting students--Study and teaching, Bond, Edward--Works, Children (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Conlon, Richard--Works, Drama students--Study and teaching, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Educational environment--Analysis, Hamilton, Andy--Works, Hope Springs (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, School environment--Analysis, The Exam (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Workshops (Educational programs)--Curricula
The Children, the Exam and Hope Springs: Placing The Child at the Centre of Learning...perhaps seems the safer choice. Yet hope springs--possibly, which brings me to consider my second play, Hope Springs by Richard Conlon. (Heinemann, 2006) Richard...
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Real Estate Overload? Managing Seven Properties in Two States Presents Major Challenges for Tyrone Springs
Magazine article by Sheryl Nance-Nash; Black Enterprise, Vol. 36, January 2006
Subjects: Real estate--Management, Real property--Management, Springs, Tyrone--Management
...States Presents Major Challenges for Tyrone Springs. by Sheryl Nance-Nash TYRONE SPRINGS HAS YOUTH AND ambition in his favor. At 23...three in Tulsa, Oklahoma, valued at $733,000. Springs understands investing in real estate is crucial...
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Off to the Races: Watching the People, Playing the Ponies, and Drinking the Water in Saratoga Springs
Magazine article by Wayne Curtis; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 299, April 2007
Subjects: Horse racing--Description and travel, Horse-racing--Description and travel, Saratoga Springs, New York
...Ponies, and Drinking the Water in Saratoga Springs. by Wayne Curtis It was nearly...collected. Wagering on horses in Saratoga Springs started in the mid-19th century, and the...amenities outside the gates in Saratoga Springs, and this small, inconveniently located...
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newspaper articles on: Springs  - 11882 results

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Seven Springs Caters to Everyone
Newspaper article by Bill Clapper; The Washington Times, February 13, 2000
Subjects: Springs, Textile industry
Seven Springs caters to everyone by Bill Clapper...at a loss for something to do at Seven Springs Resort in southwestern Pennsylvania...is the constant activity that gives the Springs its reputation. What sets Seven Springs...
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TRAVEL : Palm Springs Fact File
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), July 29, 1999
Subjects: Springs, Textile industry
TRAVEL : Palm Springs Fact File. Getting there: I flew...554554. I flew from London to Palm Springs as a guest of United Airlines. United...Airlines, offers fly-drive holidays to Palm Springs from pounds 404 per person, including...
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Castles of the King; Palm Springs
Newspaper article by Geoff Hill; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), August 5, 1999
Subjects: Springs, Textile industry
Castles of the King; Palm Springs. by Geoff Hill I woke...vicarious couple of hours in the Palm Springs Air Museum pottering around assorted...lawyer and his wife who moved to Palm Springs from San Diego - We didnt like the...
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Seven Springs Offers the Slopes for Year-Round Fun
Newspaper article by Michele Lerner; The Washington Times, March 31, 2000
Subjects: Hotels and motels, Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Seven Springs offers the slopes for year-round fun...also be a summertime destination. Seven Springs Mountain Resort, a well-known destination...of Champion. The ski slopes at Seven Springs were first opened to the public in 1937...
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Put a Spring in Your Step -Head for Palm Springs
Newspaper article by Ian Atholl; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 1, 1996
Subjects: Springs, Textile industry
...Put a Spring in Your Step -Head for Palm Springs. by Ian Atholl If theres...guaranteed to make you feel young its Palm Springs. It is home to Bob Hope - 93 and counting...visited and realised theres more to Palm Springs than medical supply shops that advertise...
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encyclopedia articles on: Springs  - 279 results

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Hot Springs National Park
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK 5,549 acres (2,247 hectares...est. 1921; nearly surrounded by the city of Hot Springs. Visited by Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto in 1541, the springs, long used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes...
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Warm Springs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WARM SPRINGS resort, Meriwether co., W Ga. The salutary properties...attack of poliomyelitis, established (1927) the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (now the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation) to help other victims of the...
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Colorado Springs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central...nearby; the modern name was adopted because of the many mineral springs in the area. Colorado Springs absorbed Colorado City in 1917. The city grew enormously in...
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Hot Springs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HOT SPRINGS city (1990 pop. 32,462), seat of Garland co., W central Ark.; settled 1807, inc. 1876. The city nearly surrounds Hot Springs National Park, whose hot mineral springs made the city a famous health resort. Bottled mineral water...
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Palm Springs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PALM SPRINGS city (1990 pop. 40,181), Riverside...architecture, many golf courses, and the Palm Springs Desert Museum. There is an international...1774 as Agua Caliente because of its hot springs. By 1872 it was a regular stop on the...
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